Jeff Hauser
@jeffhauser.bsky.social
Personal account. Run Revolving Door Project (@revolvingdoordc.bsky.social) & co-manage my son's athletic career. https://revolvingdoorproject.substack.com
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Jeff Hauser
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· Aug 23
The *vibe* of the new publication is clearly “we are here to defend liberalism against its leftwing assailants.”
Launching that sort of publication in summer 2025 is, let’s just say, *A CHOICE*.
There is an evergreen market for that sort of writing. You will never go broke writing this stuff.
Launching that sort of publication in summer 2025 is, let’s just say, *A CHOICE*.
There is an evergreen market for that sort of writing. You will never go broke writing this stuff.
Criticizing Democrats from the left does not reinforce right wing arguments. (indeed, fwiw, it makes Democrats seem more moderate!)
Criticizing Democrats from the right reinforces MAGA criticism.
Criticizing Democrats from the right reinforces MAGA criticism.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
Wherein the Abundance "movement"--of, by, and for "disruptors" like Uber, Airbnb, crypto, Tesla, and other companies/industries built on knowingly violating the law*--starts claiming "rule of law" should be central to politics. www.theargumentmag.com/p/alex-prett...
* "Regulatory arbitrage"
* "Regulatory arbitrage"
Defend markets, ignore everything else
Alex Pretti and the one true omnicause
www.theargumentmag.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Wherein the Abundance "movement"--of, by, and for "disruptors" like Uber, Airbnb, crypto, Tesla, and other companies/industries built on knowingly violating the law*--starts claiming "rule of law" should be central to politics. www.theargumentmag.com/p/alex-prett...
* "Regulatory arbitrage"
* "Regulatory arbitrage"
Important! thedemlabs.org/2026/01/24/j...
Defund ICE: Stop the Killers of Alex Pretti & Renee Good
ICU nurse Alex Pretti and mother Renee Good are dead at the hands of federal agents. Tell Congress: No more money for ICE violence. Call your Senator before the Jan 30 deadline.
thedemlabs.org
January 26, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Important! thedemlabs.org/2026/01/24/j...
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Wow: A top GOP candidate for governor in Minnesota just announced that he is dropping out from the race. *And* that he is leaving the Republican Party.
He blamed the GOP's "stated retribution on the citizens of our state."
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
He blamed the GOP's "stated retribution on the citizens of our state."
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota
His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.
www.startribune.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Wow: A top GOP candidate for governor in Minnesota just announced that he is dropping out from the race. *And* that he is leaving the Republican Party.
He blamed the GOP's "stated retribution on the citizens of our state."
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
He blamed the GOP's "stated retribution on the citizens of our state."
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
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Everyone of the seven Democrats and the Democratic leadership which engaged in kabuki theater last week to help Republicans pour more money into Trump/Miller’s ICE machine of murderers - deserve to get primaried into oblivion.
The consulting industry enabling them should be burnt to the ground.
The consulting industry enabling them should be burnt to the ground.
The murder of Alex Pretti might prove to be a political turning point for the GOP. It should be a turning point for Dems, too. For the current leadership, and the consultant-industrial complex, which just fatally endangered the careers of seven members who chose to put morality last.
A Failure In Plain Sight
Who, if anyone, will acknowledge the obvious, and do something about it?
www.offmessage.net
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Everyone of the seven Democrats and the Democratic leadership which engaged in kabuki theater last week to help Republicans pour more money into Trump/Miller’s ICE machine of murderers - deserve to get primaried into oblivion.
The consulting industry enabling them should be burnt to the ground.
The consulting industry enabling them should be burnt to the ground.
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The idea is that the party should learn from its "overperformers" who overperform by dint of following polls and playing it safe. But the overperformers are not possessed of unusual gifts. They're just playing the game of politics under different constraints. www.offmessage.net/p/a-failure-...
January 26, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The idea is that the party should learn from its "overperformers" who overperform by dint of following polls and playing it safe. But the overperformers are not possessed of unusual gifts. They're just playing the game of politics under different constraints. www.offmessage.net/p/a-failure-...
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They have spent the Trump administration, and really the past several years, following a playbook that treats politics as a solved game. It was plain all along that this approach would end with Dems voting to fund atrocities out of political expediency. www.offmessage.net/p/a-failure-...
January 26, 2026 at 4:33 PM
They have spent the Trump administration, and really the past several years, following a playbook that treats politics as a solved game. It was plain all along that this approach would end with Dems voting to fund atrocities out of political expediency. www.offmessage.net/p/a-failure-...
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The murder of Alex Pretti might prove to be a political turning point for the GOP. It should be a turning point for Dems, too. For the current leadership, and the consultant-industrial complex, which just fatally endangered the careers of seven members who chose to put morality last.
A Failure In Plain Sight
Who, if anyone, will acknowledge the obvious, and do something about it?
www.offmessage.net
January 26, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The murder of Alex Pretti might prove to be a political turning point for the GOP. It should be a turning point for Dems, too. For the current leadership, and the consultant-industrial complex, which just fatally endangered the careers of seven members who chose to put morality last.
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pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
January 26, 2026 at 2:14 PM
pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
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STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE
January 25, 2026 at 8:52 PM
STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE
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Paige Bueckers (Dallas Wings, Breeze FC) is donating $50,000 to relief efforts organised in response to ICE raids in her hometown of Hopkins, Minnesota. On Monday Bueckers won $50,000 in the #Unrivaled free throw competition after successfully scoring 13 free throws. (Source @brwsports)
January 22, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Paige Bueckers (Dallas Wings, Breeze FC) is donating $50,000 to relief efforts organised in response to ICE raids in her hometown of Hopkins, Minnesota. On Monday Bueckers won $50,000 in the #Unrivaled free throw competition after successfully scoring 13 free throws. (Source @brwsports)
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Bueckers’ 2025 WNBA rookie base salary was $78,831. Giving $50,000 from winning the Unrivaled FT contest is rad.
Paige Bueckers (Dallas Wings, Breeze FC) is donating $50,000 to relief efforts organised in response to ICE raids in her hometown of Hopkins, Minnesota. On Monday Bueckers won $50,000 in the #Unrivaled free throw competition after successfully scoring 13 free throws. (Source @brwsports)
January 23, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Bueckers’ 2025 WNBA rookie base salary was $78,831. Giving $50,000 from winning the Unrivaled FT contest is rad.
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More of this please. 🙏🏼
And Karl Anthony Towns from the New York Knicks!
Proud of KAT! I think it’s important to praise and thank the folks brave enough to speak up.
Proud of KAT! I think it’s important to praise and thank the folks brave enough to speak up.
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 AM
More of this please. 🙏🏼
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About time American athlete superstars started speaking out.
Wish more stepped up instead of just playing ball.
Wish more stepped up instead of just playing ball.
January 25, 2026 at 7:01 AM
About time American athlete superstars started speaking out.
Wish more stepped up instead of just playing ball.
Wish more stepped up instead of just playing ball.
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Palantir is a cancer in the NHS. And now that Labour, Tories, and Reform all plan an ICE-like “national police force”, you can bet Palantir will already be pitching the parties’ advisors for that action.
Why Minneapolis? How are they choosing their targets?
404 Media also recently learned Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets based on addresses, and ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based.
404 Media also recently learned Palantir is working on a tool for ICE that populates a map with potential deportation targets based on addresses, and ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Palantir is a cancer in the NHS. And now that Labour, Tories, and Reform all plan an ICE-like “national police force”, you can bet Palantir will already be pitching the parties’ advisors for that action.
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🔥REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “How rich @KristiNoem says showing up with a legal firearm is grounds for execution when they support Rittenhouse & pardon protestors… we cannot go down this road, countryman against countryman… they’re trying to keep us divided so they can line their own pockets.”
January 25, 2026 at 12:17 AM
🔥REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “How rich @KristiNoem says showing up with a legal firearm is grounds for execution when they support Rittenhouse & pardon protestors… we cannot go down this road, countryman against countryman… they’re trying to keep us divided so they can line their own pockets.”
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With alt-text
January 25, 2026 at 12:54 AM
With alt-text
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Correct. Republicans have already appropriated $75 billion for ICE in Trump's ugly reconciliation bill with essentially no guardrails. They don't need any more money and Dems should be pushing to put restrictions or claw back those billions.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
January 25, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Correct. Republicans have already appropriated $75 billion for ICE in Trump's ugly reconciliation bill with essentially no guardrails. They don't need any more money and Dems should be pushing to put restrictions or claw back those billions.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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The video pretty clearly shows the armed thugs taking the gun out of his waistband, throwing it to the side, then emptying a clip into his body. But you keep on licking those boots, Chip.
Chip Roy: "As someone who carries a weapon in TX, if I'm in front of law enforcement or if I get stopped, I tell them that. I tell them that I've got a concealed carry permit. I show them my ID. I tell them where the weapon is bc that's what we're supposed to do. That's not what I think I saw here"
January 24, 2026 at 11:52 PM
The video pretty clearly shows the armed thugs taking the gun out of his waistband, throwing it to the side, then emptying a clip into his body. But you keep on licking those boots, Chip.
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A lovely piece on Daniel Farke in the Times.
If only he’d been given decent financial backing at #NCFC 😢
Hope Leeds stay up. He deserves that.
If only he’d been given decent financial backing at #NCFC 😢
Hope Leeds stay up. He deserves that.
January 25, 2026 at 11:58 AM
A lovely piece on Daniel Farke in the Times.
If only he’d been given decent financial backing at #NCFC 😢
Hope Leeds stay up. He deserves that.
If only he’d been given decent financial backing at #NCFC 😢
Hope Leeds stay up. He deserves that.
Important. We need to rebalance the federal judiciary. The corporate sellouts and religious nationalist creeps Leonard Leo et al have been adding to the bench are deeply dangerous.
Don’t forget - “The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, for the moment, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in Minnesota.”
Those judges should have to answer for the tragic loss of Alex Pretti’s life.
Those judges should have to answer for the tragic loss of Alex Pretti’s life.
Court Removes Restrictions on ICE’s Use of Pepper Spray, for Now
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Important. We need to rebalance the federal judiciary. The corporate sellouts and religious nationalist creeps Leonard Leo et al have been adding to the bench are deeply dangerous.
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Don’t forget - “The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, for the moment, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in Minnesota.”
Those judges should have to answer for the tragic loss of Alex Pretti’s life.
Those judges should have to answer for the tragic loss of Alex Pretti’s life.
Court Removes Restrictions on ICE’s Use of Pepper Spray, for Now
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Don’t forget - “The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, for the moment, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in Minnesota.”
Those judges should have to answer for the tragic loss of Alex Pretti’s life.
Those judges should have to answer for the tragic loss of Alex Pretti’s life.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
Re-upping
Voters will be unhappy about the economy WITHOUT politicians or political groups discussing it.
Voters will not necessarily know that we're living in a dystopic proto-dictatorial country without the Opposition Party loudly opposing authoritarianism.
Voters will not necessarily know that we're living in a dystopic proto-dictatorial country without the Opposition Party loudly opposing authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Re-upping