Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6hThis is a classic Voughtism: we have not eliminated the program - it still exists. It is just not distributing any resources. 11420108
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 8hI'll join the 9 album fun, and yeah, I've got 80s tastes... 100
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I was twelve when it came out and my father took me to see it in the theater. After that scene I went to play video games in the lobby for quite a while. 010
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Brilliant idea there, Alex Adams! Let's have pregnant moms open child welfare cases to get help. More surveillance! If you think expecting parents should get substance abuse or home visiting help, let's improve access and funding for those services instead. acf.gov/press/press-... 000
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialKatie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Congress directed USDA to issue regulations to strengthen the security of EBT cards, but the Trump administration pushed back the expected timeline from March 2025 to January 2026, then to "by September 30, 2026." (They did not issue those regulations by September 30, 2026.) 088
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 28/09/2026The GOP is an opposition party even when it's in power, the idea that they are the perpetual underdog is central to their internal mythology and can't be disturbed by facts or the results of elections. It's also why they're bad at, you know, governing. 181987358
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026One last journey with Bernie Gunther, possibly my favorite fictional detective as he grapples with 20th century Germany. RIP Philip Kerr. 000
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Seconding Edwin's post. @brucelesley.bsky.social does an excellent job responding to the partisan hacks at Paragon. 021
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026This month's @motherjones.com cover is astounding. Reposted with alt text: 131105402
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialMichael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I've had life insurance for years. Haven't used it once. 2314502603
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New from Lauren Supplee at Can We Still Govern? The US government had gradually become better at producing and using evidence. This evidence-based infrastructure is largely invisible, important, and one more thing gutted by Trump. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-system...donmoynihan.substack.comThe System for Using Evidence to Improve Federal Programs Has Been GuttedHere’s How We Fix It 3468181
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Wright Thompson on a football rivalry and, as usual, a whole lot else. www.espn.com/college-foot...espn.comThompson: LSU-Ole Miss, Lane Kiffin and an old fight made newThe LSU-Ole Miss rivalry is long, with two fanbases deeply intertwined. The line between love and hate is thin, and Lane Kiffin's return brings those memories to the surface. 000
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“It’s like watching a car crash before it happens, knowing it’s going to happen.” @adrianna.bsky.social on Medicaid work requirements that will kick in next year. Reports that 1 in 5 of people she has surveyed say they have not received renewal packages. @fordschool.bsky.social in Detroit 3233103
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A great way to imbibe Eastern philosophy while reading about medieval Germans. The chapters where Goldmund wanders a plague-ridden land will haunt my memory for a long time. 000
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My 16 year old son insists on listening to First Wave on Sirius radio and loves Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, and Depeche Mode. He has a Midnight Oil t-shirt that a teacher recently accused him of being too young to wear. 000
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Real estate business masquerading as a soccer team. Holding up the MLSNext team in hopes of a Baltimore stadium deal. Sigh. 000
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026There is good research on this that aligns with common sense: work requirements kick eligible people off programs because most people who can work are working. But we also have a industry of bogus analyses designed to reach the opposite conclusion. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-trump-...donmoynihan.substack.comThe Trump Administration’s Dubious Case for Work RequirementsCherry-picked studies and unrealistic assumptions define a new government report 217552
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Strange how this keeps happening. 381486342
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If you’re curious how George RR Martin felt about the sixties and would like a plot involving resurrecting a rock band and a graphic murder, find a copy of this. 001
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Watching Kurosawa’s “Ran” and it’s still amazing after all these years. The battle scene with the first gunshot after all the time with music the only sound. IYKYK. 110
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 03/09/2026They must love you in that shop, between your purchases and the people who dig around to find things you feature on the podcast. 010
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026You are going to see a push for block granting SNAP and Medicaid because Trump has made the programs inaccessible for the public and costly for states. When you do, remember this is an invitation for corruption, waste, and abuse. (See also TANF). bsky.app/profile/solo... 926988
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 24/07/202640% of disabled cancer patients die during the wait period to enroll in medicare — and the rate is rising 5505247
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialJennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I drove across Memorial Bridge in DC today. Saw Trump’s gold-plated bridge ornaments. Free business idea: A tour company that offers “Corruption Tours” of DC where you see all the places Trump has effed with. 28798116
