@desmojeff.bsky.social
Anyone want to bet that if scotus takes up an appeal, the VRA is done? Because clearly the founders, when they wrote the constitution thought discrimination was fine, and that's a political question courts shouldn't get involved in.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Judge orders special elections for Mississippi Supreme Court after Voting Rights Act violation
A judge on Friday ordered special elections for the Mississippi Supreme Court after earlier finding that the electoral map used to select justices violated the Voting Rights Act
abcnews.go.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Anyone want to bet that if scotus takes up an appeal, the VRA is done? Because clearly the founders, when they wrote the constitution thought discrimination was fine, and that's a political question courts shouldn't get involved in.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
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How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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New: The Trump administration had a 4-part plan for the labor market in 2025. None of it worked.
The administration bet on government cuts, tariffs, deportations, and breadwinners to seal their working-class coalition. The economics didn't pay out.
newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/a-year-in-...
The administration bet on government cuts, tariffs, deportations, and breadwinners to seal their working-class coalition. The economics didn't pay out.
newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/a-year-in-...
A Year In, the MAGA Labor Market Story Has Fallen Apart
The administration bet on government cuts, tariffs, deportations, and a gendered theory of growth. The data say otherwise.
newsletter.mikekonczal.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
New: The Trump administration had a 4-part plan for the labor market in 2025. None of it worked.
The administration bet on government cuts, tariffs, deportations, and breadwinners to seal their working-class coalition. The economics didn't pay out.
newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/a-year-in-...
The administration bet on government cuts, tariffs, deportations, and breadwinners to seal their working-class coalition. The economics didn't pay out.
newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/a-year-in-...
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(2/2) President Kennedy proudly stood for justice, peace, equality, dignity, diversity, and compassion for those who suffer. President Trump stands in opposition to these values, and his name should not be placed alongside President Kennedy's.
Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center
President Donald Trump’s handpicked board has voted to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center.
apnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
(2/2) President Kennedy proudly stood for justice, peace, equality, dignity, diversity, and compassion for those who suffer. President Trump stands in opposition to these values, and his name should not be placed alongside President Kennedy's.
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Jurors aren't buying Homeland Security's lies about protests.
"Body camera footage played at trial revealed that Reid had not intentionally struck the agent. Instead, the agent had scratched her hand on a wall while assisting another agent who had shoved Reid and told her to 'shut the f—- up.'”
"Body camera footage played at trial revealed that Reid had not intentionally struck the agent. Instead, the agent had scratched her hand on a wall while assisting another agent who had shoved Reid and told her to 'shut the f—- up.'”
DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled
The Justice Department has embarked on a monthslong effort to prosecute people accused of assaulting federal officers during protests of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
apnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Jurors aren't buying Homeland Security's lies about protests.
"Body camera footage played at trial revealed that Reid had not intentionally struck the agent. Instead, the agent had scratched her hand on a wall while assisting another agent who had shoved Reid and told her to 'shut the f—- up.'”
"Body camera footage played at trial revealed that Reid had not intentionally struck the agent. Instead, the agent had scratched her hand on a wall while assisting another agent who had shoved Reid and told her to 'shut the f—- up.'”
This is too good, and the hypocrisy of Republicans is always right in front of you. Miller says the same racist comparisons people said about his great grandparents when they came in waves to America. Funny how the country survived.
Thank you, @ejdionne.bsky.social!
An exceptionally well-researched piece on Stephen Miller by @gregsargent.bsky.social. It’s well worth your time. The irony that Greg points to is that the Miller-Trump immigration approach will make America less great, less prosperous & untrue to its best traditions.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This is too good, and the hypocrisy of Republicans is always right in front of you. Miller says the same racist comparisons people said about his great grandparents when they came in waves to America. Funny how the country survived.
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I think this is useful to read the whole way through to see just how Internet-poisoned right wing billionaires are. This guy is insane nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/john-catsi...
John Catsimatidis on Donald Trump, Immigration, and New York Republicans
The New York Editorial Board's interview with businessman John Catsimatidis.
nyeditorialboard.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I think this is useful to read the whole way through to see just how Internet-poisoned right wing billionaires are. This guy is insane nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/john-catsi...
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ROSEN: Will you commit to opening an investigation into Fox News for deceptively editing a Trump interview to make him look good during a presidential campaign?
CARR: No
CARR: No
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ROSEN: Will you commit to opening an investigation into Fox News for deceptively editing a Trump interview to make him look good during a presidential campaign?
CARR: No
CARR: No
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NEW: Jack Smith told lawmakers he developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn his election loss.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election
Smith testified about his investigations into Trump during a closed-door hearing with members of the House Judiciary Committee.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
NEW: Jack Smith told lawmakers he developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn his election loss.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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The Trump administration is breaking up a research center praised as a “crown jewel” of climate research after accusing it of spreading “alarmism” about climate change.
