Jeff Morgan

People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police

In a normal America, we can all agree that a major threat to our national security is the radicalization of young men and conspiracies that drive them to violence.

But that would mean acknowledging the threats and also talking about right-wing extremism, which is the #1 domestic terror threat.

This isn’t Moscow or Beijing. It’s Chicago. Masked federal agents grabbed U.S. citizens protesting ICE and threw them into an unmarked van.

“Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!”

What has America become?

OBSERVED EFFECTS OF UBI No significant reduction in labor supply (38 studies meta-analysis) Increased self-employment (301%) and part-time employment (17%) Slight decrease in alcohol and tobacco use (31 studies meta-analysis) New mothers extend their maternity leaves Birth weights improve due to better maternal nutrition Graduation rates and educational outcomes improve Hospitalization rates decline (8.5%) Crime goes down (15%–42%) especially illegal hunting (95%) Domestic violence decreases (30%–51%) Trust increases (13% in politicians | 6% in other people) Home ownership rates increase (17%–26%) Food security increases as does consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables Improved cognitive functioning (43%) and personality traits (31%) Savings go up, debts go down Source: scottsantens

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.

This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

The American Dream Is Broken. This $50 Million Bet Could Help Rebuild It. - Denver Frederick There are few issues more urgent—or more misunderstood—than poverty in America. And even fewer solutions as bold as simply giving people cash. Jeff Atwood, the tech entrepreneur behind Stack Overflow,...

"There’s just too much wealth concentration. And what do you even do? What’s the purpose of that much wealth? What do you do with it?" — Stack Overflow co-founder Jeff Atwood on how we can use guaranteed minimum income to lift Americans out of poverty

denver-frederick.com/2025/06/24/t...

A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy

"There were numerous malign examples in last year’s American presidential election, prompting public warnings by officials at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency..."

"Under Mr. Trump, the agencies have dismantled the teams that led those efforts." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/t...

Black lung is back. The asbestos ban is being reconsidered. My father died from asbestosis—slowly, painfully. We knew this was deadly decades ago.

I hate these crooked, money-grubbing, cruel motherfuckers with all my heart.

Free article to read and share: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...

Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Are Illegal, Federal Judge Rules

🧪Nearly 4 mo after NIH cut its first grants, Judge Young ruled that the directives & process that led to cuts are arbitrary, capricious & illegal.
"This represents racial discrimination & discrimination against America's LGBTQ community... My duty is to call it out."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

Same!

NO KINGS Falls Church, VA · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...

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I’m so excited to announce that my book was published today! The book retells the life of Charles Sumner, an abolitionist senator who co-framed the Reconstruction Amendments. I wrote this book with my blood, sweat & tears as a student at Yale Law School. (1/x)

Why Many Celebrate The Burning Of Largest Southern Plantation Some mourn historical landmark, others celebrate its destruction

Fresh words ✨

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Kids keep getting sicker as evidence for COVID immune damage builds As the press pushes "immunity debt" past the breaking point of believability, are parents ready to wake up to the illness crisis?

ICYMI: As kids keep getting sicker, media ignores scientific papers pointing to immune dysregulation and damage after COVID. Instead, parents are urged to “watch out” for unusual waves of RSV, flu, and more, while masks, clean air & COVID go unmentioned.

www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...

How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist…

UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. We obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.

Revisit this story from our series "America's Mental Barrier," a 2025 Pulitzer finalist.

(Published Nov. 2024)

The Trump Crime Family Business: Selling America from the Inside While Trump sits in the Oval Office, his sons are cutting foreign deals—from Saudi towers to Qatari golf resorts.

Trump’s back in the White House—and his kids are cashing in. Saudi towers, Qatari golf deals, crypto schemes. This isn’t public service. It’s a shakedown.

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

The Bees Are Disappearing Again (Gift Article) For beekeepers, the problem isn’t just climate change and extreme weather: It’s also DOGE, the trade war and the immigration crackdown.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/b...

A Ticking Clock on American Freedom It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.

A must read from @adriennelaf.bsky.social.
Here is the lede: "Look around, take stock of where you are, and know this: Today, right now—and I mean right this second—you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Yet another security breach that put American troops and lives at risk.

Pete Hegseth has no business serving as Defense Secretary. Donald Trump must fire him.

How many times does Pete Hegseth need to leak classified intelligence before Donald Trump and Republicans understand that he isn’t only a f*cking liar, he is a threat to our national security?

The details keep coming out. We keep learning how Pete Hegseth put lives at risk. But Trump is still too weak to fire him.

Pete Hegseth must be fired.

Hey Republicans in the House a d Senste, I BLAME YOU!!!

We expected this from Trump. Your failures to do your jobs, provide oversight, and stop this debacle from happening was a choice and a testament to your weakness.

Republicans, you own the financial destruction happening in America.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...

My Day Inside America’s Most Hated Car The Cybertruck is a 7,000-pound Rorschach test.

MY DAY INSIDE AMERICA’S MOST HATED CAR
The Cybertruck is a 7,000-pound Rorschach test.

Gift link: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/cybertruck-washington-dc/682232/?gift=Ic5pM0ZmMqb5nONPP0_g-IAchmJR-ouL1r3itHchSTI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Senate Overturns Rule Limiting Bank Overdraft Fees to $5 (Gift Article) Lawmakers voted to invalidate a rule adopted last year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It now moves to the House.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...

Years of Climate Action Demolished in Days: A Timeline Trump’s environmental directives are gutting basic protections for Americans and the agencies designed to deliver them.

We are doomed ..... www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat...

we are living under fascism right now

Opinion | If Pete Hegseth Had Any Honor, He Would Resign (Gift Article) A defense secretary intentionally using a civilian app to share sensitive war plans without noticing a journalist was in the chat would be egregious.

“There is not an officer alive whose career would survive a security breach like that.”

Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/o...

My maternal grandmother died in the 1918 flu pandemic.

RFK Jr can go fuck himself.

Trump Administration Halts Funding for Legal Representation of Migrant Children (Gift Article) The decision could force thousands of minors who crossed the border alone to go to court without a lawyer, leaving them vulnerable to swift deportation.

Absolutely ghoulish, evil stuff happening every day.

I struggle to process the deep malice here for vulnerable children in the US, layered on to the hundreds of thousands who will die of HIV worldwide due to Trump, Musk, and everyone around them.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...