Russ McNamara
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Russ McNamara
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· Oct 20
High prices leave a bitter taste for Detroit coffee shop owners, drinkers - WDET 101.9 FM
More than just tariffs, higher coffee prices are caused by logistical issues, lack of workers, and changing political climates.
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Coffee prices are up in Detroit - and everywhere - but it's not all tariffs. How shop owners are dealing with higher costs in my latest feature for @wdet.bsky.social
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Between a random Portland barista saying he wants to hurt Charlie Kirk and the President of the United States calling for the execution of Democrats, both sides clearly have a violence problem
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Between a random Portland barista saying he wants to hurt Charlie Kirk and the President of the United States calling for the execution of Democrats, both sides clearly have a violence problem
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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this is a major part of what's broken me over the past few months. so many of these people lost their jobs simply for accurately quoting something a man said, while the New York Yankees held a moment of silence for a man who blamed Jews for the "downfall of American culture." shared reality is over.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
this is a major part of what's broken me over the past few months. so many of these people lost their jobs simply for accurately quoting something a man said, while the New York Yankees held a moment of silence for a man who blamed Jews for the "downfall of American culture." shared reality is over.
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A pardoned J6er (and current Senate candidate) led a straight up open-air Islamophobic hate march in Dearborn, MI yesterday, covered/promoted by TPUSA’s media arm
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A pardoned J6er (and current Senate candidate) led a straight up open-air Islamophobic hate march in Dearborn, MI yesterday, covered/promoted by TPUSA’s media arm
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It’s funny how all of the free speech scolds, from the editorial staff of The Atlantic to the New York Times, Jonathan Haidt and FIRE to Robbie Soave, are utterly silent on a wave of mass firings over speech — the very thing they claimed to care about. Zero to say about discipline and censorship.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It’s funny how all of the free speech scolds, from the editorial staff of The Atlantic to the New York Times, Jonathan Haidt and FIRE to Robbie Soave, are utterly silent on a wave of mass firings over speech — the very thing they claimed to care about. Zero to say about discipline and censorship.
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Meanwhile the President just yesterday said an assassinated journalist deserved it and celebrated his killer
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Meanwhile the President just yesterday said an assassinated journalist deserved it and celebrated his killer
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Man, CBS must feel really stupid right now!
Just kidding, CBS wasn't settling a lawsuit. They were paying a bribe and they knew it.
Just kidding, CBS wasn't settling a lawsuit. They were paying a bribe and they knew it.
Eleventh Circuit throws out Trump's suit against CNN in a per curiam unpublished ruling. Meaning Trump's arguments were totally meritless, not even worthy of a published opinion. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Man, CBS must feel really stupid right now!
Just kidding, CBS wasn't settling a lawsuit. They were paying a bribe and they knew it.
Just kidding, CBS wasn't settling a lawsuit. They were paying a bribe and they knew it.
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So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and algorithms.
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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To recap:
*Berated reporter for asking about the type of cover-up that fueled Trump's conspiratorial attack on govt.
*Refused to condemn MBS for role in murdering a journalist, suggested journalist had it coming, berated reporter for asking abt it.
He is more committed to MBS than the free press.
*Berated reporter for asking about the type of cover-up that fueled Trump's conspiratorial attack on govt.
*Refused to condemn MBS for role in murdering a journalist, suggested journalist had it coming, berated reporter for asking abt it.
He is more committed to MBS than the free press.
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
To recap:
*Berated reporter for asking about the type of cover-up that fueled Trump's conspiratorial attack on govt.
*Refused to condemn MBS for role in murdering a journalist, suggested journalist had it coming, berated reporter for asking abt it.
He is more committed to MBS than the free press.
*Berated reporter for asking about the type of cover-up that fueled Trump's conspiratorial attack on govt.
*Refused to condemn MBS for role in murdering a journalist, suggested journalist had it coming, berated reporter for asking abt it.
He is more committed to MBS than the free press.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
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For the life of me I don't understand why the White House press corps continues to debase itself. (Congress too, for that matter.)
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
For the life of me I don't understand why the White House press corps continues to debase itself. (Congress too, for that matter.)
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The Director of National Intelligence issued a report about the role of the Saudi govt in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
Conclusion issued from the highest level of the U.S. intelligence community: the Saudi govt killed him and the Crown Prince (aka MBS) had to have authorized it.
Conclusion issued from the highest level of the U.S. intelligence community: the Saudi govt killed him and the Crown Prince (aka MBS) had to have authorized it.
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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Assessing the Saudi Government's
Role in the Killing of Jamal Khashoggi
February 11, 2021
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(U) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
(U) This report is provided by the ODNI. Questions should be directed to the NIO for Near East.
We assess that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
We base this assessment on the Crown Prince's control of decisionmaking in the Kingdom, the direct involvement of a key adviser and members of Muhammad bin Salman's protective detail in the operation, and the Crown Prince's support for using violent measures
to silence dissidents abroad, including Khashoggi.
