David Steven Rappoport
@davidsrchicago.bsky.social
Mystery writer, non-profit consultant, eccentric intellectual, dog devotee
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Restore funding for flu vaccine research and development!
When it comes to the bird flu, RFK Jr.’s unfounded claims are once again causing experts to sound the alarm. He has carelessly suggested that farmers should allow bird flu to run unchecked, a plan tha...
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June 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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We Sign On to Uphold the Paris Agreement!
The Paris Agreement represents a global promise by governments to fulfill their moral obligation by restoring and preserving our most foundational right—the right to a livable planet. As the leader of...
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April 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Now that 538 has been cancelled, where are people turning for polling information?
March 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Now that 538 has been cancelled, where are people turning for polling information?
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New Zealand on Thursday recalled its top diplomat in Britain after he made comments questioning President Trump’s understanding of history at a public event, in a sign of the unease and sensitivities around expressing disagreements with the Trump administration.
New Zealand Dismisses Top Diplomat to U.K. After His Remarks on Trump
The envoy, Phil Goff, questioned President Trump’s understanding of history at a public event about the war in Ukraine.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New Zealand on Thursday recalled its top diplomat in Britain after he made comments questioning President Trump’s understanding of history at a public event, in a sign of the unease and sensitivities around expressing disagreements with the Trump administration.
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I continue to be astounded by how much of the DC media is just credulously providing stenography for Trump — treating the simple fact that Trump LEGALLY can’t achieve what many of his EOs “order” as an aside.
1/ With WSJ reporting: "President Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as Thursday aimed at abolishing the Education Department."
Expert analysis by former Senior Counsel at the U.S. Department of Education, Laura Booth:
Expert analysis by former Senior Counsel at the U.S. Department of Education, Laura Booth:
Can the President Dismantle the Department of Education by Executive Order?
Can the President Dismantle the Department of Education by Executive Order?
www.justsecurity.org
March 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I continue to be astounded by how much of the DC media is just credulously providing stenography for Trump — treating the simple fact that Trump LEGALLY can’t achieve what many of his EOs “order” as an aside.
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Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.
Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research
President Trump falsely claimed that Biden spent $8 million on 'making mice transgender,' but the real research was for human health.
www.rollingstone.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million "making mice transgender." The White House tried to back up this number with records of funding for research into cancer, asthma, and HIV, some of which used *transgenic* (genetically modified) mice.
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NEW: The National Endowment for Democracy is suing the Trump administration for freezing $239 million in funds. NED has put on leave 75% of its staff as its programs die. We spoke with Roskam and Martinez, 2 former Republican lawmakers on its board: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/u...
National Endowment for Democracy Sues Top Trump Aides Over Funding Freeze
The nonprofit has enjoyed bipartisan support since its founding in the Reagan era, but it finds itself under pressure from the Trump administration.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
NEW: The National Endowment for Democracy is suing the Trump administration for freezing $239 million in funds. NED has put on leave 75% of its staff as its programs die. We spoke with Roskam and Martinez, 2 former Republican lawmakers on its board: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/u...
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The White House is chock-full of people who should be institutionalized in some public facilities other than the White House.
Peter Navarro: “Canada has been taken over by Mexican cartels”
Big if true
Big if true
March 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The White House is chock-full of people who should be institutionalized in some public facilities other than the White House.
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'Read this e-mail immediately': CDC tells about 180 fired employees to come back to work apnews.com/article/cdc-...
'Read this e-mail immediately': CDC tells about 180 fired employees to come back to work
The nation’s top public health agency says about 180 employees who were laid off two weeks ago can come back to work.
apnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
'Read this e-mail immediately': CDC tells about 180 fired employees to come back to work apnews.com/article/cdc-...
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My dog, who has made peace with the neighborhood rabbits, deserves it more.
www.joemygod.com/2025/03/gop-...
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GOP Rep: I'll Nominate Trump For Nobel Peace Prize - Joe.My.God.
The Daily Beast reports: A Republican lawmaker says he is nominating President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. “No one deserves it more,” wrote House Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), in a social medi...
www.joemygod.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My dog, who has made peace with the neighborhood rabbits, deserves it more.
www.joemygod.com/2025/03/gop-...
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Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...
March 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Justin Trudeau will end his final days as Canada’s prime minister with the country tossed into economic turmoil if President Trump follows through on his plan Tuesday to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian exports. Here's what to know.
How Trump’s Canada Tariffs Could Impact Both the U.S. and Canada
President Trump’s plan to apply 25 percent tariffs on Canadian exports is set to start on Tuesday. They would deal a brutal blow to Canada’s economy.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Justin Trudeau will end his final days as Canada’s prime minister with the country tossed into economic turmoil if President Trump follows through on his plan Tuesday to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian exports. Here's what to know.
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"So our allies are properly alarmed and outraged. The Putin regime, on the other hand, is gleeful and triumphant." Never surprising, never not shocking and shameful.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and @samsteindc.bsky.social:
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and @samsteindc.bsky.social:
What a Weekend for Putin!
It’s been a long time since the Russian dictator had it this good.
www.thebulwark.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"So our allies are properly alarmed and outraged. The Putin regime, on the other hand, is gleeful and triumphant." Never surprising, never not shocking and shameful.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and @samsteindc.bsky.social:
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @eggerdc.bsky.social, and @samsteindc.bsky.social:
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"More distasteful than President Donald Trump’s incessant lying is what the lies indicate: After years of yelling that the 'Russia hoax' was a witch hunt, Trump is now openly colluding with Vladimir Putin." ICYMI @ninajankowicz.com on Trump's Russia disinformation:
A Fool and a Tool: Trump Is Spreading Russian Disinformation
Three years after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Trump is not just siding with Putin, he’s circulating Putin’s lies.
www.thebulwark.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"More distasteful than President Donald Trump’s incessant lying is what the lies indicate: After years of yelling that the 'Russia hoax' was a witch hunt, Trump is now openly colluding with Vladimir Putin." ICYMI @ninajankowicz.com on Trump's Russia disinformation:
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Absolute 100% required reading in re Big Balls and the Federal payments systems and [waves hands around] all this
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Musk In Your Computers: An Interview With Nathan Tankus
On risks to democracy nobody even thought about
paulkrugman.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Absolute 100% required reading in re Big Balls and the Federal payments systems and [waves hands around] all this
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/musk-in-yo...
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"The United States seemed to be in deep trouble, both at home and abroad, in the mid-1970s. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989. History doesn’t move in a straight line." But we're part of making that uncertain and hopeful trajectory happen.
Trumpism Is Not Inevitable
But if Trump and Musk are going to be defeated, it has to start now.
www.thebulwark.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"The United States seemed to be in deep trouble, both at home and abroad, in the mid-1970s. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989. History doesn’t move in a straight line." But we're part of making that uncertain and hopeful trajectory happen.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a bill that strikes gender identity from Iowa civil rights law, making the state the first to remove civil rights from a previously protected class.
Iowa governor signs bill removing gender identity from state civil rights protections
The move marks the first time a state has removed a protected class from a state law prohibiting discrimination.
www.nbcnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a bill that strikes gender identity from Iowa civil rights law, making the state the first to remove civil rights from a previously protected class.