Reposted by Jeff MillerDan "Scary" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A government of hotdog men 132858
Reposted by Jeff MillerJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“Let’s not talk politics, it might put people off” might be a defensible guideline for Thanksgiving dinner, when Uncle Bill & Cousin Deborah can’t resist going at it over vouchers or something. But for a public figure at this particular historical moment it’s just cowardice. 4914
Reposted by Jeff MillerAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953724613396
Reposted by Jeff MillerShana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Vaccines are amazing. 2402109
Reposted by Jeff MillerWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"Above all, the Framers did it this way because they feared that a ruling national faction, whether based in Congress or a White House, might someday gain power over election administration nationwide and use it to entrench themselves in office." My defense of decentralized, state-run elections.riponsociety.orgThe Framers Trusted States, Not Washington, With ElectionsArticle I, Section 4 of the Constitution provides that the legislature of each state shall prescribe the “times, places and manners” of holding el 17327
Reposted by Jeff MillerKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It was a while ago, but here she is @marketplace.orgmarketplace.orgGloria Steinem looks back on her lifeThe feminist icon reflects on what inspired her fight for women's equality. 640144
Reposted by Jeff Millerderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If you have a pet that sometimes snags your clothes, or if you're clumsy like me, I've found Dritz Snag Nab It to be very useful. It's a needle with rough grooves on the tail end. Push the needle through the cloth and it'll pull the snag to the fabric's underside, where it will be hidden. 1084389526
Reposted by Jeff Millerderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress. 194354245287
Reposted by Jeff Miller🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 24/08/2026Refusing to certify the results of elections should automatically prohibit you from holding public office plain and simple. If you can't recognize the legitimacy of elections, then why should you be able to use them to gain power? 415234
Reposted by Jeff MillerElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I mean in the U.S. we’re in the midst of the worst measles outbreak in decades and the President decides that it’s critical, right at this very moment, to further undermine trust in the MMR vaccine. 571315389
Reposted by Jeff MillerKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026This is banana republic stuff - we all know that, right? 541320328
Reposted by Jeff MillerJorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 14/11/2024We are all going to have so many kinds of diarrhea 14675721702
Reposted by Jeff MillerTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/07/2026A key part of Lindsey Graham's legacy: when he called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/u... 4134961023
Jeff Miller @jeffmmiller.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Workers are not in low supply outside of a few job types. If that weren't true, this chart would tell a different story. fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgr... 000
Reposted by Jeff Millerderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Stephen Miller's suit here shows one of the biggest problems with men's tailoring today. 🧵 2254549711
Reposted by Jeff MillerWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 29/06/2026One night with no World Cup matches and I'm like Robert Redford at the end of 'The Candidate': "What do we do now?" 2131821
Reposted by Jeff MillerCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/06/2026One year ago. 17985892596
Reposted by Jeff MillerMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 05/06/2026Our elections are free and fair. This person’s imaginary statements about our 2020 election were universally thrown out of court They led to deaths in a violent attack on our capital. Defecating on our noble institutions harms all Conservative and all Liberal Americans. We’ve had enough. 110926
Reposted by Jeff MillerCatherine 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 Jeff MillerJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 02/06/2026More destruction of U.S. science leadership, infrastructure and invaluable research and information that affects all of us. This sounds like another lawsuit in the making. At least I hope so. Gift link. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System 18225120
Reposted by Jeff MillerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Dallas Fed estimate for how much lower inflation would be without Trump tariffs www.dallasfed.org/research/eco... 28682287
Reposted by Jeff MillerMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class. 152129835103
Reposted by Jeff MillerThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR) 12942501211554
Reposted by Jeff MillerMicah @rincewind.run · 18/05/2026trying to overturn a free and fair election is, in a real democracy, one of the most serious crimes there is nine years is a light sentence for what she did 151578269
Reposted by Jeff MillerJennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This one trick can help save a democracy: Don't elect people who hate, disparage, and denigrate government into government leadership roles. 3369
