Doug Garrison
@dhgarrison.bsky.social
Dad to kids and cats. Former brewer, current Political Science & US History adjunct in Central Ohio. I study beer, unions, and labor politics.
He/him.
He/him.
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The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Deviled eggs for The Game. This is tray 1/2, with half the batch being standard deli style and the other being jalapeño popper style. Big hit all around!
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Deviled eggs for The Game. This is tray 1/2, with half the batch being standard deli style and the other being jalapeño popper style. Big hit all around!
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I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
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NEW: From Dearborn to the greater Washington area, Arab-style cafes are redefining what young Americans want from a night out, writes Malak Salem for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in...
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in...
Inside the Arab-Owned Cafes Bringing the Middle East to the West
Born in Dearborn and spreading fast, these Yemeni-inspired coffeehouses are turning hospitality into community
newlinesmag.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
NEW: From Dearborn to the greater Washington area, Arab-style cafes are redefining what young Americans want from a night out, writes Malak Salem for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in...
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in...
look, ken: i barely know what the forex rate is for the pound sterling is *today* and you’re asking me to KNOW what a fucken “Guinea” was worth *250 YEARS AGO* without explanation.
new ken burns doc is decidedly mid
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
look, ken: i barely know what the forex rate is for the pound sterling is *today* and you’re asking me to KNOW what a fucken “Guinea” was worth *250 YEARS AGO* without explanation.
new ken burns doc is decidedly mid
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
new ken burns doc is decidedly mid
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More of this energy!
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
More of this energy!
Asking for a republic.
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Asking for a republic.
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All of the Pittsburgh journalists who stayed on strike for three years are heroes. Salute.
As the striking journalists return to the newsroom, both sides expect it’ll be a rocky reunion. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/what...
What newsroom organizers learned from the years-long strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The importance of coordination, how digital news consumption patterns limit the effectiveness of public shame, and more.
www.niemanlab.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
All of the Pittsburgh journalists who stayed on strike for three years are heroes. Salute.
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The good news: the president has pardoned the turkey.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The good news: the president has pardoned the turkey.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
And I need you now tonight, I fuckin' need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight, we'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right, 'cause we'll never be wrong
Together, we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all the time
And if you'll only hold me tight, we'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right, 'cause we'll never be wrong
Together, we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all the time
Chickity China, the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin’
Watchin’ ‘X-Files’ with no lights on
We’re dans la maison
I hope the Smoking Man’s in this one
Like Harrison Ford I’m getting frantic
Like Sting I’m tantric
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy
Like Kurosawa I make
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin’
Watchin’ ‘X-Files’ with no lights on
We’re dans la maison
I hope the Smoking Man’s in this one
Like Harrison Ford I’m getting frantic
Like Sting I’m tantric
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy
Like Kurosawa I make
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
And I need you now tonight, I fuckin' need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight, we'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right, 'cause we'll never be wrong
Together, we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all the time
And if you'll only hold me tight, we'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right, 'cause we'll never be wrong
Together, we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all the time
God I’d love to see these two inducted together someday.
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
God I’d love to see these two inducted together someday.
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Hell, and I cannot stress this enough, yeah.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Hell, and I cannot stress this enough, yeah.
If you’re mad Zohran went to the White House and charmed the president without compromising *any* part of his platform for NYC in the process, I need you to (1) get a grip, (2) learn how politics works, and (3) think ahead beyond two months from now.
Let’s walk and chew gum simultaneously, folks.
Let’s walk and chew gum simultaneously, folks.
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
If you’re mad Zohran went to the White House and charmed the president without compromising *any* part of his platform for NYC in the process, I need you to (1) get a grip, (2) learn how politics works, and (3) think ahead beyond two months from now.
Let’s walk and chew gum simultaneously, folks.
Let’s walk and chew gum simultaneously, folks.
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Whoever said that Trump looks like a Make A Wish kid meeting Zohran nailed it
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Whoever said that Trump looks like a Make A Wish kid meeting Zohran nailed it
Trump said nice things about an immigrant Muslim socialist in the Oval Office and it finally broke her spirit
Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Trump said nice things about an immigrant Muslim socialist in the Oval Office and it finally broke her spirit
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Federal election spending by the 100 wealthiest Americans is now 140x what it was in 2000.
Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Federal election spending by the 100 wealthiest Americans is now 140x what it was in 2000.
Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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With every passing day, America needs a bigger third reconstruction.
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
With every passing day, America needs a bigger third reconstruction.
A 250-word limit for a grad school application personal statement is *diabolical*
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
A 250-word limit for a grad school application personal statement is *diabolical*
Mail Carriers finding new ways to be heroes
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Mail Carriers finding new ways to be heroes
At some point—probably over winter break—I will watch the new Burns doc on the Revolution. But I won’t be happy about it.
Before you sharpen your pitchforks, understand that I come at this from the left and there’s only so much sentimental American Exceptionalism I can take in one sitting.
Before you sharpen your pitchforks, understand that I come at this from the left and there’s only so much sentimental American Exceptionalism I can take in one sitting.
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
At some point—probably over winter break—I will watch the new Burns doc on the Revolution. But I won’t be happy about it.
Before you sharpen your pitchforks, understand that I come at this from the left and there’s only so much sentimental American Exceptionalism I can take in one sitting.
Before you sharpen your pitchforks, understand that I come at this from the left and there’s only so much sentimental American Exceptionalism I can take in one sitting.