@edmuir.bsky.social
My own thoughts on unions, education and public finance.
The University of Oklahoma is on Bsky (good for them, really!) They don't use it often, but I replied to their latest to make sure they see my thoughts on the moment. To extent folks worry bsky is an echo chamber, addressing our thoughts to folks in power matters
bsky.app/profile/ou.e...
bsky.app/profile/ou.e...
NEWS: The University of Oklahoma ranks among the top universities in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Colleges list.
✅ No. 1 university in Oklahoma
✅ Top 25% of all universities nationally
✅ Largest ranking increase of all SEC schools
🔗 https://link.ou.edu/46lratO
✅ No. 1 university in Oklahoma
✅ Top 25% of all universities nationally
✅ Largest ranking increase of all SEC schools
🔗 https://link.ou.edu/46lratO
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The University of Oklahoma is on Bsky (good for them, really!) They don't use it often, but I replied to their latest to make sure they see my thoughts on the moment. To extent folks worry bsky is an echo chamber, addressing our thoughts to folks in power matters
bsky.app/profile/ou.e...
bsky.app/profile/ou.e...
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Amid today’s chaos, cruelty & economic concerns, we need to envision a future in which people see that the American dream is achievable for them. That means policies that enable working people to support themselves and their families without constant struggle and anxiety. www.aft.org/column/affor...
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Amid today’s chaos, cruelty & economic concerns, we need to envision a future in which people see that the American dream is achievable for them. That means policies that enable working people to support themselves and their families without constant struggle and anxiety. www.aft.org/column/affor...
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
That Arne Duncan has apparently, like so many of us, become a wine mom is certainly a nicer thing than i ever thought I'd say about him.
Anyone else now wondering how, and why, Epstein died?
Ever wonder what happened to the missing prison film that would have recorded what happened at the time of his death?
Ever wonder what happened to the missing prison film that would have recorded what happened at the time of his death?
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
That Arne Duncan has apparently, like so many of us, become a wine mom is certainly a nicer thing than i ever thought I'd say about him.
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Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated. Enrollment is near pre-pandemic levels, real tuition is flat or down, and the college wage premium remains high.
I explore how the narrative became disconnected from the data.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/is-college...
I explore how the narrative became disconnected from the data.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/is-college...
Is college enrollment really plummeting?
Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated. Enrollment is near pre-pandemic levels, real tuition is flat or down, and the college wage premium remains high.
I explore how the narrative became disconnected from the data.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/is-college...
I explore how the narrative became disconnected from the data.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/is-college...
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Thank you Speaker Pelosi.
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Thank you Speaker Pelosi.
This thread from @michaelhobbes.bsky.social is right. Because the IRA was done via reconciliation, its heavy on tax credits. I think that adds a level of complexity, It also makes the taxpayer, not the public more generally, the central actor in a way that obscures the Democrat's role. 1/3
This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
November 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This thread from @michaelhobbes.bsky.social is right. Because the IRA was done via reconciliation, its heavy on tax credits. I think that adds a level of complexity, It also makes the taxpayer, not the public more generally, the central actor in a way that obscures the Democrat's role. 1/3
If I was a state legislator, I'd introduce a bill capping future buyouts for head coaches at state schools at a reasonable level. Coaches get high compensation ostensibly in part because there's risk. Part of our problem in society is a culture of bailing out the elites.
October 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If I was a state legislator, I'd introduce a bill capping future buyouts for head coaches at state schools at a reasonable level. Coaches get high compensation ostensibly in part because there's risk. Part of our problem in society is a culture of bailing out the elites.
This week's episode of Law and Order, entitled "Bend the Knee," was, without naming it, about Trump's impact on the rule of law. Its the first decent pop culture depiction I've seen of what's going on.
October 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This week's episode of Law and Order, entitled "Bend the Knee," was, without naming it, about Trump's impact on the rule of law. Its the first decent pop culture depiction I've seen of what's going on.
I didn't realize @aaronregunberg.bsky.social was writing for TNR, or here. This on Klein is great, and he is worth following, particularly if he starts posting more about state politics and policy. H/T to @dkjrhi.bsky.social
“…asking the right questions, but pushing the wrong answers…”
This, from @aaronregunberg.bsky.social, is the smartest critique of Ezra Klein’s egregious era that I’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
This, from @aaronregunberg.bsky.social, is the smartest critique of Ezra Klein’s egregious era that I’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
What Is Ezra Klein Thinking?
The New York Times columnist is asking the right questions, but pushing the wrong answers.
newrepublic.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I didn't realize @aaronregunberg.bsky.social was writing for TNR, or here. This on Klein is great, and he is worth following, particularly if he starts posting more about state politics and policy. H/T to @dkjrhi.bsky.social
Glad to see Adam Silver is using game time to defend his tenure as commissioner. Interviewer asking him how tough it is that scandal is taking attention away from game, while they are taking attention away from game.
October 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Glad to see Adam Silver is using game time to defend his tenure as commissioner. Interviewer asking him how tough it is that scandal is taking attention away from game, while they are taking attention away from game.
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This is an @ezralevin.bsky.social and @leahgreenberg.bsky.social appreciation post. Thank you for all the love and work you put in to make today happen.
October 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is an @ezralevin.bsky.social and @leahgreenberg.bsky.social appreciation post. Thank you for all the love and work you put in to make today happen.
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Are we using Concur?
October 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Are we using Concur?
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
Reading story in Baltimore banner about how @towsonu.bsky.social does background checks of all speakers at campus events, leading students to move their No Kings event off campus. Wondering if that applied to folks at recent writer's conference, for instance? 1/? www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
Towson U. ‘No Kings’ rally relocates over speaker background checks
Towson University students moved their “No Kings” rally off campus after school officials told them speakers’ names would be run through federal government databases and vetted for security reasons.
www.thebanner.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Reading story in Baltimore banner about how @towsonu.bsky.social does background checks of all speakers at campus events, leading students to move their No Kings event off campus. Wondering if that applied to folks at recent writer's conference, for instance? 1/? www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
That person in the frog suit really gets around. Like Phil Collins doing Live Aid in Philly and London on the same day.
October 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
That person in the frog suit really gets around. Like Phil Collins doing Live Aid in Philly and London on the same day.
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Out today: 7th Circuit opinion on IL/Chicago v Trump
The court denies the administration’s motion for a stay pending appeal of the lower court’s TRO, except for the stay they already granted. So the NG troops can remain in fed status but not deploy.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The court denies the administration’s motion for a stay pending appeal of the lower court’s TRO, except for the stay they already granted. So the NG troops can remain in fed status but not deploy.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Out today: 7th Circuit opinion on IL/Chicago v Trump
The court denies the administration’s motion for a stay pending appeal of the lower court’s TRO, except for the stay they already granted. So the NG troops can remain in fed status but not deploy.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The court denies the administration’s motion for a stay pending appeal of the lower court’s TRO, except for the stay they already granted. So the NG troops can remain in fed status but not deploy.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation.
youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...
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AG Mayes Demands Speaker Johnson Swear In Adelita Grijalva | The Lead with Jake Tapper CNN
YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation.
youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...
youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...
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15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Not that far from my home.
The Declaration's recitation of tyranny includes: "He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance."
The Declaration's recitation of tyranny includes: "He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance."
This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".
October 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Not that far from my home.
The Declaration's recitation of tyranny includes: "He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance."
The Declaration's recitation of tyranny includes: "He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance."
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All fifty states are being forced to fundamentally rethink their relationship with the federal government, especially with a president who continues to look at us and say: ‘You’re on your own.’
October 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
All fifty states are being forced to fundamentally rethink their relationship with the federal government, especially with a president who continues to look at us and say: ‘You’re on your own.’
This thread is good. I still want @govwesmoore.bsky.social to speak up on failure of the Gov's Association, where he is Vice Chair, to oppose federal deployment of Guard into states over objection of their governor & in defiance of sense. But I appreciate what he says here & his leadership generally
This is the latest chapter in a campaign of cruelty and recklessness that is breaking essential programs that working people rely on, driving up prices, disrespecting working families, pushing up the nation’s unemployment rate, and sending America’s economy into a ditch.
🚨 BREAKING: Trump officials say mass federal layoffs have begun
October 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This thread is good. I still want @govwesmoore.bsky.social to speak up on failure of the Gov's Association, where he is Vice Chair, to oppose federal deployment of Guard into states over objection of their governor & in defiance of sense. But I appreciate what he says here & his leadership generally
This looks like DHS is thinking through how their redcoats can create their own little Boston Massacres.
This is an excellent illustration of how an apparently limited space of lawlessness can be arbitrarily expanded to encompass everything
Pretty insane stuff from DHS Acting General Counsel Joseph Mazzara:
www.thehandbasket.co/p/dhs-fps-me...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/dhs-fps-me...
October 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This looks like DHS is thinking through how their redcoats can create their own little Boston Massacres.
Every bit of good news and pushback should be lifted up.
Earlier today, prosecutors dismissed the felony charges against Paul Ivery, the man being arrested in this video.
A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
October 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Every bit of good news and pushback should be lifted up.