Brendan Nyhan

@brendannyhan.bsky.social

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Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.

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Brendan Nyhan is an American political scientist and professor at Dartmouth College. He is also a liberal to moderate political blogger, author, and political columnist. He was born in Mountain View, California and now lives in Hanover, New Hampshire. .. more

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14d

Contrary to this op-ed, we don't actually have to give up on papers! New in @chronicle.com

How to Assign Research Papers Again
Three ways to counter AI and restore confidence in the integrity of student writing www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 3h

Insane. Earlier, Harris, an elected official, lectured constituents about respecting 1st Amendment after they jeered him (as in he implied they were violating his rights...?). Then implores police to confiscate a camera from a journalist, saying they have no right to record him at press conference.

Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 4h

Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night.

Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3h

Very interesting: "Announcing a major 1,200 person trial of a GLP-1 for addiction recovery and recidivism"
recursiveadaptation.com/p/announcing...

Announcing a major 1,200 person trial of a GLP-1 for addiction recovery and recidivism

New RCT enrolling Q1 2027 from CASPR and Allegheny County, with researchers from MIT, UCSD, Pitt, and UPMC.

recursiveadaptation.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4h

"Record supplies of cocaine still arrive in the U.S., Europe and as far away as Australia every day, cheaper and purer than they’ve been in decades"

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 17h

Almost like the boat strikes are just performative murder and not a serious counter-drug tactic.

www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Why U.S. Airstrikes Are Failing to Stop the Global Cocaine Boom

Smugglers are shifting routes and using new tactics to evade military targeting, resulting in record supplies and plunging prices.

www.wsj.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4h

If we don't follow Article I, we don't have a Constitution:

"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States"

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Michal Ovádek @movadek.bsky.social · 7h

Very proud of this piece with @tommasopavone.bsky.social, now out at JOP, where we use the empirical setting of Slovakia - an eroding democracy with a recent experience of backsliding - to gauge the potential of the past to affect present-day attitudes: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 8h

Fine and sensible suggestions on how to assign research papers in the age of AI. Via @brendannyhan.bsky.social

How to Assign Research Papers Again

Three ways to counter AI and restore confidence in the integrity of student writing.

www.chronicle.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12h

The Original Sin of politics was the invention of the passive voice, when Adam and Eve ate of the Tree of Vague Unaccountability.

Wild how all those violent ICE agents just … got hired … and deployed … somehow. Who can possibly say how? It’s all a mystery.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Susan Collins: "I think what happened is far too many ICE officers were hired and deployed without adequate vetting and training"

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 12h

Trump “was troubled that Guilfoyle was making money off his presidency,” the WSJ informs us, with the journalistic equivalent of a straight face.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

"Guilfoyle was scrambling to save her job ... when the Journal revealed texts showing she had solicited $100k from a Trump donor, Guilfoyle reached out to the WH to say the texts were AI generated. The officials didn’t believe her claims. Journal reporters verified the authenticity of the texts."

Inside Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Final Days as Ambassador to Greece

To save her job, she claimed the incriminating texts were AI generated; Trump grew annoyed with the damaging revelations.

www.wsj.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14h

Unprecedented corruption

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15h

Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate...then were told to lay off. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...