Alec Scott
@alecscott.bsky.social
Writer. Bylines in NYT, Guardian, Smithsonian, Sunset, LA Times. Books: Until It Shimmers, Oldest San Francisco. Tennis, theatre, travel, arts, gardening, SF history, Canada. 🏳️🌈
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Imagine the media reaction if a single Democrat ever said anything like this ever once in history.
After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."
October 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Imagine the media reaction if a single Democrat ever said anything like this ever once in history.
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It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave
Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."
October 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave
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The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
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October 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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If you’re a man in the room and a public official says this about your female colleague, you don’t continue as if nothing happened.
Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."
October 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If you’re a man in the room and a public official says this about your female colleague, you don’t continue as if nothing happened.
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Trump playing up his bullet dodging skills at the Charlie Kirk memorial is really beyond parody.
Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."
October 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Trump playing up his bullet dodging skills at the Charlie Kirk memorial is really beyond parody.
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BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
October 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant
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October 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
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Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.
Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."
October 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.
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Like I just said on CNN, it’s absolutely evil that people are sleeping on concrete floors at the ICE detention center near Chicago.
Join us to protest this Friday at 7 am at the Broadview Detention Center.
Join us to protest this Friday at 7 am at the Broadview Detention Center.
September 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Like I just said on CNN, it’s absolutely evil that people are sleeping on concrete floors at the ICE detention center near Chicago.
Join us to protest this Friday at 7 am at the Broadview Detention Center.
Join us to protest this Friday at 7 am at the Broadview Detention Center.
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The White House Press Secretary, the official spokesperson for the Trump administration, told reporters in an official briefing that the president wants to invade "every Democrat-run city" with troops.
Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
Leavitt: "These are the bad guys that we are picking up in Washington DC every day. The president would love to do this in every Democrat-run city across the country."
September 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The White House Press Secretary, the official spokesperson for the Trump administration, told reporters in an official briefing that the president wants to invade "every Democrat-run city" with troops.
Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
Any media still pretending that this is about "crime" is making a conscious choice to lie to you.
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Don't just read the headline. Take a moment to watch the video. It's short.
One day after the Supreme Court lifted the ban on racial profiling, federal agents swarmed a car in Van Nuys.
Four masked agents with guns drawn yanked people out, slammed them to the ground, and pointed a weapon at a pregnant woman.
There is no justification for this. None.
Four masked agents with guns drawn yanked people out, slammed them to the ground, and pointed a weapon at a pregnant woman.
There is no justification for this. None.
September 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Don't just read the headline. Take a moment to watch the video. It's short.
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In case you wondered whether CBS was going to treat its new "ombudsman" as a MAGA-truth monitor, they just hired the former head of the right-wing Hudson Institute into the position: deadline.com/2025/09/para...
Paramount Picks Kenneth R. Weinstein As Ombudsman For CBS News
UPDATED: Paramount has tapped Kenneth R. Weinstein, former president and CEO of the Hudson Institute, a right-leaning D.C. think tank, to serve as ombudsman for CBS News. Skydance committed to hiring ...
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September 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In case you wondered whether CBS was going to treat its new "ombudsman" as a MAGA-truth monitor, they just hired the former head of the right-wing Hudson Institute into the position: deadline.com/2025/09/para...
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so for those keeping tally, so far today we had:
SCOTUS re-firing an agency head a lower court had reinstated
trump saying domestic violence is nbd
trump's pedophilia celebration birthday card to Epstein released
SCOTUS green lighting racial profiling and "papers, please" policing
SCOTUS re-firing an agency head a lower court had reinstated
trump saying domestic violence is nbd
trump's pedophilia celebration birthday card to Epstein released
SCOTUS green lighting racial profiling and "papers, please" policing
September 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
so for those keeping tally, so far today we had:
SCOTUS re-firing an agency head a lower court had reinstated
trump saying domestic violence is nbd
trump's pedophilia celebration birthday card to Epstein released
SCOTUS green lighting racial profiling and "papers, please" policing
SCOTUS re-firing an agency head a lower court had reinstated
trump saying domestic violence is nbd
trump's pedophilia celebration birthday card to Epstein released
SCOTUS green lighting racial profiling and "papers, please" policing
This is terrifying.
