Chris Frommann
@chrisfrommann.bsky.social
💼 Former Tech Counselor at FEMA, Sr EM at Lyft, GVP at 605, co-founder AMG, USDS at the Obama White House, DNC (2x), OFA ‘12
🏠 SF (previously NY, DC)
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🏠 SF (previously NY, DC)
✈️ PPL
Views my own
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Yes, ma'am.
Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?
August 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Yes, ma'am.
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Because they’re always looking for new ways to be cruel, they’re now forcing DACA recipients off of Affordable Care Act plans. That means they’re forcing Covered California to disenroll (as of 8/31) the 2,300 Californians with DACA status who receive health care coverage through Covered California.
Covered California Offers Information and Resources for DACA Recipients No Longer Eligible for Affordable Care Act Coverage
Due to recent rule changes made by the federal government, Covered California enrollees who are part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program will have their Affordable Care Act he...
www.coveredca.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Because they’re always looking for new ways to be cruel, they’re now forcing DACA recipients off of Affordable Care Act plans. That means they’re forcing Covered California to disenroll (as of 8/31) the 2,300 Californians with DACA status who receive health care coverage through Covered California.
While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/Hb7lsdAM
Join me on June 14
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June 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/Hb7lsdAM
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Yes, you did vote to deport moms.
May 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Yes, you did vote to deport moms.
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Our cover this week.
April 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Our cover this week.
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WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government may not use federal benefits or funds to coerce parties to surrender their constitutional rights. This is what the Administration is doing ..”
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April 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government may not use federal benefits or funds to coerce parties to surrender their constitutional rights. This is what the Administration is doing ..”
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The administration’s lies about this case are insane.
Bondi is escalating the rhetoric against Abrego Garcia, who she calls "one of the top MS-13 members" and "a terrorist"
April 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The administration’s lies about this case are insane.
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What did 14 years of autocratic populism produce in Hungary?
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Hungarian Model
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
What did 14 years of autocratic populism produce in Hungary?
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Tariffs get all the attention, but ask economists what they're really worried about and many will point to the Trump administration's cuts to federal support for the sciences, including canceling grants and revoking student visas.
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
Trump’s Science Policies Pose Long-Term Risk, Economists Warn (Gift Article)
Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Tariffs get all the attention, but ask economists what they're really worried about and many will point to the Trump administration's cuts to federal support for the sciences, including canceling grants and revoking student visas.
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
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You should know that a big part of 18F's work was to make sure multi-million to multi-*hundreds*-of-millions dollar contracts at fed *and* state level didn't go to shitty enterprise IT consultancies that *repeatedly* delivered tech that didn't work, was late, or didn't even do what it needed to
March 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You should know that a big part of 18F's work was to make sure multi-million to multi-*hundreds*-of-millions dollar contracts at fed *and* state level didn't go to shitty enterprise IT consultancies that *repeatedly* delivered tech that didn't work, was late, or didn't even do what it needed to
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February 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Stating the obvious: tariffs are a regressive tax on the poorest Americans.
A company pays the tariff, and raises their prices to get that money. That price is paid by the consumer.
Duh
A company pays the tariff, and raises their prices to get that money. That price is paid by the consumer.
Duh
February 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Stating the obvious: tariffs are a regressive tax on the poorest Americans.
A company pays the tariff, and raises their prices to get that money. That price is paid by the consumer.
Duh
A company pays the tariff, and raises their prices to get that money. That price is paid by the consumer.
Duh
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This is the GOP’s long con on full display.
January 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is the GOP’s long con on full display.
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The lack of self awareness is incredible.
January 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The lack of self awareness is incredible.
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NEW: Meta just killed its diversity, equity and inclusion program. Employees aren't buying the company's argument that it's the result of a 'shifting legal landscape.' What they're saying inside the company ➡️ www.platformer.news/meta-kills-d...
January 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
NEW: Meta just killed its diversity, equity and inclusion program. Employees aren't buying the company's argument that it's the result of a 'shifting legal landscape.' What they're saying inside the company ➡️ www.platformer.news/meta-kills-d...
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Matt Gaetz has been out of Congress all of five minutes and he's already hawking ivermectin with sponsored posts. The GOP official-to-grifter pipeline is strong.
January 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Matt Gaetz has been out of Congress all of five minutes and he's already hawking ivermectin with sponsored posts. The GOP official-to-grifter pipeline is strong.
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Embroidery helps, though
December 10, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Embroidery helps, though
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One day you'll have an idea and you'll think... nah no one will buy it.
On that day remember that a NYC conman convinced half the country that he was not only honest, but the only honest man around, to be trusted above all others. Some even bought the bible he was selling.
Anything is possible.
On that day remember that a NYC conman convinced half the country that he was not only honest, but the only honest man around, to be trusted above all others. Some even bought the bible he was selling.
Anything is possible.
November 25, 2024 at 11:08 PM
One day you'll have an idea and you'll think... nah no one will buy it.
On that day remember that a NYC conman convinced half the country that he was not only honest, but the only honest man around, to be trusted above all others. Some even bought the bible he was selling.
Anything is possible.
On that day remember that a NYC conman convinced half the country that he was not only honest, but the only honest man around, to be trusted above all others. Some even bought the bible he was selling.
Anything is possible.
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A document all high school seniors should read before they vote for the first time. I'd also love to see it appear regularly in a box on newspaper front pages, and become an election-year staple of social media. We also need to remember it for/on our 250th birthday.
Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
November 25, 2024 at 2:58 AM
A document all high school seniors should read before they vote for the first time. I'd also love to see it appear regularly in a box on newspaper front pages, and become an election-year staple of social media. We also need to remember it for/on our 250th birthday.
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One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election.
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
November 23, 2024 at 1:29 AM
One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election.
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
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“Taken together, these appointments suggest an attempt to make our government dysfunctional, to make it fall apart, to pervert it, until it’s not capable of doing anything at all.” They’re not just unqualified but “anti-qualified.”
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Authoritarianism Expert Delivers Chilling Assessment On Trump Cabinet Picks
It's not “just that these people are not qualified enough" or even "totally unqualified," warned Timothy Snyder, who said their selection aims to do one thing.
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November 19, 2024 at 8:27 PM
“Taken together, these appointments suggest an attempt to make our government dysfunctional, to make it fall apart, to pervert it, until it’s not capable of doing anything at all.” They’re not just unqualified but “anti-qualified.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/timoth...
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