Isaiah Jerome Lewis Poole
@dcproud.bsky.social
Veteran journalist and nonprofit communications executive. Christian. Black. Gay. Progressive. DCProud.
Haven’t posted here in a while, but this morning I am mad. Just saw some of the @cbsnews.com Bari Weiss interview with Erika Cook. That wasn’t journalism but propagandistic platforming. I’m done with CBS.
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Haven’t posted here in a while, but this morning I am mad. Just saw some of the @cbsnews.com Bari Weiss interview with Erika Cook. That wasn’t journalism but propagandistic platforming. I’m done with CBS.
Antisemitism is a very serious issue, but why did @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy air a story on the owner of Barstool Sports that highlighted antisemitic attacks on him but did not also address homophobia, sexism and bigotry spread by Barstool Sports?
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Antisemitism is a very serious issue, but why did @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy air a story on the owner of Barstool Sports that highlighted antisemitic attacks on him but did not also address homophobia, sexism and bigotry spread by Barstool Sports?
Not only are these extrajudicial killings blatant war crimes, they are plain stupid. Drug War 101 teaches you don't kill off the small fish but you use the small fish to catch the big fish. Otherwise, you're just blowing up people for show. And show is all Pete Hegseth is capable of.
BREAKING: Hegseth says that another U.S. strike in the Caribbean targeted an alleged drug-running boat operated by the Tren de Aragua gang, killing six people.
Another US strike in Caribbean targets alleged drug-running boat, killing 6, Hegseth says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says another U.S. strike in the Caribbean targeted an alleged drug-running boat operated by the Tren de Aragua gang, killing six people.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Not only are these extrajudicial killings blatant war crimes, they are plain stupid. Drug War 101 teaches you don't kill off the small fish but you use the small fish to catch the big fish. Otherwise, you're just blowing up people for show. And show is all Pete Hegseth is capable of.
What am I missing? Washington Post *opinion* columnist Karen Attiah is fired for her *opinion* about the racism of Charlie Kirk, but *editor-in-chief* of CBS News Bari Weiss keeps her job after posting on social media an editorial by her publication The Free Press attacking Zohran Mandami?
October 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What am I missing? Washington Post *opinion* columnist Karen Attiah is fired for her *opinion* about the racism of Charlie Kirk, but *editor-in-chief* of CBS News Bari Weiss keeps her job after posting on social media an editorial by her publication The Free Press attacking Zohran Mandami?
THIS IS YOUR PRESIDENT ON DRUGS: Cutting a deal with Pfizer to sell discount pharmaceuticals on “TrumpRX.” Even as he and congressional Republicans are refusing to assure that Affordable Care Act premiums for millions of Americans will remain affordable.
September 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
THIS IS YOUR PRESIDENT ON DRUGS: Cutting a deal with Pfizer to sell discount pharmaceuticals on “TrumpRX.” Even as he and congressional Republicans are refusing to assure that Affordable Care Act premiums for millions of Americans will remain affordable.
By all means, let’s get worked up over a tenuous link between Tylenol and autism, and shrug off cleaning up toxic forever chemicals leaching into our drinking water.
September 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
By all means, let’s get worked up over a tenuous link between Tylenol and autism, and shrug off cleaning up toxic forever chemicals leaching into our drinking water.
This New York Times headline about the right-wing ideologue hired by the new owners of CBS-Paramount pretty much says it all. This, after Paramount paid Trump $16 million to settle a bogus lawsuit over a Kamala Harris interview, puts a golden Trump-branded muzzle on a once-fierce watchdog.
September 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This New York Times headline about the right-wing ideologue hired by the new owners of CBS-Paramount pretty much says it all. This, after Paramount paid Trump $16 million to settle a bogus lawsuit over a Kamala Harris interview, puts a golden Trump-branded muzzle on a once-fierce watchdog.
My message to every Black and LGBTQ person: Don’t spend money in Florida unless you’re spending it to get rid of Ron DeSantis and his Republican regime.
August 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
My message to every Black and LGBTQ person: Don’t spend money in Florida unless you’re spending it to get rid of Ron DeSantis and his Republican regime.
The Democratic Party is losing membership, and the reasons go deeper than politics. It's a symptom of a country losing its moral compass. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Democratic Party decline and the rise of a new post-Reconstruction
The New York Times on Wednesday published a sobering look at the decrease in Democratic Party voter registration and the rise in Republican registration. It paints a strong statistical picture, but wh...
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August 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Democratic Party is losing membership, and the reasons go deeper than politics. It's a symptom of a country losing its moral compass. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
I'm sorry, but "My Source News Opinion World" sounds like a bad translation of a slogan in a foreign language. I can't imagine anyone spent more than a few hundred dollars on this, so Versant (another bad name) should cut its losses and start over.
August 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I'm sorry, but "My Source News Opinion World" sounds like a bad translation of a slogan in a foreign language. I can't imagine anyone spent more than a few hundred dollars on this, so Versant (another bad name) should cut its losses and start over.
JD Vance‘s meeting at the vice president’s residence tonight should not be about Jeffrey Epstein. It should be about using the 25th Amendment to get President Trump out of office.
August 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
JD Vance‘s meeting at the vice president’s residence tonight should not be about Jeffrey Epstein. It should be about using the 25th Amendment to get President Trump out of office.
SUPPORT LOCAL DC NEWS: While The Washington Post shrinks its local news, @51st.news is working to build its staff and needs help now. If 3,500 people chip in at least $20 by Friday, they'll add an experienced full-time reporter and editor for its DC coverage. Let's do this: givebutter.com/SsQ8CG
Time to Grow The 51st
Help us hire Christina and Martin Full-Time!
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August 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
SUPPORT LOCAL DC NEWS: While The Washington Post shrinks its local news, @51st.news is working to build its staff and needs help now. If 3,500 people chip in at least $20 by Friday, they'll add an experienced full-time reporter and editor for its DC coverage. Let's do this: givebutter.com/SsQ8CG
There is a special place in hell reserved for Shari Redstone and the sellouts running (and ruining) CBS. apple.news/A20dkEZFbRe-...
'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' to end next May: 'This is all just going away' — USA TODAY
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July 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
There is a special place in hell reserved for Shari Redstone and the sellouts running (and ruining) CBS. apple.news/A20dkEZFbRe-...
So the same Elon Musk who wants people to join a new "America" political party that he says he's creating owns an AI chatbot that praises Adolf Hitler because, as Musk says, it's been trained on material that is "politically incorrect." Seriously, you can't make this ish up.
July 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
So the same Elon Musk who wants people to join a new "America" political party that he says he's creating owns an AI chatbot that praises Adolf Hitler because, as Musk says, it's been trained on material that is "politically incorrect." Seriously, you can't make this ish up.
When will the majority of us come to the realization that Donald Trump is mentally unfit and needs to be removed from the presidency? The punitive threats, unreasoned policy declarations via late-night tweets, the rambling speeches—this is not a stable genius but an unstable maniac. Trump must go.
July 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When will the majority of us come to the realization that Donald Trump is mentally unfit and needs to be removed from the presidency? The punitive threats, unreasoned policy declarations via late-night tweets, the rambling speeches—this is not a stable genius but an unstable maniac. Trump must go.
A Forbes magazine article notes the Austin/San Antonio Weather Forecast Office had six vacancies at the time a major storm was about to bring a record flood to the Guadalupe River. Texas officials now say they weren't adequately warned by the National Weather Service.
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
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Texas Flood Live Updates: 27 Dead Including Nine Children
Flash floods along Texas’ Guadalupe River have killed at least 27 people and also left around 27 people missing.
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July 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A Forbes magazine article notes the Austin/San Antonio Weather Forecast Office had six vacancies at the time a major storm was about to bring a record flood to the Guadalupe River. Texas officials now say they weren't adequately warned by the National Weather Service.
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Paramount Chair Shari Redstone regarding CBS $16 million settlement with Trump while seeking administration approval of the Paramount-Skydance merger: “...[I]t is illegal to corruptly give anything of value to public officials to influence an official act."
July 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Paramount Chair Shari Redstone regarding CBS $16 million settlement with Trump while seeking administration approval of the Paramount-Skydance merger: “...[I]t is illegal to corruptly give anything of value to public officials to influence an official act."
From "big, beautiful" travesty to big booty-full distraction: Just in time to distract us from the damage Trump and Senate Republicans just inflicted on the country, the media is giving us wall-to-wall Diddy coverage. Because what's more important?
July 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
From "big, beautiful" travesty to big booty-full distraction: Just in time to distract us from the damage Trump and Senate Republicans just inflicted on the country, the media is giving us wall-to-wall Diddy coverage. Because what's more important?
Proof that the management of @washingtonpost.com is totally clueless: Their announcement this week that there won't be a standalone Metro section in the print edition. This is the official middle finger to DC residents that says actual Washingtonians are not a priority for The Washington Post.
June 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Proof that the management of @washingtonpost.com is totally clueless: Their announcement this week that there won't be a standalone Metro section in the print edition. This is the official middle finger to DC residents that says actual Washingtonians are not a priority for The Washington Post.
I've been suspicious of D.C. restaurant claims that Initiative 82 (which phases out the tipped minimum wage) is responsible for some recent restaurant closings, including two in my Brookland neighborhood. This article contains data that proves that I-82 is a scapegoat. 51st.news/opinion-init...
Opinion: Initiative 82 is not harming the restaurant industry
Data shows that the industry is actually doing well.
51st.news
June 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I've been suspicious of D.C. restaurant claims that Initiative 82 (which phases out the tipped minimum wage) is responsible for some recent restaurant closings, including two in my Brookland neighborhood. This article contains data that proves that I-82 is a scapegoat. 51st.news/opinion-init...
WaPo: White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say. Can we now fire Robert Kennedy?
May 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
WaPo: White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say. Can we now fire Robert Kennedy?
This is a reminder to cat owners to never leave butter unattended.
May 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is a reminder to cat owners to never leave butter unattended.
Integrity rooted in editorial independence is the most important asset of a news organization. @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy corporate owners are throwing that away. They can’t see that settling with Trump will render CBS News worthless. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...
Head of CBS News Is Forced Out Amid Tensions With Trump
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May 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Integrity rooted in editorial independence is the most important asset of a news organization. @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy corporate owners are throwing that away. They can’t see that settling with Trump will render CBS News worthless. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...
The United Stated should have a president like this, one who lives humbly and governs compassionately. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Uruguay's José Mujica, world's 'poorest president', dies - BBC News
The former guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 earned his nickname because of his modest lifestyle.
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May 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The United Stated should have a president like this, one who lives humbly and governs compassionately. www.bbc.com/news/article...