Laura Del Rosso
@lauradelrosso.bsky.social
San Francisco-based freelance writer who has traveled the world, loves her NorCal home, Italy, Mexico and wants to explore even more.
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“I think what they’re doing is backfiring. Our numbers are skyrocketing.“ - @ezralevin.bsky.social on Republicans’ lies about the peaceful No Kings protests
There are more RSVPs and events planned for Saturday than there were back in June. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
There are more RSVPs and events planned for Saturday than there were back in June. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
October 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I think what they’re doing is backfiring. Our numbers are skyrocketing.“ - @ezralevin.bsky.social on Republicans’ lies about the peaceful No Kings protests
There are more RSVPs and events planned for Saturday than there were back in June. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
There are more RSVPs and events planned for Saturday than there were back in June. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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August 12, 2025
August 12, 2025
Liberal commentator Jessica Tarlov nailed it this morning when she wrote: “He’s doing everything EXCEPT releasing the Epstein files.” Her comment was in reference to President Donald Trump’s social me...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:25 AM
August 12, 2025
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A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.
Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says
A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.
Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone
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apnews.com/article/us-a...
Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone
A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work.
apnews.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone
apnews.com/article/us-a...
apnews.com/article/us-a...
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Love national parks? Loathe using Reservation.gov? Not a long-term planner? My latest AARP story shares my personal tips for getting a last-minute campsite at or near a national park. www.aarp.org/travel/vacat...
How to Snag a Campsite Near National Parks
Find out the requirements to pick an adjacent campsite on short notice
www.aarp.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Love national parks? Loathe using Reservation.gov? Not a long-term planner? My latest AARP story shares my personal tips for getting a last-minute campsite at or near a national park. www.aarp.org/travel/vacat...
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the end of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) as a new analysis found that its demolition could contribute to 14 million deaths in the next five years.
Rubio hails end of USAID as study says its elimination could contribute to 14 million deaths in next 5 years | CNN Politics
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the end of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Tuesday as a new analysis found that its demolition could contribute to 14 million deaths in the...
www.cnn.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the end of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) as a new analysis found that its demolition could contribute to 14 million deaths in the next five years.
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Column by Tamar Haspel | Italy has a much lower obesity rate than the U.S., even though Italians enjoy multicourse meals.
Here’s why:
Here’s why:
Column | Why aren’t Italians as obese as Americans? It’s not really what they eat.
The obesity rate in Italy is far below that in the U.S., even though Italians enjoy multicourse meals involving pasta.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Column by Tamar Haspel | Italy has a much lower obesity rate than the U.S., even though Italians enjoy multicourse meals.
Here’s why:
Here’s why:
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A few years ago, I authored this opinion piece to lobby for better funding for the National Archives. Read it now for examples of the kinds of discoveries people make there—amazing stuff that happens every day. But the public’s access has just been restricted.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ame...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ame...
Opinion | America is losing its memory
The National Archives and Records Administration is the collective repository of American memories and history.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A few years ago, I authored this opinion piece to lobby for better funding for the National Archives. Read it now for examples of the kinds of discoveries people make there—amazing stuff that happens every day. But the public’s access has just been restricted.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ame...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ame...
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BREAKING:
Really.
Earlier today the National Archives page for its facility at College Park, home to many of the most important federal civilian records, announced it would soon be closed to the citizenry. (1st photo.) Now the notice is gone. (2nd) Is the plan rescinded? Or just hidden?
Really.
Earlier today the National Archives page for its facility at College Park, home to many of the most important federal civilian records, announced it would soon be closed to the citizenry. (1st photo.) Now the notice is gone. (2nd) Is the plan rescinded? Or just hidden?
June 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
BREAKING:
Really.
Earlier today the National Archives page for its facility at College Park, home to many of the most important federal civilian records, announced it would soon be closed to the citizenry. (1st photo.) Now the notice is gone. (2nd) Is the plan rescinded? Or just hidden?
Really.
Earlier today the National Archives page for its facility at College Park, home to many of the most important federal civilian records, announced it would soon be closed to the citizenry. (1st photo.) Now the notice is gone. (2nd) Is the plan rescinded? Or just hidden?
San Francisco No Kings!
June 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
San Francisco No Kings!
June 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to bar government scientists from publishing in major medical journals, saying on a podcast that three top journals were “corrupt” and influenced by pharmaceutical companies.
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals
The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.
www.politico.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to bar government scientists from publishing in major medical journals, saying on a podcast that three top journals were “corrupt” and influenced by pharmaceutical companies.
Paul McCartney photography at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. What memories, what fun.
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Paul McCartney photography at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. What memories, what fun.
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Save the date!
May 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Save the date!
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1. Amazingly prolific and important columnist deserving of much more respect.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
In a note to colleagues, WaPo’s Ruth Marcus says she resigned from the paper after CEO Will Lewis killed a column she wrote expressing concern about the direction of the paper’s opinion section
March 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
1. Amazingly prolific and important columnist deserving of much more respect.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
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Great quote from James Fallows, from a Substack piece on the damage Musk/Trump are doing to the FAA— the problem with DOGE overall. I had a hunch transportation disasters will be the hallmark of this disastrous administration. I'm more convinced of it now.
fallows.substack.com/p/killing-pe...
fallows.substack.com/p/killing-pe...
March 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Great quote from James Fallows, from a Substack piece on the damage Musk/Trump are doing to the FAA— the problem with DOGE overall. I had a hunch transportation disasters will be the hallmark of this disastrous administration. I'm more convinced of it now.
fallows.substack.com/p/killing-pe...
fallows.substack.com/p/killing-pe...
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Great news! b. Patisserie is coming to Union Square! 🙌 Details in the tablehopper newsletter this week, subscribe at tablehopper.com.
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March 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Great news! b. Patisserie is coming to Union Square! 🙌 Details in the tablehopper newsletter this week, subscribe at tablehopper.com.
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BREAKING: Homeland Security is ending a collective bargaining agreement with tens of thousands of TSA employees, marking a major attack on worker rights.
Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, an attack on worker rights
The Department of Homeland Security says it's ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration responsible for protecting air travel.
bit.ly
March 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
BREAKING: Homeland Security is ending a collective bargaining agreement with tens of thousands of TSA employees, marking a major attack on worker rights.
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One more ticked box on why we’re sitting ducks for terrorists during the Trump regime. Demoralizing TSA workers is not a smart strategy for safety.
📌 Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, an attack on worker rights.
apnews.com/article/coll...
📌 Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, an attack on worker rights.
apnews.com/article/coll...
Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, an attack on worker rights
The Department of Homeland Security says it's ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration responsible for...
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
One more ticked box on why we’re sitting ducks for terrorists during the Trump regime. Demoralizing TSA workers is not a smart strategy for safety.
📌 Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, an attack on worker rights.
apnews.com/article/coll...
📌 Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, an attack on worker rights.
apnews.com/article/coll...
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For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...
US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics
The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.
edition.cnn.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...
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No, 150-year-olds aren't collecting Social Security benefits. Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud; but there's a much simpler explanation.
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren't Collecting Social Security Benefits
Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There's a much simpler explanation.
wrd.cm
February 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
No, 150-year-olds aren't collecting Social Security benefits. Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud; but there's a much simpler explanation.
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On Monday, February 17 at noon, this nation will remind Donald Trump and his enablers in Congress that THEY. WORK. FOR. US. #NationalDayOfProtest
February 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
On Monday, February 17 at noon, this nation will remind Donald Trump and his enablers in Congress that THEY. WORK. FOR. US. #NationalDayOfProtest