Donald Pruden, Jr.
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Donald Pruden, Jr.
@smeisenstein.bsky.social
Retired public sector employee, filmmaker, and union dude on a fixed income. Sergei M. Eisenstein is my hero.
I'm driving north on Nicholl's Road on L.I., and in the lane next to me is a bright red Transit van. The N.Y. license plate reads "SANTASLA".

I move up alongside the van and peek over into its driver's side.

I see an older gentleman, white hair and long beard, wearing a winter-themed sweater.
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Weather it’s Joe Biden pardoning kids who were caught with a couple ounces of weed or Donald Trump pardoning the Honduran president who smuggled in 400 tons of cocaine, both presidents were soft on drugs.
November 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Secretary Hegseth reportedly ordered the Venezuelan boat to be destroyed as soon as he learned there was no cocaine aboard.
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Juan Orlando Hernández was selling coke the right way.

by Ezra Klein
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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There is no strict constitutional prohibition against murdering survivors of boats that were blown up so it’s hard to see why liberals are mad at Pete Hegseth.

by Jonathan Turley
November 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Stephen Miller says Afghan immigrant Rahmanullah Lakanwal was incapable of assimilating to American culture. But a factcheck shows that Lakanwal used a gun to assault and kill multiple innocent people. Four Pinocchios.
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is the future of many "immigration enforcement" agents as time goes by and their activities become more publicly known (wait until you get to the end, yo. Shocking!):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvUs...
Bodycam and security footage shows Border Patrol agent fighting Long Beach police
YouTube video by CBS LA
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November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social You mentioned “The Open Veins of Latin America” in most recent podcast.

Galeano was an assigned read when I attended NYU’s Graduate Cinema Studies Program as part of our analysis of Latin American cinema.

Haven’t heard that title in years.

Checking my bookshelf now.
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Oops!

I posted same entry twice by accident. Deleted one.
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Trump reverses self on vote to release Epstein files.

A desperate effort to: 1) brazen it out; 2) campaign to implicate Dems; 3) have Bondi defy Congress and run to SCOTUS to defend that; 4) have SCOTUS drag out denial case until after the midterms.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIFr...
Trump calls for Republicans to vote to release Epstein files
YouTube video by ABC News
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
How bad immigration policy impacts housing prices.

It ain't just bad pro-bank/anti-homebuyer policy that accounts for rising home prices.

A real eye opener.

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November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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September 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Why do American people not face this 👇 and act accordingly?! He is evidently not fit for office! 🙄🫩🤬
September 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Summary of Trump’s speech to the UN today:

1. Your countries all suck.

2. None of you know what you are doing.

3. The US is better at everything.

4. All because of me.

5. I’m right about everything.

6. You should listen to me & do what I say.

7. And give me lots of awards.
September 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Trump to the UN: "There aren't too many boats that are traveling on the seas by Venezuela. They tend not to want to travel very quickly anymore."
September 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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So is Marco Rubio saying that if a US vessel is in international waters, another country can just decide to blow it up, w/o any evidence of anything?

Is this regime made up of little boys blowing up human beings as a sick flex, like playing the old game Battleship?
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September 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Trump: "I'm really good at predicting things. During the campaign they had a hat -- a best-selling hat -- 'Trump was right about everything.' And I don't say that in a braggadocios way, but it's true. I've been right about everything."
September 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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The humiliation and shame this ignorant, narcissistic, decomposing dictator heaps upon our nation...😭

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September 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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September 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Why is it that when a girl gets raped while wearing a mini skirt she was "asking for it", but when a guy gets shot while talking about how "a few gun deaths are worth it for our 2nd amendment rights" he wasn't ASKING FOR IT.
September 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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September 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Kids can be shot, they just can't GET shots. Gotcha!
September 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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This is a gigantic bonfire 🔥🔥🔥 now blazing directly under the ass of decomposing dictator and pedophile protector Donald Trump, lit on live TV.
Epstein survivor on Epstein: "His biggest brag forever was that he was very good friends with Donald Trump."
September 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM