Kurt Lawton photographer
@kdlawton1.bsky.social
Long time writer and photographer. Curious by moment. News junkie. Nature, music, image capture and craft beer hunting is my vibe. ✌️ https://www.kurtlawton.com
The Secret Weapon of ‘S.N.L.’ Finally Gets the Spotlight www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/a...
The Secret Weapon of ‘S.N.L.’ Finally Gets the Spotlight
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The Secret Weapon of ‘S.N.L.’ Finally Gets the Spotlight www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/a...
Coast Guard spent about $200M on private jets for Kristi Noem, other top officials. Here's the contract www.snopes.com/fact-check/k...
Coast Guard spent about $200M on private jets for Kristi Noem, other top officials. Here's the contract
Publicly available government documents indicate the Coast Guard spent at least $172 million on two private jets.
www.snopes.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Coast Guard spent about $200M on private jets for Kristi Noem, other top officials. Here's the contract www.snopes.com/fact-check/k...
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Suspended morning by Pierre Pellegrini https://www.artlimit...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Our final #fridayfavourites of October and as ususal you've shared a fantastic array of images made with our ILFORD and Kentmere films.
Please continue to share your shots with us and tagging #fridayfavourites.
https://www.ilfordphoto.com/friday-favourites-24th-october-25/
Image @belichtungen
Please continue to share your shots with us and tagging #fridayfavourites.
https://www.ilfordphoto.com/friday-favourites-24th-october-25/
Image @belichtungen
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Our final #fridayfavourites of October and as ususal you've shared a fantastic array of images made with our ILFORD and Kentmere films.
Please continue to share your shots with us and tagging #fridayfavourites.
https://www.ilfordphoto.com/friday-favourites-24th-october-25/
Image @belichtungen
Please continue to share your shots with us and tagging #fridayfavourites.
https://www.ilfordphoto.com/friday-favourites-24th-october-25/
Image @belichtungen
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I obtained ~dozens of hours~ of previously unreported recordings of Russ Vought's briefings from 2021 to 2024.
Want to hear the recordings yourself? Watch @propublica.org's
new mini-documentary about Vought 👇
THE SHADOW PRESIDENT www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lu...
Want to hear the recordings yourself? Watch @propublica.org's
new mini-documentary about Vought 👇
THE SHADOW PRESIDENT www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lu...
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I obtained ~dozens of hours~ of previously unreported recordings of Russ Vought's briefings from 2021 to 2024.
Want to hear the recordings yourself? Watch @propublica.org's
new mini-documentary about Vought 👇
THE SHADOW PRESIDENT www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lu...
Want to hear the recordings yourself? Watch @propublica.org's
new mini-documentary about Vought 👇
THE SHADOW PRESIDENT www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lu...
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Morning. ☕
ICYMI: A list of all the CEOs, real estate moguls, defense contractors, telecom companies, Big Tech companies, crypto guys and otherwise just really rich people financing the construction of Trump's ballroom as he demolishes the White House.
ICYMI: A list of all the CEOs, real estate moguls, defense contractors, telecom companies, Big Tech companies, crypto guys and otherwise just really rich people financing the construction of Trump's ballroom as he demolishes the White House.
October 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Morning. ☕
ICYMI: A list of all the CEOs, real estate moguls, defense contractors, telecom companies, Big Tech companies, crypto guys and otherwise just really rich people financing the construction of Trump's ballroom as he demolishes the White House.
ICYMI: A list of all the CEOs, real estate moguls, defense contractors, telecom companies, Big Tech companies, crypto guys and otherwise just really rich people financing the construction of Trump's ballroom as he demolishes the White House.
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Burchett is Burchetting again.
October 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Burchett is Burchetting again.
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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Texas dismissed a GOP lawsuit against California’s new congressional redistricting plan ruling that the plaintiff, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), had no right to sue over another state’s election laws. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal Court Tosses Another GOP Lawsuit Against California’s Redistricting Plan
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Texas dismissed a GOP lawsuit against California’s new congressional redistricting plan ruling that the plaintiff, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), had no right to sue over another state’s election laws. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
How can the reporters in that room not be aghast at what this human spews from her mouth every day? What a puppet.
