Damakant Jayshi
@damakant.bsky.social
Long-time journalist. Nieman Fellow.
Interest in Nepal, South Asia and the U.S.
Apropos of nothing...
Interest in Nepal, South Asia and the U.S.
Apropos of nothing...
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If you haven't watched ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, maybe you should. It's an action picture with a high IQ.
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
If you haven't watched ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, maybe you should. It's an action picture with a high IQ.
The chat among younger Republicans...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The chat among younger Republicans...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
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The "border czar"
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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
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September 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The "border czar"
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President Trump publicly asking Attorney General Bondi to go after his political enemies because they "impeached me twice, and indicted me (5 times!)". Trump is pushing for Lindsey Halligan, the lawyer tasked with finding "improper ideology" from Smithsonian and remove it.
September 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
President Trump publicly asking Attorney General Bondi to go after his political enemies because they "impeached me twice, and indicted me (5 times!)". Trump is pushing for Lindsey Halligan, the lawyer tasked with finding "improper ideology" from Smithsonian and remove it.
Nepal orders ban on major social media platforms cpj.org?p=513209
Nepal orders ban on major social media platforms - Committee to Protect Journalists
New Delhi, September 4, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists warns that the Nepali government’s decision to block access to social media platforms across the country will seriously hinder journal...
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September 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Nepal orders ban on major social media platforms cpj.org?p=513209
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Updates on the pharmacy vaccine situation today: CVS is now requiring a prescription in 13 states and not offering shots at all in three others; Walgreens appears to be requiring prescriptions in 16 states, but not all the same ones as CVS. The lists of states are in the article. Gift link:
CVS and Walgreens Clamp Down on Covid Vaccines in Many States
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Updates on the pharmacy vaccine situation today: CVS is now requiring a prescription in 13 states and not offering shots at all in three others; Walgreens appears to be requiring prescriptions in 16 states, but not all the same ones as CVS. The lists of states are in the article. Gift link:
Cricket must be played by the rules, not Stokes' moral code
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Cricket must be played by the rules, not Stokes' moral code
England's conduct in the last hour of the Manchester Test came across as moral posturing, and it's regrettable that it came on the watch of an otherwise great ambassador for the game
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July 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Cricket must be played by the rules, not Stokes' moral code
www.espncricinfo.com/story/eng-vs...
www.espncricinfo.com/story/eng-vs...
Oooo Stokes and England players unhappy that Indian batters close to their centurieswant to continue bat! What a sense of entitlement! (Jadeja just his hundred).
I really hopeIndia bat until the last over!
#INDvsENGTest
I really hopeIndia bat until the last over!
#INDvsENGTest
July 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Oooo Stokes and England players unhappy that Indian batters close to their centurieswant to continue bat! What a sense of entitlement! (Jadeja just his hundred).
I really hopeIndia bat until the last over!
#INDvsENGTest
I really hopeIndia bat until the last over!
#INDvsENGTest
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Since May:
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Since May:
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Nepal 'climbing Everest' for Test dream
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Nepal's Test cricket dream: 'Cardiac kids' want to play five-day format
Nepal cricket officials outline their intention to play Test cricket in the future and are
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June 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Nepal 'climbing Everest' for Test dream
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Trump extends TikTok deadline.
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June 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Trump extends TikTok deadline.
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So what will stop a Democratic president from going after WinRed?
Trump orders Justice Department to investigate Democrats' top fundraising platform, ActBlue
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Trump orders Justice Department to investigate Democrats' top fundraising platform, ActBlue
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Trump orders Justice Department to investigate Democrats' top fundraising platform
President Donald Trump has ordered the Justice Department to investigate the Democratic Party’s top fundraising platform.
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April 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
So what will stop a Democratic president from going after WinRed?
Trump orders Justice Department to investigate Democrats' top fundraising platform, ActBlue
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump orders Justice Department to investigate Democrats' top fundraising platform, ActBlue
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100+ Global Journalism Leaders Urge China to Free Journalist Dong Yuyu
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100+ Global Journalism Leaders Urge China to Free Journalist Dong Yuyu
WASHINGTON, April 23 — Today, more than 100 prominent figures from the global journalism and media community released an open letter in support of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu, calling for his immedia...
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April 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
100+ Global Journalism Leaders Urge China to Free Journalist Dong Yuyu
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Book publishers see surging interest in the US Constitution and print new editions
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Book publishers see surging interest in the US Constitution and print new editions
The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution aren't only being read in classrooms these days.
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April 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Book publishers see surging interest in the US Constitution and print new editions
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As international tourists pull back on U.S. travel and purchases, $90 billion in lost revenue looms
Visits from Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom have seen particularly significant. declines.
