Loren DeJonge Schulman
@lorenraeds.bsky.social
Dedicated here to the unfinished work. - 16
Messy is the work, and the work can be joyful— Shepard Fairey.
Former, future.
Messy is the work, and the work can be joyful— Shepard Fairey.
Former, future.
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The Pentagon press corps has taught me so much in my career. @sirenspod.bsky.social extended our chat with @valerieinsinna.bsky.social to explore what makes it different, what DOD owes Americans in terms of transparency and access, and where we go from here. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Sirens: A Bombshell production
News Commentary Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Sirens, a new podcast from the ladies of Bombshell, dissects the institutions of American power. With their trademark wit and charm, join Loren DeJonge Sch...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Pentagon press corps has taught me so much in my career. @sirenspod.bsky.social extended our chat with @valerieinsinna.bsky.social to explore what makes it different, what DOD owes Americans in terms of transparency and access, and where we go from here. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
The Pentagon press corps has taught me so much in my career. @sirenspod.bsky.social extended our chat with @valerieinsinna.bsky.social to explore what makes it different, what DOD owes Americans in terms of transparency and access, and where we go from here. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Sirens: A Bombshell production
News Commentary Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Sirens, a new podcast from the ladies of Bombshell, dissects the institutions of American power. With their trademark wit and charm, join Loren DeJonge Sch...
podcasts.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Pentagon press corps has taught me so much in my career. @sirenspod.bsky.social extended our chat with @valerieinsinna.bsky.social to explore what makes it different, what DOD owes Americans in terms of transparency and access, and where we go from here. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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What is trust in government was actually high?
I worry that we've given up on trust as fixable issue. So much that I hosted a workshop with FAS this summer. In addition to the worst, we imagined what high trust in govt workforce, CX, data, and procurement might look like. fas.org/publication/...
I worry that we've given up on trust as fixable issue. So much that I hosted a workshop with FAS this summer. In addition to the worst, we imagined what high trust in govt workforce, CX, data, and procurement might look like. fas.org/publication/...
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What is trust in government was actually high?
I worry that we've given up on trust as fixable issue. So much that I hosted a workshop with FAS this summer. In addition to the worst, we imagined what high trust in govt workforce, CX, data, and procurement might look like. fas.org/publication/...
I worry that we've given up on trust as fixable issue. So much that I hosted a workshop with FAS this summer. In addition to the worst, we imagined what high trust in govt workforce, CX, data, and procurement might look like. fas.org/publication/...
What is trust in government was actually high?
I worry that we've given up on trust as fixable issue. So much that I hosted a workshop with FAS this summer. In addition to the worst, we imagined what high trust in govt workforce, CX, data, and procurement might look like. fas.org/publication/...
I worry that we've given up on trust as fixable issue. So much that I hosted a workshop with FAS this summer. In addition to the worst, we imagined what high trust in govt workforce, CX, data, and procurement might look like. fas.org/publication/...
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What is trust in government was actually high?
I worry that we've given up on trust as fixable issue. So much that I hosted a workshop with FAS this summer. In addition to the worst, we imagined what high trust in govt workforce, CX, data, and procurement might look like. fas.org/publication/...
I worry that we've given up on trust as fixable issue. So much that I hosted a workshop with FAS this summer. In addition to the worst, we imagined what high trust in govt workforce, CX, data, and procurement might look like. fas.org/publication/...
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NEW episode with the spectacular @valerieinsinna.bsky.social to explore Pentagon Press Corps dynamics; plus, shutdown impacts, waking up to a totally new world in SOUTHCOM, and, what protest costume calls to you? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Shutdown, Southcom, and Pentagon Press
Podcast Episode · Sirens: A Bombshell production · 10/30/2025 · 1h 3m
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October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
NEW episode with the spectacular @valerieinsinna.bsky.social to explore Pentagon Press Corps dynamics; plus, shutdown impacts, waking up to a totally new world in SOUTHCOM, and, what protest costume calls to you? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Trump is illegally moving money around to pay the troops, but he won't feed hungry people under SNAP even though the contingency fund is sitting right there. www.axios.com/2025/10/29/w...
Exclusive: White House finds 11th-hour shutdown workaround to pay troops — for now
Otherwise Trump isn't planning to budge on the nearly month-old shutdown, even with as many as 42 million people set to lose food stamp benefits Saturday.
www.axios.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Trump is illegally moving money around to pay the troops, but he won't feed hungry people under SNAP even though the contingency fund is sitting right there. www.axios.com/2025/10/29/w...