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 29/07/2026They say he’s also a midfielder but who knows… 000
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialRoger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Stage 1: Start an access journalism newsletter 625233
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Great piece on the largely imaginary shoplifting surge: I do think one thing the piece misses is that a bunch of major police departments started years-long work slowdowns in 2020 where they refused to do their jobs (often falsely claiming their hands were tied by woke prosecutors)dannykatch.substack.comWe used to be able to buy things in this countryLocking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy 411539348
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialMark Schmitt @mschmitt9.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Maybe everyone knew this, but I didn't: That for fifty years, 1937-1987, Rockefeller to Gates, there was not a single billionaire in the US. (from Ray Madoff's new book, The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy) 245
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 11/07/2026'98 Dutch team with Bergkamp led me to Arsenal etc... 010
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Central Europe - Prague, Vienna - atmosphere and endless desserts 000
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Needed early goals. Couldn't make the style with the press work against top 15 teams. 000
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Would he prevent the three screw up goals? 000
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The Constitutional Crisis started in 2000. You've been living through it your entire adult life. The reason politics feels hopeless is by design — conservatives broke our democratic form of government to guarantee that the people cannot act against them and are continuing to break it. 522726649
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026As with some other things, i suspect if we have another dem president we will discover that the court did not so much transfer power to the executive as to themselves, ie they will find novel bullshit reasons to block a dem president the same way the find novel bullshit reasons to enable trump 26985351969
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialMichael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 27/06/2026HHS: “We want more gold-standard science!” Also, HHS: *long political review that delays funding and halts life-saving new discoveries if you mention a “recruitment plan” in your grant proposal* 616767
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026"Fraud" as a trope to explain intended policy failure 520856
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 20/06/2026Children weren’t the target of federal food program changes, but they’re increasingly “collateral damage,” one expert said. The drop in the number of children receiving SNAP benefits is a “public health crisis” in the making, said another expert.propublica.orgMore Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food ProgramRepublican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch... 42728369
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 19/06/2026The less visible damage of the Trump Administration: www.notus.org/health-scien...notus.orgThe Trump Administration Is Holding Up Billions in HHS FundingNewly implemented political reviews have delayed funding for suicide hotlines, outbreak response and more. 000
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialAbu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Never seen an entire agency leaking so hard trying to get rid of someone 181
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I miss Summers. The late night ‘02 games there were amazing 100
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/06/2026New at Can We Still Govern: The Trump admin released a report saying that Medicaid work requirements will increase work and reduce poverty. There is a technical term for this: malarkey. Actual experts @chloeneast.bsky.social & @adrianna.bsky.social break it down. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...open.substack.comThe Trump Administration’s Dubious Case for Work RequirementsCherry-picked studies and unrealistic assumptions define a new government report 12450177
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/06/20262 million fewer children were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP as of April 2026, as compared to January 2025 when President Trump took office. ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/05/28/t...ccf.georgetown.eduTwo Million Fewer Children are Enrolled in Medicaid Since Trump Took OfficeChild uninsured rate likely on the rise Our state-by-state Medicaid/CHIP enrollment tracker now indicates that 2 million fewer children were enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Pr... 54473284
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialPolitico @politico.com · 31/05/2026States balk at the high price of Medicaid work requirements amid budget crunchdlvr.itStates balk at the high price of Medicaid work requirements amid budget crunchStates dealing with budget shortfalls are facing tens of millions of dollars in new costs ahead of the federal Jan. 1 deadline. 13318
dougsteiger.bsky.social @dougsteiger.bsky.social · 30/05/2026www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...theatlantic.comThe Trump Administration Is Done With Social ScienceThe National Science Foundation division that covers social, behavioral, and economic sciences is in the crosshairs. 000
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialBrian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Counterpoint: No I will notwired.comEven If You Hate AI, You Will Use Google AI SearchThe search giant’s AI-crafted answers are so convenient, you’ll be sucked in—to the detriment of the web and the artists and thinkers behind it. 2234427915
Reposted by @dougsteiger.bsky.socialBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026The Purcell Principle means it always too late for courts to fix something racist and never too late for states to do something racist 6459721818
