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

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 9h

The Trump administration's whole-of-government approach to bullshit

Nicholas Handler @nicholashandler.bsky.social · 9h

Scott Bessent is Secretary of the Treasury. Why is he even commenting on this? Doesn’t he have many other self-inflicted problems to deal with?

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h

As Hannah Arendt says, the absence of independent judgment and the willingness to instantly regurgitate the Leader's line at all times is exactly what a fascist government seeks in its acolytes.

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Nicholas Handler @nicholashandler.bsky.social · 9h

Scott Bessent is Secretary of the Treasury. Why is he even commenting on this? Doesn’t he have many other self-inflicted problems to deal with?

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h

As Hannah Arendt says, the absence of independent judgment and the willingness to instantly regurgitate the Leader's line at all times is exactly what a fascist government seeks in its acolytes.

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 9h

If we can regulate labor unions, then we can regulate political parties. I'm not talking about weak ass limits on spending. I'm talking about every aspect and activity of the party.

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 12h

Trumpism has always depended on fierce, reflexive unity. When that goes, the whole thing will collapse quickly. Catastrophe theory quickly. Are Democratic Party leaders ready to seize that moment?

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 12h

If I were to show Bovino's picture to 10 politically disengaged people in the US right now -- people who have no context about what is going on with Trump administration and no idea who Bovino is -- all 10 of them would ask "why is that guy dressed like a Nazi?"

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 13h

I honestly don't know where to begin with this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

This whole thing is amazing but this part really sings.

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 13h

If Germany leads on this, I believe many will follow

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 14h

Do it. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

German FA official wants 2026 World Cup boycott talks

A German football association official believes it is time to consider a boycott of the 2026 World Cup in the wake of United States President Donald Trump's actions.

www.bbc.com

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 13h

This is what it sounds like when political commentators tell Democrats to "reach across the aisle"

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 15h

My favorite part the CEO’s asking the murderers to work with the murdered to bring down the murders

FOX8 WGHP @myfox8.com · 15h

Minnesota CEOs issue joint letter urging de-escalation after shooting

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 13h

To be fair, for the Wall Street Journal, any other-regarding act is foolish

R.B. Lemberg YOKE OF STARS WON THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD!!!!!! @rblemberg.bsky.social · 13h

The @wsj.com in an editorial wrote today: "...Pretti attempted, foolishly, to assist a woman who had been pepper-sprayed by agents"

According to the WSJ, it's "foolish" for a nurse to assist a person in medical distress. Incredible

www.wsj.com/opinion/time... (gift link)

Opinion | Time for ICE to Pause in Minneapolis

Alex Pretti made a mistake, but he wasn’t a ‘domestic terrorist.’

www.wsj.com

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R.B. Lemberg YOKE OF STARS WON THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD!!!!!! @rblemberg.bsky.social · 13h

Opinion | Time for ICE to Pause in Minneapolis

Alex Pretti made a mistake, but he wasn’t a ‘domestic terrorist.’

www.wsj.com

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 13h

The CEO of The Center for Renewing America—the organization founded by Russ Vought—calling for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act seems significant. Delusional and dangerous, but also significant.

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Dr. Amy Nusbaum @amynusbaum.bsky.social · 13h

NWSL players who I've noted posting/reposting in solidarity with Minnesota on IG:

Mandy McGlynn
Izzy Rodriguez
Zara Chavoshi
Madison Hammond
Bella Bixby
Tierna Davidson
Alana Cook
Mandy Freeman

I'm sure I missed some, but probably not a ton. I'm disappointed, not going to lie.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 14h

Do it. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

German FA official wants 2026 World Cup boycott talks

A German football association official believes it is time to consider a boycott of the 2026 World Cup in the wake of United States President Donald Trump's actions.

www.bbc.com

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 14h

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

WAPO EDITORIAL BOARD:

“.. a turning point in President Donald Trump’s second term. His mass deportation campaign has been a moral and political failure, leaving American citizens feeling outraged and unsafe.”

@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 14h

Charlie Kirk? Nope. Not ringing any bells.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 15h

My favorite part the CEO’s asking the murderers to work with the murdered to bring down the murders

FOX8 WGHP @myfox8.com · 15h

Minnesota CEOs issue joint letter urging de-escalation after shooting

More than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies including Target, Best Buy and UnitedHealth signed an open letter on Sunday calling for state, local and federal officials to work together.

myfox8.com

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 16h

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these murderers from the swift discharging of their ammunition rounds"

Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 16h

Breaking: Due to inclement weather conditions, ICE's public execution of an innocent person has been canceled for today.

#Satire

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 16h

Breaking: Due to inclement weather conditions, ICE's public execution of an innocent person has been canceled for today.

#Satire

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 16h

Trump has such a potty mouth

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16h

Has anyone in this miserable fascist administration even attempted to offer an attempt at justification for this? What exactly is the affirmative "anti-scientific research" position?

US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains

A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

www.nature.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 17h

"We want [ICE] to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down … We want to put them in trauma.” ~ Me

Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 18h

Now we're talking.

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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 17h

The tired conventional wisdom of politics died in that hail of gunfire on Saturday. This is way beyond politics now. The brute force and absurd lies of a would-be American dictatorship have finally made people realize this is no longer left vs. right, but good vs. evil.

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