Professor of Political Science at UC Irvine. My perennial birthday wish is to swim laps at the White House pool.
Irvine, CA
Joined May 2011
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JUST RELEASED: When President Nixon met President Clinton for the first time at the White House on March 8, 1993.
Courtesy: William J. Clinton Presidential Library @WJCLibrary42
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THREAD: This week, Congress sent a bill to the president’s desk that I can almost guarantee you haven’t heard of.
How can I be sure?
**Not a single article has been written about it by any news outlet, anywhere**
RT @jacklgoldsmith: On Kash Patel and the Underappreciated Federal Vacancies Reform Act:
A NYT article today about Trump nominees and Sena…
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One of the really fun things I've been able to do since moving to @USCPrice 7.5 years ago is bring together all the great scholars in the SoCal area who do Political Economy. The SoCal Political Institutions and Political Economy Working Group meets three times a year...
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Feel free to call student occupation of a building disruptive, aggravating, etc. But for UCI leadership to label it as *violent* is insidious for a number of reasons (1/6)
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Chiefs of Staff do not affect the duration, density, or composition of their president's workday
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Analysis: Our bracket ranks NCAA schools by percentage of low-income students, return on investment & how well grads move up the economic ladder. In this contest, UC-Irvine wins the women's March Madness tourney buff.ly/3PFHrRf
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Here's something we don't get to say all that often: Happy #LeapYear! While we like #OTD posts, President Ford was only in office for one Feb. 29th ('76), and spent the entire day campaigning in Florida. To see how busy he was, read his Daily Diary at: fordlibrarymuseum.gov/librar…
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In Memoriam: Charles O. Jones, Former APSA President and Leading Scholar of Congress and the Presidency, Has Passed Away
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As part of the @goodauth launch, a few thoughts on (what else) presidential power - first up, assessing some of the GOP contenders on the federal workforce...
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We have 🚀ed our new site, goodauthority.org! We hope you'll check it out and tell us what you think.
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Coming soon: @JPIPE 4(2): five peer-reviewed articles by @jmacdon37, @Jan_Vogler, @MattBeckmann, @QingChang19, and Guoer Liu.
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It was 57 years ago this Sunday that 15,000 people gathered in an open field on The Irvine Ranch to witness history as President Lyndon B. Johnson visited Irvine for the dedication ceremony of the UC Irvine.
📸: UCI Special Collection Archive
#FunFactFriday
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Moments after hitting his record-breaking 715th home run, Hank Aaron received a congratulatory phone call from President Nixon with an invitation to the White House.
Here is the President's Daily Diary with a record of that call.
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You may not know his name, but you've surely seen his video. Meet @igorbobic, the man behind some of the most jaw-dropping footage from inside the Capitol insurrection. And #ThankAJournalist today. socs.ci/bobic2021
@UCIAA @ucisocsci @UCIrvine
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Thank you Chuck Yeager, for inspiring us to push new limits and imagine greater horizons. On this day in 1976, President Ford presented a Special Congressional Medal to Brig. Gen. Charles E. Yeager.
📷@Ford_Library: Daily Diary of President Gerald R. Ford, 12/8/1976.
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Truly sad to hear this news. Was grateful to play for a college baseball legend and for someone who taught me a lot about myself. I appreciate everything he did for my teammates and I 💙💛 #RIPSkip
STORY: College Baseball lost one of its giants in the coaching industry with the passing of Mike Gillespie.
My piece with national reaction. @aaronfitt will have more later.
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