Jim Zarroli
@jimzarroli.bsky.social
I’m a journalist formerly at NPR. Also a reader, a runner and a birder. From Wilmington, Delaware, and have always lived within a few miles of I-95. Now a proud New Yorker.
So Trump wasn't at the Cheney memorial service but Rachel Maddow was?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Cheney Remembered for Transforming National Security and Standing Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So Trump wasn't at the Cheney memorial service but Rachel Maddow was?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
The food pantry line near my place in Manhattan
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The food pantry line near my place in Manhattan
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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Great story.
The six words killers need to stay out of prison: ”I feared for my life, officer.” Justifiable homicides are up in 30 states that give people more leeway to kill in self-defense.
Six Words Every Killer Should Know: ‘I Feared for My Life, Officer’
The number of legally sanctioned homicides has grown substantially in states with expanded self-defense rights under stand-your-ground laws.
on.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Great story.
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Whoa
October 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Whoa
NPR won’t be the same without her. Besides being a great broadcaster, she was a warm and funny person.
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
n.pr
October 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
NPR won’t be the same without her. Besides being a great broadcaster, she was a warm and funny person.
apnews.com/article/myan... children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
apnews.com/article/myan... children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
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Donald Trump is a convicted criminal
And he fires anyone who keeps him from breaking the law.
And he fires anyone who keeps him from breaking the law.
BREAKING NYT:
Trump just fired a U.S. attorney who insisted on following a court order.
Michele Beckwith, the top federal prosecutor in Sacramento, was fired hours after she reminded a Border Patrol chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.
Trump just fired a U.S. attorney who insisted on following a court order.
Michele Beckwith, the top federal prosecutor in Sacramento, was fired hours after she reminded a Border Patrol chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.
Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Donald Trump is a convicted criminal
And he fires anyone who keeps him from breaking the law.
And he fires anyone who keeps him from breaking the law.
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The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
September 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
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Of COURSE it all comes down to Modi’s refusal to nominate him for a Nobel prize. 🤡
“.. Mr. Trump, frustrated by the tariff negotiations, reached out to Mr. Modi several times ..
“.. Mr. Modi did not respond to those requests.”
@nytimes.com 🇮🇳
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...
“.. Mr. Modi did not respond to those requests.”
@nytimes.com 🇮🇳
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...
August 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Of COURSE it all comes down to Modi’s refusal to nominate him for a Nobel prize. 🤡
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1. The president is an obvious bigot
2. His administration is pursuing a panoply of racist and sexist policies
3. Lisa Cook is the first Black woman on the Fed board and has done research on economic effects of racism
How are we not talking about this?
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/can-we-ple...
2. His administration is pursuing a panoply of racist and sexist policies
3. Lisa Cook is the first Black woman on the Fed board and has done research on economic effects of racism
How are we not talking about this?
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/can-we-ple...
Can We Please Talk About the Racism of Trump's Attack on Lisa Cook?
Is it JUST about her being a Black woman? No. But it's the elephant in the room, and the coverage of the controversy is almost completely ignoring it.
paulwaldman.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
1. The president is an obvious bigot
2. His administration is pursuing a panoply of racist and sexist policies
3. Lisa Cook is the first Black woman on the Fed board and has done research on economic effects of racism
How are we not talking about this?
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/can-we-ple...
2. His administration is pursuing a panoply of racist and sexist policies
3. Lisa Cook is the first Black woman on the Fed board and has done research on economic effects of racism
How are we not talking about this?
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/can-we-ple...
"Kushner was imprisoned for tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign contributions.... He subsequently pleaded guilty to witness tampering and tax evasion involving $6 million in political contributions and gifts mischaracterized as business expenses. Trump pardoned Kushner in 2020."
France’s Foreign Ministry summoned Charles Kushner, the U.S. ambassador to France, after Kushner wrote a letter accusing the French government of not doing enough to stop antisemitism in France, which he said had “exploded” since 2023.
France summons U.S. Ambassador Kushner over ‘unacceptable’ antisemitism letter
Charles Kushner wrote an open letter accusing the French government of not doing enough to halt rising antisemitism, which he said had “exploded” since 2023.
wapo.st
August 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Kushner was imprisoned for tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign contributions.... He subsequently pleaded guilty to witness tampering and tax evasion involving $6 million in political contributions and gifts mischaracterized as business expenses. Trump pardoned Kushner in 2020."
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Why would anyone believe a convicted sex trafficker that's trying to get a pardon from a rapist?
August 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Why would anyone believe a convicted sex trafficker that's trying to get a pardon from a rapist?
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Prominent Fox hosts -- including Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro and Lou Dobbs -- privately sought to help Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to newly unredacted documents in Smartmatic's lawsuit against Fox, per the WSJ. www.wsj.com/business/med...
Smartmatic Case Documents Show Some Fox News Hosts’ Drive to Help Trump
Prominent Fox hosts privately sought to help President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to newly unredacted documents in a lawsuit against Fox.
www.wsj.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Prominent Fox hosts -- including Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro and Lou Dobbs -- privately sought to help Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to newly unredacted documents in Smartmatic's lawsuit against Fox, per the WSJ. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Not long before they’re gone! Barn Swallow at the Northumberland coast. #nebirding #birdsoftheworld
August 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Not long before they’re gone! Barn Swallow at the Northumberland coast. #nebirding #birdsoftheworld
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"Trump thinks that if he falsifies jobs numbers, bullies the Fed, and prevents all criticism, he can make Americans believe prices are low and jobs are plentiful. But no matter how much he threatens, people are going to notice when prices at the grocery store go up and when they lose their jobs."
The looming Trumpcession
Orange man bad (for the economy).
www.publicnotice.co
August 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"Trump thinks that if he falsifies jobs numbers, bullies the Fed, and prevents all criticism, he can make Americans believe prices are low and jobs are plentiful. But no matter how much he threatens, people are going to notice when prices at the grocery store go up and when they lose their jobs."
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August 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM