Heath Brown
@heathbrown.bsky.social
CUNY John Jay & Grad Center—author of Roadblocked: Joe Biden’s Rocky Transition to the Presidency due out in 2024 https://a.co/d/en5ESkV Co-edit 3Streams blog: https://medium.com/3streams
Fascinated that there’s only 1 Columbia affiliated expert on the Mamdani transition committee www.amny.com/new-york/man...
Mamdani transition: Mayor-elect names over 400 advisors across 17 committees ahead of January inauguration | amNewYork
With 38 days until he takes office, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Monday that he has appointed over 400 people across 17 committees to serve as “critical
www.amny.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Fascinated that there’s only 1 Columbia affiliated expert on the Mamdani transition committee www.amny.com/new-york/man...
Growing list of words @ryanlizza.bsky.social has taught me that I hoped not to know
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Growing list of words @ryanlizza.bsky.social has taught me that I hoped not to know
Visiting Barnard to give a talk today, what a view!!
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Visiting Barnard to give a talk today, what a view!!
What a tribute to Sid!
“Ranked 12th on the list of 20, he was identified as “Lindsay’s top personal aide: a first class S.O.B., wheeler-dealer and suspected bagman,” referring to an intermediary who solicits bribes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
“Ranked 12th on the list of 20, he was identified as “Lindsay’s top personal aide: a first class S.O.B., wheeler-dealer and suspected bagman,” referring to an intermediary who solicits bribes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
Sid Davidoff, Powerful Aide to Mayor Lindsay, Dies at 86
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What a tribute to Sid!
“Ranked 12th on the list of 20, he was identified as “Lindsay’s top personal aide: a first class S.O.B., wheeler-dealer and suspected bagman,” referring to an intermediary who solicits bribes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
“Ranked 12th on the list of 20, he was identified as “Lindsay’s top personal aide: a first class S.O.B., wheeler-dealer and suspected bagman,” referring to an intermediary who solicits bribes.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
My piece for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social on how Mamdani could benefit from bringing back the de Blasio transition tent citylimits.org/opinion-brin...
Opinion: Bring Back the Mayoral Transition Tent - City Limits
"Rather than rely solely on the new mayor or pundits to interpret the results, the transition tents served as an informal poll of what New Yorkers really wanted."
citylimits.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
My piece for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social on how Mamdani could benefit from bringing back the de Blasio transition tent citylimits.org/opinion-brin...
Seems clear now the bear was a panda
a panda bear is holding a stick in its mouth and eating it .
ALT: a panda bear is holding a stick in its mouth and eating it .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Seems clear now the bear was a panda
How can I watch Rhea Seehorn in the Nuzzi role and Odenkirk play Mark Sanford
a man and a woman are standing in front of a statue of liberty and the letters амс are on the bottom
ALT: a man and a woman are standing in front of a statue of liberty and the letters амс are on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
How can I watch Rhea Seehorn in the Nuzzi role and Odenkirk play Mark Sanford
Thank you @citylimitsnews.bsky.social for publishing this one by me on the Mamdani mayoral transition
"Our new mayor-elect would be wise to look to New Yorkers for help. Borrowing an idea from 2013 would go a long way to making this happen." citylimits.org/opinion-brin...
Opinion: Bring Back the Mayoral Transition Tent - City Limits
"Rather than rely solely on the new mayor or pundits to interpret the results, the transition tents served as an informal poll of what New Yorkers really wanted."
citylimits.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Thank you @citylimitsnews.bsky.social for publishing this one by me on the Mamdani mayoral transition
Sad to hear of Sid’s passing—a NYC legend www.amny.com/news/sid-dav...
Sid Davidoff, New York government affairs icon, dies at 86
Sid Davidoff, an iconic figure in NYC’s political scene who worked for former Mayor John Lindsay, died on Sunday.
www.amny.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Sad to hear of Sid’s passing—a NYC legend www.amny.com/news/sid-dav...
Hardly seems sufficient to only note “Mr. Christie served as governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. After leaving office, he served as an adviser to DraftKings until 2021.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
Opinion | Chris Christie: Keep Sports Betting Legal
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Hardly seems sufficient to only note “Mr. Christie served as governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. After leaving office, he served as an adviser to DraftKings until 2021.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...
