What would be “a real mess” per @aei’s Kevin R Kosar?
A crisis of “illegitimacy” per @newamerica’s Lee Drutman ⚙️🏛?
And a “dangerously open field with very little guidance” per our own Beau Tremitiere?
🔺 a contingent election 🔺

Ethan Bauer explains why:

Good podcast that gets into the details of how to run a ranked choice voting election. aei.org/podcast/runnin…

'The House Communications Standards Commission, consisting of three Republicans and three Democrats, voted unanimously to validate a complaint filed against Edwards....' avlwatchdog.org/congressional-… #franking

Just posted: Top Reads on Congress This Week

open.substack.com/pub/kevinrkosa…

“What if the Senate pro tem decides that she wants to be the president, and therefore tries to gum up the works? … It gets to be a real mess.”

deseret.com/magazine/2024/…

Am listening to a conversation of former senators and House members. One thing many lament is how little today's legislators know one another, which makes it hard for them to trust one another and work together.

Always enjoy the annual Library of Congress professional association art show. Some of our civil servants are very talented artists! Floor 6 of the Madison Building.

Just added to UnderstandingCongress.org: Mike Gallagher's diagnosis of what ills the House of Representatives.

understandingcongress.org/2024/04/24/how…

I have always wondered who funded the site.

'Gateway Pundit to file for bankruptcy amid election conspiracy lawsuits'

washingtonpost.com/style/media/20…

Delicious piece by Philip Wallach. 'Sybaritic husks,' 'vanguard of the proletariat,' and 'kittenishly'---all deployed in his evisceration of Anton's and Deneen's dreams of a post-liberal elite.

nationalreview.com/magazine/2024/…

Responsible stewardship.

'To work and take pride in generating their own wealth and their community’s prosperity.... they will have the courage and confidence to mutually pledge to each other their Lives, Fortunes and sacred Honor.'
lawliberty.org/forum/american…
Andrew Beck

Parting wisdom from Mike Gallagher:

'After a grueling day of a thousand meetings, still make the effort to get that beer with a member you don't know that well.'

'Drink more. Tweet less. Get to know your colleagues in real life before trashing them on social media.'

-@MikeforWi

Great to be on the Intercollegiate Studies Institute Conservative Conversations podcast with Marlo Slayback & Tom Sarrouf. We discussed Edward C. Banfield, Government Project, & Banfield's place in American conservative thought.

Watch or listen in at youtube.com/watch?v=ZIMOzn…

Turns out you can’t trust the word of a former KGB officer. Who could have guessed?