Pseudonym of a boring policy wonk by day
@neveltenjohn.bsky.social
Center-right, former lifelong Republican, NeverTrump, policy and stat geek with too much education and too much experience.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Leaving aside the anti-immigration and anti-trade xenophobic diatribes, at one point it denounces all post-WWII US foreign policy as seeking global "domination"—language straight out of Soviet and extreme leftist propaganda.
MAGA hates America.
MAGA hates America.
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Leaving aside the anti-immigration and anti-trade xenophobic diatribes, at one point it denounces all post-WWII US foreign policy as seeking global "domination"—language straight out of Soviet and extreme leftist propaganda.
MAGA hates America.
MAGA hates America.
.@jasonfurman.bsky.social
Dr Furman,
You may remember that some of us thought you would be a good candidate for President (albeit with the caveat that "the Democrats could do worse").
You may be please to learn that we are now nominating you for the NFL Prize in Economics.
Dr Furman,
You may remember that some of us thought you would be a good candidate for President (albeit with the caveat that "the Democrats could do worse").
You may be please to learn that we are now nominating you for the NFL Prize in Economics.
December 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
.@jasonfurman.bsky.social
Dr Furman,
You may remember that some of us thought you would be a good candidate for President (albeit with the caveat that "the Democrats could do worse").
You may be please to learn that we are now nominating you for the NFL Prize in Economics.
Dr Furman,
You may remember that some of us thought you would be a good candidate for President (albeit with the caveat that "the Democrats could do worse").
You may be please to learn that we are now nominating you for the NFL Prize in Economics.
The initial level of cooperation in 2008 was awe inspiring. There were few delays to try to negotiate better deals. LITTLE countries that could have easily been free-riders stepped up to do their part, as did the financial institutions not at direct risk.
Hard to see that happening now.
Hard to see that happening now.
“Imagine what would happen if, next year, we had a 2008-style crisis and Bessent and Hassett were [at Treasury and the Fed]. In such a universe, could the rest of the world trust American economic leadership? Could the American-led economic order survive?”
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
What If It’s Already Too Late?
Institutional rot or ideological infection—either way, a real “Deep State” is already taking shape.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The initial level of cooperation in 2008 was awe inspiring. There were few delays to try to negotiate better deals. LITTLE countries that could have easily been free-riders stepped up to do their part, as did the financial institutions not at direct risk.
Hard to see that happening now.
Hard to see that happening now.
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South Floridians from Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela expecting to become U.S. citizens this week learned instead that their naturalization ceremonies had been canceled after the Trump administration issued a sweeping directive aimed at halting immigration from so-called high-risk countries.
South Florida immigrants on cusp of citizenship told to wait as DHS changes policy
The cancellations, confirmed by multiple immigration attorneys, came after the Trump administration paused immigration from 19 nations and froze all asylum claims.
www.miamiherald.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
South Floridians from Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela expecting to become U.S. citizens this week learned instead that their naturalization ceremonies had been canceled after the Trump administration issued a sweeping directive aimed at halting immigration from so-called high-risk countries.
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I support the idea of a grand coalition to defend democratic institutions. Relatedly, I don't care to spend time with people whose reaction to economic views like mine is to call for guillotines. Is there a tension between those two goals, and if so what's the best way to handle it?
December 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I support the idea of a grand coalition to defend democratic institutions. Relatedly, I don't care to spend time with people whose reaction to economic views like mine is to call for guillotines. Is there a tension between those two goals, and if so what's the best way to handle it?
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Here in Pennsylvania, we actually know a little something about making our communities safer (unlike some folks in DC).
Watch as I break down our two-pronged approach that’s delivering real results:
Here in Pennsylvania, we actually know a little something about making our communities safer (unlike some folks in DC).
Watch as I break down our two-pronged approach that’s delivering real results:
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🚨DON’T SCROLL🚨
Here in Pennsylvania, we actually know a little something about making our communities safer (unlike some folks in DC).
Watch as I break down our two-pronged approach that’s delivering real results:
Here in Pennsylvania, we actually know a little something about making our communities safer (unlike some folks in DC).
