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
@jeffhauser.bsky.social
· 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.
Progressive Mayors vs. Developers prospect.org/2025/11/25/p...
Progressive Mayors vs. Developers - The American Prospect
In New York, one of the toughest challenges that Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani faces will be preserving and increasing the supply of affordable housing. Same story in Boston, where progressive Mayor Mich...
prospect.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Progressive Mayors vs. Developers prospect.org/2025/11/25/p...
This is effed up.
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is effed up.
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Highly recommend setting aside some time to read the full investigation into Oregon's AI-fueled toxic drinking water crisis by @rollingstone.com and @thefern.org
It’s one of the most important pieces of accountability reporting I’ve seen this year
It’s one of the most important pieces of accountability reporting I’ve seen this year
‘The precedent is Flint’: How Oregon’s data center boom is supercharging a water crisis | Food and Environment Reporting Network
In the spring of 2022, Jim Doherty kept having the same conversation with folks at the only grocery store in Boardman, his eastern Oregon hometown, or at the grain depot where he picked up food for…
thefern.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Highly recommend setting aside some time to read the full investigation into Oregon's AI-fueled toxic drinking water crisis by @rollingstone.com and @thefern.org
It’s one of the most important pieces of accountability reporting I’ve seen this year
It’s one of the most important pieces of accountability reporting I’ve seen this year
Distressing. thebulletin.org/2025/08/how-...
How AI and surveillance capitalism are undermining democracy
The only way data and AI can be used for good is with restrictive controls to prevent damage to democracy.
thebulletin.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Distressing. thebulletin.org/2025/08/how-...
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“Permitting reform” premised on “tech neutral” policy only favors fossil fuels for the duration of Trump 2.0.
It will, at best, provide only marginal benefit for renewables while hobbling future POTUS’ power to rein in fossil fuels.
I do not see a path that benefits the public interest.
It will, at best, provide only marginal benefit for renewables while hobbling future POTUS’ power to rein in fossil fuels.
I do not see a path that benefits the public interest.
Trump Is the Biggest Wild Card in Permitting Reform
Congress is motivated to pass a bipartisan deal, but Democrats are demanding limits on executive power.
heatmap.news
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“Permitting reform” premised on “tech neutral” policy only favors fossil fuels for the duration of Trump 2.0.
It will, at best, provide only marginal benefit for renewables while hobbling future POTUS’ power to rein in fossil fuels.
I do not see a path that benefits the public interest.
It will, at best, provide only marginal benefit for renewables while hobbling future POTUS’ power to rein in fossil fuels.
I do not see a path that benefits the public interest.
good!
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
good!
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“…the President has leveraged his office to make himself a crypto billionaire and…has extended broad protection to fraudsters,
scam artists, and other online criminals—who, in turn, repay the President and his family with
millions of dollars in tribute.” democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
scam artists, and other online criminals—who, in turn, repay the President and his family with
millions of dollars in tribute.” democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
democrats-judiciary.house.gov
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“…the President has leveraged his office to make himself a crypto billionaire and…has extended broad protection to fraudsters,
scam artists, and other online criminals—who, in turn, repay the President and his family with
millions of dollars in tribute.” democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
scam artists, and other online criminals—who, in turn, repay the President and his family with
millions of dollars in tribute.” democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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dana loesch was first hired as a talking head by CNN in 2011 - her big idea is recycling pundits from 15 years ago
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
dana loesch was first hired as a talking head by CNN in 2011 - her big idea is recycling pundits from 15 years ago
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Very strong “subprime crisis begins boiling over” vibes under every headline!
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Very strong “subprime crisis begins boiling over” vibes under every headline!
This seems akin to the MAGA 6 on the Supreme Court overruling the Constitution in order to get Trump onto the 2024 ballot (and out of a likely stint in prison).
Cristiano Ronaldo has avoided a suspension for the start of next summer’s World Cup after FIFA handed the Portugal captain a three-match ban, with the final two games suspended for “a one-year probation period”.
Cristiano Ronaldo avoids World Cup ban as FIFA grant Portugal captain ‘probationary period’
Ronaldo, 40, was sent off in Portugal's penultimate World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This seems akin to the MAGA 6 on the Supreme Court overruling the Constitution in order to get Trump onto the 2024 ballot (and out of a likely stint in prison).
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NEW: Revolving Door Project responds to DOJ’s settlement with RealPage:
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
NEW: Revolving Door Project responds to DOJ’s settlement with RealPage:
It turns out Harris had a killer issue that she inexplicably chose to NOT run concerning "affordability"--and Trump just sold out America's tenants. Seems relevant!
NEW: Revolving Door Project responds to DOJ’s settlement with RealPage:
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It turns out Harris had a killer issue that she inexplicably chose to NOT run concerning "affordability"--and Trump just sold out America's tenants. Seems relevant!
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This guy championed the bailout of Silicon Valley Bank while also berating the government as useless.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This guy championed the bailout of Silicon Valley Bank while also berating the government as useless.
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Does Trump know he’s doing a terrible job? Hard to say; his admin is busy hiding and deleting the data that would show it. Health, climate, labor, and civil rights data are being axed to obscure facts and dodge accountability.
Follow the data purge here:
Follow the data purge here:
Trump’s War on Public Data | Revolving Door Project
History of Government Data Collection Government data collection in the U.S. dates back to the founding era. The Constitution mandates a population census every ten years to determine congressional re...
therevolvingdoorproject.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Does Trump know he’s doing a terrible job? Hard to say; his admin is busy hiding and deleting the data that would show it. Health, climate, labor, and civil rights data are being axed to obscure facts and dodge accountability.
Follow the data purge here:
Follow the data purge here:
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So Jim Justice is one of the wealthiest people in the country.
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
So Jim Justice is one of the wealthiest people in the country.
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
And in 2021, we wrote a story about how almost never paid taxes
www.propublica.org/article/how-...
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JICYMI: Republican pushback against Trumpian redistricting has gotten lot of attention. But, keep an eye on Missouri - where local organizers are fighting the good fight. So much so that MO Republicans are threatening to sic ICE on them.
They are getting desperate ...
They are getting desperate ...
Missouri attorney general involves ICE in push to halt anti-gerrymandering group
The attorney general did not provide any evidence to support her claims, which the campaign called false.
www.kansascity.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
JICYMI: Republican pushback against Trumpian redistricting has gotten lot of attention. But, keep an eye on Missouri - where local organizers are fighting the good fight. So much so that MO Republicans are threatening to sic ICE on them.
They are getting desperate ...
They are getting desperate ...
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This is a fair critique. There’s a bad habit of selecting senior staff from other reserve banks to be reserve bank presidents, over people from the districts the banks represent.
Unfortunately, I think this administration is more interested in loyalists than fair representation.
Unfortunately, I think this administration is more interested in loyalists than fair representation.
Scott Bessent on CNBC this morning made sweeping criticisms of the regional Fed presidents. One scenario often discussed among analysts is that a Trump-controlled Fed board could decline to reappoint all the presidents when their terms expire at the end of February.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is a fair critique. There’s a bad habit of selecting senior staff from other reserve banks to be reserve bank presidents, over people from the districts the banks represent.
Unfortunately, I think this administration is more interested in loyalists than fair representation.
Unfortunately, I think this administration is more interested in loyalists than fair representation.
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@colorado.gov in what universe does it make sense for you to relinquish jurisdiction over an election denier to this administration? Do you actually believe in our democracy? Whose side are you on, Governor Polis?
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
@colorado.gov in what universe does it make sense for you to relinquish jurisdiction over an election denier to this administration? Do you actually believe in our democracy? Whose side are you on, Governor Polis?
There is no greater need on the center-left and in the center than unity against AI (or crypto) bailouts.
If Trump does it, he has to do it alone with his oligarch pals, no Democratic support ala Pelosi/Obama in 2008 or Biden & Larry Summers in 2023 (SVB).
If Trump does it, he has to do it alone with his oligarch pals, no Democratic support ala Pelosi/Obama in 2008 or Biden & Larry Summers in 2023 (SVB).
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
There is no greater need on the center-left and in the center than unity against AI (or crypto) bailouts.
If Trump does it, he has to do it alone with his oligarch pals, no Democratic support ala Pelosi/Obama in 2008 or Biden & Larry Summers in 2023 (SVB).
If Trump does it, he has to do it alone with his oligarch pals, no Democratic support ala Pelosi/Obama in 2008 or Biden & Larry Summers in 2023 (SVB).
Financial markets believe that Jay Powell will do what Donald Trump wants.
They're almost certainly right! (in the long run this bubble will burst in emphatic fashion, but the when is still TBD and can be delayed)
They're almost certainly right! (in the long run this bubble will burst in emphatic fashion, but the when is still TBD and can be delayed)
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Financial markets believe that Jay Powell will do what Donald Trump wants.
They're almost certainly right! (in the long run this bubble will burst in emphatic fashion, but the when is still TBD and can be delayed)
They're almost certainly right! (in the long run this bubble will burst in emphatic fashion, but the when is still TBD and can be delayed)
So Everton won at Man United despite an early red card for a fight between two Everton players? That's insane!
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
So Everton won at Man United despite an early red card for a fight between two Everton players? That's insane!
I talked to the @bostonglobe.com about Larry Summers. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/m...
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I talked to the @bostonglobe.com about Larry Summers. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/m...
Bubbles produce "collateral damage" and thus they suck, and their enthusiasts suck more. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Bubbles produce "collateral damage" and thus they suck, and their enthusiasts suck more. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.