Dan Gorman, PhD

“#Historian. Ph.D. from @UofR. Used to edit @TangentsUSA eons ago. I only got a Twitter because my Latin teacher commanded it.
Also on Post at @/dangorman2

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

Nick Bilton walked into the 60 Minutes newsroom four days after Bari Weiss fired the people who built the show. He tried to pretend he didn't know about the firings. Scott Pelley, in front of the remaining staff, would not let that stand.

"She loves 60 Minutes," Bilton said. "She's murdering 60 Minutes," Pelley said back. "She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it - and she's doing exactly that."

One of Weiss's lieutenants kept interrupting to say Pelley was being rude. Pelley kept going.

JVL's framing is the right one. The corrupter depends on the existing institution being too polite to say the obvious thing out loud. Christopher Wray resigned quietly to "preserve the integrity of the FBI." John Kelly gave print interviews after he left. Thom Tillis, John Cornyn, Mitch McConnell, Jim Mattis, Bill Barr - all of them saw it. All of them objected privately. None of them said it in the room where it was happening, to the person doing it, while the cameras were still running.

Pelley said it in the room. To the person's face. In front of witnesses. While he still worked there.

That is a different thing entirely. Not a memoir. Not an anonymous source in a tell-all. Not a carefully worded statement issued after the resignation letter was already filed. The true thing, said out loud, to the people who needed to hear it, at the moment it could still matter.

Authoritarianism counts on politesse. It counts on people deciding the fight isn't worth the awkwardness, the career risk, the label of being difficult. Scott Pelley decided it was worth it. The republic needs more of that calculation to come out the same way.

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

@JoshuaHWeiss And random people on the Internet who ask about them. 😄

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

A message from Maryam's Father https://t.co/4VIWmsDT6N via @Change #Gaza #humanitarian #medical #aid #fundraiser

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

Tony Carruthers could be innocent but Tennessee may execute him on May 21 w/o considering the full evidence. I signed this petition to urge Gov. Lee to pause the execution and allow forensic testing! https://t.co/9EXQdF3XdT
@uscedp @tndeathpenalty

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

Urgent: Add 8 year old Maryam Dawas on UK Evacuation List from Gaza Now - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/GcnrnfePGl via @Change

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

Come on, Internet, let's pull together and get #MaryamDawwas the #humanitarian transport she needs out of #Gaza: https://t.co/a8p4HDrEHv

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

URGENT: Help Move Maryam to #Safety - Immediate Transport Needs https://t.co/Vn5anPP1mN via @Change #Gaza #Medical #Humanitarian

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

#TonyCarruthers could be innocent but #Tennessee may execute him on May 21 w/o considering the full evidence. I signed this petition to urge Gov. @BillLeeTN to pause Tony's execution and allow forensic testing! Join me: https://t.co/9EXQdF3XdT
@uscedp @tndeathpenalty

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

To all of you @SimonsRockalum out there, I'm thinking of #GalaxyQuest:

By Grabthar's Hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged.

https://t.co/D2Tm02QSBq

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

https://t.co/XFi2f32s24

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

HUD’s new proposal is cruel, costly, and counterproductive. It would rip families apart and increase eviction & homelessness during a housing crisis.

Join me and @aforhj in telling HUD to withdraw it: https://t.co/BwkWtnN4Oh

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

Urge US senators to support Lindsey Graham's Save the Kurds Act - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/JkOLRZdm3O via @Change

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

‘Every Single Dollar Mattered’: Donations Save Museum of the Earth From Foreclosure https://t.co/HY7Xj3d989 via @ithacatimes

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

‘Every Single Dollar Mattered’: Donations Save Museum of the Earth From Foreclosure https://t.co/HY7Xj3cBiB via @ithacatimes

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

No U.S. #occupation in #Venezuela.

https://t.co/MKCLUMbedA

[Michael M. Grynbaum @grynbaum]

Here is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues in full:

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

@grynbaum The reference to Wigand is powerful.

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

Stop Blue Origin from Dumping Wastewater Into Indian River Lagoon - Sign the Petition! #Save #Manatees @savethemanatee https://t.co/crkbH7U61j via @Change

[Dan Gorman, PhD @DanGorman2]

@StarWarsDaily_ Spectacular staging of action sequences.