Alice Gallin-Dwyer
@alicegallin.bsky.social
Deputy Director, Washington Monthly; non-profit executive, advocate, proud mom of three young adults.
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@billscher.bsky.social on our "half-kleptocracy, half-kakistocracy govt": "President Donald Trump is a convicted white-collar criminal who likes to let other white-collar criminals off the hook. That statement is not a columnist’s vitriol but factually correct." washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/09/t...
The Main Beneficiaries of Trump’s Pardons? White-Collar Criminals Like Him
Trump’s pardons overwhelmingly favor white-collar criminals and dovetail with a deregulatory agenda that risks global financial stability.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
@billscher.bsky.social on our "half-kleptocracy, half-kakistocracy govt": "President Donald Trump is a convicted white-collar criminal who likes to let other white-collar criminals off the hook. That statement is not a columnist’s vitriol but factually correct." washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/09/t...
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My experience as a recovering alcoholic shows me why Pete #Hegseth is so dangerous -- even if he did stop drinking, he has the "dry drunk syndrome" that hits in early sobriety. My article @washingtonmonthly.com. @garrettepps.bsky.social @jfallows.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/10/p...
What Pete Hegseth Could Learn from Ulysses S. Grant
Hegseth said he’d stop drinking if confirmed. A former alcoholic on why the first year of sobriety is so hard and how Grant got clean.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My experience as a recovering alcoholic shows me why Pete #Hegseth is so dangerous -- even if he did stop drinking, he has the "dry drunk syndrome" that hits in early sobriety. My article @washingtonmonthly.com. @garrettepps.bsky.social @jfallows.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/10/p...
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What Pete Hegseth Could Learn from Ulysses S. Grant
Trump’s Defense Secretary said he’d stop drinking if confirmed.
@jamesnorth7.bsky.social, a recovering alcoholic, on why the first year of sobriety is so hard and how the Civil War general and president got control.
Trump’s Defense Secretary said he’d stop drinking if confirmed.
@jamesnorth7.bsky.social, a recovering alcoholic, on why the first year of sobriety is so hard and how the Civil War general and president got control.
What Pete Hegseth Could Learn from Ulysses S. Grant
Hegseth said he’d stop drinking if confirmed. A former alcoholic on why the first year of sobriety is so hard and how Grant got clean.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
What Pete Hegseth Could Learn from Ulysses S. Grant
Trump’s Defense Secretary said he’d stop drinking if confirmed.
@jamesnorth7.bsky.social, a recovering alcoholic, on why the first year of sobriety is so hard and how the Civil War general and president got control.
Trump’s Defense Secretary said he’d stop drinking if confirmed.
@jamesnorth7.bsky.social, a recovering alcoholic, on why the first year of sobriety is so hard and how the Civil War general and president got control.
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A new book says polarization breeds impunity. But America’s worst injustices emerged when the parties got along too well. @nberlat.bsky.social
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The Scandal About Scandals
A new book says polarization breeds impunity from scandal. But America’s worst injustices emerged when the parties got along too well.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A new book says polarization breeds impunity. But America’s worst injustices emerged when the parties got along too well. @nberlat.bsky.social
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Democrats crushed this year’s special elections. But voters still think the party’s too liberal and out of touch. On our podcast, strategist Simon Bazelon shares advice with @anne-s-kim.bsky.social on what to fix––and the data to back it up.
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Tough Medicine for Democrats: “Too Liberal” and “Out of Touch”
Democrats are riding high after special elections, but that doesn’t mean they’re popular. Strategist Simon Bazelon has advice on what to fix.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Democrats crushed this year’s special elections. But voters still think the party’s too liberal and out of touch. On our podcast, strategist Simon Bazelon shares advice with @anne-s-kim.bsky.social on what to fix––and the data to back it up.
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Some of this is controversial advice, I know, but Dems need to have this conversation sooner rather than later to be in the best position for 2028.
Feedback welcome!
Feedback welcome!
