Doug Garrison
@dhgarrison.bsky.social
Dad to kids and cats. Former brewer, current Political Science & US History adjunct in Central Ohio. I study beer, unions, and labor politics.
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mayor mamdani in 24 hours 😎
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 AM
mayor mamdani in 24 hours 😎
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A perfect illustration of @larryglickman.bsky.social’s point about how reporters treat aggressive campaigns of white resentment as natural phenomena that have no agency or agenda behind them.
Backlash politics is a fact of life! Let’s focus on how liberals must accept it and adjust, like we have!
Backlash politics is a fact of life! Let’s focus on how liberals must accept it and adjust, like we have!
Real "oh my god, she admit it" moment here. Trump is treated as an uninteresting figure without agency so we can dump endless criticism on liberals for how they react to his "natural disaster." He "doesn't participate in moral frameworks" lmfao
December 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A perfect illustration of @larryglickman.bsky.social’s point about how reporters treat aggressive campaigns of white resentment as natural phenomena that have no agency or agenda behind them.
Backlash politics is a fact of life! Let’s focus on how liberals must accept it and adjust, like we have!
Backlash politics is a fact of life! Let’s focus on how liberals must accept it and adjust, like we have!
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The entire right wing media apparatus is in a rabid frenzy saying every childcare is fraudulent and now people are showing up to random daycare centers demanding to see the children and screaming at daycare workers. This is absolutely insane and I worry this is going to end in a major tragedy.
December 31, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The entire right wing media apparatus is in a rabid frenzy saying every childcare is fraudulent and now people are showing up to random daycare centers demanding to see the children and screaming at daycare workers. This is absolutely insane and I worry this is going to end in a major tragedy.
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pedocon theory once again inescapably true
Matt Gaetz, former Trump AG pick, had sex with underage girl while in Congress, House Ethics report says
www.cnbc.com/2024/12/23/m...
www.cnbc.com/2024/12/23/m...
Matt Gaetz, former Trump AG pick, had sex with underage girl while in Congress, House Ethics report says
Matt Gaetz resigned from Congress after President-elect Donald Trump picked him to be attorney general, putting the fate of the House Ethics report in question.
www.cnbc.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
pedocon theory once again inescapably true
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Ohio’s public schools had a rough 2025, losing billions in expected school funding while also gaining more responsibilities from the state. Gov. Mike DeWine doesn’t see it that way ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/30/o...
Ohio's public schools end 2025 feeling bruised. The governor doesn't see it that way. • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio's public schools had a rough 2025, losing billions in expected school funding while also gaining more responsibilities from the state. Gov. Mike DeWine doesn't see it that way.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Ohio’s public schools had a rough 2025, losing billions in expected school funding while also gaining more responsibilities from the state. Gov. Mike DeWine doesn’t see it that way ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/30/o...
Bunch of Brits lost it at a joke about their pronunciation of “tacos.” It was precious.
December 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Bunch of Brits lost it at a joke about their pronunciation of “tacos.” It was precious.
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a little more on one of my favored analogies youtu.be/Msz2daPeTyg
The Democratic Party's McClellan Problem
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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December 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
a little more on one of my favored analogies youtu.be/Msz2daPeTyg
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When people stand together, things change. wapo.st/4pW3jbd
Rent strikes are getting results in the Midwest. But there are risks.
In Kansas City, Missouri, where housing costs are rising at twice the national average, a successful rent strike at one building inspired another across town in what is poised to become a national mov...
wapo.st
December 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
When people stand together, things change. wapo.st/4pW3jbd
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It is pretty funny that most of the people who scream about Uncommitted or Dearborn or so on are themselves very pro Israel and plainly happy with the Trump admin's position
Americans when someone challenges the bipartisan Arab-killing consensus: wow, I hope you Arabs get what’s coming to you.
December 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It is pretty funny that most of the people who scream about Uncommitted or Dearborn or so on are themselves very pro Israel and plainly happy with the Trump admin's position
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The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in 30 Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All. theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
December 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in 30 Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All. theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
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Under the relative calm of a ceasefire, Civil Defense crews in Gaza are undertaking the monumental feat of recovering thousands of bodies still trapped under the rubble. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/one-...
