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Suzanne Mettler.

@smettler.bsky.social

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Political scientist. Thinking about democracy, rural-urban divide, inequality.

Suzanne Mettler is an American political scientist and author, known for her research about the way Americans view and respond to the government in their lives, and helping to stimulate the study of American political development. .. more

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 4d

@smettler.bsky.social, co-author of Rural Versus Urban with Trevor E. Brown, appeared on @cnn.com this morning with @audiecornish.bsky.social to discuss her new book. next.frame.io/share/3e8b90...

Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy by Suzanne Mettler and Trevor E. Brown

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Tess Callahan @tesscallahan.bsky.social · 7d

Honored to interview Dr. Suzanne Mettler about Rural vs. Urban, co-written Trevor Brown. @princetonupress.bsky.social The book unpacks the current threat to democracy and how it can be repaired. A must-read for the moment at hand.

Dr. Suzanne Mettler on Saving Democracy Before it's Too Late

The divide that threatens democracy can be repaired. Rural vs. Urban shows how.

tesscallahan.substack.com

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Suzanne Mettler. @smettler.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you, Miranda!!

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 16d

Thrilled that my copy of Rural Versus Urban arrived in the mail today. Big congrats to @smettler.bsky.social and Trevor Brown! I can hardly wait to read it.

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Suzanne Mettler. @smettler.bsky.social · Aug 22

Look what just arrived! Our book, Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide that Threatens Democracy, is due out Sept. 23. www.amazon.com/Rural-Versus...

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Suzanne Mettler. @smettler.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thrilled to see this news, Mallory!! Congratulations!!

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Mallory SoRelle @profsorelle.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'll be returning to campus this fall as the inaugural Tony and Teddie Brown Associate Professor of Public Policy.

I am excited to have earned tenure at Duke and humbled to receive this specific endowed chair (more on that later).

I've been sitting on this news for a while now...

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · May 7

One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects.

It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.

The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.

Research at risk: Life-saving heart pumps for babies | Cornell Chronicle

After receiving a stop-work order from the federal government, the future of a device to help children with heart defects is uncertain.

news.cornell.edu

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Suzanne Mettler. @smettler.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks, David! Glad to hear.

Suzanne Mettler. @smettler.bsky.social · Jun 19

Trevor Brown and I have a new book out in September: Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy. (Princeton UP) Fits your description!

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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · May 29

In this @usnews.com op-ed, ‪@nadiabell.bsky.social, @elianabuckner.bsky.social ‬& Benjamin Sommers argue the proposed work requirements for #Medicaid and #SNAP in the "Big, Beautiful Bill" could cost millions their #healthcare and food aid.

Learn more. ⤵️

www.usnews.com

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · May 21

Reminder that the CBO says that if the Reconciliation Bill goes through:
-7.6 million people would lose coverage because of Medicaid changes
-1 million would lose it because of changes to the ACA from E&C
-2.1 million would lose it because of changes by Ways and Means
www.cbo.gov/publication/...

Estimated Budgetary Effects of a Bill to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Title II of H. Con. Res. 14, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on May 18, 2025

www.cbo.gov

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · May 21

CBO just released its own preliminary estimates for how rich vs poor are affected by the House budget bill. Roughly same conclusion: poorest get poorer, richest get richer.

www.cbo.gov/system/files...

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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · May 21

It would be easier to believe all these Republicans who say they merely want to protect what they define as “the truly needy” if so many weren’t enthusiastic supporters of 2017 legislation to cut Medicaid for those very same people

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Suzanne Mettler. @smettler.bsky.social · May 6

Thank you, @milophd.bsky.social for revealing the submerged state...so many valued services, but government's role in providing them is unseen. What will happen once they are gone?

Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · May 6

“everyday information that is based on federal data, such as weather forecasts, "doesn't have a label that says 'brought to you by the federal government'."

And now we know it should! But it’s too late.

Anyhoo, we see yet again the usefulness of @smettler.bsky.social “submerged state” thesis…

NPR @npr.org · May 6

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

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Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · May 6

NPR @npr.org · May 6

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

www.npr.org

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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · Apr 2

People will say this is the result of a presidential election, and that’s partly true. But the Constitution does not delegate tariff power to the president, and he is only able to impose these ruinous, peace-destroying taxes because Congress has let him do so. Congress can end this at any time.