This isn’t Moscow or Beijing. It’s Chicago. Masked federal agents grabbed U.S. citizens protesting ICE and threw them into an unmarked van.
“Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!”
What has America become?
“Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!”
What has America become?
September 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is terrifying.
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Duckworth: "Let's make it clear -- the President of the United States essentially just declared war on a major city in his own nation. This is not normal. This is not acceptable behavior."
September 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Duckworth: "Let's make it clear -- the President of the United States essentially just declared war on a major city in his own nation. This is not normal. This is not acceptable behavior."
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🧵 An open letter to the US Open and USTA:
Trump will attend the #USOpen as a guest of ROLEX. Yesterday, Trump declared 'WAR' on Chicago. The USTA has called for media censorship of dissent against Trump today.
I played NCAA tennis many years ago and still play. Today I resign my #USTA membership.
Trump will attend the #USOpen as a guest of ROLEX. Yesterday, Trump declared 'WAR' on Chicago. The USTA has called for media censorship of dissent against Trump today.
I played NCAA tennis many years ago and still play. Today I resign my #USTA membership.
September 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Mamdani: Why should I debate Trump's puppet when I could debate Trump himself? If Trump is serious about this, he should come to New York City. We can have as many debates as he wants about why he is cutting snap benefits for hungry New Yorkers just to fund tax cuts for his billionaire donors
September 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Mamdani: Why should I debate Trump's puppet when I could debate Trump himself? If Trump is serious about this, he should come to New York City. We can have as many debates as he wants about why he is cutting snap benefits for hungry New Yorkers just to fund tax cuts for his billionaire donors
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I'd really recommend doing this, especially if you have the opportunity to visit a 19 Century graveyard. Not only will you be shocked at how many babies and young children are there, but there will also be a sad and surprising number of women of childbearing age.
September 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I'd really recommend doing this, especially if you have the opportunity to visit a 19 Century graveyard. Not only will you be shocked at how many babies and young children are there, but there will also be a sad and surprising number of women of childbearing age.
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NEW: Trump's nominee to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics ran an anonymous Twitter account filled with sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, anti-gay slurs, and far-right conspiracy theories.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/p...
Trump’s pick to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics ran anonymous Twitter account filled with sexually degrading and bigoted attacks | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics operated a since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay...
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September 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
NEW: Trump's nominee to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics ran an anonymous Twitter account filled with sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, anti-gay slurs, and far-right conspiracy theories.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/p...
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sure, that happened.
Still thinking about this mind-boggling exchange regarding the former CDC director today
RFK JR: I told her that she had to resign because I asked her, “are you a trustworthy person?” and she said “no.”
WARREN: What?
RFK JR: I told her that she had to resign because I asked her, “are you a trustworthy person?” and she said “no.”
WARREN: What?
September 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
sure, that happened.
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Democrat and brewery owner has joined the race for Sen. Collins’ seat.
Democrat and brewery owner joins race for Sen. Collins' seat
Dan Kleban is focusing his campaign on economic issues.
www.politico.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Democrat and brewery owner has joined the race for Sen. Collins’ seat.
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That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
August 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
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Correct. It’s insane that anyone is standing for this. We need people in the streets, campus protests, a general strike. Democrats should be holding rallies and press events constantly. The apathy in the face of all this is astounding.
That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
August 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Correct. It’s insane that anyone is standing for this. We need people in the streets, campus protests, a general strike. Democrats should be holding rallies and press events constantly. The apathy in the face of all this is astounding.
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Text of the US-EU trade deal is out: www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
The most important thing is what's not there. Trump had boasted "They gave me $600 billion, and that’s a gift." But guess what? They didn't. He didn't get a penny.
The most important thing is what's not there. Trump had boasted "They gave me $600 billion, and that’s a gift." But guess what? They didn't. He didn't get a penny.
Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade
The United States and the European Union are pleased to announce that they have agreed on a Framework on
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August 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Text of the US-EU trade deal is out: www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
The most important thing is what's not there. Trump had boasted "They gave me $600 billion, and that’s a gift." But guess what? They didn't. He didn't get a penny.
The most important thing is what's not there. Trump had boasted "They gave me $600 billion, and that’s a gift." But guess what? They didn't. He didn't get a penny.