Alan Richardson

by Alan Richardson

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 3h

That is the wrong incentive structure for achieving reopening

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 3h

Johnson says he'll debate Jeffries after shutdown ends

thehill.com

Johnson says he’ll debate Jeffries after shutdown ends

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3h

these really are unremarkable, opportunistic little shits who are broadly misrepresenting their energy-hoovering, money-losing algorithmic parrots to fleece investors, and take zero moral or ethical responsibility for ANY of their reckless decisions to rush undercooked product into mass adoption

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 3h

Johnson says he'll debate Jeffries after shutdown ends

thehill.com

Johnson says he’ll debate Jeffries after shutdown ends

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by Alan Richardson

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 3h

“The decapitated head of my enemy outside my office door does not reflect the values or standards of this office, and I condemn it in the strongest terms.”

Politico @politico.com · 23h

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 3h

How FEMA Is Forcing Disaster-Struck Towns to Fend for Themselves www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/c...

How FEMA Is Forcing Disaster-Struck Towns to Fend for Themselves

www.nytimes.com

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by Alan Richardson

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 3h

The failure of the media on the corruption file is perhaps its most striking failure—since corruption is policy neutral,L and the people who ought to be most upset with Trump’s corruption are his policy allies.

Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 3h

The story fits a familiar pattern: The Trump family appearing to leverage the power of the presidency for self-dealing. But it's failed to get much coverage in the national media.

National news media outlets nearly silent on alleged Trump family self-dealing pharmaceutical scheme

Major cable and broadcast news outlets seem to have largely ignored a Wall Street Journal report that Donald Trump Jr. stands to potentially benefit financially from a deal between BlinkRx and the gov...

www.mediamatters.org

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 3h

The story fits a familiar pattern: The Trump family appearing to leverage the power of the presidency for self-dealing. But it's failed to get much coverage in the national media.

National news media outlets nearly silent on alleged Trump family self-dealing pharmaceutical scheme

Major cable and broadcast news outlets seem to have largely ignored a Wall Street Journal report that Donald Trump Jr. stands to potentially benefit financially from a deal between BlinkRx and the gov...

www.mediamatters.org

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by Alan Richardson

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 4h

Where’re there is power, there is resistance. Their not singing was a greater tribute to him.

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 4h

In 2024, I wrote a story for Texas Monthly about Michelle Haas, whose complaints resulted in the removal of books about slavery from historic Texas slave plantations. Haas sued us, alleging defamation, and was represented by the preferred lawyer of billionaire J.P. Bryan. Today, we won on appeal.

The header of the appeals court decision:

NUMBER 13-25-00005-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

The conclusion of the appeals court decision, which states: The trial court's judgment is reversed. We remand the cause to the trial court with

instructions to (1) grant appellants' TCPA motion to dismiss, (2) award court costs and reasonable attorney's fees to appellants in accordance with the statute, (3) consider whether to assess sanctions against Haas in accordance with the statute. See TEX. Civ. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 27.009(a).

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

“Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. Epstein…took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care.”

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Kirsten something or rather @leaferi.bsky.social · 13h

A government that treats its constituents as mean to enrichment is illegitimate. Inherently.

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by Alan Richardson

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 15h

Good question.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Brit Williams, Ph.D. @drbritwilliams.bsky.social · 17h

I’m in a room where a whole ass faculty member said “Chat GPT 5 would be able to write a better NSF proposal than me” and… well…

My inside thoughts got the best of me BC I said loud as fuck “that’s unfortunate, because there’s not a machine on earth that writes better than me.”

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h

AOC: The problem is that the Trump administration, they think that destroying our health care, making sure that housing is too expensive to live in, that jacking up the cost of our groceries—they think all of this is about hurting Democrats. What they are doing is hurting Americans

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Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 19h

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 22h

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Amazing Digital Carcass @amagire.bsky.social · 22h

2023: WE'LL DEFINITELY CREATE A MACHINE GOD THAT WILL SOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE

2024: AI WILL SOON DIAGNOSE YOUR DISEASES, TEACH YOUR CHILDREN, AND GIVE YOU COMPANIONSHIP

2025: AI WILL SOON CREATE MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES ON DEMAND TO YOUR EXACT SPECIFICATIONS

2025.5: UHHHHHH SOON YOU CAN SEXT IT

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Domingos Faria @dfaria.eu · 22h

The European Society of Analytic Philosophy invites submissions for its 12th conference, ECAP12, to be held in Madrid (Spain) on 24-28 August 2026. https://dfaria.eu/1315

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Randy Herman, but a ghost @randyhermanlaw.com · 22h

Translation: Boston's mayor is Asian (smart), the others are Black (stupid). Just the cheapest gutter racism.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 22h

BOOM!
💥💥💥

Brown REJECTS Trump’s loyalty oath!

“I’m concerned the compact, by its nature & provisions, would restrict #academicfreedom & undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission.”

— Christina H. Paxson, Brown University President

Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Politico @politico.com · 23h

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 23h

And congratulations to @jamellebouie.net for winning the American Historical Association's Tikkun Olam Prize for promoting public historical literacy www.historians.org/award-grant/...

Tikkun Olam Prize for Promoting Public Historical Literacy – AHA

The Tikkun Olam Prize for Promoting Public Historical Literacy honors individuals whose work has promoted literacy in public culture.

www.historians.org

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by Alan Richardson

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 23h

The us president really does speak like a child.

Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 1d

Let me guess. Mr. Hamas had tears in his eyes and said, “Sir, we love you, you’re the greatest, we think it should have been you who got the Nobel Peace Prize.”

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by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò — Reposted by Alan Richardson

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

briefly interrupting my shame posting to tap one of the other signs: a society that would like to keep functioning must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com/2025/10/15/t...

Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 1d

"According to the rationale laid out in the documents submitted to Mr. Trump, America’s acceptance of refugees has made the country too diverse." There is no bottom. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Center for Dewey Studies @deweycenter.siu.edu · 1d

“Were I to write (or rewrite) Experience and Nature today I would entitle the book Culture and Nature and the treatment of specific subject-matters would be correspondingly modified. I would abandon the term ‘experience’ because… the historical obstacles which prevented understanding...
(1/3)

A photograph of John Dewey and several others in Koishikawa, Tokyo. Overlaid is text reading “‘Experience’ is a word used to designate, in a summary fashion, the complex of all which is distinctively human.” Citation: Experience and Nature. (1929, LW 1: 331).

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 1d

Let me guess. Mr. Hamas had tears in his eyes and said, “Sir, we love you, you’re the greatest, we think it should have been you who got the Nobel Peace Prize.”

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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