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Ronald Reagan’s budget director.
January 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Ronald Reagan’s budget director.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
They’re all just looting the treasury now
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They don’t need to rig machines when they can rewrite the rules. The Trump team is embedding federal observers, launching DOJ audits, and redrawing the maps, starting in Texas. This isn’t about fraud. It’s about control. And the playbook is already in motion.
How to Rig an Election Without Touching a Machine
Federal observers. DOJ audits. Redrawn districts. This isn’t security, it’s leverage.
www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
They don’t need to rig machines when they can rewrite the rules. The Trump team is embedding federal observers, launching DOJ audits, and redrawing the maps, starting in Texas. This isn’t about fraud. It’s about control. And the playbook is already in motion.
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The Abrego Garcia fiasco keeps getting worse. The way Trump and the WH are bringing the full weight of their propaganda and legal machines to destroying this one day laborer is an extraordinary abuse of power.
I try to take stock of that larger story here:
newrepublic.com/article/1977...
I try to take stock of that larger story here:
newrepublic.com/article/1977...
July 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The Abrego Garcia fiasco keeps getting worse. The way Trump and the WH are bringing the full weight of their propaganda and legal machines to destroying this one day laborer is an extraordinary abuse of power.
I try to take stock of that larger story here:
newrepublic.com/article/1977...
I try to take stock of that larger story here:
newrepublic.com/article/1977...
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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Oh for the good old days when every editorial board in America LOUDLY demanded the Clintons shut down their charitable organization for fear it would be used to curry favor w/Hillary if she became President 🙃
May 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Oh for the good old days when every editorial board in America LOUDLY demanded the Clintons shut down their charitable organization for fear it would be used to curry favor w/Hillary if she became President 🙃
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New, from me:
The DOGE project was sold as tech disruptors who would revolutionize government. To try to understand why DOGE has failed, I point to lessons that other technologists who worked in government learned, but DOGE ignored. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-doge-...
The DOGE project was sold as tech disruptors who would revolutionize government. To try to understand why DOGE has failed, I point to lessons that other technologists who worked in government learned, but DOGE ignored. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-doge-...
What DOGE gets wrong about tech and government
Lessons learned by civic tech, forgotten by DOGE
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New, from me:
The DOGE project was sold as tech disruptors who would revolutionize government. To try to understand why DOGE has failed, I point to lessons that other technologists who worked in government learned, but DOGE ignored. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-doge-...
The DOGE project was sold as tech disruptors who would revolutionize government. To try to understand why DOGE has failed, I point to lessons that other technologists who worked in government learned, but DOGE ignored. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-doge-...
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THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
May 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
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NEW: A SECOND story was released today of a Venezuelan man disappeared by the Trump admin. Neiyerver Leon is a barber who entered legally seeking asylum in June 2023. ICE arrested him on March 13 and accused him of being in TdA.
Days later, he vanished off the face of the earth.
Days later, he vanished off the face of the earth.
April 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW: A SECOND story was released today of a Venezuelan man disappeared by the Trump admin. Neiyerver Leon is a barber who entered legally seeking asylum in June 2023. ICE arrested him on March 13 and accused him of being in TdA.
Days later, he vanished off the face of the earth.
Days later, he vanished off the face of the earth.
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This statement from the NSF is insane.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
April 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This statement from the NSF is insane.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
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the proposal: permanent siphon of public dollars negotiated, controlled, and enriching the same group of people who have installed themselves as the arbiters of decisions about what counts as national security, what is wasteful and what is useful public spending
Elon Musk's SpaceX is the frontrunner to build Trump's "Golden Dome" missile shield.
SpaceX is proposing a subscription service where the government would pay to access the technology, rather than own it.
Experts think the project could cost hundreds of billions.
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
SpaceX is proposing a subscription service where the government would pay to access the technology, rather than own it.
Experts think the project could cost hundreds of billions.
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield
Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said.
www.reuters.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
the proposal: permanent siphon of public dollars negotiated, controlled, and enriching the same group of people who have installed themselves as the arbiters of decisions about what counts as national security, what is wasteful and what is useful public spending
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This is *extremely* alarming — White House fires a career federal prosecutor because he (1) went after a politically connected businessman and (2) criticized Trump during a 2020 congressional bid.
“White House fires a career prosecutor” is itself unprecedented.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“White House fires a career prosecutor” is itself unprecedented.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
![Though U.S. attorneys are political appointees who often ally with the agenda of the current presidential administration, line prosecutors like Schleifer are normally considered career employees. But since taking office, the Trump administration has made a point to drive those seen as political enemies from all levels of the federal government.
"This is the most overtly political firing I've seen in my time at the Department of Justice," said Palmer, the former federal prosecutor. "I could absolutely see it having kind of a chilling effect. I also think current prosecutors are concerned about the ability to have free speech. An AUSA [assistant U.S. attorney] who I spoke to said they are concerned that the only people who will be allowed to stay are Republicans or very quiet Democrats."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wufsdxzvzx36d7wppganbvpw/bafkreidwoty6rsibzeinn72q7r3h76kazos766qlxl5bvhaiejvwwaid6m@jpeg)
March 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This is *extremely* alarming — White House fires a career federal prosecutor because he (1) went after a politically connected businessman and (2) criticized Trump during a 2020 congressional bid.
“White House fires a career prosecutor” is itself unprecedented.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“White House fires a career prosecutor” is itself unprecedented.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Judge Brinkema asked the government what their position was; do they still have TPS, and if so, how are they being held?
The government said it was their position that they did still have TPS — a confusing answer given what DHS tried to do — then said they were being held as public safety threats.
The government said it was their position that they did still have TPS — a confusing answer given what DHS tried to do — then said they were being held as public safety threats.
