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Monica Potts

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Class Politics reporter at The New Republic. Tips on Signal at monicabpotts.57. Past: 538, The American Prospect. BUY: The Forgotten Girls monicapotts.com

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is an actual Nazi rally.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
oh man 😂
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 12/10/2026
The Atlantic publishing their Hasan Piker deep dive the day the President raids Ilhan Omar's home is also one hell of a contrast.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump administration cut down more than 500 trees on Saturday at the East Potomac Golf Course after giving less than a full-day notice, with more tree-cutting planned, so plaintiffs challenging the effort went to court seeking a TRO tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
EMERGENCY MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR, ALTERNATIVELY, FOR A 14-DAY STAY UNDER SECTION 705 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
Plaintiffs hereby move the Court to enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, for a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705.
Despite the Court's admonitions not to "get to a point where someone is telling me, from
the government, that it's too late, too many things have happened and now we are, like, moving
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Document 76
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forward and we can't, you know, stop the trains," Status Conf. Tr. ("Apr. 13 Tr.") at 18:15-19:10,
Apr. 13, 2026, Defendants have begun irreversible damage to East Potomac Golf Course. At
4:55 p.m. on Friday preceding the holiday weekend, Defendants announced their intent to
begin-barely 12 hours later—a massive operation to clear 529 trees at East Potomac Golf
Course. Decl. of Dr. Kevin Griess, Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks,
National Park Service 920, ECF 74-1. Although they initially represented that their work would proceed in stages, Defendants in fact took down 529 trees on Saturday alone and have confirmed
to Plaintiffs that they intend to take down hundreds more.
Defendants' surprise tree-razing operation constitutes classic National Environmental
Policy Act segmentation: undertaking elements of a larger project piecemeal and insisting that they are independent and therefore need not be evaluated in a single NEPA review of the entire
project. Defendants cannot circumvent their NEPA obligations in this manner. Delaware
Riverkeeper Network v. F.E.R.C., 753 F.3d 1304, 1313 (D.C. Cir. 2014).Therefore, and for the reasons explained in the Memorandum accompanying this Motion
and supporting exhibits, the Court should enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705, enjoining Defendants from any further tree felling at East Potomac Park. In addition, the
Court should order Defendants to provide the Court and Plaintiffs no less than three business days' written advance notice before any irreparable modification to any permanent forms or
features of East Potomac Park.
If the Court believes a hearing would be appropriate, Plaintiffs request a hearing on this
motion at the Court's first availability. At the parties' meet and confer on Sunday afternoon, Defendants represented that the tree-clearing operation would continue this week until
completed. Defendants indicated during the meet and confer that rain foreclosed any work on
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Sunday, and that the possibility of doing work on Monday depended on weather and the course's
condition. Depending on Defendants' plans, then, it is possible that no work will occur on
Monday.
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Jacobin has never met evidence it loves more than a thesis.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 12/10/2026
Unnamed DHS spokesperson tells Reuters, “Today in the Washington, D.C. area, Homeland Security Investigations executed ​a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice.” That this is led by HSI is chilling.
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US launches immigration raid of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home
US authorities conducted a predawn Monday raid on the Washington-area home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar as part ​of an ongoing investigation, the Justice Department said.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
An important bit of immigration law which is relevant here; there is already a waiver process — Section 212(k) of the INA — by which immigrants who obtain status through fraud that they didn't know about can avoid consequences like losing a green card. So this is *even weaker* than it already seems.
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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump needs to be impeached and Omar’s colleagues should give a damn about the oaths they swore to as well as the colleague they work with everyday. All of them.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Once again...
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I did OM but also Arkansas has some has something called Quiz Bowl and I was on the team every year.
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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 11/10/2026
Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
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Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes
Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million so far to defeat Prop 40. By spending their fortunes trying to stop California from taxing billionaires, they're making the argument for a billionaire wealth tax more clearly and articulately than anyone else possibly could.
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Police have killed nearly 1000 people this year so far. That doesn't include deaths in custody.
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Who does this???
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 09/10/2026
My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️

