DuffyWrites
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Bay Area journalist and writer, former AP foreign correspondent, Knight Fellow and Peace Corps Volunteer in the DRC. Writing book about one remarkable village in Congo. 💙🌈🦋
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Thank you Tina Brown! 👏🏼🗞️💯 www.instagram.com/reel/DRFaAmn...
The New York Times Magazine on Instagram: "The longtime journalist Tina Brown has covered some of the biggest personalities in politics and culture. Now, she says she is “burning with resentment” at t...
Tina Brown discusses the growing tension between media organizations and wealthy individuals, and her strong opinions on the value of respect in journalism. Listen to her conversation on The Interview...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Thank you Tina Brown! 👏🏼🗞️💯 www.instagram.com/reel/DRFaAmn...
The cruelty of this is staggering. Imagine a wealthy government that would rather fight their own hungry people in court than feed them. 👑
Trump administration demands states 'undo' full SNAP payouts as states warn of 'catastrophic impact'
President Donald Trump's administration is demanding that states reverse full SNAP benefits issued under recent court orders. The U.S.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The cruelty of this is staggering. Imagine a wealthy government that would rather fight their own hungry people in court than feed them. 👑
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I heard some old friends at Pod Save America were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I heard some old friends at Pod Save America were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.
"Democrats had the choice to grumble about the destruction of democracy or free themselves from the shackles that restrained them. They could go high or go low. Newsom opted for the latter, leading the counterattack and successfully getting most Democrats able to follow him to get in line."
California Democrats Win Redistricting Measure, Prove That Resistance Works - The American Prospect
The win, combined with several mid-cycle surprises, has weakened Trump’s shield against accountability for his unpopular reign, although the Supreme Court really holds the key to whether we’ll have so...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Democrats had the choice to grumble about the destruction of democracy or free themselves from the shackles that restrained them. They could go high or go low. Newsom opted for the latter, leading the counterattack and successfully getting most Democrats able to follow him to get in line."
Make America white Christian nationalist again. 🤬 www.ajc.com/opinion/2025...
Labor Department’s anti-DEI campaign is Norman Rockwell meets Josef Stalin
The Labor Department's ad campaign, with numerous posters reminiscent of Russian propaganda, is part of a deliberate anti-DEI campaign being waged by the Trump administration.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Make America white Christian nationalist again. 🤬 www.ajc.com/opinion/2025...
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While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
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WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
Thank you for your service, counselor. You stand on the right side of the law.
"I would not be faithfully abiding by my oath if I stayed silent right now." www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
DOJ whistleblower says he witnessed government officials undermining the rule of law
Former Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni speaks out about the disregard of due process and for the rule of law that he says he witnessed in his final weeks at the Department of Justice.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Thank you for your service, counselor. You stand on the right side of the law.
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I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.
Pay attention and act!
Pay attention and act!
October 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.
Pay attention and act!
Pay attention and act!
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Imagine if KJP or Psaki had said this about the Republican base: not just that half of them were “deplorables” but that the GOP’s “main constituency is made up of domestic terrorists, white supremacists, and violent criminals”? The media, not just Fox, would be in meltdown. GOP would be screaming!
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Imagine if KJP or Psaki had said this about the Republican base: not just that half of them were “deplorables” but that the GOP’s “main constituency is made up of domestic terrorists, white supremacists, and violent criminals”? The media, not just Fox, would be in meltdown. GOP would be screaming!
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In a normal world that wasn't infected with MAGA disease this would be grounds for immediate firing.
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In a normal world that wasn't infected with MAGA disease this would be grounds for immediate firing.
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The tiny African nation of Lesotho had victories in its HIV fight. Then, the US aid cuts came. Now Lesotho’s care system is crumbling. Clinics shut down, workers were let go, and patients stopped treatment. Experts are sounding alarms.
In Lesotho, US aid cuts leave people living with HIV in limbo
Lesotho, once with the world’s second-highest HIV rate, faces a health crisis as U.S. aid cuts dismantle vital HIV treatment programs, leaving patients without care.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The tiny African nation of Lesotho had victories in its HIV fight. Then, the US aid cuts came. Now Lesotho’s care system is crumbling. Clinics shut down, workers were let go, and patients stopped treatment. Experts are sounding alarms.
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He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?
Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18
#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑
Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18
#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑
October 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?
Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18
#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑
Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18
#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑
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These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules. Strength in numbers!
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs being removal from being at the sea...
apnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules. Strength in numbers!
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
We’re with you Chicago! ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We’re with you Chicago! ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
Just when I think nothing about the GOP can shock me anymore, these Young Republicans come along … racism, rape and gassing your opponents is now the order of the day for Trump’s followers. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Just when I think nothing about the GOP can shock me anymore, these Young Republicans come along … racism, rape and gassing your opponents is now the order of the day for Trump’s followers. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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NEW: The Trump administration has blocked or slowed almost $28 billion in federal aid since the shutdown began, largely harming Democratic-led cities, congressional districts and states, underscoring how the president has weaponized a fiscal stalemate
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October 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
NEW: The Trump administration has blocked or slowed almost $28 billion in federal aid since the shutdown began, largely harming Democratic-led cities, congressional districts and states, underscoring how the president has weaponized a fiscal stalemate
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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“Oh my god… I have no words.”
Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.
NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.
NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
October 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“Oh my god… I have no words.”
Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.
NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.
NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
RIP to one of the best. Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died
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Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
apnews.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
RIP to one of the best. Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died
apnews.com/article/jane...
apnews.com/article/jane...
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The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, the BBC and Reuters release a short film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip.
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BBC and news agencies launch film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza
Israel does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza independently, citing security grounds.
bbc.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, the BBC and Reuters release a short film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip.
bbc.com/news/article...
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