dr. caitlin m. green
@caitlinmoriah.bsky.social
linguist, discourse/pragmatics
podcaster liberalcurrents.com/halftheanswer/
author & associate editor at liberalcurrents.com
singer with the Wild Lilacs
https://www.instagram.com/thewildlilacs?igsh=MXJqOXZ6NHpoOXRrYg==
she/they
substantively unserious
podcaster liberalcurrents.com/halftheanswer/
author & associate editor at liberalcurrents.com
singer with the Wild Lilacs
https://www.instagram.com/thewildlilacs?igsh=MXJqOXZ6NHpoOXRrYg==
she/they
substantively unserious
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Half the Answer #49: Caitlin and Trent speak with livestreamer Audrey Lee about her experiences participating in and documenting protests at the Portland ICE facility. Audrey explains the relationship among the people on the street, the officers, the counterprotesters, and right-wing influencers.
Half the Answer #49: What's It Really Like at the Portland ICE Facility? Part Deux
Caitlin and Trent speak with livestreamer Audrey Lee about her experiences participating in and documenting protests at the Portland ICE facility. Audrey explains the relationship among the people on ...
www.liberalcurrents.com
yeah it’s another portland ICE episode. write what you know, i say! audrey helps us flesh out some of the details and turns her analyst’s eye to the complex dynamics of the area outside that much-discussed building
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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@caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and I had a wonderful time speaking with @attackerman.bsky.social about Iron Man and an absolute litany of topics in the national security sector from Bush to Trump and everyone between; how did we get here? We had many questions and he, many answers!
Half the Answer #51: Trent and Caitlin speak with journalist Spencer Ackerman about the CIA, DHS, and other parts of the US government ostensibly protecting us from terrorism. What are the precedents for the intolerable level of human rights and privacy violations we see today?
Half the Answer #51: National Delirium: NatSec in Post-9/11 America, from Dubya to Donny
Trent and Caitlin speak with journalist Spencer Ackerman about the CIA, DHS, and other parts of the US government ostensibly protecting us from terrorism. How have they achieved this level of impunity...
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
@caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and I had a wonderful time speaking with @attackerman.bsky.social about Iron Man and an absolute litany of topics in the national security sector from Bush to Trump and everyone between; how did we get here? We had many questions and he, many answers!
trying to remember a time i was out or at a party and the best social move would have been to hurl a litany of insults at someone about their appearance. coming up blank here. why would that be the thing you want to do, let alone to then outsource your le epic r/roastme to a chatbot
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
trying to remember a time i was out or at a party and the best social move would have been to hurl a litany of insults at someone about their appearance. coming up blank here. why would that be the thing you want to do, let alone to then outsource your le epic r/roastme to a chatbot
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Anyway, whether discussing James Carville or Marjorie Taylor Greene, this applies:
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Anyway, whether discussing James Carville or Marjorie Taylor Greene, this applies:
my left kidney to live in a universe where wolf blitzer would make everybody sit there quietly while he read the actual oath so they can gasp and gulp like fish out of water instead of blithely lying on national television
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
my left kidney to live in a universe where wolf blitzer would make everybody sit there quietly while he read the actual oath so they can gasp and gulp like fish out of water instead of blithely lying on national television
i see gen z at the portland ICE facility every time i go there. even some high schoolers. and they know exactly why they’re there. the millennials/gen x/boomers know who they are and do our best to protect them from the attacks of the agents. they are so brave and i would hate to see them ignored
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
i see gen z at the portland ICE facility every time i go there. even some high schoolers. and they know exactly why they’re there. the millennials/gen x/boomers know who they are and do our best to protect them from the attacks of the agents. they are so brave and i would hate to see them ignored
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Thank you, Marisa, for your words and your contribution. Marisa's great journalism is found at www.thehandbasket.co.
In September, Marisa was a guest on our podcast Half the Answer, hosted by @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social. Watch or listen to that episode here:
In September, Marisa was a guest on our podcast Half the Answer, hosted by @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social. Watch or listen to that episode here:
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Thank you, Marisa, for your words and your contribution. Marisa's great journalism is found at www.thehandbasket.co.
