Pseudonym of a boring policy wonk by day
@neveltenjohn.bsky.social
Center-right, former lifelong Republican, NeverTrump, policy and stat geek with too much education and too much experience.
A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
To reaffirm my principles: While I am now more pessimistic about Dems winning back the Senate, it is important it happen to limit MAGA damage to America. So if I were in Michigan, I would reluctantly vote for AES. Since I am not, I am sending an extra minor contribution to Mary Peltola in Alaska.
NEW from @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "We conducted three focus groups—one each in April, June, and July—with Michiganders who had voted for Kamala Harris in 2024 and planned to vote in the Democratic primary for the Senate race." lnk.thebulwark.com/45BmYEP?utm_...
Michigan's Democratic Attorney General, Dana Nessel, said that she will not attend the Michigan Democratic Convention because she would not feel safe. Republicans who defy Trump often fear for their personal safety. The far left is doing the same to Dems. The hatemongering is destroying America.
Today is another one of those uncomfortable times where I find myself looking wistfully back at the Bush Administration.
We are doing something terrible to 1.3 million people while damaging America's economy, and DHS presents this with snarky dark humor: "Your Free Trial of America has Ended"
Marc Rosenblum, DHS stat head, has resigned, leaving this message on Linkedin:
Democratic candidates are taking pledges and succumbing to the left’s purity test that they take no PAC or corporate money. Meanwhile the DSA left is raking in piles from dark money groups and from multiple PACs.
Marc Rosenblum, DHS stat head, has resigned, leaving this message on Linkedin:
Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Haley Stevens in the Michigan Senate primary. How much weight does an endorsement hold, especially coming from someone who won the state twice? @citizencohn.bsky.social on what Whitmer's endorsement means in the upcoming Democratic primary.
True—where the silliness did the most damage. But I don't want Democrats to get scared about supporting expanding legal immigration. In a lot of ways they are still more reluctant to do that than were the Reagan/Bush/McCain Republicans.
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Gift Article from The Atlantic (much discussed on here, but I know many of you do not have access) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The DSA Is a Parasite
The left-wing faction is hijacking the Democratic Party.
theatlantic.com
Ossoff: "So, just to review, you will not answer whether your statement made on the 14th day of the war that Iran's military had been 'destroyed' and made combat ineffective was truthful statement...as you sit here and ask for tens of billions more for the conflict?" Hegseth is scared to DEATH.
I have seen dozens of "progressive" attacks like this or worse on a winning moderate Democrat. Tell me: What part of the US Constitution gives a state governor the authority to replace a sitting US Senator???
Steven Beschloss@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2w agoThe longer Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear fails to find out what’s happening or what happened with Mitch McConnell—and act—the more Beshear looks utterly incompetent and weak.
“Kristol noted that Trump’s authoritarianism was worse than he imagined it would be—but the resistance to it was also stronger than he had imagined it would be, especially from ordinary Americans. Elites, who have so easily bent the knee, are a different story.” open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
Aside from the size of the area, there is a really big reason grooming is impractical in a boreal forest: PEAT. It is the soil itself that is burning. That also is why it generates so much more smoke.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoRep. Jeff Van Drew: "Canada isn't working because they are so far left. This should be a warning shot to them. You better come to America, say, 'We're sorry, we're gonna mend our ways and do what we used to do and groom and maintain the forest.'"
I really wish that a large fraction of the “ICE is still in X place” attention were being paid to stuff like this. It’s not even about the people getting apprehended today. It’s about the people who DISENROLLED FROM THEIR LIVES out of fear and are now trying to pick back up.
Chabeli Carrazana@chabeli.bsky.social · 2w agoThe world may have moved on from Minneapolis but its immigrant community continues to struggle. We spoke to single mothers who hid from ICE for months, ran through their savings, and now can’t pay to renew their DACA applications. At least dozens are in this situation. 19thnews.org/2026/07/ice-...
Michael is known as one of those people who makes very astute observations. Too many of them have been disturbing lately, but that is not his fault.
Michael Clemens@mclem.org · 2w agoWalking through the halls of Congress this morning, everywhere I see worry about the poison of political violence.
With her strength, courage and class she would be a true model First Lady.
I can see there are people on here who think that academia must be exclusively controlled by people exactly like themselves. If you think that, it's a good idea to block me, because that is a poisonous view that will end up destroying our universities. And I will not sit by and watch that happen.
"The so-called heritage Americans love to talk about how they are protecting the 'American way of life.' But the fundamental right to feel secure in our lives, liberty, and property—no matter who we are, who we love, or what we believe—is our way of life."
A Modest Request: Don’t Grow Numb to This
Goons with guns are bad.
lnk.thebulwark.com
Intl. students, including PhDs, must finish degrees in 4 years. The only assurance from DHS in new rule is the right to file an extension. NFAP’s Mark Regets asks, “How is that a genuine assurance? Why take a chance on a US education?” @mclem.org @adamposen.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
DHS Finalizes Immigration Rule That Imperils Status Of Many Students
The Trump administration has finalized an immigration rule that is expected to imperil the status of many international students.
forbes.com
We drive on the parkway and park on the driveway. We call the system that is massively social (voluntary interactions between businesses, workers, investors, and consumers) "capitalism" despite capital being the least compensated part. We call the centralized and LEAST social system "socialism".
I will never oppose sensible (as opposed to NIMBY) regulation, BUT Wanting the internet without datacenters is like wanting food without farms.
