Derek Miller
@visualizingbroadway.com
Theater historian. Little League coach. Cruciverbalist.
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
This. What the fuck are we doing talking about war with Venezuela? Literally: WHY?
Everything this regime does is insane and bad, but the Venezuela war talk is particularly outrageous and absurd.
Everything this regime does is insane and bad, but the Venezuela war talk is particularly outrageous and absurd.
I do wonder if this is it. WTF is Donald Trump doing w Venezuela? Like we've had US presidents do crazy things. I mean we invaded Iraq and toppled its government more or less for no reason. But as someone who covered that story very closely they DID have reasons. They were bad ...
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This. What the fuck are we doing talking about war with Venezuela? Literally: WHY?
Everything this regime does is insane and bad, but the Venezuela war talk is particularly outrageous and absurd.
Everything this regime does is insane and bad, but the Venezuela war talk is particularly outrageous and absurd.
Please read this outstanding short speech by @ryanenos.bsky.social about American civil society and the fight against authoritarianism.
Paradoxes in the Defense of Democracy
Remarks on “The State of Democracy in Trump’s America: Year One”
substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Please read this outstanding short speech by @ryanenos.bsky.social about American civil society and the fight against authoritarianism.
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in which the Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager for Simplify Asset Management discovers how anachronistic & damaging “the poverty line” metric is in the USA— www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
in which the Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager for Simplify Asset Management discovers how anachronistic & damaging “the poverty line” metric is in the USA— www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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Vahid Abedini has now been released.
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Vahid Abedini has now been released.
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What if Dems ran on sacrificing James Carville's human rights?
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What if Dems ran on sacrificing James Carville's human rights?
Foreign news organizations censoring themselves so as not to draw the mad king's ire. Good job, free speech warriors!
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Foreign news organizations censoring themselves so as not to draw the mad king's ire. Good job, free speech warriors!
@ryanenos.bsky.social explains why so many people refuse to believe our democracy has been upended by a fascist coup. Yes, the authoritarians have not consolidated their power—indeed, I think democracy is winning! But we cannot stop fighting for one second. And we must hold everyone accountable.
During our State of Democracy event last month, Harvard professor @ryanenos.bsky.social spoke about how our democracy is being eroded, in many cases without the public recognizing that it is happening.
If you missed our event you can find a full recap at bit.ly/3LDSE5M.
If you missed our event you can find a full recap at bit.ly/3LDSE5M.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
@ryanenos.bsky.social explains why so many people refuse to believe our democracy has been upended by a fascist coup. Yes, the authoritarians have not consolidated their power—indeed, I think democracy is winning! But we cannot stop fighting for one second. And we must hold everyone accountable.
Outrageous.
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Outrageous.
I mean, sure, you can write 1000 words about why probably no one will get in trouble for these murders. But I say again: these are MURDERS!!!
If you have to ask, "Should we be killing these people?" you already answered your question.
If you have to ask, "Should we be killing these people?" you already answered your question.
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I mean, sure, you can write 1000 words about why probably no one will get in trouble for these murders. But I say again: these are MURDERS!!!
If you have to ask, "Should we be killing these people?" you already answered your question.
If you have to ask, "Should we be killing these people?" you already answered your question.
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love.
November 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love.
It's manifestly ILLEGAL. Not "questionable." It's murder.
Does no one in our leadership class recognize murder when they see it???
Does no one in our leadership class recognize murder when they see it???
Mark Kelly: "They're tying themselves in knots trying to explain why what they're doing with regard to these drug boats is legal. It's questionable at best. One of our biggest allies, the UK, recently stopped sharing intelligence with us in the Caribbean because they question whether this is legal."
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's manifestly ILLEGAL. Not "questionable." It's murder.
Does no one in our leadership class recognize murder when they see it???
Does no one in our leadership class recognize murder when they see it???
I'm trying to learn about and brainstorm major democratic reforms like this. I think our democratic future is going to look very, very different from our current system.
Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region Is Turning to Its People.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I'm trying to learn about and brainstorm major democratic reforms like this. I think our democratic future is going to look very, very different from our current system.
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
Always option #1.
I'm struggling to get my head around this. Two explanations I can think of:
1. This is severe Trump administration incompetence with an incoherent and disjointed White House and State Dept.
2. This is some BS Art of the Deal negotiation tactic to make the actual proposal look comparatively better.
1. This is severe Trump administration incompetence with an incoherent and disjointed White House and State Dept.
2. This is some BS Art of the Deal negotiation tactic to make the actual proposal look comparatively better.
November 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Always option #1.
If you have to ask "Is killing these people legal?" you've already answered your question.
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
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It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
If you have to ask "Is killing these people legal?" you've already answered your question.
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Do you think colleges making lists of Jews on a campus, at DJT's request, is a scary idea?
Please sign this petition, organized by Jewish profs at Penn, standing against Penn handing over lists of Jewish faculty or students!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Please sign this petition, organized by Jewish profs at Penn, standing against Penn handing over lists of Jewish faculty or students!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Do you think colleges making lists of Jews on a campus, at DJT's request, is a scary idea?
Please sign this petition, organized by Jewish profs at Penn, standing against Penn handing over lists of Jewish faculty or students!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Please sign this petition, organized by Jewish profs at Penn, standing against Penn handing over lists of Jewish faculty or students!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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How Trump understands "downsizing" government. Layoff services to the people. Bolster the police sate. Net growth, as the US civil service increasingly looks like a police state.
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
How Trump understands "downsizing" government. Layoff services to the people. Bolster the police sate. Net growth, as the US civil service increasingly looks like a police state.
Add Stephen Miller to the boat murders indictments!
detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Add Stephen Miller to the boat murders indictments!
This is discrimination, plain and simple.
Abbott’s Moves to Restrict Muslims Leave Some Concerned and Puzzled
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is discrimination, plain and simple.
For everyone concerned that Mamdani is capable of admitting he doesn't know things or asking for help: How often have you seen a politician say "I don't know what that word/phrase means" *on television*? [The correct answer is: basically never.]
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For everyone concerned that Mamdani is capable of admitting he doesn't know things or asking for help: How often have you seen a politician say "I don't know what that word/phrase means" *on television*? [The correct answer is: basically never.]
A truly impressive job here, conflating anti-semitism and criticism of Israel and the US' foreign policy towards Israel. Like literally paragraph-to-paragraph he can't keep the two straight.
Mike Pence wrote an opinion piece for Fox News. Reading the headline, I was like, "Okay, seems like a normal take."
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A truly impressive job here, conflating anti-semitism and criticism of Israel and the US' foreign policy towards Israel. Like literally paragraph-to-paragraph he can't keep the two straight.
This is the playbook. Russia already ran it once. It's straight out of Hitler's strategy in Austria and Czechoslovakia.
1/ What a Russian breaking of the ceasefire will look like, step by step.
There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.
So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
There are far better experts on this, but I was an Australian diplomat in Ukraine in 2014 so I've seen this play out up close.
So join me, brothers and sisters, as we count down to a fullscale re-invasion.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is the playbook. Russia already ran it once. It's straight out of Hitler's strategy in Austria and Czechoslovakia.