David Durham
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Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed Misconduct in Comey Case
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
You Caught Me. I’m Speaking Spanish. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | You Caught Me. I’m Speaking Spanish.
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
You Caught Me. I’m Speaking Spanish. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Thank you, Mr. President, for your role in the #ceasefire, and for abandoning your ludicrous idea of developing the Riviera of the Middle East.
October 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Thank you, Mr. President, for your role in the #ceasefire, and for abandoning your ludicrous idea of developing the Riviera of the Middle East.
This rabbi poses an excellent and important question.
“How does one mourn and commemorate an atrocity against your people in the midst of an atrocity done to another people in your name?" writes Shaul Magid, a rabbi and professor of modern Judaism.
"The complexity of mourning lies in the fact that there is no consensus as to what any of this means.”
"The complexity of mourning lies in the fact that there is no consensus as to what any of this means.”
The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging | Shaul Magid
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This rabbi poses an excellent and important question.
Just a part of the Great Leap Backward: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...
E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters
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September 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Just a part of the Great Leap Backward: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...
Fred Rogers defending public television:
www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/p...
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Listen to Mister Rogers’ defense of public media funding in 1969 | CNN Politics
The Senate recently passed a bill that would decimate public media, clawing back roughly $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps fund NPR and PBS. The bill, which contai...
www.cnn.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Fred Rogers defending public television:
www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/p...
I remember back when #Netanyahu was questioned about the far right members of his cabinet and the radical influence they could have. His reply: “They work for me.”
Yeah. Right.
Yeah. Right.
July 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I remember back when #Netanyahu was questioned about the far right members of his cabinet and the radical influence they could have. His reply: “They work for me.”
Yeah. Right.
Yeah. Right.
Another episode in the Great Leap Backward.
The Trump administration wants to reverse a 2009 EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. The finding is the basis for much of the United States' climate change regulations. By @jeffbradynews.bsky.social
Trump's EPA now says greenhouse gases don't endanger people
The Trump administration wants to reverse a 2009 EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. The finding is the basis for much of the United States' climate change regulations.
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July 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Another episode in the Great Leap Backward.
Merci, Monsieur le Président, pour votre courage en reconnaissant l’état palestinien malgré l’opposition de certains pays.
Thank you, Mr. President, for your courage in recognizing the Palestinian state in spite of the opposition of certain countries. #palestine #gaza
Thank you, Mr. President, for your courage in recognizing the Palestinian state in spite of the opposition of certain countries. #palestine #gaza
July 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Merci, Monsieur le Président, pour votre courage en reconnaissant l’état palestinien malgré l’opposition de certains pays.
Thank you, Mr. President, for your courage in recognizing the Palestinian state in spite of the opposition of certain countries. #palestine #gaza
Thank you, Mr. President, for your courage in recognizing the Palestinian state in spite of the opposition of certain countries. #palestine #gaza
Just another part of the Great Leap Backward:
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Just another part of the Great Leap Backward:
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
Macron Tells US Scientists Sick of Trump to Come to EU
YouTube video by Bloomberg News
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June 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Sea level rise will create "...a little more waterfront property." -- your president 😒
April 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Sea level rise will create "...a little more waterfront property." -- your president 😒
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Enough. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Video footage appears to contradict Israeli account of Gaza medic killings
The footage was reportedly filmed by a Palestinian paramedic killed by Israeli forces along with 14 others in March.
www.bbc.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Enough. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Brian Finucane, a former state dep attorney focused on military operations, including advising past military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, says "in my experience, this kind of pre-operational detail would have been classified". w/
@hugolowell.bsky.social
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The real problem with the Signal chat leak is it shows systemic dishonesty
High-ranking officials can spill military secrets with apparent near-total immunity and no accountability
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Brian Finucane, a former state dep attorney focused on military operations, including advising past military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, says "in my experience, this kind of pre-operational detail would have been classified". w/
@hugolowell.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@hugolowell.bsky.social
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Nashvillians, this is (hopefully) what I've been waiting to hear: a nationwide protest that includes Nashville. mobilize.us/s/7WDMrL
Hands Off! Nashville Fights Back · Hands Off
**Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** Nashville is fighting back!
They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—...
mobilize.us
March 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Nashvillians, this is (hopefully) what I've been waiting to hear: a nationwide protest that includes Nashville. mobilize.us/s/7WDMrL
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Worth noting that when the war started Zelensky’s English was very shaky and he’s clearly spent a ton of time improving it for exactly this purpose.
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Worth noting that when the war started Zelensky’s English was very shaky and he’s clearly spent a ton of time improving it for exactly this purpose.
Putin and Xi are over the moon. #appeasement
February 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Putin and Xi are over the moon. #appeasement