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 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
How can the reporters in that room not be aghast at what this human spews from her mouth every day? What a puppet.
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
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"They text on Signal. They keep their heads on a swivel looking for suspicious cars. They have their phone cameras ready-to-hand." They're not looking out for criminals; they're looking out for ICE.
The latest Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/three-days...
The latest Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/three-days...
October 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"They text on Signal. They keep their heads on a swivel looking for suspicious cars. They have their phone cameras ready-to-hand." They're not looking out for criminals; they're looking out for ICE.
The latest Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/three-days...
The latest Huddled Masses from @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/three-days...
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when all this is over we need to have a pretty serious conversation about the utter moral failure of the elite of this country
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
when all this is over we need to have a pretty serious conversation about the utter moral failure of the elite of this country
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Government officials have seemingly discouraged people from seeing and sharing the East Wing demolition, but journalists have made sure it has been seen, through photos, videos, live feeds and even satellite images. The teardown was too big to hide cnn.it/47FzxRht
October 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Government officials have seemingly discouraged people from seeing and sharing the East Wing demolition, but journalists have made sure it has been seen, through photos, videos, live feeds and even satellite images. The teardown was too big to hide cnn.it/47FzxRht
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The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
October 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
October 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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The call is coming from inside the MAGA house, which is unusual on its own, and reflects quieter complaints about the Trump family's crypto empire.
Vocal Trump supporter Lonsdale blasts crypto pardon
The call is coming from inside the MAGA house, and reflects quieter complaints about the Trump family's crypto empire.
www.axios.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The call is coming from inside the MAGA house, which is unusual on its own, and reflects quieter complaints about the Trump family's crypto empire.
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Let people see Jack Smith for who he is and not the characters depicted by Trump and others.
BREAKING: Jack Smith is insisting upon a public hearing if Congress wants to talk to him
Good. Why does the GOP want backroom secret questioning? What are Republicans afraid of?
Let the American people see & hear for themselves!
Good. Why does the GOP want backroom secret questioning? What are Republicans afraid of?
Let the American people see & hear for themselves!
October 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Let people see Jack Smith for who he is and not the characters depicted by Trump and others.
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No Kings Minnetonka-Southwest Metro · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “No kings” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Junk food, spanking, screen time: An invitation to help raise a child means abiding by the parents’ conditions. Grandparents flout these rules at their own risk, writes Robin Marantz Henig: (From 2021) https://theatln.tc/ORWvcUPL
📸: Martin parr / Magnum photos
📸: Martin parr / Magnum photos
August 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Junk food, spanking, screen time: An invitation to help raise a child means abiding by the parents’ conditions. Grandparents flout these rules at their own risk, writes Robin Marantz Henig: (From 2021) https://theatln.tc/ORWvcUPL
📸: Martin parr / Magnum photos
📸: Martin parr / Magnum photos
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President Trump and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, are meeting today on U.S. soil for the first time to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
What Hangs in the Balance of Trump’s Meeting With Putin
President Trump is meeting in Alaska with President Vladimir Putin of Russia to discuss an end to the war.
nyti.ms
August 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
President Trump and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, are meeting today on U.S. soil for the first time to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
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One thing to “appreciate” about Trump himself, the Trumpist government, and the MAGA Right in general is that they couldn’t possibly be any more explicit about the grievance-fueled project of patriarchal white nationalist domination they are pursuing.
The White House’s official X account has a long thread in which they’ve posted pictures of people arrested during the feds’ occupation of the city. Every single person in the thread is a person of color.
August 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
One thing to “appreciate” about Trump himself, the Trumpist government, and the MAGA Right in general is that they couldn’t possibly be any more explicit about the grievance-fueled project of patriarchal white nationalist domination they are pursuing.
WTF
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s move to install a new “emergency police commissioner” in Washington, D.C., has been met with immediate opposition from the capital’s top officials.
Bondi’s Plot to Install an ‘Emergency’ D.C. Police Commissioner Immediately Descends Into Chaos
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the Trump administration has no authority to essentially install a new head of the MPD.
trib.al
August 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
WTF
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Doge still looking for tips about wasteful government spending?
The White House posted an insane video of the police arresting the sandwich guy in a safe and wealthy neighborhood.
August 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Doge still looking for tips about wasteful government spending?