Margaret Rogers
@pariscandles.bsky.social
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The Post’s decision to fire Karen Attiah, one of their strongest voices, is just despicable. Unfortunately, it speaks to the moment we’re in.
The best thing we can do is vigorously support Karen’s work.
The best thing we can do is vigorously support Karen’s work.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Post’s decision to fire Karen Attiah, one of their strongest voices, is just despicable. Unfortunately, it speaks to the moment we’re in.
The best thing we can do is vigorously support Karen’s work.
The best thing we can do is vigorously support Karen’s work.
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Thank you, Karen Attiah, for speaking truth to power. We are with you. We believe you. And we believe in you.
For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
September 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Thank you, Karen Attiah, for speaking truth to power. We are with you. We believe you. And we believe in you.
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Welcome to Trump’s America, where they fire Karen Attiah and Matthew Dowd for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s right-wing extremism and applaud Brian Kilmeade for suggesting we murder the homeless.
September 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Welcome to Trump’s America, where they fire Karen Attiah and Matthew Dowd for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s right-wing extremism and applaud Brian Kilmeade for suggesting we murder the homeless.
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Emmanuel won the Matthew Harris Ornstein Awardwhen he was in high school at our summer debate camp for public school kids. We could not be more proud of him.
August 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Emmanuel won the Matthew Harris Ornstein Awardwhen he was in high school at our summer debate camp for public school kids. We could not be more proud of him.
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I should have been clearer: Both sides (implicitly) agree not to write down any deal. They understand Trump will fill the silence with outlandish claims, delivering him a political win. And our trading partners are obliged to deliver nothing, giving them the economic win.
I was just in Japan for two weeks, and learned a lot from talking Japanese policy wonks about the "strategic ambiguity" at the heart of the US-Japan trade deal, and what this reveals is -- and isn't -- in a number of the President's "deals."
August 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I should have been clearer: Both sides (implicitly) agree not to write down any deal. They understand Trump will fill the silence with outlandish claims, delivering him a political win. And our trading partners are obliged to deliver nothing, giving them the economic win.
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Morning fun. The fountain in the pool we've set up to entertain the local wildlife died. Replaced it yesterday and it's attracting more attention than the old one. This is a Cooper's Hawk.
July 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Morning fun. The fountain in the pool we've set up to entertain the local wildlife died. Replaced it yesterday and it's attracting more attention than the old one. This is a Cooper's Hawk.
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If your argument for cutting rates is that the economy is at full employment, the only counter argument needed is to explain what the words "full" and "employment" mean.
Tim Scott: "Our employment? Almost at full employment, 4.1 percent. What else do we need to have this economy on fire? We need lower interest rates."
July 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
If your argument for cutting rates is that the economy is at full employment, the only counter argument needed is to explain what the words "full" and "employment" mean.
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My greatest failure as an Australian-economist-dad-jokester is I only thought of my rejoinder to @arimelber.bsky.social dropping this bomb moments after the interview ended.
Q: Why couldn't the American TV host tell econ-themed jokes about Aussie animals?
A: Because he's wasn't Koala-fied.
Q: Why couldn't the American TV host tell econ-themed jokes about Aussie animals?
A: Because he's wasn't Koala-fied.
July 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My greatest failure as an Australian-economist-dad-jokester is I only thought of my rejoinder to @arimelber.bsky.social dropping this bomb moments after the interview ended.
Q: Why couldn't the American TV host tell econ-themed jokes about Aussie animals?
A: Because he's wasn't Koala-fied.
Q: Why couldn't the American TV host tell econ-themed jokes about Aussie animals?
A: Because he's wasn't Koala-fied.
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Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
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March 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Email sent to FDA staff informs that agency leadership canceled the agency's LexisNexis subscription, even though staff need this tool to research legal and regulatory information as part of their jobs.
I'm reproducing the text of the email here:
I'm reproducing the text of the email here:
March 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Email sent to FDA staff informs that agency leadership canceled the agency's LexisNexis subscription, even though staff need this tool to research legal and regulatory information as part of their jobs.
I'm reproducing the text of the email here:
I'm reproducing the text of the email here:
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Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov shared Margarita Simonyan's joy over Trump's decision to defund RFE/RL and Voice of America. Solovyov threatened France and Britain and wished death upon independent journalists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vds...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vds...