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Really important analysis from @rooseveltinstitute.org about the structures and decisions that held back a more ambitious Biden Administration agenda that might have resonated more with the public and what should change in a future administration. 1/
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Building a More Effective, Responsive Government: Lessons Learned from the Biden-Harris Administration - Roosevelt Institute
In a new analysis, Hannah Garden-Monheit and Tresa Joseph draw on interviews with more than 45 senior Biden-Harris appointees to offer a bold road map for rebuilding federal government capacity and re...
rooseveltinstitute.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Really important analysis from @rooseveltinstitute.org about the structures and decisions that held back a more ambitious Biden Administration agenda that might have resonated more with the public and what should change in a future administration. 1/
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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(entirely speculatively, no actual illegal machinations in the making)
October 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
(entirely speculatively, no actual illegal machinations in the making)
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Sirens episode preview: if you by chance were planning a heist of a museum---what museum would you choose?
October 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Sirens episode preview: if you by chance were planning a heist of a museum---what museum would you choose?
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Trust in government is not generic–the way Americans encounter and engage government systems can vary significantly. What would it look like if trust in key functions (workforce, data, CX, procurement) hit a breaking point? how would we know? fas.org/publication/...
Broken Trust in Government: Signals and Worst Case Scenarios
At a period where the federal government is undergoing significant changes in how it hires, buys, collects and organizes data, and delivers, deeper exploration of trust in these facets as worthwhile.
fas.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Trust in government is not generic–the way Americans encounter and engage government systems can vary significantly. What would it look like if trust in key functions (workforce, data, CX, procurement) hit a breaking point? how would we know? fas.org/publication/...
Why must centrists believe that the best political approach is to be an amoeba with teflon glamour and a bespoke bigotry, and not, like, a person with mild complex views.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Why must centrists believe that the best political approach is to be an amoeba with teflon glamour and a bespoke bigotry, and not, like, a person with mild complex views.
Trust in government is not generic–the way Americans encounter and engage government systems can vary significantly. What would it look like if trust in key functions (workforce, data, CX, procurement) hit a breaking point? how would we know? fas.org/publication/...
Broken Trust in Government: Signals and Worst Case Scenarios
At a period where the federal government is undergoing significant changes in how it hires, buys, collects and organizes data, and delivers, deeper exploration of trust in these facets as worthwhile.
fas.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Trust in government is not generic–the way Americans encounter and engage government systems can vary significantly. What would it look like if trust in key functions (workforce, data, CX, procurement) hit a breaking point? how would we know? fas.org/publication/...
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If you are so excited by this you want to try yourself, well, why not? We have a basic facilitation guide available here: 4 fas.org/publication/...
Blue Sky Thinking to Reimagine Government Effectiveness
Using visioning, world-building, scenario planning, and other foresight tools, participants set aside today’s constraints to design blue-sky models of a future American government.
fas.org
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If you are so excited by this you want to try yourself, well, why not? We have a basic facilitation guide available here: 4 fas.org/publication/...
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Summaries at this link only scratch the surface of conversations that were exciting, terrifying, inspiring and hilarious. Even better: they’re starting points for you as you consider the future of public sector talent, data, structural organization, partnerships, and more. 3 fas.org/publication/...
Blue Sky Thinking to Reimagine Government Effectiveness
Using visioning, world-building, scenario planning, and other foresight tools, participants set aside today’s constraints to design blue-sky models of a future American government.
fas.org
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Summaries at this link only scratch the surface of conversations that were exciting, terrifying, inspiring and hilarious. Even better: they’re starting points for you as you consider the future of public sector talent, data, structural organization, partnerships, and more. 3 fas.org/publication/...
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The goal was not to predict the future, but to create space to imagine preferred futures in actionable detail; beyond slogans and into the weeds . The models aren't meant to be definitive answers (yet), but provocations and starting points for deeper discussion and experimentation 2
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The goal was not to predict the future, but to create space to imagine preferred futures in actionable detail; beyond slogans and into the weeds . The models aren't meant to be definitive answers (yet), but provocations and starting points for deeper discussion and experimentation 2
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What if we could just control-alt-delete our federal governing systems and redesign? This summer at FAS, we tried! Participants designed blue-sky models of a future US government, like decentralized, AI driven, technocratic, outcomes oriented, community-based, and much more1 fas.org/publication/...
Blue Sky Thinking to Reimagine Government Effectiveness
Using visioning, world-building, scenario planning, and other foresight tools, participants set aside today’s constraints to design blue-sky models of a future American government.
fas.org
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
What if we could just control-alt-delete our federal governing systems and redesign? This summer at FAS, we tried! Participants designed blue-sky models of a future US government, like decentralized, AI driven, technocratic, outcomes oriented, community-based, and much more1 fas.org/publication/...
There are enormous and extreme other catastrophes in my own city limits.
