David Beard
@dabeard.bsky.social
Writer, editor, newsletterer. Pro-clarity, accuracy, peace, love, understanding.
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Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
“I live in the airport now, but what if I lived in a house with a 50-year mortgage?”
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How would a 50-year mortgage work?
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November 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
“I live in the airport now, but what if I lived in a house with a 50-year mortgage?”
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The Cratering Eight: They caved for a pinkie promise that was broken—putting healthcare at risk for tens of millions of Americans www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
8 Senators Break Ranks With Democrats and Advance G.O.P. Plan to End Shutdown
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November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The Cratering Eight: They caved for a pinkie promise that was broken—putting healthcare at risk for tens of millions of Americans www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
i’m old enough to remember when people wanted the U.S. government to release a trove of documents involving Trump and this massive pedophile and child rape ring.
I wonder what ever happened to that?
I wonder what ever happened to that?
According to a new letter from @raskin.house.gov: "The deference and servility to Ms. Maxwell have reached such preposterous levels that one of the top officials at the facility has complained that he is 'sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.'"
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Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison "luxuries"
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell's treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel."
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November 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
i’m old enough to remember when people wanted the U.S. government to release a trove of documents involving Trump and this massive pedophile and child rape ring.
I wonder what ever happened to that?
I wonder what ever happened to that?
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15 years ago, I said every social media founder should be forced to use and live with the default settings of their platforms. Now I would say that the AI founders should have their tools pointed at their families for a year before they can deploy them elsewhere.
I seem to remember whole congressional hearings about the terrible destructive force that is violence in video games and yet, there is a very strange quiet about an unregulated technology that coaches people to suicide.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
15 years ago, I said every social media founder should be forced to use and live with the default settings of their platforms. Now I would say that the AI founders should have their tools pointed at their families for a year before they can deploy them elsewhere.
Why journalism matters:
“The words, sounds and images that journalists set down at a time of the greatest stress test for American democracy since the Civil War ensure that, if true democracy does survive, no credible person will be able to deny what happened.”
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“The words, sounds and images that journalists set down at a time of the greatest stress test for American democracy since the Civil War ensure that, if true democracy does survive, no credible person will be able to deny what happened.”
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Q: What’s the point of journalism now? A: History
By Samuel G. Freedman Eight months into Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, POLITICO broke an explosive story about the president’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. The scoop ...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Why journalism matters:
“The words, sounds and images that journalists set down at a time of the greatest stress test for American democracy since the Civil War ensure that, if true democracy does survive, no credible person will be able to deny what happened.”
ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu/2025/11/06/q...
“The words, sounds and images that journalists set down at a time of the greatest stress test for American democracy since the Civil War ensure that, if true democracy does survive, no credible person will be able to deny what happened.”
ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu/2025/11/06/q...
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It will be devastating if one man inflicted pain on tens of millions of Americans — cutting needed food, disrupting U.S. air travel — to keep hiding details of his 15-year association with child rapist Jeffrey Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
As Hours Dwindled Before Flight Cuts, the Government Was Publicly Mum
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November 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It will be devastating if one man inflicted pain on tens of millions of Americans — cutting needed food, disrupting U.S. air travel — to keep hiding details of his 15-year association with child rapist Jeffrey Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
It will be devastating if one man inflicted pain on tens of millions of Americans — cutting needed food, disrupting U.S. air travel — to keep hiding details of his 15-year association with child rapist Jeffrey Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
As Hours Dwindled Before Flight Cuts, the Government Was Publicly Mum
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November 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It will be devastating if one man inflicted pain on tens of millions of Americans — cutting needed food, disrupting U.S. air travel — to keep hiding details of his 15-year association with child rapist Jeffrey Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Didn't think I had room for one more worry.
But.
"Bob Regret."
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But.
"Bob Regret."
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'Bob regret' is wreaking havoc on women. What's going on?
Women are chopping off their hair and posting their regrets all over social media. What's going on?
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November 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Didn't think I had room for one more worry.
But.
"Bob Regret."
www.usatoday.com/story/life/h... Via the fine newsletterer Nicole Fallert
But.
"Bob Regret."
www.usatoday.com/story/life/h... Via the fine newsletterer Nicole Fallert
If the Supreme Court invalidates Trump tariffs, will the payoffs to Trump be refunded? Will Vietnam stop its eviction of thousands of farmers for a Trump golf course? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Farmers displaced by $1.5bn Trump golf course reportedly being offered rice and cash
White House denies suggestions resort in Vietnam presents conflict of interest amid row over compensation rates
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November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If the Supreme Court invalidates Trump tariffs, will the payoffs to Trump be refunded? Will Vietnam stop its eviction of thousands of farmers for a Trump golf course? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
False Messiahs go down fast.
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Democrats Won Big Because They Won Over Trump Supporters
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November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
False Messiahs go down fast.
