E.J. Fagan

E.J. Fagan

@ejfagan.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois Chicago. I study think tanks, agenda setting, Congress and political parties. Also, baseball.

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I'd like to add some historical context to the discussions around Project 2025. The discourse misses why Project 2025 is so important. As I write about in my book, Heritage has built something like Project 2025 for every election since 1980, but this time it's different. Big 🧵

The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics, is officially published today! The book tells the story of how partisan think tanks have impacted modern policy debates. Here's why you should consider it 1/ www.amazon.com/Thinkers-Par...

The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics (Studies in Postwar American Political Development): Fagan, E.J.: 9780197759660: Amazon.com: Bookswww.amazon.com The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics (Studies in Postwar American Political Development) [Fagan, E.J.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics (Studies in Postwar American Political Development)

I’ve always told my students to understand politics through the lens of, “People who work in politics are the heroes in their own stories,” but it’s harder with the MAGA crowd. Some think they are doing good, but a lot of them are liars, corrupt, cynical and malicious.

The thing that's obvious to everyone and that nobody can actually write in the press is that the American (and yes, I'm sure elsewhere too) right wing is led by bad people and the object is to make more people extremely bad in basically every respect. It's anti-society

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My guess is that Trump knows very little about P25 *and* it will be the blueprint for his administration. He’s famously bored by policy. He’ll appoint these people because they’re loyal. They’ll then go to work on the plan while he grifts, golfs, and gives two-hour speeches at rallies.

Trump: I don't know anything about Project 2025 Here is a list of all the Trump officials who authored the Project 2025 blueprint, Mandate for Leadership. 25 of 36 were part of the Trump administration. project2025istheocracy.substack.com/p/project-20...

One of the great things about being a professor is that I get to lean into not being cool around 20 year olds.

As someone now closer to her forties than her twenties, no pair of ankle socks or skinny jeans or side part will make you look as old as trying to chase the trends of 20-year-olds

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Stephen Miller now following Trump's lead and saying he has nothing to do with Project 2025. 1. His organization is on the Project 2025 advisory board. 2. He recorded a video as part of Project 2025 training tools 3. You can see Mandate for Leadership, the Project 2025 publication in the background

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True words from @ejfagan.bsky.social #yankees ⚾️ open.substack.com/pub/ejfagan/...

Fire Brian Cashmanopen.substack.com A Move The Yankees Should Have Made A Long Time Ago

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If it’s not Project 2025, then who is planning Trump’s transition—new @3streamsblog.bsky.social medium.com/3streams/if-...

If it’s not Heritage, who is planning Trump’s transitionmedium.com The former President need to clarify who’s in charge

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Inspired by @amandamarcotte.bsky.social to write something this morning on Heritage and Project 2025 medium.com/3streams/if-...

If it’s not Heritage, who is planning Trump’s transitionmedium.com The former President need to clarify who’s in charge

I know that Heritage is a boogeyman right now, somewhat deserved. But as someone who has read more of their work product than pretty much anyone: this is not a well-oiled machine of an organization in 2024. They are less capable than ever at actually pulling off something like this.

I sure hope all the Dems calling for Biden to step aside have gamed out the fuckery that the Heritage Foundation is planning www.notus.org/2024-electio...

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Overlooked by many: Ohio changed its ballot deadline last month so Dems do not need to use a virtual roll call before the DNC (h/t Rob Richie) www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs bill to ensure Biden will appear on state's general election ballotwww.nbcnews.com Democrats are still expected to move forward with plans to nominate Biden by a virtual roll call.

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Come work with the smart and dedicated folks at Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunity (LEO)! jobs.nd.edu/postings/34843

State Policy Associate (fully remote possible)jobs.nd.edu The State Policy Associate (SPA) will support the work of the Associate Director of Policy and Impact at the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) to work with state policy leaders and o...

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EPA's new Community Water System mapping tool lets us see water infrastructure in #WestVirginia. Water is a huge impediment to fully exploiting the recreational economy that is picking up steam. #EconomicGrowth #econdev #outdoorrec arcg.is/1Lyjmy0

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)

My book on partisanship & violence in the North during the American Civil War. www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...