Watch as I break down our two-pronged approach that’s delivering real results:
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Also, people forget than when I became a Republican, Massachusetts had a Republican Senator - and he was Black
Have people forgotten that there is an abyss between MoralMajority/TeaParty/FundyChristian/MAGA/HeritageSociety Republicans and the Republican Party Mr. Nichols started his career in? Four decades ago it was possible to find a Republican with integrity and values aligned with America. 🤦🏻♀️Geez.
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Also, people forget than when I became a Republican, Massachusetts had a Republican Senator - and he was Black
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"The request was simple on paper: DHS wants access to DMV records and the right to move that data through Nlets, the national law-enforcement network, so it can plug the information into SAVE, its citizenship-verification system." But "once DMV records are inside that pipeline, they don’t stay put."
They’re Building a National Tracking System. Quietly.
open.substack.com/pub/quintonr...
open.substack.com/pub/quintonr...
They’re Building a National Tracking System. Quietly.
A quiet DHS notice opens the door to a nationwide system of identity and movement tracking.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"The request was simple on paper: DHS wants access to DMV records and the right to move that data through Nlets, the national law-enforcement network, so it can plug the information into SAVE, its citizenship-verification system." But "once DMV records are inside that pipeline, they don’t stay put."
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Blue states have higher electricity prices than red states. Democrats should be trying to change the cost and supply conditions that are responsible for that. [Josh Barro]
To Win on Electricity Prices, Democrats Need Policies That Make Electricity Cheaper
Blue states have higher electricity prices than red states. We need more infrastructure — including fossil fuel infrastructure — to ensure that electricity is affordable.
www.joshbarro.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Blue states have higher electricity prices than red states. Democrats should be trying to change the cost and supply conditions that are responsible for that. [Josh Barro]
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This is a must read. The most in depth understanding of how corrupt our foreign policy has become. Trump and Witkoff (Rubio totally sidelined) are proposing to sell out Ukraine in exchange for Russian deals for their billionaire crowd.
Not about peace. Just about profit.
Not about peace. Just about profit.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is a must read. The most in depth understanding of how corrupt our foreign policy has become. Trump and Witkoff (Rubio totally sidelined) are proposing to sell out Ukraine in exchange for Russian deals for their billionaire crowd.
Not about peace. Just about profit.
Not about peace. Just about profit.
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🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
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I agree with most of the points made here, but disagree with the conclusion. "Strong floors, no ceiling" SHOULD be at least one message right now.
Much of America reject Dems in part because it seems like they are FAR more concerned with keeping anyone from getting ahead than actually helping.
Much of America reject Dems in part because it seems like they are FAR more concerned with keeping anyone from getting ahead than actually helping.
This will probably get me yelled at, because I can see the consensus forming here that "strong floors, no ceiling" is the dumbest of all possible slogans. I would argue that it's actually not that bad, but that it's wrong for this moment (please read 🧵before yelling at me)...
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I agree with most of the points made here, but disagree with the conclusion. "Strong floors, no ceiling" SHOULD be at least one message right now.
Much of America reject Dems in part because it seems like they are FAR more concerned with keeping anyone from getting ahead than actually helping.
Much of America reject Dems in part because it seems like they are FAR more concerned with keeping anyone from getting ahead than actually helping.
I agree with most of the points made here, but disagree with the conclusion. "Strong floors, no ceiling" SHOULD be at least one message right now.
Much of America reject Dems in part because it seems like they are FAR more concerned with keeping anyone from getting ahead than actually helping.
Much of America reject Dems in part because it seems like they are FAR more concerned with keeping anyone from getting ahead than actually helping.
This will probably get me yelled at, because I can see the consensus forming here that "strong floors, no ceiling" is the dumbest of all possible slogans. I would argue that it's actually not that bad, but that it's wrong for this moment (please read 🧵before yelling at me)...
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I agree with most of the points made here, but disagree with the conclusion. "Strong floors, no ceiling" SHOULD be at least one message right now.
Much of America reject Dems in part because it seems like they are FAR more concerned with keeping anyone from getting ahead than actually helping.
Much of America reject Dems in part because it seems like they are FAR more concerned with keeping anyone from getting ahead than actually helping.
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Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
Habba: There were individuals that were saying that this should be a safe harbor, a safe haven. Why? America is America because we protect our own.
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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The reason I want to see Secretary Hegseth and Admiral Bradley charged with murder, based on what we know, isn't because I hate the US military. It's because I served in the US military and respect it, and want to see its honor restored.
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The reason I want to see Secretary Hegseth and Admiral Bradley charged with murder, based on what we know, isn't because I hate the US military. It's because I served in the US military and respect it, and want to see its honor restored.
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#SFNC was featured in @forbes.com. Read about how we are restoring faith in the #AmericanDream.
www.forbes.com/sites/nellde...
www.forbes.com/sites/nellde...
Why America's Next Big Idea Isn't About Doing More – It's About Building Smarter
Oliver Libby's "Strong Floor, No Ceiling" offers a radically moderate plan to restore the American Dream through strategic subtraction and bipartisan solutions.
www.forbes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
#SFNC was featured in @forbes.com. Read about how we are restoring faith in the #AmericanDream.
www.forbes.com/sites/nellde...
www.forbes.com/sites/nellde...
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🎁 link to the WSJ editorial that made Stephen Miller so mad.
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Ambush on the National Guard
The alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🎁 link to the WSJ editorial that made Stephen Miller so mad.
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
"It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees...
"Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer."
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
I follower a few defense experts.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
Immigrants are ESSENTIAL to the American economy, the American spirit, and to America's soul.
All three are being recklessly put at risk.
All three are being recklessly put at risk.
How could I see this as anything other than a direct threat to my foreign-born wife and children?
Right out of the textbooks. Literally "Them."
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Immigrants are ESSENTIAL to the American economy, the American spirit, and to America's soul.
All three are being recklessly put at risk.
All three are being recklessly put at risk.
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This is a lie. Immigrants from different cultures have strengthened America, have *become* America.
But the lowest and most extremist Americans once made *identical*, hateful claims about Miller’s Jewish refugee ancestors, about Asian Americans, about Irish Catholic Americans, and countless others.
But the lowest and most extremist Americans once made *identical*, hateful claims about Miller’s Jewish refugee ancestors, about Asian Americans, about Irish Catholic Americans, and countless others.
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is a lie. Immigrants from different cultures have strengthened America, have *become* America.
But the lowest and most extremist Americans once made *identical*, hateful claims about Miller’s Jewish refugee ancestors, about Asian Americans, about Irish Catholic Americans, and countless others.
But the lowest and most extremist Americans once made *identical*, hateful claims about Miller’s Jewish refugee ancestors, about Asian Americans, about Irish Catholic Americans, and countless others.
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In a new post, Donald Trump hinted he might stop nearly all legal immigration to the U.S. The details indicate Stephen Miller may have drafted the post to carry out a “permanent pause” on immigration. The personal and economic impacts would be significant. @mclem.org
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Trump Post Hints At Stopping Legal Immigration To The United States
In a new social media post, Donald Trump hinted that he might enact policies to stop nearly all legal immigration to the United States.
www.forbes.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In a new post, Donald Trump hinted he might stop nearly all legal immigration to the U.S. The details indicate Stephen Miller may have drafted the post to carry out a “permanent pause” on immigration. The personal and economic impacts would be significant. @mclem.org
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
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US Census data from 2021-2023 American Community Survey
Incarceration rate (percent in prison or jail) for 18 to 50-year-old males:
Born in Afghanistan: 0.02%
Born in America: 1.31%
No population should be judged by one person.
Incarceration rate (percent in prison or jail) for 18 to 50-year-old males:
Born in Afghanistan: 0.02%
Born in America: 1.31%
No population should be judged by one person.
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
US Census data from 2021-2023 American Community Survey
Incarceration rate (percent in prison or jail) for 18 to 50-year-old males:
Born in Afghanistan: 0.02%
Born in America: 1.31%
No population should be judged by one person.
Incarceration rate (percent in prison or jail) for 18 to 50-year-old males:
Born in Afghanistan: 0.02%
Born in America: 1.31%
No population should be judged by one person.