Archive - Matt’s Five Points

There are Majorities and then there are Hellbent Majorities

Size matters, but so does intensity

Apr 4 •

March 2025

How oversight got overlooked

Congress weakened committees for internal reasons - and unintentionally weakened its position in the constitutional order as a result.

Published on Hypertext • Mar 21

February 2025

How to think about executives and legislatures

It's just like planning a party at the PTA or the frat house

Feb 7 •

39:40

January 2025

Trump's first week, with Philip Wallach and Jonathan Bernstein

Listen now (70 mins) | What is happening to the presidency?

Jan 24 •

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Jonathan Bernstein

1:10:27

December 2024

The Speakership Election in the 119th Congress

It's deja vu all over again, folks

Dec 30, 2024 •

Welcome to the 119th Congress

It's all the fun of the 118th, just with unified government, reconciliation, and Elon Musk!

Dec 19, 2024 •

November 2024

Energy in the Executive?

Trump is picking up---and falling down---right where he left off

Nov 22, 2024 •

He's baaack: 34 Friday Thoughts

We're negative 66 days into the Trump administration, and I'm already tired

Nov 15, 2024 •

Provisional Initial Election Thoughts

A new political order for America has arrived

Nov 6, 2024 •

Elecshun Dae 2024

My 26-point layman's guide to getting your political junkie on tomorrow

Nov 4, 2024 •

October 2024

27 Observations about American Politics

For whatever reason, people love blog posts in list format

Oct 23, 2024 •

August 2024

Join the PTA. No, seriously.

A lot of important politics is the stuff we pretend isn't politics

Aug 22, 2024 •

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