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From Edel Rodriquez, on the cover of nex week’s @newyorker.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
From Edel Rodriquez, on the cover of nex week’s @newyorker.com
“Wow, you mean there are leaders in America who are not corpulent 79-year-old felons who deny poor kids $3 a day in food aid?” www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill wins New Jersey governor's race
Sherrill defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the competitive race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, NBC News projects.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
“Wow, you mean there are leaders in America who are not corpulent 79-year-old felons who deny poor kids $3 a day in food aid?” www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
Texans are Googling how to "leave America" at higher rates than Midwesterners or New Englanders, with many looking for better healthcare and better quality of life. Top countries searched for: France, UK, Germany. www.mysanantonio.com/realestate/a...
Texans keep Googling how to 'leave America' in latest study
Here's where Texans want to go, according to a new study.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Texans are Googling how to "leave America" at higher rates than Midwesterners or New Englanders, with many looking for better healthcare and better quality of life. Top countries searched for: France, UK, Germany. www.mysanantonio.com/realestate/a...
Did fear of Trump prompt a cautious Hollywood to bury a timely political thriller on the seductive rise of authoritarianism? www.thewrap.com/anniversary-... @thewrap.com
Did Lionsgate Bury the Political Thriller 'Anniversary' Because of Trump?
Lionsgate's new political thriller film "Anniversary" boasts a stacked cast and a premise that hits close to home. Why was the film buried?
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November 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Did fear of Trump prompt a cautious Hollywood to bury a timely political thriller on the seductive rise of authoritarianism? www.thewrap.com/anniversary-... @thewrap.com
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"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
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Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns
In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
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Oliver Twist, 2025:
“Please Sir, before you go on your golf outing, may I have some more?”
“No! And tomorrow you’ll only get half of what you had before.”
“Please Sir, before you go on your golf outing, may I have some more?”
“No! And tomorrow you’ll only get half of what you had before.”
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Oliver Twist, 2025:
“Please Sir, before you go on your golf outing, may I have some more?”
“No! And tomorrow you’ll only get half of what you had before.”
“Please Sir, before you go on your golf outing, may I have some more?”
“No! And tomorrow you’ll only get half of what you had before.”
What are the optics here? Corpulent president tells poor kids and families they only need to eat half as much www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trump Administration to Send Only Partial Food Stamp Payments This Month
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
What are the optics here? Corpulent president tells poor kids and families they only need to eat half as much www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Half a loaf, says the Trump administration, deciding to pay only about half the food aid given to 42 million hungry American kids and families. A federal judge had ordered Trump to restore the aid, which was cut off Saturday for the first time in 60 years. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trump Administration to Send Only Partial Food Stamp Payments This Month
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November 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Half a loaf, says the Trump administration, deciding to pay only about half the food aid given to 42 million hungry American kids and families. A federal judge had ordered Trump to restore the aid, which was cut off Saturday for the first time in 60 years. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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Trump to Poor Kids: Drop Dead
The many contemporary uses of a long-ago headline his father wrote. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
The many contemporary uses of a long-ago headline his father wrote. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
50 Years Ago, My Father Wrote the Headline That Refuses to Die
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November 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Trump to Poor Kids: Drop Dead
The many contemporary uses of a long-ago headline his father wrote. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
The many contemporary uses of a long-ago headline his father wrote. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
The cooking oil she needed was too expensive.
The 65 yo woman “had $52 of her $289 monthly food benefit left, and little hope that her card would be reloaded on Sunday as scheduled.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u... by @jennarussell.bsky.social (gift link)
The 65 yo woman “had $52 of her $289 monthly food benefit left, and little hope that her card would be reloaded on Sunday as scheduled.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u... by @jennarussell.bsky.social (gift link)
‘I’m Going to Stretch It’: Anxiety Over SNAP Leads to Hard Choices
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November 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The cooking oil she needed was too expensive.
The 65 yo woman “had $52 of her $289 monthly food benefit left, and little hope that her card would be reloaded on Sunday as scheduled.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u... by @jennarussell.bsky.social (gift link)
The 65 yo woman “had $52 of her $289 monthly food benefit left, and little hope that her card would be reloaded on Sunday as scheduled.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u... by @jennarussell.bsky.social (gift link)
World Series service dog
November 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
World Series service dog
Journalist Alva Johnston was writing about NYC nearly a century ago, but his words seem contemporary. Of government, he wrote, “it is corrupt, and sluttish to the last degree.” From “The New York Game,” by Kevin Baker #weekendreads
November 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Journalist Alva Johnston was writing about NYC nearly a century ago, but his words seem contemporary. Of government, he wrote, “it is corrupt, and sluttish to the last degree.” From “The New York Game,” by Kevin Baker #weekendreads
42 million American kids and parents being thrown off food aid and one Republican member of Congress gets upset and throws F bombs — because she didn’t get VIP service at an airport. wapo.st/47R0dP9
Nancy Mace berated airport police and TSA agents, incident report says
The report claims Mace called officers “incompetent” and accused them of mistreating her.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
42 million American kids and parents being thrown off food aid and one Republican member of Congress gets upset and throws F bombs — because she didn’t get VIP service at an airport. wapo.st/47R0dP9