John Cluverius
@johncluverius.bsky.social
Political scientist, professor, pollster, parent, partner. Pro-choice, pro-union, and pro-orca.
“If you fail at something long enough, you become a legend.”
All statements are personal opinions, not reflective of university positions.
“If you fail at something long enough, you become a legend.”
All statements are personal opinions, not reflective of university positions.
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As always, Drudge shows how the press would cover Trump if Trump were a Democrat and/or they weren't afraid of him.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
As always, Drudge shows how the press would cover Trump if Trump were a Democrat and/or they weren't afraid of him.
The best part of my job is the fairy godmother shit. Yes you can have these data and guess what it has a highly relevant variable for you. Yes I will holler at my former student about your internship app. Yes I will ask my friend in admissions to give your file a good look. Yes you are crushing it.
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The best part of my job is the fairy godmother shit. Yes you can have these data and guess what it has a highly relevant variable for you. Yes I will holler at my former student about your internship app. Yes I will ask my friend in admissions to give your file a good look. Yes you are crushing it.
From the smells in my neighborhood, at least one of my neighbors is preparing some savory dish and at least one is doing epic bong rips. Reasonably certain it’s the same household.
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
From the smells in my neighborhood, at least one of my neighbors is preparing some savory dish and at least one is doing epic bong rips. Reasonably certain it’s the same household.
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I got the opportunity to share my thoughts on @jhppl.bsky.social’s 50th birthday, how health policy scholars can face this difficult moment, and my aspirations for the journal.
Today on the blog:
A Q&A with Sarah Gollust, editor of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law in celebration of 50 years of the journal: buff.ly/5rp6FVJ
@jhppl.bsky.social
A Q&A with Sarah Gollust, editor of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law in celebration of 50 years of the journal: buff.ly/5rp6FVJ
@jhppl.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I got the opportunity to share my thoughts on @jhppl.bsky.social’s 50th birthday, how health policy scholars can face this difficult moment, and my aspirations for the journal.
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One of the central problems with opinion polling in West Virginia, and even more so with national polls about West Virginians, is that they represent a few folks from our larger cities. West Virginia is a hard place to poll for geographical and infrastructure reasons. Quick 🧵. 🏛️🌐🗺️
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One of the central problems with opinion polling in West Virginia, and even more so with national polls about West Virginians, is that they represent a few folks from our larger cities. West Virginia is a hard place to poll for geographical and infrastructure reasons. Quick 🧵. 🏛️🌐🗺️
It’s got that jiggle. Again, thank you @hels.bsky.social .
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It’s got that jiggle. Again, thank you @hels.bsky.social .
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Great news for all who care about telling the truth & the full story of American history. The Mississippi Delta barn where Emmett Till died is now owned by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center thanks to a major donation from Shonda Rhimes. It will open as a memorial by 2039.
New owner to open Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site
The new owner of the Mississippi barn where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed is to be opened as a memorial site by 2030.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Great news for all who care about telling the truth & the full story of American history. The Mississippi Delta barn where Emmett Till died is now owned by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center thanks to a major donation from Shonda Rhimes. It will open as a memorial by 2039.
Happy start your dry turkey brine day to all to celebrate.
It’s also double stock day!
It’s also double stock day!
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Happy start your dry turkey brine day to all to celebrate.
It’s also double stock day!
It’s also double stock day!
i am unabashedly an R1 and TLJ defender, but I also admit these are elevated in my mind because Andor really lifts up R1 and ROS' retconning of so much TLJ makes me like TLJ more.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
i am unabashedly an R1 and TLJ defender, but I also admit these are elevated in my mind because Andor really lifts up R1 and ROS' retconning of so much TLJ makes me like TLJ more.
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Ex) maybe now controversial to point out, but before she was fired by billionaires (Pritzker, ackman), Claudine Gay courted them hard
She even renamed Harvard’s graduate school after a billionaire. It’s her one signature accomplishment!
www.thecrimson.com/article/2023...
She even renamed Harvard’s graduate school after a billionaire. It’s her one signature accomplishment!
www.thecrimson.com/article/2023...
Hedge Fund CEO Ken Griffin ’89 Makes $300M Donation to FAS, Harvard to Rename GSAS in His Honor | News | The Harvard Crimson
Billionaire hedge fund CEO and Republican megadonor Kenneth C. Griffin ’89 donated $300 million to Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the University announced Tuesday morning. Harvard will rename...
www.thecrimson.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Ex) maybe now controversial to point out, but before she was fired by billionaires (Pritzker, ackman), Claudine Gay courted them hard
She even renamed Harvard’s graduate school after a billionaire. It’s her one signature accomplishment!
www.thecrimson.com/article/2023...
She even renamed Harvard’s graduate school after a billionaire. It’s her one signature accomplishment!
www.thecrimson.com/article/2023...
Literally a co-author on a study that says Vaccines produce higher levels of COVID-19 neutralizing antibodies than infection. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Population-based serosurveys for SARS-CoV-2 transmission 2021–2022, Massachusetts USA
SARS-CoV-2 has been responsible for extensive morbidity and mortality in Massachusetts, especially during the 2021–2022 time period. The true burden o…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Literally a co-author on a study that says Vaccines produce higher levels of COVID-19 neutralizing antibodies than infection. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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One of the worst trends in American society over the past few decades has been the increased obsession w/ Ivy League degrees. We’re much less of a meritocracy as a society than we were before this & both parties are to blame. A nice reform for Dems would be to become less Ivy League-obsessed.