Since 2017, the Crown Prince has had absolute control of the Kingdom's security and intelligence organizations, making it highly unlikely that Saudi officials would have carried out an operation of this nature without the Crown Prince's authorization.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2wyqv44lm72vasmddeqjgy72/bafkreif3rxkpdmktd75fnhkuge7gwjrec5a5f56ndewjzhnaw3csqtfzxq@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Director of National Intelligence issued a report about the role of the Saudi govt in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
Conclusion issued from the highest level of the U.S. intelligence community: the Saudi govt killed him and the Crown Prince (aka MBS) had to have authorized it.
Conclusion issued from the highest level of the U.S. intelligence community: the Saudi govt killed him and the Crown Prince (aka MBS) had to have authorized it.
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
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Holy shit
The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Holy shit
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3) This wrap combo is one of Jared Goff's favorites. He gets a clean pocket and Williams comes open. But the throw is low. It's still catchable, so WR deserves some of the blame, but this should be a first down. It's not a bad call.
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
3) This wrap combo is one of Jared Goff's favorites. He gets a clean pocket and Williams comes open. But the throw is low. It's still catchable, so WR deserves some of the blame, but this should be a first down. It's not a bad call.
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2) The fake punt. Nothing crazy like last year's (fun but unsuccessful) speed option fake. Guessing this was called on the field as opposed to from the sideline. Again, this is a really favorable box to run into if you want a yard. And again, Moro Ojomo blows up the play, splitting a double-team.
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2) The fake punt. Nothing crazy like last year's (fun but unsuccessful) speed option fake. Guessing this was called on the field as opposed to from the sideline. Again, this is a really favorable box to run into if you want a yard. And again, Moro Ojomo blows up the play, splitting a double-team.
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Taking a look at the five Lions fourth down failures last night...
1) This is a really good look to run into on fourth-and-1 at midfield. Moro Ojomo (97) just makes an awesome play, swimming around the left tackle and still managing to tackle Gibbs at the line for no gain. Need to execute.
1) This is a really good look to run into on fourth-and-1 at midfield. Moro Ojomo (97) just makes an awesome play, swimming around the left tackle and still managing to tackle Gibbs at the line for no gain. Need to execute.
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Taking a look at the five Lions fourth down failures last night...
1) This is a really good look to run into on fourth-and-1 at midfield. Moro Ojomo (97) just makes an awesome play, swimming around the left tackle and still managing to tackle Gibbs at the line for no gain. Need to execute.
1) This is a really good look to run into on fourth-and-1 at midfield. Moro Ojomo (97) just makes an awesome play, swimming around the left tackle and still managing to tackle Gibbs at the line for no gain. Need to execute.
Field and Stream taught me to fly fish for Canadians.
"top border patrol official was so inspired by hunting magazines that he vowed to hunt immigrants" is really...something.
oh ok
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Field and Stream taught me to fly fish for Canadians.
When you taste shawarma for the first time:
A Republican said he changed his views about Arab Americans after spending 72 hours meeting with residents and visiting three mosques. “You have all been lied to with the propaganda that’s going on about Dearborn, Michigan,“ he said.
GOP candidate admits he was wrong about Muslims, calls off ‘American Crusade’ march in Dearborn - Detroit Metro Times
After two weeks of warning that Dearborn was edging closer to “Muslim infiltration” and Sharia law, Republican gubernatorial candidate Anthony Hudson walked into three mosques, met with residents, and...
www.metrotimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When you taste shawarma for the first time:
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Democrats built Direct File to cut out middlemen like TurboTax that charge ridiculous fees.
Trump killed it. Thanks to Republicans, Turbotax wins and you lose.
Trump killed it. Thanks to Republicans, Turbotax wins and you lose.
IRS Direct File won't be available next year. Here's what that means for taxpayers
The Trump administration has decided not to offer the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and its future is unclear
abcnews.go.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Democrats built Direct File to cut out middlemen like TurboTax that charge ridiculous fees.
Trump killed it. Thanks to Republicans, Turbotax wins and you lose.
Trump killed it. Thanks to Republicans, Turbotax wins and you lose.
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I cannot stop thinking about this story
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I cannot stop thinking about this story
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He was going to lose the vote anyway—and the language of the bill says DOJ can withhold files related to a current investigation, one of which he just coincidentally opened this week.
In an apparent policy shift, US president Donald Trump has called on House Republicans to vote for a bill that would force the Department of Justice to release the Epstein files.
As president, Trump could just order the Department of Justice to release the files, without needing a vote.
As president, Trump could just order the Department of Justice to release the files, without needing a vote.
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
He was going to lose the vote anyway—and the language of the bill says DOJ can withhold files related to a current investigation, one of which he just coincidentally opened this week.