In September, Marisa was a guest on our podcast Half the Answer, hosted by @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social. Watch or listen to that episode here:
In September, Marisa was a guest on our podcast Half the Answer, hosted by @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social. Watch or listen to that episode here:
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Now I’m no Chris Hayes or Adam Serwer, but I, too, really like what LC is up to and am proud to subscribe
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
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November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Now I’m no Chris Hayes or Adam Serwer, but I, too, really like what LC is up to and am proud to subscribe
Derek is of course also a friend of the show here at half the answer! please enjoy his episode here:
www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Derek is of course also a friend of the show here at half the answer! please enjoy his episode here:
www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
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Sent a small donation to Liberal Currents because they are doing great work. Have learned a lot from @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com on gender, @mattpolprof.bsky.social on reactionary thought and liberal socialism, and @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social's essays on moral panics.
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
www.gofundme.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Sent a small donation to Liberal Currents because they are doing great work. Have learned a lot from @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com on gender, @mattpolprof.bsky.social on reactionary thought and liberal socialism, and @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social's essays on moral panics.
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I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
nationalzoo.si.edu
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
man they really really hate that americans are stepping up to protect our neighbors from them
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
man they really really hate that americans are stepping up to protect our neighbors from them
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this man has blood on his hands and everyone who supported him and excused him has blood on their hands and I do not want to hear a single fucking Democrat with any position other than "impeach and remove him immediately"
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
this man has blood on his hands and everyone who supported him and excused him has blood on their hands and I do not want to hear a single fucking Democrat with any position other than "impeach and remove him immediately"
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
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Trump is filling his government with Nazis, consolidating authoritarian power, and eroding democracy at every chance.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump is filling his government with Nazis, consolidating authoritarian power, and eroding democracy at every chance.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
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So it’s worse than we thought
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So it’s worse than we thought
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“if I can suck up their time”
Ladies, nerds of all stripes, neurodivergents of every variety, when I tell you how MADE you were for this moment
Ladies, nerds of all stripes, neurodivergents of every variety, when I tell you how MADE you were for this moment
"I can help some people"
GO TELL YOUR WHITE SONS... THIS IS YOUR HERO!
GO TELL YOUR WHITE SONS... THIS IS YOUR HERO!
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“if I can suck up their time”
Ladies, nerds of all stripes, neurodivergents of every variety, when I tell you how MADE you were for this moment
Ladies, nerds of all stripes, neurodivergents of every variety, when I tell you how MADE you were for this moment
also let’s talk about the double standard applied to the wide variety of things called “divisive”
crt is divisive therefore we must conduct witch hunts at schools to root it out
swastikas are merely divisive, why should we do anything all when we see one
crt is divisive therefore we must conduct witch hunts at schools to root it out
swastikas are merely divisive, why should we do anything all when we see one
This is fucking horrifying.
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
also let’s talk about the double standard applied to the wide variety of things called “divisive”
crt is divisive therefore we must conduct witch hunts at schools to root it out
swastikas are merely divisive, why should we do anything all when we see one
crt is divisive therefore we must conduct witch hunts at schools to root it out
swastikas are merely divisive, why should we do anything all when we see one
“For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we're seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now.” —trump two months ago
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we're seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now.” —trump two months ago
nobody fucking talk to me im listening to this
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
nobody fucking talk to me im listening to this
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"Trump II administration figures often speak the language of merit in order to contrast it to 'DEI' or 'affirmative action,' but in practice they only hire incompetent clowns—so long as they are also loyal clowns." - @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com
The War on Professionalism and Professional Competence
Incompetence and sloppiness are the self-conscious ethos of the administration.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Trump II administration figures often speak the language of merit in order to contrast it to 'DEI' or 'affirmative action,' but in practice they only hire incompetent clowns—so long as they are also loyal clowns." - @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com
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Very different “me” in the MAGA metoo
Maga #metoo news cycle today is "yes, I'm a pedophile"
I give you Pedocon Theory, ripped from the headlines by @liberalcurrents.com @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
I give you Pedocon Theory, ripped from the headlines by @liberalcurrents.com @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
November 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Very different “me” in the MAGA metoo
“insubordinate” really tells you a lot, does it not, about how he views the role of the press
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“insubordinate” really tells you a lot, does it not, about how he views the role of the press
“i don’t know anything about the larry summers situation but should we really be derailing his career over—“ hey whoa buddy u can stop right there! the first half of your sentence tells me we are all done here!
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“i don’t know anything about the larry summers situation but should we really be derailing his career over—“ hey whoa buddy u can stop right there! the first half of your sentence tells me we are all done here!