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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he supports framework deal on guns

Sahil Kapur of NBC News is an alum of Claremont McKenna College,

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he supports framework deal on guns McConnell's support would greatly boost the bipartisan bill's chances of passing the Senate.

On KPCC today, Claremont McKenna College professor Andy Sinclair talked about the top-two primary. https://www.kpcc.org/show/airtalk/2022-06-14/gas-prices-in-la-set-a-depressing-new-record-so-whats-the-status-of-relief-in-sacramento

CAC's Wydra Discusses January 6 Committee Hearings

Elizabeth Wydra is an alum of Claremont McKenna College.

CAC's Wydra Discusses January 6 Committee Hearings On Monday June, 13, Constitutional Accountability Center President Elizabeth Wydra appeared on Fox News LiveNow with Regina Gonzalez to discuss hearings of t...

Did States’ 2020 Election Adaptations During the Pandemic Affect Turnout? A Q&A with Zachary Courser | American Enterprise Institute - AEI

Zachary Courser directs the Policy Lab at Claremont McKenna College. https://www.aei.org/politics-and-public-opinion/did-states-2020-election-adaptations-during-the-pandemic-affect-turnout-a-qa-with-zachary-courser/

Did States’ 2020 Election Adaptations During the Pandemic Affect Turnout? A Q&A with Zachary Courser | American Enterprise Institute - AEI States adjusted their election administration procedures during the 2020 election in response to the pandemic. But did those changes appreciably affect turnout, and did they favor either party? Zachary Courser discusses.

Trump Bilked Small Donors Out of $250 million Based on Lies

Alex Griffing of Mediaite is an alum of Claremont McKenna College. https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-bilked-his-supporters-out-of-250-million-with-election-defense-fund-that-did-not-exist-jan-6-committee-says/

Trump Bilked Small Donors Out of $250 million Based on Lies Jan. 6 House Select Committee revealed that former President Donald Trump raised over $250 million in emails pushing debunked voter fraud allegations

What the Ukraine war should teach China

Minxin Pei chairs the Department of Government at Claremont McKenna College. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/06/13/%25opinion_category%25/china-russia-military-weaknesses/

What the Ukraine war should teach China Russia’s military has performed far worse than expected in Ukraine. This does not bode well for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, which shares many of the same weaknesses.

The January 6 Hearing Was Just the Beginning

Luke Johnson is an alum of Claremont McKenna College. https://publicsphere.news/p/the-january-6-hearing-was-just-the?s=w

The January 6 Hearing Was Just the Beginning The hearings not only revealed how close democracy was to being lost in 2021 -- but how close it is in 2024.

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TheBridge profile: Riley Bechdel — TheBridge

Riley Thomlison Bechdel is an alum of Claremont McKenna College. https://thebridgework.com/profiles/thebridge-leaders-riley-bechdel-engage-politics

TheBridge profile: Riley Bechdel — TheBridge Name: Riley Bechdel Current city: Washington, D.C. Current job: Partner, Engage Past job: Independent Journal Review; America Rising

CAC's Wydra Discusses #January6th Hearings on Cheddar News

Elizabeth Wydra is an alum of Claremont McKenna College.

CAC's Wydra Discusses #January6th Hearings on Cheddar News On June 9, 2022, Constitutional Accountability Center President Elizabeth Wydra appeared on Cheddar News to discuss the first night of hearings held by the S...

Biden appoints Education Managing Director to Board of Advisors on HBCUs - Kresge Foundation

Bill Moses is an alum of Claremont McKenna College. https://kresge.org/news-views/biden-appoints-education-managing-director-to-board-of-advisors-on-hbcus/

Biden appoints Education Managing Director to Board of Advisors on HBCUs - Kresge Foundation The Kresge Foundation Education Program Managing Director Bill Moses has long championed and supported Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) because of their vital role in nurturing students. Now, thanks to a recent appointment to President Joe...

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Meet Harper Rubin ’22, a Philosophy and Public Affairs major as well as a CMS soccer athlete.

Reflecting on his time at CMC, he shared, “I’m thinking about all the ways I’ve grown since my first year at CMC.”

Read more about Harper: https://bit.ly/3xmXVVG

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School Children At Risk of Losing Free Universal Lunch | Symone

Helena Bottemiller Evich is an alum of Claremont McKenna College. https://youtu.be/OmcfANlcDoI

School Children At Risk of Losing Free Universal Lunch | Symone Symone Sanders speaks to reporter Helena Bottemiller Evich and Beth Wallace, President of the School Nutrition Association on the 10 million school children ...

