Josh Wellman
@joshwellman.bsky.social
NYC-based writer. Founder & president of Positive Alliance. Fan of underdogs. Intolerant of intolerance. Keenly interested in making the world better.
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Americans of all political affiliations will miss the checks and balances that Donald Trump is trying to dispense with.
Once an Economy Switches from Rules to Deals, It’s Hard to Go Back
Americans of all political affiliations will miss the checks and balances that Donald Trump is trying to dispense with.
www.bloomberg.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Americans of all political affiliations will miss the checks and balances that Donald Trump is trying to dispense with.
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This speech/rant, as smart as it is satisfying, needs more attention. :)
This speech/rant, as smart as it is satisfying, needs more attention. :)
March 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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This speech/rant, as smart as it is satisfying, needs more attention. :)
This speech/rant, as smart as it is satisfying, needs more attention. :)
Way past time to start listening to the smart women in the room.
I don’t see how, unless our entire profession stands shoulder-to-shoulder in unity, we successfully push back against this effort to break our profession and our democracy.
Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUBJECT: Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court Lawyers
www.whitehouse.gov
March 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Way past time to start listening to the smart women in the room.
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eliminating HIV prevention at CDC is yet another impeachable offense.
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Statement from Leaders at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law on Plans to Eliminate the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention - O'Neill
The O’Neill Institute issued the following statement from co-faculty directors, Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin and Professor Lawrence O. Gostin, with insights from Jeffrey S. Crowley, director of ...
oneill.law.georgetown.edu
March 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
eliminating HIV prevention at CDC is yet another impeachable offense.
oneill.law.georgetown.edu/press/statem...
oneill.law.georgetown.edu/press/statem...
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When a judge stops the president from doing something illegal, that’s not a “threat to democracy,” that’s a check on the president’s power. That's the whole damn point.
February 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
When a judge stops the president from doing something illegal, that’s not a “threat to democracy,” that’s a check on the president’s power. That's the whole damn point.
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Remember when Bill Clinton assigned Hillary Clinton to a healthcare commission, and Republicans lost their minds because she was unelected and had no business poking around in government?
February 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Remember when Bill Clinton assigned Hillary Clinton to a healthcare commission, and Republicans lost their minds because she was unelected and had no business poking around in government?
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We did not have a FAA administrator to respond to the tragic crash last night in DC. Why? Because Elon Musk pushed the head appointed under Biden to resign after he fined SpaceX for failing to follow safety license requirements. www.theverge.com/news/603113/...
The FAA is facing a major crisis without a leader because Elon Musk pushed him out
FAA chief Michael Whitaker resigned earlier this month after facing criticism from Musk.
www.theverge.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We did not have a FAA administrator to respond to the tragic crash last night in DC. Why? Because Elon Musk pushed the head appointed under Biden to resign after he fined SpaceX for failing to follow safety license requirements. www.theverge.com/news/603113/...
THREAD 1/2: A couple of people I love very much have worked for ICE.
A couple of people I've loved very much were undocumented in this country.
If I were given all the power in all the world, I wouldn't pit them against one another, I would work to make one's job easier and one's life easier.
A couple of people I've loved very much were undocumented in this country.
If I were given all the power in all the world, I wouldn't pit them against one another, I would work to make one's job easier and one's life easier.
January 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
THREAD 1/2: A couple of people I love very much have worked for ICE.
A couple of people I've loved very much were undocumented in this country.
If I were given all the power in all the world, I wouldn't pit them against one another, I would work to make one's job easier and one's life easier.
A couple of people I've loved very much were undocumented in this country.
If I were given all the power in all the world, I wouldn't pit them against one another, I would work to make one's job easier and one's life easier.
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For all of his dystopian rhetoric, by many traditional metrics, the America that Trump will inherit from Biden is actually in better shape than that bequeathed to any newly elected president since Bush came into office in 2001. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/u...
Trump Sees the U.S. as a ‘Disaster.’ The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
President Biden is bequeathing his successor a nation that by many measures is in good shape, even if voters remain unconvinced.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
For all of his dystopian rhetoric, by many traditional metrics, the America that Trump will inherit from Biden is actually in better shape than that bequeathed to any newly elected president since Bush came into office in 2001. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/u...
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With ICE raids already starting, remember this when you get asked if you've seen anyone they're looking for,
NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off
Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory
Be an ally
NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off
Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory
Be an ally
January 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
With ICE raids already starting, remember this when you get asked if you've seen anyone they're looking for,
NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off
Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory
Be an ally
NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off
Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory
Be an ally
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One great country moves forward, while the self-proclaimed "greatest country" takes several steps backward.
Thailand just became the first country in Southeast Asia to allow same-sex marriages as a landmark law takes effect
Thailand to Celebrate Southeast Asia’s First Same-Sex Marriages
Hundreds of LGBTQ couples will today officially marry in Thailand, which becomes the first country in Southeast Asia to guarantee equal marital rights for same-sex couples.
www.bloomberg.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
One great country moves forward, while the self-proclaimed "greatest country" takes several steps backward.
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Can’t make it up
January 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Can’t make it up
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Hear, hear!
Attacks on LGBTQ rights are attacks on human rights. Positive Alliance is committed to the well-being of the members of the community it serves, and stands with our allies who seek the same.
Attacks on LGBTQ rights are attacks on human rights. Positive Alliance is committed to the well-being of the members of the community it serves, and stands with our allies who seek the same.
A Statement from @toproudlygo.bsky.social in support of our #Trans, #NonBinary, and #Queer community:
January 23, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Hear, hear!
Attacks on LGBTQ rights are attacks on human rights. Positive Alliance is committed to the well-being of the members of the community it serves, and stands with our allies who seek the same.
Attacks on LGBTQ rights are attacks on human rights. Positive Alliance is committed to the well-being of the members of the community it serves, and stands with our allies who seek the same.
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It's not rocket science.
January 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
It's not rocket science.
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Biden didn’t pardon Hunter until Trump said he would appoint Kash Patel as head of the FBI.
Kash Patel has openly admitted he would abuse the power of law enforcement to go after Trump’s enemies.
Why doesn’t anybody recognize that the person who is breaking norms and abusing power is TRUMP?
Kash Patel has openly admitted he would abuse the power of law enforcement to go after Trump’s enemies.
Why doesn’t anybody recognize that the person who is breaking norms and abusing power is TRUMP?
December 3, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Biden didn’t pardon Hunter until Trump said he would appoint Kash Patel as head of the FBI.
Kash Patel has openly admitted he would abuse the power of law enforcement to go after Trump’s enemies.
Why doesn’t anybody recognize that the person who is breaking norms and abusing power is TRUMP?
Kash Patel has openly admitted he would abuse the power of law enforcement to go after Trump’s enemies.
Why doesn’t anybody recognize that the person who is breaking norms and abusing power is TRUMP?
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Imagine defending the site that you are actively self-censoring to be able to use.
November 23, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Imagine defending the site that you are actively self-censoring to be able to use.
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Yep. We are only weeks into a chaos and controversy-plagued transition for a four year presidency, in which for at least the first two years, a vengeful convicted criminal who has criminal immunity from the Supreme Court controls both chambers of Congress. It’s going to be much worse than we think.
The more I think about it the more I’m convinced that the CW is underestimating the danger right now.
It’s another failure of imagination.
It’s another failure of imagination.
November 18, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Yep. We are only weeks into a chaos and controversy-plagued transition for a four year presidency, in which for at least the first two years, a vengeful convicted criminal who has criminal immunity from the Supreme Court controls both chambers of Congress. It’s going to be much worse than we think.
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