Ron Dunn
@rondunn.bsky.social
Progressive Atheist interested in all things political, humane, humorous, artful, musical, natural, culinary and kind.
apnews.com/article/okla... college instructor is fired after giving failing grade to a Bible-based essay on gender
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination.
apnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
apnews.com/article/okla... college instructor is fired after giving failing grade to a Bible-based essay on gender
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CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
The Phony War on Christians floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/15/t...
The Phony War on Christians • Florida Phoenix
Remember the War on Christmas, when conservatives worked themselves into a lather over America-hating freaks wishing people “Happy Holidays,” putting on community celebrations called “Winterfest” inst...
floridaphoenix.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Phony War on Christians floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/15/t...
apnews.com/video/ice-ag... agent drags woman through Minneapolis street
ICE agent drags woman through Minneapolis street
Protesters and ICE agents clash as an officer arrests and drags a woman by her arm at West 29th Street and Pillsbury Avenue in south Minneapolis on Monday.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
apnews.com/video/ice-ag... agent drags woman through Minneapolis street
apnews.com/article/jack... Smith tells lawmakers his team developed 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' against Trump
Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' against Trump
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has told lawmakers in a closed-door interview his team “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” President Donald Trump criminally conspired to o...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
apnews.com/article/jack... Smith tells lawmakers his team developed 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' against Trump
apnews.com/article/amer... administration says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image
Trump administration says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image
The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public imag...
apnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
apnews.com/article/amer... administration says sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image
Either you can read English (soon to be called 'American', I'm sure) or you can't.
apnews.com/article/rubi...
Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman
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Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman
Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Either you can read English (soon to be called 'American', I'm sure) or you can't.
apnews.com/article/rubi...
Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman
apnews.com/article/rubi...
Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman
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KONSYSE: The regulation prohibits all new contracts for Russian energy beginning on 1 January 2026. Existing short-term LNG contracts concluded before 17 June 2025 must end by 31 December 2026. Long-term pipeline gas contracts face termination by 1 November 2027.
European Union Bans All Russian Energy Imports — Konsyse
The European Union approved a sweeping regulation that ends all energy imports from Russia by 2027.
www.konsyse.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
KONSYSE: The regulation prohibits all new contracts for Russian energy beginning on 1 January 2026. Existing short-term LNG contracts concluded before 17 June 2025 must end by 31 December 2026. Long-term pipeline gas contracts face termination by 1 November 2027.
Kristi Noem Thanks Trump for Keeping Hurricanes Away (?!) newrepublic.com/post/203872/... via @newrepublic.com
Kristi Noem Thanks Trump for Keeping Hurricanes Away (?!)
The homeland security secretary got extra creative in sucking up to President Trump.
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Kristi Noem Thanks Trump for Keeping Hurricanes Away (?!) newrepublic.com/post/203872/... via @newrepublic.com
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Reporter: The former president of Honduras was found guilty in a US federal court of working with drug cartels, conspiring to distribute more than 400 tons of cocaine toward the US. He was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison, but all of that changed this week when he was pardoned by Trump.
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Reporter: The former president of Honduras was found guilty in a US federal court of working with drug cartels, conspiring to distribute more than 400 tons of cocaine toward the US. He was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison, but all of that changed this week when he was pardoned by Trump.
Reposted by Ron Dunn
New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
The New Orleans City Council Dec. 3 launched an online portal for residents to report civil and human rights abuses by ICE and CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during
www.nola.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
How many Somalis in Minnesota could be impacted by federal intervention? www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
How many Somalis in Minnesota could be impacted by federal intervention?
Reports that the Trump administration plans to primarily target Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the Twin Cities follow a call from the president to end Temporary Protected Status for some Somal...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
How many Somalis in Minnesota could be impacted by federal intervention? www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Trump administration threatens to yank food stamps funding from Democratic-led states floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/02/r...
Trump administration threatens to yank food stamps funding from Democratic-led states • Florida Phoenix
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins ...
floridaphoenix.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Trump administration threatens to yank food stamps funding from Democratic-led states floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/02/r...
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Trump on pardoning the former president of Honduras: "That was a Biden horrible witch hunt. A lot of people in Honduras asked me to do that & I did it. I feel very good about it. If you have some drug dealers in your country and you're the president, you don't necessarily put the president in jail"
December 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Trump on pardoning the former president of Honduras: "That was a Biden horrible witch hunt. A lot of people in Honduras asked me to do that & I did it. I feel very good about it. If you have some drug dealers in your country and you're the president, you don't necessarily put the president in jail"
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This is fucken wrong. Polling in Miami-Dade County found that 74% of voters oppose using Miami Dade College land for the library & want the parcel retained for campus expansion.
The land is valued at more than $300M.
floridapolitics.com/archives/767...
#DCFL
The land is valued at more than $300M.
floridapolitics.com/archives/767...
#DCFL
Miami Dade College revotes to give away Miami land for Donald Trump library
The reapproval came with compensation for land valued at more than $300M.
floridapolitics.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is fucken wrong. Polling in Miami-Dade County found that 74% of voters oppose using Miami Dade College land for the library & want the parcel retained for campus expansion.
The land is valued at more than $300M.
floridapolitics.com/archives/767...
#DCFL
The land is valued at more than $300M.
floridapolitics.com/archives/767...
#DCFL
apnews.com/article/minn... authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
apnews.com/article/minn... authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
In 1943 Norman Rockwell painted democracy’s portrait. An editor from Kansas helped make it possible. floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/28/r...
In 1943 Norman Rockwell painted democracy’s portrait. An editor from Kansas helped make it possible. • Florida Phoenix
When the Saturday Evening Post published an offensive antisemitic article in 1942, the furor threatened to sink the magazine. The Post's editor and much of the staff were sacked and a young former Kan...
floridaphoenix.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In 1943 Norman Rockwell painted democracy’s portrait. An editor from Kansas helped make it possible. floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/28/r...
Homeland Security wants state driver’s license data for sweeping citizenship program floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/02/r...
Homeland Security wants state driver’s license data for sweeping citizenship program • Florida Phoenix
The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illega...
floridaphoenix.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Homeland Security wants state driver’s license data for sweeping citizenship program floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/02/r...
The Florida Legislature is not your friend floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/01/t...
The Florida Legislature is not your friend • Florida Phoenix
Ever get the feeling the Florida Legislature hates you? It does. Unless you’re a developer, a lobbyist, or a fetus. Members are filing hell-born bills for the 2026 session, many apparently designed to...
floridaphoenix.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Florida Legislature is not your friend floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/01/t...
South Carolina’s measles outbreak shows chilling effect of vaccine misinformation floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/29/r...
South Carolina’s measles outbreak shows chilling effect of vaccine misinformation • Florida Phoenix
Spartanburg County, in South Carolina’s Upstate region, has been fighting a measles outbreak since early October, with more than 50 cases identified.
floridaphoenix.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
South Carolina’s measles outbreak shows chilling effect of vaccine misinformation floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/29/r...
Israel releases Florida teen after more than nine months in prison over allegations of rock throwing floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/28/i...
Israel releases Florida teen after more than nine months in prison over allegations of rock throwing • Florida Phoenix
A 16-year-old Palestinian American youth from Brevard County was released from an Israeli prison Thursday after being held since February on allegations of rock throwing in the West Bank. The U.S. Sta...
floridaphoenix.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Israel releases Florida teen after more than nine months in prison over allegations of rock throwing floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/28/i...