Gabriel Arana
@gabrielarana.bsky.social
Senior News Editor at The Daily Beast ✍️🏳️🌈🇲🇽
Contributing editor @TheProspect.bsky.social; formerly Texas Observer, them., Mic, HuffPost, Salon, The American Prospect, & The Nation.
https://gabrielarana.com
Contributing editor @TheProspect.bsky.social; formerly Texas Observer, them., Mic, HuffPost, Salon, The American Prospect, & The Nation.
https://gabrielarana.com
Welcome (back) fab @nancygoldstein.bsky.social to @thedailybeast.bsky.social!
The MAGA-Regret Awards for Trump's Wild First 100 Days
A tribute to the folks careening through democratic norms like a driverless Tesla.
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April 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Welcome (back) fab @nancygoldstein.bsky.social to @thedailybeast.bsky.social!
Always a treat to work with the inimitable Nancy Goldstein. This piece @thedailybeast.bsky.social is a riot.
The MAGA-Regret Awards for Trump's Wild First 100 Days
A tribute to the folks careening through democratic norms like a driverless Tesla.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Always a treat to work with the inimitable Nancy Goldstein. This piece @thedailybeast.bsky.social is a riot.
What a treat to get to work with @paulwaldman.bsky.social again, now @thedailybeast.bsky.social! 🎉 🎉 🎉
Why Sudden Trump Regret Syndrome Shows C-Suites are Full of Suckers
They’re shocked—shocked—that the president could wreck the economy. Really?
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April 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What a treat to get to work with @paulwaldman.bsky.social again, now @thedailybeast.bsky.social! 🎉 🎉 🎉
This seriously bums me out
Trump Admin to Slice NASA in Half and Cancel New Telescopes
The White House further plans to cancel upcoming plans for new telescopes to study the cosmos.
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April 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This seriously bums me out
Good day for press freedom. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-appoin... @thedailybeast.bsky.social
Trump-Appointed Judge Defies Him on AP’s White House Access
The outlet and the administration have been at war for months.
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April 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Good day for press freedom. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-appoin... @thedailybeast.bsky.social
Sometimes the linguistics training comes in useful.☝️ Also love the illustration. www.thedailybeast.com/maga-gushes-... From Amethyst Martinez @thedailybeast.bsky.social
MAGA Gushes Over Trump’s Weirdest Insult Yet: ‘PANICAN’
“Don’t be Weak! Don’t be Stupid! Don’t be a PANICAN,” the president posted on Truth Social Monday.
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April 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sometimes the linguistics training comes in useful.☝️ Also love the illustration. www.thedailybeast.com/maga-gushes-... From Amethyst Martinez @thedailybeast.bsky.social
Some job news: I recently started as a senior editor @thedailybeast.bsky.social in New York. Excited for the new adventure during such an important time for journalism and the country. It’s already great fun.
April 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Some job news: I recently started as a senior editor @thedailybeast.bsky.social in New York. Excited for the new adventure during such an important time for journalism and the country. It’s already great fun.
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Washington Post got their hands on internal documents from DOGE showing the entire plan to implement resegregation. They're going to purge minorities from government by calling them DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
See inside DOGE’s playbook for eliminating DEI
Documents detail step-by-step plans by the U.S. DOGE Service to purge federal agencies of diversity, equity, and inclusion workers and offices. Here’s what comes next.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Washington Post got their hands on internal documents from DOGE showing the entire plan to implement resegregation. They're going to purge minorities from government by calling them DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
February 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
Good to see the fab @amandalitman.bsky.social at @dailybeast.bsky.social! www.thedailybeast.com/aging-democr...
Aging Democrats Are Still Telling the Same Old Story. It’s Time to Turn the Page
The political arena has changed drastically since many of our leaders' glory days.
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February 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Good to see the fab @amandalitman.bsky.social at @dailybeast.bsky.social! www.thedailybeast.com/aging-democr...
I can think of nothing worse than going on a reporting trip with Nicholas Kristoff, which I imagine involves hopping in one cab after another for anecdotes. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/o...
Opinion | Win a Reporting Trip With Me in 2025
I hope to get more young people interested in neglected topics and writing about them.
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I can think of nothing worse than going on a reporting trip with Nicholas Kristoff, which I imagine involves hopping in one cab after another for anecdotes. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/o...
Happy New Year from Thor the sweetest golden ever 🎉🥳🎊
January 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Happy New Year from Thor the sweetest golden ever 🎉🥳🎊
From my days @theprospect.bsky.social. Merry Xmas! 🎄🎁💫 prospect.org/civil-rights...
December 25, 2024 at 10:59 PM
From my days @theprospect.bsky.social. Merry Xmas! 🎄🎁💫 prospect.org/civil-rights...
Wrote this when on staff at @theprospect.bsky.social about going home for Xmas for first time in 10 yrs. read it around now every year to remember what it felt like to be alone and gay at the holidays and to keep in mind all the LGBTQ+ ppl who still are. prospect.org/civil-rights...
I'll Be Gay for Christmas
On (not) going home for the holidays
prospect.org
December 20, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Wrote this when on staff at @theprospect.bsky.social about going home for Xmas for first time in 10 yrs. read it around now every year to remember what it felt like to be alone and gay at the holidays and to keep in mind all the LGBTQ+ ppl who still are. prospect.org/civil-rights...
Omg whyyyyyy I thought we were finally rid of throw bozo.
The Maricopa County Young Republicans in Arizona are scheduled to host a Christmas party on Friday night in downtown Phoenix with guest speaker Milo Yiannopoulos, a racist and antisemitic internet figure who just last year said "an antidote to Jewish cultural terrorism" is "regular terrorism."
December 20, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Omg whyyyyyy I thought we were finally rid of throw bozo.
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The Texas Observer is hiring for a Director of Development. Get all the details here:
Work for the Texas Observer
We’re a nonprofit with a strong public service mission; we seek to expose injustice and to produce the kind of impact journalism that makes a difference.
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December 18, 2024 at 10:59 PM
The Texas Observer is hiring for a Director of Development. Get all the details here:
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Whoa—the Montana Supreme Court holds that its state constitution protects the right to "a stable climate system," and strikes down a law that barred consideration of greenhouse gas emissions when permitting new fossil fuel projects. juddocumentservice.mt.gov/getDocByCTra...
December 18, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Whoa—the Montana Supreme Court holds that its state constitution protects the right to "a stable climate system," and strikes down a law that barred consideration of greenhouse gas emissions when permitting new fossil fuel projects. juddocumentservice.mt.gov/getDocByCTra...
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"The Democratic Party lacks the energy of a determined opposition — it is adrift, listless in the wake of defeat. Too many elected Democrats seem ready to concede that Trump is some kind of avatar for the national spirit — a living embodiment of the American people."
i'm moving away from a two column/week pace in favor of a single extended argument. here is this week's.
Opinion | What Do Democrats Need to Do? Act Like an Opposition Party. (Gift Article)
Now is not the time for surrender.
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December 18, 2024 at 7:58 PM
"The Democratic Party lacks the energy of a determined opposition — it is adrift, listless in the wake of defeat. Too many elected Democrats seem ready to concede that Trump is some kind of avatar for the national spirit — a living embodiment of the American people."
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An interview with TPM’s Josh Marshall, who argues that protectors of democracy need to create a massive fundraising vehicle right now to defend the targets of Trump’s coming retribution tour.
Transcript: Trump’s Angry New Tirade on Truth Social Signals Dark 2025
An interview with TPM’s Josh Marshall, who argues that protectors of democracy need to create a massive fundraising vehicle right now to defend the targets of Trump’s coming retribution tour.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:00 PM
An interview with TPM’s Josh Marshall, who argues that protectors of democracy need to create a massive fundraising vehicle right now to defend the targets of Trump’s coming retribution tour.
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I'm normally very dovish, but even I admit that the case for a rate cut was pretty evenly balanced given recent data. And projections about future Fed policy are almost pointless: everything depends on whether Trump really does what he's been saying he will, in which case hard to see any cuts
December 18, 2024 at 7:54 PM
I'm normally very dovish, but even I admit that the case for a rate cut was pretty evenly balanced given recent data. And projections about future Fed policy are almost pointless: everything depends on whether Trump really does what he's been saying he will, in which case hard to see any cuts
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This has ALWAYS been what is going to happen. The way that tariffs work makes them perfect vehicles for presidential corruption. If you're on team Trump you get a waiver. If you're not, well ... sucks to be you. That's why the inaugural committee is cleaning up with CEOs.
Deepwater Asset Management predicts that Apple and Tesla will receive tariff waivers because Trump doesn’t want Tesla to lose to BYD or Apple to lose to Samsung.
So, Trump literally decides our every breath now. I guess soon we’ll find out when we are allowed to piss
9to5mac.com/2024/12/17/a...
So, Trump literally decides our every breath now. I guess soon we’ll find out when we are allowed to piss
9to5mac.com/2024/12/17/a...
Analyst: Trump will waive Apple’s China tariffs so it doesn’t ‘lose to Samsung’ - 9to5Mac
One major firm has shared predictions for the US market in 2025, and Apple getting exempted from Trump’s new China tariffs is on the list.
9to5mac.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:49 PM
This has ALWAYS been what is going to happen. The way that tariffs work makes them perfect vehicles for presidential corruption. If you're on team Trump you get a waiver. If you're not, well ... sucks to be you. That's why the inaugural committee is cleaning up with CEOs.
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I am, as they say, ON IT.
Have a few skeets up already, but more to come at Law Dork! www.lawdork.com
Have a few skeets up already, but more to come at Law Dork! www.lawdork.com
Law Dork | Chris Geidner | Substack
The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more. Click to read Law Dork, by Chris Geidner, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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December 18, 2024 at 5:35 PM
I am, as they say, ON IT.
Have a few skeets up already, but more to come at Law Dork! www.lawdork.com
Have a few skeets up already, but more to come at Law Dork! www.lawdork.com
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"This documentary packs more raw emotion and uncomfortable truths into 36 minutes than others do with twice that time."
Lovely review of I Am Ready, Warden from Michelle Pitcher in @texasobserver.org.
Our film is still streaming now on Parmount+ ! www.texasobserver.org/death-penalt...
Lovely review of I Am Ready, Warden from Michelle Pitcher in @texasobserver.org.
Our film is still streaming now on Parmount+ ! www.texasobserver.org/death-penalt...
The Questions the Death Penalty Cannot Answer
“I Am Ready, Warden,” a new short documentary, exposes the unresolved pain on all sides of a Texas execution.
www.texasobserver.org
December 11, 2024 at 3:03 AM
"This documentary packs more raw emotion and uncomfortable truths into 36 minutes than others do with twice that time."
Lovely review of I Am Ready, Warden from Michelle Pitcher in @texasobserver.org.
Our film is still streaming now on Parmount+ ! www.texasobserver.org/death-penalt...
Lovely review of I Am Ready, Warden from Michelle Pitcher in @texasobserver.org.
Our film is still streaming now on Parmount+ ! www.texasobserver.org/death-penalt...
Yes but what does @chrisgeidner.bsky.social have to say about this?
Breaking News: The Supreme Court agreed to hear TikTok’s challenge to a law that could ban the social media platform in the U.S. nyti.ms/3P2j7IE
December 18, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Yes but what does @chrisgeidner.bsky.social have to say about this?
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Always a weird day to see a positive ruling from the Fifth Circuit: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Doctors cannot sue over Biden admin's transgender health discrimination policy, court rules
Two Texas doctors did not have standing to sue the Biden administration over a 2021 policy statement that federal law bans discrimination in healthcare against transgender people, a federal appeals court has ruled.
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Always a weird day to see a positive ruling from the Fifth Circuit: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...