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This may be the funniest thing @RoyCooperNC has ever said: “Cooper on his concerns about running for Senate: “I'll have to admit that I did look up at all of those Senate committee chairs in Washington, and I was thinking I might be a little young for this.” #ncpol
In response to this evening’s Treasury proposed rule, we released the following statement: The Administration is correct that biotechnology is a strategic technology industry for the United States. We need policies and initiatives that maintain and advance our global leadership in biotech, particularly as we compete with China. The details of the proposed Treasury Department rules matter. We cannot restrict our way to success. As Treasury considers comments on the proposed rule, we need to ensure that we do not have an overly broad approach that would create uncertainty for innovators and investors, and that may unintentionally risk weakening U.S. biotech competitiveness.
George’s latest episode of @ClearerThnTruth is worth a listen. Featuring discussions of Grotius, jokes by @RHFontaine, and a nice mention of my wedding! Check it out on Apple or your preferred podcast spot. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Andrew Barnhill retweeted
Seven widespread misunderstandings about politics.
1. The Democratic Party’s elected officials, staffers, and donors are on average very progressive compared not only to the median voter but to most of the rank and file people who vote for Democrats.
2. The public’s persistently angry mood is not a demand for large policy changes, almost all changes generate backlash and the biggest electoral overperformers are wrong-party governors like Andy Beshear and Phil Scott who don’t do very much.
3. Third parties are most likely to succeed when the differences between the two big parties are small (1992) or at least wrongly perceived to be small (2000) not when they’re both seen as too extreme.
4. Donald Trump’s behavior is very extreme but the main way that his policy platform differs from Mitt Romney’s 2012 platform is that he’s more moderate on social security, Medicare, gay rights, and abortion.
5. How much progress you make on Issue X is more a function of how much you’re willing to drop or compromise on issues A, B, and C than of how aggressively you emote about X.
6. The qualities that are good for winning primaries and raising money are unrelated to (and in some ways antithetical to) the qualities that are good for winning general elections.
7. Increasing political polarization reflects deliberate choices made by highly engaged elite actors and is not an emergent property of the mass public.
Andrew Barnhill retweeted
I truly can’t comprehend STAT without Helen. She was fierce, kind, smart, and so generous with her time and knowledge. This is a devastating loss for STAT, for her family, for science journalism, the public statnews.com/2026/10/13/hele…
Andrew Barnhill retweeted
Three of the four leaders of the passenger revolt on Flight 93 had been presidents of their fraternities
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So many things to say about this great human. But for now I’m just thinking about the good heart he had and his love for our city.
Jim Ukrop, grocery chain leader and Richmond civic booster, dies at 89
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Andrew Barnhill retweeted
Bill Clinton was in his prime in an era of American politics when the emphasis in political rhetoric was still to argue someone was wrong without arguing they were evil, rather than to argue they are evil without being able to muster an argument about why they are wrong.
Bill Clinton: "Stephen Miller earlier this year gave a very articulate, forceful defence of the politics of brutal force. And he says it's always been this way, there's never been a time when cooperation was more important than domination. I respectfully disagree, and I believe that on the 250th anniversary of this country, we can't have a politics driven by zero-sum thinking."
My @NYUWagner students took on their simulated legislative exercise tonight and attempted to solve more problems than Congress. I think they succeeded.
Beginning the fun annual task of getting around Manhattan during UNGA. An exciting but chaotic week for the city. #unga
It was a pleasure to moderate the NC Life Sciences Organization Annual Meeting’s panel on the Federal Landscape today in RTP. I was delighted to be joined by colleagues from across the industry. @IAmBiotech was happy to be a sponsor of today’s event.
Andrew Barnhill retweeted
ONLY 7 states have signed agreements to partake in Trump's GENEROUS MFN pilot for Medicaid. Other states have untilend of Sept. to join the pilot which, was announced Nov. 2025. We don't know how many drugs states are using GENEROUS for.
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Given that I work closely and charitably with both sides of the aisle, I stay out of local politics. But I will note that it does not surprise me that the first venturer into AI slop ads is none other than my former opponent. whqr.org/local/2026-09-06/su…
Andrew Barnhill retweeted
Talarico about to be Texas’ next Senator.
.@KenPaxtonTX addresses grassroots supporters in San Antonio this morning before door knocking.
Crowd chants: “Let’s go, Ken!”
Andrew Barnhill retweeted
College was supposed to be your ticket into the middle class. Now it's sending kids right back to their parents' basement, $30,000 in debt – a lifetime invoice many will never pay off.
Texas and Georgia are moving to offer a three-year bachelor's degree. Good on them. This should become the norm and not the exception.
But let's remember the bigger picture. When half our children can't read at grade level, the price of college tuition isn't the problem.
American education needs reform from Pre-K to BA: make a college education meaningful and affordable — and make sure our kids can actually read at grade level, so they get there in the first place.
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