Doug Ryan
@dougryan.bsky.social
Housing & financial policy expert, advocate, Grounded Solutions. Adjunct, AmericanU. Believer in criminal justice reform. Opinions my own.
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How do I get a job chaperoning orphaned kittens on a field trip to the aquarium
Orphaned kittens meet sharks and stingrays on an aquarium field trip at the Mall of America
Rescue kittens with names like Turkey Leg and Mouth Trap got to explore the aquarium at the Mall of America in Minnesota, watching in awe as fish soared by just out of reach.
apnews.com
October 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
How do I get a job chaperoning orphaned kittens on a field trip to the aquarium
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Lafayette Square isn't "a historic protest site." It's a fucking park. And it's packed on nice days. Calling it a protest site is White House framing.
They're closing a popular public park to create a presidential palace Saddam Hussein would love.
They're closing a popular public park to create a presidential palace Saddam Hussein would love.
Inside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)
The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Lafayette Square isn't "a historic protest site." It's a fucking park. And it's packed on nice days. Calling it a protest site is White House framing.
They're closing a popular public park to create a presidential palace Saddam Hussein would love.
They're closing a popular public park to create a presidential palace Saddam Hussein would love.
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Back with USMNT after 18 months, Yunus Musah discusses the long absence, a failed loan, a renewed outlook at AC Milan and a Zanzibar getaway.
My story from US camp …
My story from US camp …
Yunus Musah went from World Cup starter to USMNT outsider. At 23, he's starting over.
My piece on the AC Milan midfielder in U.S. camp for the first time in 18 months …
sports.yahoo.com/soccer/artic...
My piece on the AC Milan midfielder in U.S. camp for the first time in 18 months …
sports.yahoo.com/soccer/artic...
Yunus Musah went from World Cup starter to USMNT outsider. At 23, he's starting over
Yunus Musah is back with the USMNT after an 18-month absence that included missing the 2026 World Cup and a frustrating season on loan at Atalanta.
sports.yahoo.com
October 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Back with USMNT after 18 months, Yunus Musah discusses the long absence, a failed loan, a renewed outlook at AC Milan and a Zanzibar getaway.
My story from US camp …
My story from US camp …
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Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity."
"ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity."
"ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The bottom 20% spends 17% of pre-tax income on energy... top 20%? Just 2.7% JPMAM
October 4, 2026 at 12:08 PM
The bottom 20% spends 17% of pre-tax income on energy... top 20%? Just 2.7% JPMAM
No doubt the nonprofit does good work, but 51 affordable units in a fairly dense part of the city near the Glenbrook metro north station is a missed opportunity.
Lmfao at this absurd headline. Really, NIMBYs hated the idea of people other than themselves having a place to live in Stamford?!
www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article...
www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article...
Glenbrook residents hated the last plan. They say Stamford finally got it right.
After opposing an earlier plan for apartments, Glenbrook residents are praising Stamford's decision to lease the community center to Domus Kids.
www.stamfordadvocate.com
October 4, 2026 at 12:07 PM
No doubt the nonprofit does good work, but 51 affordable units in a fairly dense part of the city near the Glenbrook metro north station is a missed opportunity.
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Every statistic in the state is screaming “WE NEED MORE HOUSING,” but I suppose we could let longtime homeowners who already have theirs continue to pull up the ladder behind them and hold back our state
www.ctinsider.com/business/art...
www.ctinsider.com/business/art...
'86,000 open jobs.' CT manufacturers need workers, even with production booming
Connecticut’s manufacturers are powering one of the top-performing state economies of 2026. They still face significant challenges.
www.ctinsider.com
October 4, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Every statistic in the state is screaming “WE NEED MORE HOUSING,” but I suppose we could let longtime homeowners who already have theirs continue to pull up the ladder behind them and hold back our state
www.ctinsider.com/business/art...
www.ctinsider.com/business/art...
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This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past.
If they win, it's a nightmare.
If they win, it's a nightmare.
NEWS: Supreme Court takes up 3 new appeals, including mandatory ICE detention in Rhoney v. Barbosa @courthousenews.bsky.social
October 1, 2026 at 1:40 PM
This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past.
