Lynn Overmann
@lynnovermann.bsky.social
Tech & policy nerd, recovering public defender, DC native, #ALLCAPS fan. Executive Director @beeckcenter.bsky.social Georgetown. May the force be with you, always. Views my own.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
The @beeckcenter.bsky.social has launched the Digital Benefits Ecosystem Directory + Map, a dynamic, open-source guide designed to connect organizations working toward a shared mission of improved digital benefits access and delivery. Explore!
digitalgovernmenthub.org/ecosystem/
digitalgovernmenthub.org/ecosystem/
July 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The @beeckcenter.bsky.social has launched the Digital Benefits Ecosystem Directory + Map, a dynamic, open-source guide designed to connect organizations working toward a shared mission of improved digital benefits access and delivery. Explore!
digitalgovernmenthub.org/ecosystem/
digitalgovernmenthub.org/ecosystem/
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New from me for @meidastouch.com - How Musk Monetized Government While Killing What Actually Works
www.meidasplus.com/p/how-musk-m...
www.meidasplus.com/p/how-musk-m...
How Musk Monetized Government While Killing What Actually Works
Guest article by Merici Vinton, former DOGE worker
www.meidasplus.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
New from me for @meidastouch.com - How Musk Monetized Government While Killing What Actually Works
www.meidasplus.com/p/how-musk-m...
www.meidasplus.com/p/how-musk-m...
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"more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist."
Uhhh... this is catastrophic for democracy.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-...
Uhhh... this is catastrophic for democracy.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-...
New report maps a “severe” shortage of local journalists in the U.S.
The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist.
www.niemanlab.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist."
Uhhh... this is catastrophic for democracy.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-...
Uhhh... this is catastrophic for democracy.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-...
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“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
July 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
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🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
Excited to launch the Federal Alumni & Digital Service Alumni Fellows program welcoming 9 former fed tech & policy leaders to Georgetown's Tech & Society Initiative & @scientistsorg.bsky.social!
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June 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Excited to launch the Federal Alumni & Digital Service Alumni Fellows program welcoming 9 former fed tech & policy leaders to Georgetown's Tech & Society Initiative & @scientistsorg.bsky.social!
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Its a policy *designed to fail*
And failure will push more people off their healthcare – working adults, kids, seniors, students, people with disabilities – no matter if they are dealing with a new baby or cancer diagnosis.
And failure will push more people off their healthcare – working adults, kids, seniors, students, people with disabilities – no matter if they are dealing with a new baby or cancer diagnosis.
June 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Its a policy *designed to fail*
And failure will push more people off their healthcare – working adults, kids, seniors, students, people with disabilities – no matter if they are dealing with a new baby or cancer diagnosis.
And failure will push more people off their healthcare – working adults, kids, seniors, students, people with disabilities – no matter if they are dealing with a new baby or cancer diagnosis.
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My coauthor Julie Siegel and I worry even that grim prognosis may be too optimistic. State’s are not ready for these new requirements and many states may reach a point of failure. Website crashing, call centers down, paperwork lost, and offices shuttered 💥
June 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
My coauthor Julie Siegel and I worry even that grim prognosis may be too optimistic. State’s are not ready for these new requirements and many states may reach a point of failure. Website crashing, call centers down, paperwork lost, and offices shuttered 💥
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Today in the @missouriindependent.com
I shared how new Medicaid red tape imposed by Republicans will kick over 10 million people off their healthcare, including more than 180,000 people in Missouri ‼️
missouriindependent.com/2025/06/06/r...
I shared how new Medicaid red tape imposed by Republicans will kick over 10 million people off their healthcare, including more than 180,000 people in Missouri ‼️
missouriindependent.com/2025/06/06/r...
Republicans' new Medicaid red tape will push Missouri to the brink and block healthcare for millions • Missouri Independent
The budget bill passed by the U.S. House will kick millions of people off of Medicaid by piling on new red tape.
missouriindependent.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today in the @missouriindependent.com
I shared how new Medicaid red tape imposed by Republicans will kick over 10 million people off their healthcare, including more than 180,000 people in Missouri ‼️
missouriindependent.com/2025/06/06/r...
I shared how new Medicaid red tape imposed by Republicans will kick over 10 million people off their healthcare, including more than 180,000 people in Missouri ‼️
missouriindependent.com/2025/06/06/r...
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How do we repair the mess Trump & the tech titan have made? Public servants who know how to build things can tell us.
Here’s @merici.bsky.social, who built IRS Direct File AND helped launched the beloved CFPB on @cnn.com with @philmattingly.bsky.social
transcripts.cnn.com/show/cg/date...
Here’s @merici.bsky.social, who built IRS Direct File AND helped launched the beloved CFPB on @cnn.com with @philmattingly.bsky.social
transcripts.cnn.com/show/cg/date...
June 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
How do we repair the mess Trump & the tech titan have made? Public servants who know how to build things can tell us.
