E.J. Fagan
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois Chicago. Author of The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics. Also, baseball.
- Literally comparing themselves to the Nazis.
- The Trump Era through the 2024 was a period of steady racial depolarization, with Ds doing a bit better among whites and Rs making large gains in among non-white. It’s why Texas stopped trending blue and the suburbs flipped everywhere, Trump 2.0 killed all of that by revealing their true selves.
- Two years ago, we got a profile of JD Vance's edgy adolescent staffers, who were drinking cheap scotch and smoking cigars. Today: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
- Two years ago www.politico.com/news/magazin...
- We're getting real close to debuting our new Illinois legislative assembly website with @illinoisigpa.bsky.social. It's very cool. @housedemsil.bsky.social @ilsendems.bsky.social
- And State of the State addresses:
- Tax data center electricity use! Silicon Valley has used its intellectual property to game federal corporate taxes for years, allowing them to pay a rate near zero forever. But now they have big immobile targets for us to hit. Plus, a tax would encourage them to be more efficient.
- A new ICE memo asserted that they can arrest anyone who: 1) Has access to a car 2) Provides “unverifiable” information 3) Is in the vicinity of someone they intend to arrest 4) Has “ties to the community.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
- Five classes from college: Development of Western Civilization The Catholic Church and World Religions Phenomenology Theology of Thomas Aquinas Intermediate Latin
- Go Friars!
- Minnesota is bad enough that they want us to talk about Epstein.
- Aaron Judge looking cool as hell. The GOAT.
