robertswartz.bsky.social
@robertswartz.bsky.social
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Born in the Mon Valley. Studied architecture, still love it. Work in advertising, live in Brooklyn. Pragmatic Progressive who knows we'll get there someday. Moonlight as servant to Gracie the cat.
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I still remember catching a story out of Crown Point, IN decades ago where police ruled a death suicide, then an autopsy revealed 32 hammer blows to the head...
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This story got worse and worse and then I get to “Uvalde Police” and I’m just
Finally someone points out that none of this has been approved.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 3h
Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. n.pr/48AUON2
The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom
Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom.
n.pr
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bro is from the 19th century
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New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.
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Ohhh. JPMC stalled before telling Treasury abt the shite Epstein continued to do.
Another mystery: By 2013 concerns over Epstein's criminal activity boiled over at JPMC. Top execs finally agreed to ditch him as a client. They then waited SIX YEARS to flag his suspicious transactions to FinCEN, even though federal law requires they be flagged right away.
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"According to the land-use notice issued to ICE’s landlord last month, observers outside the facility who track who enters and leaves noted 25 instances over a 10-month period in which ICE detained people for too long."
Two interesting points in this article: 1 that Portland is using a brilliant land use strategy against the ICE facility (I had not seen that on my local news) and 2 confirmation that Corey Lewandowski was with Noem during her visit here. What exactly are tax-funded trips facilitating?????
To Fight ICE, Portland’s Leaders Turn to What They Know Best: Zoning
www.nytimes.com
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I think everyone knew exactly what point Trump was making dropping shit on Americans.
Q: What does it say that president released a video of him pooping on the American people?

MIKE JOHNSON: You can argue he's probably the most effective person who has ever used social media. He's using satire to make a point. He's not calling for the murder of his political opponents.
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KARL: “Why haven’t you sworn in Adelita Grijalva?”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I’m following the Pelosi precedent with Letlow.”

KARL: “But that was the date Letlow requested.”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: 🤷🏼

#EpsteinFilesCoverUp
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All far better at covering the biggest story in the country than the @nytimes.com
I scrolled through the @1stforall.bsky.social's gallery of print front pages for local coverage of "No Kings" protests. Here are some of the standout papers, starting with the Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, Colorado:
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I scrolled through the @1stforall.bsky.social's gallery of print front pages for local coverage of "No Kings" protests. Here are some of the standout papers, starting with the Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, Colorado:
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"researchers have estimated that the end of enhanced tax credits will lead to 7.3 mill people losing their ACA coverage in 2026, of whom 4.8 mill would become uninsured. The loss of the additional subsidies are projected to increase how much...enrollees must pay...from an avg of $888 to $1,904/year"
Expiring ACA Premium Tax Credits Could Lead to Nearly 340,000 Jobs Lost Across the U.S. in 2026
Unless Congress acts quickly to extend the enhanced ACA marketplace premium tax credits, nearly 5 million people could lose health insurance coverage in 2026.
www.commonwealthfund.org
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🔥“First of all — it’s MAMDANI. This is a very big, diverse city you want to lead. We should get the names right.”

@anandwrites.bsky.social calls out Cuomo to his face
Literally already a sausage. Was his name Gregg?
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This stuff seems much more important that whatever the NYT print edition looks like
In Lewiston, Idaho, the Lewiston Tribune emphasizes the patriotic nature of the protests:
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When Putin arrived in Alaska, Trump met him personally & rolled out the red carpet.
When Zelensky arrived in DC, NO US representative was there, only Ukrainian Embassy staff. There was no red carpet.
Trump has allied with Putin against the West.
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“.. An OpenAI slowdown would be more troubling given importance of revenue trajectory to future funding, so that's certainly worth monitoring.”

- MS desk 👀

@techcrunch.com
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Everything leads back to Fox News in our misbegotten era. I think other media followed their lead, so if they were covering it so intensely, it must be big. I mean, they represent "real America" after all.
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Trump: I am not a king!
Also Trump: I personally control taxes, spending, war/peace, laws with no accountability or checks on my decisions
Also Trump: Actually, I am a king, who shits on any American who opposes me being king!
Corporate Media: Trump is forceful president, getting things done for US
Q: You've talked about the Hudson River Tunnel. You said the funding has been terminated, but folks in NY said it was not terminated. Where does this stand?

Trump: As of now, it's terminated. And that's up to me. And as of now it's terminated
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He really thought he had something here.
Mike Johnson: "The irony was that they called it the No Kings Rally, but if President Trump was a king, the government would be open. If President Trump was a king, he would've closed the nationals parks and the National Mall so they couldn't of had the rally out here."
Be interesting to see how this compares to the rest of the country.
A disgrace to the JAG Corps, of which he once was a member.