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What's On Congress' Fall Agenda? Human vs. AI Predictions.
The gap between what Congress should tackle and what they can realistically achieve—as seen through human hopes and algorithmic realism.
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Dana Dolan, Ph.D.
The Medicare Cuts Nobody's Talking About (Yet)
Why aren't angry constituents confronting Republicans about half a trillion in Medicare cuts during August recess?
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Dana Dolan, Ph.D.
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Who Catches the Wave? Competing House Bills and the Speaker's Stock Trading Dilemma
As reformers paddle out with separate bills for banning stock trades, there may not be room for everyone to ride the same wave. Meanwhile, Mike Johnson…
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Dana Dolan, Ph.D.
Why I’m Switching to Biweekly Posts (And Adding Discussion Threads)
How do you know when it’s time to experiment with the system you’ve built?
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Dana Dolan, Ph.D.

July 2025

Democrats Don't Have an Age Problem. They Have a Strategy Problem.
An op-ed originally published in The Hill on July 10, 2025
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Dana Dolan, Ph.D.
Don’t Just Count the Votes: What the One Big Bill Teaches Us About Political Intensity
A framework for decoding how political pressure overrides conventional signals of political feasibility.
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Dana Dolan, Ph.D.
The Research Method Nobody Talks About (But Everyone Uses)
How policy researchers actually discover breakthrough insights—and why it matters for your work.
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Dana Dolan, Ph.D.
It's Conference Time (Virtually)
This week I’ll be busy attending the International Conference on Public Policy, held in what looks like an incredibly beautiful city in Thailand: Chiang…
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Dana Dolan, Ph.D.

June 2025

Republicans Risk Electoral Suicide Over Medicaid Cuts They Can't Defend
How Democrats turned GOP tax cuts into a defense of popular programs
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Dana Dolan, Ph.D.
Military Parade vs No Kings Protests: the Conundrum of Partisan Problem Proliferation
Competing June 14th events highlight how partisan media erodes democratic governance
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Dana Dolan, Ph.D.
Back next week...
...it's a good week to recharge.
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Dana Dolan, Ph.D.
The Generational Coup Inside the Democratic Party
Why younger leaders are adopting confrontational tactics to challenge establishment Democrats—and what it means for political entrepreneurship
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Dana Dolan, Ph.D.
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