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David Ryan Miller

@davidryanmiller.com

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Asst Prof American University (American institutions). Fmr. asst prof ETSU & UC-Riverside & Vanderbilt post-doc CSDI. WUSTL, URI, & GWU alum. Taylor Alison Swift is my muse. www.davidryanmiller.com

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David Raymond Miller is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 63rd mayor of Toronto from 2003 to 2010.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2h

Things I remain shocked by:
-People in industries like journalism and education that are going to be turned upside down by AI who barely use or understand it
-People in those industries (often the same ones) who still feel comfortable making sweeping claims about AI's capabilities and limitations

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

Best Twitter riposte of the day

David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 4h

White House access is hard to secure, and being wealthy often helps get it (which exacerbates inequalities).

In Trump II, this dynamic is turbocharged and leads to corrupt acts like this.

thehill.com/opinion/whit...

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Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 6h

Given my priors, I can't quite believe I'm here, but

The next administration needs to staff up the public corruption section of DOJ in such a way that the WPA looks like a neighborhood lemonade stand

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...

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Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 6h

The Trump administration is rolling out the red carpet for once-besieged prediction apps like Polymarket and Kalshi, with millions pouring into bets on the midterms. The companies wave away concerns about foreign influence and partisan meddling www.npr.org/2025/12/23/n...

Election betting on prediction markets apps is set to boom ahead of midterms

Online prediction markets, like Polymarket and Kalshi, were under intense scrutiny in the Biden administration. But Trump officials are embracing the controversial apps, raising new fears about electi...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7h

Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.

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NPR @npr.org · 7h

The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS

Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change

The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 8h

Trump's Cabinet is hiding from Congress. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Kennedy, other Trump officials balk at requests to testify on Capitol Hill

Democrats have suggested the lack of testimony is yet another way the administration is snubbing the legislative branch.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

We are getting to the point where white collar criminals are thinking, "why take the plea deal my high-priced lawyer negotiated when I can just bribe the President and skip jail altogether?"
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...

The clients who can buy their access to Trump’s inner circle tend to be white collar criminals. White collar crimes are less shocking than violent crimes, but have real costs. For example, some of Gentile’s victims lost their life savings. These crimes are also incredibly difficult to prove in court, even as the rich are able to fund a legal defense beyond the reach of ordinary people. Nevertheless, many might decide a good insurance policy is to put a down-payment on a pardon. After a wealthy fraudster served two weeks of a 42 month jail sentence, one DOJ prosecutor said:

Afterward, defense attorneys are telling us they can’t get their clients to take good or reasonable plea offers because they felt they’re better off spending their money on a political donation, drawing Trump’s attention, and getting the case dismissed or going to trial and getting a pardon.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12h

In 2025, the US launched strikes on the Houthis in Yemen, al-Shabab in Somalia, ISIS in Syria, alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, plus Iran’s nuclear program. Now some into Nigeria.

All killed people and damaged things, but none appear to have achieved anything lasting.

Opinion | The logic isn't apparent in Trump's strikes in Nigeria

Nicholas Grossman: Add Nigeria to the list of countries Trump has bombed this year

www.ms.now

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14h

He can’t. It requires the shameful complicity of hundreds of legislators who swore oaths on Bibles to country & Constitution & refuse to do their damn jobs

Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the worst Article I constitutional crisis in 🇺🇸 history & then it’s Saturday

Bart chalkboard: the institutions are not self enforcing

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

It’s hard to believe that one man can cause so much stress, so much fear, so much pain and suffering…a man who took an oath to preserve and protect our Constitution. This man, who is inciting terror across our land, must be removed from office. In a sane world, it would happen immediately.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

The priorities of the most powerful person in the world

Shoe+ @shoe.bsky.social · 1d

Busy Presidentin'

David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 1d

Make a Bond movie academic:

The Man with the Golden Gun: How a Billionaire Started Shooting People in the Middle of Fifth Avenue and Didn't Lose a Single Vote

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 1d

make a Bond movie academic

The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies

Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 1d

make a Bond movie academic

Spectre: {Insert bacronym here}

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

Trump frustrated at never-ending Epstein saga, calls on DOJ to release names of only Dems connected to Epstein to “embarrass them” and suggests that despite legal requirement to release everything, DOJ should consider saying “no more.”

