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James Goodwin
@jamesgoodwin.bsky.social
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I'm Policy Director at @progressivereform.bsky.social where I specialize in federal regulatory policy. When not analyzing federal regulatory policy, I enjoy silent film, soccer, and running.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · Nov 7
Now that we're staring down the barrel of Project 2025, I guess it's a good time to re-up this essay I wrote a few months ago exploring its plans for an authoritarian administrative state www.bostonreview.net/articles/ins...
Inside Project 2025 - Boston Review
Backed by the Heritage Foundation, the initiative seeks to undermine longstanding safeguards against abuses of executive power.
www.bostonreview.net

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 3h
'Brazil' (1985) just hits differently now

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 3h
Post a famous bathroom scene

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3h
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 4h
Lose to your kid/s at board game
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4h
Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 4h
He gets it bsky.app/profile/jame...
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h
even my favored structural reforms are just finding ways to brute force a less destructive republican party, whether that is ending as much as possible the electoral bonus for representing rural areas or making multi-partyism more viable.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h
even my favored structural reforms are just finding ways to brute force a less destructive republican party, whether that is ending as much as possible the electoral bonus for representing rural areas or making multi-partyism more viable.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4h
Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 5h
Quick! Expand their budget for staff!

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 5h
He gets it bsky.app/profile/jame...
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
hurricanexyz.bsky.social Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 6h
Right.

If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 5h
I'm not googling any of this and you can't make me

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 5h
A nationwide system of high speed rail would be too complicated and expensive
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12h
New: Trump admin officials tell Zeteo that Trump is “very interested” in secret plans drawn up last year to send US Special Forces into Mexico.

One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
After Trump’s Venezuela Invasion, Mexico Could Be Next
Officials tell Zeteo that Trump remains ‘very interested’ in the idea of sending US Special Forces into Mexico, as the president threatens Colombia and Cuba, too.
zeteo.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
hurricanexyz.bsky.social Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 6h
Right.

If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
unavaleable.bsky.social Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 7h
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 5h
I'm sure none of this distracting the administration from completing its effective healthcare reform plan, especially since the Affordable Care Act subsidies expired a few days ago

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 5h
Oh, and the current CR runs out in 26 days

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 5h
Who is this for?
durbin.senate.gov Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 13h
Nicolás Maduro repeatedly denied the will of the Venezuelan people, including when two thirds of them voted for an end to decades of political & economic ruin and criminality.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 6h
We are obliged by international law to prevent *other* countries from doing what we are now threatening to do. Do you know how fucked up this is?

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 6h
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned President Donald Trump to “stop the threats” over acquiring Greenland. - www.cnbc.com/2026/01/04/t...
Denmark tells Trump to stop threatening to seize Greenland
President Donald Trump has sought to acquire Greenland since his first term.
www.cnbc.com

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 6h
Trump knows what he did is impeachable. He's daring Congress to impeach him. The more Democrats in particular dither, the more powerful he becomes, and he knows it.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 6h
"Security" contractors
mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h
"America is an oil company with an army."

—George Carlin

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 6h
*Borat voice*

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 6h
This is going to be so expensive. Quick! Cut the corporate tax rate!
chadbourn.bsky.social Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13h
NBC News: “How soon will elections be held in Venezuela? Within 30 days?”

Rubio: “Elections? I think it is premature at this point.”

The US is going to be there for the long haul.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 6h
My CV
mobydickatsea.bsky.social Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 7h
all this is both foolish and unnecessary

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 7h
all this is both foolish and unnecessary

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 7h
The Race From Europe can begin

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 8h
A "Mission Accomplished" that was neither a mission nor accomplished. Discuss.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h
"America is an oil company with an army."

—George Carlin

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 11h
Management is always right

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 11h
Halloween costume sorted

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 11h
*shakes empty highball glass* Why don't you Donroe Doctrine me another old fashioned?

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 11h
Who gave the court authority?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said the US is going to 'run Venezuela.' Under what legal authority?

RUBIO: We want a better future for the people of Venezuela

STEPHANOPOULOS: I'll ask again -- what is the legal authority?

RUBIO: We have court orders