Ed Zimmerman
@edgrapenutzimm.bsky.social
VC/startup Law @lowensteinLLP, Adj Prof @Columbia_Biz,CoFound: @close_first; @venturecrush.bsky.social, the historic fund, Boards: @Fisk1866 @theorchidfdn
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Why am I not surprised?
NPS has made Trump's birthday a free admission day, while deleting MLK Day and Juneteenth.
NPS has made Trump's birthday a free admission day, while deleting MLK Day and Juneteenth.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Why am I not surprised?
NPS has made Trump's birthday a free admission day, while deleting MLK Day and Juneteenth.
NPS has made Trump's birthday a free admission day, while deleting MLK Day and Juneteenth.
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NEW: @sherylnyt.bsky.social and I dove into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s quest to dismantle vaccine policy, telling the inside story of how his allies from the vaccine activism world and political appointees embarked on a crash course with government scientists.
Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
NEW: @sherylnyt.bsky.social and I dove into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s quest to dismantle vaccine policy, telling the inside story of how his allies from the vaccine activism world and political appointees embarked on a crash course with government scientists.
Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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forty-one minutes is a long time to spend premeditating
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
forty-one minutes is a long time to spend premeditating
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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"The survivors could hypothetically have floated to safety, been rescued, and carried on with trafficking the drugs, the logic went.
"The other source with direct knowledge of the briefing called that rationale 'f**king insane.'”
"The other source with direct knowledge of the briefing called that rationale 'f**king insane.'”
🚨🚨🚨This collapses the one 'argument' Hegseth had against it being a war crime:
"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"The survivors could hypothetically have floated to safety, been rescued, and carried on with trafficking the drugs, the logic went.
"The other source with direct knowledge of the briefing called that rationale 'f**king insane.'”
"The other source with direct knowledge of the briefing called that rationale 'f**king insane.'”
Then becomes secretary of war….
December 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Then becomes secretary of war….
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Hegseth can spin this atrocity and murder of two men clinging to a part of the bombed boat, but he's not reporting news on FOX, twisting it to suit his story- he knew, he ordered it, he's guilty.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks
#https://wapo.st/4457oRB
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks
#https://wapo.st/4457oRB
Hegseth, citing ‘fog of war,’ says he learned of survivors hours after strike
The defense secretary’s remarks were the most extensive public accounting yet of his involvement in the military’s lethal attack on alleged drug smugglers on Sept. 2.
wapo.st
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Hegseth can spin this atrocity and murder of two men clinging to a part of the bombed boat, but he's not reporting news on FOX, twisting it to suit his story- he knew, he ordered it, he's guilty.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks
#https://wapo.st/4457oRB
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks
#https://wapo.st/4457oRB
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US judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states reut.rs/4pOvHvF
US judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing in 22 states a provision of the Republican's signature tax and domestic policy bill that would deprive Planned Parenthood and local affiliates that perform abortions of Medicaid funding.
reut.rs
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
US judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states reut.rs/4pOvHvF
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What did we learn about from the shutdown? Democrats should press a focused message (don’t hate on Healthcare Hakeem) to shift the agenda against a weak Republican Party in disarray.
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
What did we learn about from the shutdown? Democrats should press a focused message (don’t hate on Healthcare Hakeem) to shift the agenda against a weak Republican Party in disarray.
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Jacqueline Humphries, Beat the Devil, 2008
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137241
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137241
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Jacqueline Humphries, Beat the Devil, 2008
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137241
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137241
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Maybe Trump is mad at the New York Times for some other reason? 🤔
NYT: "For Trump, Epstein is the Story That Won't Go Away"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
NYT: "For Trump, Epstein is the Story That Won't Go Away"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
For Trump, Epstein Is the Story That Won’t Go Away
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Maybe Trump is mad at the New York Times for some other reason? 🤔
NYT: "For Trump, Epstein is the Story That Won't Go Away"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
NYT: "For Trump, Epstein is the Story That Won't Go Away"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
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Trump attacked New York Times reporter Katie Rogers, calling her 'ugly,' because he's mad about her story: "Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office"
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Now we have the president calling a female New York Times reporter ugly because he's mad about a story she wrote.
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Trump attacked New York Times reporter Katie Rogers, calling her 'ugly,' because he's mad about her story: "Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office"
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Katie Rogers' story for The New York Times here:
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office:
President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office:
President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Katie Rogers' story for The New York Times here:
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office:
President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office:
President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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🔥 NEW: A spokesperson from The New York Times messaged me today about President Trump's post attacking the reporting of NYT journalist Katie Rogers and calling her "ugly."
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🔥 NEW: A spokesperson from The New York Times messaged me today about President Trump's post attacking the reporting of NYT journalist Katie Rogers and calling her "ugly."
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November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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The Trump administration will raise prices and add new fees next year for international tourists visiting U.S. national parks, the latest change amid steep cuts and bureaucratic turmoil at the National Park Service and a decline in foreign tourism.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
Trump Administration Will Raise Prices for Foreign Tourists at National Parks
The price increases comes as more and more international travelers are choosing to stay away from the United States and amid turmoil at the National Park Service.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The Trump administration will raise prices and add new fees next year for international tourists visiting U.S. national parks, the latest change amid steep cuts and bureaucratic turmoil at the National Park Service and a decline in foreign tourism.
Here's what to know.
Here's what to know.
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“Today, family separations are back, only now they are happening all across the country.” www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“Today, family separations are back, only now they are happening all across the country.” www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts.
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts.
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
“It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
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Can we all agree never to book Larry Summers on another news show, ever again? Unless the topic is "What Did You Know and When Did You Know It?"
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Can we all agree never to book Larry Summers on another news show, ever again? Unless the topic is "What Did You Know and When Did You Know It?"
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You have to be astonishingly full of yourself to think that INSIGHT is the word you were looking for here
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
You have to be astonishingly full of yourself to think that INSIGHT is the word you were looking for here
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i am starting to think larry summers should not be listened to
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
i am starting to think larry summers should not be listened to
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BREAKING: House Oversight Democrats release never-before seen emails from Epstein's estate. @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social has the latest.
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
BREAKING: House Oversight Democrats release never-before seen emails from Epstein's estate. @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social has the latest.
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released several emails from the estate of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that refer to President Trump. n.pr/4p7hqKa
New Epstein emails appear to reveal more Trump ties
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released several emails from the estate of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that refer to President Trump.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released several emails from the estate of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that refer to President Trump. n.pr/4p7hqKa
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🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.