Miranda Yaver
@mirandayaver.bsky.social
Political science prof (health politics/law, public policy, APE) at Wheaton College (MA). Fall 2024: Asst. Prof at Pitt HPM. Cal bear and Columbia PhD. Bylines at NY Times & WaPo. Writing on health insurance woes.
Last I checked, sexual assault is still a crime, or did the Supreme Court issue a new ruling I don’t know about?
Ha! Does he think it’s a great, startling revelation that if we reelect an extremist authoritarian narcissistic sociopath, thinks might not go great where bipartisanship is concerned? FFS.
Gorgeous! (I’m not a nature person but I love that this spot is on my walking path.)
The last four years have arguably been the most productive period of bipartisanship in Washington in decades, David Leonhardt writes. That's not an accident. It has depended on the emergence of a new form of American centrism.
A New Centrism Is Rising in Washington
Call it neopopulism: a bipartisan attitude that mistrusts the free-market ethos instead of embracing it.
www.nytimes.comYeah, I always show this in my con law classes as well. Every paragraph is perfection.
What is the quintessential Onion headline? The strong contender that just randomly popped in my mind is "Hank Williams Jr. Honored by Institute For Football Preparedness"
I wrote in 2019 about how Republicans were undermining direct democracy. It’s only gotten worse. medium.com/@miranda.yav...
Arizona Democrats haven’t run the state government for decades, but they’re aiming to make gains this fall. They’re hoping to flip the legislature for the first time since 1966. boltsmag.org/arizona-ball...
Arizona Republicans Set Up a Ballot Measure to Squash Future Ballot Measures
A constitutional amendment, placed on the November ballot by GOP lawmakers, would severely restrict direct democracy through strict geographic requirements on ballot petitions.
boltsmag.org
Me: I’m going to kill time in this bar for an hour while I wait for my midnight train home.
*orders spicy margarita, looks around*
Me: Oh, I’m not cool enough to be here and just raised the average age.
Eggs: Scrambled with cheese
Steak: n/a (and not going public with my preference if pressed)
Milk: Skim
Alcohol: Tequila or bourbon
Warm beverage: Dirty chai
As an experiment, I’ve asked ChatGPT who I am. New research agendas and professional affiliations are attributed to me.
Health policy article submitted!
Health law article submitted!
Look at you helping me write my next SCOTUS/baseball stand-up joke! You nailed it.
John Roberts compared the role of SCOTUS justice to that of a baseball umpire just calling balls and strikes.
I've been saying that that makes John Roberts, who happily gutted the VRA, Angel Hernandez.
So who the fuck is Samuel Alito?
Wait, the Supreme Court did a good thing? What is this strange feeling?
www.theonion.com/pope-francis...
Pope Francis Reverses Position On Capitalism After Seeing Wide Variety Of American Oreos
WASHINGTON—Admitting the startling discovery had compelled him to reexamine his long-held beliefs, His Holiness Pope Francis announced Tuesday that he had reversed his critical stance toward capitalis...
www.theonion.comI hope you don't also summon Charlie Kirk. I'm about to leave Wheaton so he's not going to be able to yell at the wrong college to get under my skin when I won't debate him.
Honestly don't know how your head doesn't explode.
(Sometimes I dream of doing a stand-up set taking down these historically illiterate online twats, but I realize that most people aren't Extremely Online.)
I was blissfully unaware of this guy until today. Yesterday was better.
Write the book you want to read.
Because you're going to read it 100 times.
Glad to have done well in tonight’s stand-up comedy showcase in Boston, the culmination of my stand-up class. In a difficult semester health-wise, it was cathartic to work out a bunch of new political and health material that I can send to clubs in hopes of booking spots (including over APSA!).