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James Goodwin
@jamesgoodwin.bsky.social
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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.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · Nov 7
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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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 43m
Powell Memo, cranked up to 11
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h
The reason these people have been attacking scholars and universities is that they stand in the way of the ahistorical bullshit they need to spew in order to construct white Christian nationalism
evanbernick.bsky.social Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 19h
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.

www.state.gov/releases/off...

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 1h
The press only seems to remember Congress when Democrats hold a majority. Curious.
volts.wtf David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1h
I realize it's easy to forget Congress exists these days ...

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 1h
What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1h
I realize it's easy to forget Congress exists these days ...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1h
Look, the endangerment-finding move was stupid and wrong, but this headline is wildly misleading. EPA regs never meaningfully restrained GHGs and the US government still very much has the power to address climate change. It's called f'ing Congress!
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 1h
"That's in case I barf." ~ my 6yo, pointing at a towel next to her

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 2h
*taps sign* lpeproject.org/blog/the-ris...

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 2h
The bizarre but rather lovely friendship between ALICE COOPER and GROUCHO MARX.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 2h
Thinking about American heritage right now
a cartoon of a duck surrounded by coins
ALT: a cartoon of a duck surrounded by coins
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 3h
My 9 yo just said "you were right, Dad."
winnie the pooh sits at a table with a jar of honey and a spoon
ALT: winnie the pooh sits at a table with a jar of honey and a spoon
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 4h
Zoetrope

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 4h
Is this worst policy or worst politics?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h
The reason these people have been attacking scholars and universities is that they stand in the way of the ahistorical bullshit they need to spew in order to construct white Christian nationalism
evanbernick.bsky.social Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 19h
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.

www.state.gov/releases/off...
this continent long before. The man who settled and built the nation of my birth arrived on our shores carrying the memories and the traditions and the Christian faith of their ancestors as a sacred inheritance, an unbreakable link between the old world and the new. We are part of one civilization - Western civilization. We are bound to one another by the deepest bonds that nations could share, forged by centuries of shared history, Christian faith, culture, heritage, language, ancestry, and the sacrifices our forefathers made together for the common civilization to which we have fallen heir.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 4h
Ho hum www.cnn.com/2022/09/04/p...

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 5h
The Olympics more effective governance than the GOP
grist.org/accountabili...
The Olympics just saw its first 'forever chemical' disqualifications
Waxes containing PFAS are banned at the Milan-Cortina Games. Three athletes already have been disqualified for using them.
grist.org

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 6h
The Odessa Steps feature in the 1925 comedy JEWISH LUCK, based on the writings of Yiddish humorist Sholem Aleichem (who also wrote the basis for FIDDLER ON THE ROOF).

This film was completed before BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN and was also shot by cinematographer Eduard Tisse.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 7h
Hence, the Supreme Court's fitful efforts to construct what amounts to a "unitary judiciary" beyond the mere setting of precedent
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h
Our court system is largely working, with the exception of the most important court
crampell.bsky.social Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 7h
It occurs to me that we're probably going to have to pass the 15th Amendment a third time. Maybe it will finally stick then.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 7h
This explains a lot

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 7h
Oh my god

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Female dogs evaluate levels of competence in humans
Dogs are highly sensitive to human behavior, and they evaluate us using both their direct experiences and from a third-party perspective. Dogs pay att…
www.sciencedirect.com

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 7h
Sorry Black History Month

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 7h
Consistent with Unitary Executive Theory, President's Day is taking over the entire month of February =(

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 7h
Are you surprised?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h
Our court system is largely working, with the exception of the most important court

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 17h
Monday after Easter is even better

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 18h
He reminds me of Klaus Kinski (complimentary)

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 18h
Tip for any reporters who cover Crews' annual Ten Thousand Commandments report this year: Ask him why he didn't include federal agents shooting an innocent woman in the face

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 18h
That's libertarians for you. Should we be surprised that such a lazy ideology is so unprincipled?

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 18h
This clown spends decades railing against regulations as a threat to freedom and the worst of "big government," only to discover that's not the case. So, then he makes up a conspiracy theory and guidance documents. Meanwhile, he's perfectly okay with ICE? cei.org/blog/trumps-...
Trump’s deregulation meets invisible rulemaking: The real 2026 challenge - Competitive Enterprise Institute
After a brief shutdown, most fiscal year 2026 appropriations have been enacted, despite continued debate over Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding. We may soon see the usual springtime stirri...
cei.org

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 18h
Looks interesting