Jon Taylor
@profjontaylor.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, UTSA Poli Sci Professor, Department Chair, Associate Dean, OU Sooner, and ΛΧΑ Alum. Research interests: China, Texas, and Urbanism.
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New, from me: Carter was the last President to reform the civil service system. He took executive branch ethics seriously.
These aspects of his Presidency matter as they clash with Trump's vision of the administrative state as a politicized ethics-free zone.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/jimmy-cart...
These aspects of his Presidency matter as they clash with Trump's vision of the administrative state as a politicized ethics-free zone.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/jimmy-cart...
Jimmy Carter as public manager
Why the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 remains relevant today
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 30, 2024 at 3:29 AM
New, from me: Carter was the last President to reform the civil service system. He took executive branch ethics seriously.
These aspects of his Presidency matter as they clash with Trump's vision of the administrative state as a politicized ethics-free zone.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/jimmy-cart...
These aspects of his Presidency matter as they clash with Trump's vision of the administrative state as a politicized ethics-free zone.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/jimmy-cart...
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One of the first pieces I published was an oral history of Carter's Civil Service Reform Act based on archival work. Remember seeing a memo where Carter wrote something to the effect of "let the chips fall where they may" on a memo about potential wrongdoing in his administration.
December 29, 2024 at 9:21 PM
One of the first pieces I published was an oral history of Carter's Civil Service Reform Act based on archival work. Remember seeing a memo where Carter wrote something to the effect of "let the chips fall where they may" on a memo about potential wrongdoing in his administration.
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RIP Jimmy Carter: underrated President, our best ex-President, and a person of extraordinary integrity. wapo.st/3VYcU4C
Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says
The tenacious Southerner was turned out of office after one term. But he had a brilliant post-presidential career as a champion of health, peace and democracy.
wapo.st
December 29, 2024 at 9:18 PM
RIP Jimmy Carter: underrated President, our best ex-President, and a person of extraordinary integrity. wapo.st/3VYcU4C
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Merry Christmas!!!
December 25, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Merry Christmas!!!
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If Elon Musk was Santa's First Buddy www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
December 23, 2024 at 5:03 AM
If Elon Musk was Santa's First Buddy www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...
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According to Google Santa Tracker we're in Australia. According to NORAD Santa Tracker we're in Russia. According to Santa we're in the year 1502 and he only has six homes to visit because he has high-altitude cerebral edema.
December 24, 2024 at 1:03 PM
According to Google Santa Tracker we're in Australia. According to NORAD Santa Tracker we're in Russia. According to Santa we're in the year 1502 and he only has six homes to visit because he has high-altitude cerebral edema.
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We're now at the Solomon Islands in Oceania, which I believe is still at war with Eurasia or Eastasia.
December 24, 2024 at 12:32 PM
We're now at the Solomon Islands in Oceania, which I believe is still at war with Eurasia or Eastasia.
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THE CHRISTMAS EVE RIDE BEGINS! Okay, it began a few hours ago but Santa did a barrel roll and the toy sack wasn’t tied closed and the screams of a billion toys plummeting into the Arctic Ocean still haunts me. So to answer your question, Billy Age 6, yes, toys are alive. Or were.
December 24, 2024 at 12:25 PM
THE CHRISTMAS EVE RIDE BEGINS! Okay, it began a few hours ago but Santa did a barrel roll and the toy sack wasn’t tied closed and the screams of a billion toys plummeting into the Arctic Ocean still haunts me. So to answer your question, Billy Age 6, yes, toys are alive. Or were.
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The US economy added +227,000 jobs in November, slightly above expectations. This rebound comes after a disappointing +12,000 jobs (initial estimate) in October. Overall, total jobs are up +1.4% from a year ago.
December 12, 2024 at 8:09 PM
The US economy added +227,000 jobs in November, slightly above expectations. This rebound comes after a disappointing +12,000 jobs (initial estimate) in October. Overall, total jobs are up +1.4% from a year ago.
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Latest: Chair Burrows says he won't release another list but privately claims to have 80 supporters. If he and Rep Cook are actually stalled out beneath the threshold for victory for Texas House Speaker, another GOP candidate may emerge. You won't find better analysis anywhere bit.ly/4gboPE3
Quorum Report: A frantic push to elect a speaker leaves Republican members supporting Burrows to defend themselves for a month
For now it looks like Burrows and Cook are stalled out beneath the threshold for victory possibly necessitating an additional Republican candidate Burrows
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December 11, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Latest: Chair Burrows says he won't release another list but privately claims to have 80 supporters. If he and Rep Cook are actually stalled out beneath the threshold for victory for Texas House Speaker, another GOP candidate may emerge. You won't find better analysis anywhere bit.ly/4gboPE3
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at least one threat of violence reported against a supporter of chair burrows for speaker: bit.ly/3ZM2Cqd
Quorum Report: At least one threat of violence reported against a supporter of Chair Burrows for speaker
Meantime some text messages to voters in Abilene suggested Gov Abbott supports Burrows for speaker but Abbott quickly clarified he has no preferred candida
bit.ly
December 12, 2024 at 12:10 AM
at least one threat of violence reported against a supporter of chair burrows for speaker: bit.ly/3ZM2Cqd
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1793: "Let them eat cake!"
2024: "the word 'homeless' is a lie."
2024: "the word 'homeless' is a lie."
December 10, 2024 at 5:12 PM
1793: "Let them eat cake!"
2024: "the word 'homeless' is a lie."
2024: "the word 'homeless' is a lie."
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The 14th Amendment granted citizenship for those born or naturalized in the U.S. - including the formerly enslaved.
Chipping away at the 14th is a threat to ALL - immigrant families, naturalized citizens, and millions of descendants of those held in the bonds of slavery.
Chipping away at the 14th is a threat to ALL - immigrant families, naturalized citizens, and millions of descendants of those held in the bonds of slavery.
Trump repeats aim to end birthright citizenship via executive action while also saying he wants to make a deal on Dreamers:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump aims to end birthright citizenship, says American citizens with family here illegally may be deported
President-elect Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview with “Meet the Press,” also said he is open to working with Democrats on a legislative way to keep Dreamers in the United States.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:47 PM
The 14th Amendment granted citizenship for those born or naturalized in the U.S. - including the formerly enslaved.
Chipping away at the 14th is a threat to ALL - immigrant families, naturalized citizens, and millions of descendants of those held in the bonds of slavery.
Chipping away at the 14th is a threat to ALL - immigrant families, naturalized citizens, and millions of descendants of those held in the bonds of slavery.
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The extent of our healthcare system is "See if Hermey has pliers for that."
December 11, 2024 at 3:44 PM
The extent of our healthcare system is "See if Hermey has pliers for that."
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Whenever a kid tells their classmates there is no Santa Claus, Santa writes that kid's name down, waits a decade or so, and then begins the lifetime destruction of their credit rating.
December 11, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Whenever a kid tells their classmates there is no Santa Claus, Santa writes that kid's name down, waits a decade or so, and then begins the lifetime destruction of their credit rating.
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Hey if you want to understand how inequality is baked into US healthcare and an entire American underclass keeps global companies in profits, my book is right here bookshop.org/p/books/bloo...
Blood Money: The Story of Life, Death, and Profit Inside America's Blood Industry a book by Kathleen McLaughlin
A "haunting" (Anne Helen Petersen, author of Can't Even) and deeply personal investigation of an underground for-profit medical industry and the American underclass it drains for blood and profit. Jou...
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December 5, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Hey if you want to understand how inequality is baked into US healthcare and an entire American underclass keeps global companies in profits, my book is right here bookshop.org/p/books/bloo...
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i have plenty of thoughts on why it matters that this is an illegal order but here i’ll just comment that i think liberals who throw their hands up and say “it doesn’t matter” have self lobotomized themselves into thinking that trump is god king of america
Trump confirms that he plans to deport US citizens who have undocumented parents
December 8, 2024 at 4:17 PM
i have plenty of thoughts on why it matters that this is an illegal order but here i’ll just comment that i think liberals who throw their hands up and say “it doesn’t matter” have self lobotomized themselves into thinking that trump is god king of america
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To build on the point about legality, understand that there is no legal process for deporting a US citizen child with their family.
When a parent is deported, the family has to make the terrible decision about what to do next — leave or stay. That's wholly up to them. ICE doesn't decide.
When a parent is deported, the family has to make the terrible decision about what to do next — leave or stay. That's wholly up to them. ICE doesn't decide.
December 8, 2024 at 4:19 PM
To build on the point about legality, understand that there is no legal process for deporting a US citizen child with their family.
When a parent is deported, the family has to make the terrible decision about what to do next — leave or stay. That's wholly up to them. ICE doesn't decide.
When a parent is deported, the family has to make the terrible decision about what to do next — leave or stay. That's wholly up to them. ICE doesn't decide.
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Not just unconscionable and un-American, also wildly illegal, wildly unconstitutional, and wildly ignorant of how deportation actually works.
As always, when we assess these remarks, remember that Donald Trump has virtually no clue how anything works, and the media doesn’t push him on detail.
As always, when we assess these remarks, remember that Donald Trump has virtually no clue how anything works, and the media doesn’t push him on detail.
NEW: on Meet The Press this morning, Donald Trump confirms he’s willing to deport US citizen children of undocumented residents.
“So the only way you don’t break up the family is you keep them together and you have to send them all back.”
Unconscionable and un-American.
“So the only way you don’t break up the family is you keep them together and you have to send them all back.”
Unconscionable and un-American.
December 8, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Not just unconscionable and un-American, also wildly illegal, wildly unconstitutional, and wildly ignorant of how deportation actually works.
As always, when we assess these remarks, remember that Donald Trump has virtually no clue how anything works, and the media doesn’t push him on detail.
As always, when we assess these remarks, remember that Donald Trump has virtually no clue how anything works, and the media doesn’t push him on detail.
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Good message for Republican Senators afraid of Trump and caving to him and his base which is constantly threatening them. One day Mullin was warning Matt Gaetz was a drug addled sexual predator. The next day he backed him for Attorney General.
December 8, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Good message for Republican Senators afraid of Trump and caving to him and his base which is constantly threatening them. One day Mullin was warning Matt Gaetz was a drug addled sexual predator. The next day he backed him for Attorney General.
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Welker: You promised to end birthright citizenship on day one. Is that still your plan?
Trump: Yeah, absolutely.
Trump: Yeah, absolutely.
December 8, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Welker: You promised to end birthright citizenship on day one. Is that still your plan?
Trump: Yeah, absolutely.
Trump: Yeah, absolutely.
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Exclusive: Angelica Farías had journeyed with her family from South America hoping to reach the United States. The family could see their destination from across the Rio Grande. But as they got deeper into the river, something went wrong.
Panic set in. The Farías family disappeared into the water.
Panic set in. The Farías family disappeared into the water.
Border drownings rose as migrants rushed to cross and Texas clamped down
An investigation found more migrant drowning deaths than the U.S. or Mexico have reported. Many were in Eagle Pass, where Texas’ border crackdown is focused.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Exclusive: Angelica Farías had journeyed with her family from South America hoping to reach the United States. The family could see their destination from across the Rio Grande. But as they got deeper into the river, something went wrong.
Panic set in. The Farías family disappeared into the water.
Panic set in. The Farías family disappeared into the water.
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How fear, racism, and ignorance is driving Dan Patrick's crusade against THC. #txlege
Reefer Madness Has Taken Hold Of Lt. Governor Dan Patrick
How fear, racism, and ignorance is driving Dan Patrick's crusade against THC.
www.lonestarleft.com
December 7, 2024 at 10:37 PM
How fear, racism, and ignorance is driving Dan Patrick's crusade against THC. #txlege
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Q. Can Santa get me a unicorn?
A. Can you get Santa all 34 Vermeer paintings? Quid pro quo here, kid.
A. Can you get Santa all 34 Vermeer paintings? Quid pro quo here, kid.
December 7, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Q. Can Santa get me a unicorn?
A. Can you get Santa all 34 Vermeer paintings? Quid pro quo here, kid.
A. Can you get Santa all 34 Vermeer paintings? Quid pro quo here, kid.