Chris Nehls
@nehls.bsky.social
Senior advisor @americalabs Congressional reform, democracy, civic tech. US History PhD. 3x Wahoo. Back from Japan. Let's Go Mets. 🏀. wants to know the exact dimensions of hell
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Those of us who study immigration knew it was a very bad idea to centralize the immigration bureaucracy in DHS after 9/11 and to make immigration policy synonymous w/ national security. Plus FLOODING DHS with cash & other resources. In the Third Reconstruction, this agency needs to be dismantled.
And of course Trump is gutting the watchdogs designed to provide a check on this sort of atrocious behavior. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Those of us who study immigration knew it was a very bad idea to centralize the immigration bureaucracy in DHS after 9/11 and to make immigration policy synonymous w/ national security. Plus FLOODING DHS with cash & other resources. In the Third Reconstruction, this agency needs to be dismantled.
Virginia football has done the impossible: made me voluntarily go to Charlotte
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Virginia football has done the impossible: made me voluntarily go to Charlotte
The mac n no cheese is getting attention but those are the worst fucking mashed potatoes in human history
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The mac n no cheese is getting attention but those are the worst fucking mashed potatoes in human history
*my high school English teacher* fewer lawyers
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
*my high school English teacher* fewer lawyers
Should I send an emergency signal to the workwear guy about EJ Manuel’s suit?
November 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Should I send an emergency signal to the workwear guy about EJ Manuel’s suit?
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In 2005 Duke undergraduate Stephen Miller wrote this piece framing multiculturalism as a form of unpatriotic segregationism. He has always been a maladjusted white nationalist who doesn’t understand what the US is. bsky.app/profile/seth...
Stephen Miller wrote this piece for the Duke student newspaper TWENTY YEARS AGO. You won't find a single talking point in here that a) wasn't already a stale Limbaugh-esque talking point in 2005 and b) isn't also the cutting edge of GOP messaging about universities today.
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In 2005 Duke undergraduate Stephen Miller wrote this piece framing multiculturalism as a form of unpatriotic segregationism. He has always been a maladjusted white nationalist who doesn’t understand what the US is. bsky.app/profile/seth...
This is comically extreme for the immigration restrictionists of the 1910s and 20s
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is comically extreme for the immigration restrictionists of the 1910s and 20s
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I’m long passed taking the high road with these people. If you’re actively abetting the destruction of American democracy I wish nothing but psychic torment and paper cuts for you.
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I’m long passed taking the high road with these people. If you’re actively abetting the destruction of American democracy I wish nothing but psychic torment and paper cuts for you.
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
I think this is in reference to Hayden Christensen trying to be Mark Ruffalo
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I think this is in reference to Hayden Christensen trying to be Mark Ruffalo
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Betty White and Lorne Greene hosting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, 1965
November 29, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Betty White and Lorne Greene hosting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, 1965
Rewatching the Todd Haynes Velvet Underground doc and totally missed this the first time
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Rewatching the Todd Haynes Velvet Underground doc and totally missed this the first time
I googled "118th Congress retirements" to refresh my memory of other mid-session ones and this is what the AI delivered... 3 out of 8 of these are right.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I googled "118th Congress retirements" to refresh my memory of other mid-session ones and this is what the AI delivered... 3 out of 8 of these are right.
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*hauls out drum he’s been banging for over two decades* now would be the perfect time to reject Hutchinson v. Proxmire and recognize that Speech or Debate Clause immunity should ABSOLUTELY protect members’ communications with the public at large.
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
*hauls out drum he’s been banging for over two decades* now would be the perfect time to reject Hutchinson v. Proxmire and recognize that Speech or Debate Clause immunity should ABSOLUTELY protect members’ communications with the public at large.
Historically, too - railroad bubbles leading to labor unions and Populism. More than voter backlash is possible
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Historically, too - railroad bubbles leading to labor unions and Populism. More than voter backlash is possible
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Side note: "They don't even allow little wins like announcing small grants"
I noticed early in Trump I that cabinet sec'ys weren't making announcements as sec'ys had in the past; they ~all came from the WH. And that way is esp stupid w/ Congress. But, Trump is the no carrot, all stick president.
I noticed early in Trump I that cabinet sec'ys weren't making announcements as sec'ys had in the past; they ~all came from the WH. And that way is esp stupid w/ Congress. But, Trump is the no carrot, all stick president.
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Side note: "They don't even allow little wins like announcing small grants"
I noticed early in Trump I that cabinet sec'ys weren't making announcements as sec'ys had in the past; they ~all came from the WH. And that way is esp stupid w/ Congress. But, Trump is the no carrot, all stick president.
I noticed early in Trump I that cabinet sec'ys weren't making announcements as sec'ys had in the past; they ~all came from the WH. And that way is esp stupid w/ Congress. But, Trump is the no carrot, all stick president.
I go to basically every Mets game here in DC and the number of Nimmo jerseys I see is ... not many. We're a savvy group.
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I go to basically every Mets game here in DC and the number of Nimmo jerseys I see is ... not many. We're a savvy group.
I don’t mean to brag
I don’t mean to boast
But I’m intercontinental when I eat French toast
I don’t mean to boast
But I’m intercontinental when I eat French toast
November 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I don’t mean to brag
I don’t mean to boast
But I’m intercontinental when I eat French toast
I don’t mean to boast
But I’m intercontinental when I eat French toast
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What exactly is a Thurber-themed tattoo?
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
What exactly is a Thurber-themed tattoo?
What exactly is a Thurber-themed tattoo?
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
What exactly is a Thurber-themed tattoo?
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As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.
@americalabs.org and I spoke with ND prof James Curry about how leadership in Congress restricts info to control members and ideas for how the rank and file can have more info at their disposal open.substack.com/pub/firstbra...
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
@americalabs.org and I spoke with ND prof James Curry about how leadership in Congress restricts info to control members and ideas for how the rank and file can have more info at their disposal open.substack.com/pub/firstbra...