Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social
Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
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Lessons from Pandemic Era Medicaid Automation for Work Requirements
Small tech capacity investments offer big returns
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New at Can We Still Govern? New Medicaid work requirements will see an estimated 5 million lose coverage.
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...
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Wow no wonder he knows the exact car Bladerunner, the hero of the popular movie Bladerunner, would drive.
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Wow no wonder he knows the exact car Bladerunner, the hero of the popular movie Bladerunner, would drive.
The CFPB was created. The Trump administration is seeking to eliminate it, despite the fact that Congress has passed no law enabling it to do so.
US consumer watchdog says it is legally blocked from accessing funds reut.rs/4p5bX6x
US consumer watchdog says it is legally blocked from accessing funds
The top U.S. consumer watchdog said on Monday it was legally prohibited from drawing cash from the Federal Reserve to support continuing operations, but that its current funding should last through the end of this year "at least."
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The CFPB was created. The Trump administration is seeking to eliminate it, despite the fact that Congress has passed no law enabling it to do so.
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Let a single person feed their family with food stamps when they don't "deserve" the benefit and Republicans will be filled with such rage that they'll take away those benefits from millions of others.
Meanwhile the administration is doing this:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Meanwhile the administration is doing this:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Let a single person feed their family with food stamps when they don't "deserve" the benefit and Republicans will be filled with such rage that they'll take away those benefits from millions of others.
Meanwhile the administration is doing this:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Meanwhile the administration is doing this:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Nice summary of our paper and related work by @tomdee.bsky.social and @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social here.
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/10/i...
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/10/i...
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Nice summary of our paper and related work by @tomdee.bsky.social and @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social here.
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/10/i...
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/10/i...
The clinking you can hear in the interview is the sound of a man who carries around his own rocks glass and bottle of Makers Mark
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The clinking you can hear in the interview is the sound of a man who carries around his own rocks glass and bottle of Makers Mark
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"truly it was out of curiosity"
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
"truly it was out of curiosity"
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I … worked on defining populism for years … and… he just… he skeeted it out.
Trump Defends Plan to Bring in Hundreds of Thousands of Chinese Students: ‘I Know What MAGA Wants Better Than Anybody Else’
Trump Defends Plan to Bring in Hundreds of Thousands of Chinese Students: ‘I Know What MAGA Wants Better Than Anybody Else’
President Donald Trump defended his plan to bring hundreds of thousands of Chinese students into the country, declaring, "I know what MAGA wants."
The post Trump Defends Plan to Bring in Hundreds of Thousands of Chinese Students: ‘I Know What MAGA Wants Better Than Anybody Else’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I … worked on defining populism for years … and… he just… he skeeted it out.
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fetterman literally made cannabis legalization a central plank of his campaign.
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
fetterman literally made cannabis legalization a central plank of his campaign.
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“These most recent pardon recipients appear to have given Trump approximately $250,000 in combined political donations through 2025.”
@alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Trump pardoned more than 70 people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election—the latest in a string of pardons to people who have benefited the president.
Trump’s Pardon List: Here Are The Big-Time Donors And Allies He’s Sprung Free
Trump pardoned more than 70 people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election—the latest in a string of pardons to people who have benefited the president.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
“These most recent pardon recipients appear to have given Trump approximately $250,000 in combined political donations through 2025.”
@alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@alisond64.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Felony vandalism? They were hanging a cardboard bug on a wall.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Felony vandalism? They were hanging a cardboard bug on a wall.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
Well, that settles it. This is a well-rounded many with many lively interests.
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Well, that settles it. This is a well-rounded many with many lively interests.
Vance's beard diplomacy is paying off
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Vance's beard diplomacy is paying off
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I'm going to miss sleep
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I'm going to miss sleep
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an underrated part of this turducken of garbage is Elon posting an image of the Odyssey while discussing the Iliad, but it's all so terribly, terribly pathetic
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
an underrated part of this turducken of garbage is Elon posting an image of the Odyssey while discussing the Iliad, but it's all so terribly, terribly pathetic
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In a single day, two different federal officers point guns at two different @chicagotribune.com photojournalists in and around Chicago. This is dangerous stuff.
1/2 Are there any experts out there who can correctly identify the weapons being pointed directly at these two @chicagotribune.com photojournalists?
What type of gun is this?
cc: @mandophotos.bsky.social
What type of gun is this?
cc: @mandophotos.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
In a single day, two different federal officers point guns at two different @chicagotribune.com photojournalists in and around Chicago. This is dangerous stuff.
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO DO SOME CRIMES AND WANT TO GET AWAY WITH IT:
*Become a Republican member of Congress
*Donate money to President Trump or cronies
*Marry a Republican member of Congress
*Become a Republican member of Congress
*Donate money to President Trump or cronies
*Marry a Republican member of Congress
NEW: Trump pardons the husband of GOP Rep. Diana Harshbarger.
Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.
His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.
The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.
His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.
The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO DO SOME CRIMES AND WANT TO GET AWAY WITH IT:
*Become a Republican member of Congress
*Donate money to President Trump or cronies
*Marry a Republican member of Congress
*Become a Republican member of Congress
*Donate money to President Trump or cronies
*Marry a Republican member of Congress
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Mask comes off: Chris Pratt
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Mask comes off: Chris Pratt
Ah, creating a legal entitlement for $500K for some elderly millionaires because they being investigated for their role in an insurrection *in exchange for* a show vote to make health care affordable.
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Ah, creating a legal entitlement for $500K for some elderly millionaires because they being investigated for their role in an insurrection *in exchange for* a show vote to make health care affordable.
Wow, very weird, the guy who told Trump that he found cases where his political enemies have committed fraud and it turns out to be untrue is full of shit in other areas also.
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Wow, very weird, the guy who told Trump that he found cases where his political enemies have committed fraud and it turns out to be untrue is full of shit in other areas also.
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Much needed tImeline cleanser about the retiring Irish President Michael D Higgins - includes cute big dogs.
youtube.com/shorts/yGizP...
youtube.com/shorts/yGizP...
An Irish legend
YouTube video by Garron
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Much needed tImeline cleanser about the retiring Irish President Michael D Higgins - includes cute big dogs.
youtube.com/shorts/yGizP...
youtube.com/shorts/yGizP...
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NEW: Some math teachers took a photo wearing t-shirts reading "Problem Solved" on Halloween
There was no connection to Charlie Kirk, but some right-wing influencers and GOP politicians insisted there was
Dozens of death threats followed. Here's what happened -->
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
There was no connection to Charlie Kirk, but some right-wing influencers and GOP politicians insisted there was
Dozens of death threats followed. Here's what happened -->
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One photo, a deluge of threats: Inside the Arizona high school turned upside down by right-wing activists
A group of math teachers — some of whom were fans of Charlie Kirk — had their lives turned upside down this week over false accusations about a Halloween photo.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW: Some math teachers took a photo wearing t-shirts reading "Problem Solved" on Halloween
There was no connection to Charlie Kirk, but some right-wing influencers and GOP politicians insisted there was
Dozens of death threats followed. Here's what happened -->
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
There was no connection to Charlie Kirk, but some right-wing influencers and GOP politicians insisted there was
Dozens of death threats followed. Here's what happened -->
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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They got the HR guy to sign off on the subpoenas because the line prosecutors refused.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
They got the HR guy to sign off on the subpoenas because the line prosecutors refused.