If they win, it's a nightmare.
If they win, it's a nightmare.
This is horrifying. Absolutely barbaric.
The Tennessean: Christa Pike still alive after administered drugs, attorneys say
www.tennessean.com/story/news/c...
www.tennessean.com/story/news/c...
October 1, 2026 at 2:25 AM
This is horrifying. Absolutely barbaric.
Great article, really appreciate this. It underscores how fleeting opportunities are. Great to be reminded of Mike Slivinski in his DC United days.
In 1991, a trio of unheralded high schoolers - two of them younger than Cavan Sullivan is today - appeared for the USMNT. Two of them would never do so again. Their story has been lost to time.
I spoke to all three of them, on @us.theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
I spoke to all three of them, on @us.theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘I’m pretty sure I didn’t imagine it’: the little-known trio of high schoolers who made USMNT history
The idea of 16-year-olds like Cavan Sullivan playing for the US senior team was once unfathomable – until three teenagers appeared in a 1991 friendly
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Great article, really appreciate this. It underscores how fleeting opportunities are. Great to be reminded of Mike Slivinski in his DC United days.
More fantastic reporting by @propublica.org . Couple this with other recent pieces, they are really outdoing many traditional iutlets.
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story.
For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards.
Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards.
Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
September 26, 2026 at 2:11 PM
More fantastic reporting by @propublica.org . Couple this with other recent pieces, they are really outdoing many traditional iutlets.
The incentive structure for immigration judges, as part of the DOJ, has parallels in those for commissioners who enforced the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Probably time to stop calling them judges
A Post analysis found that immigration judges have ordered more than 440,000 asylum seekers removed during President Trump’s first 19 months back in office — more than during the previous eight years combined. https://wapo.st/4yZlKjy
September 26, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The incentive structure for immigration judges, as part of the DOJ, has parallels in those for commissioners who enforced the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
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🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data.
The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
September 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data.
The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
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Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got
September 22, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got
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Well well well, someone said the quiet part out loud
September 21, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Well well well, someone said the quiet part out loud
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It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.
September 20, 2026 at 9:14 PM
It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.
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First eyewitness accounts from this afternoon’s ICE shooting in Austin is here, from freelance reporter Emiliano Tahui Gómez.
September 20, 2026 at 9:30 PM
First eyewitness accounts from this afternoon’s ICE shooting in Austin is here, from freelance reporter Emiliano Tahui Gómez.
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I watched this replay like 115 times after we got home from the game and all I can say I've already said 1,127 times:
I really hope at some point MLS & NWSL get their shit together & give their referees, especially VAR, a Come to Jesus moment about how egregious their performance is. Utter trash.
I really hope at some point MLS & NWSL get their shit together & give their referees, especially VAR, a Come to Jesus moment about how egregious their performance is. Utter trash.
September 20, 2026 at 2:43 AM
I watched this replay like 115 times after we got home from the game and all I can say I've already said 1,127 times:
I really hope at some point MLS & NWSL get their shit together & give their referees, especially VAR, a Come to Jesus moment about how egregious their performance is. Utter trash.
I really hope at some point MLS & NWSL get their shit together & give their referees, especially VAR, a Come to Jesus moment about how egregious their performance is. Utter trash.
With very few exceptions #DCU shots on goal were tepid as could be. Their GK wasn't bothered at all. Do better with your chances.
Sometimes we can criticize D.C. United, but sometimes it's just one of those nights.
Tonight is the latter.
Tonight is the latter.
September 20, 2026 at 3:11 AM
With very few exceptions #DCU shots on goal were tepid as could be. Their GK wasn't bothered at all. Do better with your chances.
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@timmiller.bsky.social and @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu on the U.S.-controlled system for selling Venezuelan oil and assets:
"Congress doesn’t have oversight...there’s just rogue bank accounts out there with Venezuelan money."
"Congress doesn’t have oversight...there’s just rogue bank accounts out there with Venezuelan money."
September 18, 2026 at 9:45 PM
@timmiller.bsky.social and @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu on the U.S.-controlled system for selling Venezuelan oil and assets:
"Congress doesn’t have oversight...there’s just rogue bank accounts out there with Venezuelan money."
