Doug Storm
@storminbloom.bsky.social
radio producer and host. most ardent opinion: frank muller's moby dick is unparalleled; less ardently, le guin's Lathe is ventriloquist PKD. Tanaka Shozo on pollution gives the lie to the liberal worldview of Individual responsibility.
gotta be honest, I absolutely don’t understand how those Epstein files have not been leaked. This government‘s a catastrophe as many have said worse than Watergate by far in criminal nature so WTF? Where are the hackers of this world? Where is the one person to do the monumentally right thing?
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
gotta be honest, I absolutely don’t understand how those Epstein files have not been leaked. This government‘s a catastrophe as many have said worse than Watergate by far in criminal nature so WTF? Where are the hackers of this world? Where is the one person to do the monumentally right thing?
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this great article by @debtcollective.bsky.social lays out really clearly what's been on my mind all day: everybody better get real familiar with municipal finance real quick
www.inthered.org/p/zohran-won...
www.inthered.org/p/zohran-won...
Zohran Won Main Street—Now He Must Face Wall Street
Mamdani will face a looming threat to his progressive agenda: debt
www.inthered.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
this great article by @debtcollective.bsky.social lays out really clearly what's been on my mind all day: everybody better get real familiar with municipal finance real quick
www.inthered.org/p/zohran-won...
www.inthered.org/p/zohran-won...
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highly recommend Destin Jenkins' excellent book The Bonds of Inequality for anyone looking to learn & really understand the way municipal finance deeply constrains cities
www.destinjenkins.com/the-bonds-of...
www.destinjenkins.com/the-bonds-of...
The Bonds of Inequality — Destin Jenkins
www.destinjenkins.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
highly recommend Destin Jenkins' excellent book The Bonds of Inequality for anyone looking to learn & really understand the way municipal finance deeply constrains cities
www.destinjenkins.com/the-bonds-of...
www.destinjenkins.com/the-bonds-of...
…not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestor, but hides his descendants, and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws him back upon himself alone, and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within the solitude of his own heart. - Tocqueville
October 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
…not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestor, but hides his descendants, and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws him back upon himself alone, and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within the solitude of his own heart. - Tocqueville
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“When one is unwell, it becomes even more apparent that what matters most is love, and the rest is largely noise.” Lucinda Rosenfeld writes about the resurgence of her multiple sclerosis.
On My Last Leg
An illness returns after a quarter century.
www.newyorker.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“When one is unwell, it becomes even more apparent that what matters most is love, and the rest is largely noise.” Lucinda Rosenfeld writes about the resurgence of her multiple sclerosis.
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BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.
Please Use it and SHARE!
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Please Use it and SHARE!
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Federal Action Reporting Form
Federal Action Reporting Form Please use this form to share information regarding federal government action in New York state. Filing a complaint does not start
ag.ny.gov
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
Please Use it and SHARE!
ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
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NEW: CU Boulder sophomore Nathaniel Ellis has been identified as a member of the white supremacist groups Patriot Front and Active Club.
Nathan is on the Executive Board for CU Boulder's Turning Point USA Chapter.
Read the full report: frontrangeantifa.noblogs.org/nathan-ellis/
Nathan is on the Executive Board for CU Boulder's Turning Point USA Chapter.
Read the full report: frontrangeantifa.noblogs.org/nathan-ellis/
October 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
NEW: CU Boulder sophomore Nathaniel Ellis has been identified as a member of the white supremacist groups Patriot Front and Active Club.
Nathan is on the Executive Board for CU Boulder's Turning Point USA Chapter.
Read the full report: frontrangeantifa.noblogs.org/nathan-ellis/
Nathan is on the Executive Board for CU Boulder's Turning Point USA Chapter.
Read the full report: frontrangeantifa.noblogs.org/nathan-ellis/
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Kim Phillips-Fein on Melinda Cooper www.thenation.com/article/soci...
How the Capitalism of the 1980s Created Donald Trump’s Theory of the State
The proliferation of privately held companies during the Reagan years laid the foundations for Trump’s approach to government.
www.thenation.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Kim Phillips-Fein on Melinda Cooper www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster
October 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster
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Here’s a blocklist of the federal agency accounts that were set up on Bluesky today just to troll. You can block ‘em all at once with a couple of taps here.
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Here’s a blocklist of the federal agency accounts that were set up on Bluesky today just to troll. You can block ‘em all at once with a couple of taps here.
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Trump got a Covid vaccine today.
October 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Trump got a Covid vaccine today.
shouldn’t the entirety of the Republican Congress be impeached for unleashing/funding all the illegal actions of Trump, Miller, Vought, etc. on the American people?
October 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
shouldn’t the entirety of the Republican Congress be impeached for unleashing/funding all the illegal actions of Trump, Miller, Vought, etc. on the American people?
on Fox no less
Andy McCarthy: "The indictment almost fails as an indictment in that it doesn't give you notice of what Comey has actually done. But factually there's nothing there. So this smacks of wanting to put Comey through the process, which is what lawfare is."
September 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
on Fox no less
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From the Trump Terror Memo. Have you ever donated to a left org with a credit card? Get ready. This doesn’t mean they’re coming for you. It means if they want to come for you, you’re already cooked.
September 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
From the Trump Terror Memo. Have you ever donated to a left org with a credit card? Get ready. This doesn’t mean they’re coming for you. It means if they want to come for you, you’re already cooked.
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NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court.
The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.
The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:
The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.
The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:
Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS - Bolts
Hawaii justices ruled that their state constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaiians—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.
boltsmag.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court.
The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.
The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:
The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.
The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:
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When I say the US has bet its post-pandemic economy on AI while China has bet its on green energy, this is what I mean: Here, AI related companies account for 75% of S&P 500 returns since ChatGPT's launch. In China, green tech accounts for one quarter of GDP growth.
September 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
When I say the US has bet its post-pandemic economy on AI while China has bet its on green energy, this is what I mean: Here, AI related companies account for 75% of S&P 500 returns since ChatGPT's launch. In China, green tech accounts for one quarter of GDP growth.
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This keeps happening. How many people in the Uk could have told you who Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel were 3 weeks ago? Trump is a Mr Beast-style content production genius, that editors feel powerless in the face of
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
September 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This keeps happening. How many people in the Uk could have told you who Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel were 3 weeks ago? Trump is a Mr Beast-style content production genius, that editors feel powerless in the face of
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Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years.
Speaks for itself.
Speaks for itself.
September 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years.
Speaks for itself.
Speaks for itself.
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Apropos of nothing just happened to be teaching this passage from Grapes of Wrath this week
September 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Apropos of nothing just happened to be teaching this passage from Grapes of Wrath this week
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Kudos, NYT for writing today about how JPMorgan facilitated Epstein's crimes...Too bad I wrote about it--in 2023! www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Column: Jeffrey Epstein reaches from the grave to expose how JPMorgan profited from his sex trafficking
JPMorgan Chase made millions by keeping Jeffrey Epstein as a banking client. Now it faces a reckoning in federal court.
www.latimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Kudos, NYT for writing today about how JPMorgan facilitated Epstein's crimes...Too bad I wrote about it--in 2023! www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war
September 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war