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Moira Donegan

@moiradonegan.bsky.social

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Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 23d

Every day is like a cross between “Who Goes Nazi?” and “…the Aristocrats!”

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18h

“What about all the sexual abuse allegations?”

“He was the best guy arounnn”

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18h

This is how men talk about sex pests youtu.be/P5xjR-M3BsY?...

He's the best guy around

YouTube video by Johnny O.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18h

Why don’t you stop your Woody Allen apologism?

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18h

Should have been Woody Allen.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 19h

I almost followed this post with another one going “some man is going to take this seriously and start explaining to me what has actually happened” but thought it would be too on the nose.

Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 20h

How do regimes do when the soldiers don’t get paid? Does anyone know of any concerning historical precedents that this evokes

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 21h

They’d be humiliated and mad, if that’s a plus.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 23h

They like his vision for the domination of women and want him to win. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 1d

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 1d

Lol

Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 1d

Murray Rothbard famously said that his conservatism would “repeal the 20th century”, but these guys seem to be gunning for the 19th.

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

Counterpoint:

You absolutely do not have to hand it to enslavers

Wilson: Now, one of the things I want to do is say: I’m really glad that slavery’s gone, and good riddance. And I want to say that the Southern slave owner, who read the books of Ephesians and Colossians and 1 Timothy and treated his slaves decently, remembering that he had a master in heaven who he studiously tried to obey — what Paul said slave owners were supposed to do — I would say he was not an orc, and he is part of the reason why slavery ended. In other words, I would say he’s a good guy.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 1d

Good to know! Something to look out for the next time I go hiking.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 1d

Though if they started wearing the tech bro zippered vests it’s possible that I would simply not notice them

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna be real with you, I have not noticed a feral hog problem in San Francisco.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 9

here is the current tactical map of where feral swine populations have consolidated

the major worry is if the Canadian superhogs end up making their way down south and breeding with the American hogs

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 1d

How about you don’t do it ever

Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 1d

An embarrassment of riches!

Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 1d

In fairness the odds go up in October.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Federal judge finds the Trump admin likely violated the First (viewpoint discrimination) and Fifth (vagueness) Amendments in a case over changed domestic violence grant conditions.

Preliminary injunction issued.

(A TRO previously was issued.)

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Case 1:25-cv-00342-MRD-PAS
Document 72
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND
RHODE ISLAND COALITION
AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR. in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al.,
Defendants.
C.A. No. 25-cv-342-MRD-PAS
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Melissa R. DuBose, United States District Judge.

Over twenty non-profit coalitions that receive federal grant money to help
support survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault as well as members of
society who are unhoused or without stable housing filed suit against the United
States Departments of Health and Human Services ("HHS") and Housing and Urban
Development ("HUD") as well as various administrators and subagencies who fall
under and within these agencies (hereinafter the "Coalitions" or the "Plaintiffs").
Compl. at 1-4. The Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants are springing new conditions
on them as grantees and are requiring compliance with new spending restrictions on grant funds (the "Grants"), all in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act (the
"APA"), 5 U.S.C. § 706, the U.S. Constitution's clearly articulated separation of
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powers principles such as the Article I Spending Clause, the First Amendment, and the Due Process Clause under the Fifth Amendment. Id. 11 4, 66-89. The new
conditions and certifications foisted upon the grantees are focused on compelling
compliance with sweeping changes imposed by the executive branch by way of Executive Orders ("E.O.s") aimed at eliminating programs that are perceived as promoting gender ideology; diversity, equity, and inclusion; elective abortions; and
antidiscrimination. Id. 11 21-31, MPI at 73-74.

IV. CONCLUSION
As stated, the Court determines that the Plaintiffs have met their burden as
to the preliminary injunction factors and finds them entitled to relief. Pursuant to Section 705 of the APA, the Court finds that it is necessary and appropriate to grant
the Plaintiffs' request for a preliminary stay of the Challenged Conditions.
See 5
U.S.C. § 705 (permitting a reviewing court to "issue all necessary and appropriate
process to postpone the effective date of an agency action or to preserve status or
rights pending conclusion of the review proceedings on such conditions as may be
required and to the extent necessary to prevent irreparable injury").
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Melissa R. DuBose
United States District Judge
October 10, 2025

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 1d

These things have a powerful charisma that I cannot account for. She scratched me in the face and I was like, "I love you so much."

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 1d

For work reasons, my wife and I live separately; she in New York with our cat, and me in California with our dog. And whenever I visit (about once a month), I'm struck anew by how delightful it is to have a pet cat.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 1d

You might not have heard about this but sometimes women make "jokes."

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday I brought a friend cookie dough from a bakery she likes and I am still riding that high.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 2d

Are you a genius?

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 2d

The torn cilantro here is a low-effort touch that adds sophistication to the palate and elegance to the presentation, and I will be copying it.

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