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Visits from Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom have seen particularly significant. declines.
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As international tourists pull back on U.S. travel and purchases, $90 billion in lost revenue looms
Visits from Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom have seen particularly significant declines.
www.nbcnews.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
As international tourists pull back on U.S. travel and purchases, $90 billion in lost revenue looms
Visits from Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom have seen particularly significant. declines.
www.nbcnews.com/business/con... via @nbcnews
Visits from Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom have seen particularly significant. declines.
www.nbcnews.com/business/con... via @nbcnews
The impact of U.S. aid cut is beginning to emerge.
Trump’s aid cuts hit the hungry in a city of shellfire and starvation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...
Trump’s aid cuts hit the hungry in a city of shellfire and starvation.
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April 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The impact of U.S. aid cut is beginning to emerge.
Trump’s aid cuts hit the hungry in a city of shellfire and starvation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...
Trump’s aid cuts hit the hungry in a city of shellfire and starvation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...
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Regarding the wealthy people who have entered positions of power in the US in an interview with CNN’s Abby Phillip, Melinda French Gates said, “I think we are seeing some of their true personalities come out in the last few years. I think this has always been in the undertone of lots of people.”
Melinda French Gates on rise of billionaires in politics: ‘I think we are seeing some of their true personalities come out’ | CNN Business
American billionaires are famously trying to get in to President Donald Trump’s good graces. Tech billionaires such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg were seated prominently at the inaugura...
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April 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Regarding the wealthy people who have entered positions of power in the US in an interview with CNN’s Abby Phillip, Melinda French Gates said, “I think we are seeing some of their true personalities come out in the last few years. I think this has always been in the undertone of lots of people.”
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JUST IN: Hongkong Post, the postal service in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, has suspended postal service to the US after President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes. cnn.it/3RiYxF6
April 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
JUST IN: Hongkong Post, the postal service in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, has suspended postal service to the US after President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes. cnn.it/3RiYxF6
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My first book was published 15 years ago this week.
Unbelievable. Time just keeps spinning, doesn’t it? www.harpercollins.com/products/she...
Unbelievable. Time just keeps spinning, doesn’t it? www.harpercollins.com/products/she...
Shell Games
A unique blend of natural history and crime drama, Shell Games by Craig Welch is a riveting tale of rogues, scoundrels, and the hunt for nature’s bounty in ...
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April 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
My first book was published 15 years ago this week.
Unbelievable. Time just keeps spinning, doesn’t it? www.harpercollins.com/products/she...
Unbelievable. Time just keeps spinning, doesn’t it? www.harpercollins.com/products/she...
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Even as the stock market crashed, President Trump was in Florida at his Doral golf resort and Mar-a-Lago club helping pump up family businesses, evidence that Trump continues to monetize the presidency. A NYT behind-the-scenes look with Theodore Schleifer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs nyti.ms/3XPqyIa
Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out (Gift Article)
The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.
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April 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Even as the stock market crashed, President Trump was in Florida at his Doral golf resort and Mar-a-Lago club helping pump up family businesses, evidence that Trump continues to monetize the presidency. A NYT behind-the-scenes look with Theodore Schleifer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs nyti.ms/3XPqyIa
(The tariff) includes Lesotho, a tiny African nation where most people are too poor to import American goods, and which is now facing an existential crisis because of Trump's 50% tariff.
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America the victim: Trump's tariffs reveal how he sees the world
Trump's personal victim complex has powered much of its political career. Now it's going global.
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April 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
(The tariff) includes Lesotho, a tiny African nation where most people are too poor to import American goods, and which is now facing an existential crisis because of Trump's 50% tariff.
www.axios.com/2025/04/05/t...
www.axios.com/2025/04/05/t...
Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s
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Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s
ChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor.
www.theverge.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s
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"Trade war with penguins": Trump places 10% tariff on uninhabited Antarctic islands
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"Trade war with penguins": Trump places 10% tariff on uninhabited Antarctic islands | Salon.com
Award-winning news and culture, features breaking news, in-depth reporting and criticism on politics, science, food and entertainment.
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April 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"Trade war with penguins": Trump places 10% tariff on uninhabited Antarctic islands
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‘The U.S. also appeared to have applied a 10% levy for regions where it is running a trade surplus.’
How did the U.S arrive at its tariff figures?
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How did the U.S arrive at its tariff figures?
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How did the U.S. arrive at its tariff figures?
The White House Wednesday listed tariff rates for different countries. It didn't take long for market observers to try and reverse engineer the formula.
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April 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
‘The U.S. also appeared to have applied a 10% levy for regions where it is running a trade surplus.’
How did the U.S arrive at its tariff figures?
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/h...
How did the U.S arrive at its tariff figures?
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/h...