"attending an Ivy-Plus college instead of the average flagship public college increases students- chances of reaching the top 1% of the earnings distribution by 50%, nearly doubles their chances of attending an elite graduate school, and almost triples their chances of working at a prestigious firm"
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges,” by Chetty (@Oppinsights), Deming, and Friedman: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
One of the worst trends in American society over the past few decades has been the increased obsession w/ Ivy League degrees. We’re much less of a meritocracy as a society than we were before this & both parties are to blame. A nice reform for Dems would be to become less Ivy League-obsessed.
Political scientists don’t really think about threats of violence as a constraint on elected officials but we really need to be thinking about it this way
#NEW: Gov. Mike Braun said he and his family are among the Republicans targeted in a wave of threats against state officeholders over Indiana redistricting. www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/…
Indiana’s governor and at least 8 lawmakers have been swatted or threatened as state Republicans...
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said he and his family are among the Republicans targeted in a wave of threats against state officeholders this week as President Donald Trump pressures Hoosier State lawmak...
www.cnn.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Political scientists don’t really think about threats of violence as a constraint on elected officials but we really need to be thinking about it this way
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NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
I was not ready for the Tatiana Schlossberg piece. Damn.
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I was not ready for the Tatiana Schlossberg piece. Damn.
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
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Re Lizza's "catch-and-kill" offhand accusation, either
1. It's true and BOTH of them (since he knew about it) are now not-even-that-tangentially responsible for RFK's attempts to destroy public health in America
2. It's false and both of these people should never have jobs in journalism again
1. It's true and BOTH of them (since he knew about it) are now not-even-that-tangentially responsible for RFK's attempts to destroy public health in America
2. It's false and both of these people should never have jobs in journalism again
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Re Lizza's "catch-and-kill" offhand accusation, either
1. It's true and BOTH of them (since he knew about it) are now not-even-that-tangentially responsible for RFK's attempts to destroy public health in America
2. It's false and both of these people should never have jobs in journalism again
1. It's true and BOTH of them (since he knew about it) are now not-even-that-tangentially responsible for RFK's attempts to destroy public health in America
2. It's false and both of these people should never have jobs in journalism again
If I was running in TN-02 my campaign song would be “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way” because despite the phd and the bow tie I’ve got some real hick preferences.
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If I was running in TN-02 my campaign song would be “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way” because despite the phd and the bow tie I’ve got some real hick preferences.
We don’t even need to look at China. Look at Uruguay.
America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
November 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
We don’t even need to look at China. Look at Uruguay.
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Read this and all I could think about was Andre 3000 in green light saying something like, "Sometimes you gotta step from behind that regression"
Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Read this and all I could think about was Andre 3000 in green light saying something like, "Sometimes you gotta step from behind that regression"
even candidates are posting @aedwardslevy.bsky.social bait
VOTE EARLY, VOTE AFTYN
Today is the last Saturday to vote early in the TN-7 special congressional race in Tennessee. Not sure where or when to vote? Not in the district, but want to canvass to get out the vote? Check out the links in our BIO!
Today is the last Saturday to vote early in the TN-7 special congressional race in Tennessee. Not sure where or when to vote? Not in the district, but want to canvass to get out the vote? Check out the links in our BIO!
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
even candidates are posting @aedwardslevy.bsky.social bait
Maybe you should focus on the work of ANOTHER person in the employ of the New Yorker in 2018…
Bless you, @hels.bsky.social
Bless you, @hels.bsky.social
Win Thanksgiving (and Post-Thanksgiving) with Double Stock
A true double stock is a culinary showpiece, an investment of time and ingredients that is worthy of its own spotlight.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Maybe you should focus on the work of ANOTHER person in the employ of the New Yorker in 2018…
Bless you, @hels.bsky.social
Bless you, @hels.bsky.social
This is actually my favorite thing about America because our entire political disagreements are about
“I didn’t mean it like that”
vs
“Then why did you say it like that?”
“I didn’t mean it like that”
vs
“Then why did you say it like that?”
In Ken Burns' new documentary, "The American Revolution," the idea that colonists of all stripes took to heart Thomas Jefferson's declaration that, "All men are created equal," was revelatory.
It was a principle which the masses, then and now, deeply embraced. That's why American democracy works.
It was a principle which the masses, then and now, deeply embraced. That's why American democracy works.
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This is actually my favorite thing about America because our entire political disagreements are about
“I didn’t mean it like that”
vs
“Then why did you say it like that?”
“I didn’t mean it like that”
vs
“Then why did you say it like that?”
Say what you will about Nancy Wheeler, but four hits to center mass is good shooting
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Say what you will about Nancy Wheeler, but four hits to center mass is good shooting
Chip Roy hates Johnson and is a no vote on almost everything. Plus you have a handful of shitkickers, podcasters, supplement peddlers, and galaxy brained anti-semites
The TX-18 seat will be filled by a Dem in a run-off (between 2 Dems) on 1/31/26. The special election in TX-7 is 12/2/25. The special in NJ-11 is 4/16/26. If both NJ-11 (likely) and TX-7 (stretch) go Dem, then in April the chamber will be 218-216 until MTG's seat is filled
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Chip Roy hates Johnson and is a no vote on almost everything. Plus you have a handful of shitkickers, podcasters, supplement peddlers, and galaxy brained anti-semites