Doug Daulton
@dougdaulton.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Storyteller | Producer: @BokehMovie | Principal: @VergePictures | https://mas.to/@dougdaulton | https://vero.co/dougdaulton
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“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
“You must remain a good dog, even in the face of a very bad world.”
@chuckwendig.bsky.social in “Wayward”.
Thx Chuck; needed that reminder today.
@chuckwendig.bsky.social in “Wayward”.
Thx Chuck; needed that reminder today.
October 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
“You must remain a good dog, even in the face of a very bad world.”
@chuckwendig.bsky.social in “Wayward”.
Thx Chuck; needed that reminder today.
@chuckwendig.bsky.social in “Wayward”.
Thx Chuck; needed that reminder today.
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The most chilling lines from Trump's disgraceful speech. He's declaring a dirty war on Democrats.
Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The most chilling lines from Trump's disgraceful speech. He's declaring a dirty war on Democrats.
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We’re tossing Argentina a $20 Billion lifeline and they’re turning around and selling soybeans without tariffs to China.
October 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
We’re tossing Argentina a $20 Billion lifeline and they’re turning around and selling soybeans without tariffs to China.
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My statement in regard to comments made by State Representative John Gillette of Arizona:
September 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My statement in regard to comments made by State Representative John Gillette of Arizona:
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This is bonkers.
Why is this blatant theft legal?
Why is this blatant theft legal?
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is bonkers.
Why is this blatant theft legal?
Why is this blatant theft legal?
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Truly evil.
Tucker Carlson Slammed After Agreeing With Guest Who Said We 'Should Have Sided With Hitler' In WWII
www.comicsands.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Truly evil.
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Current and former FEMA officials are warning Congress that the Trump administration’s policies have undermined the nation’s ability to respond to natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
FEMA staffers accuse Trump of weakening disaster programs
The signatories said FEMA under President Donald Trump has strayed far from the disaster preparedness reforms designed to correct the agency's mistakes in responding to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
www.politico.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Current and former FEMA officials are warning Congress that the Trump administration’s policies have undermined the nation’s ability to respond to natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
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Confirming: Katherine Wells, head of Lubbock Public Health, told me the CDC was under the gag order when measles was first confirmed, so she had to turn to publicly available literature to make a cross-county containment plan: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
August 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Confirming: Katherine Wells, head of Lubbock Public Health, told me the CDC was under the gag order when measles was first confirmed, so she had to turn to publicly available literature to make a cross-county containment plan: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Judge Xinis: Your clients are *absolutely forbidden* from removing Mr. Abrego from the continental United States. You understand this?
DOJ: Yes.
DOJ: Yes.
August 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Judge Xinis: Your clients are *absolutely forbidden* from removing Mr. Abrego from the continental United States. You understand this?
DOJ: Yes.
DOJ: Yes.
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This guy, I swear.
August 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This guy, I swear.
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Gregory Washington, George Mason University’s first Black president, will not be apologizing over diversity initiatives he's pursued since his hiring in 2020. Washington's lawyer says the Trump administration conducted an incomplete and haphazard investigation full of "gross mischaracterizations."
GMU President Refuses to Apologize for Diversity Efforts, Lawyer Calls Ed. Dept. Claims ‘Absurd’
In a 10-page letter, Gregory Washington’s lawyer says the Trump administration conducted an incomplete and haphazard investigation full of “gross mischaracterizations.”
www.chronicle.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Gregory Washington, George Mason University’s first Black president, will not be apologizing over diversity initiatives he's pursued since his hiring in 2020. Washington's lawyer says the Trump administration conducted an incomplete and haphazard investigation full of "gross mischaracterizations."
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Fact: Nazi regime extensively used propaganda banners with Hitler’s image on them to promote their ideology.
Banners were often hung in public spaces to reinforce the regime's presence & power.
Banners were often hung in public spaces to reinforce the regime's presence & power.
A large banner of Trump is now hanging from the Department of Labor building in D.C.
August 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Fact: Nazi regime extensively used propaganda banners with Hitler’s image on them to promote their ideology.
Banners were often hung in public spaces to reinforce the regime's presence & power.
Banners were often hung in public spaces to reinforce the regime's presence & power.
👇🏼🚨FASCISM🚨👇🏼
REPORTER: It requires an act of Congress to rename the Defense Department
TRUMP: We’re just gonna do it. I’m sure Congress will go along if we need that
TRUMP: We’re just gonna do it. I’m sure Congress will go along if we need that
August 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
👇🏼🚨FASCISM🚨👇🏼
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Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
August 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Plain spoken Tim Walz. Love it.
Tim Walz: "Think of how easy it would be to be a damn Republican. 'Oh, what should I wear today? This stupid frickin' red hat. What should I say today? I don't know, just make sure it's cruel. Who do we listen to? That guy -- the felon in the White House.'"
August 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Plain spoken Tim Walz. Love it.
Trump just signed orders to end cashless bail & ban flag burning.
Poor & middle-class Americans will sit in jail—guilty until proven innocent—while the rich buy their freedom.
Banning flag burning? Unconstitutional.
This is fascist tyranny, not justice.
🔗 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Poor & middle-class Americans will sit in jail—guilty until proven innocent—while the rich buy their freedom.
Banning flag burning? Unconstitutional.
This is fascist tyranny, not justice.
🔗 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump signs order aimed at ending cashless bail, flag burning
President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at ending cashless bail.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Trump just signed orders to end cashless bail & ban flag burning.
Poor & middle-class Americans will sit in jail—guilty until proven innocent—while the rich buy their freedom.
Banning flag burning? Unconstitutional.
This is fascist tyranny, not justice.
🔗 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Poor & middle-class Americans will sit in jail—guilty until proven innocent—while the rich buy their freedom.
