Benjamin Clark
@benclarkphd.bsky.social
Professor & Director. School of Planning, Public Policy & Management @ University of Oregon Civic tech, budget/finance, environmental resilience, coproduction, and crowdsourcing. Season 13 Eugene Beer League Champion.
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Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story
A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid
www.theatlantic.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
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NEW: Congressional Budget Office analysis of who wins and loses in the GOP megabill.
Top 10% gets $13,600 a year (2.7% increase in income)
Bottom 10% *loses* $1,200 a year (3.1% drop in income)
This isn't shared sacrifice--it's class warfare.
Top 10% gets $13,600 a year (2.7% increase in income)
Bottom 10% *loses* $1,200 a year (3.1% drop in income)
This isn't shared sacrifice--it's class warfare.
August 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
NEW: Congressional Budget Office analysis of who wins and loses in the GOP megabill.
Top 10% gets $13,600 a year (2.7% increase in income)
Bottom 10% *loses* $1,200 a year (3.1% drop in income)
This isn't shared sacrifice--it's class warfare.
Top 10% gets $13,600 a year (2.7% increase in income)
Bottom 10% *loses* $1,200 a year (3.1% drop in income)
This isn't shared sacrifice--it's class warfare.
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Among all the big bad things happening on our planet, there's one Big Good Thing, the sudden, startling rise of solar energy.
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Among all the big bad things happening on our planet, there's one Big Good Thing, the sudden, startling rise of solar energy.
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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You’ve seen this movie before: Maybe Reagan guessed, Bush hoped, and Trump tried—but tax cuts never paid for themselves. Given the mountain of evidence, claiming once again that "tax cuts will pay for themselves" is no longer ideologically motivated optimism.
It's a lie.
It's a lie.
June 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
You’ve seen this movie before: Maybe Reagan guessed, Bush hoped, and Trump tried—but tax cuts never paid for themselves. Given the mountain of evidence, claiming once again that "tax cuts will pay for themselves" is no longer ideologically motivated optimism.
It's a lie.
It's a lie.
The new Baptist-bootleggers coalition?
June 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The new Baptist-bootleggers coalition?
Flatlining policy
May 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Flatlining policy
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Re-upping this piece because the deadline for comments on the new version of Schedule F has been extended to June 7.
DOGE actions occurred with no public input, so no excuse not to weigh in on Trump's further efforts to politicize the civil service.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
DOGE actions occurred with no public input, so no excuse not to weigh in on Trump's further efforts to politicize the civil service.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
Here is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public services
Plus: what I wrote in Science about the revised Schedule F
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Re-upping this piece because the deadline for comments on the new version of Schedule F has been extended to June 7.
DOGE actions occurred with no public input, so no excuse not to weigh in on Trump's further efforts to politicize the civil service.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
DOGE actions occurred with no public input, so no excuse not to weigh in on Trump's further efforts to politicize the civil service.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...
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I was thinking about this Joe and Tracy anecdote from the supply chain crisis on gummy bears. Things are probably going to get really weird in a few weeks in unexpected ways:
April 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I was thinking about this Joe and Tracy anecdote from the supply chain crisis on gummy bears. Things are probably going to get really weird in a few weeks in unexpected ways:
I guess the so-called doge isn't very good at its so-called job.
April 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I guess the so-called doge isn't very good at its so-called job.
The price of used cars is going up as demand increased because of tariffs. Yet one brand is seeing a decline—tesla. Hmmm
April 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The price of used cars is going up as demand increased because of tariffs. Yet one brand is seeing a decline—tesla. Hmmm
I saw a woman on a street corner this morning holding two javelins. If we were anywhere but Tracktown USA, I would think I was crazy.
April 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I saw a woman on a street corner this morning holding two javelins. If we were anywhere but Tracktown USA, I would think I was crazy.
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It appears this is the fourth worst back to back day for the DJIA in American history with a two day combined -8.65% loss, only trailing the 1929 crash, 1987 Black Monday, and the 2008 crisis.
April 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It appears this is the fourth worst back to back day for the DJIA in American history with a two day combined -8.65% loss, only trailing the 1929 crash, 1987 Black Monday, and the 2008 crisis.
Minor league baseball trying to financially blackmail Eugene and Lane County may be coming to an end. The wealthy owners of professional baseball should pay for stadiums, not taxpayers.
New: The Eugene Emeralds plan to relocate after efforts to secure a MLB-compliant stadium fell short.
Eugene Emeralds plan to relocate after stadium efforts fall short
Professional baseball is leaving Eugene.
www.oregonlive.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Minor league baseball trying to financially blackmail Eugene and Lane County may be coming to an end. The wealthy owners of professional baseball should pay for stadiums, not taxpayers.
The athletic college conference setup is monetary good for the universities but that travel schedule has to be bad for the athletes. My ducks in particular.
www.wsj.com/sports/baske...
www.wsj.com/sports/baske...
They’re Going to March Madness—but Only After Circumnavigating the Planet
The Oregon Ducks are headed to the NCAA Tournament. It took a 27,000-mile road trip to get there.
www.wsj.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The athletic college conference setup is monetary good for the universities but that travel schedule has to be bad for the athletes. My ducks in particular.
www.wsj.com/sports/baske...
www.wsj.com/sports/baske...
Justin Trudeau effectively communicates how bad Trump's policy is better than any Democrat in the US. @democrats.org do better.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_4...
Watch Trudeau speak directly to Trump during blistering speech
YouTube video by CNN
www.youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Justin Trudeau effectively communicates how bad Trump's policy is better than any Democrat in the US. @democrats.org do better.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_4...
What a horrible, no good, waste of money. If private investors pay 100% with no tax breaks or subsidies, cool but otherwise, it's a big bad idea.
“We believe this is an iconic site,” Cheek said. “If you think about the current 30 stadiums in the country, there may not be a better backdrop.”
First look: Renderings show vision for MLB stadium in Portland
The Portland Diamond Project presented to an Oregon House committee on Monday morning.
www.oregonlive.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
What a horrible, no good, waste of money. If private investors pay 100% with no tax breaks or subsidies, cool but otherwise, it's a big bad idea.
Bullies only they are not fictional.
March 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Bullies only they are not fictional.
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Trump and Musk are for they/them. They're not for you.
February 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Trump and Musk are for they/them. They're not for you.
It's not shocking but yet still baffling how little the @wsj.com editorial board understands law.
www.wsj.com/opinion/what...
www.wsj.com/opinion/what...
Opinion | What Stood Out in Trump’s First Month?
Writers for the Journal’s opinion pages size up the president’s actions at the start of his second term.
www.wsj.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's not shocking but yet still baffling how little the @wsj.com editorial board understands law.
www.wsj.com/opinion/what...
www.wsj.com/opinion/what...
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DOGE is not a govt efficiency project. Firing 1 in 4 fed employees would cut govt spending by 1%. DOGE is a political control project. Firing and terrorizing public employees is a means to weakening state regulation & strengthening a personalist presidency donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
DOGE Mismanagement Principles
Musk et al. don't know or care about the damage they are doing
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
DOGE is not a govt efficiency project. Firing 1 in 4 fed employees would cut govt spending by 1%. DOGE is a political control project. Firing and terrorizing public employees is a means to weakening state regulation & strengthening a personalist presidency donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
Puppy Bowl. Go Team Ruff.
February 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Puppy Bowl. Go Team Ruff.
It’s infuriating when Dems start up this election conspiracy junk. Our elections are secure, don’t feed that stupid narrative.
February 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It’s infuriating when Dems start up this election conspiracy junk. Our elections are secure, don’t feed that stupid narrative.