Rachel Brody and Brian Josephs Are Joining the Flex Desk | The New York Times Company

Rachel Brody is an alum of Claremont McKenna College. https://www.nytco.com/press/rachel-brody-and-brian-josephs-are-joining-the-flex-desk/

Rachel Brody and Brian Josephs Are Joining the Flex Desk | The New York Times Company The Flexible Editing desk is adding two editors in the coming weeks: Rachel Brody, most recently a senior editor for The Appeal, and Brian Josephs, a show writer and copy editor for “Vice News Tonight.” Read more in this note from Pete Blair.

San Francisco is ignoring state housing laws. Gavin Newsom needs to get tougher

Kevin Burke is an alum of Claremont McKenna College.

"Recent changes in state law were designed to make housing development more predictable and quicker to approve. But San Francisco still prefers to subject every project to the discretion of its supervisors and the whims of cozy nonprofits. Newsom, a Democrat from Northern California, had no problem suing the conservative town of Huntington Beach. It remains to be seen whether his appointees will apply the same scrutiny to liberal San Francisco."

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/gavin-newsom-sf-housing-17224872.php

San Francisco is ignoring state housing laws. Gavin Newsom needs to get tougher Despite his tough talk, Newsom and his Housing Department haven’t done nearly enough to...

TVEyes Media Monitoring Suite - [Transcript]

Hilary Appel is a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. https://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=17175&DateTime=6%2F6%2F2022+11%3A34%3A46+AM&Term=Claremont+McKenna&PlayClip=TRUE

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Why California voters can choose any primary candidate, Republican or Democrat.

“I think it’s probably the case that it can produce more moderate legislators,” said J. Andrew Sinclair, an assistant professor of government at Claremont McKenna College who has studied the top-two system. “But it’s hard to sort out, and there’s a fairly robust debate about it.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/us/politics/why-california-voters-can-choose-any-primary-candidate-republican-or-democrat.html

Why California voters can choose any primary candidate, Republican or Democrat. The state has had a top-two system for a decade with a goal of electing more moderate officials, but it may work better in theory than practice.

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Meet Anna Green ’21, Government and Gender Studies major from Connecticut who won the Roland Prize for Best Thesis in Public Administration.

“So it begins, and so it ends,” her father Joel P’21 recalled thinking to himself as he exited the freeway at Indian Hill, just as he did when dropping Anna off for her first year at CMC.

Read more about Anna: https://www.cmc.edu/news/graduate-spotlights

Claremont McKenna College alum Chloe Zagrodzky just graduated from The University of Chicago Law School.

AAPI scribes on 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Pachinko' reveal what it's really like in the writers' room

Julie Wong is an alum of Claremont McKenna College.

AAPI scribes on 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Pachinko' reveal what it's really like in the writers' room Eileen Shim of 'House of the Dragon,' Franklin Jin Rho of 'Pachinko,' and Julie Wong of 'Grey's Anatomy' share their stories

Claremont McKenna College alum Steve Bullock was the speaker for the 2020/2021 commencement.

Rose Institute Q&A: CA’s Top-Two Election System | The Rose Institute of State and Local Government

The Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College has a new report by Professor Andrew Sinclair. http://roseinstitute.org/qa_ca_top-two/

Rose Institute Q&A: CA’s Top-Two Election System | The Rose Institute of State and Local Government Rose Institute Q&A: CA’s Top-Two Election System Download Full Report Rose Institute of State & Local Government Claremont McKenna College Prepared by: Andrew Sinclair, Assistant Professor of Government | [email protected] With the assistance of: Catherine Murphy, CMC ’24; Bryn Miller, CMC ’19...

Micaela Laber, an alum of Claremont McKenna College, recently received her MBA and MPH from Johns Hopkins University.

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Claremont McKenna College alum Andrew Kim is running for mayor of Los Angeles. https://kim4mayor.com/meet-kim/

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How Jeff Roe Won the Pa. Primary

Tina Nguyen of Puck is an alum of Claremont McKenna College. https://puck.news/how-jeff-roe-won-the-pa-primary/

How Jeff Roe Won the Pa. Primary While two centimillionaires (or thereabouts) go to court over who really won Pennsylvania’s G.O.P. Senate primary, Jeff Roe, McCormick’s Trump-curious campaign manager, appears to be leveraging the recount battle into an audition for his next gig: re-electing Donald Trump.

With half of Michigan's Republican governor candidates off the ballot, who is left?

A Michigan gubernatorial candidate has repeated the canard that the United States is not a democracy. The American Independent quotes a response from Claremont McKenna College professor George Thomas.

