Robert Gordon
@robertgo.bsky.social
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, McCourt School, Georgetown U. Former White House Domestic Policy Council, HHS, OMB, Michigan DHHS, etc. Government should work for everybody.
Not long ago, the idea of polling judges and asking them to cast votes, but not offer reasons, would have seemed reductive. "That's not what judges do."
On the emergency docket today, this is all the Supreme Court does. Red and blue dots are perfect.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
On the emergency docket today, this is all the Supreme Court does. Red and blue dots are perfect.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
October 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Not long ago, the idea of polling judges and asking them to cast votes, but not offer reasons, would have seemed reductive. "That's not what judges do."
On the emergency docket today, this is all the Supreme Court does. Red and blue dots are perfect.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
On the emergency docket today, this is all the Supreme Court does. Red and blue dots are perfect.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
September 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Little-known, big-government & anti-work story from the Big Beautiful Bill: Literally looking for work can cost you your health care. More here:
June 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Little-known, big-government & anti-work story from the Big Beautiful Bill: Literally looking for work can cost you your health care. More here:
Under the bill, the process of getting removed from Medicaid takes about three months. But when unemployment gets above 7 percent, most people need more than three months to find their next job. So if they're just looking for work, they'll lose their Medicaid.
June 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Under the bill, the process of getting removed from Medicaid takes about three months. But when unemployment gets above 7 percent, most people need more than three months to find their next job. So if they're just looking for work, they'll lose their Medicaid.
Good vibes and good question in Alexandria today
June 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Good vibes and good question in Alexandria today
Happened upon a Good Friday procession in DC tonight. Prayers in Spanish, signs in five languages.
Not my faith, except American.
Not my faith, except American.
April 19, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Happened upon a Good Friday procession in DC tonight. Prayers in Spanish, signs in five languages.
Not my faith, except American.
Not my faith, except American.
8. The cancellation has an asterisk. The letter’s last paragraph offers a pathway to restoring funding, if states “submit a statement” to another one of those made-up email addresses.
April 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
8. The cancellation has an asterisk. The letter’s last paragraph offers a pathway to restoring funding, if states “submit a statement” to another one of those made-up email addresses.
Wonky thread on Linda McMahon’s cancellation of reimbursement for billions in K-12 spending. It's bad news for kids. It's also an example of how the Administration talks devolving power to states, but actually turns states into supplicants.
April 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Wonky thread on Linda McMahon’s cancellation of reimbursement for billions in K-12 spending. It's bad news for kids. It's also an example of how the Administration talks devolving power to states, but actually turns states into supplicants.
Proud companion to this happy warrior @teslatakedown.com today in Arlington. Also saw a former boss’s husband, a college friend, and my kid’s old music teacher. Rock on.
#teslatakedown
#teslatakedown
March 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Proud companion to this happy warrior @teslatakedown.com today in Arlington. Also saw a former boss’s husband, a college friend, and my kid’s old music teacher. Rock on.
#teslatakedown
#teslatakedown
Skadden Fellows (I was one) receive funding to do legal services work, polishing the firm's reputation and their own. The fellowship's founder is magical.
Skadden has now ransomed the program to a new boss. The fellowship--and more importantly, the firm--are forever tarnished.
Skadden has now ransomed the program to a new boss. The fellowship--and more importantly, the firm--are forever tarnished.
March 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Skadden Fellows (I was one) receive funding to do legal services work, polishing the firm's reputation and their own. The fellowship's founder is magical.
Skadden has now ransomed the program to a new boss. The fellowship--and more importantly, the firm--are forever tarnished.
Skadden has now ransomed the program to a new boss. The fellowship--and more importantly, the firm--are forever tarnished.
Super energy at #Teslatakedown Arlington VA. Huge respect for the small-d democrats organizing these.
March 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Super energy at #Teslatakedown Arlington VA. Huge respect for the small-d democrats organizing these.
Yesterday's #TeslaTakedown in Arlington, VA was fun and fortifying. Honking cars never sounded so good.
March 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Yesterday's #TeslaTakedown in Arlington, VA was fun and fortifying. Honking cars never sounded so good.
WH spox: “The Biden executive order to create a police accountability database contained concepts we dislike. Therefore, we deleted the database.
We first proposed it in the first place?
Nevermind
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
We first proposed it in the first place?
Nevermind
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
February 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
WH spox: “The Biden executive order to create a police accountability database contained concepts we dislike. Therefore, we deleted the database.
We first proposed it in the first place?
Nevermind
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
We first proposed it in the first place?
Nevermind
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...