Don Moynihan

god fucking dammit

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"After all, why not... why shouldn't I keep it?"

I also think if you look at the events of the last decade, including the ones unfolding now, a non-caricatured version of the "campus left" would have provided a much better guide about the risks society faces than the modal elite pundit

This has been the default mode for most NY Times columnists over last decade, even (perhaps especially) those who have lucrative campus teaching/speaking gigs

Idaho considers an 'apocalyptic' choice for disabled people and families Difficult budget decisions in a number of states are threatening vital programs for disabled people at home and caregivers in the workforce.

Idaho's proposal to essentially end home care is the first sign that last year's tax cut bill could be disastrous for people with disabilities in the U.S.

Terrific, worrisome story from @slooterman.bsky.social

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Enjoyed watching The Running Man, a searing satire about the risks of inequality, the merging of public and private power, and corporate consolidation that blends entertainment with news.

Brought to you by the Ellison family: owners of Paramount, HBO, CBS, TikTok, MTV etc. and soon Warner and CNN.

Truly extraordinary that "different places are different" is too complex for Trump. Also the implication here is that Venezuela emboldened him, creating a sense of ease with foreign attacks.

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

One person is setting policy for the entire globe, deciding life and death for people in other countries, with virtually no constraints. Congress has a moral obligation to assert its authority.

Federal Judge John Coughenour says he’s received dozens, if not hundreds, of death threats after he ruled against the Trump administration. cbsn.ws/3N73lPr

Thread taking apart the incoherent bucket of reasons Trump-regime apologists have tried throwing against the wall to justify the Iran attack:

Their literally isn’t a coherent rationale

A sobering article.

A titan of vaccine development sees his field’s achievements slip away Stanley Plotkin, the 93-year-old "godfather of vaccines," is watching his field’s achievements slip away.

“In a pair of recent interviews with STAT, Plotkin expressed dismay at seeing the achievements of his career & his field slip away. He knows what lies ahead…
“All I can say is that I’m beginning to regret having lived so long —because we’re going downhill,” Plotkin said” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

The Historic Case for Birthright Citizenship The Trump administration’s efforts to narrow the scope of the 14th Amendment are based on revisionist history.

My latest on birthright citizenship in The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social
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Volume 51 Issue 2 | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

This new @jhppl.bsky.social special edition on "Public Health Under Siege" is awfully timely as I work to finalize my regulatory politics syllabus

Federal judges who've ruled against Trump administration denounce threats against themselves, their families Federal judges say criticism from President Trump can put their safety at risk. The White House says the president "understands the dangers of political violence."

"The president has frequently railed against judges when they rule against him. What often happens next is a barrage of violent threats from his followers against those judges. We spoke with 26 federal judges– 9 Democratic appointees, 17 Republican, both sitting and retired."

@60minutes.bsky.social

If you go to CBS News, you are directed to "go deeper with the Free Press" - to switch from actual journalism to opinion journalism

Also instructive that the fact that 20 years of incredibly expensive nation-building had resulted in something that was not a state in a Weberian sense at all was somehow blamed on the person who ended the war and not its primary architects and apologists

So many ostensibly straight news stories just flatly assumed that any friction in leaving Afghanistan had to be a result of incompetence by Biden, like there was a "no chaos" button he could have pushed to make the mass withdrawal of troops from an instantly failed state happen with no risk

I get why/that people say this, but dont' underestimate this:

all other social networks are invested in making sure that posts that link to journalism remain buried, or at least never go viral.

BlueSky doesn't do that. That makes it very valuable to a ton of newsrooms righ tnow.

Van Jones, in what I am sure is a purely sincere move arising from his interest in Middle Eastern politics, is out there pitching Reza Pahlavi to serve "transition leader" in Iran

We went from
*Nuclear capacities destroyed, years away (last June!)
*Weapons in weeks!
*What happens to Iran's nuclear weapons (that don't exist)?
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We even got our own Ahmad Chalabi!

This guy rules, but of course it has a housing angle. He pays only 12k a year in housing costs!

We haven't forgotten that Only Murders in the Building accent buddy

put the toiletwater airpod into rice asap!

then serve the toiletwater rice to your so-called friends

Don’t even get me started…