Vladimir Solovyov and Margarita Simonyan share their joy about events in America
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov shared Margarita Simonyan's joy over Trump's decision to defund RFE/RL and Voice of America. Solovyov threatened France and Britain and wished death upon independent journalists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vds...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vds...
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Crazy how Revolutionary War era quotes are becoming more relevant:
John Paul Jones(1779):" I have not yet begun to fight"
Patrick Henry (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Nathan Hale (1776) popularity attributed: "I regret that I have but one life to give to my country."
John Paul Jones(1779):" I have not yet begun to fight"
Patrick Henry (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Nathan Hale (1776) popularity attributed: "I regret that I have but one life to give to my country."
March 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Crazy how Revolutionary War era quotes are becoming more relevant:
John Paul Jones(1779):" I have not yet begun to fight"
Patrick Henry (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Nathan Hale (1776) popularity attributed: "I regret that I have but one life to give to my country."
John Paul Jones(1779):" I have not yet begun to fight"
Patrick Henry (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Nathan Hale (1776) popularity attributed: "I regret that I have but one life to give to my country."
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Trump is purging government data in an attempt to doctor reality. Disappearing, or otherwise manipulating, statistics is a classic authoritarian technique. @crampell.bsky.social
and I analyze these tricks in our latest piece.
gift link: wapo.st/4iCmMtn
and I analyze these tricks in our latest piece.
gift link: wapo.st/4iCmMtn
Opinion | How Trump is reshaping reality by hiding data
Sweeping statistical purges are part of a broader attempt to reinvent “truth.”
wapo.st
March 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Trump is purging government data in an attempt to doctor reality. Disappearing, or otherwise manipulating, statistics is a classic authoritarian technique. @crampell.bsky.social
and I analyze these tricks in our latest piece.
gift link: wapo.st/4iCmMtn
and I analyze these tricks in our latest piece.
gift link: wapo.st/4iCmMtn
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Under this theory, Marco Rubio can expel Canadians who say “you should stop threatening to annex Canada.”
Leavitt: "Secretary Rubio reserves the right to revoke the visa of Mahmoud Khali. Under the immigration and nationality act, the secretary of state has the right to revoke a green card or a visa for individuals who are adversarial to the foreign policy and national security interests of the USA."
March 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Under this theory, Marco Rubio can expel Canadians who say “you should stop threatening to annex Canada.”
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Apparently US national security interests now include protecting the president’s ego (see: steel tariffs) but not collection of data measuring whether American kids can read
NEW: Dept of Education employees told that all ED buildings in DC area will be closed tomorrow for undisclosed "security reasons".
Says everyone has to be out by 6 PM today.
Says everyone has to be out by 6 PM today.
March 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Apparently US national security interests now include protecting the president’s ego (see: steel tariffs) but not collection of data measuring whether American kids can read
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The mistake people are making is thinking Trump won't come for them so they don't have to be concerned. But if its federal judges this week, can you be that sure? open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
February 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The mistake people are making is thinking Trump won't come for them so they don't have to be concerned. But if its federal judges this week, can you be that sure? open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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My only criticism of George Orwell’s 1984 is that it wasn’t titled 2025.
February 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My only criticism of George Orwell’s 1984 is that it wasn’t titled 2025.
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Casual library pickup
Librarian told me "this ones been popular"
Shocking!
Librarian told me "this ones been popular"
Shocking!
February 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Casual library pickup
Librarian told me "this ones been popular"
Shocking!
Librarian told me "this ones been popular"
Shocking!
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Everything is terrible so here are some adorable fox kits.
February 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Everything is terrible so here are some adorable fox kits.
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JUST IN: Democracy advocates send DOJ's acting No. 2, Emil Bove, warning of use of "all available legal means" to fight effort to fire or expose prosecutors & FBI personnel due to work on Trump & #Jan6 cases. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
StDemocBoveLtr020225
www.documentcloud.org
February 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
JUST IN: Democracy advocates send DOJ's acting No. 2, Emil Bove, warning of use of "all available legal means" to fight effort to fire or expose prosecutors & FBI personnel due to work on Trump & #Jan6 cases. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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I concur.
Vindman is a hero. Period.
November 27, 2024 at 9:27 PM
I concur.
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Elon, here you go again making false and completely unfounded accusations without providing any specifics. That’s the kind of response one would expect from a conspiracy theorist. What oligarch? What treason?
November 27, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Elon, here you go again making false and completely unfounded accusations without providing any specifics. That’s the kind of response one would expect from a conspiracy theorist. What oligarch? What treason?