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Lindsey Cormack
@dcinbox.bsky.social
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PoliSci Prof. Official Congress e-news DB: DCinbox.com & CB8 member. Book on Parenting, Politics and Civic Ed (HowtoRaiseaCitizen.com), Political Communications & Electoral Systems. NYC💗UES + Marlboro NY https://dcinboxinsights.substack.com/
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 6h
Fighting Words: How Congress Uses Party Labels in Official Messages

Talking up your own party, and denigrating the other

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Fighting Words: How Congress Uses Party Labels in Official Messages
Talking up your own party, and denigrating the other
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 1d
Mentions of "god" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 1d
The Office of Rep. Luna (R-TX) sent this in her official e-newsletter on July 4, 2025.
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 1d
If you're an author/presenter and one of your events isn't full, just know that sitting congresspeople who have a built in audience of 750,000+ constituents sometimes struggle to fill up rooms for free events.
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 1d
Congressional Democrats have moved on from the "chaos" frame in official e-newsletters
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 2d
Things got really *beautiful* this year in official congressional e-newsletters
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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 3d
The GOP has a huge structural advantage for shutdown public opinion but may manage to screw that up too. Plus links! @dcinbox.bsky.social @normornstein.bsky.social @mirandayaver.bsky.social @isadesisto.bsky.social @dandrezner.bsky.social etc. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/underminin...
Undermining The GOP's Advantage?
Plus all the links
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 3d
two like this:
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 3d
that made me laugh into coffee just now - thank you for the humor
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 3d
oooooh - what a very fun thing to read right now!

Let me know what you think of it
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 3d
There have been 27 official congressional e-newsletters that mention "Mamdani" (yes they are all about Zohran, the now NYC mayoral candidate).

Over half come from legislators who don't represent NY, and 85% are from Republicans.
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 4d
Mentions of the term "illegal aliens" in official congressional e-newsletters over time, by party
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 6d
The word "reckless" is having a moment in official congressional e-newsletters
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 6d
Mentions of the word "filibuster" in official congressional e-newsletters in 2025, by party
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 7d
This is a sorta funny header from
the Office of Rep. Vince Fong
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 7d
The Shutdown Show Down: Official Congressional Communications Style

When the lights go out, voters will have plenty of competing stories about who turned the switch.

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The Shutdown Show Down: Official Congressional Communications Style
When the lights go out, voters will have plenty of competing stories about who turned the switch.
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 8d
yes, that happens. Here's an example www.dcinbox.com/email/?id=25...
This Week With Gosar
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 8d
Mentions of the word "shutdown" in official congressional e-newsletters in 2025, by party
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 8d
Over the last 15 year just 35 official congressional e-newsletters from Democrats have used the term "illegal aliens" and 3,008 have come from Republicans.
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 8d
Congressional Republicans are far more likely to mention "radical" than Democrats in official congressional communications.
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 8d
I know I usually post congressional comms graphs here, but I also wrote a book that I really like.

When I opened my mail last night I got a pretty neat surprise about that book:
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 9d
Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "town hall" by party, in 2025 so far
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 9d
And now with more context (and data):

Which members of Congress
write to constituents
about "evil"?

And what are they talking
about?

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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 10d
That is a very nice thing for you to say - thank you!
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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 10d
Oh yes - it's coming together in a paper I've been working on. Went and got all the transcripts too with the help of some RAs this summer.
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