Don Moynihan

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Policy Professor @McCourtSchool @Georgetown. Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy. Free newsletter: https://donmoynihan.substack.com

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Then he would rerelease Dances with Wolves, digitally remastered, with the new ending

TBH I was hoping that Kevin Costner would use digital effects in his new Western to allow him to murder his “Dances with Wolves” character

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The reason the Pacific Northwest is so fascinating and eerie to Americans is because it functions as a gateway to an uncanny realm of magic and terror (Canada)

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TBH I was hoping that Kevin Costner would use digital effects in his new Western to allow him to murder his “Dances with Wolves” character

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Tweeted it out while backing up is pickup truck over one of his dogs

Damn

Just read Brian Aldiss’s “Billion Year Spree,” a history of sci-fi c. 1971, and he has an aside about how it’s hard to imagine sci-fi movies overtaking westerns. Thought of that reading this “Horizon” pan variety.com/2024/film/ne...

I (Barely) Survived ‘Horizon’: How Kevin Costner’s Western Epic Fails Even His Most Diehard ‘Yellowstone’ Fansvariety.com Will "Yellowstone" fans, thirsty for more Western drama from Kevin Costner, be pleased with "Horizon"? Sadly, no.

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Yeesh. "FN is the party of the future and it always will be" bsky.app/profile/dipl...

The perception of an inevitable fascist victory in Europe is largely just the wishcasting of mainstream media publications saying that fascist victory is inevitable. See how the BBC spins National Rally's loss.

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Lot of questions about why Macron called snap elections. One clear factor: By ordering speed campaign, he expected Left could not unite, & so they'd be knocked out in Round 1, helping his own party. Instead, Left united within days—& now surged to win biggest bloc in Assembly.

Macron basically built a political party around him. That worked before and now it isn’t. In democracies, personalist parties have to adapt or they will crumble with their leaders declining popularity.

I wrote this in 2017, shortly after Macron's 1st win. I said: Macron is so open about being hostile to Left, that it salvages a huge path for the broad left to be an alternative... if it manages to unite. Few things I've ever written have aged so well. democracyjournal.org/arguments/re...

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Things seem bleak but it’s probably a bad sign for Republicans that people have started mentioning their actual goals and political blueprint and their response is “how fucking dare you??”

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lord i see what youve done for other peoples

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

These people do not believe in democracy. If they lose, it can only be because if fraud, not because they are the type of weirdos who deny election outcomes whenever they lose.

Future Trump WH spokesman Catturd2 with the least predictable take on the French election results.

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(Via Ben Ansell from the other place)

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Tell every person you know that the GOP wants to ban porn. Let them imagine a hellscape where they both have no human rights and no legal sources of weird smut to drown their sorrows in

Yes, I absolutely do think over half the country cares about having their basic human rights taken away by a bunch of authoritarian freaks. For Christ’s sake, Project 2025 calls for banning PORN. We can get voters mad about this.

They simply want GOP officials to be able to observe what porn you are watching.

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In case you're curious, you only get TWO extra rights/responsibilities as a US citizen compared to a permanent resident, which I previously was. That's right, only two: Sitting on a jury. And VOTING. IF YOU CAN VOTE, USE YOUR RIGHTS! BECAUSE YOU KNOW OTHER PEOPLE ARE.

A widely predicted victory for the far right in France has instead turned into a victory for the left *because people turned out in record numbers to vote.* Defeat is not inevitable and more progressive elected officials means more progressive policies.

In France, the left coalition comes in first, Macron second, the far-right third. The best way to defeat fascism is not centrism, it’s a strong left.

2024 is the year when democracy is on the ballot, with extraordinary risks of major powers turning to authoritarianism. But in the space of the a couple of days, two of the biggest countries in Europe have moved decisively to the left. One of these was expected (UK), the other not (France).

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Last Week Tonight made the most important point about Project 2025: it does for the entire administration what the Federalist Society did for his court picks. A Matrix download connecting how MAGA freaks will be efficient enough to execute a 1000-page playbook with Trump’s undeniable harm (Dobbs).

‎How are you feeling about democracy?: “Explaining Project 2025” with Don Moynihan on Apple Podcastspodcasts.apple.com ‎Show How are you feeling about democracy?, Ep “Explaining Project 2025” with Don Moynihan - Jul 5, 2024

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When the France election results are good

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It held

Wow: the English goalie had penalty shootout instructions printed on his waterbottle www.nytimes.com/athletic/562...

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Fight against daunting odds, because it’s the right thing to do, and because sometimes you win.

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In France, the left coalition comes in first, Macron second, the far-right third. The best way to defeat fascism is not centrism, it’s a strong left.

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BREAKING: Upside side down French flag spotted outside the Alitos' summer residence

Wow, maybe competence and experience really does matter for public services. Who knew? (Anyone who studies public organizations. Or, really, anyone with an ounce of common sense).

According to research from @jjacobkirksey.bsky.social, in TX "Students with new uncertified teachers lost the equivalent of about four months of learning in reading and three months in math."

Texas kids lose up to 4 months of learning with new uncertified teachers, study findswww.dallasnews.com Students with new uncertified teachers lost the equivalent of about four months of learning in reading and three months in math, the Texas Tech study found.

Senator Mike Lee: I don't recognize these white supremacists wearing masks, but they sure do remind me of Democrats.

"Time for some game theory"

Did it again earlier today. The current update is that Eric Garland says he is close to being thrown in jail by family court, but behind his ex-wife's machinations...a hidden hand

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"Some children think that their legs might grow again. This is one of the saddest things that we hear on a regular basis.” The war in Gaza makes life nearly impossible for disabled people. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How the war in Gaza makes life nearly impossible for disabled peoplewww.motherjones.com “Some children think that their legs might grow again. This is one of the saddest things that we hear on a regular basis.”

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yeah, can't recall anything of note while you were gone