James Goodwin

@jamesgoodwin.bsky.social

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I'm Policy Director at @progressivereform.bsky.social where I specialize in federal regulatory policy. When not analyzing federal regulatory policy, I enjoy silent film, soccer, and running.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · Nov 7

Now that we're staring down the barrel of Project 2025, I guess it's a good time to re-up this essay I wrote a few months ago exploring its plans for an authoritarian administrative state www.bostonreview.net/articles/ins...

Inside Project 2025 - Boston Review

Backed by the Heritage Foundation, the initiative seeks to undermine longstanding safeguards against abuses of executive power.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 39m

"The official now overseeing America’s visa system also owns a chain of beauty salons.... That civilian credential has become the most striking feature of her profile as she steps into one of the State Department's most consequential roles."
Wut?
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Mora Namdar religion? The most Googled questions about Trump's new visa czar | World News - The Times of India

US News: Washington under Donald Trump now runs on a recognisable logic. Media figures become cabinet secretaries. Senior officials trip over basic operational.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 45m

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation technically isn't a Christmas movie since they never actually show Christmas day

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 1h

Congressional Republicans have broken Article I. There is no "fixing" or "reforming" Congress unless it involves making the GOP a functional political party again.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

Trump officials are no longer responding to Congressional invitations to testify, and the Republican Congress is calling fewer hearings.
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To give a sense of how much Congress has been sidelined, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had two hearings with administration witnesses in Trump’s first year back in office. In Biden’s first year, the same committee had 24 hearings with administration witnesses. The House Foreign Affairs Committee had 12 such hearings in in 2025, compared to 47 in Biden’s first year. While there was a special DOGE committee created by the House, no DOGE official testified about an extraordinary destruction of government that occurred with almost no oversight.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h

Trump officials are no longer responding to Congressional invitations to testify, and the Republican Congress is calling fewer hearings.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/democrats-...

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 1h

Do Chelsea not have a jersey sponsor? Or was that redacted by the Trump DOJ, too?

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 1h

If you see this, post your woso fave (dating myself a bit):

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 1h

Curious to see what gets dignified with the full oral argument treatment and what gets unceremoniously brushed aside via the shadow docket

Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 2h

The Supreme Court has announced that it’s going to hear arguments on President Trump’s order rescinding birthright citizenship. The text and history ought to make this an open-and-shut case. bit.ly/40oplbc

Presidents Can’t End Birthright Citizenship

President Trump's executive order is almost certain to be struck down.

www.brennancenter.org

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 2h

Amplify a movie title:

The Longest-est Day

Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 2h

Amplify a movie title:

600 Men and a Baby

Earl F***ing Weaver @earlfckinweaver.bsky.social · 4h

Amplify a movie title:

A Hell Of A Lot Of Good Men

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Stuart Shapiro @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social · 2h

Amplify a movie title:

600 Men and a Baby

Earl F***ing Weaver @earlfckinweaver.bsky.social · 4h

Amplify a movie title:

A Hell Of A Lot Of Good Men

Scalawag Jack @scalawagjack.bsky.social · 4h

Amplify a movie title

24 Monkeys

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 2h

Presidents Can’t End Birthright Citizenship

President Trump's executive order is almost certain to be struck down.

www.brennancenter.org

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 4h

I just abolished ICE from about 60 feet of city sidewalk. And boy are my arms tired.

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 5h

Pop Tarts Bowl is today? Why didn't any of you warn me yesterday?

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 15h

List is already fucked. I just watched 'Nine Days in One Year' (1962). Wow. That's on there somewhere.

See, kids, this is the problem with lists. They always let you down.

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 16h

But Loper...

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17h

With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Dec. 22, the House and Senate set a modern record for lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency, according to data maintained by C-SPAN and Purdue University. https://wapo.st/3YPTQGo

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 17h

Rich people did just fine when they used to pay high taxes, and I believe they can do it again

a man in a plaid jacket and tie is sitting in a chair and says again .

ALT: a man in a plaid jacket and tie is sitting in a chair and says again .

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17h

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 18h

Here's what DOGE really learned: That, all in all, our government works pretty well in a scrappy, inelegant but greater-than-a-sum-of-its-parts sort of way. And that the largest source of its inefficiencies is inadequate resources and legal authority.

Imagine if the public ever heard that message.

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 18h

For a four-hour movie, you should get 2 fucks.

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 18h

Make a Bond film casual

Leafraker and then maybe some apple cider

Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 18h

Make a Bond film casual

Cubic Zirconia Lasts Fairly Long, More Than You Would Think for the Price

Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 18h

Make a Bond film casual

On Her Majesty's Secret Santa

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 18h

Make a Bond film casual

Cubic Zirconia Lasts Fairly Long, More Than You Would Think for the Price

Erin Snyder @erinlsnyder.bsky.social · 18h

Make a Bond film casual

On Her Majesty's Secret Santa

David A. Smith @davidasmithphotos.bsky.social · 1d

Make a Bond film casual

The Spy Who Liked Me

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 18h

I should clarify: he is unwittingly performing this role. Which would make the situation hilarious were the stakes not so great.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 18h

No matter how far Trump's approval sinks in the toilet, I'm still not confident about the 2026 midterms. And neither should you be.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19h

This is very bad.

Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds • Stateline

The U.S. Department of Justice has sent confidential draft agreements on voter data sharing to more than a dozen states, part of the Trump administration’s effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls, wit...

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19h

This is very bad.

Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds • Stateline

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Rep. Sean Casten @casten.house.gov · 20h

ICYMI: I introduced a package of legislation to reform American democracy by increasing the size of the United States Senate and House of Representatives, as well as restoring the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction to better align with Article III of the US Constitution. Read more: