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Don Moynihan

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

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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 15h
“Older Cuban men who had lived in the U.S. for decades have been deported to Mexico, where they have struggled to get by. Some Cubans have been deported to Africa.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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How Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House Race (Gift Article)
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.
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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 5h
Current* conditions near Port Washington, WI:
View looking east over Rotary Park, the Port Washington Marina and the harbor breakwater as it meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-10-03 23:36:05 CDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: tmj4.com // Current Temp in Port Washington: 58 F | 15 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: SSW at 11 mph | 18 kph // Humidity: 82%
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 10h
Oh yeah that’s the good stuff
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h
Love to see Republicans embrace automatic enrollment. Boosts participation from 5% to 100%. Now let’s just do it with actual safety net programs. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
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Most American Children Are Being Auto-Enrolled in Trump Accounts. What to Know.
The Trump administration may have just signed up your child — and more than 60 million others — for a 530A savings account (if you haven’t already done so).
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h
The line for the Phoebe Bridgers concert in Detroit! All one line for some reason
A very long line
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 15h
“This is for my boy Paul mthrfkr!”
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USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 12h
[pedant alert] Regardless. The word is "regardless". "Irregardless" just isn't a word in standard English. Sorry. [end pedant alert]
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 12h
Argentine Economy Minister Luis Caputo “said the idea for the citizenship-for-investment program emerged during Milei's July 2024 visit to Sun Valley, Idaho, when ***tech executives*** expressed interest in obtaining Argentine citizenship.” 10/3/25 … 1/ share.google/N7XP8wxC0vzz...
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Argentina offers citizenship to wealthy foreigners | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentina on Friday announced plans to offer citizenship to wealthy foreigners in exchange for cash contributions or investments in government bonds, as libertarian Presiden...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h
This sounds pretty chaotic, where Israeli journalists accused the Irish of racism for a game most people in Ireland would prefer not to see played at all.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16h
In Springfield, OH, nearly 1,400 workers were laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally. Layoffs were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area. apnews.com/article/trum...
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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14h
Kind of like the Trump capitulation in miniature. Even people who find them abhorrent still end up toeing the line.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 18h
Killed. NSF’s SBE was killed, in violation of law. The President does not have the power to choose to kill programs at a whim by defunding them. The imperial presidency was a mistake and we are in a separation of powers constitutional crisis.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 15h
simpsons party convention meme edit: WE LOVE LIFE AND OURSELVES 

