Douglas Reed
@douglasreed.bsky.social
Political scientist, education policy scholar, aging runner, newbie sailor, DC resident, husband and Dad.
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In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
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I reached a deal with the burglar. He gets to keep all of my possessions that he can carry and I get to call the police one hour after he leaves.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I reached a deal with the burglar. He gets to keep all of my possessions that he can carry and I get to call the police one hour after he leaves.
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Maybe we need a new rally sign:
NO KINGS
and
NO QUISLINGS
NO KINGS
and
NO QUISLINGS
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Maybe we need a new rally sign:
NO KINGS
and
NO QUISLINGS
NO KINGS
and
NO QUISLINGS
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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Posted for no reason
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Posted for no reason
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Rumors of Democratic spinal growth have been greatly exaggerated
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Rumors of Democratic spinal growth have been greatly exaggerated
Aka the pearl-clutchers: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
These are the Democrats who broke ranks to vote for the shutdown deal
Sens. Dick Durbin, Tim Kaine and others supported a deal paving the way to end the shutdown. A final deal would need support from the House and president.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Aka the pearl-clutchers: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
Yet again reminded that as a DC resident I have no representation in Congress…and don’t even mention Eleanor Holmes Norton….
US Capitol switchboard 202-224-3121 to express your views on this to your home state Senator.
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Yet again reminded that as a DC resident I have no representation in Congress…and don’t even mention Eleanor Holmes Norton….
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Lots going on but from outside it seems that at least part of the calculus was that flight disruption for middle class and up travelers matters more than life disruption for untold numbers who’ll be deprived of health care.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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Just utter abject failure. Unbelievable.
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Just utter abject failure. Unbelievable.
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Democrat leaders are doing their very best to ruin their party’s brand even further.
The words that come to mind this morning are contempt, disgust, and outrage. And anger.
The words that come to mind this morning are contempt, disgust, and outrage. And anger.
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Democrat leaders are doing their very best to ruin their party’s brand even further.
The words that come to mind this morning are contempt, disgust, and outrage. And anger.
The words that come to mind this morning are contempt, disgust, and outrage. And anger.
1st Amendment Protests + TACO = A Winning Strategy
Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Most Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...
Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Most Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...
Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Most Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries
www.nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
1st Amendment Protests + TACO = A Winning Strategy
Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Most Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...
Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Most Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...
Quote from WJ Hennigan’s piece in NYT today: “There are now more soldiers and Marines in Los Angeles than in the war-torn countries of Iraq and Syria.” Stunning but sadly not surprising
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...
Opinion | Trump Crossed the Line at Fort Bragg (Gift Article)
Donald Trump’s Fort Bragg speech was the latest in a string of high-profile efforts to reshape the military more in his own likeness.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Quote from WJ Hennigan’s piece in NYT today: “There are now more soldiers and Marines in Los Angeles than in the war-torn countries of Iraq and Syria.” Stunning but sadly not surprising
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...
Please read and, if you agree, please sign this statement concerning democracy and higher education. And please circulate widely to your networks:
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Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education
Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education To add your name to this statement, go to https://bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign We publicly affirm our commitment to the enterprise of higher educ...
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March 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Please read and, if you agree, please sign this statement concerning democracy and higher education. And please circulate widely to your networks:
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Good news on the grant suspensions! Now let’s see what happens with the DOGE lawsuit. Given recent reports that seems rather important as well!
Here is the guidance in full. The wording is very broad. This should help a lot of organizations and people.
February 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Good news on the grant suspensions! Now let’s see what happens with the DOGE lawsuit. Given recent reports that seems rather important as well!
As a follow up to the observation that a non-lawyer is offering legal advice, here is an analysis written by a real lawyer. Short answer: probably not legal
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/brea...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/brea...
February 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
As a follow up to the observation that a non-lawyer is offering legal advice, here is an analysis written by a real lawyer. Short answer: probably not legal
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/brea...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/brea...
Meanwhile while the federal government burns, the red states are busy: wapo.st/4gmVQwp
N.Y. doctor charged with prescribing abortion pills to Louisiana girl
A New York doctor was criminally indicted Friday for allegedly prescribing a Louisiana girl pills that caused her to have an abortion.
wapo.st
January 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Meanwhile while the federal government burns, the red states are busy: wapo.st/4gmVQwp
For any of my friends currently employed by some non-private entity located on land formerly held by the state of Maryland:
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
For any of my friends currently employed by some non-private entity located on land formerly held by the state of Maryland:
For those in the education field who need something to push back against Trump's executive order about, among other things, "patriotic education," I'm just going to put this right here. Feel free to quote:
January 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
For those in the education field who need something to push back against Trump's executive order about, among other things, "patriotic education," I'm just going to put this right here. Feel free to quote: