Scott Dolan
@scottdolan.bsky.social
Teacher, union leader, MA Political Science, cocktails and spirits lover, jazz (hard bop is my favorite), movies (the longer and slower the better), succulents, walks in the woods, menswear, Mets and Knicks. I used to love talking politics.
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(🧵) I’ve never—in 30 years in journalism—published a report like this: one that could genuinely bring hope. I spent the last 15 hours curating and labeling photos from hundreds of No Kings Day protests. It’s the largest archive of its kind and it has *lots* of Easter eggs (memes, an essay and more).
Over 250 Photos From Around the Nation and the World From the Historic “No Kings Day” Protests
Almost no one showed up to Donald Trump’s surprisingly timid, depressing, and generally lackluster birthday party in Washington, but protests against him were bursting at the seams across the globe.
sethabramson.substack.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
(🧵) I’ve never—in 30 years in journalism—published a report like this: one that could genuinely bring hope. I spent the last 15 hours curating and labeling photos from hundreds of No Kings Day protests. It’s the largest archive of its kind and it has *lots* of Easter eggs (memes, an essay and more).
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sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY
December 16, 2024 at 4:16 PM
sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY
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December 5, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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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
March 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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/
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and here's the thing: I have no doubt that desantis and rubio and bondi will be slavishly loyal to trump. but they are also *ambitious* and have an interest in their own careers as well as that of the republican party. this introduces a tension into the administration (that can be exploited)
December 5, 2024 at 1:16 AM
and here's the thing: I have no doubt that desantis and rubio and bondi will be slavishly loyal to trump. but they are also *ambitious* and have an interest in their own careers as well as that of the republican party. this introduces a tension into the administration (that can be exploited)
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this is excellent, informed & informative on Trump-1’s grotesquely barbaric “child separation” policy & the prospect of Trump-2 exceeding its grotesquery & barbarism by many orders of magnitude — and also on the difficulty of saying any of these things effectively:
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Torn Apart | Patricia J. Williams
Errol Morris’s new documentary looks unflinchingly at the horrors of Donald Trump's policy of separating families at the border.
www.nybooks.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:09 AM
this is excellent, informed & informative on Trump-1’s grotesquely barbaric “child separation” policy & the prospect of Trump-2 exceeding its grotesquery & barbarism by many orders of magnitude — and also on the difficulty of saying any of these things effectively:
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment
December 3, 2024 at 1:41 PM
the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment
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The Medicare Advantage program is a stealth attempt to privatize Medicare and enrich the private insurance industry at the expense of seniors.
Multimillionaire CMS nominee Mehmet Oz, who owns stock in private insurers, is one of the biggest proponents of this scheme.
Multimillionaire CMS nominee Mehmet Oz, who owns stock in private insurers, is one of the biggest proponents of this scheme.
Dr. Oz and the Stealth Destruction of Medicare
The TV doctor’s scams and fake cures are the least of what makes him so dangerous as Trump’s appointee to head Medicare and Medicaid.
prospect.org
December 2, 2024 at 8:32 PM
The Medicare Advantage program is a stealth attempt to privatize Medicare and enrich the private insurance industry at the expense of seniors.
Multimillionaire CMS nominee Mehmet Oz, who owns stock in private insurers, is one of the biggest proponents of this scheme.
Multimillionaire CMS nominee Mehmet Oz, who owns stock in private insurers, is one of the biggest proponents of this scheme.
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The incoming administration has nominated a gang of sexual predators, vindictive psychopaths and utter incompetents to be the presidential cabinet and the Washington Post has gone full-court-press on the Hunter Biden pardon.
Our political media is deeply, deeply broken.
Our political media is deeply, deeply broken.
December 2, 2024 at 11:15 PM
The incoming administration has nominated a gang of sexual predators, vindictive psychopaths and utter incompetents to be the presidential cabinet and the Washington Post has gone full-court-press on the Hunter Biden pardon.
Our political media is deeply, deeply broken.
Our political media is deeply, deeply broken.
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So a reminder:
It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom.
It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president.
It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child.
For the record.
It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom.
It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president.
It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child.
For the record.
November 30, 2024 at 2:35 AM
So a reminder:
It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom.
It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president.
It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child.
For the record.
It’s not ‘liberals’ saying Hegseth abuses women. It’s his mom.
It’s not ‘liberals’ comparing Trump to Hitler. It’s his vice-president.
It’s not ‘liberals’ calling Musk a liar and a racist. It’s his own child.
For the record.
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential.
November 29, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential.
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Across the country, people are starting meal preparations and traveling to be with friends and family.
Tell us your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table, and we’ll share our knowledge about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou
Tell us your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table, and we’ll share our knowledge about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou
November 27, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Across the country, people are starting meal preparations and traveling to be with friends and family.
Tell us your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table, and we’ll share our knowledge about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou
Tell us your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table, and we’ll share our knowledge about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou
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When I wrote this in July, some said I was being alarmist. Unfortunately, now I look prescient.