Democrats crushed this year’s special elections. But voters still think the party’s too liberal and out of touch. On our podcast, strategist Simon Bazelon shares advice with @anne-s-kim.bsky.social on what to fix––and the data to back it up.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/10/t...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/10/t...
Tough Medicine for Democrats: “Too Liberal” and “Out of Touch”
Democrats are riding high after special elections, but that doesn’t mean they’re popular. Strategist Simon Bazelon has advice on what to fix.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Some of this is controversial advice, I know, but Dems need to have this conversation sooner rather than later to be in the best position for 2028.
Feedback welcome!
Feedback welcome!
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at Washington Monthly, I wrote about Brandon Rottinghaus' new book Scandal.
Scandals do matter, Rottinghaus says, even in a partisan age. And one way you can see that, I argue, is by thinking about the way scandals mattered before the civil war. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/10/s...
Scandals do matter, Rottinghaus says, even in a partisan age. And one way you can see that, I argue, is by thinking about the way scandals mattered before the civil war. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/10/s...
The Scandal About Scandals
A new book says polarization breeds impunity from scandal. But America’s worst injustices emerged when the parties got along too well.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
at Washington Monthly, I wrote about Brandon Rottinghaus' new book Scandal.
Scandals do matter, Rottinghaus says, even in a partisan age. And one way you can see that, I argue, is by thinking about the way scandals mattered before the civil war. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/10/s...
Scandals do matter, Rottinghaus says, even in a partisan age. And one way you can see that, I argue, is by thinking about the way scandals mattered before the civil war. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/10/s...
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What Pete Hegseth Could Learn from Ulysses S. Grant washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/10/p...
What Pete Hegseth Could Learn from Ulysses S. Grant
Hegseth said he’d stop drinking if confirmed. A former alcoholic on why the first year of sobriety is so hard and how Grant got clean.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
What Pete Hegseth Could Learn from Ulysses S. Grant washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/10/p...
Reposted by Alice Gallin-Dwyer
President Donald Trump is a convicted white-collar criminal who likes to let other white-collar criminals off the hook. That statement is not a columnist’s vitriol but factually correct.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/09/t...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/09/t...
The Main Beneficiaries of Trump’s Pardons? White-Collar Criminals Like Him
Trump’s pardons overwhelmingly favor white-collar criminals and dovetail with a deregulatory agenda that risks global financial stability.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
President Donald Trump is a convicted white-collar criminal who likes to let other white-collar criminals off the hook. That statement is not a columnist’s vitriol but factually correct.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/09/t...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/09/t...
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“As more Russian oligarchs, Islamic State leaders and others have begun using [stablecoins] ... the rise of these dollar-linked tokens threatens to undermine one of America’s most potent foreign policy tools: cutting adversaries off from the dollar and the global banking system.”
President Donald Trump is a convicted white-collar criminal who likes to let other white-collar criminals off the hook. That statement is not a columnist’s vitriol but factually correct.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/09/t...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/09/t...
The Main Beneficiaries of Trump’s Pardons? White-Collar Criminals Like Him
Trump’s pardons overwhelmingly favor white-collar criminals and dovetail with a deregulatory agenda that risks global financial stability.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“As more Russian oligarchs, Islamic State leaders and others have begun using [stablecoins] ... the rise of these dollar-linked tokens threatens to undermine one of America’s most potent foreign policy tools: cutting adversaries off from the dollar and the global banking system.”
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From February through the first week of December, Trump has issued 61 pardons and commutations.
Nearly half, 27, benefited white-collar criminals (including two unprecedented grants for corporations) like himself.
Another 14 related to political corruption.
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Nearly half, 27, benefited white-collar criminals (including two unprecedented grants for corporations) like himself.
Another 14 related to political corruption.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/09/t...
The Main Beneficiaries of Trump’s Pardons? White-Collar Criminals Like Him
Trump’s pardons overwhelmingly favor white-collar criminals and dovetail with a deregulatory agenda that risks global financial stability.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
From February through the first week of December, Trump has issued 61 pardons and commutations.
