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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/10/2025

📽️ WATCH: This video on the rise of Russ Vought, Trump's “shadow president,” is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.

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Russell Vought: The Shadow President

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Melody Joy Kramer @mkramer.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Exciting news! The second @propublica.org metro ad on @wmata.com has been spotted in the wild on a metro car! There are thousands of federal staffers with stories to tell. Share yours. propublica.org/tips

there are thousands of federal staffers with stories to tell. share yours. propublica.org/tips

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2025

Van Hollen: "Those who cave in -- those like ABC who cave in -- what they do is give the bully an even bigger appetite. When they appease they bully, they put all of us at risk."

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

Tweet From Obama mentioning my firing from the Washington post. Wirh a photo of me

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Stefani Germanotta will *always* be famous. Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball at Madison Square Garden was one of the best concerts I’ve ever experienced.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

They are not mutually exclusive. Does that make the write up any less true?

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Literacy, folks. It’s so important.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I appreciate @democracydocket.com for resharing this. For those who keep dinging the usage of the term “constitutional crisis” in May, please know that I wrote this in February a couple weeks after the inauguration.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Did you check the date of the post by any chance?

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Did you check to see when it was written by any chance?

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Or griping on BlueSky? I wrote it in February, for what it’s worth.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

The difference, of course, being that @rollingstone.com has and values integrity.

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Cullen C. Merritt @cullenmerritt.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I'm excited to give my upcoming talk, “Reinventing Public Administration Doctoral Education,” @au-spa.bsky.social. Many thanks to @dei-au-spa.bsky.social for the invitation.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I’ve reached that stage of life where I’m excited to get glucosamine chondroitin gummies.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club was amazing! A bravura performance by a practically flawless cast. And Orville Peck as the emcee? Just. Wow. If you’re familiar with the story, you can imagine how sobering it was to watch at this moment in time. A stunned silence in August Wilson Theatre more than once.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Thank goodness. There is relief with this photo. Proud to claim @vanhollen.senate.gov as one of my senators. Thank you, Senator, for taking action on this.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Major kudos to @cullenmerritt.bsky.social for his vision and execution of such a great event! A huge thanks to all those who attended and helped make it a success. We hope to continue this and welcome more visitors in the future!

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 17/04/2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted and is being held in a notorious prison in El Salvador — barred from contacting his family or lawyers. I’m speaking to the press now after we were denied access to the prison to check on his condition. Tune in:

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Van Hollen speaks to press after being denied entry to El Salvador prison holding Abrego Garcia

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William T. Jackson, PhD @wjackson5.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Excellent experience from the beginning to the end! I enjoyed my time this weekend attending the Inaugural Public Leadership Research Summit at UMD's School of Public Policy. Thank you @cullenmerritt.bsky.social, @johnron.bsky.social, and the IPL team for the invitation and the opportunity!!!

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Elizabeth Linos @elizabethlinos.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Feeling grateful to be at UMD listening to @cullenmerritt.bsky.social kick off the IPL summit! Scholars from across the country are here to support and learn from early-career scholars in public + non-profit management.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

@cullenmerritt.bsky.social welcomes participants and attendees to the inaugural Public Leadership Research Summit at the Institute for Public Leadership at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. We’re so thrilled to have you!

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Leslie Gray Streeter @lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

No. No we don’t.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

there were multiple reporters outside of the institute of museum and library services today as DOGE invaded their headquarters, but not a single elected official. something to consider when thinking about who’s actually defending democracy.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Dude doesn’t even know that he doesn’t know.

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

People who are signing have a lot of smart things to say about why this is important. This will be a thread with some of them. Please sign & share with your networks. bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd "Because I am appalled by the current regime’s attack of education, academic freedom and free speech."

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Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education

Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education To add your name to this statement, go to https://bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign We publicly affirm our commitment to the enterprise of higher educ...

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Media outlets, producers, editors, reporters…we want to help you add context and expertise to your stories. We recognize your vital contributions, but please dig a bit deeper when you can to find those voices who’ve prepared their entire careers for this harrowing time.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The DEI erasure has been a constant fight in academia despite performative acts of action and allyship, and yet as it unfolds violently in this administration, scholars who are experts in this area and who are BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disabled, etc. themselves are ignored.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The opportunism of cisgendered hetero white scholars to speak on issues that they’ve never spoken on or written about until now isn’t at all surprising. A textbook example of not what you know, but who you know.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Of the 10 Dems, this includes Jeanne Shaheen (NH) and Gary Peters (MI), neither of whom are running again. Seriously, what did they have to lose? Major props to my senator @vanhollen.senate.gov for adding an amendment to eliminate DOGE. It will fail, but I'm grateful for his voice on the issue.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

This was on February 2. Seems like the tracks were uncomfortable today.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Finally got around to reading Defectors by @paoramos.bsky.social. It is intrepidly reported and very well written. It is an urgent and timely read, and as a multiracial (Latino/Indigenous/white) individual, it was illuminating for me and how I view myself, as well. Highly recommend.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Y’all. Gavin Newsom was once married to Kimberly “The Best is Yet to Come” Guilfoyle, most recently tied to DJT Jr. Some of us have eyed him suspiciously for years, not just since he’s been buddying up with Savage, Kirk, and Bannon.

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

A lot of people (self included!) have been deeply trained to not "cause a fuss," to not "act out." To avoid speaking up or taking action. But you can unlearn this. Every time you take action, it strengthens your resistance muscles. Make a call. Send an email. Put up a flyer. Keep standing up.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Very interesting to see who’s pulling alarms on a wealthy institution losing money versus one of their students being held captive. But, priorities.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

For those curious about the ten Dems who voted to censure @algreen.house.gov, per the @nytimes.com:

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

It’s as bad as you could imagine.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Would love to see @libradunn1.bsky.social’s reaction to all of this police talk coming from the President. 👀

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Chase Woodruff @chasewoodruff.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Decades of work — recruitment, training, fundraising, staffing — went into filling the chamber with 200 Democrats who not only would not plan to do what Al Green did, but could, when it happened, sit there stone-faced watching it and not feel compelled to do anything more.

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Théo @tlpavlich.gay · 05/03/2025

I just read a plot summary of Mad Max: Fury Road, and I feel certain it was more useful and enjoyable than if I had watched the SOTU.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Don’t tell me democracy is at risk and a constitutional crisis is unfolding and the best you got is a modified ping pong paddle.

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WIRED @wired.com · 04/03/2025

NEW SCOOP: Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned. ⬇️ Here's how much they're making:

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Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries

Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

“Trump take egg” is this era’s “Thanks Obama.” And he deserves that and worse.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

They laughed at the notion that no one had ever heard of Lesotho.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I literally had a discussion with my students tonight about misinformation and disinformation bringing in salient work by @brendannyhan.bsky.social. How timely for tonight’s address to Congress.

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

What hypocrisy we’re watching about maintaining “decorum.”

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

“Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue, by the way. They’re consuming taxpayer dollars. Those jobs are paid for by the American tax people, who work real jobs, earn real income, pay federal taxes and then pay these federal employees,” Greene said... MTG really doesn’t know, does she?

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John C. Ronquillo @johnron.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

@marisakabas.bsky.social is probably going to save us sooner than Congress or anyone else, so you should definitely follow and subscribe.

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