Jon Green

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Very thoughtful of my friends to schedule their wedding so I don't have to watch the rest of...this.

derp

This is usually described as "an impossible bar to meet" but, uh.

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No, not directly, because Trump is the manifestation of the problem, not the problem itself. The indirect solution is cultural, not systems design (although the systems can and must be improved!)

We need the body politic to understand at least the broad contours of our government. I'd wager if most Americans could articulate the what and why of our three branches, and the who of, say, their reps and maybe a few SCOTUS justices, Trump never won.

This is usually described as "an impossible bar to meet" but, uh.

Rapidly becoming a MAGA decapitation concern. bsky.app/profile/mmfa...

This is usually described as "an impossible bar to meet" but, uh.

This afternoon I walked into a title shop with a $3,300,000 Johnson County warrant for the purchase of real property in my pocket. Both our past and future were on my mind. On the table: almost a complete block of downtown Iowa City real estate adjacent to our main campus.

Johnson County has endeavored to purchase this property for 30 years.

This afternoon I walked into a title shop with a $3,300,000 Johnson County warrant for the purchase of real property in my pocket. Both our past and future were on my mind. On the table: almost a complete block of downtown Iowa City real estate adjacent to our main campus.

I'd like to see something mixed use, County and nonprofit office space with many floors of residential above. But while this purchase enables something like that, my reelection makes it much more likely.

This afternoon I walked into a title shop with a $3,300,000 Johnson County warrant for the purchase of real property in my pocket. Both our past and future were on my mind. On the table: almost a complete block of downtown Iowa City real estate adjacent to our main campus.

We're due to make two annual $1.1m payments to complete the sale in 2028. I hope the sellers will take a wire next time – it was a rush having $3.3m in the pocket of my rainslick.

Government so small you can drown it in a thimble.

I mentioned my League of Women Voters forum a fortnight ago, and I still wonder if it's more harmful to not have rules, or to have rules you do not, or cannot, enforce?

...and there was no admonishment for them to cover/change/reverse their shirts, I struggle. I live in the most Democratic county in Iowa, and LWV has asked Democratic colleagues to turn their shirts inside out before.

I mentioned my League of Women Voters forum a fortnight ago, and I still wonder if it's more harmful to not have rules, or to have rules you do not, or cannot, enforce?

lol lmao, even

I am much less concerned about the mechanics than our collective resolve.