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James Goodwin
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I'm Policy Director at @progressivereform.bsky.social where I specialize in federal regulatory policy. When not analyzing federal regulatory policy, I enjoy silent film, soccer, and running.

"Oh! I'm sorry! This is abuse." .. more

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Now that we're staring down the barrel of Project 2025, I guess it's a good time to re-up this essay I wrote a few months ago exploring its plans for an authoritarian administrative state www.bostonreview.net/articles/ins...
Inside Project 2025 - Boston Review
Backed by the Heritage Foundation, the initiative seeks to undermine longstanding safeguards against abuses of executive power.
www.bostonreview.net

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“Wished I Was a Giant” said “Man, get off the street”
Spoken like a traffic cop
Cronies at his feet
He turned on his radio
And picked up the noise

from “”Wished I Was a Giant”” by Guided By Voices, Vampire On Titus (1993)

Paul Robeson biopic
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.

Even Cincinnati chili?
i think everyone should eat the food that makes them happy :)

Unprecedented presidency-ending scandals & crimes now happening twice a day
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg

It's beautiful
Republican senator now publicly defending Mark Kelly

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i think everyone should eat the food that makes them happy :)

I would love it, though. For the record.

There should be a Cincinnati pie that really revolts everyone

You forgot the brown M&Ms

I guess their Supreme Court doesn't have a Chief Justice Juaninho Robertos

Wait. That's an option? Did any of you know about this?
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.

Gloria Estevao and Miami Sound Machine
Chelsea have a new starboy, and for Brazil the future is now 🌟🇧🇷

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The #NWSL championship game’s TV audience has finally topped 1 million viewers.

1.184 million, CBS says, also making it the most-watched NWSL game in league history.

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Chelsea have a new starboy, and for Brazil the future is now 🌟🇧🇷

The 6 most hilarious words in the English language: "Jim Jordan is on the case"

The 5yo made pumpkin bread at school
Unprecedented presidency-ending scandals & crimes now happening twice a day

Follow up question idea: If it's just about efficiency, why not merge the Departments of Interior, Labor, and Health and Human Services into one big Super Department of Education?

Would be great if an enterprising reporter could ask the Trump administration to explain how any of this returns power to the states over education -- and to explain it to us like we're 8 years old. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Five Things to Know About McMahon’s Plan to Break Up ED
Four federal agencies will administer dozens of grant programs at the Education Department—a move that Trump officials are touting as a key step toward their goal of shutting down the agency.
www.insidehighered.com

In normal times, etc. etc.

Did you know that nearly every resident in Philadelphia lives less than 10 minutes from a public park?
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg

"You'll be visited by three spirits"

The three spirits:

"Long before federal or state governments existed, Indigenous nations practiced forms of governance rooted in reciprocity, balance, and collective well-being." progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/hon...
Honoring Native American Heritage Month - Center for Progressive Reform
This November, we honor the leadership, knowledge, and resilience of America’s first peoples, who have safeguarded the land, water, and air that sustain us all. Long before federal or state government...
progressivereform.org

Is this right-sizing government?
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com

Beef-fed turkeys = Turfucken
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.

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Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths.

“The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.”

The worst EPA ever.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com