Nearly half, 27, benefited white-collar criminals (including two unprecedented grants for corporations) like himself.
Another 14 related to political corruption.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/09/t...
Nearly half, 27, benefited white-collar criminals (including two unprecedented grants for corporations) like himself.
Another 14 related to political corruption.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/09/t...
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"Trump’s clemency record is a classic tip of the iceberg, an above-the-water indication of a massive half-kleptocracy, half-kakistocracy government that sits below the surface"
From February through the first week of December, Trump has issued 61 pardons and commutations.
Nearly half, 27, benefited white-collar criminals (including two unprecedented grants for corporations) like himself.
Another 14 related to political corruption.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/09/t...
Nearly half, 27, benefited white-collar criminals (including two unprecedented grants for corporations) like himself.
Another 14 related to political corruption.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/09/t...
The Main Beneficiaries of Trump’s Pardons? White-Collar Criminals Like Him
Trump’s pardons overwhelmingly favor white-collar criminals and dovetail with a deregulatory agenda that risks global financial stability.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Trump’s clemency record is a classic tip of the iceberg, an above-the-water indication of a massive half-kleptocracy, half-kakistocracy government that sits below the surface"
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This was the correct path. Trump and the GOP abandoned it. America and the world will pay the price. washingtonmonthly.com/2021/04/04/h...
How to Fight Authoritarianism
To manage the rise of China and other illiberal forces, the U.S. and Europe need a new kind of alliance.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This was the correct path. Trump and the GOP abandoned it. America and the world will pay the price. washingtonmonthly.com/2021/04/04/h...
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China’s predatory economy is the problem. Uniting with our allies to fight back is the only sensible response. Instead, Trump is undermining our allies, and hence we are losing. There was an alternative. /1 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
China’s Trade Surplus Climbs Past $1 Trillion for First Time
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December 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
China’s predatory economy is the problem. Uniting with our allies to fight back is the only sensible response. Instead, Trump is undermining our allies, and hence we are losing. There was an alternative. /1 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
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Miller and others in Trumpworld exalt the 30th president for cracking down on immigration. But Coolidge never broadly disparaged immigrants. In fact, he often praised diversity. @billscher.bsky.social
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On Immigration, Stephen Miller Is no Calvin Coolidge
Nativists extol Calvin Coolidge for closing the golden door. But he never broadly disparaged immigrants and often praised diversity.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Miller and others in Trumpworld exalt the 30th president for cracking down on immigration. But Coolidge never broadly disparaged immigrants. In fact, he often praised diversity. @billscher.bsky.social
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Stephen Miller looks to Calvin Coolidge as his guiding light on immigration. But he should read Coolidge more closely.
My latest for @washingtonmonthly.com
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My latest for @washingtonmonthly.com
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On Immigration, Stephen Miller Is no Calvin Coolidge
Nativists extol Calvin Coolidge for closing the golden door. But he never broadly disparaged immigrants and often praised diversity.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Stephen Miller looks to Calvin Coolidge as his guiding light on immigration. But he should read Coolidge more closely.
My latest for @washingtonmonthly.com
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My latest for @washingtonmonthly.com
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Trump wants "one million apprentices."
But only if they look like👇
My latest @washingtonmonthly.com on how staffing cuts, grant cancellations, and Trump's anti-"DEI" initiatives have made his marquee pledge to the working class a joke.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/04/t...
But only if they look like👇
My latest @washingtonmonthly.com on how staffing cuts, grant cancellations, and Trump's anti-"DEI" initiatives have made his marquee pledge to the working class a joke.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/04/t...
Trump’s Broken Promise of “One Million Apprentices”
Trump vowed to champion apprenticeships. But funding cuts, grant cancellations, and widespread layoffs belie his commitment.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Trump wants "one million apprentices."
But only if they look like👇
My latest @washingtonmonthly.com on how staffing cuts, grant cancellations, and Trump's anti-"DEI" initiatives have made his marquee pledge to the working class a joke.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/04/t...
