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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 6h

NYT is challenging journalistic norms of being pro-democratic.

At home and abroad, President Trump has driven change at warp speed, upending policy and challenging democratic norms. Here are some of the most consequential moments from his first year back in the White House.

The Biggest Moments of Trump’s 2025: Mass Deportations, Tariffs and More

Here are some of the most consequential, illuminating or just plain remarkable moments from Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

At home and abroad, President Trump has driven change at warp speed, upending policy and challenging democratic norms. Here are some of the most consequential moments from his first year back in the White House.

The Biggest Moments of Trump’s 2025: Mass Deportations, Tariffs and More

Here are some of the most consequential, illuminating or just plain remarkable moments from Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 10h

Trump: I can create arbitrary & absurd tariffs, everyone needs US, so they will just pay it

Rest of World: we can find new products & markets, and retaliate with tariffs & undermine US exports

Trump: <string of lies & gibberish>

Corporate Media: Trump is Making America Great Again!

Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 10h

A mitigation strategy for nations hit by US tariffs: no longer allow companies monopoly power on repairs and apps. Apple, Tesla, John Deere could lose billions - and consumers around the world would gain.

Cory Doctorow explains: www.wired.com/story/us-tra...

US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack

Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 10h

Default for any US action has to be that they are lying and whatever the action was done to harm innocent people for the benefit or stupidity of Trump.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21h

The U.S. strikes against the Islamic State in Nigeria followed President Trump’s threat to take military action to protect Christians from attacks by Islamic militants. Trump did not specify which attacks he was referring to, nor did he cite evidence for the claim that Christians are being targeted.

What to Know About U.S. Military Action in Nigeria

Before the strikes on Thursday, President Trump said he would halt all aid and go in “guns-a-blazing” to target militants.

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 10h

A mitigation strategy for nations hit by US tariffs: no longer allow companies monopoly power on repairs and apps. Apple, Tesla, John Deere could lose billions - and consumers around the world would gain.

Cory Doctorow explains: www.wired.com/story/us-tra...

US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack

Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.

www.wired.com

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 16h

Corporate Media provides isolated coverage of Trump’s corruption, ignorance, authoritarianism, incompetence, but day-in-day-out they paint a portrait of a president, just like any other president, sanely in charge of the US. But dude is a psycho and they know it.

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 16h

Guaranteed the vast majority of Americans would assume this Christmas message was fake, because they could not concieve that the person Corporate Media normalizes every day was this obviously disturbed.

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 16h

US President is an obviously disturbed person (beyond corrupt, uninformed, authoritarian, incompetent). Everyone around the world knows this, except many Americans, because Corporate Media *sanewashes* him.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21h

The U.S. strikes against the Islamic State in Nigeria followed President Trump’s threat to take military action to protect Christians from attacks by Islamic militants. Trump did not specify which attacks he was referring to, nor did he cite evidence for the claim that Christians are being targeted.

What to Know About U.S. Military Action in Nigeria

Before the strikes on Thursday, President Trump said he would halt all aid and go in “guns-a-blazing” to target militants.

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.

Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.

"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.

"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.

Yakima, Washington

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d

Would be nice if, for once, the “harsh truth” everyone “needed to hear” was that universal healthcare would lower US’ overall healthcare costs, provide better health outcomes, increase productivity & happiness of Americans, and does not threaten high-end healthcare for rich. Classic Win-Win-Win-Win.

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d

Every “harsh truth” the Elite want center-left to hear is exactly what right-wing Elite want to say.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.

"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts

Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m

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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 1d

Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.

"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts

Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m

podcasts.apple.com

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 3d

NYT just watched JD Vance embrace racist ideals & rhetoric, state he was neutral towards the increasingly public unapologetic racism of his party, and declared he was a great unifier. If you say racist things & refuse to condemn overt racism, you are a racist.

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 3d

White men are 30% of the population.

They are also:

- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress

Forever oppressed.

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 3d

White men are 30% of the population.

They are also:

- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress

Forever oppressed.

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 3d

Scary that right-wing billionaires are buying up legacy media to milk their legitimacy as they spread right-wing disinformation, but at least they overspend on absurdities like Bari Weiss who blow up the legitimacy with their heavy handed stupidity.

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 3d

Crazy how incompetent our wannabe authoritarians are: they hide 99% of Trump-Epstein files, redact everything the release, insert obviously forged photos, but they accidentally release more incriminating stuff, screw up the redactions, forgeries too obvious to miss.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Tens of thousands of documents appearing to be from "Dataset 8" of the Epstein files went live on a Justice Department website today, only to be pulled down hours later without explanation.

w/ @eorden.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Tens of thousands of documents appearing to be from "Dataset 8" of the Epstein files went live on a Justice Department website today, only to be pulled down hours later without explanation.

w/ @eorden.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 4d

Buried as 15th graph: “Analysts also cite recent economic challenges related to President Trump’s tariffs. A backlash from Canadian consumers and provinces, which control alcohol sales, has virtually stopped the sale of American whiskey in what was once among the industry’s biggest export market.”

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4d

ambiguous causation-free challenges

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d

Jim Beam, America’s largest bourbon distiller, is closing its flagship facility for 2026 after more than two decades of rapid growth. The move underlines the immense challenges facing the country's whiskey industry.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4d

ambiguous causation-free challenges

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d

Jim Beam, America’s largest bourbon distiller, is closing its flagship facility for 2026 after more than two decades of rapid growth. The move underlines the immense challenges facing the country's whiskey industry.

Jim Beam Halts Production at Flagship Distillery as Whiskey and Bourbon Markets Struggle

The bourbon giant is closing its flagship distilling operation for all of 2026.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 5d

Congress passed law to release Trump-Epstein Files and Trump (1) released about 1% of Files (2) redacted almost everything (3) clearly doctored photos & added others to attack his enemies. Only meaningful story about this “release” is everyone involved is clearly breaking the law.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6d

This is one of the pictures the Justice Department removed from the Epstein files release:

A picture of a table with framed photos of Epstein and famous people. There are two photos of Trump in the picture — including one of him surrounded by women in bathing suits.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6d

This is one of the pictures the Justice Department removed from the Epstein files release:

A picture of a table with framed photos of Epstein and famous people. There are two photos of Trump in the picture — including one of him surrounded by women in bathing suits.

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 6d

Fox News Washington spreading Trump disinformation against US. We know this is less than 1% of the file, redacted, has obvious fraud, or as @washingtonpost.com tells US: thank you Trump sir, we love you!

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 6d

Any Corporate Media pretending that this is, in any way, a release of the Trump-Epstein Files despite it being (1) almost nothing (2) fully redacted (3) contains obvious fraud, is spreading obvious Trump disinformation: everyone involved in this “release” is breaking the law.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6d

The White House has been caught.

The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.

In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6d

The White House has been caught.

The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.

In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 6d

I expected Trump to hide his crimes in the Trump-Epstein Files with a scalpel, so we could endless debate if he truly released the un-redacted files: FACT TRUMP HAD TO TAKE A CHAINSAW TO THE TRUMP-EPSTEIN FILES TO RELEASE THEM WITHOUT INCRIMINATING HIMSELF MEANS HE MUST BE HIDING A LOT OF CRIMES