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Barry Burden
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Professor of political science at UW-Madison. Director of Elections Research Center. First gen college grad. Native Ohioan.

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Barry C. Burden is an American political scientist. He is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he is also the Lyons Family Chair in Electoral Politics and director of the Elections Research Center. Before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2006, he taught at Louisiana State University and Harvard University. .. more

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 1d
This week in the USA:

* DHS Sec posts Nazi phrase
* ICE shoots driver point blank
* Fed Chair reveals Trump blackmail
* FBI raids reporter’s home
* Trump bullies Nobel Peace Prize winner to get award
* Trump says power only limited by “own morality”
* Epstein files not released

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 5d
4 Supreme Court cases about to be decided could shape the 2026 & 2028 elections @thehill.com thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 7d
Maybe Trump and Vance don’t realize that we can all see the video

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 11d
I believe this shrinks the House majority margin to just 5 seats: 218-213

Reposted by Barry C. Burden

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Politico @politico.com · 11d
GOP lawmaker Doug LaMalfa dies at 65
GOP lawmaker Doug LaMalfa dies at 65
The Republican represented a rural northern California district.
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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 11d
The administration is trying to erase this history. NPR has fortunately archived it apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/

Reposted by David R. Miller, David Darmofal

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 11d
Trump pardoned the people who smeared feces on the walls, stole equipment, threatened lawmakers, and tried to overturn an election for him.

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 12d
I was asking for easy things: basic factual information, assembling some well known images, etc. I get tired of pointing out to the interface that it is incorrect.

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 13d
Glad some of you are having good experiences with AI tools because they have failed at every minor task I sent their way this week

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 14d
US taxpayers are going to pay to “run” another country?
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President Trump declared during a news conference Saturday that the United States is "going to run" Venezuela after the U.S. carried out an early morning military operation in Caracas, capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flying them out of the country.

Reposted by Barry C. Burden

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 14d
President Trump declared during a news conference Saturday that the United States is "going to run" Venezuela after the U.S. carried out an early morning military operation in Caracas, capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flying them out of the country.

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 17d
Late December days are at their shortest and my email inbox is at its lowest

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 29d
This is your notice that the Elections Research Center @uwmadison.bsky.social has joined @bsky.app elections.wisc.edu
electionscenter.bsky.social Elections Research Center @electionscenter.bsky.social · 29d
How do we teach students to disagree productively? A new UW–Madison feature spotlights ERC affiliate Amber Wichowsky’s course, Advancing Public Policy in a Divided America and how students can learn to practice disagreement productively.

🔗 news.wisc.edu/teaching-stu...

Reposted by Barry C. Burden, David Darmofal

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Elections Research Center @electionscenter.bsky.social · 29d
How do we teach students to disagree productively? A new UW–Madison feature spotlights ERC affiliate Amber Wichowsky’s course, Advancing Public Policy in a Divided America and how students can learn to practice disagreement productively.

🔗 news.wisc.edu/teaching-stu...

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 29d
Make that 6 in 7 days
bcburden.bsky.social Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 17
Make that 5 in 5 days
bcburden.bsky.social Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 17
Several academic journals are on holiday hiatus but that has not stopped me from getting 4 review requests in 5 days

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 17
Make that 5 in 5 days
bcburden.bsky.social Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 17
Several academic journals are on holiday hiatus but that has not stopped me from getting 4 review requests in 5 days

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 17
Several academic journals are on holiday hiatus but that has not stopped me from getting 4 review requests in 5 days

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 15
Watch for Trump to be on the road more in coming months to get out of the bubble and reassert himself as a campaign force going into 2026 elections thehill.com/homenews/564...

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Kim L. Scheppele, Richard S.J. Tol , and 17 more

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Dec 15
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 11
The Harris book tour is going to be twice as long as her presidential campaign www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
Kamala Harris is extending her book tour in 2026 and hitting politically important territory | CNN Politics
Kamala Harris is extending her book tour into 2026 – but now it’s going to be about more than selling books.
www.cnn.com

Reposted by Barry C. Burden

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PBS Wisconsin @pbswisconsin.bsky.social · Dec 8
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmadison.bsky.social political science professor and Elections Research Center director @bcburden.bsky.social explains the premise and status of two lawsuits that seek to redraw Wisconsin's congressional district maps.
Barry Burden on lawsuits over Wisconsin's congressional maps
Barry Burden on two lawsuits that seek to redraw Wisconsin's congressional district maps.
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Reposted by Adam Gamoran

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 7
The irony of Indiana’s magical football season while politicians and university leaders are destroying its academic greatness (see www.indystar.com/story/opinio...)
Indiana's attack on IU is gutting academic programs | Opinion
IU is being transformed into a sad shell of a once-proud global research university.
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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 6
Dems will have more success in 2026 elections spotlighting Trump’s dismissal of affordability, his Epstein connection, & corruption (& connecting the 3) than bait such as the fake peace prize, renaming DOD, & bulldozing part of the White House www.ft.com/content/1b46...
Donald Trump says claim of US affordability crisis is a ‘hoax’
President insists prices have come down despite voter frustration over high cost of living
www.ft.com

Reposted by Barry C. Burden

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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · Dec 5
The Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday.

via @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social
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National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 4
So it IS possible for the Speaker to swear in a new member just days after their election. The TN special election results have not even been certified yet.
greggiroux.bsky.social Greg Giroux @greggiroux.bsky.social · Dec 4
US Rep. Matt Van Epps (R-Tennessee) was sworn in by Speaker Johnson to succeed Mark Green (R).

Van Epps was elected Tuesday in Tennessee's 7th District.

House now 220R-213D. 2 vacancies (for now): TX-18 (Turner/D) & NJ-11 (Sherrill/D).

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, David R. Miller, Barry C. Burden

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Greg Giroux @greggiroux.bsky.social · Dec 4
US Rep. Matt Van Epps (R-Tennessee) was sworn in by Speaker Johnson to succeed Mark Green (R).

Van Epps was elected Tuesday in Tennessee's 7th District.

House now 220R-213D. 2 vacancies (for now): TX-18 (Turner/D) & NJ-11 (Sherrill/D).

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 3
Not sen or gov, but Evers tried for superintendent twice before winning in 2009

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 3
Everything in this administration is arbitrary and usually involves boot-licking

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Dec 2
If Barnes or Rodriguez is successful next year, it would the first time in more than half a century that a Wisconsin lt gov got elected as governor www.wpr.org/news/mandela...
Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes joins race for Wisconsin governor
Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes has entered Wisconsin's 2026 race for governor, joining a crowded Democratic primary field and vowing to "get things done the Wisconsin way" if elected.
www.wpr.org

Reposted by Silvia Secchi, Barry C. Burden

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Dec 2
Breaking News: Juan Orlando Hernández, a Honduran ex-president convicted for drug trafficking, was freed from prison after a Trump pardon.
Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Is Freed From Prison After Trump Pardon
Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of flooding the United States with cocaine and had been sentenced to 45 years in prison.
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