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Drip, drip www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/u...

Biden Told Ally That He Is Weighing Whether to Continue in the Racewww.nytimes.com The president’s conversation is the first indication that he is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta on Thursday.

Straight up threatening political violence. Roberts belongs in prison.

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

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“Taraji P. Henson made Project 2025 the talk of the BET Awards. The host of this year's BET Awards warned viewers on multiple occasions about the far-right plan to dismantle and remake the government in Trump's image.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/sh...

Taraji P. Henson made Project 2025 the talk of the BET Awardswww.msnbc.com The draconian plan supported by conservative groups to dismantle the government if Donald Trump is elected was the talk of the Black Entertainment Television Awards.

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I completely agree that the economy will always be the primary concern, but this is an election about turnout. And issues like Biden’s age are the kind of thing that turns otherwise disengaged “maybe I should vote” voters into “what’s the point if they’re both old senile men” non-voters.

Biden is unpopular because Americans are unhappy with economic/political conditions and they blame the sitting president for it, not because he's old, and any other Democrat would be saddled with the same issues

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Staying agnostic on the stay/drop discourse, but I want to mention the below isn’t really true in a practical sense. Biden-Harris could move the whole wad to the DNC which would get the same favorable ad rates, and barriers to coordination are a joke now. prospect.org/power/2024-0...

Campaign Finance Laws Give Harris Big Boost in Biden Dropout Scenarioprospect.org If Biden were to withdraw his candidacy, only Kamala Harris could seamlessly use funds raised by the Biden-Harris campaign committee.

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Official act. Immune.

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NEW: Austin Democrat Lloyd Doggett becomes the first sitting member of Congress to call for Biden to drop out of the presidential race (via Matthew Choi, Texas Tribune)

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Oh boy, $150,000!

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I really cannot emphasize how catastrophically bad the Court's ruling was. I do my best not to exaggerate about these kinds of things but I am still kind of in shock

Biden’s staff is leaking details to pressure him to get out.

Carl Bernstein on CNN saying Biden has had "15-20" episodes in the last year like the one he had during the debate with a noted increase in the last six months

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Finished today Thinking about in terms of my Polar class which focuses on extended party network, inequality, and intraparty dynamics as drivers of polar. My students could read all of it with a little prep on two chapters that use more stats. The broader discussions in non-case study chapters

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ICYMI: my account of how Biden won the Dem nomination & the election in 2020. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… His electability and public dislike of Trump were big drivers. Both motivations have since ebbed.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Possibly to do with these numbers

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Rep. Raskin on MSNBC today saying “conversations are being had” about Biden and that the party will rally “whether he’s the candidate or whether he isn’t the candidate.” Seems like a big shift in messaging.

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From my experience going to events, meeting candidates, and polling for the 2020 Iowa Caucuses, there was a huge difference between Harris as a candidate and the campaign she ran. In person, she was the best candidate I met (and I met basically all of them).

these numbers are basically vindication of one of my points in the NYT conversation, which is that whoever is the nominee inherits Biden’s position for the simple reason that they will be standard-bearers for the Biden administration.

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Featuring the great work on rural identity and politics of @klunztrujillo.bsky.social Michael Shepard, Kathy Cramer and more

A great piece out from @nytimes.com on rural studies --> www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/b...

How ‘Rural Studies’ Is Thinking About the Heartlandwww.nytimes.com What’s the matter with America’s rural voters? Many scholars believe that the question itself is the problem.

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heartbreaking. this was probably my favorite part of visiting Seattle. Now instead of being accessible to people it'll all be parted out to rich people's collections. www.xda-developers.com/living-compu...

The Living Computers Museum in Seattle is closing down, and it'll auction off 150 pieces of history for charitywww.xda-developers.com The Living Computers Museum's auctions will contain some amazing items, such as a signed letter from Einstein and Bill Gates's first PC.