former.editor
@formereditor.bsky.social
Forty years at major metro newspapers, here and there. Now back home in the Chicago area. Not affiliated with any political party.
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Got out of bed to read this. If you’re awake, take some time. Via @sethabramson.bsky.social
And goodnight once again.
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And goodnight once again.
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PROOF EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s “Board of Peace” Just Became a Criminal Enterprise
Either the international organization Trump just launched and put himself atop is illegal under federal criminal law, or Trump isn’t planning to honor the result of the 2028 election if Democrats win.
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Got out of bed to read this. If you’re awake, take some time. Via @sethabramson.bsky.social
And goodnight once again.
open.substack.com/pub/sethabra...
And goodnight once again.
open.substack.com/pub/sethabra...
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Why are we allowing tacky Donald to have another ballroom? He used the last one to showcase highly classified documents.
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Why are we allowing tacky Donald to have another ballroom? He used the last one to showcase highly classified documents.
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I’m struggling to think of the last time the Republican senate forced Trump’s hand on a foreign policy issue by actually doing something instead of just talking shit on social media.
January 23, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I’m struggling to think of the last time the Republican senate forced Trump’s hand on a foreign policy issue by actually doing something instead of just talking shit on social media.
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Vance on Jan. 8: "You have a federal law enforcement official engaging in federal law enforcement action. That's a federal issue. That guy's protected by absolute immunity."
Vance today: "I didn't say that officers who engaged in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity. That's absurd."
Vance today: "I didn't say that officers who engaged in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity. That's absurd."
January 22, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Vance on Jan. 8: "You have a federal law enforcement official engaging in federal law enforcement action. That's a federal issue. That guy's protected by absolute immunity."
Vance today: "I didn't say that officers who engaged in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity. That's absurd."
Vance today: "I didn't say that officers who engaged in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity. That's absurd."
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Sweaty Bongino is back ranting and raving on Fox tonight about how unfair the media was to him.
January 23, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Sweaty Bongino is back ranting and raving on Fox tonight about how unfair the media was to him.
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Dear Canadian neighbors,
We are sorry that the U.S. president is mentally deranged. We hope to recover from this period of embarrassing stupidity and again be worthy of your friendship.
Sincerely,
Mark and other Americans who are not idiots
We are sorry that the U.S. president is mentally deranged. We hope to recover from this period of embarrassing stupidity and again be worthy of your friendship.
Sincerely,
Mark and other Americans who are not idiots
January 23, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Dear Canadian neighbors,
We are sorry that the U.S. president is mentally deranged. We hope to recover from this period of embarrassing stupidity and again be worthy of your friendship.
Sincerely,
Mark and other Americans who are not idiots
We are sorry that the U.S. president is mentally deranged. We hope to recover from this period of embarrassing stupidity and again be worthy of your friendship.
Sincerely,
Mark and other Americans who are not idiots
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Trump was obviously so freaked out by what was released in December that he ordered them to stop releasing stuff. They started releasing. Stuff got deleted. Then it stopped.
We know what happened. Next up - a terrible fire, a flood, rats ate it all and OMG it's all gone.
We know what happened. Next up - a terrible fire, a flood, rats ate it all and OMG it's all gone.
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 23, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Trump was obviously so freaked out by what was released in December that he ordered them to stop releasing stuff. They started releasing. Stuff got deleted. Then it stopped.
We know what happened. Next up - a terrible fire, a flood, rats ate it all and OMG it's all gone.
We know what happened. Next up - a terrible fire, a flood, rats ate it all and OMG it's all gone.
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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Vance: If we're trying to find a sex offender, tell us where the guy lives.
January 23, 2026 at 3:04 AM
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
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Same people who whinge endlessly about how the removal of confederate monuments “erases history” have no problem erasing actual history
January 23, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Same people who whinge endlessly about how the removal of confederate monuments “erases history” have no problem erasing actual history
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ICE is an explicitly misogynist militia. It recruits insecure men, kits them out, tells them their tough guys, warns that anyone who resists them is disrespecting their authority (and their fragile masculine status) and imposes no consequences for abuse.
www.throughline.news/p/the-sexual...
www.throughline.news/p/the-sexual...
The Sexual Politics of ICE
Trump's nativist paramilitary is also a misogynist militia.
www.throughline.news
January 23, 2026 at 4:26 AM
ICE is an explicitly misogynist militia. It recruits insecure men, kits them out, tells them their tough guys, warns that anyone who resists them is disrespecting their authority (and their fragile masculine status) and imposes no consequences for abuse.
www.throughline.news/p/the-sexual...
www.throughline.news/p/the-sexual...
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Attacks on Jack Smith are transparent efforts to undermine his testimony. His investigation followed all legal and policy requirements and amassed evidence of Donald Trump’s guilt. Grateful for his courage.
January 23, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Attacks on Jack Smith are transparent efforts to undermine his testimony. His investigation followed all legal and policy requirements and amassed evidence of Donald Trump’s guilt. Grateful for his courage.
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"These are, again, deficits that should have disqualified him from the highest office in the land. But Americans are a credulous people famously vulnerable to grifters and scammers and fraudsters."
Trump is threatening to mire US troops in a foreign conflict, blow up America’s most important alliances, and jeopardize the American economy because his already-low capacity for inhibition has been smoothed down to virtual nonexistence.
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Donald Trump Is Not Well
The president has always been unhinged. But lately he seems legitimately demented -- and wants to invade Greenland in a manic fit.
www.throughline.news
January 22, 2026 at 3:32 AM
"These are, again, deficits that should have disqualified him from the highest office in the land. But Americans are a credulous people famously vulnerable to grifters and scammers and fraudsters."
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Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
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ICE’s new policy directing agents to ignore the 4th Amendment is one of the most frightening things we’ve seen yet. And there’s no telling where it could end up. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Breaking the Fourth Amendment
Last night, we learned from a report in the Associated Press that ICE, contrary to longstanding Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, is taking the position that it can enter people’s homes without a judici...
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:04 AM
ICE’s new policy directing agents to ignore the 4th Amendment is one of the most frightening things we’ve seen yet. And there’s no telling where it could end up. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Healey: Whether it’s ballrooms, or masked agents, or attacks on Europe and Greenland…This is not normal. It’s not normal to have somebody who acts like a two-year-old throwing a tantrum. On any given day, we don’t know what he’s going to do.
This shouldn’t be normalized. It’s not right.
This shouldn’t be normalized. It’s not right.
January 23, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Healey: Whether it’s ballrooms, or masked agents, or attacks on Europe and Greenland…This is not normal. It’s not normal to have somebody who acts like a two-year-old throwing a tantrum. On any given day, we don’t know what he’s going to do.
This shouldn’t be normalized. It’s not right.
This shouldn’t be normalized. It’s not right.
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For those who don't know, Portland, Maine is one of the most f*cking incredible cities in America, just an absolutely magical and warmly embracing place, to see it be terrorized by fascists.... I'm really struggling with it. We love Portland so much my wife and I actually vacationed there last year.
January 23, 2026 at 7:50 AM
For those who don't know, Portland, Maine is one of the most f*cking incredible cities in America, just an absolutely magical and warmly embracing place, to see it be terrorized by fascists.... I'm really struggling with it. We love Portland so much my wife and I actually vacationed there last year.
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What ICE will do in every safe and beautiful blue city it goes into— from Minneapolis in Minnesota to Portland in Maine—is crow about the 1-2 people with serious long-ago convictions that they detained while saying nothing at all about the 1,000 other innocents and nonviolent people they terrorized.
January 23, 2026 at 8:02 AM
What ICE will do in every safe and beautiful blue city it goes into— from Minneapolis in Minnesota to Portland in Maine—is crow about the 1-2 people with serious long-ago convictions that they detained while saying nothing at all about the 1,000 other innocents and nonviolent people they terrorized.
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“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.”
So, same as Canadians.
So, same as Canadians.
January 23, 2026 at 5:52 AM
“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.”
So, same as Canadians.
So, same as Canadians.
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@crow.house.gov is serving a resolute #CupOfJoe. More please.
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
@crow.house.gov is serving a resolute #CupOfJoe. More please.
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New court documents reveal even more ways DOGE improperly accessed and shared sensitive personal data last year — and how that data appears to have been used to advance dubious fraud claims. n.pr/4qDfABZ
Trump administration admits even more ways DOGE accessed sensitive personal data
New court documents reveal even more ways DOGE improperly accessed and shared sensitive personal data last year — and how that data appears to have been used to advance dubious fraud claims.
n.pr
January 23, 2026 at 10:12 AM
New court documents reveal even more ways DOGE improperly accessed and shared sensitive personal data last year — and how that data appears to have been used to advance dubious fraud claims. n.pr/4qDfABZ
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Like tariffs, the 'Board of Peace" is a thing Trump can use to bludgeon other countries
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Trump disinvites Canada from Gaza ‘Board of Peace’
The announcement comes after Canada’s Prime Minister asserted his nation’s independence in response to Trump.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Like tariffs, the 'Board of Peace" is a thing Trump can use to bludgeon other countries
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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Anyone in the business press boasting about #RepublicanDeregulation
Needs to be laughed out of the room!
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/j...
www.axios.com/2026/01/22/j...
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Needs to be laughed out of the room!
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/j...
www.axios.com/2026/01/22/j...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.politico.com/story/2016/0...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/22/t...
Why JPMorgan Chase became a top Trump target
Trump is suing JPMorgan Chase and CEO Jamie Dimon, alleging the bank improperly cut him off from its financial services.
www.axios.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Anyone in the business press boasting about #RepublicanDeregulation
Needs to be laughed out of the room!
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/j...
www.axios.com/2026/01/22/j...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.politico.com/story/2016/0...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/22/t...
Needs to be laughed out of the room!
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/j...
www.axios.com/2026/01/22/j...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.politico.com/story/2016/0...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/22/t...