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Newspapers 4 life. (Ex NY Daily News & Boston Herald.) NYC, North Fork. Francophile fan of Sondheim and Venice. (Amateur watercolors now at @washbuckler.bsky.social) Too sarcastic for my own good.

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My theory is the opposite: they look for people who want to expose themselves as tedious jerks so we can all point and laugh.

22.07.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump the president has been doing exactly what Trump the candidate promised to do.

This steep falloff in support, just five months in, is a sign of some catastrophic failings in our media and education systems.

22.07.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 956    πŸ” 236    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 19
Ahlam, located in the south of the enclave, is holding on β€œto testify” as long as she can. β€œEvery time I leave the tent to cover an event, do an interview or document a story, I don’t know if I’ll come back alive.” Her biggest issue, she confirms, is the lack of food and water.

We are watching their situation get worse. They’re young but their strength is leaving them. Most are no longer physically able to get around the enclave to do their work. Their heartbreaking cries for help are now daily.

For the past few days, we have only received very brief messages from them, when they have the strength to send any. Their courage, considered heroic by the rest of the world, is now their only hope of survival.

We may hear about their deaths at any moment, and this is unbearable.

This Sunday, Bashar wrote: β€œFor the first time, I feel defeated.” Later that day, he said he would thank us β€œfor explaining that we live day to day between death and hunger.” β€œI wish President Macron would help me get out of this hell.”

Ahlam is still holding on. β€œI try to keep exercising my profession, to speak for the voiceless, to document the truth despite all the attempts to silence it. Here, resistance isn’t a choice: it’s a necessity.”

Since AFP was founded in 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, some have been injured, others taken prisoner. But none of us remember witnessing colleagues die of hunger".

β€” The outgoing Editorial Committee (SociΓ©tΓ© de Journalistes, SDJ) of the AFP

Ahlam, located in the south of the enclave, is holding on β€œto testify” as long as she can. β€œEvery time I leave the tent to cover an event, do an interview or document a story, I don’t know if I’ll come back alive.” Her biggest issue, she confirms, is the lack of food and water. We are watching their situation get worse. They’re young but their strength is leaving them. Most are no longer physically able to get around the enclave to do their work. Their heartbreaking cries for help are now daily. For the past few days, we have only received very brief messages from them, when they have the strength to send any. Their courage, considered heroic by the rest of the world, is now their only hope of survival. We may hear about their deaths at any moment, and this is unbearable. This Sunday, Bashar wrote: β€œFor the first time, I feel defeated.” Later that day, he said he would thank us β€œfor explaining that we live day to day between death and hunger.” β€œI wish President Macron would help me get out of this hell.” Ahlam is still holding on. β€œI try to keep exercising my profession, to speak for the voiceless, to document the truth despite all the attempts to silence it. Here, resistance isn’t a choice: it’s a necessity.” Since AFP was founded in 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, some have been injured, others taken prisoner. But none of us remember witnessing colleagues die of hunger". β€” The outgoing Editorial Committee (SociΓ©tΓ© de Journalistes, SDJ) of the AFP

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21.07.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 394    πŸ” 104    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Stop
Talking
About
Epstein

22.07.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response | CNN Politics The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.

Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns.
He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...

22.07.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7870    πŸ” 3626    πŸ’¬ 222    πŸ“Œ 264
Home/Trump News/Biden coverup

Home/Trump News/Biden coverup

Biden coverup/radical NYC candidate

Biden coverup/radical NYC candidate

There are only three tabs on Fox News nowadays: news about Trump, news about Biden, and news about the NYC Muslim socialist

22.07.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Part of it is that I know some of the people quoted and was there for some of the mayhem. But I think even a civilian would enjoy it.

21.07.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kidnapping and deporting people for following the rules. I can't cope with this.

21.07.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 306    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
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Everyone I saw detained at 26 Fed last week, like the young man below, followed the rules by attending their court dates. Judges granted them hearings on their asylum applications, signaling they were safe for the time being, before masked and armed agents ambushed them.

21.07.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 591    πŸ” 290    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 23

Trump takes OJ

21.07.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I am so much hipper than you because I (checks notes)...listen to public radio quiz shows

bsky.app/profile/hele...

21.07.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The fact that the President of the United States posts a fake video of a kneeling Barack Obama being handcuffed and we’re supposed to pretend it’s perfectly normal, everyday stuff shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

21.07.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 29486    πŸ” 7658    πŸ’¬ 1178    πŸ“Œ 515

@frankdigiacomo.bsky.social hey, I'm super late to this and I apologize, but I haven't had as much fun reading a book in years! Some years ago I was involved in discussions about doing a similar thing for the Daily News and it would've been good, but not this good!

21.07.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sorry. Our secretary of transportation is hiding under his bed because the NYC subway is out there somewhere.

21.07.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hopefully, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy can stop sobbing uncontrollably about a teenager on the C train who was watching TikTok without earbuds and devote a little of his attention to the near constant disaster that is air travel these days.

21.07.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2747    πŸ” 649    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 13

Assuming this isn't within 100 miles of the border (which technically would be the ocean, I guess), and absent reasonable articulable suspicion, ICE has no lawful basis to stop cars and ask for proof of citizenship.

21.07.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 654    πŸ” 259    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 11

The Washington Epsteins scans pleasantly.

21.07.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I only read the transcript but it seems pretty obvious he was.

21.07.2025 04:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks. So the granddaughter says she’s in Guatemala now and has met with him. I don’t see any new photos, and the granddaughter says he doesn’t want to come back, which, uh… what? His wife is here.

The red flags are getting even bigger. She’s still the only source quoted in any of this.

21.07.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 304    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 8

Such a great film

21.07.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's an interview. It's surprisingly well done.

21.07.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Even A.I. can't hide the neck vag.

21.07.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

And a really floppy one on the other hand

21.07.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Zooming in on the flag to reveal gibberish written there

Zooming in on the flag to reveal gibberish written there

AI is so patriotic

21.07.2025 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Possibly gin

21.07.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"My hands are huge actually. Yuge."

21.07.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

That glass of water in front of Hegseth is not convincing whatsoever

21.07.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

STOP TALKING ABOUT EPSTEIN IMMEDIATELY

bsky.app/profile/azin...

21.07.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2

The 82-year-old torture victim who had a green card but was disappeared by ICE thugs anyway and whose family was told he was dead may not be in Guatemala after all.

21.07.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

This is very much worth the read.

21.07.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

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