David Brownstein
@djtrotsky.bsky.social
I guess i should add some stuff here.
Producer. Songwriter. Dj. Executive Coach.
More later. Not a bot. Democrat. Www.hollywoodcoaching.com
Producer. Songwriter. Dj. Executive Coach.
More later. Not a bot. Democrat. Www.hollywoodcoaching.com
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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CHOKEHOLD captures the repeating patterns of censorship and analyzes the hallmarks of Trump’s censorship playbook in 2025.
Free Press and @attorneynora.bsky.social identified five core findings that are explored in detailed throughout the report.
Here’s a highlight of each one.
A 🧵 1/5...
Free Press and @attorneynora.bsky.social identified five core findings that are explored in detailed throughout the report.
Here’s a highlight of each one.
A 🧵 1/5...
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
CHOKEHOLD captures the repeating patterns of censorship and analyzes the hallmarks of Trump’s censorship playbook in 2025.
Free Press and @attorneynora.bsky.social identified five core findings that are explored in detailed throughout the report.
Here’s a highlight of each one.
A 🧵 1/5...
Free Press and @attorneynora.bsky.social identified five core findings that are explored in detailed throughout the report.
Here’s a highlight of each one.
A 🧵 1/5...
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A free press cannot function if the government is able to exercise veto power over critical reporting simply by refusing to engage.
The public has the right to question how CBS will ensure the independence and integrity of its journalism going forward.
The public has the right to question how CBS will ensure the independence and integrity of its journalism going forward.
December 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A free press cannot function if the government is able to exercise veto power over critical reporting simply by refusing to engage.
The public has the right to question how CBS will ensure the independence and integrity of its journalism going forward.
The public has the right to question how CBS will ensure the independence and integrity of its journalism going forward.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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I love The Onion.
Go buy a gift subscription for loved ones this holiday season.
membership.theonion.com/gifts/
#gifts #holiday #theonion
Go buy a gift subscription for loved ones this holiday season.
membership.theonion.com/gifts/
#gifts #holiday #theonion
December 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I love The Onion.
Go buy a gift subscription for loved ones this holiday season.
membership.theonion.com/gifts/
#gifts #holiday #theonion
Go buy a gift subscription for loved ones this holiday season.
membership.theonion.com/gifts/
#gifts #holiday #theonion
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I got that Big Nerd Energy
Craigslist founder signs the Giving Pledge, and his fortune will go to military families, fighting cyberattacks—and a pigeon rescue
fortune.com/2025/12/08/c...
Craigslist founder signs the Giving Pledge, and his fortune will go to military families, fighting cyberattacks—and a pigeon rescue
fortune.com/2025/12/08/c...
Craigslist founder signs the Giving Pledge, and his fortune will go to military families, fighting cyberattacks—and a pigeon rescue | Fortune
“A nerd's gotta do what a nerd's gotta do, and a nerd should practice what he preaches,” Craig Newmark said.
fortune.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I got that Big Nerd Energy
Craigslist founder signs the Giving Pledge, and his fortune will go to military families, fighting cyberattacks—and a pigeon rescue
fortune.com/2025/12/08/c...
Craigslist founder signs the Giving Pledge, and his fortune will go to military families, fighting cyberattacks—and a pigeon rescue
fortune.com/2025/12/08/c...
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not sure if he’s talked about it elsewhere, but i love hearing that the structure of One Battle After Another took inspiration from Les Misérables (1935 film version)
had not put that together before, but it’s so obvious now that i know
had not put that together before, but it’s so obvious now that i know
One Battle After Another FYC - Paul Thomas Anderson & Leonardo DiCaprio QnA @ BFI IMAX
YouTube video by Nolan Archives
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
not sure if he’s talked about it elsewhere, but i love hearing that the structure of One Battle After Another took inspiration from Les Misérables (1935 film version)
had not put that together before, but it’s so obvious now that i know
had not put that together before, but it’s so obvious now that i know
One Source of Bad Information, by Robert Bly
(quoted in Wild Things: A Geography of Grief by Barbara Wansbrough)
(quoted in Wild Things: A Geography of Grief by Barbara Wansbrough)
December 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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It’s true that Trump is weak. Unfortunately the press who cover him are weaker.
December 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It’s true that Trump is weak. Unfortunately the press who cover him are weaker.
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Shameless plug time.
The HBO Max movie we worked on, It's Never Over Jeff Buckley, is available for streaming starting this Thursday 12/4
It's a beautiful look at the brief but brilliant career of Jeff Buckley. You'll really enjoy it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGKg...
The HBO Max movie we worked on, It's Never Over Jeff Buckley, is available for streaming starting this Thursday 12/4
It's a beautiful look at the brief but brilliant career of Jeff Buckley. You'll really enjoy it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGKg...
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley | Official Trailer | HBO
YouTube video by HBO
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Shameless plug time.
The HBO Max movie we worked on, It's Never Over Jeff Buckley, is available for streaming starting this Thursday 12/4
It's a beautiful look at the brief but brilliant career of Jeff Buckley. You'll really enjoy it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGKg...
The HBO Max movie we worked on, It's Never Over Jeff Buckley, is available for streaming starting this Thursday 12/4
It's a beautiful look at the brief but brilliant career of Jeff Buckley. You'll really enjoy it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGKg...
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"It gives the government tools to pick and choose who they want to punish." Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova explains how government targeting of marginalized people builds the tools to persecute anyone the government decides is a problem.
December 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM
"It gives the government tools to pick and choose who they want to punish." Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova explains how government targeting of marginalized people builds the tools to persecute anyone the government decides is a problem.
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Please join us for a live showing of “The Last Class,” a film about my final semester teaching, on December 8.
We’ll introduce the film, watch it together, and then stick around afterward to answer your questions. More details: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-join-us-for-a-live-showing
We’ll introduce the film, watch it together, and then stick around afterward to answer your questions. More details: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-join-us-for-a-live-showing
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Please join us for a live showing of “The Last Class,” a film about my final semester teaching, on December 8.
We’ll introduce the film, watch it together, and then stick around afterward to answer your questions. More details: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-join-us-for-a-live-showing
We’ll introduce the film, watch it together, and then stick around afterward to answer your questions. More details: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-join-us-for-a-live-showing
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🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
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This Republican healthcare “plan” that Lindsey Graham and his buddies are talking about is a scam and more people need to understand that.
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This Republican healthcare “plan” that Lindsey Graham and his buddies are talking about is a scam and more people need to understand that.
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“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
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Good article. Do you best not to say "I told you so" after each sentence. Try. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/i...
HBO Max’s Big Plan: Be HBO Again
Casey Bloys is embracing a brand position for TV's crown jewel as a complement, not a replacement, for Netflix — kind of like how it was back when it was a premium cable add-on.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Good article. Do you best not to say "I told you so" after each sentence. Try. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/i...
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“A coalition of the pissed off” 🔥
The Guardian on @aftynbehn.bsky.social’s quest to flip TN-7 on December 2nd
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Guardian on @aftynbehn.bsky.social’s quest to flip TN-7 on December 2nd
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“A coalition of the pissed off” 🔥
The Guardian on @aftynbehn.bsky.social’s quest to flip TN-7 on December 2nd
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Guardian on @aftynbehn.bsky.social’s quest to flip TN-7 on December 2nd
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
One o’clock,
two o’clock,
three o’clock rock.
two o’clock,
three o’clock rock.
It's been SEVEN hours and
fifteen days
fifteen days
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
One o’clock,
two o’clock,
three o’clock rock.
two o’clock,
three o’clock rock.
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It's been SEVEN hours and
fifteen days
fifteen days
November 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It's been SEVEN hours and
fifteen days
fifteen days
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Contact your Senators and your Representative. It takes less than five minutes. ⬇️
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Contact your Senators and your Representative. It takes less than five minutes. ⬇️
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...