March 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Judge Brinkema asked the government what their position was; do they still have TPS, and if so, how are they being held?
The government said it was their position that they did still have TPS — a confusing answer given what DHS tried to do — then said they were being held as public safety threats.
The government said it was their position that they did still have TPS — a confusing answer given what DHS tried to do — then said they were being held as public safety threats.
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“President Trump’s goal is clear. He wants lawyers and law firms to capitulate and cower until there is no one left to oppose his administration in court,” Mr. Elias said. “There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf.”
With New Decree, Trump Threatens Lawyers and Law Firms
A presidential memorandum aimed at lawyers everywhere struck a menacing tone.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“President Trump’s goal is clear. He wants lawyers and law firms to capitulate and cower until there is no one left to oppose his administration in court,” Mr. Elias said. “There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf.”
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Elon Musk is an idiot on an almost inconceivable scale. He had his high-school toadies pull a random list from a database he doesn’t understand, and on that basis alone decided that 60 MILLION SOCIAL SECURITY ENROLLEES, out of 72 million total, are fraudulent. 83% fraudulent!
February 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Elon Musk is an idiot on an almost inconceivable scale. He had his high-school toadies pull a random list from a database he doesn’t understand, and on that basis alone decided that 60 MILLION SOCIAL SECURITY ENROLLEES, out of 72 million total, are fraudulent. 83% fraudulent!
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New, from me: DOGE's mass firings of probationary employees are a masterclass in how not to manage public organizations.
They don’t have a plan to fix what they are breaking because they don’t understand or care about the damage they are doing. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
They don’t have a plan to fix what they are breaking because they don’t understand or care about the damage they are doing. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
DOGE Mismanagement Principles
Musk et al. don't know or care about the damage they are doing
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New, from me: DOGE's mass firings of probationary employees are a masterclass in how not to manage public organizations.
They don’t have a plan to fix what they are breaking because they don’t understand or care about the damage they are doing. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
They don’t have a plan to fix what they are breaking because they don’t understand or care about the damage they are doing. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
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Elon's entanglements in the Trump White House are a boon for his businesses. For example, he can now deploy DOGE to target an FAA office that has repeatedly tried to rein in SpaceX following explosions and other incidents.
One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.
The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and ...
www.propublica.org
February 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Elon's entanglements in the Trump White House are a boon for his businesses. For example, he can now deploy DOGE to target an FAA office that has repeatedly tried to rein in SpaceX following explosions and other incidents.
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This is glorious!!!!
A compilation of 70's and 80's tv shows wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
🎥 nostalgia_chick IG
A compilation of 70's and 80's tv shows wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
🎥 nostalgia_chick IG
December 25, 2024 at 12:17 AM
This is glorious!!!!
A compilation of 70's and 80's tv shows wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
🎥 nostalgia_chick IG
A compilation of 70's and 80's tv shows wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
🎥 nostalgia_chick IG
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Yes, Trump wants to use the Department of Justice and the FBI to persecute his political opponents. But more importantly, he wants to control these departments to overlook all the massive financial crimes he will commit.
December 9, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Yes, Trump wants to use the Department of Justice and the FBI to persecute his political opponents. But more importantly, he wants to control these departments to overlook all the massive financial crimes he will commit.
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“They had no choice.”
Trump said that rioters on January 6 had "no choice" but to assault police officers
If any Democrat in the country publicly justified the assault of a police officer it is all you would ever hear about for years
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
If any Democrat in the country publicly justified the assault of a police officer it is all you would ever hear about for years
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
December 9, 2024 at 2:15 AM
“They had no choice.”
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God i love @propublica.org so much
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2024 at 2:36 AM
God i love @propublica.org so much
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Amid all this parsing of Trump’s intentions, a crucial fact about his new move is getting lost: At the center of it is a lie.
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
Mexican President’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Exposes an Ugly MAGA Scam
Claudia Sheinbaum’s response to Trump’s threat of tariffs revealed truths that the president-elect doesn’t want Americans to know.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Amid all this parsing of Trump’s intentions, a crucial fact about his new move is getting lost: At the center of it is a lie.
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
newrepublic.com/article/1888...
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In a new letter, Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers from the General Services Administration on the "serious consequences" of Trump's "unprecedented" refusal to complete required transition agreements.
No prior president-elect has refused to sign these agreements. tinyurl.com/msa8ew9b
No prior president-elect has refused to sign these agreements. tinyurl.com/msa8ew9b
tinyurl.com
November 24, 2024 at 1:35 PM
In a new letter, Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers from the General Services Administration on the "serious consequences" of Trump's "unprecedented" refusal to complete required transition agreements.
No prior president-elect has refused to sign these agreements. tinyurl.com/msa8ew9b
No prior president-elect has refused to sign these agreements. tinyurl.com/msa8ew9b
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Here's how:
1. CALL your Reps www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
2. Hello, I'm a voter in [zip code] & I want to urge [Congressperson's name] to vote NO on H.R. 9495, because I don't want non-profit organizations in our community to have their tax status dismantled next year without evidence against them.
1. CALL your Reps www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
2. Hello, I'm a voter in [zip code] & I want to urge [Congressperson's name] to vote NO on H.R. 9495, because I don't want non-profit organizations in our community to have their tax status dismantled next year without evidence against them.
November 11, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Here's how:
1. CALL your Reps www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
2. Hello, I'm a voter in [zip code] & I want to urge [Congressperson's name] to vote NO on H.R. 9495, because I don't want non-profit organizations in our community to have their tax status dismantled next year without evidence against them.
1. CALL your Reps www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
2. Hello, I'm a voter in [zip code] & I want to urge [Congressperson's name] to vote NO on H.R. 9495, because I don't want non-profit organizations in our community to have their tax status dismantled next year without evidence against them.