Banning flag burning? Unconstitutional.
This is fascist tyranny, not justice.
🔗 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Tonight, may be the last time I pay to watch any NFL game. And, I'm done encouraging my kids to become fans of the game.
I'm just one fan/dad—but I am sure I am not alone.
And, in the long run, that is a problem for the NFL.
open.substack.com/pub/mindfulm...
I'm just one fan/dad—but I am sure I am not alone.
And, in the long run, that is a problem for the NFL.
open.substack.com/pub/mindfulm...
The Last Generation of NFL Fans?
How greedy broadcast deals and seat licenses are pricing fathers, sons, and grandkids out of the game.
open.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Tonight, may be the last time I pay to watch any NFL game. And, I'm done encouraging my kids to become fans of the game.
I'm just one fan/dad—but I am sure I am not alone.
And, in the long run, that is a problem for the NFL.
open.substack.com/pub/mindfulm...
I'm just one fan/dad—but I am sure I am not alone.
And, in the long run, that is a problem for the NFL.
open.substack.com/pub/mindfulm...
MAGA is all for states rights unless it mean they might lose power in a free and fair election.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Pledges Unconstitutional Order to Limit Mail-In Voting After Putin Chat
President Trump pledged to eliminate mail-in voting and the use of voting machines following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
www.rollingstone.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
MAGA is all for states rights unless it mean they might lose power in a free and fair election.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Tell the globe you have no understanding geopolitics (especially in the Middle East); without telling the world.
This man is a dunce; surround by suck-ups and sycophants.
How is this not obvious to every American by now?
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
This man is a dunce; surround by suck-ups and sycophants.
How is this not obvious to every American by now?
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
An angry Trump decries Israel, Iran for breaking ceasefire
The president didn't hide his frustration at both Israel and Iran for violating the deal he had heralded one day earlier.
www.politico.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Tell the globe you have no understanding geopolitics (especially in the Middle East); without telling the world.
This man is a dunce; surround by suck-ups and sycophants.
How is this not obvious to every American by now?
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
This man is a dunce; surround by suck-ups and sycophants.
How is this not obvious to every American by now?
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Remember when he said he was a peace POTUS?
Remember when he said Biden/Harris would lead us into WWIII?
Everything the man says is a lie.
Remember when he said Biden/Harris would lead us into WWIII?
Everything the man says is a lie.
June 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Remember when he said he was a peace POTUS?
Remember when he said Biden/Harris would lead us into WWIII?
Everything the man says is a lie.
Remember when he said Biden/Harris would lead us into WWIII?
Everything the man says is a lie.
Nothing American or Christian about abandoning desperate people in their hour of need.
This is abject cruelty that will result in American deaths.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/w...
This is abject cruelty that will result in American deaths.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/w...
Trump Administration Will End L.G.B.T.Q. Suicide Prevention Service
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Nothing American or Christian about abandoning desperate people in their hour of need.
This is abject cruelty that will result in American deaths.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/w...
This is abject cruelty that will result in American deaths.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/w...
Clear proof that the “ban books” crowd is ALWAYS on the wrong side of history.
Restricting access to knowledge is always an act of control by the group restricting it and, almost always, about preserving THEIR power to the detriment of everyone else.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Restricting access to knowledge is always an act of control by the group restricting it and, almost always, about preserving THEIR power to the detriment of everyone else.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
British and US bestsellers hit by purge in Russian bookshops
A Russian distributor orders booksellers to pull works by well-known authors, in an apparent act of censorship.
www.bbc.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Clear proof that the “ban books” crowd is ALWAYS on the wrong side of history.
Restricting access to knowledge is always an act of control by the group restricting it and, almost always, about preserving THEIR power to the detriment of everyone else.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Restricting access to knowledge is always an act of control by the group restricting it and, almost always, about preserving THEIR power to the detriment of everyone else.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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"I just don't know how you go around asking everyone first."
The way they scoff at this...I'm not endorsing the idea that a hacker might siphon off Nick Clegg's fortune, but if one did, I'm sure he'd be okay with it. He's just said so, hasn't he?
The way they scoff at this...I'm not endorsing the idea that a hacker might siphon off Nick Clegg's fortune, but if one did, I'm sure he'd be okay with it. He's just said so, hasn't he?
“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work,” Clegg said. “And by the way if you did it in Britain and no one else did it, you would basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight.”
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
www.theverge.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"I just don't know how you go around asking everyone first."
The way they scoff at this...I'm not endorsing the idea that a hacker might siphon off Nick Clegg's fortune, but if one did, I'm sure he'd be okay with it. He's just said so, hasn't he?
The way they scoff at this...I'm not endorsing the idea that a hacker might siphon off Nick Clegg's fortune, but if one did, I'm sure he'd be okay with it. He's just said so, hasn't he?
“Empathy is a sin” reveals what Christian nationalism truly is: not a reflection of Christ’s message, but a sanctified veneer for secular cruelty and selfishness.
Faith weaponized to serve pride, not compassion and, most certainly, not Christ.
www.vox.com/culture/4135...
Faith weaponized to serve pride, not compassion and, most certainly, not Christ.
www.vox.com/culture/4135...
Christian nationalists decided empathy is a sin. Now it’s gone mainstream.
What wouldn’t Jesus do?
www.vox.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“Empathy is a sin” reveals what Christian nationalism truly is: not a reflection of Christ’s message, but a sanctified veneer for secular cruelty and selfishness.
Faith weaponized to serve pride, not compassion and, most certainly, not Christ.
www.vox.com/culture/4135...
Faith weaponized to serve pride, not compassion and, most certainly, not Christ.
www.vox.com/culture/4135...