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Spencer Green @spencergreen.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure the 22 million people whose healthcare premiums will triple in six days are delighted by this news, you inhuman fuck.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite presents ever—my dad found and framed this pic of my mother @sunminkimes.bsky.social at a Seattle courthouse after she passed her US citizenship test in 1981. Like so many of the people who come here to start a new life, she is the best of us—the bravest, strongest person I know.

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 1d

CBS News has cancelled a story about Christmas because Stephen Miller was not allowed to argue that only Italian-Americans are worthy of salvation.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti

Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta

Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers

Stephen Miller • @St... • 13m Ø
Watched the Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas with my kids.
Imagine watching that and thinking America needed infinity migrants from the third world.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 1d

make a Bond movie academic

The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies

Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 1d

make a Bond movie academic

Spectre: {Insert bacronym here}

🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 1d

make a Bond movie academic

No Time to Die: Techno-Fascism and Its Imaginaries of Immortality

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Beatgrrrl @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 1d

Gingerbread 2025 Dumpster 🔥

2025 "dumpster fire" gingerbread house made for the holiday season.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is using Christmas to extend white Christian nationalism.
*Official messaging emphasizes "our Lord and savior"
*Trump ordered two additional federal holidays around Xmas
On top of:
*Encouraging proselytizing in workplace
*Seeking evidence of anti-Christian bias
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/a...

Trump Administration Emphasizes Religion in Official Christmas Messages

www.nytimes.com

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

this is demonic. sorry to say but if you do this you should be shipped to a desert island away from the rest of us who still have human souls

All Things Motherhood Jasmen Powell • 6d • S
Hot take, but an honest one.
I think Al is going to replace a big part of traditional photography, especially when it comes to fa... See more

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Jasmen Powell • 6d • 6
Hot take, but an honest one.
I think Al is going to replace a big part of traditional photography, especially when it comes to family photos and kids.
Not because photographers aren't talented. They are.
But because for moms, convenience matters. A lot.
Getting everyone dressed. Coordinating schedules.
Making sure kids cooperate. Packing snacks. Leaving the house. Spending the money. Waiting for edits.
That's work.
With Al, moms don't have to stage a moment at all. No outfits. No schedules. No pressure. You can snap a quick photo, upload it, and generate what you want when it works for you.
We all know the future is Al unless something massive shifts. It's already here. And I'm personally for Al when it comes to convenience.
Especially for moms who are already doing everything.
That doesn't mean photographers will disappear. There will always be space for in-person, documentary, milestone moments. But for everyday family photos, holiday cards, quick keepsakes, and busy seasons of motherhood, Al is accessible in a way traditional photography often isn't.
And sometimes convenience matters more than tradition.
That's not laziness.
That's survival.

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 1d

Make a Bond movie academic

Live and Let Cite

Dean Leetal @deanleetal.bsky.social · 1d

Make a Bond Movie academic

The writer's use of the word 'never' is problematic, and rewording might better serve the paper (1983)

Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 1d

Make a Bond Movie academic

Best, Russia

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Steffen Lüdke @stluedke.bsky.social · 1d

People have not fully realized what a world without any meaningful international law, however imperfect, would look like.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

Joe Rogan and Shane Gillis on Nick Fuentes running for president one day.

Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: “Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, & thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT … Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!”

Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, and thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to “drop him like a dog” when things got too HOT, falsely claimed they had nothing to do with him, didn’t know him, said he was a disgusting person, and then blame, of course, President Donald J. Trump, who was actually the only one who did drop Epstein, and long before it became fashionable to do so. When their names get brought out in the ongoing Radical Left Witch Hunt (plus one lowlife “Republican,” Massie!), and it is revealed that they are Democrats all, there will be a lot of explaining to do, much like there was when it was made public that the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax was a fictitious story - a total Scam -
and had nothing to do with “TRUMP.” The Failing New York Times, among many others, was forced to apologize for their bad and faulty Election “Reporting,” even to the point of losing many subscribers due to their highly inaccurate (FAKE!) coverage. Now the same losers are at it again, only this time so many of their friends, mostly innocent, will be badly hurt and reputationally tarnished. But sadly, that’s the way it is in the World of Corrupt Democrat Politics!!! Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas! President Donald J. Trump

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 2d

“Who’s gonna stop you for that” is Trump’s key political insight

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

Newly discovered recordings show how far Donald Trump went to attempt overturning the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.

Trump told the Speaker he could call the session “for transparency, and to uncover fraud,” adding, “Who’s gonna stop you for that?” trib.al/Yk7Lyb5

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 2d

Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.

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