John W Farrell
@johnwfarrell.bsky.social
Journalist. Author of The Day Without Yesterday (Basic Books) and The Clock and the Camshaft (Rowman & Littlefield). Forthcoming, my novel: An Uncommon Descent (Serving House Books).
Website: www.farrellmedia.com
Website: www.farrellmedia.com
"Last night, the Senate advanced a measure to end the government shutdown, which at 41 days today is the longest in U.S. history." November 10, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 10, 2025
Last night, the Senate advanced a measure to end the government shutdown, which at 41 days today is the longest in U.S.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Last night, the Senate advanced a measure to end the government shutdown, which at 41 days today is the longest in U.S. history." November 10, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
@garethgore.bsky.social : Kevin Roberts and the Opus Dei connection open.substack.com/pub/garethgo...
Kevin Roberts and the Opus Dei connection
The president of the Heritage Foundation is a regular at the Opus Dei hub in DC
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November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
@garethgore.bsky.social : Kevin Roberts and the Opus Dei connection open.substack.com/pub/garethgo...
"... the administration has been refusing to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that 42 million Americans depend on to eat." November 9, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 9, 2025
In order to pressure the Democrats to cave to Trump’s demands that they sign on to the House Republicans’ continuing resolution to fund the government, the administration has been refusing to fund the...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"... the administration has been refusing to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that 42 million Americans depend on to eat." November 9, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
David French on the revolt against Kevin Roberts inside the Heritage Foundation. Roberts, no surprise, is a major patron of the Opus Dei cult, and takes his 'spiritual direction' from its priests.
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Opinion | Cruelty, Bigotry and Rage. What’s Not to Like?
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November 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
David French on the revolt against Kevin Roberts inside the Heritage Foundation. Roberts, no surprise, is a major patron of the Opus Dei cult, and takes his 'spiritual direction' from its priests.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
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Marc Elias breaks down how death by a thousand inconveniences is the new GOP strategy. #crookedcon2025
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Marc Elias breaks down how death by a thousand inconveniences is the new GOP strategy. #crookedcon2025
"The repercussions from Tuesday’s vote, in which Democratic candidates were victorious across the country, continue to echo." November 7, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 7, 2025
The repercussions from Tuesday’s vote, in which Democratic candidates were victorious across the country, continue to echo.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"The repercussions from Tuesday’s vote, in which Democratic candidates were victorious across the country, continue to echo." November 7, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
"“None of this is complicated,” political data specialist Tom Bonier wrote yesterday about Tuesday’s dramatic Democratic victories around the country." November 6, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 6, 2025
“None of this is complicated,” political data specialist Tom Bonier wrote yesterday about Tuesday’s dramatic Democratic victories around the country.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"“None of this is complicated,” political data specialist Tom Bonier wrote yesterday about Tuesday’s dramatic Democratic victories around the country." November 6, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Medical emergency in White House and Dementia Don does what he does best.
1) Fails to notice
2) Stands there drooling
3) Fills his Depends
4) All of the above
1) Fails to notice
2) Stands there drooling
3) Fills his Depends
4) All of the above
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Medical emergency in White House and Dementia Don does what he does best.
1) Fails to notice
2) Stands there drooling
3) Fills his Depends
4) All of the above
1) Fails to notice
2) Stands there drooling
3) Fills his Depends
4) All of the above
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We know the Liar hates being seen with anyone not up to his standards-- no injured, no wounded, no unattractive women, usually no minorities, etc.
He has now gone to a new low. He does not like the image of sign language interpreters on stage with him and has chosen to break a law requiring it.
He has now gone to a new low. He does not like the image of sign language interpreters on stage with him and has chosen to break a law requiring it.
NEW: A federal judge said the decision by Trump WH to end sign language interpretation at briefings by Trump and Leavitt likely violated the Rehabilitation Act and harmed deaf people who communicate in ASL.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Judge orders White House to restore sign language interpreters at briefings by Trump, Leavitt
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said the White House’s decision to end ASL interpretation illegally excluded deaf Americans from crucial updates from the government.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We know the Liar hates being seen with anyone not up to his standards-- no injured, no wounded, no unattractive women, usually no minorities, etc.
He has now gone to a new low. He does not like the image of sign language interpreters on stage with him and has chosen to break a law requiring it.
He has now gone to a new low. He does not like the image of sign language interpreters on stage with him and has chosen to break a law requiring it.
"The 34-year-old mayor-elect’s speech went on to deliver something that was more than a victory speech." November 5, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 5, 2025
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a member of both the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, began his victory speech last night with a nod to Eugene V.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"The 34-year-old mayor-elect’s speech went on to deliver something that was more than a victory speech." November 5, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
"So much for obeying a court order, even if begrudgingly and with manufactured delay." Richardson for November 4, 2025 (Tuesday) open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 4, 2025 (Tuesday)
So much for obeying a court order, even if begrudgingly and with manufactured delay.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"So much for obeying a court order, even if begrudgingly and with manufactured delay." Richardson for November 4, 2025 (Tuesday) open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
"So much for obeying a court order, even if begrudgingly and with manufactured delay." November 4, 2025 (Tuesday) open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 4, 2025 (Tuesday)
So much for obeying a court order, even if begrudgingly and with manufactured delay.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"So much for obeying a court order, even if begrudgingly and with manufactured delay." November 4, 2025 (Tuesday) open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Keep it up, MGT!!!
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Republicans refusing to release the Epstein files: "It seems like very rich and powerful men are being protected...It's horrendous."
