That guy from that thing
@vocable.bsky.social
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I have a bipartisan bill that would make these protections ironclad. It passed the House unanimously (twice) and it was never taken up in the Senate. Now Trump is laying the groundwork to lock up reporters who don't rat out their sources who expose crimes by his administration.
BREAKING: A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists.
Stating that leaks "undermine President Trump’s policies," Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that "the news media ‘must answer subpoenas’ when authorized."
Today, at Law Dork —>
Stating that leaks "undermine President Trump’s policies," Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that "the news media ‘must answer subpoenas’ when authorized."
Today, at Law Dork —>
A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists
Stating that leaks "undermine President Trump’s policies," Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that "the news media ‘must answer subpoenas’ when authorized."
www.lawdork.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I have a bipartisan bill that would make these protections ironclad. It passed the House unanimously (twice) and it was never taken up in the Senate. Now Trump is laying the groundwork to lock up reporters who don't rat out their sources who expose crimes by his administration.
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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March saw the third-highest number of layoffs in U.S. history, and 80% of them were caused by DOGE
This was before the tariffs
It's just...unbelievable
This was before the tariffs
It's just...unbelievable
April 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
March saw the third-highest number of layoffs in U.S. history, and 80% of them were caused by DOGE
This was before the tariffs
It's just...unbelievable
This was before the tariffs
It's just...unbelievable
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California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
April 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
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MAJOR EFFICIENCY WIN: the CFPB that’s returned over $21,000,000,000.00 to scammed americans now being dissolved to save every american $2.00 annually
February 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
MAJOR EFFICIENCY WIN: the CFPB that’s returned over $21,000,000,000.00 to scammed americans now being dissolved to save every american $2.00 annually
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If you work for the federal government and are tempted to take Musk’s “buyout” offer please know that you’re never going to see that money.
February 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If you work for the federal government and are tempted to take Musk’s “buyout” offer please know that you’re never going to see that money.
Knocked out by the new Heather Maloney album. She’s always great but Exploding Star is really something special. Sad but not despairing. Kind of perfect for me in this moment.
February 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Knocked out by the new Heather Maloney album. She’s always great but Exploding Star is really something special. Sad but not despairing. Kind of perfect for me in this moment.
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Feel like a talented headline writer could do something with this.
You say: they shutdown USAID.
You mean: they illegally broke in to a secure facility over a weekend, hijacked sensitive data on vulnerable people and US businesses, destroyed property Americans paid for, cut off resources for sick and hungry families, and fired Americans across the country.
You mean: they illegally broke in to a secure facility over a weekend, hijacked sensitive data on vulnerable people and US businesses, destroyed property Americans paid for, cut off resources for sick and hungry families, and fired Americans across the country.
February 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Feel like a talented headline writer could do something with this.
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New, from me: Looking closer at the effort to induce mass civil servant resignations.
*The offers are not real buyouts
*Feds should read the fine print
*If mass resignations occur, it is really bad for the rest of us
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/compelling...
*The offers are not real buyouts
*Feds should read the fine print
*If mass resignations occur, it is really bad for the rest of us
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/compelling...
Compelling Mass Civil Servant Resignations Will Create Chaos
Twitter is not a model for government reform
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
New, from me: Looking closer at the effort to induce mass civil servant resignations.
*The offers are not real buyouts
*Feds should read the fine print
*If mass resignations occur, it is really bad for the rest of us
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/compelling...
*The offers are not real buyouts
*Feds should read the fine print
*If mass resignations occur, it is really bad for the rest of us
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/compelling...
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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"Here the numbers as they actually exist in the real world:
Transgender: 1 percent
Muslim: 1 percent
Jewish: 2 percent
Black: 12 percent
Live in New York City: 2 percent
Gay or lesbian: 3 percent"
If they're this divorced from reality I guarantee these folks cannot conceive magnitude of $1bn
Transgender: 1 percent
Muslim: 1 percent
Jewish: 2 percent
Black: 12 percent
Live in New York City: 2 percent
Gay or lesbian: 3 percent"
If they're this divorced from reality I guarantee these folks cannot conceive magnitude of $1bn
“In 2022, YouGov asked “What percentage of Americans do you think are ___?”
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
The results were hilarious.
Trans: 21%
Muslim: 27%
Jewish: 30%
Black: 41%
Live in NYC: 30%
Gay or lesbian: 30%
The errors are off by orders of magnitude. The trans estimation by 2,000%.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Americans Have One Very Strange Cognitive Bias
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love The People.
www.thebulwark.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:42 PM
"Here the numbers as they actually exist in the real world:
Transgender: 1 percent
Muslim: 1 percent
Jewish: 2 percent
Black: 12 percent
Live in New York City: 2 percent
Gay or lesbian: 3 percent"
If they're this divorced from reality I guarantee these folks cannot conceive magnitude of $1bn
Transgender: 1 percent
Muslim: 1 percent
Jewish: 2 percent
Black: 12 percent
Live in New York City: 2 percent
Gay or lesbian: 3 percent"
If they're this divorced from reality I guarantee these folks cannot conceive magnitude of $1bn
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Imagine Van Gogh, a man who history shows slowly self-destructing from his own inner battles and the doubts and insecurities his family and community projected on him. Imagine a young Van Gogh applying for an art grant. How would he be weighed? Would we ever have seen his world? Is it replaceable?
August 17, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Imagine Van Gogh, a man who history shows slowly self-destructing from his own inner battles and the doubts and insecurities his family and community projected on him. Imagine a young Van Gogh applying for an art grant. How would he be weighed? Would we ever have seen his world? Is it replaceable?
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A really powerful and useful lesson from art history: Most famous artists were deeply flawed people.
Why does this matter? Because so many folks defend meritocracies by the assumption that optimal people produce optimal work but much of our best art came from people who weren't the "best" choice.
Why does this matter? Because so many folks defend meritocracies by the assumption that optimal people produce optimal work but much of our best art came from people who weren't the "best" choice.
August 17, 2024 at 12:12 AM
A really powerful and useful lesson from art history: Most famous artists were deeply flawed people.
Why does this matter? Because so many folks defend meritocracies by the assumption that optimal people produce optimal work but much of our best art came from people who weren't the "best" choice.
Why does this matter? Because so many folks defend meritocracies by the assumption that optimal people produce optimal work but much of our best art came from people who weren't the "best" choice.