This line of argument misinterprets the Founding Fathers' guiding philosophy, according to George Thomas, the Burnet C. Wohlford Professor of American Political Institutions at Claremont McKenna College.

"The insistence that we're a republic, not a democracy, is a complete distortion of the founders' thinking," Thomas told the American Independent Foundation. "While the founders rejected a simplistic version of direct democracy, they didn't justify minority rule. And that’s what so many Republicans who insist we are a republic, not a democracy, seem intent on doing. Worse, when the likes of Ryan Kelley make this point, they often do so while justifying overturning a free and fair election."

https://americanindependent.com/michigan-governor-tudor-dixon-ryan-kelley-garrett-soldano-ralph-rebandt-kevin-rinke/

With half of Michigan's Republican governor candidates off the ballot, who is left? The remaining Republican candidates in the Michigan governor's race all hold extreme views on abortion, guns, education, and the 2020 presidential election.

Meet the Summer 2022 Victory Congressional Interns - LGBTQ Victory Institute

Michael Gadinis is a student at Claremont McKenna College. https://victoryinstitute.org/meet-the-summer-2022-victory-congressional-interns/

Meet the Summer 2022 Victory Congressional Interns - LGBTQ Victory Institute Meet the Summer 2022 Victory Congressional Interns! We are so proud to announce and introduce the biggest Victory Congressional Intern cohort in the LGBTQ Victory Institute’s history! Congratulations to these 16 incredible emerging LGBTQ leaders who will intern on Capitol Hill for Summer 2022. The...

Massacres Test Whether Washington Can Move Beyond Paralysis

Michael Shear of The New York Times is an alum of Claremont McKenna College. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/28/us/politics/gun-laws-senate-uvalde-buffalo.html

Massacres Test Whether Washington Can Move Beyond Paralysis The United States is facing a widening gap between the scale of gun violence and what America’s political leaders can agree are the right responses to the carnage.

Opinion | Yes, we should ‘back the blue.’ But they must fulfill their oaths.

Henry Olsen of Washington Post is an alum of Claremont McKenna College. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/27/texas-uvalde-shooting-police-we-should-support-law-enforcement-but-they-must-fulfill-their-oaths/

Opinion | Yes, we should ‘back the blue.’ But they must fulfill their oaths. What good is law enforcement if we cannot trust it to keep Americans safe?

China has a limited window to salvage ties with Europe

Minxin Pei chairs the Department of Government at Claremont McKenna College. https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/China-has-a-limited-window-to-salvage-ties-with-Europe

China has a limited window to salvage ties with Europe Working to de-escalate the war in Ukraine would be a good start

Opinion | Donald Trump seems to be losing his grip on the GOP

Henry Olsen of the Washington Post is an alum of Claremont McKenna College. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/24/donald-trump-seems-to-be-losing-his-grip-gop-republican-party/

Opinion | Donald Trump seems to be losing his grip on the GOP He might not even be able to survive a 2024 primary challenge.

Is the G.O.P. the Party of DeSantis?

Tina Nguyen of Puck is an alum of Claremont McKenna College.

https://puck.news/is-the-g-o-p-the-party-of-desantis/

Is the G.O.P. the Party of DeSantis? DeSantis is exhibiting all the unteachable culture war-stoking, MAGA flame-throwing gifts that Trump seeded in 2015-6. And the party seems to be tilting, in now perceptible ways, toward his approach.

Congratulations to all CMC seniors who were recently recognized at the senior banquet and presented with student life, academic, and thesis awards!

The Class of 2022’s highest achievement—The H.N. and Francis C. Berger Prizes for Outstanding Seniors—was awarded to Dorcas Saka ’22 and Sobé Uwajeh ’22. Bestowed each year to two outstanding seniors in the graduating class, the prize honors academic achievement, leadership, contributions to the College and the student body, and personal integrity.

Dorcas, a Science Management major with a concentration in Public Health, was also honored with the Brian Walkenbach Award for Outstanding Resident Assistant. “Dorcas is one of the most capable people I’ve ever met. She is measured, diligent, and seeds kindness in all her interactions,” Associate Vice President and Dean of Students DT Graves ’98 said. “We are so proud of her.”

Sobé, who earned a Public Policy BS with Leadership Studies Sequence and held many leadership positions across campus, "is able to make connections from her college experience to the broader world,” Graves said. “Her care for others and commitment to making a difference are perfectly aligned with the tenets of the Berger Prize.”

Check out the complete list of award winners: https://www.cmc.edu/news/cmc-graduates-lauded-leadership-academic-triumphs