Steve B. Holt
@stevebholt.bsky.social
Associate Professor. Public Management, Education Policy, Econometrics. https://stevebholt.github.io/
I don't say this lightly, but I believe blue state governors need to have a plan in place to block the federalizing of the National Guard and be ready to deploy them to block ICE if necessary. What ICE is doing to citizens in anonymity & with DOJ backed impunity is a suspension of the rule of law.
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 AM
I don't say this lightly, but I believe blue state governors need to have a plan in place to block the federalizing of the National Guard and be ready to deploy them to block ICE if necessary. What ICE is doing to citizens in anonymity & with DOJ backed impunity is a suspension of the rule of law.
Literally legal and Constitutional behavior being reported as though it was a reason for suspicion. My friends and family are part of these efforts. Are you going to portray us as terrorists when we get executed in the street? Nothing is more American than monitoring power to ensure it isn't abused.
The woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week served on the board of her son’s school, which linked to documents encouraging parents to monitor ICE and directing them to training. https://cnn.it/49yoNEa
January 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Literally legal and Constitutional behavior being reported as though it was a reason for suspicion. My friends and family are part of these efforts. Are you going to portray us as terrorists when we get executed in the street? Nothing is more American than monitoring power to ensure it isn't abused.
We are going to need to start designing the process for arresting and processing all of these ICE agents in 2029. Every single one of them involved with this violence across the country.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 14, 2026 at 3:58 PM
We are going to need to start designing the process for arresting and processing all of these ICE agents in 2029. Every single one of them involved with this violence across the country.
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There’s a paradox around remote work. Jamie Dimon says it will kill productivity, while startups are hiring for remote roles. Who is right?
With Abhinav Gupta and Elena Simintzi we try to resolve this dispute
Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Substack: arpitrage.substack.com/p/remote-wor...
With Abhinav Gupta and Elena Simintzi we try to resolve this dispute
Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Substack: arpitrage.substack.com/p/remote-wor...
January 14, 2026 at 2:40 PM
There’s a paradox around remote work. Jamie Dimon says it will kill productivity, while startups are hiring for remote roles. Who is right?
With Abhinav Gupta and Elena Simintzi we try to resolve this dispute
Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Substack: arpitrage.substack.com/p/remote-wor...
With Abhinav Gupta and Elena Simintzi we try to resolve this dispute
Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Substack: arpitrage.substack.com/p/remote-wor...
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
"Babe, I'm sorry. I know it was our life savings, but it was ERIC ADAMS! I *trusted* him!"
Eric Adams, former NYC mayor, launched a memecoin (cryptocurrency) today. He marketed it as an “NYC Token” and used media appearances and his social media to promote it.
Within hours, Adams then drained its liquidity, apparently having scammed investors out of $3.4 million—a move called a rug pull.
Within hours, Adams then drained its liquidity, apparently having scammed investors out of $3.4 million—a move called a rug pull.
January 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
"Babe, I'm sorry. I know it was our life savings, but it was ERIC ADAMS! I *trusted* him!"
Potomac will always call to me. But the Hudson is where I am home now.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Potomac will always call to me. But the Hudson is where I am home now.
This feels like a Batman: The Animated Series plot or something. Cartoonishly evil in a way that is somehow both unsubtle to people who understands how and why this matters and subtle to the general public who does not really.
The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:58 PM
This feels like a Batman: The Animated Series plot or something. Cartoonishly evil in a way that is somehow both unsubtle to people who understands how and why this matters and subtle to the general public who does not really.
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Costco is co-locating housing above a new store in South LA, 800 units.
Unbelievable that we've been building malls & big box stores for, what, sixty years, and never figured this out
www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...
Unbelievable that we've been building malls & big box stores for, what, sixty years, and never figured this out
www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...
www.entrepreneur.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Costco is co-locating housing above a new store in South LA, 800 units.
Unbelievable that we've been building malls & big box stores for, what, sixty years, and never figured this out
www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...
Unbelievable that we've been building malls & big box stores for, what, sixty years, and never figured this out
www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...
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Minnesota law enforcement have video from multiple angles of an unjustified deadly shooting in Minneapolis. Therefore, they should arrest and prosecute the shooter for murder. The fact that the killer is a federal agent should not alter that basic logic. If anything, charging is even more important.
January 7, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Minnesota law enforcement have video from multiple angles of an unjustified deadly shooting in Minneapolis. Therefore, they should arrest and prosecute the shooter for murder. The fact that the killer is a federal agent should not alter that basic logic. If anything, charging is even more important.
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If agents of the state can murder citizens who are doing the most basic civic task, the country is not only not a democracy, it is not even a law-governed constitutional state—not a free country in the most fundamental sense.
The ICE observers are doing the most basic & important thing that can done vis-a-vis the government: they're monitoring the use of public authority.
Is that authority being used well? To advance the common good? Or is power being abused? These are any good citizen's most basic questions.
Is that authority being used well? To advance the common good? Or is power being abused? These are any good citizen's most basic questions.
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
January 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
If agents of the state can murder citizens who are doing the most basic civic task, the country is not only not a democracy, it is not even a law-governed constitutional state—not a free country in the most fundamental sense.
Illegal impoundment. Again. Without even attempting to justify or provide evidence of the claims driving the impoundment. If we still have a Constitution and the rule of law, this administration needs to be held to account.
www.axios.com/2026/01/07/t...
www.axios.com/2026/01/07/t...
