Jared
ATL policy analyst. Resilience, agency, composure, clarity, and alignment are not buzzwords. They are my operating system. MBA, MPA, PMP, RP. Working to be a net positive force in the world.
- Reposted by JaredDo we wonder why white descendants of apartheid would be seen as assimilating very easily into the United States over other groups, or nah.
- Reposted by JaredFired a black person who was qualified, hired a white person with no qualifications whatsoever. The Trump administration in a nutshell bsky.app/profile/axio...
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- Boy, is this guy getting dunked on.
- Reposted by JaredNYC’s congestion pricing is a policy miracle: Less traffic, less noise, faster transit, more business sales, more transit revenue. And it hasn’t produced the negative effects outside the cordon zone we were afraid of. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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- Reposted by JaredDisgusting, naked, open blatant corruption. Whether it is crypto, Trump Media stock, real estate developments, licensing deals or jets, foreign governments continue to buy our presidency by bribing our criminal president.
- Reposted by JaredI'm procrastinating, Stancil is getting dragged over it, and the Rewatchables podcast guys finally covered it, so I guess it's time for what I hope is my last thread ever on Star Wars. Let's do this. 🧵
- From a systems-level view, congestion pricing shifts incentives without banning behavior, funds public goods without increasing general taxes, and reflects a mature understanding of shared urban space. www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-...
- Your Pope name is the last thing you ate + the # of letters in your first name Habemus papam! Pope Cheesecake V
- Reposted by JaredThis day keeps getting better.
- Take a few moments today to read this article. Should be a gift link. These these scholars express with a calm tone, but with damning detail our present crisis.
- "In democracies, citizens are not punished for peacefully opposing those in power... Under authoritarianism, by contrast, opposition comes with a price." Well done how-far-we've-fallen and civil-society-must-step-up piece by @dziblatt.bsky.social @lucanway.bsky.social & Steven Levitsky. Gift link👇
- Reposted by Jared"A socialist society is then, a true democracy." — @graceblakeley.substack.com In less than two weeks, hear one of the left’s sharpest economic critics channel the legacy of Ellen Meiksins Wood to fight back against neoliberal capitalism. 🎟️ Tickets available: www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-ellen...
- Economist @graceblakeley.substack.com delivers the 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture on capitalism & democracy @ Toronto Metropolitan University (@torontomet.bsky.social) on Tuesday, May 20. EARLY BIRD ENDS THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 25. Get your tickets NOW: 2025-ellen-meiksins-wood-lecture.eventbrite.ca
- #Atlanta These guys will chase the World Cup away
- Don’t take my word for it. Retired director of community engagement, Beth McMillan, who dedicated 15 years to ABI, says it plainly: Halting Beltline rail now would waste millions and delay construction a decade or more. Years of planning, gone. The cost of caving to NIMBYs is real. #Atlanta
- Another sharp piece from historian Thomas Zimmer. From Franco to apartheid South Africa to Nazi Germany under “America First,” the US Right has long loved foreign autocrats. MAGA sees liberal democracy as the enemy. At home and abroad, it's ideological kinship. It's frothy hate for any out group.
- When institutions elevate extremism to perform their neutrality, they betray the public trust and they lend legitimacy to those who weaponize debate against democracy. Media and civic institutions should be stewards of the common good. If the truth sounds partisan, don’t platform lies to compensate!
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- Anyone who claimed “both parties are the same” owes the planet an apology. Governing ideology matters. Competence matters. Consequences are real. And we are all living in the fallout of that lazy false equivalence.
- My God. This clip is outrageous. I might be speechless. It is not just absurd. It is a stunning display of contempt for the truth when it does not conform to the narrative the would-be dictator demands.
- You know what won’t help this? Massively slashing staffing and funding for the NIH and the EPA. www.ajc.com/news/georgia...
- Hell yes. The media spent years tearing down a competent president like a bored teenager wrecking their own house. No restraint or respect, no perspective, no sense of what was actually at stake. Like they were trying to impress MAGA bullies. And now everything’s worse.
- These group chats are the digital analog of the old smoke-filled rooms where elites shaped politics behind closed doors.
- Lots of great details in @semaforben.bsky.social's latest; extremely helpful for mapping out who is influencing whom on the right. Have been thinking for a while that private groupchats are at least as crazymaking as public social media, and much harder to study.
- A casual abuse of power tucked away on page 18… When we reclaim our democracy, let it be remembered that the legacy media chose to go along to get along with the fascist overthrow. They need not pretend they stood with us.
- Reposted by Jared100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election. 70% of these donations went to Republicans. Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts for the rich. This is what oligarchy looks like.
- Issuing “very strong letters” feels comically insufficient in the face of aggressive overreach. We are overdue for leadership that understands the times.
- Lawlessness is not leadership. Zero sum isn’t the only way to go through life, but rest assured that if Trump and his cronies are winning, you’re losing.
- Reposted by JaredPhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
- From Reagan to Gingrich to the Tea Party to MAGA. These guys never had anything but complaints and grievances and overconfident, unearned bravado. Well, lies. They had lots of lies. They make everything worse. Being proven wrong only makes them double down.
- Read the open letter next in her thread. These young soon-to-be attorneys are committing to live by their values and principles. They are composed, clear, aligned, altruistic, and positive. They are rising to meet the challenge of the moment. Best of luck to all of them, for all our sake.
- NEW: A coalition of students from more than 15 law schools across the country have signed a pledge not to work for any firm that “gives in to Trump administration demands…” Signatories include students from Harvard, Georgetown, University of Chicago, UT-Austin… docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- They make everything worse. When politicians treat institutions like enemies, they don’t just break systems, they hollow out the promise that government exists to serve the people. All of them.
- "The Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal workforce, has used budget figures to produce a rough estimate that Trump's firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
- Closing this series on my ten Values and Principles for Purposeful Living. These two values converge on the idea that life’s deepest satisfaction comes from purposeful engagement. Today: Fulfillment and Joy.
- Marching on with the series of posts on the Values and Principles for Purposeful Living that guide me. Sharing the fourth set of values from my personal framework for purposeful living. These guide not just what I pursue—but how. Today: Altruism and Positivity.
- Jefferson engages in the very contest of definitions that is the heart of today's rhetorical battlefield: who gets to define merit, opportunity, and America itself. His rhetoric honors the past while destabilizing nostalgic myths, like the one that fairness once reigned and is now under attack.
- A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
- “Jesus is a victim of identity theft.” Sen. Rev. Warnock names a hard truth with moral clarity. When faith is weaponized to punish the poor, it’s not Jesus you’re following—it’s a counterfeit gospel that swaps the crucified peasant for the powerful and privileged.