One excavator, 10,000 bodies, a sea of rubble: inside Gaza’s effort to retrieve and bury its dead
Under the relative calm of a ceasefire, Civil Defense crews in Gaza are undertaking the monumental feat of recovering thousands of bodies still trapped under the rubble.
mondoweiss.net
December 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Under the relative calm of a ceasefire, Civil Defense crews in Gaza are undertaking the monumental feat of recovering thousands of bodies still trapped under the rubble. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/one-...
Part of any sane long-term government reform process must include returning the USPS to its status as a public service that is fully staffed and fully funded. Breaking up and nationalizing Amazon logistics should be part of that.
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Part of any sane long-term government reform process must include returning the USPS to its status as a public service that is fully staffed and fully funded. Breaking up and nationalizing Amazon logistics should be part of that.
I’ve lived in 5 states (CO, FL, MA, OH, VA) and DC, and have visited all but three. The Great Lakes have grown on me these last eight years—not you, Indiana.
December 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I’ve lived in 5 states (CO, FL, MA, OH, VA) and DC, and have visited all but three. The Great Lakes have grown on me these last eight years—not you, Indiana.
Coming in third in our neighborhood league like
December 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Coming in third in our neighborhood league like
Starting Bijan Robinson more than making up for starting Matthew Stafford, too lol
December 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Starting Bijan Robinson more than making up for starting Matthew Stafford, too lol
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In response to the rise of Trumpism, America’s novelists—or at least their protagonists—retreated to the relative safety of the domestic sphere. The result is a disappointingly depoliticized literature.
thebaffler.com/salvos/american-gothics-lehmann
thebaffler.com/salvos/american-gothics-lehmann
American Gothics | Chris Lehmann
Literary elites have greeted the great crisis of the present age with little more than a collective puzzled shrug.
thebaffler.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
In response to the rise of Trumpism, America’s novelists—or at least their protagonists—retreated to the relative safety of the domestic sphere. The result is a disappointingly depoliticized literature.
thebaffler.com/salvos/american-gothics-lehmann
thebaffler.com/salvos/american-gothics-lehmann
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something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
Their groveling obsequiousness knows no bounds
A two mile chunk of Trump highway? columbusunderground.com/ohio-republi...
Ohio Republicans Want to Rebrand Portion of I-70 as "Trump Highway" - Columbus Underground
Ohio lawmakers may have recessed for winter break, but that doesn’t stop them from filing new bills to be considered in the current legislative session ending in December 2026.
columbusunderground.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Their groveling obsequiousness knows no bounds
Heard it’s snowing up your way.
My condolences.
My condolences.
December 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Heard it’s snowing up your way.
My condolences.
My condolences.
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"Some customers agree that the strike is the thing keeping them from returning to the leather-clad clutches of the coffeehouse. 'If you see me with a Starbucks cup, know that something is wrong.'"
How Starbucks Came Undone
In the ’90s, it became a once-in-a-generation success. What happened?
slate.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Some customers agree that the strike is the thing keeping them from returning to the leather-clad clutches of the coffeehouse. 'If you see me with a Starbucks cup, know that something is wrong.'"
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it’s crazy how obvious it is that donald trump has been actively part of the epstein coverup for half a decade now and he’s just still the president
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
it’s crazy how obvious it is that donald trump has been actively part of the epstein coverup for half a decade now and he’s just still the president
This is some straight up video game shit my god
December 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This is some straight up video game shit my god
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I’m only 3/4ths through this book, but I’m wrecked. Lots of people have correctly noted that it feels important, but (a) he’s a damn good storyteller, and (b) it’s hard to read this and not constantly see how the attempt to prop up the violence of western hegemony wrecks all our lives
December 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I’m only 3/4ths through this book, but I’m wrecked. Lots of people have correctly noted that it feels important, but (a) he’s a damn good storyteller, and (b) it’s hard to read this and not constantly see how the attempt to prop up the violence of western hegemony wrecks all our lives
It’s fun when a pro football game turns into a college football shootout
December 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
It’s fun when a pro football game turns into a college football shootout