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Ryan Olson

@ryanolson.bsky.social
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East coast transplant surviving in minnesota. Dad to a good little dude and a couple good little dogs.

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HawaiiDelilah™ 🌊 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @hawaiidelilah.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Harvard professor Theda Skocpol argues that the dramatic expansion of ICE could serve as Trump’s hidden strategy to bypass federalist constraints & carry out a full autocratic consolidation of power in the United States. Via ‪@joshtpm.bsky.social‬ In full: talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
As Shawn McCreesh and Tyler Pager report, House Republican holdouts were apparently swayed to support President Trump’s tax and spending bill by signed merch and photographs with the president.
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Trump Goes on a Charm Offensive as He Woos Holdout Republicans
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 30/06/2025
The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens. Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important". Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary. substack.com/redirect/169...
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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 27/06/2025
Federal agent “I will fucking shoot you” to a man in a car as another agent, wearing an FBI vest and mask covering his face, grabs a woman. According to eyewitness, no warrant was shown or probable cause given.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Yup. And part of the freakout is that — unlike Cuomo — Mamdani is not Netanyahu’s lawyer. Moreover, Mamdani may actually hold Netanyahu to the standards of international law and treat him as a war criminal, which is how he should be treated.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
WTF FT? This is your lead story? What the hell are you doing?
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Eric Trump opens door to political dynasty
‘If there’s one family that hasn’t profited off politics, it’s the Trump family,’ president’s son says in an interview
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
It is a huge, huge problem globally that the "culture warriors" have decided fact-checking is censorship and pushed that narrative everywhere they can. Glad to see some pushback: www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...
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The truth is still worth fighting for - Poynter
As fact-checkers gather in Rio this week, the fight for information integrity has never been more urgent.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I am very, very happy to be wrong. I'm glad especially to see independents split on this. I was pretty sure the protests would create a more even split, but Trump being down 15 points on this one issue tells me I was too worried.
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Was consumed all day at work by the fact that trump tweeted "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!" at Iran, which from any normal president would be hugely consequential and it wasn't even a story because the media has just sort of deformed itself into nihilistic acceptance of the fact that he's insane
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 16/06/2025
Hey there Scott Walker. I noticed you deleted this after learning that in fact the shooter was from the right. I don’t think it matters either way, violence is violence, so I’m waiting for you to tweet the same thing with corrected facts? Cuz you’re uh, to use your words, “being silent.”
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president. And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict. This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
I bet it'd be easier for Americans to see ICE agents as just regular folks if they weren't, you know, wearing black masks and hiding their names and identities from the public out of shame.
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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Chris Murphy asks Linda McMahon what statute gives the federal government the authority to demand that Harvard hire and admit more conservatives McMahon says Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (Title VI outlaws discrimination based on race, color, or national origin)
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
yes this is famously how free societies treat their universities
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Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
In any case: No one is immune to the effects of social media. I believe I can say: things are getting worse. We need to make radical changes to our behavior. One place to start would be with this book, written by @roberttalisse.bsky.social, the thesis of which, again, I initially treated like poison
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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Words and Phrases We Can Do Without
It’s not ‘grift’; it’s out-and-out sleaze
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain  economist.com/science-and-...
website views of PhD programmes up in Netherlands. canada, sweden etc website views from outside the US down massively in the US, up elsewhere
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/05/2025
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The House Rules Committee -- which changes bills however the House speaker tells it to before they hit the House floor -- is meeting Weds at 1am to bring up the GOP's massive tax plan, which strips health insurance from 13.7M people to give tax breaks to rich people. Definitely nothing to see here!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” isn’t just about tax cuts it quietly guts federal protections and reshapes entire agencies. Here’s what’s buried inside:
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16/05/2025
Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt www.ft.com/content/e456...
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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Do I have to tap some sign? Would it be funny if it were a Tesla? SURE. Has it been definitively reported as a Tesla? ("Sources") NO. So effectively, you CAN make this shit up. Don't spread mis/disinformation. Shit's already bad enough out there on that front.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
It is so tragic and highly embarrassing that someone so vile, petty, and bereft of decency is the president. I will never understand or have peace with it.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I keep coming back to the idea that there are kids for whom this is what a president sounds like. This is just normal for what a president says every day. Open mic night at the Chuckle Hut.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 16/05/2025
The US was downgraded by Moody’s Ratings on an increase in government debt, a landmark move that casts doubt on the nation’s status as the world’s highest-quality sovereign borrower.
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US Credit Rating Cut by Moody’s on Government Debt Increase
The US was downgraded by Moody’s Ratings on an increase in government debt, a landmark move that casts doubt on the nation’s status as the world’s highest-quality sovereign borrower.
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Here is the rating action:
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Ivan Pereira @ivanper4.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
“Restore Sanity” doesn’t disclose its funders as it urges voters to “beat back special interests.” But records show it’s linked to Tusk Strategies, whose CEO is advising Andrew Cuomo’s campaign for mayor. via @katiehonan.bsky.social
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Dark Money Group With Cuomo Ties Sends Election Mail Blitz
“Restore Sanity” doesn’t disclose its funders as it urges voters to “beat back special interests.” But records show it’s linked to Tusk Strategies, whose CEO is advising Andrew Cuomo’s campaign for ma...
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existentiallight.bsky.social @existentiallight.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Sauer keeps saying the amendment was suppose to apply to "former slaves" but the actual text of the 14th amendment is "all persons born or naturalized in the united sates," i thought conservatives were big text guys
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
This is an excellent graphical look at how billionaires in tech are stuffing their allies into agencies that regulate the industry www.wsj.com/politics/tec...
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Silicon Valley’s New Hold on Washington
See how allies of four tech titans are staffing the agencies meant to regulate them, raising ethics flags and securing billions.
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Ryan Olson @ryanolson.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
media.tenor.com
a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32
ALT: a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Ben of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress: "They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
It's not only breathtakingly corrupt, it's manifestly illegal, no matter what permission is received from a cowardly and compromised Department of Justice.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/05/2025
Powell: "If the large increases in tariffs that have been announced are sustained, they are likely to generate a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth, and an increase in unemployment."
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Andrii Katriuk 🇺🇦 @andriikatriuk.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Just a reminder that in a world full of russias - escalation management always loses. Because russian money and corruption will rot through every country. And cowards who chose disgrace instead of war always get both. #UkrainianView
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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Ryan Olson @ryanolson.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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Yuriy Gorodnichenko @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Trump: Russia not taking over #Ukraine is a concession In 1938 @ Munich, Hitler made a concession too: GER will not occupy the rest of Czechoslovakia but Czechoslovakia has to cede the Sudetenland to the Reich. Germany occupied Czechoslovakia anyway 6 months later. Then we had WW2 #UkrainianView
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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Minnesota school board votes to take down inclusive posters—pays parents $30K in damages. Parents sued claiming that posters with messages like "Be Kind" & "We Are Stronger Together" fostered a "hostile educational environment."
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David Yankovich @davidyankovich.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The U.S. offering “protection” to Greenland in exchange for control isn’t diplomacy—it’s organized racketeering in a suit. This is how the mob works. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump admin planning PR blitz to convince Greenlanders to ask to be part of U.S.
Aides have discussed possible advertising and social media campaigns to change public opinion among 57,000 Greenlanders
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“I said this would happen…Dissent isn’t unlawful. It certainly isn’t treasonous. America is headed down a dark path. Never has a man so inelegantly proved another man’s point.” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Trump directs Justice Dept. to probe officials who opposed him in first term
The targeting of former cybersecurity official Chris Krebs and former homeland security official Miles Taylor reflects the president’s escalating quest for retribution.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 10/04/2025
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks. We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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J'Net @jannetteb.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Thought I should let you know that I consolidated your 11 posts into one doc and people are really sharing it. It's too long for the +alt though, so am sending those folks directly to your site.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 08/04/2025
Tariffs xkcd.com/3073
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Two guesses which party this guy is from. NYT doesn't say in headline, dek, or caption. But take a guess. Never-named hed/dek writers at NYT, what are you doing? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
Headline "He said he would ban congressional stock trading. Now in office, he trades freely."
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Talleyrando @michaeloak.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Best day of the football year
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