"Congress doesn’t have oversight...there’s just rogue bank accounts out there with Venezuelan money."
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Bash: “The teenager who was driving was going to sign up to serve…He's a U.S. citizen.”
Mullin: “He wasn't arrested.”
Bash: “He was arrested…Do Americans need to show proof of citizenship now?”
Mullin: “If you're an American citizen, you have no reason to fear."
Mullin: “He wasn't arrested.”
Bash: “He was arrested…Do Americans need to show proof of citizenship now?”
Mullin: “If you're an American citizen, you have no reason to fear."
September 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Bash: “The teenager who was driving was going to sign up to serve…He's a U.S. citizen.”
Mullin: “He wasn't arrested.”
Bash: “He was arrested…Do Americans need to show proof of citizenship now?”
Mullin: “If you're an American citizen, you have no reason to fear."
Mullin: “He wasn't arrested.”
Bash: “He was arrested…Do Americans need to show proof of citizenship now?”
Mullin: “If you're an American citizen, you have no reason to fear."
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Nueva especie de gato descubierta después de más de 100 años
Los científicos han identificado al Leopardus tilcayo, un pequeño gato salvaje encontrado en Bolivia
New cat species discovered after more than 100 years Scientists have identified the Leopardus tilcayo, a small wild cat found in Bolivia🐆
Los científicos han identificado al Leopardus tilcayo, un pequeño gato salvaje encontrado en Bolivia
New cat species discovered after more than 100 years Scientists have identified the Leopardus tilcayo, a small wild cat found in Bolivia🐆
September 17, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Nueva especie de gato descubierta después de más de 100 años
Los científicos han identificado al Leopardus tilcayo, un pequeño gato salvaje encontrado en Bolivia
New cat species discovered after more than 100 years Scientists have identified the Leopardus tilcayo, a small wild cat found in Bolivia🐆
Los científicos han identificado al Leopardus tilcayo, un pequeño gato salvaje encontrado en Bolivia
New cat species discovered after more than 100 years Scientists have identified the Leopardus tilcayo, a small wild cat found in Bolivia🐆
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We just launched our new investigative research organization. Please give us a follow!
@civildefenseinst.bsky.social
We are digging deep to expose the organizations that threaten our democracy and our rights.
They are powerful and have plenty of resources. But we aren’t backing down!
@civildefenseinst.bsky.social
We are digging deep to expose the organizations that threaten our democracy and our rights.
They are powerful and have plenty of resources. But we aren’t backing down!
September 18, 2026 at 12:02 PM
We just launched our new investigative research organization. Please give us a follow!
@civildefenseinst.bsky.social
We are digging deep to expose the organizations that threaten our democracy and our rights.
They are powerful and have plenty of resources. But we aren’t backing down!
@civildefenseinst.bsky.social
We are digging deep to expose the organizations that threaten our democracy and our rights.
They are powerful and have plenty of resources. But we aren’t backing down!
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Fatigue, eh? Maybe a full bench of players to choose from could have helped.
September 13, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Fatigue, eh? Maybe a full bench of players to choose from could have helped.
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In reporting about how Trump goes after his political enemies and left wing activists, experts have told me Trump's abuses were a natural consequence of sweeping powers given feds post 9/11 — It's like building a road and then being surprised when someone drives on it. Anyway, this is very good.
Here's a gift link to my 9/11 essay in the NYT.
Civil libertarians long warned that before giving government new powers, we should consider how an administration with authoritarian ambition might abuse them.
We were told that America was too exceptional to elect such a person.
Well here we are.
Civil libertarians long warned that before giving government new powers, we should consider how an administration with authoritarian ambition might abuse them.
We were told that America was too exceptional to elect such a person.
Well here we are.
Opinion | Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened. (Gift Article)
The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true.
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
In reporting about how Trump goes after his political enemies and left wing activists, experts have told me Trump's abuses were a natural consequence of sweeping powers given feds post 9/11 — It's like building a road and then being surprised when someone drives on it. Anyway, this is very good.