James Rutenbeck
@rutenbeck.bsky.social
duPont Columbia & Emmy®award-winning filmmaker.
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/hl9D4aVi
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
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November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/hl9D4aVi
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Fenway Park is an iconic American institution, and it’s the workers there that make every Red Sox game special.
The team is extremely profitable. They should treat their employees with respect, pay them decent wages and negotiate a fair contract with the union.
The team is extremely profitable. They should treat their employees with respect, pay them decent wages and negotiate a fair contract with the union.
July 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Fenway Park is an iconic American institution, and it’s the workers there that make every Red Sox game special.
The team is extremely profitable. They should treat their employees with respect, pay them decent wages and negotiate a fair contract with the union.
The team is extremely profitable. They should treat their employees with respect, pay them decent wages and negotiate a fair contract with the union.
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A reminder that Dems went out of their way to NOT politicize their prosecutions of Trump. Garland dragged his feet. Biden kept his distance. And then they appointed a special counsel to look independent.
All a waste of time. You can never appease the GOP. So why do Dems keep trying? ARGHGGHG.
All a waste of time. You can never appease the GOP. So why do Dems keep trying? ARGHGGHG.
Exclusive | Ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith under investigation by Office of Special Counsel after claims of playing politics: ‘No one is above the law’
“Jack Smith’s actions were clearly driven to hurt President Trump’s election, and Smith should be held fully accountable,” said Senate Intelligence Committee chair Sen Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) in …
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August 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
A reminder that Dems went out of their way to NOT politicize their prosecutions of Trump. Garland dragged his feet. Biden kept his distance. And then they appointed a special counsel to look independent.
All a waste of time. You can never appease the GOP. So why do Dems keep trying? ARGHGGHG.
All a waste of time. You can never appease the GOP. So why do Dems keep trying? ARGHGGHG.
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Thank you @alabamashakes.com for this reminder. We got each other and we gonna be alright.
July 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Thank you @alabamashakes.com for this reminder. We got each other and we gonna be alright.
On March 20 at the West Newton Cinema, Harmon dot aut and I will show excerpts from The Pneumafractalist, a hybrid film that explores Harmon's life and art. Come join us!
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March 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
On March 20 at the West Newton Cinema, Harmon dot aut and I will show excerpts from The Pneumafractalist, a hybrid film that explores Harmon's life and art. Come join us!
www.westnewtoncinema.com/producers-ci...
www.westnewtoncinema.com/producers-ci...
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Don’t let anyone tell you this guy is popular or that the country is trending his way. Just isn’t true. Never was.
This chart shows how much of an outlier Trump is historically. Even Biden, who had the next highest disapproval when he took office, still had a plus-20 differential. news.gallup.com/poll/655955/...
January 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Don’t let anyone tell you this guy is popular or that the country is trending his way. Just isn’t true. Never was.
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How much do I love the footloose and fancy free @pkrugman.bsky.social? MUCH contrarian.substack.com/p/departing-...
Departing the New York Times
I left to stay true to my byline
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January 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
How much do I love the footloose and fancy free @pkrugman.bsky.social? MUCH contrarian.substack.com/p/departing-...
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From a demonstration in Boston on this date in 2017.
January 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
From a demonstration in Boston on this date in 2017.
Emmy®winning filmmaker Stephen Maing will talk about his new film at the West Newton Cinema tomorrow night.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/21/arts/west-newton-cinema-documentary-filmmakers-funding/
January 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Emmy®winning filmmaker Stephen Maing will talk about his new film at the West Newton Cinema tomorrow night.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/21/arts/west-newton-cinema-documentary-filmmakers-funding/
“Surely it is a privilege to approach the end
still believing in something”
— Louise Glück
still believing in something”
— Louise Glück
January 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“Surely it is a privilege to approach the end
still believing in something”
— Louise Glück
still believing in something”
— Louise Glück
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Do. Not. Obey. In. Advance
November 18, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Do. Not. Obey. In. Advance
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This "Morning Joe" capitulation is another of my worst fears about life under Trump 47 -- that those of us who plan to keep writing against Trump's autocratic ways are going to be marginalized as "dead enders" who aren't getting with the program, which will make it easier to shut us up
November 18, 2024 at 1:36 PM
This "Morning Joe" capitulation is another of my worst fears about life under Trump 47 -- that those of us who plan to keep writing against Trump's autocratic ways are going to be marginalized as "dead enders" who aren't getting with the program, which will make it easier to shut us up