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Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · Apr 1

Corey Booker: “IF AMERICA
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹

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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · Mar 28

The Trump Administration is trying to forge a personalist authoritarian regime and honestly the conditions for success are there. However, they're *way* out over their skis at the moment. Their pure recklessness is making their path to success way harder 1/x

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Thomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · Mar 23

What I learned at the Global Summit on Constitutionalism
www.cnysolidarity.org/2025/03/22/g...

What I learned at the Global Summit on Constitutionalism

I’m just back from attending the 2025 Global Summit on Constitutionalism at the University of Texas at Austin. This is an academic conference that assembles 300 scholars from around the world for t…

www.cnysolidarity.org

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · Mar 22

The guy in charge of SSA is a mid-level manager, who's overseeing 20 percent of the federal budget, and yesterday tried to shutter the agency because he didn't understand the plain text of a court order. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Mar 18

1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.

Title: Both Liberal and Conservative Judges Rule Against Trump
Description: A scatter plot showing the rulings of judges against or in favor of Trump, categorized by ideology using the DIME score. The x-axis represents Judge Ideology (DIME Score), ranging from liberal (-1) to conservative (1), and the y-axis represents the case outcome (against or for Trump).
• Blue dots represent liberal judges, purple dots represent moderate judges, and red dots represent conservative judges.
• Some judges are labeled, including Rudolph Contreras, Lauren King, John Coughenour, and James Emanuel Boasberg on the liberal to moderate side, and Carl Nichols, Richard J. Leon, and Joseph N. Laplante on the conservative side.
• A note mentions that Boasberg, though slightly right-leaning, was initially appointed by George W. Bush.
• The visualization suggests that judges from both ideological backgrounds ruled against Trump.

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Suzanne Mettler. @smettler.bsky.social · Mar 13

Professors, planning to teach a course about democracy? The American Democracy Collaborative is sharing our syllabi for courses in US & comparative politics! americandemocracycollaborative.org w/ @tompepinsky.com @povertyscholar.bsky.social

AMERICAN DEMOCRACY COLLABORATIVE

Research, Teaching, Dialogue

americandemocracycollaborative.org

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · Mar 12

You can eliminate programs w/o altering legislation by adding burden. Make no mistake, this is exactly what they're doing to Social Security. They're cutting core administrative capacity required for people to actually apply for, and receive, benefits. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to phone service

Agency considers ending phone program that helps with claims processing and is used by millions of elderly and disabled Americans.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · Mar 12

🔉The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to cut 80,000 jobs from the Department of Veterans Affairs. For reporters covering these developments and what they mean for veterans and VA services, the following experts are available for comment. ⤵️

🔗Connect: scholars.org/features/2-e...

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Peter M. Shane @petermshane.bsky.social · Mar 6

Judge Howell has held that Trump's firing of Gwynne Wilcox from the NLRB was unlawful, that Humphrey's Executor is still governing law, and declares her discharge a violation of the separation of powers. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov

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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · Mar 4

📢 The Trump administration has announced cuts to the Social Security Administration's workforce. For reporters covering these cuts, and other changes, and their potential impact to Social Security, the following experts are available for comment. ⤵️
🔗 scholars.org/features/exp...

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · Feb 26

The agency has already been cut to the bone. Customer service staff has been cut by 19% even as beneficiaries have increased by 25%. Disability claims processing has increased from 100 days in 2012 to 240 days in 2024. Thousands of people die waiting to get disability benefits they’ve earned

Figure showing 25% increase in social security beneficiaries and 19% decrease in social security staff between 20111 and 2024

Picture showing increase in wait times for disability claims processing from 100 days in 2012 to 240 days in 2024

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Adam Sheingate @adamsheingate.bsky.social · Feb 23

Lots of GOP House members have large numbers of federal employees in their districts. Yes, DC metro is hardest hit by DOGE, but the pain from cuts will be felt across the country. crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...

map of government employment by congressional district by party, percent employed by federal government, and number of federal employees

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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · Feb 21

In this @washingtonmonthly.com piece, Daniel Carpenter, Paul Pierson, and Eric Schickler examine how the Trump administration’s actions—and Congress’ failure to push back—are undermining the republican system the Founders envisioned.

Learn more: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/21/m...

Madison’s Constitution is Coming Undone | Washington Monthly

Trump and Musk are testing the founder’s assumptions as never before. How did we get to this moment?

washingtonmonthly.com

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