5 Democratic-run states are told that their child care funds have been frozen
The suspension of the funds could hurt low-income families in those states, depending on how long it lasts, advocates say.
www.axios.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Illegal impoundment. Again. Without even attempting to justify or provide evidence of the claims driving the impoundment. If we still have a Constitution and the rule of law, this administration needs to be held to account.
www.axios.com/2026/01/07/t...
www.axios.com/2026/01/07/t...
This is fascism. If we still have a Constitution and the rule of law, this administration must be removed from office and new elections held. People need to be in jail over this.
Growing crowd here at 34th and Portland in south Minneapolis, where witnesses tell me an ICE agent shot an observer in her car. Witnesses said she was not responsive and was taken away. Bovino is on scene along with dozens of federal agents.
January 7, 2026 at 5:09 PM
This is fascism. If we still have a Constitution and the rule of law, this administration must be removed from office and new elections held. People need to be in jail over this.
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Just came across this, on the final narration of the Twilight Zone episode The Obsolete Man (in which Burgess Meredith plays a librarian on trial in an authoritarian state), and Rod Sterling’s final narration definitively hits hard right now.
January 7, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Just came across this, on the final narration of the Twilight Zone episode The Obsolete Man (in which Burgess Meredith plays a librarian on trial in an authoritarian state), and Rod Sterling’s final narration definitively hits hard right now.
As a society, we seem to have lost the instinct in product and service development to ask, "if used in the most irresponsible way possible at scale, what would this do to our daily life and culture in this sphere of human activity?" and that's probably one of the most important questions to ask, imo
Just how bad is Grok's nonconsensual porn problem? Musk's AI chatbot is generating another sexualized image of someone without their permission every single minute:
Grok Is Generating About 'One Nonconsensual Sexualized Image Per Minute'
Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok keeps churning out nonconsenual images of women and minors in bikinis and lingerie, outraging users and regulators
www.rollingstone.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:27 PM
As a society, we seem to have lost the instinct in product and service development to ask, "if used in the most irresponsible way possible at scale, what would this do to our daily life and culture in this sphere of human activity?" and that's probably one of the most important questions to ask, imo
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Troy City Council had its first meeting with its new members and the all democratic city council. Thursday January 8th, 7pm will be a meeting totally devoted to public comment. Come share your visions for Troy.
January 6, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Troy City Council had its first meeting with its new members and the all democratic city council. Thursday January 8th, 7pm will be a meeting totally devoted to public comment. Come share your visions for Troy.
No. God, please, no. We are rebuilding. We have an exciting young core. Let them develop and grow.
Trae Young's agents are reportedly working with the Hawks to find a trade for the point guard
Could he ultimately land in Washington?
www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/nba...
Could he ultimately land in Washington?
www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/nba...
NBA Trade Rumors 2025-26: Trae Young's agents working with Hawks to find trade for point guard
Washington might be Young's ultimate destination. Also, we've got some trade updates on the Lakers, Heat and Anthony Davis.
www.nbcsports.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
No. God, please, no. We are rebuilding. We have an exciting young core. Let them develop and grow.
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fantastic article with data showing how congestion pricing is one of the most effective transportation policies ever.
as a day 1 congestion pricing supporter it has been so satisfying to see the program be so successful
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
as a day 1 congestion pricing supporter it has been so satisfying to see the program be so successful
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed. (Gift Article)
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
fantastic article with data showing how congestion pricing is one of the most effective transportation policies ever.
as a day 1 congestion pricing supporter it has been so satisfying to see the program be so successful
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
as a day 1 congestion pricing supporter it has been so satisfying to see the program be so successful
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
What an unhinged way to frame bombing a country, killing 40 people for no reason, and kidnapping a leader of another country.
President Trump’s intervention in Venezuela will test Americans’ appetite for regime change, inserting a new and unpredictable element ahead of midterm elections this year that have so far been dominated by domestic issues.
Trump tests appetite for regime change ahead of midterms
Democrats immediately argued that U.S. military action in Venezuela was an abandonment of the president’s promise to focus on improving lives at home.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
What an unhinged way to frame bombing a country, killing 40 people for no reason, and kidnapping a leader of another country.
The ease with which people are revealing the hatred in their hearts publicly is genuinely a little shocking. Just saw this locally - people harassing workers based on their surname with ICE report threats.
January 2, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The ease with which people are revealing the hatred in their hearts publicly is genuinely a little shocking. Just saw this locally - people harassing workers based on their surname with ICE report threats.
Albany might be the last city so suburb-centric that the suburban gyms are all open but the city branch is closed. If you can't provide gym service on *New Year's Day*, what are we really doing here?
January 1, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Albany might be the last city so suburb-centric that the suburban gyms are all open but the city branch is closed. If you can't provide gym service on *New Year's Day*, what are we really doing here?
I hope these were bearer bonds.
January 1, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I hope these were bearer bonds.
NPR played Puff the Magic Dragon and, for the first time in my life, I actually paid attention to the lyrics and...GOOD LORD! Did you guys know this song is soul-crushingly dark this whole time??
January 1, 2026 at 2:16 PM
NPR played Puff the Magic Dragon and, for the first time in my life, I actually paid attention to the lyrics and...GOOD LORD! Did you guys know this song is soul-crushingly dark this whole time??
Professors stuffing their syllabi with assignments they have to grade.
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Professors stuffing their syllabi with assignments they have to grade.