Reposted by Jeff MillerProPublica @propublica.org · 06/05/2026“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” Revisit this story from our series “The End of Aid,” a 2026 Pulitzer finalist.propublica.orgAfter Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death. 401371650
Reposted by Jeff MillerWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 05/05/2026"Friday's announcement reveals, once again, how little any trading partner can trust Trump. The president's word is effectively worthless, and his 'deals' are subject to change at any time, for any reason. Who would enter into serious negotiations with someone like that?"reason.comTrump's new European car tariffs demonstrate why his 'deals' are worthlessA trade deal that can be terminated by one person at any time and for any reason isn't really a trade deal at all. 33516
Reposted by Jeff MillerElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This is ghoulish. Forcing people to work their entire lives just because they’re not rich 3128757
Reposted by Jeff Millerderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Personally don't recommend these. As the article notes, these properties are typically achieved through PFAS, which can shed carcinogens in your home (which you then inhale) or come out in the wash (polluting waterways for decades). Will try to do a thread on how to treat stains in the wash. 1155092908
Reposted by Jeff MillerJennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 27/03/2026This is what authoritarian control and lack of political accountability look like. When government employees cannot report bad behavior, bad behavior proliferates, and all of society suffers. 3412124
Reposted by Jeff Millerderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/02/2026kind of amazing that everything trump does can be understood through the lens of narcissism and it's related needs (e.g., self aggrandizement, revenge, domination, grievance validation). i don't think any character has been so one-dimensional, not even wile e coyote or scrooge mcduck 257138732450
Reposted by Jeff MillerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/03/2026KENNEDY: You said, 'Republicans think can troll their way to ethnic cleansing.' Did I read that correctly? BIER: DHS tweeted for 100m deportations. That would be ethnic cleansing! K: You don't think it's hyperbolic? B: I think advocating 100m deportations is ethnic cleansing. Yes. Your time is up 57670271685
Reposted by Jeff MillerKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 04/03/2026This, for the love of Pete 201557248
Reposted by Jeff MillerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026It's like they read a book about the Gilded Age and thought, wow, we should do all of this again -- tariffs and trade wars, massive corporate power, white supremacy and immigration fights, a creepy sex panic and, of course, unlimited acts of brazen corruption and graft. 711944449
Reposted by Jeff Millersouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 02/03/2026There’s a pretty robust case to make that the Iran Hostage crisis of 1979, the revolution itself, and the policies of the Iranian government towards the US since, was all blowback from the CIA’s decision to overthrow Mossadegh in 1953. www.cnn.com/2013/08/19/p...cnn.comIn declassified document, CIA acknowledges role in ‘53 Iran coup | CNN PoliticsSixty years after the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, a declassified CIA document acknowledges the agency was involved in the 1953 coup. 893174743
Reposted by Jeff MillerJ. Emory Parker 🏳️🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 24/02/2026A reasonable counterpoint to WaPo is that punishing corruption is a good way to prevent more corruption. 04814
Reposted by Jeff MillerZack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 24/02/2026I have spent the past several months studying the cutting-edge research on modern democracies that have defeated authoritarian leaders. I've learned that the conventional wisdom on the topic is wrong — in ways that have clear implications for the US going forward THREAD www.vox.com/politics/479...vox.comHow to stop a dictatorI spent months studying how authoritarians like Trump lose. The answer is shockingly simple. 312106892
Reposted by Jeff MillerNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Drone shots are a great addition to the Olympics broadcast, giving a first person view that shows the speed and intensity better than farther-away shots from fixed cameras. Wow that slope looks crazy steep. Holy cow they're skating so fast. Etc. 5913
Reposted by Jeff MillerLorcan the Hedgehog @lorcanhedgehog.bsky.social · 30/01/2026RIP Catherine O’Hara 116372
Reposted by Jeff MillerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?" 8714997814600
Reposted by Jeff MillerIvan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Remember NFTs? That was stupid. 10633
Reposted by Jeff MillerRick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 21/12/2025It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9 818228285910
Reposted by Jeff Millerderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/12/2025MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours° Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang" 698157583882
Reposted by Jeff MillerHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 06/12/2025One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back. Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance. Be a housing fan. 1243181374
