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Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan. Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy. Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com

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This is what they mean when they say shit like "suicidal empathy."

It's just bloodlust. Not patriotism or deft military strategy. Just thuggery on a global scale.

07.03.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 333 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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CBS obtained video of the DHS killing of an unarmed man in Texas that DHS concealed for nearly a year, which clearly contradicts claims that he violently rammed anyone. He is shot with his brake lights on, car not moving or barely moving. Another DHS crime.

07.03.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 4368 πŸ” 2310 πŸ’¬ 121 πŸ“Œ 136

I'm skeptical of the whole kompromat thing but he sure does all he can to make it plausible

07.03.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 182 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

This is one of the most jaw dropping moments of Trump’s presidency. Up there with brainstorming about injecting bleach and shining light up orifices to cure COVID.

06.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 5287 πŸ” 1372 πŸ’¬ 251 πŸ“Œ 46
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FWIW we had a possum last night

06.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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06.03.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 2
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FDA vaccines chief Vinay Prasad to step down in April The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's vaccines and biologics unit, Dr. Vinay Prasad, ​will leave the agency at the end of April, β€Œa spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Hum...

I think it’s dawning on Trump/his court that while MAHA might have been a beneficial electoral addition in 2024, it’s a perpetual motion machine generating wedge issues that unite democrats and split republicans

06.03.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 147 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Vinay Prasad, key Makary ally and a focus of controversy at the FDA, is leaving the agency Prasad has been involved in several controversial decisions related to rare disease treatments.

The FDA is essential to protecting the public's health and, for all its flaws, has long set a standard for public health worldwide. Trump has turned it into a fucking soap opera.

www.statnews.com/2026/03/06/f...

06.03.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP β€” Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

06.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 6995 πŸ” 2599 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 92
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Opinion | Why the latest racist, antisemitic college MAGA group chat points to the GOP's future Anthony L. Fisher Young MAGA activist leaders β€”the heirs to Charlie Kirk’s legacy β€” keep getting outed as bigots. And the right’s mostly just yawns.

A leaked Florida college group chat revealed TPUSA's chapter president β€” and other young Republican activist leaders β€” giddily using antisemitic, racist and fascist rhetoric.

The heirs to Charlie Kirk’s legacy keep getting outed as bigots. And the right mostly just shrugs.

(new @ms.now column)

06.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 151 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

Now that they're trying to pretend their war is not a war, they've gone back to calling it the Defense Department.

06.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 3318 πŸ” 858 πŸ’¬ 213 πŸ“Œ 56

Scenes from a personalist regime: it is the presidential vibes that determine when the opponent has surrendered and when the war is over, not any pesky observable facts

06.03.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 1068 πŸ” 181 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 9

Sociology pulls back the curtain on power - how it's constructed, how it's maintained, and the (il)legitimacy of those in power - and that's why they're so afraid of it.

(It's also why Intro Soc is my favorite class to teach.)

06.03.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 206 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Eyeing Voting Rights, Liberals Aim to Secure Wisconsin’s Supreme Court through 2030 - Bolts After flipping the court in 2023, Wisconsin liberals now hope to expand their majority on a body that could be a critical backstop for voting rights during the next presidential election.

NEW: Believe it or not, it’s that time of year: the Wisconsin Supreme Court election is next month.

Liberals have a huge opportunity: if they win, they can lock down the majority of this court thru 2030.

That means they’d have it in the next presidential race, a big democracy guardrail.

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06.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 2387 πŸ” 803 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 32
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Nashville Noticias' Estefany RodrΓ­guez reportedly detained by ICE agents A reporter for Nashville Noticias was reportedly taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Thursday afternoon.

ICE arrested a journalist yesterday without a warrant.

She is an asylum seeker, has valid work permits, and is married to a U.S. citizen.

fox17.com/news/local/n...

06.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 439 πŸ” 215 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5

if you're keeping score at home what's happening is this the department of war is running major combat operations in iran which may last just a few weeks maybe longer or maybe even forever and which are NOT a war but whose stated objective is unconditional surrender

06.03.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 223 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 3

This is sort of the Trump administration in a nutshell: ill-thought out policy, no Plan B. (see also, Iran war).

06.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 238 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0

Doing my part by maintaining a 1940s physique (never working out, not eating enough)

06.03.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

Guys who won national bodybuilding competitions in the 30s and 40s would get trashed on fitness instagram for having mid physiques. Americans have never been more jacked than they are right now

06.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 357 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 0

Me, dumb and politically correct: Firing on unarmed ships or double-tap military strikes on schools are bad things.

06.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 1645 πŸ” 317 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 6

Reporter: A gang of wild dogs just attacked your family!
Hassett *smiling*

06.03.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 433 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 3
Leo Messi at the White House in a suit, pictured with his Inter Miami teammates, with Trump

Leo Messi at the White House in a suit, pictured with his Inter Miami teammates, with Trump

la pulga es un fascista

06.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

One general trait across time is that powerful people have justified systems that maintain and extend their power over others. They have use religion or science for those justifications (see the progressive eugenicists at the start of the 20th century) but the logic is depressingly consistent.

06.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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This is not good.

06.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 9171 πŸ” 3554 πŸ’¬ 725 πŸ“Œ 451

So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was β€œyour piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.

06.03.2026 03:10 πŸ‘ 4299 πŸ” 805 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 52
a graph of employment at newspapers, which continually goes down

a graph of employment at newspapers, which continually goes down

It's remarkable how low this number can get and still keep going down

06.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 219 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 5
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Opinion | Trump’s mini-me ambassadors are insulting and alienating U.S. allies Save the undiplomatic diplomats. The president does enough damage to America’s reputation all by himself.

After Mike Hukabee said "it would be fine" if Israel claimed most of the Mideast, Rubio instructed ambassadors in the region β€œto avoid all commentary on issues that could heighten tensions.” Yet the directive doesn’t seem to apply to Europe β€” a regular target of Trump's ire. wapo.st/3OQYwu8

06.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

Pitch: Threes Company reboot in South Dakota

06.03.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 194 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

learning what everyone who has ever done business with him learns

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