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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · Feb 2
Trump/Musk is flooding the zone, here is how you keep up: Trump taking cash bribes from oligarchs in exchange for power, Oligarchs steal from US gutting safety & opportunity for working families, Trump/Oligarchs doing horrible things to innocent people to distract US from their crimes against US.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 20h
NYT covered Biden’s age with 315 landing page articles in 2024, every one of them about immediate gratification of attacking Democrats with vibes with no meaning, but had less than 25 articles about Project 2025. They care more about collaborating with Trump more than rigorous fact-gathering.
smerelman.bsky.social Steve Merelman @smerelman.bsky.social · 21h
There is a culture of immediate gratification that isn't satisfied by rigorous fact-gathering and editing. The internet runs fast and shallow.

Reposted by David Rothschild

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Steve Merelman @smerelman.bsky.social · 21h
There is a culture of immediate gratification that isn't satisfied by rigorous fact-gathering and editing. The internet runs fast and shallow.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d
Is Trump: uninformed, easily manipulated, being blackmailed by Russia, corrupt, authoritarian, anti-democratic, or stupid?

Yes.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d
September 1939: “Following the Poland-US meeting, Trump lauded Hitler, saying the German president “wants to see Poland succeed”.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d
Imagine if NYT channeled their hatred towards Trump, rather Mamdani.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 2d
Must be stressful meeting the boss before a big meeting.
ivanthek.bsky.social Ivan the K ™☑️ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 2d
This 🤡 has a private convo with Putin (receiving his marching orders) while his meeting with Zelenskyy is a public circus?

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 2d
NYT collaborates in war on higher-education and free-speech.
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2d
NYT just ran a bizarrely credulous piece about New College, the school that DeSantis and Rufo have turned upside down.

There is one good outcome of the article: This @donmoyn.bsky.social post, which is one of the best pieces of media criticism I've read all year.

open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
open.substack.com

Reposted by David Rothschild

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d
"Following the Ukraine-US meeting, Trump lauded Putin, saying the Russian president “wants to see Ukraine succeed”.

This is becoming farcical
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks fail to deliver breakthrough on Ukraine peace deal
US president says ‘thorny’ issues remain on ending Europe’s biggest land war in 80 years
giftarticle.ft.com

Reposted by David Rothschild, Juan Cole

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2d
NYT just ran a bizarrely credulous piece about New College, the school that DeSantis and Rufo have turned upside down.

There is one good outcome of the article: This @donmoyn.bsky.social post, which is one of the best pieces of media criticism I've read all year.

open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
open.substack.com

Reposted by David Rothschild

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Ivan the K ™☑️ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 2d
This 🤡 has a private convo with Putin (receiving his marching orders) while his meeting with Zelenskyy is a public circus?

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 2d
This was obvious, long-term devestating impact on our economy & security, but Corporare Media frames the discussion on short-term revenue (small) & trade balance (worse) & manufacturing (down), ignoring these much larger long-term impact.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 2d
Trump’s tariff policy does not force the rest of the world to pay US because of our economic hegemony, instead it forces the rest of the world to end our economic hegemony to avoid of the capricious taxes & regulations & overt corruption that is unacceptable in an economic power.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 3d
Did Stephen Miller write the banner headline for NYT?

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 3d
All three things cited in subheading are absurd: Trump paramilitary’s key impact is not at border but in terrorizing US, Trump’s foreign policy will not be known for Gaza but his capitulation of US to foreign authoritarians who shower him with riches, his trade is not upending anything other than US

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 3d
They keep telling US that this is hard truths, but it is just Republican disinformation.

NYT IS COLLABORATING.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 4d
NYT is challenging journalistic norms of being pro-democratic.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d
At home and abroad, President Trump has driven change at warp speed, upending policy and challenging democratic norms. Here are some of the most consequential moments from his first year back in the White House.
The Biggest Moments of Trump’s 2025: Mass Deportations, Tariffs and More
Here are some of the most consequential, illuminating or just plain remarkable moments from Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House.
nyti.ms

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d
At home and abroad, President Trump has driven change at warp speed, upending policy and challenging democratic norms. Here are some of the most consequential moments from his first year back in the White House.
The Biggest Moments of Trump’s 2025: Mass Deportations, Tariffs and More
Here are some of the most consequential, illuminating or just plain remarkable moments from Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House.
nyti.ms

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 5d
Trump: I can create arbitrary & absurd tariffs, everyone needs US, so they will just pay it

Rest of World: we can find new products & markets, and retaliate with tariffs & undermine US exports

Trump: <string of lies & gibberish>

Corporate Media: Trump is Making America Great Again!
samwang.bsky.social Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 5d
A mitigation strategy for nations hit by US tariffs: no longer allow companies monopoly power on repairs and apps. Apple, Tesla, John Deere could lose billions - and consumers around the world would gain.

Cory Doctorow explains: www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.
www.wired.com

Reposted by David Rothschild, Michael Jones‐Correa, Stephen A. Meserve , and 1 more

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 5d
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.

The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
www.nytimes.com

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 5d
Default for any US action has to be that they are lying and whatever the action was done to harm innocent people for the benefit or stupidity of Trump.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d
The U.S. strikes against the Islamic State in Nigeria followed President Trump’s threat to take military action to protect Christians from attacks by Islamic militants. Trump did not specify which attacks he was referring to, nor did he cite evidence for the claim that Christians are being targeted.
What to Know About U.S. Military Action in Nigeria
Before the strikes on Thursday, President Trump said he would halt all aid and go in “guns-a-blazing” to target militants.
nyti.ms

Reposted by David Rothschild

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 5d
A mitigation strategy for nations hit by US tariffs: no longer allow companies monopoly power on repairs and apps. Apple, Tesla, John Deere could lose billions - and consumers around the world would gain.

Cory Doctorow explains: www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.
www.wired.com

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 5d
Corporate Media provides isolated coverage of Trump’s corruption, ignorance, authoritarianism, incompetence, but day-in-day-out they paint a portrait of a president, just like any other president, sanely in charge of the US. But dude is a psycho and they know it.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 5d
Guaranteed the vast majority of Americans would assume this Christmas message was fake, because they could not concieve that the person Corporate Media normalizes every day was this obviously disturbed.

Reposted by Patrick Dunleavy, Kent Johnson

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 5d
US President is an obviously disturbed person (beyond corrupt, uninformed, authoritarian, incompetent). Everyone around the world knows this, except many Americans, because Corporate Media *sanewashes* him.

Reposted by David Rothschild

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d
The U.S. strikes against the Islamic State in Nigeria followed President Trump’s threat to take military action to protect Christians from attacks by Islamic militants. Trump did not specify which attacks he was referring to, nor did he cite evidence for the claim that Christians are being targeted.
What to Know About U.S. Military Action in Nigeria
Before the strikes on Thursday, President Trump said he would halt all aid and go in “guns-a-blazing” to target militants.
nyti.ms

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Anna O. Law, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 22 more

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 5d
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.

Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.

"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.

"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.

Yakima, Washington

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 6d
Would be nice if, for once, the “harsh truth” everyone “needed to hear” was that universal healthcare would lower US’ overall healthcare costs, provide better health outcomes, increase productivity & happiness of Americans, and does not threaten high-end healthcare for rich. Classic Win-Win-Win-Win.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 6d
Every “harsh truth” the Elite want center-left to hear is exactly what right-wing Elite want to say.
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 7d
Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Nandita Sharma, David Rothschild , and 5 more

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 6d
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”

Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Scott L. Greer, David Rothschild , and 1 more

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 7d
Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com