But only if they look like👇
My latest @washingtonmonthly.com on how staffing cuts, grant cancellations, and Trump's anti-"DEI" initiatives have made his marquee pledge to the working class a joke.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/04/t...
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If it looks like a lame duck, and quacks like a lame duck...
Politics Editor @billscher.bsky.social recounts the many ways in which theTrump-MAGA coalition might be crumbling.
Check out this week's @washingtonmonthly.com roundup:
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Politics Editor @billscher.bsky.social recounts the many ways in which theTrump-MAGA coalition might be crumbling.
Check out this week's @washingtonmonthly.com roundup:
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Trump is losing his grip
His poll numbers suck, MTG is quitting, and Senate Republicans might even be growing vertebrae.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If it looks like a lame duck, and quacks like a lame duck...
Politics Editor @billscher.bsky.social recounts the many ways in which theTrump-MAGA coalition might be crumbling.
Check out this week's @washingtonmonthly.com roundup:
open.substack.com/pub/washingt...
Politics Editor @billscher.bsky.social recounts the many ways in which theTrump-MAGA coalition might be crumbling.
Check out this week's @washingtonmonthly.com roundup:
open.substack.com/pub/washingt...
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X for brains: Like many of today’s Republicans, J. D. Vance feeds off the memes and misinformation of the platform formerly known as Twitter.
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Draining the Online Swamp
Instead of chasing MAGA-style virality, Democrats should lead the fight to reform the toxic online world politics now depends on.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
X for brains: Like many of today’s Republicans, J. D. Vance feeds off the memes and misinformation of the platform formerly known as Twitter.
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Elie Wiesel’s lessons for an age of masked ICE raids, antisemitism, and dehumanization.
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Elie Wiesel’s “Wounded Faith”
The late Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel's lessons for an age of masked ICE raids, antisemitism, and dehumanization.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Elie Wiesel’s lessons for an age of masked ICE raids, antisemitism, and dehumanization.
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Corporate Media? In the Trump era, we need independent media more than ever. The Washington Monthly has been telling it like it is for 56 years, but we need your help to carry on. @davidoatkins.bsky.social
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Corporate Media? In the Trump Era, We Need Independent Media More than Ever
Forget Corporate Media. In the Trump Era, Independent Media More Is More Important than Ever. But We Need Your Help to Carry On.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Corporate Media? In the Trump era, we need independent media more than ever. The Washington Monthly has been telling it like it is for 56 years, but we need your help to carry on. @davidoatkins.bsky.social
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The president and former star of The Apprentice vowed to champion apprenticeships. But funding cuts, grant cancellations, and widespread layoffs belie his commitment. @anne-s-kim.bsky.social
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/04/t...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/04/t...
Trump’s Broken Promise of “One Million Apprentices”
Trump vowed to champion apprenticeships. But funding cuts, grant cancellations, and widespread layoffs belie his commitment.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The president and former star of The Apprentice vowed to champion apprenticeships. But funding cuts, grant cancellations, and widespread layoffs belie his commitment. @anne-s-kim.bsky.social
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/04/t...
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Tamar Jacoby discusses her latest article for Washington Monthly, "Three Lessons From Trump’s Latest Plan for Ukraine."
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WCPT 820 Interview: Tamar Jacoby - Joan Esposito Live, Local & Progressive
Joan Esposito is joined by Tamar Jacoby, contributor to Washington Monthly and the Kyiv-based director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s New Ukraine Project and the author of “Displaced: The Ukrai...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Tamar Jacoby discusses her latest article for Washington Monthly, "Three Lessons From Trump’s Latest Plan for Ukraine."
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If Democrats mandate that 25 percent of the savings from this plan be rebated to employees in the form of higher pay, the pretax income of a typical working family of four would increase by around $4,000.
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For Democrats, a New Way to Make Health Care Affordable
A plan to cut employer health-care costs, boost workers’ pay, and give Democrats a winning affordability message.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If Democrats mandate that 25 percent of the savings from this plan be rebated to employees in the form of higher pay, the pretax income of a typical working family of four would increase by around $4,000.
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