David Corbett
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Recovering Catholic, NYT Notable author of seven novels, two writing guides, dozens of stories, numerous scripts, and too many poems. http://davidcorbett.com
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That time again: The audiobook for The Truth Against the World is now available at half-price. Narrated by the inimitable John Keating, whose other credits include Leon Uris's TRINITY, Ian McGuire's THE NORTH WATER, Benjamin Black's Quirke Series, and many more.)
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This entire administration is a national security risk
As the FBI’s deputy director, Dan Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This entire administration is a national security risk
It's that time of the month ...
By which, of course, I mean it's the second Friday, the day my monthly post at Writer Unboxed goes live. This time around, I take on the looming utopia/apocalypse brought to us by A.I.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Fiction
@writerunboxed.bsky.social
By which, of course, I mean it's the second Friday, the day my monthly post at Writer Unboxed goes live. This time around, I take on the looming utopia/apocalypse brought to us by A.I.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Fiction
@writerunboxed.bsky.social
Are We Becoming the Ghosts in the Machine?
It’s become nearly impossible to keep up with the daily barrage of stories about Artificial Intelligence—its effect on students, its effect on the environment, its effect on creativity, its m…
writerunboxed.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's that time of the month ...
By which, of course, I mean it's the second Friday, the day my monthly post at Writer Unboxed goes live. This time around, I take on the looming utopia/apocalypse brought to us by A.I.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Fiction
@writerunboxed.bsky.social
By which, of course, I mean it's the second Friday, the day my monthly post at Writer Unboxed goes live. This time around, I take on the looming utopia/apocalypse brought to us by A.I.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Fiction
@writerunboxed.bsky.social
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Raskin on Ghislaine Maxwell: "The fact she was able to be transferred to a prison camp where no sex offenders had ever been allowed to enter before, much less live there, is an indication they've got some kind of meeting of the minds about what Trump can provide to her & what she can provide to him"
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Raskin on Ghislaine Maxwell: "The fact she was able to be transferred to a prison camp where no sex offenders had ever been allowed to enter before, much less live there, is an indication they've got some kind of meeting of the minds about what Trump can provide to her & what she can provide to him"
That time again: The audiobook for The Truth Against the World is now available at half-price. Narrated by the inimitable John Keating, whose other credits include Leon Uris's TRINITY, Ian McGuire's THE NORTH WATER, Benjamin Black's Quirke Series, and many more.)
Buy link in comments.
Buy link in comments.
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That time again: The audiobook for The Truth Against the World is now available at half-price. Narrated by the inimitable John Keating, whose other credits include Leon Uris's TRINITY, Ian McGuire's THE NORTH WATER, Benjamin Black's Quirke Series, and many more.)
Buy link in comments.
Buy link in comments.
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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A former Cook county prosecutor describes how Trump's secret police lobbed a tear gas canister on his front lawn for no apparent reason. Elsewhere they appeared to be targeting principally children going to Halloween parties.
ICE deploys tear gas as costumed children head to Halloween parade
A former Cook County prosecutor said he had collected a tear gas canister from his own front lawn in a residential Chicago neighborhood and submitted it to a law firm that is preparing a lawsuit over ...
www.rawstory.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A former Cook county prosecutor describes how Trump's secret police lobbed a tear gas canister on his front lawn for no apparent reason. Elsewhere they appeared to be targeting principally children going to Halloween parties.
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We all need to fight Trump's plan for voter suppression and election subversion. We need to recognize that it has multiple dimensions. We need to educate ourselves and our communities and then take action.
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
We all need to fight Trump's plan for voter suppression and election subversion. We need to recognize that it has multiple dimensions. We need to educate ourselves and our communities and then take action.
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They can’t handle the truth.
Former special counsel Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Department allow him to testify publicly, according to a new letter he sent to the leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees.
Jack Smith asks Congress and the Justice Department to allow him to testify publicly | CNN Politics
Former special counsel Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Department allow him to testify publicly, according to a new letter he sent Thursday to the leaders of the House and Senat...
cnn.it
October 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
They can’t handle the truth.
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Sticky fingers Trump
October 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Sticky fingers Trump
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Trump adds a trillion to the national debt in just 60 days.... and this is not counting the $40 bn he flushed down the toilet buying Argentine pesos to help Milei.
October 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Trump adds a trillion to the national debt in just 60 days.... and this is not counting the $40 bn he flushed down the toilet buying Argentine pesos to help Milei.
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Pritzker on Fox: "He's challenging the integrity of the next election by sending troops into our cities. It isn't about fighting crime. He said he's going after the worst of the worst. That's not what they're doing. They are literally after black and brown people because of the color of their skin."
October 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Pritzker on Fox: "He's challenging the integrity of the next election by sending troops into our cities. It isn't about fighting crime. He said he's going after the worst of the worst. That's not what they're doing. They are literally after black and brown people because of the color of their skin."
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More corruption! Federal prosecutor Elizabeth Yusi and her deputy were fired after she resisted Trump’s demand to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James. Thank you, Federal Prosecutor Yusi, for standing firm on principle and honoring your oath to justice.
October 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
More corruption! Federal prosecutor Elizabeth Yusi and her deputy were fired after she resisted Trump’s demand to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James. Thank you, Federal Prosecutor Yusi, for standing firm on principle and honoring your oath to justice.
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A plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions in shipping supported by much of the maritime industry was shelved Friday following threats from President Trump that he would punish countries backing the measure.
Trump’s threats succeed in halting global plan to clean up shipping emissions
A surprising about-face on an international climate effort followed increased threats by Trump to retaliate against nations supporting the compact.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions in shipping supported by much of the maritime industry was shelved Friday following threats from President Trump that he would punish countries backing the measure.
For the terminally curious, may I offer a few crumbs for thought: this month's contribution to Writer Unboxed.
It's titled, "The Elusive 'I' in Identity (link in comments), in which I describe recent research that establishes you are not who you think you are, and neither am I.
It's titled, "The Elusive 'I' in Identity (link in comments), in which I describe recent research that establishes you are not who you think you are, and neither am I.
October 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
For the terminally curious, may I offer a few crumbs for thought: this month's contribution to Writer Unboxed.
It's titled, "The Elusive 'I' in Identity (link in comments), in which I describe recent research that establishes you are not who you think you are, and neither am I.
It's titled, "The Elusive 'I' in Identity (link in comments), in which I describe recent research that establishes you are not who you think you are, and neither am I.
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Those who know him best warn the rest.
October 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Those who know him best warn the rest.
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The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.
American citizens are being detained & brutalized.
This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
American citizens are being detained & brutalized.
This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
www.pbs.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.
American citizens are being detained & brutalized.
This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
American citizens are being detained & brutalized.
This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
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2027 SuperBowl to feature a puppy-shooting contest at halftime?
Kristi Noem’s message to the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny for the halftime show:
“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”
“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”
October 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
2027 SuperBowl to feature a puppy-shooting contest at halftime?
One more reason time travel novels seldom feel convincing.
October 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
One more reason time travel novels seldom feel convincing.
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Arkansas police pulled over an Indian GrubHub driver wh ois married to a U.S. citizen. They found a bottle of Opium-brand perfume, arrested him for narcotics possession, and turned him over to ICE, where he was held for 30 days.
He has now been stripped of his immigration status.
He has now been stripped of his immigration status.
Traffic stop in Benton leads to ICE detention, deportation risk
What began as a routine traffic stop in Benton ended with a man jailed, detained by immigration authorities for a month, and now living under the threat of deportation —
www.bentoncourier.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Arkansas police pulled over an Indian GrubHub driver wh ois married to a U.S. citizen. They found a bottle of Opium-brand perfume, arrested him for narcotics possession, and turned him over to ICE, where he was held for 30 days.
He has now been stripped of his immigration status.
He has now been stripped of his immigration status.
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Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Adolf Hitler's lead legal advisor Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since as he seeks to topple modern democracy and replace it with something very authoritarian.
The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.
www.wired.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Adolf Hitler's lead legal advisor Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since as he seeks to topple modern democracy and replace it with something very authoritarian.
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Lindsey Halligan, the attorney selected by Donald Trump to bring criminal charges against James Comey, has never prosecuted a case.
But, like Trump, she did get her start in reality TV — with a brief cameo on South Beach Tow.
Here is Halligan’s newly resurfaced TV moment:
But, like Trump, she did get her start in reality TV — with a brief cameo on South Beach Tow.
Here is Halligan’s newly resurfaced TV moment:
October 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Lindsey Halligan, the attorney selected by Donald Trump to bring criminal charges against James Comey, has never prosecuted a case.
But, like Trump, she did get her start in reality TV — with a brief cameo on South Beach Tow.
Here is Halligan’s newly resurfaced TV moment:
But, like Trump, she did get her start in reality TV — with a brief cameo on South Beach Tow.
Here is Halligan’s newly resurfaced TV moment:
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Let’s be clear: Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans forced a government shutdown tonight.
Rather than address the health care crisis that they created just earlier this year, they refuse to come to the table and do their jobs.
What happened to the art of the deal?
Rather than address the health care crisis that they created just earlier this year, they refuse to come to the table and do their jobs.
What happened to the art of the deal?
October 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Let’s be clear: Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans forced a government shutdown tonight.
Rather than address the health care crisis that they created just earlier this year, they refuse to come to the table and do their jobs.
What happened to the art of the deal?
Rather than address the health care crisis that they created just earlier this year, they refuse to come to the table and do their jobs.
What happened to the art of the deal?
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When you do your holiday catalogue shopping, you'll find prices are sharply higher. That's because of Trump's tariffs. But vendors are working hard to disguise this fact, for instance by more than doubling the shipping costs to make up for it.
September 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
When you do your holiday catalogue shopping, you'll find prices are sharply higher. That's because of Trump's tariffs. But vendors are working hard to disguise this fact, for instance by more than doubling the shipping costs to make up for it.
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Kamala Harris: "We also need to remember those 107 days around some other stuff that he said -- mass deportations, that he would weaponize the DOJ against his political enemies, that he would silence critics. And he has done that consistently."
September 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Kamala Harris: "We also need to remember those 107 days around some other stuff that he said -- mass deportations, that he would weaponize the DOJ against his political enemies, that he would silence critics. And he has done that consistently."