Jeff Hauser
jeffhauser.bsky.social
Jeff Hauser
@jeffhauser.bsky.social
Personal account. Run Revolving Door Project (@revolvingdoordc.bsky.social) & co-manage my son's athletic career. https://revolvingdoorproject.substack.com
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Criticizing Democrats from the left does not reinforce right wing arguments. (indeed, fwiw, it makes Democrats seem more moderate!)

Criticizing Democrats from the right reinforces MAGA criticism.
The *vibe* of the new publication is clearly “we are here to defend liberalism against its leftwing assailants.”

Launching that sort of publication in summer 2025 is, let’s just say, *A CHOICE*.

There is an evergreen market for that sort of writing. You will never go broke writing this stuff.
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Ezra Klein is cashing in the right way
December 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Our Archie!! 🤣🤣💛💙💛💙💛#LUFC
December 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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hands the fuck off Chicago
“We felt less than human.” How government treats folks in custody is not a lot better than how they treat them when they’re released. A moment from the story of a server helping a man: “May God bless that woman, because she gave me a taco and a Coke.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Very relevant to 2025.
December 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The world was less dumb once.
December 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Thing is: this should have been obvious BEFORE regulators greenlit Waymo.

Having business be the tail that wags the dog of government--as neoliberal ideology would have it--simply privatizes gains and sticks ordinary people with the costs of being corporate guinea pigs.
Autonomous vehicles that are unable to adapt to emergencies present a risk to our public safety. With such vehicles being considered for deployment in the East Bay, more must first be done to ensure they will operate safely when the unexpected happens.
Waymo halts service in SF as cars stall at intersections
A spokesperson confirmed Waymo has suspended service.
www.sfgate.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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At least five FUBARed Waymo robots:

Market & Guerrero, SF

One is a problem, two a mistake, five a major ops screw up. Waymo has never fixed their cascading failure problem. Maybe they don't know how.

Fundamentally unfit for service at scale until they do, IMO.

OP: tiktok.brahmsstan
December 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Oh that's horrible news. Great man.
Heartbroken to hear about the passing of amazing Howie Klein - founder of the progressive blog @downwithtyranny.bsky.social.

He was a brilliant blogger (from OG netroots) who made his mark as a big time music exec. Most importantly he was a kind human & a good friend. Rest in power Howie.
December 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Heartbroken to hear about the passing of amazing Howie Klein - founder of the progressive blog @downwithtyranny.bsky.social.

He was a brilliant blogger (from OG netroots) who made his mark as a big time music exec. Most importantly he was a kind human & a good friend. Rest in power Howie.
December 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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In all, Dayana, a U.S. Citizen, was stopped three different times in roughly the same area of Key Largo and around the same time of day

NOV 7: Dayana is stopped, her husband, the passenger, is detained and taken by #immigration agents

NOV 15: Dayana is stopped, then let go

DEC 3: This happened 👇
December 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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We don’t spend enough time discussing how the entire MAGA movement is kept afloat by the constant threats of stochastic terrorism orchestrated by the president of the United States.

Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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The US State Department is now going to be deporting people and/or revoking visas over Benz, Taibbi, and Shellenberger’s “censorship industrial complex” hoax.

Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.

www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:
December 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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But John Roberts and his 5 MAGA colleagues on #SCOTUS are most likely cool with all of this as long as it serves Trump. #ballsandstrikes ↘️
1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated

2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements

3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program

4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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This is a pretty shocking mass exodus. Heritage's legal department is basically a ghost ship at this point. And I have to imagine they'll really have to dredge the absolute bottom of the barrel to restaff it at this point. reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Breaking: Cully Stimson and Hans von Spakovsky Resign From Heritage
The Meese Center is basically empty now.
reason.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Criticizing Democrats from the left does not reinforce right wing arguments. (indeed, fwiw, it makes Democrats seem more moderate!)

Criticizing Democrats from the right reinforces MAGA criticism.
The *vibe* of the new publication is clearly “we are here to defend liberalism against its leftwing assailants.”

Launching that sort of publication in summer 2025 is, let’s just say, *A CHOICE*.

There is an evergreen market for that sort of writing. You will never go broke writing this stuff.
August 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…

* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M

So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Why would anyone think Trump did something shady and repulsive with young woman while hanging with Epstein? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM