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Joyce Millman

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Salon/SF Examiner/Boston Phoenix alum. Seattleite now, Bay Area for 33 years, Greater Boston born & raised. Baseball, Springsteen, hockey. She/her. joycemillman.wordpress.com

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Joyce Millman @joycemillman.bsky.social · Jul 11

I reviewed Bruce Springsteen’s “Twilight Hours”, one of 7 albums in the “Tracks II” box. The Boss croons like the Chairman of the Board, and that ain’t bad, Jack. (I love it.)

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Easy listening about hard truths - Joyce Millman reviews TWILIGHT HOURS

July 11, 2025EDITOR'S NOTE: Below is the first-to-be-published of our promised summer deep dives into each of the seven albums that comprise Bruce Springsteen's latest release, Tracks II: The Lost Alb...

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2h

The Ethicist | I'm an American podcaster who gets paid in rubles. If that currency continues to drop in value, can I lower my declared income on my taxes?

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 5h

They (Trump/Roberts/Republicans across the states) are methodically turning United States into Hungary but everyone don’t worry Hakeem Jeffries is gonna debate Mike Johnson on tvee somewhere.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 5h

If Democrats need to win the popular vote by six points to take the House, then that is neither a free nor fair election. It would, therefore, be unclear to me how anyone could justify elections as the primary method of political change in America moving forward.

Emily Badger @emmbadger.bsky.social · 12h

If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act falls, Democrats might need to win the national popular vote by 5 to 6 points to take control of the House, via Nate Cohn
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 4h

When this regime is over and buried, I don't want to hear about oh it's not worth the money or it's too petty to worry about. The order to bulldoze this illegal and unconstitutional monstrosity should be signed on Day 1.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 6h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

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Joyce Millman @joycemillman.bsky.social · 3h

Julio Rodriguez, Mr. First Inning. Go M’s!

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Joé McKen @joemcken.net · 6h

So weird how one major US political party keeps getting caught electing nazis and hiring nazi staffers and hanging out in nazi group chats and displaying nazi symbols and using nazi talking points and stuff

Anyway, let’s put them in charge of the government for a while, I’m sure it’ll be fine

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 8h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

We constantly talk about Dems' struggles to reach deeper into the culture and access people who ignore politics.

You know what issue is penetrating deep into the culture? ICE's masked raids and kidnappings! It's on Rogan and in country music. In the Manosphere!

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 5h

A painting of a bird beside the text "that shit is getting real old"

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 8h

the good news is the Trump administration knows they don't have enough U.S. Nazis to retain power.

the bad news is they're recruiting Nazis from abroad to help.

Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 8h

So Nazis. They want to give refugee status to Nazis.

OK, maybe not JUST Nazis. Also certain other white people who hate non-white immigration. But Nazis can definitely come.

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The proposals also advise Mr. Trump to prioritize Europeans who have been “targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.”

That appeared to be a reference to the European far-right political party Alternative for Germany, whose leaders have trivialized the Holocaust, revived Nazi slogans and denigrated foreigners. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany for trying to suppress the views of the group, which is known as the AfD.

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 23h

Korol is a US citizen. Her family hasn’t heard from her since she was taken, public charges haven’t been released—what crime did she even commit? 2nd-Degree Woodwinding?—and there has been no explanation for her “renditioning” across state lines.

We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I’m pretty sure they don’t even let you *run* for Congress as a Republican unless you’ve got at least one (1) restraining order from a former girlfriend half your age.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 1d

There are zero pieces on Trump’s cognitive abilities but you know the second he’s gone we are going to get stories about how he would rub up against sculptures of women thinking it was Hope Hicks

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

A look at the No Kings map of where all the Saturday protests are happening shows some outside of the U.S., including in Mexico, Panama, Sweden and around Europe.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

If you live in Everett, Mass. and have any information about the 13-year-old boy abducted by ICE, please message me on Signal at marisakabas.04

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Joyce Millman @joycemillman.bsky.social · 2d

Holy shit, this is unbelievable. Tridents up! #Mariners

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 2d

These are the same kind of weasels who would’ve called George Washington & America’s revolutionaries “terrorists.” They spend their days sucking up to King Trump & demonizing peaceful protest just as some in America sought to appease King George III.

Looking forward to No Kings Day.

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

We should have ended it all when he started openly monetizing the presidency at his DC hotel & sending his kids to represent the 🇺🇸 government at official international events. But he is One Special Boy and we appear to no longer be a serious country interested in the rule of law or the Constitution.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Joyce Millman @joycemillman.bsky.social · 2d

And he’s buyuying a stairway to heaven 🎤

Joyce Millman @joycemillman.bsky.social · 2d

Peter Falk in his role as Columbo. Man in beige rumpled raincoat holding cigar in front of mauve background.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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J-L Cauvin @jlcauvin.bsky.social · 3d

Donald Trump greeting the Israeli hostages
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Donald Trump Greeting the Released Israeli Hostages

YouTube video by Trump The Internet

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Joyce Millman @joycemillman.bsky.social · 3d

Mariners fans right now

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Joyce Millman @joycemillman.bsky.social · 3d

Settling in for a totally chill evening watching the Mariners.

a man says instantly i 'm feeling this like deep aching sense of dread in front of a door

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 3d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

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Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Joyce Millman @joycemillman.bsky.social · 3d

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 4d

Diane Keaton (1946-2025) singing on THE TONIGHT SHOW in 1972.

So genuine, like everything she ever did. #FilmSky #DianeKeaton

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