former.editor
@formereditor.bsky.social
Forty years at major metro newspapers, here and there. Now back home in the Chicago area. Not affiliated with any political party.
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The criminal most involved with Epstein, not called Ghislaine Maxwell, was right next to you all along, Todd.
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The criminal most involved with Epstein, not called Ghislaine Maxwell, was right next to you all along, Todd.
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The US Park Police have become increasingly involved in DHS's unjust and violent immigrant terror campaign, as The Handbasket previously reported. With the increase in DC-area parkway traffic stops, it appears the relationships remains strong.
Officer repeatedly seen on camera in DC crackdown shows Trump agents' impunity
US Park Police officer Patrick O’Hanlon isn’t unique in his behavior. He just got caught.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The US Park Police have become increasingly involved in DHS's unjust and violent immigrant terror campaign, as The Handbasket previously reported. With the increase in DC-area parkway traffic stops, it appears the relationships remains strong.
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huh
What a coincidence
What a coincidence
Trump says 'we'll be selling' F-35s to Saudi Arabia.
Just coincidentally, Trump Org is in talks that could bring a Trump-branded property to one of Saudi Arabia’s largest government-owned real estate developments
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Just coincidentally, Trump Org is in talks that could bring a Trump-branded property to one of Saudi Arabia’s largest government-owned real estate developments
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
huh
What a coincidence
What a coincidence
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There has never been a clearer example of the fact that we do not have a legislature in the United States right now. Trump tells them to vote no, so they all vote no. Then Trump changes his mind and they all change their votes. That is autocracy. Vote them out!
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
There has never been a clearer example of the fact that we do not have a legislature in the United States right now. Trump tells them to vote no, so they all vote no. Then Trump changes his mind and they all change their votes. That is autocracy. Vote them out!
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NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
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The ex-podcaster running the FBI is just as qualified as the Fox ex-host who runs the military and the insurance lawyer who’s suddenly a prosecutor and the brain-wormed, dead-bear-cub-dumping guy who’s in charge of health and the big-lipped Islamophobe who tells Trump who to fire.
So don’t worry.
So don’t worry.
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The ex-podcaster running the FBI is just as qualified as the Fox ex-host who runs the military and the insurance lawyer who’s suddenly a prosecutor and the brain-wormed, dead-bear-cub-dumping guy who’s in charge of health and the big-lipped Islamophobe who tells Trump who to fire.
So don’t worry.
So don’t worry.
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So glad @markjacob.bsky.social is writing about this:
“After a Trump social media post said some of his political opponents were “guilty as hell” and should be prosecuted, NBC wrote about it without noting Trump’s own felony convictions. Same for the New York Times, Axios, AP, and CNN.”
“After a Trump social media post said some of his political opponents were “guilty as hell” and should be prosecuted, NBC wrote about it without noting Trump’s own felony convictions. Same for the New York Times, Axios, AP, and CNN.”
It’s the media’s version of a “pardon” when news outlets fail to remind the public of past crimes by Trump and his mischief makers such as Steve Bannon.
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How the media ‘pardon’ political criminals
News outlets paper over the ugly pasts of right-wing extremists
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November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So glad @markjacob.bsky.social is writing about this:
“After a Trump social media post said some of his political opponents were “guilty as hell” and should be prosecuted, NBC wrote about it without noting Trump’s own felony convictions. Same for the New York Times, Axios, AP, and CNN.”
“After a Trump social media post said some of his political opponents were “guilty as hell” and should be prosecuted, NBC wrote about it without noting Trump’s own felony convictions. Same for the New York Times, Axios, AP, and CNN.”
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The Epstein case, like many of the excesses of Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Thiel and the rest...and like the Trump Era as a whole, will be seen as defining a moment of gross national dysfunction. It will lead either to reform or to chaos. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
We've Got the Epstein Story All Wrong
In the midst of our national Epstein-mania are we missing what's really important?
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Epstein case, like many of the excesses of Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Thiel and the rest...and like the Trump Era as a whole, will be seen as defining a moment of gross national dysfunction. It will lead either to reform or to chaos. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
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Come for World Cup soccer, leave before we smash your car window, tear-gas you and zip-tie your children.
Kristi Noem on FIFA tourists: "Then they would go home. And go home in a timely manner."
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Come for World Cup soccer, leave before we smash your car window, tear-gas you and zip-tie your children.
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A Cooper's hawk, seemingly unhappy about the presence of a great horned owl
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A Cooper's hawk, seemingly unhappy about the presence of a great horned owl
The guy supports anyone (everyone) who commits a crime.
NEW: Trump is pissed that he can't pardon state crimes, and promises "harsh measures" if she's not released from prison. She was sentences to 9 years for stealing voter info for Trump.
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The guy supports anyone (everyone) who commits a crime.
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New Billboard just erected in Times Square:
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
New Billboard just erected in Times Square:
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"Zee check clear. So bad man can pretend we like the other. But next times I vant zee jewelries."
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Zee check clear. So bad man can pretend we like the other. But next times I vant zee jewelries."
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I'm not a lawyer but this looks pretty bad for the Incompetent, Sociopathic Felon and his gang of fools, quacks, goons and thugs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed Misconduct in Comey Case
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I'm not a lawyer but this looks pretty bad for the Incompetent, Sociopathic Felon and his gang of fools, quacks, goons and thugs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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NEW: Lindsey Halligan apparently told the grand jury in the Comey case that they should indict on promised future evidence, and that Comey is guilty until proven innocent. Check out my chat with @klasfeldreports.com about this incredible ruling today: www.muellershewrote.com/p/halligan-i...
Halligan is in DEEP trouble in the Comey case
A recording from Allison Gill's live video
www.muellershewrote.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NEW: Lindsey Halligan apparently told the grand jury in the Comey case that they should indict on promised future evidence, and that Comey is guilty until proven innocent. Check out my chat with @klasfeldreports.com about this incredible ruling today: www.muellershewrote.com/p/halligan-i...
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Yep. I spent most of the morning reaching out to trial coordinators for patients interested in joining trials, only to encounter roadblocks at every step.
Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans.
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
1/4
Clinical Trials Affected by Research Grant Terminations at the National Institutes of Health
This cross-sectional study summarizes the number of trials with terminated grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and calculates the proportion of affected trials among those with previou...
jamanetwork.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Yep. I spent most of the morning reaching out to trial coordinators for patients interested in joining trials, only to encounter roadblocks at every step.
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If you thought sending horrific, racist texts was enough to get you shunned from political service, think again! trib.al/WBi8VDT
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If you thought sending horrific, racist texts was enough to get you shunned from political service, think again! trib.al/WBi8VDT
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November 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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There is an email in which Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos of Donald Trump and “girls in bikinis in my kitchen.”
Kate Bolduan: "The president has not been accused of any crimes or wrongdoing as it relates to Jeffrey Epstein or these files even with these emails being released. That's one thing we need to make clear. There's no accusations of any wrongdoing so far."
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
There is an email in which Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos of Donald Trump and “girls in bikinis in my kitchen.”
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“At 17 sites across the Chicago area and around Illinois, roughly 1000 attendees of the demonstrations called on members of the public to not buy or upgrade any AT&T products or plans this holiday season until AT&T drops these contracts.”
Demonstrations Blanket AT&T Storefronts Across Chicago and Illinois Due to Contracts with DHS, CBP, and ICE - The People's Lobby
Chicago, Illinois – Customers, churches and community organizations across Greater Chicago and Illinois, including The People’s Lobby, ONE People’s Campaign, People’s Action, and the Unitarian Univers...
thepeopleslobbyusa.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“At 17 sites across the Chicago area and around Illinois, roughly 1000 attendees of the demonstrations called on members of the public to not buy or upgrade any AT&T products or plans this holiday season until AT&T drops these contracts.”
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Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house