WE CAN GOVERN!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h
Big football game today between Ohio State and Iowa, which should bring up a whole lot of emotions for the Big Time Sports Knower, Senator Eric Schmitt
Eric Schmitt trying to dunk on Michigan alum El-Sayed for saying "Beat Ohio" Eric Schmitt trying to dunk on Hawkeyes fan Jack Smith, mistaking the team for the Atlanta Hawks
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 15h
"Asked how OPM arrived at the 40% figure...." How, indeed. Republicans love to set these arbitrary caps -- see also regulatory budgeting -- because they are good for bumper stickers. But they bear no resemblance to reality. federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...
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OPM sets 40% cap on high performance ratings for federal employees - Federal News Network
The new limit is “a ceiling, not a target,” OPM said, adding that a smaller pool of high-performing employees should mean bigger bonuses for those at the top.
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Bryan Mac @bryanmac.bsky.social · 15h
Sometimes you gotta kick your quarterback in the junk. For luck.
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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 20h
The fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses...
The graph shows the cumulative number of awards made by month across this fiscal year, as compared to the last 6 fiscal years. The line for this year is total flat until June, but then finally gets up to 91 by October. In prior years the increase starts building earlier and ends on average in the 700-800 range (with variability, last year was only between 400-500).
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 18h
1) Alito revealing this now is an attempt to rally Republicans in Trump states where Dems lead for Senate. 2) He’s the most partisan R on the court—highly likely he steps down in the lame duck if Dems take the Senate. 3) Doing number 2) makes court expansion even more likely if Dems win in 2028
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 15h
Just about everything this administration does makes me incandescent with rage. But their fucking with special education takes me to a whole new level. progressive.org/latest/scape...
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Scapegoating Special Ed
As the Trump Administration kneecaps federal agencies for sport, special education takes the latest hit.
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mcc @dryad.technology · 17h
Cisgender people, particularly in the UK, please read this growinguptransgender.com/2026/10/02/l...
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Leaving the UK with a heavy heart
Today, as a family, we have booked our flights and our one-way ticket out of the UK. This has not felt like a choice. This feels like fleeing to protect ourselves. For the past 7 years we have look…
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 16h
At least five GOP senators have criticized Trump on the propaganda adds which is both pathetically few and maybe a second-term record. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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GOP senators push back on Trump’s taxpayer-funded ad
President Trump’s new government-funded ads pledging to “cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists” are getting strong pushback from Senate Republicans who are warning the president not …
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h
This is an indirect measure of how much hypocrisy is baked into partisan politics now, at least for the GOP. They assume that they can accuse future Dem Presidents of engaging in authoritarian actions, regardless of whether if it is true or not, while dismissing any questioning of their integrity.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 17h
People often wonder how they will be remembered, the stories that are left inscribed into the historical record about us, etc etc. I guess "sex arse tycoon and pugnaciously red-faced Brexiter" is one way
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h
Old enough to remember when Trump did this to Lindsey Graham in 2015 www.politico.com/story/2015/0...
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Donald Trump gives out Lindsey Graham's cellphone number
"When it comes to the Donald, nothing surprises me anymore," Graham says.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 18h
“Drawing on labyrinthine Internal Revenue Service records, the pair study a group of rich business owners that looks more like a suburban chamber of commerce than an oligarchy: car dealers, dentists... What they find is tremendous wealth and power.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...
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The Rich People Democrats Aren’t Talking About (Gift Article)
As billionaires become a popular political target, a new book urges Washington not to lose sight of a much larger, and quieter, group of wealthy business owners.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h
The GOP has put $2 million to this campaign, and the billionaires have put $23 million in. Their contribution is 92% of the money Tiffany raised.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 20h
Trump is corruptly misappropriating taxpayer funds to pay for political ads. And rather than object, his GOP allies in Congress shrink in fear. Gift link: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Campaign-style Trump ads use money meant for border security, memorials
The White House Office of Management and Budget added $20 million to the pot for commemorative events a day before DHS awarded an advertising contract of the same amount.
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Misery Highlight @miseryhighlight.bsky.social · 19h
Hey. You matter. You’re one more person the zombies can eat before they get to me.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 21h
Bessent is not an idiot, so this makes him a liar.
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 18h
I like how other Rs explain that it’s not a bribe, he’s talking about a legitimate policy proposal he hopes to enact with R support, and then Trump comes out and says It’s a bribe, I’m bribing you to vote for Republicans.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h
Really innovative. Normally with a government grift, you do the ostensibly public service work and get a bribe payment off-stage. These guys are disrupting peace deals by making the grift part of it.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 18h
Thank you once again Politico for providing a canonical example of when not to grant anonymity.
"Looks like a pussy move to send a text instead of actually saying it to someone's face. Shows what kind of character he is," a senior White House official told Playbook's Megan Messerly.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h
It is no exaggeration that the doctrine of Miller and Trump are unAmerican, at least in how we have understood American values over the last century.
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🔻Pantsless Hero🔻☫ @pantslesshero.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Woman in late 80s fashion points a rifle with a scope at a computer. If you used computers back then, you'd understand.
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 19h
It’s wild how every (putatively independent) federal agency has focused their social media messaging around the GOP’s midterm strategy of “stopping communism.” Also, how many American voters do you think could identify this “loser” who died 102 years ago and never set foot in the US?
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With Communism, everything turns to og and under @POTUS, America will NEVER be a Communist country.
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Alton B.H. Worthington @abhw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
chat, can you turn data centers into bike trails?
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Now he’s gone too far www.tpr.org/government-p...
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Trump tomato tariffs could spell the end of free chips, salsa at restaurants
The 17% tariff on Mexican tomato imports, combined with bad weather in Florida and Mexico, has caused the price of salsa ingredients to spike in recent months.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You have to accurately assess the problem to create proper solutions
Screenshot of article which reads: Partisan polarization is not the greatest threat to American democracy. 
It is a vivid and identifiable symptom of the real threat. And it is a popu-
lar frame because it blames no one. But because political polarization is 
a symptom, and not the root of the problem that ails us, “fixing” polar-
ization will not restore American democratic health.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Literal No Kings. Either Article I means something or it doesn't.
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is as close as anything to the molten core of modern democracy: can legislators and laws bind executives? That question has been the motive force of a lot of revolutions, democratic collapses, and democratization
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Takeaways from this piece (gift link): 1. The ads are clearly related to midterm politics 2. They are meant to assuage Trump's ego 3. Money comes from OBBBA DHS slush fund www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency (Gift Article)
The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good end-of-FY coverage by the Times. The amount of unspent funds has wiggled but it was pretty clear for some time now that NSF was simply not going to spend a substantial portion of its congressional appropriation this year.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I love the idea that you can just temporarily name someone on the Internet and then remove their name with no harm done
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pretty sure the way to actually stop Republicans from dropping the race/ethnicity questions is to position the move as a conspiracy to prevent white Americans from being aware of their own looming extinction.
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Sadie Seduskie @sadieseduskie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
public comment opportunity at end of thread
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
is the cure to male loneliness getting vaxxed?
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 02/10/2026
X: The hallucinatory Bespoke Realities generator that all the politicians and journalists happen to be on
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