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If it's not about you, don't make it about you.
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A year ago today, @kamalaharris.com took on the impossible task of trying to win a presidential election in just 107 days, just 77 days until early voting began, while building the campaign while she was running it & introducing herself to voters. She nearly made the impossible possible. 1/
July 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A year ago today, @kamalaharris.com took on the impossible task of trying to win a presidential election in just 107 days, just 77 days until early voting began, while building the campaign while she was running it & introducing herself to voters. She nearly made the impossible possible. 1/
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The thread as a shareable webpage: https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:we7sidyj3b5or2r7trtpfzt7/post/3lsu4nxgqr22l.
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👀 The Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy has just published an article by A3P Sr. Counsel Josh Hammer, Timon Cline, & Yoram Hazony. It calls on SCOTUS to reverse the 1947 Everson case, which held that the Establishment Clause applies to the states & requires a separation of church & state. 1/...
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July 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Joe Davidson, longtime Washpost columnist, quit due to editing restrictions. He couldn't call a pay raise for fed'l employees "well deserved" or say that a hallmark of Trump’s "turbulent months in office is his widespread, ominous attack on thought, belief & speech”
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![Blocking my column because it was too opinionated was a shock. I’ve authored many pieces over my 17 years writing the Federal Diary (renamed the Federal Insider in 2016), that were at least if not more opinionated as the now dead one. In that piece, I argued that “one hallmark of President Donald Trump’s first three, turbulent months in office is his widespread, ominous attack on thought, belief and speech.”
The piece contained specific examples, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s alarming memo supporting deportation of Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. Rubio said Khalil could be expelled for “expected beliefs…that are otherwise lawful.” What immigrants might believe in the future now can make them federal law enforcement targets.
Another far-reaching example I cited is Trump’s aggressive attack on speech promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). His executive order commanded federal agencies to “excise references to DEI and DEIA [“A” for accessibility] principles, under whatever name they may appear.” Also, Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, of Turkey, was abducted off the street by masked officers because she co-wrote an op-ed critical of Israel. It was a terrifying sight, caught on video, which previously would have seemed more applicable to George Orwell’s dystopian and cautionary tale against totalitarianism and thought police in is novel “1984.” This is America in 2025.
Killing that column was a death blow to my life as a Washington Post columnist. But I wrote two more articles to see if I could cope with the restrictions. That’s when I learned just how severe the policy is. In my next piece, I was not allowed to describe a potential pay raise for federal employees as “well-deserved” because of Post policy.
As a columnist, I can’t live with that level of constraint. A column without commentary made me a columnist without a column. I also was troubled by significant inconsistencies in the implementation of the p…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:svawqo4jxobyyuqmixplvcux/bafkreigga3daorc7wtonshgnmnm7dtfyjrvu2einlc4myhiynml6luvlz4@jpeg)
July 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Joe Davidson, longtime Washpost columnist, quit due to editing restrictions. He couldn't call a pay raise for fed'l employees "well deserved" or say that a hallmark of Trump’s "turbulent months in office is his widespread, ominous attack on thought, belief & speech”
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The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget.
Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.
Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.
Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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June 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget.
Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.
Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.
Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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But NYT has decided this is just not newsworthy.
June 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
But NYT has decided this is just not newsworthy.
How far they have fallen. Today’s GOP has become the CCP. Trump is their Mao. When the tanks start rolling over peaceful protesters MAGA will be behind the wheel. museums.cnd.org/China89/intr...
China '89 Introduction
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June 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
How far they have fallen. Today’s GOP has become the CCP. Trump is their Mao. When the tanks start rolling over peaceful protesters MAGA will be behind the wheel. museums.cnd.org/China89/intr...
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A sobering message from NATO's secretary general. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/w...
NATO Chief Urges Members to Spend Far More on Military
“Learn to speak Russian,” the secretary-general of the alliance warned nations unwilling to make politically unpopular budget decisions.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A sobering message from NATO's secretary general. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/w...
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Zelenskyy’s speech should be recognized as one of the great speeches of history. Unlike Vance, he spoke to the important geopolitical truths facing Europeans today. Many who complained about Brussels will, from today, remember the mantra: If not Brussels, then Moscow.
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“If it's not Brussels, then it's Moscow": Zelenskyy's Statement at MSC 2025 | BR24
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February 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Zelenskyy’s speech should be recognized as one of the great speeches of history. Unlike Vance, he spoke to the important geopolitical truths facing Europeans today. Many who complained about Brussels will, from today, remember the mantra: If not Brussels, then Moscow.
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🔥 @ninajankowicz.com to the European Parliament: "Before I describe the details of Russia's recent online influence campaigns, I would like to call upon you to stand firm against another autocracy: The United States of America."
April 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🔥 @ninajankowicz.com to the European Parliament: "Before I describe the details of Russia's recent online influence campaigns, I would like to call upon you to stand firm against another autocracy: The United States of America."
Reminder for those who've read ahead and remember where this is going.
March 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Reminder for those who've read ahead and remember where this is going.
Might want to download a copy to have one after the book burnings start. resistir.info/livros/s_lew...
February 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Might want to download a copy to have one after the book burnings start. resistir.info/livros/s_lew...
Happy Chinese New Year
January 31, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Happy Chinese New Year
What they said…
if you are in a weird place of "i kind of want to know what's happening but I also need to avoid it for my mental health"
this was a huge help to me during the first four years he was in
concise paragraphs, with multiple sources when possible
this was a huge help to me during the first four years he was in
concise paragraphs, with multiple sources when possible
Political News for Normal People.
Your essential guide to the shock and awe in national politics. A sane, once-a-day newsletter helping normal people make sense of the news.
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January 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
What they said…
There are still a lot of people who think it was a book about disease. Yes, but it isn't about the disease they are thinking of.
January 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
There are still a lot of people who think it was a book about disease. Yes, but it isn't about the disease they are thinking of.
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One Yes or No question the media needs to ask every Republican. (Share if you agree.)
December 17, 2024 at 12:08 AM
One Yes or No question the media needs to ask every Republican. (Share if you agree.)
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EVERY. WORD. OF. THIS.
November 27, 2024 at 7:42 PM
EVERY. WORD. OF. THIS.
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Here's a graphic explaining how the Big Lie was seeded and mobilized into the events of January 6, 2021 through a kind of "participatory disinformation" process. Trump's "war on drugs" refrain could catalyze a similar kind of participatory propaganda and mobilization cycle.
November 28, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Here's a graphic explaining how the Big Lie was seeded and mobilized into the events of January 6, 2021 through a kind of "participatory disinformation" process. Trump's "war on drugs" refrain could catalyze a similar kind of participatory propaganda and mobilization cycle.
When you know how it works you can do anything you want.
November 27, 2024 at 5:58 PM
When you know how it works you can do anything you want.
Given my first post, I’m unsure what Bluesky will censor. When connecting dots it’s important to remember that they sometimes just dots.
November 22, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Given my first post, I’m unsure what Bluesky will censor. When connecting dots it’s important to remember that they sometimes just dots.