"Today in Marble Hill, ICE agents fired multiple shots at a man in his vehicle while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat.
ICE's already unwelcome presence in our city has been growing more escalatory and dangerous by the day. Today's shooting is a grave development that requires a swift and immediate response to protect the safety of all New Yorkers.
First, we must have a full and independent investigation of this incident.
"There must also be a full and immediate release of all body camera footage of the incident.
In addition, the Target Corporation must stop offering their Bronx properties as private staging sites for ICE, in compliance with requests from New York officials. Target opening up large, active retail parking lots for paramilitary activity is unacceptable and places the entire community at risk.
ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency.
It does not belong in New York City and it should not exist in the United States of America. Abolish ICE.”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE is terrorizing our city and our communities. They’ve just shot someone with a five-year-old in the car. There is no justification for this or their presence in New York. ICE out of NYC. #abolishice. Image via @gothamist.com
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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
writing tip: when in doubt, read
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What
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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I agree with @samthielman.com: I loved both the Lanterns season finale and the show's approach to the characters. I'll definitely watch a season 2 with John Stewart and (hopefully) the digital ghost of Hal Jordan. slate.com/culture/2026...
slate.com
HBO’s Superhero Hit Ended Its Season With Some Big Reveals. Fans Were Not Pleased. Frankly, That’s on Them.
How could some viewers watch an entire season of Lanterns and assume they were getting a happy ending?
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
they did the thing
an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
IF ANYONE TRIES TO REACH ME ABOUT MY NOBEL I TOO AM LISTENING TO THE WIND.
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Can’t imagine spending another hour listening to a tech guy hand wave at risks without explaining how the AI gets a gun.
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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
all hail the queen @pamelacolloff.bsky.social, who just won the Kirkus Prize. people.com/026-kirkus-p...
people.com
Kirkus Reviews Announces 2026 Kirkus Prize Winners — See the List!
Kirkus Reviews, the leading U.S. book review magazine, announced the winners of the 2026 Kirkus Prize on Oct. 7. The annual literary award recognizes books across fiction, nonfiction and young readers...
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I wonder if Bear 806 adopted Biggie so she could have a babysitter.
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I simply would not be who I am today if I hadn't found loving and accepting cities to discover who I was.
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Absolutely 100 percent. I had a loving family (not hometown) and I've also realized that for mental and emotional health I prefer to be in the country, but the family and community I found living in cities for 20 years is absolutely unmatched. Cities are nice and cities take care of people.
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ugh yes it's so annoying. Especially because this often is, or used to be, also how I get legitimate emails about things I should read so I have to sift through.
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Listen I talk to a lot of people about how hard life is and also read a lot of other writers talking about how hard life is so sometimes I want a cozy romance or mystery: My current fave right now is Minneapolis author Ellie Palmer.
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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Definition of a Harper's Letter signatory: a free speech absolutist who hates when people protest
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/10/2026
Black text on white background 
"This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.
 
The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them – all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.
 
Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment.
 
To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity."
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
*long sigh* abcnews.com/Politics/tru...
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Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election
The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It is the time of year when the Canada Geese drive my dogs wild.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's pub day for my pal @janetreitman.bsky.social's astonishing THE INHERITANCE. Here's a review from the great @anandwrites.bsky.social that gets at what's brilliant about the book itself and the increasingly rare storytelling tradition in which it now towers. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/b...
nytimes.com
Book Review: ‘The Inheritance,’ by Janet Reitman (Gift Article)
Following the lives of ordinary citizens, a new book by Janet Reitman fashions an intimate, morally complex portrait of an insecure America.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I thought this was a really smart, detailed breakdown of Hell Gate's business operations, especially the ongoing challenge of converting subscribers to paid: www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/subs...
niemanlab.org
Subscribers are up, but growth is down. Here’s what worker-owned Hell Gate is trying next.
One tactic: "Turning off the free stuff every once in awhile."
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The working people running for Congress: newrepublic.com/article/2162...
newrepublic.com
These Candidates Don’t Talk to Working People—They Are Working People
Several actual union members are running for Congress as Democrats. Can they win? And just as important, can they make the party do more than pay lip service to labor?
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marlo @marlo.ooo · 06/10/2026
wait katy perry tried to buy a convent but it became a property dispute with the nuns who were trying to buy it back as well and it became a years-long legal dispute and one of the nuns (in the courtroom), one who had begged katy to “please stop” (i am unsure of when) JUST DIED IN THE COURT???
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is something I think about a lot: what kind of experiences does being a union member bring to politics? This year we may find out, because several actual workaday union members are running for office around the country: newrepublic.com/article/2162...
newrepublic.com
These Candidates Don’t Talk to Working People—They Are Working People
Several actual union members are running for Congress as Democrats. Can they win? And just as important, can they make the party do more than pay lip service to labor?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/10/2026
"Absent policy steering, AI’s modeled effects increase the carbon intensity of the global economy and reinforce fossil fuel incumbency—outcomes that current analytical and governance frameworks do not fully capture."
nature.com
AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I despise seeing what’s really going on stuffed into a “but critics say” clause.
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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The share of children who died before they were 5 years old in 1950 and 75 years later. Africa: 33% ↘ 6% Asia: 25% ↘ 2.5% Oceania: 9.3% ↘ 2% Latin America: 21% ↘ 1.5% Northern America: 3.8% ↘ 0.6% Europe: 10.5% ↘ 0.4% Globally: 23% ↘ 3.5%
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Honestly, daily news misses the forest because their job is literally to look at the trees, count the trees, etc. the forest is more for magazine journalism, which is why you need a robust free press ecosystem, not like one paper that does ok.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/10/2026
“Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient,” said the crypto billionaire. “If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient." Hmm, where have I heard this before? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
nytimes.com
Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict (Gift Article)
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
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Joel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Whenever I have to speak in front of a lot of people (as I did at a regional booksellers meeting this morning), I always think about this beautifully simple advice from @joshgondelman.bsky.social: "Everyone wants you to do a good job, and no one will be mad if you mess up a little." It helps!
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Monica Potts @monicapotts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is my Roman Empire. Every underpaid journalist should be angry. newrepublic.com/article/2129...
newrepublic.com
I Didn’t Realize How Much AI Chatbots Were Stealing My Work—Until Now
I have spent months of work on some stories, and all of my journalism is the result of years of labor. But large language models feed on it for free to make tech elites even richer.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As I prepare to see THE SOCIAL RECKONING and think about why I am not particularly amped to see it despite having thought THE SOCIAL NETWORK was quite good (aside from the Fincher/Sorkin directorial swap) I realize … I’m not sure I care what makes these guys tick. I feel quite past that.
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