Michael Corey
@mcorey.bsky.social
Executive Director, Human Service Chamber, a nonprofit chamber of commerce in Columbus. Recovering lawyer. Formerly of Bricker Graydon, Children’s Defense Fund, and Hillary for America. Alum of Duke U, Ohio State Law, Ohio State Ed Policy. Opinions my own.
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Michael Corey
@mcorey.bsky.social
· Mar 5
“This nation…has no right to expect that it will always have wise and humane rulers sincerely attached to the principles of the Constitution. Wicked men, ambitious of power, with hatred of liberty and contempt of law, may fill the place once occupied by Washington and Lincoln.”
- SCOTUS, 1866
- SCOTUS, 1866
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Trump and Stephen Miller are actually failing in crucial ways. Deportations are lagging behind their goals, courts are mostly functioning, and their fascist, ethnonationalist cruelties have unleashed a countermobilization of unexpected scope and power.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
December 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump and Stephen Miller are actually failing in crucial ways. Deportations are lagging behind their goals, courts are mostly functioning, and their fascist, ethnonationalist cruelties have unleashed a countermobilization of unexpected scope and power.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
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Updates on two big projects planned for Downtown: columbusunderground.com/downtown-com...
Downtown Commission: 12-Story Building Approved, Courthouse Plans to be Tweaked - Columbus Underground
A 12-story building proposed for a South Fourth Street parking lot is one step closer to moving forward after getting the green light this week from the Downtown Commission. The building, located at 3...
columbusunderground.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Updates on two big projects planned for Downtown: columbusunderground.com/downtown-com...
If someone calls you partisan if you advocate for people to be fed and housed and healthy, you are not the partisan.
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If someone calls you partisan if you advocate for people to be fed and housed and healthy, you are not the partisan.
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At school, AI promises to change how children are taught, how they are assessed and, ultimately, how they think. But not everyone is keen on edu-bots
At home and at school, AI is transforming childhood
It brings many benefits, but also hidden dangers
econ.st
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
At school, AI promises to change how children are taught, how they are assessed and, ultimately, how they think. But not everyone is keen on edu-bots
And everyone was trying to improve indoor air quality—especially during respiratory illness season.
Remember when there were hand sanitizer dispensers everywhere? Bring that back.
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
And everyone was trying to improve indoor air quality—especially during respiratory illness season.
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NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
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New @thenation.com piece by @bilalb.bsky.social, @shahrzadshams.bsky.social and myself that draws from our recent @rooseveltinstitute.org report to argue for structural media reform: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A New Roosevelt Institute Report Confronts the Roots of Our Media Crisis—and Calls for Breaking Up Corporate Media
Today’s journalism crisis wasn’t inevitable, but it’s time to free journalism from the straitjacket of turning a democratic obligation into a profit-maximizing business model.
www.thenation.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
New @thenation.com piece by @bilalb.bsky.social, @shahrzadshams.bsky.social and myself that draws from our recent @rooseveltinstitute.org report to argue for structural media reform: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Donald Trump’s net approval rating is the lowest it has ever been, at -18%. See how Americans are feeling about their president with our tracker
Donald Trump’s approval rating
Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump
econ.st
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Donald Trump’s net approval rating is the lowest it has ever been, at -18%. See how Americans are feeling about their president with our tracker
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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💥 A group founded by Stephen Miller filed a federal complaint in July against the 2025 World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers for their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. The team's website continues to display its commitment to DEI.
Congratulations, Dodgers!
#Dodgers #WorldSeries
Congratulations, Dodgers!
#Dodgers #WorldSeries
November 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
💥 A group founded by Stephen Miller filed a federal complaint in July against the 2025 World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers for their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. The team's website continues to display its commitment to DEI.
Congratulations, Dodgers!
#Dodgers #WorldSeries
Congratulations, Dodgers!
#Dodgers #WorldSeries
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My latest on the Administration's wildly unlawful shutdown of SNAP. To buy their argument, you must ignore the interpretation they took Sept. 30 and repeatedly in the first Trump Administration. Shamelesly and gratuitously cruel.
Balkinization share.google/yaVtx89DJsIR...
Balkinization share.google/yaVtx89DJsIR...
Balkinization
Balkinization
<br>an unanticipated consequence of
<br>Jack M. Balkin
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October 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My latest on the Administration's wildly unlawful shutdown of SNAP. To buy their argument, you must ignore the interpretation they took Sept. 30 and repeatedly in the first Trump Administration. Shamelesly and gratuitously cruel.
Balkinization share.google/yaVtx89DJsIR...
Balkinization share.google/yaVtx89DJsIR...
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📣 The "U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters" data is back today through @climatecentral.org! And more soon!
➡️ Explore our new interactive website at www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv..., which is now updated through the first half of 2025 & totaling over $101 billion from 14 events.
➡️ Explore our new interactive website at www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv..., which is now updated through the first half of 2025 & totaling over $101 billion from 14 events.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
📣 The "U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters" data is back today through @climatecentral.org! And more soon!
➡️ Explore our new interactive website at www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv..., which is now updated through the first half of 2025 & totaling over $101 billion from 14 events.
➡️ Explore our new interactive website at www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv..., which is now updated through the first half of 2025 & totaling over $101 billion from 14 events.
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This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at using virtual power plants to curb blackouts and Jane Goodall’s call to action on protecting the natural environment.
Tax Credits Are Gone But Cheaper EVs Are Coming
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at using virtual power plants to curb blackouts and Jane Goodall’s call to action on protecting the natural environment.
www.forbes.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at using virtual power plants to curb blackouts and Jane Goodall’s call to action on protecting the natural environment.
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George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100
George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100
Hardy, a lieutenant colonel, became the youngest Tuskegee fighter pilot at 19, and was among the first Black military pilots in the United States.
www.nbcnews.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100
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This map shows temperature departures averaged over the last 3 months. What's it like in your area?
🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average
Data from data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/
🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average
Data from data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This map shows temperature departures averaged over the last 3 months. What's it like in your area?
🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average
Data from data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/
🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average
Data from data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/
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To the 9News anchor who just said today's shooting at my kid's is "something we have to accept in our world" — it is not.
I do not accept that my children have to live in fear. I do not accept that any child should ever be shot, at school or anywhere else.
I do not accept that my children have to live in fear. I do not accept that any child should ever be shot, at school or anywhere else.
September 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
To the 9News anchor who just said today's shooting at my kid's is "something we have to accept in our world" — it is not.
I do not accept that my children have to live in fear. I do not accept that any child should ever be shot, at school or anywhere else.
I do not accept that my children have to live in fear. I do not accept that any child should ever be shot, at school or anywhere else.
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The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says
The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
n.pr
September 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
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Pittsburgh City Council advanced a bill Wednesday that would allow the construction of “interim housing” — residential units that house homeless people while they transition to more permanent housing, in certain areas of the city.
Pittsburgh City Council advances bill allowing construction of “tiny homes”
Pittsburgh City Council advanced a bill Wednesday that would allow the construction of “interim housing” – residential units that house homeless people while they transition to more permanent housing,...
www.wesa.fm
August 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Pittsburgh City Council advanced a bill Wednesday that would allow the construction of “interim housing” — residential units that house homeless people while they transition to more permanent housing, in certain areas of the city.
