Tim Dickinson
@timdickinson.bsky.social
Senior Writer & Editor, The Contrarian contrarian.substack.com
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peter, I'm so sorry to hear that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
peter, I'm so sorry to hear that.
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The EPA is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on fine-particle pollution, a move scientists and experts say could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The EPA is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on fine-particle pollution, a move scientists and experts say could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
Watch this...
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Watch this...
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Ohh boy. It's like Iraq without any pretexts
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Ohh boy. It's like Iraq without any pretexts
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
With the Epstein Files in the wings, Trump is back to sharing QAnon memes on Truth Social
(Note collar; and 'tick tock' is a common phrase in the QAnon lexicon)
(Note collar; and 'tick tock' is a common phrase in the QAnon lexicon)
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
With the Epstein Files in the wings, Trump is back to sharing QAnon memes on Truth Social
(Note collar; and 'tick tock' is a common phrase in the QAnon lexicon)
(Note collar; and 'tick tock' is a common phrase in the QAnon lexicon)
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Say what you will, she managed to resolve two cases simultaneously!
Lindsey Halligan Manages To Lose Two Cases At Once, Which Is Honestly Impressive - Above the Law
DOJ saved from having to lose Comey case over illegal indictment by losing case over illegal appointment!
abovethelaw.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Say what you will, she managed to resolve two cases simultaneously!
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A federal judge has dismissed the charges against former FBI director James Comey, ruling that the former Trump attorney who brought the charges was not legally serving as the U.S. attorney.
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A federal judge has dismissed the charges against former FBI director James Comey, ruling that the former Trump attorney who brought the charges was not legally serving as the U.S. attorney.
Kudos to Kennedy's handlers for getting him a cover shoot -- praying with a rosary! -- at the same time he's at the center of a 🤢 cyber infidelity scandal. No notes.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Kudos to Kennedy's handlers for getting him a cover shoot -- praying with a rosary! -- at the same time he's at the center of a 🤢 cyber infidelity scandal. No notes.
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As Charlie notes, so many of America's top assignment editors still rely on Twitter to get and share their ideas. Here's reason # 735879374985783478509 why that is fucking nuts.
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
As Charlie notes, so many of America's top assignment editors still rely on Twitter to get and share their ideas. Here's reason # 735879374985783478509 why that is fucking nuts.
The Beast in Me on Netflix is very good
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The Beast in Me on Netflix is very good
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We have lost a great man. My parents wouldn’t get me Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots (“You’ll knock his BLOCK off”) but they did get me Mousetrap. Years later my kids heard my story of unrequited yearning and got me “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We have lost a great man. My parents wouldn’t get me Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots (“You’ll knock his BLOCK off”) but they did get me Mousetrap. Years later my kids heard my story of unrequited yearning and got me “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
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“The account MAGANationX—with nearly 400,000 followers and a bio reading ‘Patriot Voice for We The People’—is actually based in Eastern Europe.”
X's new About This Account feature reveals that some top accounts, including many MAGA influencers, are based in countries like Russia, India, and Nigeria (Jack Revell/The Daily Beast)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“The account MAGANationX—with nearly 400,000 followers and a bio reading ‘Patriot Voice for We The People’—is actually based in Eastern Europe.”
I regret to inform you that Trump is back on his bullshit
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I regret to inform you that Trump is back on his bullshit
Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear...
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Take my hand, we'll make it, I swear...
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Thomas Massie says the FBI is sitting on information that implicates 20 other men in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Thomas Massie says the FBI is sitting on information that implicates 20 other men in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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RFK Jr. wants you to know that he’s personally responsible for the anti-vax misinformation on the CDC's website
RFK Jr. wants you to know he’s personally responsible for anti-vax misinformation on CDC website
He told the New York Times there’s no proof that vaccines don’t cause autism, which is a lie.
www.motherjones.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
RFK Jr. wants you to know that he’s personally responsible for the anti-vax misinformation on the CDC's website
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy....
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy....
Mamdani is obviously a prodigious political talent; so charismatic he just turned Trump into a parasocial pal.
Katie Wilson in Seattle seems like an interesting control group: Same basic agenda, but without being an electrifying campaigner. Still won.
It's the message, not just the messenger.
Katie Wilson in Seattle seems like an interesting control group: Same basic agenda, but without being an electrifying campaigner. Still won.
It's the message, not just the messenger.
I breakdown the panic over Seattle's new socialist mayor Katie Wilson
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Mamdani is obviously a prodigious political talent; so charismatic he just turned Trump into a parasocial pal.
Katie Wilson in Seattle seems like an interesting control group: Same basic agenda, but without being an electrifying campaigner. Still won.
It's the message, not just the messenger.
Katie Wilson in Seattle seems like an interesting control group: Same basic agenda, but without being an electrifying campaigner. Still won.
It's the message, not just the messenger.
I was head down writing something and now Trump is on the Zohran train?
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I was head down writing something and now Trump is on the Zohran train?
what is happening?
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
what is happening?
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...