Here’s @merici.bsky.social, who built IRS Direct File AND helped launched the beloved CFPB on @cnn.com with @philmattingly.bsky.social
transcripts.cnn.com/show/cg/date...
Here’s @merici.bsky.social, who built IRS Direct File AND helped launched the beloved CFPB on @cnn.com with @philmattingly.bsky.social
transcripts.cnn.com/show/cg/date...
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PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions.
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
June 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
PRO PUBLICA: Of the 238 men sent to an El Salvador mega prison, only 6 had prior violent crime convictions.
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
0 were on the gang member list.
130 had no criminal history.
32 had minor offenses.
All 238 thought they were being sent back to Venezuela. www.instagram.com/p/DKcjM7FPhz...
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Donald Trump sued me for racketeering, I won and did not back down.
Donald Trump tried to have me investigated, I did not back down.
Donald Trump named me in executive orders, I did not back down.
If your lawyers are so afraid that they are cutting deals with Trump, you have the wrong lawyers.
Donald Trump tried to have me investigated, I did not back down.
Donald Trump named me in executive orders, I did not back down.
If your lawyers are so afraid that they are cutting deals with Trump, you have the wrong lawyers.
June 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Donald Trump sued me for racketeering, I won and did not back down.
Donald Trump tried to have me investigated, I did not back down.
Donald Trump named me in executive orders, I did not back down.
If your lawyers are so afraid that they are cutting deals with Trump, you have the wrong lawyers.
Donald Trump tried to have me investigated, I did not back down.
Donald Trump named me in executive orders, I did not back down.
If your lawyers are so afraid that they are cutting deals with Trump, you have the wrong lawyers.
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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See, the money goes into his personal account, so it's not a conflict.
REPORTER: On the president's dinner tonight, will the White House commit to making a list of the attendees public so people can see who's paying for that kind of access to the president?
LEAVITT: The president is attending it in his personal time
LEAVITT: The president is attending it in his personal time
May 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
See, the money goes into his personal account, so it's not a conflict.
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I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
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It can be true both that: the hiding/denial of Joe Biden’s mental and physical condition going into 2024 is a major story, b/c contributed to the Dem defeat in 2024, which is the reason for Everything Happening Now, and…
That the current President’s mental health is also an important story.
That the current President’s mental health is also an important story.
May 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It can be true both that: the hiding/denial of Joe Biden’s mental and physical condition going into 2024 is a major story, b/c contributed to the Dem defeat in 2024, which is the reason for Everything Happening Now, and…
That the current President’s mental health is also an important story.
That the current President’s mental health is also an important story.
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There is no need for Medicaid work requirements because almost everyone who can work is working.
What we are getting instead is Medicaid work *reporting* requirements, where people lose coverage because of administrative burdens.
What we are getting instead is Medicaid work *reporting* requirements, where people lose coverage because of administrative burdens.
May 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
There is no need for Medicaid work requirements because almost everyone who can work is working.
What we are getting instead is Medicaid work *reporting* requirements, where people lose coverage because of administrative burdens.
What we are getting instead is Medicaid work *reporting* requirements, where people lose coverage because of administrative burdens.
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Feels like just in my lifetime the tech industry went from solving problems to pretending to solve problems, to creating problems
May 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Feels like just in my lifetime the tech industry went from solving problems to pretending to solve problems, to creating problems
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“Small acts of acquiescence, framed as…defensive measures, feel like the only reasonable course. But this is the fatal logic of appeasement: the belief that quietly yielding in small, seemingly temporary ways will mitigate long-term harm.”
Opinion | No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“Small acts of acquiescence, framed as…defensive measures, feel like the only reasonable course. But this is the fatal logic of appeasement: the belief that quietly yielding in small, seemingly temporary ways will mitigate long-term harm.”
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personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
Our 2024 Impact Report highlights @beeckcenter.bsky.social's 10-year journey & the people that made it what it is today. As public servants face growing uncertainty, this report reminds us that government should always be for the people, by the people.
beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/report/2024-...
beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/report/2024-...
April 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Our 2024 Impact Report highlights @beeckcenter.bsky.social's 10-year journey & the people that made it what it is today. As public servants face growing uncertainty, this report reminds us that government should always be for the people, by the people.
beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/report/2024-...
beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/report/2024-...
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
—Louis Brandeis
—Louis Brandeis
April 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
—Louis Brandeis
—Louis Brandeis
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We often look back on the seminal moments in our history and wonder "What would I have done?"
This is our moment. This is our time.
We must stand up. We must speak out. We must do everything we can to stop a President who has every intention of destroying our democracy.
This is our moment. This is our time.
We must stand up. We must speak out. We must do everything we can to stop a President who has every intention of destroying our democracy.
April 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
We often look back on the seminal moments in our history and wonder "What would I have done?"
This is our moment. This is our time.
We must stand up. We must speak out. We must do everything we can to stop a President who has every intention of destroying our democracy.
This is our moment. This is our time.
We must stand up. We must speak out. We must do everything we can to stop a President who has every intention of destroying our democracy.