"Project 2025 is premised on contempt for constitutional norms and the rule of law. It seeks to reshape American government, law and society for a generation." www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
"Project 2025 is premised on contempt for constitutional norms and the rule of law. It seeks to reshape American government, law and society for a generation." www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
How the Supreme Court Bolstered Project 2025
From Marc | The Supreme Court has recently become a witting or unwitting facilitator of Project 2025’s dystopian agenda for the future.
www.democracydocket.com
November 24, 2024 at 4:26 PM
When I wrote this in July, some said I was being alarmist. Unfortunately, now I look prescient.
"Project 2025 is premised on contempt for constitutional norms and the rule of law. It seeks to reshape American government, law and society for a generation." www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
"Project 2025 is premised on contempt for constitutional norms and the rule of law. It seeks to reshape American government, law and society for a generation." www.democracydocket.com/opinion/how-...
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Below is an excellent @techpolicypress.bsky.social
podcast on the incoming administration’s strategy and tactics for targeting those who research disinformation and hate speech.
podcast on the incoming administration’s strategy and tactics for targeting those who research disinformation and hate speech.
New podcast: President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Rep. Jim Jordan and other MAGA Republicans are engaged in an ongoing campaign to target researchers studying disinformation and hate speech. Duke University professor Philip Napoli is documenting their strategy and tactics.
Documenting the Assault on Disinformation and Hate Speech Research | TechPolicy.Press
Philip Napoli is a professor of public policy and director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy at the Sanford School at Duke University.
www.techpolicy.press
November 24, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Below is an excellent @techpolicypress.bsky.social
podcast on the incoming administration’s strategy and tactics for targeting those who research disinformation and hate speech.
podcast on the incoming administration’s strategy and tactics for targeting those who research disinformation and hate speech.
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i don’t want my children to have to be “resilient” to racism, i want them to not have to experience it
November 24, 2024 at 3:12 PM
i don’t want my children to have to be “resilient” to racism, i want them to not have to experience it
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
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NEW: School vouchers were passed in Mississippi in the 1960s with the support of the White Citizens’ Council and a goal of continuing segregation. Money still goes to segregation academies today. Shocking story.
Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s
ProPublica identified 20 schools in the state that likely opened as segregation academies and have received almost $10 million over the past six years from the state’s tax credit donation program.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2024 at 12:09 PM
NEW: School vouchers were passed in Mississippi in the 1960s with the support of the White Citizens’ Council and a goal of continuing segregation. Money still goes to segregation academies today. Shocking story.
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Cities are dispossessing homeless people without any fucks whatsoever
www.propublica.org/article/home...
www.propublica.org/article/home...
November 22, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Cities are dispossessing homeless people without any fucks whatsoever
www.propublica.org/article/home...
www.propublica.org/article/home...
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What I see (and refuse to do myself) are people who make money by writing on politics—journalists, substackers, political consultants, nonfiction authors, pundits and more—pretending their attacks on fellow progressives are principled when they're self-preserving and capitalistic. It's contemptible.
November 20, 2024 at 12:19 AM
What I see (and refuse to do myself) are people who make money by writing on politics—journalists, substackers, political consultants, nonfiction authors, pundits and more—pretending their attacks on fellow progressives are principled when they're self-preserving and capitalistic. It's contemptible.
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One thing I hope we can do as Bluesky gets larger is be less tolerant of the resistance grifters who will try to hack the platform for engagement and growth without any interest in adding anything substantive or meaningful
It’s a different kind of troll.
It’s a different kind of troll.
November 19, 2024 at 1:40 AM
One thing I hope we can do as Bluesky gets larger is be less tolerant of the resistance grifters who will try to hack the platform for engagement and growth without any interest in adding anything substantive or meaningful
It’s a different kind of troll.
It’s a different kind of troll.
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resolved: people who insist that all social media sites must be places where users are constantly encountering and arguing with people over fundamental disagreement do so because their actual, real lives are echo chambers where they do not encounter any meaningful difference from day-to-day.
November 16, 2024 at 6:12 PM
resolved: people who insist that all social media sites must be places where users are constantly encountering and arguing with people over fundamental disagreement do so because their actual, real lives are echo chambers where they do not encounter any meaningful difference from day-to-day.
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Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.
November 17, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.
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For those looking for KFS Faculty, we made a list for you all to follow! bsky.app/profile/did:...
Is there a KFS peeps starter pack out there? Still trying to build out my following list
November 16, 2024 at 5:18 PM
For those looking for KFS Faculty, we made a list for you all to follow! bsky.app/profile/did:...
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It’s mostly white people who talk about echo chambers. Maybe you need the internet to meet people with different ideas but the rest of us do not. We know what the “other side” thinks because we deal with it every day! Everywhere! We’re fine. Carry on. Happy Saturday!
November 16, 2024 at 3:22 PM
It’s mostly white people who talk about echo chambers. Maybe you need the internet to meet people with different ideas but the rest of us do not. We know what the “other side” thinks because we deal with it every day! Everywhere! We’re fine. Carry on. Happy Saturday!