Dan Friedman
@dfriedman.bsky.social
Mother Jones reporter. Covering corruption, foreign influence. Derrick White enthusiast. Signal: danfriedman.67
Equifax is jacking up prices on states and bragging about making bank off Trump’s regressive Medicaid work requirements. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/h...
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Equifax is jacking up prices on states and bragging about making bank off Trump’s regressive Medicaid work requirements. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/h...
Cases like the NBA betting scandal are undermined by Kash Patel showing up at the presser to try to look like real, serious serious FBI director. Not real clear why Jessica Tisch was there either. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Cases like the NBA betting scandal are undermined by Kash Patel showing up at the presser to try to look like real, serious serious FBI director. Not real clear why Jessica Tisch was there either. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Halligan asserts the novel concept that it's "obvious" that messages sent on Signal with the disappearing message function are off record. But her funnest claim is that because she feels Anna Bower is not a journalist, Anna cannot publish the messages in the publication she writes for.
October 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Halligan asserts the novel concept that it's "obvious" that messages sent on Signal with the disappearing message function are off record. But her funnest claim is that because she feels Anna Bower is not a journalist, Anna cannot publish the messages in the publication she writes for.
Big Brother DJT banner looking on as Bernie opposes monarchy.
October 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Big Brother DJT banner looking on as Bernie opposes monarchy.
The Park Police have Bearcat on the Mall for No Kings policing. Does it seem like they need that vehicle here?
October 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The Park Police have Bearcat on the Mall for No Kings policing. Does it seem like they need that vehicle here?
In a just world, which we lack, no one would talk about what Bolton may have done without noting allegations that Trump hid super secret stolen documents in an unsecured bathroom at his spy-ridden club. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
October 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
In a just world, which we lack, no one would talk about what Bolton may have done without noting allegations that Trump hid super secret stolen documents in an unsecured bathroom at his spy-ridden club. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
I wonder if Diane Keaton ever saw the Godfather. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/m...
October 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I wonder if Diane Keaton ever saw the Godfather. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/m...
How a New Firm With DHS Ties Won a $915 Million Contract to Help Immigrants "Self-Deport."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
October 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
How a New Firm With DHS Ties Won a $915 Million Contract to Help Immigrants "Self-Deport."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Shutdown politics now are nothing compared to what will happen if the panda crazies find the zoo closed on Sunday.
October 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Shutdown politics now are nothing compared to what will happen if the panda crazies find the zoo closed on Sunday.
Second piece of news here for me is that Alan Greenspan, 99, is still kicking. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
October 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Second piece of news here for me is that Alan Greenspan, 99, is still kicking. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
Florida is giving a super valuable piece of land to a Trump family organization that says it plans to build a presidential library but really not have to do that, but can build a hotel and dispense salaries and benefits like travel on that (not free) Qatari plane. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
September 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Florida is giving a super valuable piece of land to a Trump family organization that says it plans to build a presidential library but really not have to do that, but can build a hotel and dispense salaries and benefits like travel on that (not free) Qatari plane. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Pretty much open corruption. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
September 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Pretty much open corruption. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
Dagan is deliberately tapping into US evangelicals' belief that backing Israeli aggression will help bring about the return of the Messiah. Read @kieraevebutler.bsky.social on how Christian Zionists are boosting Israeli influence with the US. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
September 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Dagan is deliberately tapping into US evangelicals' belief that backing Israeli aggression will help bring about the return of the Messiah. Read @kieraevebutler.bsky.social on how Christian Zionists are boosting Israeli influence with the US. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Yossi Dagan persauded congressional Republicans to form a "Friends of Judea and Samaria" caucus and to offer legislation mandating the US government call the West Bank that, without bothering to register under FARA as a foreign agent. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
September 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Yossi Dagan persauded congressional Republicans to form a "Friends of Judea and Samaria" caucus and to offer legislation mandating the US government call the West Bank that, without bothering to register under FARA as a foreign agent. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Israel Heritage Foundation's "social media, public documents, news reports, and videos [show] a mosaic of links between the 501(c)(3)...and Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign."
“We got President Trump elected,” IHF's Executive Vice President said at a May event. prismreports.org/2025/09/17/i...
“We got President Trump elected,” IHF's Executive Vice President said at a May event. prismreports.org/2025/09/17/i...
September 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Israel Heritage Foundation's "social media, public documents, news reports, and videos [show] a mosaic of links between the 501(c)(3)...and Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign."
“We got President Trump elected,” IHF's Executive Vice President said at a May event. prismreports.org/2025/09/17/i...
“We got President Trump elected,” IHF's Executive Vice President said at a May event. prismreports.org/2025/09/17/i...
Hahaha, sucks to be these people, says the Vice President.
“I think it is scary because they said it was a Venezuelan boat. What if it were not a Venezuelan boat, but one of ours going in there? Now, I am against drugs totally… Suppose they are the ones going out there to work..."
“I think it is scary because they said it was a Venezuelan boat. What if it were not a Venezuelan boat, but one of ours going in there? Now, I am against drugs totally… Suppose they are the ones going out there to work..."
September 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hahaha, sucks to be these people, says the Vice President.
“I think it is scary because they said it was a Venezuelan boat. What if it were not a Venezuelan boat, but one of ours going in there? Now, I am against drugs totally… Suppose they are the ones going out there to work..."
“I think it is scary because they said it was a Venezuelan boat. What if it were not a Venezuelan boat, but one of ours going in there? Now, I am against drugs totally… Suppose they are the ones going out there to work..."
They are finding various ways to overlook right wing violence. jpaladino.substack.com/p/kash-patel...
September 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
They are finding various ways to overlook right wing violence. jpaladino.substack.com/p/kash-patel...
Trump's approval rating is 71 points underwater in DC, which is totally unsurprising unless you believed his ridiculous claims that residents here are actually secretly supportive of the occupation of DC and against democracy. www.economist.com/interactive/...
September 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Trump's approval rating is 71 points underwater in DC, which is totally unsurprising unless you believed his ridiculous claims that residents here are actually secretly supportive of the occupation of DC and against democracy. www.economist.com/interactive/...
The ESPN story on Trump attending last night's Yankees game, which lots of people read via the app, does not mention fans booing him. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
September 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The ESPN story on Trump attending last night's Yankees game, which lots of people read via the app, does not mention fans booing him. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Kirk demonized Martin Luther King, seemingly in an bid to weaken the civil rights movement, for example. He pushed lies about the 2020 election and provided logistical support for the 1/6 Ellipse rally, apparently because there was money in it for Turning Point. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
September 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Kirk demonized Martin Luther King, seemingly in an bid to weaken the civil rights movement, for example. He pushed lies about the 2020 election and provided logistical support for the 1/6 Ellipse rally, apparently because there was money in it for Turning Point. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Same vibe. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intoler...
September 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Same vibe. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intoler...
Of course Trump got booed at the US Open final, and caused delays by attending, but it seems a little underplayed that he was there in a luxury box seat provided by Rolex, which is a Swiss company hoping to get out from under huge tariffs he imposed on Switzerland. apnews.com/article/trum...
September 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Of course Trump got booed at the US Open final, and caused delays by attending, but it seems a little underplayed that he was there in a luxury box seat provided by Rolex, which is a Swiss company hoping to get out from under huge tariffs he imposed on Switzerland. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump's DOJ meanwhile is not investigating Lee Zeldin for fraud. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Trump's DOJ meanwhile is not investigating Lee Zeldin for fraud. www.propublica.org/article/trum...