Maya Sen
@maya_sen
Professor @Harvard Kennedy School | JD/PhD | Author, most recently of The Judicial Tug of War http://cup.org/2LEoMrs | 🏖️🍿🦖
Britt + 13 other GOP senators pressing Trump admin to unfreeze NIH funding Regulars are on here but some interesting signatories - Graham, McCormick, Tim Scott
Proud to lead my Republican colleagues in advocating for critical NIH research funding to advance @POTUS’s goals of curing diseases and making America healthy again.
Due to increasing education/income polarization, we now have the strange phenomenon of rich liberals getting tax cuts from Trump they don’t want
Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files on.wsj.com/4mcTIKV
hot take: we're overestimating the positive societal impact of AI, but grossly underestimating the potential impact of GLP-1 drugs
New newsletter: We need to talk about how GLP-1 drugs seem to be good for practically everything—and what that means for the future of medicine and health Hundreds of studies have now shown that GLP-1s, such as Ozempic and Zepbound: - seem to curb alcohol, cocaine, and tobacco…
A new low for Trump, as the USS Donald Trump takes on a lot of water. His net approval has dropped 17 pt since January to -11 pt now. Underwater on all major issues from immigration (-5 pt) to Epstein (-37 pt). Only presidency with worse ratings at this point? Trump term 1.
Headline CPI at 0.29% MM, Core CPI at 0.23% MM, roughly in line with expectations. The impact of tariffs is becoming more salient. Apparel, which had seen cool inflation the last 2 months, grew 0.4% in June. Household furnishings grew 1%. Video & audio electronics grew 1.1%.
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT BLOCKS JUDGE'S ORDER THAT HALTED TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM GUTTING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Really sad to hear this. Fallon took a chance on me to head TA his undergraduate Con Law class back in grad school. It was a privilege to learn from one of the best instructors in the business. This is a shock. My sincere condolences to his family, friends, and HLS colleagues.
Devastated to learn of the death of Dick Fallon, a beloved friend and colleague, and a model of a good and kind human being. (A reminder to tell people you love that you love them.)