Would love to read @ejfagan.com response to this:
“Who could believe that the head of a think tank doesn’t think?”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
“Who could believe that the head of a think tank doesn’t think?”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Would love to read @ejfagan.com response to this:
“Who could believe that the head of a think tank doesn’t think?”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
“Who could believe that the head of a think tank doesn’t think?”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Is this the first time an APSA member has been given a Presidential pardon? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump pardons top allies who aided bid to subvert the 2020 election
Pardon recipients include Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, John Eastman and dozens more.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Is this the first time an APSA member has been given a Presidential pardon? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Just posted on @3streamsblog.bsky.social from @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social on the Mamdani win in New York cc @cmwitko.bsky.social @billresh.bsky.social @dcinbox.bsky.social @sam-workman.bsky.social medium.com/3streams/zoh...
Zohran Mamdani and the Other “Boy Mayor”
What today’s mayor-elect can learn from the ghosts of New York City government
medium.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Just posted on @3streamsblog.bsky.social from @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social on the Mamdani win in New York cc @cmwitko.bsky.social @billresh.bsky.social @dcinbox.bsky.social @sam-workman.bsky.social medium.com/3streams/zoh...
Please tell me there’s an facnyc episode dropping this morning @katiehonan.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Please tell me there’s an facnyc episode dropping this morning @katiehonan.bsky.social
Bring back the mayoral transition tents www.amny.com/news/de-blas...
De Blasio and transition team tour transition tent | amNewYork
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Carl Weisbrod and Jennifer Jones Austin, the co-chairpersons of Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio’s transition team, toured the Talking
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November 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Bring back the mayoral transition tents www.amny.com/news/de-blas...
Wrote this for @washingtonmonthly.com about Dick Cheney last year
“Rumsfeld flew from Nice to London and then back home on August 9, greeted by Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld’s former assistant, at the airport in Virginia”
washingtonmonthly.com/2024/03/04/t...
“Rumsfeld flew from Nice to London and then back home on August 9, greeted by Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld’s former assistant, at the airport in Virginia”
washingtonmonthly.com/2024/03/04/t...
The Only Kept Secret in Washington
Fifty years ago, months before Richard Nixon resigned the presidency, a small group of White House staffers quietly planned for the ascension of Gerald Ford. Not even Nixon or Ford knew.
washingtonmonthly.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Wrote this for @washingtonmonthly.com about Dick Cheney last year
“Rumsfeld flew from Nice to London and then back home on August 9, greeted by Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld’s former assistant, at the airport in Virginia”
washingtonmonthly.com/2024/03/04/t...
“Rumsfeld flew from Nice to London and then back home on August 9, greeted by Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld’s former assistant, at the airport in Virginia”
washingtonmonthly.com/2024/03/04/t...
Excited to read this from @melissamichelson.bsky.social @sldemora.bsky.social and Sarah Hayes
November 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Excited to read this from @melissamichelson.bsky.social @sldemora.bsky.social and Sarah Hayes
Let Kershaw pitch the bottom of the inning
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Let Kershaw pitch the bottom of the inning
That Cuomo gave up buying ads three innings ago says it all
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
That Cuomo gave up buying ads three innings ago says it all
Could Ohtani come back in to pitch?
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Could Ohtani come back in to pitch?
Smoltzy is not making it out of the first inning
November 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Smoltzy is not making it out of the first inning
I found this @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social piece so interesting open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
Presidents Don't Know Much
Even the ones who know a lot. Which doesn't include...well, you know who.
open.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I found this @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social piece so interesting open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
Wow Keith Williams Jr
October 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Wow Keith Williams Jr
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“This requirement has been communicated in email, EAB messaging to students and a persistent message in Brightspace since July 2025.”
“This requirement has been communicated in email, EAB messaging to students and a persistent message in Brightspace since July 2025.”
October 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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“This requirement has been communicated in email, EAB messaging to students and a persistent message in Brightspace since July 2025.”
“This requirement has been communicated in email, EAB messaging to students and a persistent message in Brightspace since July 2025.”