Sam Eyler-Driscoll 🍉🌻🍁
@sameyler.bsky.social
Founder/Lead Editor, Standard Error Research Editors (@standarderror.bsky.social, http://stderr-editors.com; opinions here are mine!)
Ex American Journal Experts/Springer Nature, Chicago Booth, @cepr.org, LSE
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The biggest threats to journalism in this country, and to the possibility of an informed and empowered electorate, stem from the political economy of the media. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Washington Post undergoing significant layoffs as part of ‘strategic reset’
Employees were told Wednesday that the paper’s sports desk would close among other cuts and restructurings
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The biggest threats to journalism in this country, and to the possibility of an informed and empowered electorate, stem from the political economy of the media. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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Extremely embarrassed today by Gustavo Petro, what a weasel
February 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Extremely embarrassed today by Gustavo Petro, what a weasel
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“In my profession, I have seen many people break down in grief, but that image of Elizabeth’s father will stay with me forever,” she said. “I watched him sit in his car, bury his head in his hands, and cry uncontrollably. Those are images you do not forget.”
Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE
Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.
sahanjournal.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
“In my profession, I have seen many people break down in grief, but that image of Elizabeth’s father will stay with me forever,” she said. “I watched him sit in his car, bury his head in his hands, and cry uncontrollably. Those are images you do not forget.”
This is praxis
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This is praxis
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I don't know if non-lawyers understand how insane this statement is. I honestly can't think of anything remotely comparable in non-lawyer speak. I guess the closest would be a surgeon saying "Imagine if I had to wash my HANDS before doing surgery!"
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I don't know if non-lawyers understand how insane this statement is. I honestly can't think of anything remotely comparable in non-lawyer speak. I guess the closest would be a surgeon saying "Imagine if I had to wash my HANDS before doing surgery!"
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Many said we were exaggerating a year ago when we argued that Trump is a clear and present danger to our democracy. A year later they are eating their words.
It’s up to every single one of us to save our democracy.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
It’s up to every single one of us to save our democracy.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
February 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Many said we were exaggerating a year ago when we argued that Trump is a clear and present danger to our democracy. A year later they are eating their words.
It’s up to every single one of us to save our democracy.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
It’s up to every single one of us to save our democracy.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Extremely embarrassed today by Gustavo Petro, what a weasel
February 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Extremely embarrassed today by Gustavo Petro, what a weasel
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The basic lesson of the Second World War was that democracy requires a cordon sanitaire and US institutions could not enforce ours and now we are on a step function toward authoritarian hell until that barrier is restored
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The basic lesson of the Second World War was that democracy requires a cordon sanitaire and US institutions could not enforce ours and now we are on a step function toward authoritarian hell until that barrier is restored
It’s extremely bad for the prospects of our democracy that the sole small-d democratic party has an incentive to keep a fascist party held only just in abeyance instead of casting it permanently outside the bounds of legitimate politics
It really bums me out that Klobuchar, who was instrumental in normalizing Trump as just another political adversary, is almost certainly going to be the next governor of Minnesota, a state currently paying a severe price for that normalization of fascism.
Here's all the Klobuchar v. Republican matchups from that SurveyUSA poll
Best Klobuchar lead is +20, worst is +14
Best Klobuchar lead is +20, worst is +14
February 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
It’s extremely bad for the prospects of our democracy that the sole small-d democratic party has an incentive to keep a fascist party held only just in abeyance instead of casting it permanently outside the bounds of legitimate politics
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In fact eroticized exploitation, abuse, domination, and violence are in fact normative parts of male heterosexuality—they’re largely constitutive of how men define themselves as men. The big feminist and queer intervention in sexual politics has been to say that this is corrosive and unnecessary.
Presented without comment. I just want everyone here to know.
I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
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I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
In fact eroticized exploitation, abuse, domination, and violence are in fact normative parts of male heterosexuality—they’re largely constitutive of how men define themselves as men. The big feminist and queer intervention in sexual politics has been to say that this is corrosive and unnecessary.
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The compromise will be that Alberta gets to vote
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
The compromise will be that Alberta gets to vote
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This is my most recent post on the subject—shots of not-fully-elaborated threads, and a link to a medium piece from 2020 that updates (& links to) the original Transfer Union argument which was 2014 (but really 2010ish) bsky.app/profile/raja...
For years, I have argued that memories of Reconstruction & Civil Rights made Dems plump for an ever-more-powerful Federal Govt, but this is risky for Dems not just because of the structure of US electoral institutions but even of US opinions. This sucks but karthiksankaran.medium.com/is-the-us-ri...
