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More than 100 ABC News veterans urge Disney CEO Bob Iger to stand firm against Trump attacks | CNN Business

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Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · 13d

Proud to have signed this letter

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The letter, obtained by CNN on Wednesday soon after it was delivered to Iger, was first drafted when ABC suspended “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” last week.

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Opinion | ‘This May Be the Most Difficult Day in My Career’: Experts React to Trump’s Autism Remarks

Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · 15d

"In some respects this was the most unhinged discussion of autism that I have ever listened to. It was clear that none of the presenters knew much about autism... and nothing about the existing science. This may be the most difficult day in my career." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...

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Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · 15d

Exclusive: Chinese buyers book at least 10 Argentine soybean cargoes, sources say

Chinese buyers have booked at least 10 cargoes of soybeans from Argentina, three traders told Reuters on Tuesday, taking advantage of low prices to build inventories for the fourth quarter amid Sino-U.S. trade tensions.

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Caroline Kennedy attacks ‘predator’ RFK Jr. in scathing letter ahead of confirmation hearing

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D. Lowther @dlowther.bsky.social · 15d

Caroline Kennedy's contribution was useful, but it was also back in January. A more current version (from Caroline Kennedy, her son, et al) would be helpful.
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YouTube video by New York Post

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Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · 17d

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Trump Might Be Losing His Race Against Time

The president is gambling that he can consolidate authority before the public turns too sharply against him.

Opinion | I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger

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Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · 17d

I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...

Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 18d

had to read the article to understand wtf was going on here which is that Meta is literally feeding Instagram pictures parents took of their teenage daughters to middle aged men as ads for Threads

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 18d

“Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting.”

Meta has 100% stopped even *pretending* not to be astoundingly evil.

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Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 23d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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Goofrider @goofrider.bsky.social · 23d

Hannah Einbinder at the Emmys backstage:

"It is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel. Our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state."

Screenshot of a tweet from Variety, with a photo of Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart backstage at the Emmys.

The text of the tweet is already in this post.

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Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · 24d

Hey @profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social - love you guys. Please consider this:

Charlie Kirk’s killing was a tragedy. But we must not rewrite his life | Moira Donegan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Charlie Kirk’s killing was a tragedy. But we must not rewrite his life | Moira Donegan

In the wake of horror, honest accountings of his life have not only become rare – they have also become dangerous

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Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · Sep 7

Just do it

Opinion | Autism Rates Have Increased 60-Fold. I Played a Role in That.

Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · Sep 6

Autism Rates Have Increased 60-Fold. I Played a Role in That. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...

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Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · Aug 24

A Ticking Clock on American Freedom

It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

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Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · Jul 6

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

An Iranian Woman Finds Her Might | The Smallest Power | The New Yorker Documentary

Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · Jun 30

Tariff Tax: These high-volume, solid state Samsung hard drives I buy frequently for my video production business are up 20% since March....

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Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · Jun 26

Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

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Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · Jun 22

Where we're headed or where we already are?

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Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · Jun 11

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This Is What Trump Does When His Revolution Sputters

His military deployment in Los Angeles follows a long, disturbing tradition.

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Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · May 29

Opinion | Beware: We Are Entering a New Phase of the Trump Era

2025: Scott Pelley - Commencement News Archive

Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · May 27

Pelley asks, What is the meaning of you?

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Good morning, everybody. What a beautiful day. What a beautiful North Carolina day for a graduation. Incredible. Thank you, President Wente, Provost Gillespie, members of the Board of Trustees and Kat...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · May 22

i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet

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Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · May 21

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Biden’s Age Wasn’t a Cover-Up. It Was Observable Fact.

The story about the former president getting old is getting old.

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Dan Morris @danmordc.bsky.social · May 14

Opinion | We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S.