Lindsey Cormack

Hahaha thank you

Bonus round:

Riveting professor life Friday night

We are launching a new School of Computing at Stevens Institute of Technology and I'm happy to be a part of the search for our first set of faculty members.

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Belarus

Afghanistan (not always adversary in the same way as others)

Cuba

Venezuela

Syria

North Korea

China

Russia

For the last 15 years Congressional Republicans have made Iran (and nearly every other FoPo adversary) much more of a central governing subject than Democrats. A short thread:

Iran:

Markwayne Mullin most frequent 3 word terms in official e-news:

telephone town hall (188)
american energy independence (167)
secure southern border (151)
rising energy costs (143)
protect american workers (139)
biden administration policies (132)
lower energy prices (127)

Sen. Markwayne Mullin at the start of this administration:

And Noem was coming under way more pressure at least by this indicator

Here's Hegseth

I don't know the comms patterns are very different for them. Here's Bondi

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "Noem" since she was appointed to lead the Dept of Homeland, by party

When I'm not doing congressional communications analyses I'm working on making sure each generation gets to know our system of government and their power in it.

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Official Congress to Constituent messaging on immigration and ICE is coming more from Democrats than Republicans in 2026.

This is notable because historically, Republicans have "owned" or mostly controlled this narrative through consistency and repetition.

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) an hour ago:

and these are in the official capacity, so can't be asking for $$

And here's the geographic distribution heat map for messages sent 2010-today

Historically and currently congressional Republicans send far more official e-newsletters to constituents mentioning "Ayatollah" than Democrats do.

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"The Iranian regime is the world’s top state sponsor of terrorism and has been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans. The regime has plotted to assassinate President Trump" - Rep. Andrew Garbarino (23 hours ago)

"We killed one of the most evil men in the world, along with 40 of his cohorts. When America leads with strength, our enemies think twice, and the world is safer for it." -Representative Jeff Van Drew Feb 28

Official congressional e-newsletters mentioning "Iran" over the last month, by party