February 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
This is my most recent post on the subject—shots of not-fully-elaborated threads, and a link to a medium piece from 2020 that updates (& links to) the original Transfer Union argument which was 2014 (but really 2010ish) bsky.app/profile/raja...
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Genuinely they remind me of the guys who batter their wives to try to prevent them from divorcing them
February 3, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Genuinely they remind me of the guys who batter their wives to try to prevent them from divorcing them
Constantly reminded of @rajakorman.bsky.social’s characterization of the US as a “transfer union”—these guys constantly prevaricate about the direction of the subsidies to sublimate their fears about losing them
Markwayne Mullin: "I agree with what Lindsey is saying on defunding these sanctuary cities. We should pull our TSA agents out of their airports and not allow their airpot to be classified as international or even a regional hub. We should pull all of our aid."
February 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Constantly reminded of @rajakorman.bsky.social’s characterization of the US as a “transfer union”—these guys constantly prevaricate about the direction of the subsidies to sublimate their fears about losing them
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The Broligarchs are products of unprecendented prosperity--largely in tech, largely funded by the American taxpayer via NSF grants, federal contracts, etc.--which they used to fund state capture.
They bought & neutered democratic institutions (Congress, the IRS & FTC) that constrained them.
They bought & neutered democratic institutions (Congress, the IRS & FTC) that constrained them.
February 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
The Broligarchs are products of unprecendented prosperity--largely in tech, largely funded by the American taxpayer via NSF grants, federal contracts, etc.--which they used to fund state capture.
They bought & neutered democratic institutions (Congress, the IRS & FTC) that constrained them.
They bought & neutered democratic institutions (Congress, the IRS & FTC) that constrained them.
Wonder if he expects all these new imperial subjects would vote for his Nazi party
abcmedia.am/en/news/2311...
abcmedia.am/en/news/2311...
‘Canada would be the 51st, Greenland the 52nd, and Venezuela the 53rd state’: Trump jokes at dinner - ABCMEDIA
During a dinner held on Saturday, US President Donald Trump jokingly spoke about the “annexation” of Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela, The Washington Post
abcmedia.am
February 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Wonder if he expects all these new imperial subjects would vote for his Nazi party
abcmedia.am/en/news/2311...
abcmedia.am/en/news/2311...
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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Reminder that yesterday the president told the press he wants to “nationalize” elections because of lies about immigrants and every time you let anyone repeat lies to your face about immigrants you’re helping him
February 3, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Reminder that yesterday the president told the press he wants to “nationalize” elections because of lies about immigrants and every time you let anyone repeat lies to your face about immigrants you’re helping him
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A fundamentally evil news media organization.
February 3, 2026 at 11:49 AM
A fundamentally evil news media organization.
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My third grader—the coolest ever, I must say—is once again raising funds for the American Heart Association to support kids with heart problems and asked me to share the link with my Bluesky network who have always proved so generous in past years. Don’t let her down folks! myhrt.org/dud3z
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association offers programs for the classroom and for the gym to help kids get healthier and perform better in school.
myhrt.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:57 PM
My third grader—the coolest ever, I must say—is once again raising funds for the American Heart Association to support kids with heart problems and asked me to share the link with my Bluesky network who have always proved so generous in past years. Don’t let her down folks! myhrt.org/dud3z
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BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
Defendant contacted police before freeway shooting
Charles Glen Simmons, 53, of Dillard, is in the Douglas County Jail on $1 million bail after Thursday morning’s alleged crime spree. According to a press release from the Oregon
www.nrtoday.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
My third grader—the coolest ever, I must say—is once again raising funds for the American Heart Association to support kids with heart problems and asked me to share the link with my Bluesky network who have always proved so generous in past years. Don’t let her down folks! myhrt.org/dud3z
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association offers programs for the classroom and for the gym to help kids get healthier and perform better in school.
myhrt.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:57 PM
My third grader—the coolest ever, I must say—is once again raising funds for the American Heart Association to support kids with heart problems and asked me to share the link with my Bluesky network who have always proved so generous in past years. Don’t let her down folks! myhrt.org/dud3z
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Boosting!
ICE just abandons the people they've illegally kidnapped sometimes thousands of miles from home. Help them get home.
ICE just abandons the people they've illegally kidnapped sometimes thousands of miles from home. Help them get home.
Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
Donate Your Skymiles — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Boosting!
ICE just abandons the people they've illegally kidnapped sometimes thousands of miles from home. Help them get home.
ICE just abandons the people they've illegally kidnapped sometimes thousands of miles from home. Help them get home.