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Keep it up, MGT!!!
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This is awesome and hilarious...
Who knows less -- Speaker Mike Johnson or Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes? Roll the clips...
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This is awesome and hilarious...
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It’s enraging the extent to which the corporate media is not relentlessly covering and showing this brutality.
It’s clear who the aggressors are. Keep remaining nonviolent, and record EVERYTHING. All of these masked ICE thugs will be held accountable.
November 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It’s enraging the extent to which the corporate media is not relentlessly covering and showing this brutality.
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He promised to be a nonpartisan "umpire."
He caved.
Chief Justice John Roberts "is presiding over the end of the rule of law in America.”
-- Retired U.S. Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig
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He caved.
Chief Justice John Roberts "is presiding over the end of the rule of law in America.”
-- Retired U.S. Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America
The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism
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October 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
He promised to be a nonpartisan "umpire."
He caved.
Chief Justice John Roberts "is presiding over the end of the rule of law in America.”
-- Retired U.S. Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
He caved.
Chief Justice John Roberts "is presiding over the end of the rule of law in America.”
-- Retired U.S. Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"The platforming of a white nationalist by a MAGA influencer who used to be mainstream started a fight on the right." November 2, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 2, 2025
Last Monday, October 27, right-wing personality Tucker Carlson interviewed white nationalist Nick Fuentes for more than two hours, mainstreaming the podcaster whose praise for Hitler, vows to kill Jew...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"The platforming of a white nationalist by a MAGA influencer who used to be mainstream started a fight on the right." November 2, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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More bollocks. The only thing stopping Ireland from solving its housing crisis in a few years is the ideological inability of Martin et al to do so. Nothing to do with the EU, or anyone else.
November 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
More bollocks. The only thing stopping Ireland from solving its housing crisis in a few years is the ideological inability of Martin et al to do so. Nothing to do with the EU, or anyone else.
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The intimidation included threats that family members would lose visas, which is both in character and *friggin insane*
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting.
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The intimidation included threats that family members would lose visas, which is both in character and *friggin insane*
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Are Wealth Taxes the Best Way -- or maybe the only way to Tax the Ultra Rich? My latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
Are Wealth Taxes the Best Way to Tax the Ultra Rich?
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November 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Are Wealth Taxes the Best Way -- or maybe the only way to Tax the Ultra Rich? My latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
"This afternoon, Ellen Nakashima and Noah Robertson of the Washington Post reported that the administration is claiming it does not have to consult Congress to continue its attacks on Venezuela." November 1, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 1, 2025
Yesterday I wrote that President Donald J.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"This afternoon, Ellen Nakashima and Noah Robertson of the Washington Post reported that the administration is claiming it does not have to consult Congress to continue its attacks on Venezuela." November 1, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Did you know that submarine cables on the deep ocean floor literally connect our world?
This map reveals the fragile & mostly unseen infrastructure carrying 99% of Earth's data traffic & providing internet access everywhere.
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🧪 🌊 ⚒️ 🌍 🌎 🌏 #gischat @seabed2030.bsky.social
This map reveals the fragile & mostly unseen infrastructure carrying 99% of Earth's data traffic & providing internet access everywhere.
www.maps.com/submarine-ca...
🧪 🌊 ⚒️ 🌍 🌎 🌏 #gischat @seabed2030.bsky.social
The Underwater Cables That Connect the World
Explore the fragile and mostly unseen infrastructure that carries 99% of international data traffic and provides internet access around the world.
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November 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Did you know that submarine cables on the deep ocean floor literally connect our world?
This map reveals the fragile & mostly unseen infrastructure carrying 99% of Earth's data traffic & providing internet access everywhere.
www.maps.com/submarine-ca...
🧪 🌊 ⚒️ 🌍 🌎 🌏 #gischat @seabed2030.bsky.social
This map reveals the fragile & mostly unseen infrastructure carrying 99% of Earth's data traffic & providing internet access everywhere.
www.maps.com/submarine-ca...
🧪 🌊 ⚒️ 🌍 🌎 🌏 #gischat @seabed2030.bsky.social
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Joe's point is basically returning to "What's the Matter With Kansas," the book that pointed out that people will vote against their material interests when motivated by ideological and cultural hot buttons.
As you know, I'm pretty darn liberal, but the evidence keeps mounting that Biden/Harris were seen as too far to the left, not in BSKY terms, but in normal people terms.
There's a chronic failure to understand that people have strong belief systems about things like sex and gender that cannot be/
There's a chronic failure to understand that people have strong belief systems about things like sex and gender that cannot be/
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Joe's point is basically returning to "What's the Matter With Kansas," the book that pointed out that people will vote against their material interests when motivated by ideological and cultural hot buttons.
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In August, we reported the VA lost more than 600 doctors and nearly 2,000 nurses this year, with the number of doctors still in the agency dropping each month since Trump took office.
If you recently left the VA, here's how you can share your story with us:
If you recently left the VA, here's how you can share your story with us:
Why Did You Leave the Department of Veterans Affairs?
ProPublica wants to hear from doctors, nurses and other front-line medical providers who recently left positions at a VA hospital or clinic.
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November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In August, we reported the VA lost more than 600 doctors and nearly 2,000 nurses this year, with the number of doctors still in the agency dropping each month since Trump took office.
If you recently left the VA, here's how you can share your story with us:
If you recently left the VA, here's how you can share your story with us:
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Exactly.
If I see as much as a single video edit I’m suing for $10 billion. Your move, CBS.
November 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Exactly.