I am here note that my Libby loan and hold and expired list is in dire straights.
Help.
I am here note that my Libby loan and hold and expired list is in dire straights.
Help.
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
There are enormous and extreme other catastrophes in my own city limits.
I am here note that my Libby loan and hold and expired list is in dire straights.
Help.
I am here note that my Libby loan and hold and expired list is in dire straights.
Help.
@teaandtactics.bsky.social a friend is asking for an accessible reading on Clausewitz (or a good meaty excerpt) for high schoolers. Do you have a suggestion?
October 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
@teaandtactics.bsky.social a friend is asking for an accessible reading on Clausewitz (or a good meaty excerpt) for high schoolers. Do you have a suggestion?
Wondering what to make of recent Supreme Court decisions? Or maybe concerned Separation of Powers isn't what it used to be? Listen to our new @sirenspod.bsky.social mini with Laura Dickinson where @emsetc.bsky.social and I go deep deep on what it means for natsec
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More on the unitary executive with Laura Dickinson
Podcast Episode · Sirens: A Bombshell production · 10/21/2025 · 30m
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October 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Wondering what to make of recent Supreme Court decisions? Or maybe concerned Separation of Powers isn't what it used to be? Listen to our new @sirenspod.bsky.social mini with Laura Dickinson where @emsetc.bsky.social and I go deep deep on what it means for natsec
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
What if we could just control-alt-delete our federal governing systems and redesign? This summer at FAS, we tried! Participants designed blue-sky models of a future US government, like decentralized, AI driven, technocratic, outcomes oriented, community-based, and much more1 fas.org/publication/...
Blue Sky Thinking to Reimagine Government Effectiveness
Using visioning, world-building, scenario planning, and other foresight tools, participants set aside today’s constraints to design blue-sky models of a future American government.
fas.org
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
What if we could just control-alt-delete our federal governing systems and redesign? This summer at FAS, we tried! Participants designed blue-sky models of a future US government, like decentralized, AI driven, technocratic, outcomes oriented, community-based, and much more1 fas.org/publication/...
It’s obviously off the record, she says, as she shrinks into a tiny tiny corn cob.
October 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It’s obviously off the record, she says, as she shrinks into a tiny tiny corn cob.
Throwback: Does protest turnout matter for achieving results, and other big questions on the efficacy political protest in our July 9 @sirenspod.bsky.social episode Revolving Doors, RIP USAID and Resistance. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Revolving Doors, RIP USAID, and Resistance.
Podcast Episode · Sirens: A Bombshell production · 07/09/2025 · 1h 7m
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October 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Throwback: Does protest turnout matter for achieving results, and other big questions on the efficacy political protest in our July 9 @sirenspod.bsky.social episode Revolving Doors, RIP USAID and Resistance. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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“On August 19, I was in a pub in rural western Ireland when my phone chimed with a text from a reporter. The Director of National Intelligence was yanking my security clearance, vaguely associating me and others with unspecified allegations. Did I want to comment?”
-- Emily Horne
-- Emily Horne
I'm On a Trump Enemies List. The Kids' Backpacks Still Need to be Washed.
On being a (very) minor character in America's descent into authoritarianism
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October 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“On August 19, I was in a pub in rural western Ireland when my phone chimed with a text from a reporter. The Director of National Intelligence was yanking my security clearance, vaguely associating me and others with unspecified allegations. Did I want to comment?”
-- Emily Horne
-- Emily Horne
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NEW awesome episode! TLDR: Is there a new phase of Russian combat ops? What about cyber attacks? Special guest Laura Dickinson helps us define just whether powers are separated at all. And you too set google alerts of your partners' doppleganger and niche civ-mil?
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Hostage Deal, Cyber Gangs, and Unitary Executive
Podcast Episode · Sirens: A Bombshell production · 10/15/2025 · 1h 8m
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October 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
NEW awesome episode! TLDR: Is there a new phase of Russian combat ops? What about cyber attacks? Special guest Laura Dickinson helps us define just whether powers are separated at all. And you too set google alerts of your partners' doppleganger and niche civ-mil?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Civ mil people: it's totally not weird that I set a google alert for "best military advice," right, that's not deeply obsessive?
NEW awesome episode! TLDR: Is there a new phase of Russian combat ops? What about cyber attacks? Special guest Laura Dickinson helps us define just whether powers are separated at all. And you too set google alerts of your partners' doppleganger and niche civ-mil?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Hostage Deal, Cyber Gangs, and Unitary Executive
Podcast Episode · Sirens: A Bombshell production · 10/15/2025 · 1h 8m
podcasts.apple.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Civ mil people: it's totally not weird that I set a google alert for "best military advice," right, that's not deeply obsessive?