@jerryjjfirman.bsky.social
Half a century old, and none the wiser.
So much harm in so little time. Deregulation for profit at the public’s expense.
📽️ WATCH: Photographer @annie-flanagan.bsky.social went to Clairton, PA, where residents live in the shadow of the country’s largest coke plant. Coke is a product used to manufacture steel.
This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.
Link to our story below ⤵️
This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.
Link to our story below ⤵️
December 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
So much harm in so little time. Deregulation for profit at the public’s expense.
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It’s worth reminding ourselves again that we wouldn’t have Trump wrecking the United States & the world were it not for NBC, AND PARTICULARLY MARK BURNETT, creating the REAL “Big Lie” — that he was a successful businessman. They also hid his racism, his “creepy” (to say the least) tendencies, etc.
Why an Apprentice Exec Broke His Silence About Donald Trump: “He Would Like to Be a Dictator”
In an interview with VF, former NBC chief marketing officer John Miller regrets mythologizing Trump’s business savvy and recalls the host’s “racist tendencies,” creepy pageant behavior, and how he cou...
www.vanityfair.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It’s worth reminding ourselves again that we wouldn’t have Trump wrecking the United States & the world were it not for NBC, AND PARTICULARLY MARK BURNETT, creating the REAL “Big Lie” — that he was a successful businessman. They also hid his racism, his “creepy” (to say the least) tendencies, etc.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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NOT DISCUSSED NEARLY ENOUGH THIS WEEK:
Trump’s all over the Epstein files so he’s having Venezuelans killed as a distraction. Because of these crimes against humanity, a 4-star Admiral resigned and the British, the Dutch, and the Colombians are no longer sharing intel with the USA.
Trump’s all over the Epstein files so he’s having Venezuelans killed as a distraction. Because of these crimes against humanity, a 4-star Admiral resigned and the British, the Dutch, and the Colombians are no longer sharing intel with the USA.
November 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
NOT DISCUSSED NEARLY ENOUGH THIS WEEK:
Trump’s all over the Epstein files so he’s having Venezuelans killed as a distraction. Because of these crimes against humanity, a 4-star Admiral resigned and the British, the Dutch, and the Colombians are no longer sharing intel with the USA.
Trump’s all over the Epstein files so he’s having Venezuelans killed as a distraction. Because of these crimes against humanity, a 4-star Admiral resigned and the British, the Dutch, and the Colombians are no longer sharing intel with the USA.
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Set your clocks to vote
YES ON PROP 50
Tuesday November 4, 2025
YES ON PROP 50
Tuesday November 4, 2025
TIME to fall back and set yo clocks back one hour tonite,!!
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November 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Set your clocks to vote
YES ON PROP 50
Tuesday November 4, 2025
YES ON PROP 50
Tuesday November 4, 2025
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NEW: DHS plans to collect driver’s license data from states.
It’s the latest step in an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.
With @texastribune.org
It’s the latest step in an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.
With @texastribune.org
DHS Wants States to Hand Over Driver’s License Data for Citizenship Checks
It’s the latest step in an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data that the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW: DHS plans to collect driver’s license data from states.
It’s the latest step in an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.
With @texastribune.org
It’s the latest step in an unprecedented initiative to pool confidential data the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.
With @texastribune.org
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We have just over two weeks to pass Prop 50. And when we do, it will send a message of hope across the country, that change is possible if we do the work.
So, let’s get to it. linktr.ee/cadem
So, let’s get to it. linktr.ee/cadem
October 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
We have just over two weeks to pass Prop 50. And when we do, it will send a message of hope across the country, that change is possible if we do the work.
So, let’s get to it. linktr.ee/cadem
So, let’s get to it. linktr.ee/cadem
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If you’re driving around in unmarked cars, wearing masks, and kidnapping people, you’re not one of the good guys.
October 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
If you’re driving around in unmarked cars, wearing masks, and kidnapping people, you’re not one of the good guys.
For anyone unfamiliar with Russ Vought, please watch.
VIDEO: Reporter @andykroll.bsky.social explains Vought’s rise from a congressional staffer to the man piloting everything from Trump's layoffs and agency closings to his shutdown strategy, controlling the fate of trillions of dollars and millions of federal workers.
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
For anyone unfamiliar with Russ Vought, please watch.
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On Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. ET, ProPublica reporter @andykroll.bsky.social will be on Reddit answering your questions about his investigation of Russ Vought’s rise from the Senate mail room to Trump’s “shadow president.”
Set a reminder: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
Set a reminder: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
On Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. ET, ProPublica reporter @andykroll.bsky.social will be on Reddit answering your questions about his investigation of Russ Vought’s rise from the Senate mail room to Trump’s “shadow president.”
Set a reminder: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
Set a reminder: www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
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Let’s be clear: Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans forced a government shutdown tonight.
Rather than address the health care crisis that they created just earlier this year, they refuse to come to the table and do their jobs.
What happened to the art of the deal?
Rather than address the health care crisis that they created just earlier this year, they refuse to come to the table and do their jobs.
What happened to the art of the deal?
October 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Let’s be clear: Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans forced a government shutdown tonight.
Rather than address the health care crisis that they created just earlier this year, they refuse to come to the table and do their jobs.
What happened to the art of the deal?
Rather than address the health care crisis that they created just earlier this year, they refuse to come to the table and do their jobs.
What happened to the art of the deal?
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September 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Maybe it’s just me, but I find it *incredibly* disturbing that the president of the US is very clearly losing his goddamned mind, but most of the media steadfastly refuse to even mention it.
September 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Maybe it’s just me, but I find it *incredibly* disturbing that the president of the US is very clearly losing his goddamned mind, but most of the media steadfastly refuse to even mention it.
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Pope Leo should take a long look at the actions of Cardinal Timothy Dolan.
September 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Pope Leo should take a long look at the actions of Cardinal Timothy Dolan.
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September 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Everything Maron says. Right here.
September 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Everything Maron says. Right here.
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"You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other."
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
September 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other."
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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Let’s say it plain: the Supreme Court of the United States endorsed racial profiling today.
September 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Let’s say it plain: the Supreme Court of the United States endorsed racial profiling today.
Fascinating piece by Pro Publica on Leo Terrell, a key figure in the Trump administration’s anti-higher education movement.
www.propublica.org/article/leo-...
www.propublica.org/article/leo-...
The Leader of Trump’s Assault on Higher Education Has a Troubled Legal and Financial History
Leo Terrell’s past is at odds with Trump’s description of an “incredibly successful” attorney. Documents obtained by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveal a trail of legal disputes a...
www.propublica.org
August 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Fascinating piece by Pro Publica on Leo Terrell, a key figure in the Trump administration’s anti-higher education movement.
www.propublica.org/article/leo-...
www.propublica.org/article/leo-...
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Let’s be clear about what’s really going on over at Target. They’re playing us.
The current CEO, will “step down,” but he’s moving up to exec chair of the Board of Directors. That’s rewarding his failure.
The new CEO, is the current COO & has been w/Target for 20 years.
Nothing’s really changing.
The current CEO, will “step down,” but he’s moving up to exec chair of the Board of Directors. That’s rewarding his failure.
The new CEO, is the current COO & has been w/Target for 20 years.
Nothing’s really changing.
August 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Let’s be clear about what’s really going on over at Target. They’re playing us.
The current CEO, will “step down,” but he’s moving up to exec chair of the Board of Directors. That’s rewarding his failure.
The new CEO, is the current COO & has been w/Target for 20 years.
Nothing’s really changing.
The current CEO, will “step down,” but he’s moving up to exec chair of the Board of Directors. That’s rewarding his failure.
The new CEO, is the current COO & has been w/Target for 20 years.
Nothing’s really changing.