From our friends at @theguardian.com:
From our friends at @theguardian.com:
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center in Colorado
Gov. Jared Polis warns that breaking up Boulder’s NCAR puts "public safety at risk."
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The Trump administration is breaking up a research center praised as a “crown jewel” of climate research after accusing it of spreading “alarmism” about climate change.
From our friends at @theguardian.com:
From our friends at @theguardian.com:
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Ending a $5 million research study when it is 70% complete does not save $1 million, it wastes $4 million.
When a project loses federal funding before completion, finding alternative resources is challenging. Most philanthropies do not have comparable resources.
🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
When a project loses federal funding before completion, finding alternative resources is challenging. Most philanthropies do not have comparable resources.
🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
December 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ending a $5 million research study when it is 70% complete does not save $1 million, it wastes $4 million.
When a project loses federal funding before completion, finding alternative resources is challenging. Most philanthropies do not have comparable resources.
🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
When a project loses federal funding before completion, finding alternative resources is challenging. Most philanthropies do not have comparable resources.
🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
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![“There’s a lot of value in bringing in tech talent,” Donald Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, told Nextgov/FCW. “That said, part of the reason why there’s a need for tech talent in government right now is because [Department of Government Efficiency] drove out some very talented individuals who were already in government.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2rrp7amblhg3xoly5n5huiqv/bafkreig6nmddob7x5fkbufgwjgdzttcfhjzxihrnndmnajy234b6bpk4py@jpeg)
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The endgame here is getting the Supreme Court to declare that the entire civil service system is unconstitutional. Which is to say, this administration does not want us to be a modern, efficient, globally competitive nation-state.
Supreme Court Poised to Vastly Expand Presidential Power, Again
The 90-year-old precedent protecting independent agencies is likely on its way out.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The endgame here is getting the Supreme Court to declare that the entire civil service system is unconstitutional. Which is to say, this administration does not want us to be a modern, efficient, globally competitive nation-state.
Great strategy, keep the best out. Need to save those positions for incompetent Republicans.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/us-...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/us-...
US travel ban hits top talent: Iranian biologist with more than 200 citations forced to abandon Harvard postdoc | World News - The Times of India
US News: A computational biologist's planned postdoctoral position at Harvard was halted by a new US travel ban, which expanded restrictions to 19 countries in
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Great strategy, keep the best out. Need to save those positions for incompetent Republicans.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/us-...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/us-...
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Important post & interview, but problematic wording here. Don't use "U.S. government" as a euphemism for "the Trump administration". It normalizes this outrageous behavior by making it sound as if both sides do this.
December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Important post & interview, but problematic wording here. Don't use "U.S. government" as a euphemism for "the Trump administration". It normalizes this outrageous behavior by making it sound as if both sides do this.
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In short, the government is using right wing influencers to kill a story.
Thanks for not succumbing.
Outstanding reporting.
Thanks for not succumbing.
Outstanding reporting.
When @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered a Goodreads page tied to the email of a top Pentagon official featuring “Asian wife sharing” books and other pornographic works, he did what any reporter would do: ask the Pentagon questions.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In short, the government is using right wing influencers to kill a story.
Thanks for not succumbing.
Outstanding reporting.
Thanks for not succumbing.
Outstanding reporting.
Pure coincidence, I'm sure.
By me and @jgedeon.bsky.social
US senator calls for insider trading inquiry over Trump donors buying $12m worth of shares
www.the-guardian.com/business/202...
US senator calls for insider trading inquiry over Trump donors buying $12m worth of shares
www.the-guardian.com/business/202...
US senator calls for insider trading inquiry over Trump donors buying $12m worth of shares
Co-chairs of LNG firm, who bought stock worth almost $12m each after meeting with Trump officials, deny wrongdoing
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Pure coincidence, I'm sure.
I assume all the republicans who took ppp loans and didn't pay them back support the policy.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump administration moves to end major student loan forgiveness plan: 'We won't tolerate it'
The Department of Education has moved to terminate one of former President Joe Biden's most popular student loan forgiveness plans.
abcnews.go.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I assume all the republicans who took ppp loans and didn't pay them back support the policy.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Glad to see that this corrupt administration will stop these people from shithole countries from entering the US.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
A Scientific Pipeline to the Nobel Prize Fueled by Immigrants
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Glad to see that this corrupt administration will stop these people from shithole countries from entering the US.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...
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"The only reason I don’t have this funding is because my last name is Rodriguez,” he said. “It has nothing to do with the science."
STAT on the betrayal of early-career researchers:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
STAT on the betrayal of early-career researchers:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs
Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
www.statnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"The only reason I don’t have this funding is because my last name is Rodriguez,” he said. “It has nothing to do with the science."
STAT on the betrayal of early-career researchers:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
STAT on the betrayal of early-career researchers:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
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NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.”
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM