Tom Sgouros
@tsgouros.bsky.social
Policy nerd, data science, researcher, Rhode Islander. https://sgouros.com
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"Our values and principles ask more than most of us are able to give—if they don’t, they are probably too weak to be worth holding. But we don’t have to celebrate our failures or, worse still, confuse them with our successes." (2/2)
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"Our values and principles ask more than most of us are able to give—if they don’t, they are probably too weak to be worth holding. But we don’t have to celebrate our failures or, worse still, confuse them with our successes." (2/2)
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No justice, no peace is a fact, not a threat.
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
No justice, no peace is a fact, not a threat.
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US natural gas (methane) price are up 50% in the past month or so as new export facilities start exporting more LNG (methane). Often these US export facilities are owned by foreign entities (Japan, Qatar, etc).Japan is also buying up gas production assets in TX to supply the gas for export. (1/2)
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
US natural gas (methane) price are up 50% in the past month or so as new export facilities start exporting more LNG (methane). Often these US export facilities are owned by foreign entities (Japan, Qatar, etc).Japan is also buying up gas production assets in TX to supply the gas for export. (1/2)
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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How about "political reporter"?
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
How about "political reporter"?
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The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex
Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free
Andrew Taake walked free because of Trump’s pardons, despite being convicted of a child sex crime.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
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For Armistice Day, here's a letter my great uncle wrote to his old school in 1914 about the Christmas truce
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
For Armistice Day, here's a letter my great uncle wrote to his old school in 1914 about the Christmas truce
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Fight don’t fold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Fight don’t fold.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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AFR's Natalia Renta shares a quick rundown of what's at stake at Tesla's annual shareholder meeting today. Many are saying today will be the most significant day in the company's history so far, but how shareholders vote will have impacts far beyond just Tesla. 📖 ➡️ inequality.org/article/musk...
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
AFR's Natalia Renta shares a quick rundown of what's at stake at Tesla's annual shareholder meeting today. Many are saying today will be the most significant day in the company's history so far, but how shareholders vote will have impacts far beyond just Tesla. 📖 ➡️ inequality.org/article/musk...
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Yes!! Exactly this!!!
"We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about." Mamdani 11.4.25
Hope
Hope
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Yes!! Exactly this!!!
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More of this, please!
Effective politics requires relationships & community. Today’s parties only think about harvesting individual votes, not recognizing that the social investment will actually get them more votes & build long-term support. Good parties go even further by integrating into community life year round.
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
More of this, please!
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone
Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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It's so vitally important to our entire national politics these days to just pretend that nobody on the left feels, or is allowed to feel, a really deep hatred toward the tyrants and war criminals who have spent the last twenty five years destroying the future
meanwhile the words: "Every time one of these murderers dies w/o having faced consequences for the massacres they ordered, the lives they destroyed, the societies they razed to the ground I realize how far we are from a world with justice. Rest in hell Dick Cheney. Your legacy is death."
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UChicago professor posts vile social media comment on Dick Cheney hours after his death
November 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It's so vitally important to our entire national politics these days to just pretend that nobody on the left feels, or is allowed to feel, a really deep hatred toward the tyrants and war criminals who have spent the last twenty five years destroying the future
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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For the record: I'm not tired of winning.
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
For the record: I'm not tired of winning.
An excellent description of what some people mistake for toughness and strength.
November 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
An excellent description of what some people mistake for toughness and strength.
So his only response is to change the subject and Tapper just lets him. Got it.
TAPPER: Obama's comments came within a day of Trump hosting a Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago while SNAP benefits are set to run out. Your response?
BESSENT: I believe President Obama played a record amount of golf of any president, so I'm not sure why he's out there throwing stones
BESSENT: I believe President Obama played a record amount of golf of any president, so I'm not sure why he's out there throwing stones
November 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
So his only response is to change the subject and Tapper just lets him. Got it.
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Here are my three truths about climate:
1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over.
2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets.
3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.
1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over.
2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets.
3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.
www.gatesnotes.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Here are my three truths about climate:
1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over.
2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets.
3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.
1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over.
2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets.
3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.
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This makes me absolutely incandescent
November 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This makes me absolutely incandescent