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Joseph Schwartz, owner of a nursing home empire, served just three months of his sentence before Trump pardoned him for a $39 million fraud scheme. Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against him haven’t collected a cent. (Published March)

Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass - 1888 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14256

Portrait of Allan Stein https://botfrens.com/collections/111/contents/29398

Sunny Lawn in a Public Park - 1888 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14438

Eric Adams Among Lineup Of Children Escorting Turkey Players Onto Pitch

I haven’t been able to identify this cartoonist, but he is spot on. #MAGA

Head of an Angel, after Rembrandt - 1889 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14571

President Trump says it would be safer for him if Game 3 of the NBA Finals were held in his ballroom.

Trump's frequent trips to Walter Reed raise new questions about Joe Biden's health.

Two Trees - 1889 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14702

Find the clowns puzzle

From @gregsargent.bsky.social: "Hegseth’s spin is doing us a public service. By insisting Trump’s threat drove Iran to the table, it should force a reassessment of why the original talks fell apart." trib.al/JF2CBUQ

In his @status.news newsletter @oliverdarcy.bsky.social reports the White House got Getty to delete this photo (from a Thanksgiving White House PHOTO-OP STUNT) because Karoline Leavitt was offended It ran only in a Swiss newspaper. It would be a shame if you retweeted and Streisanded it

Mills in the Neighbourhood of Dordrecht - 1877 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/11535

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We identified 12 shootings by federal agents that led to the deaths or injuries of citizens & immigrants since Sept. Nearly every time, the Trump admin blamed the injured and dead. Experts say this apparent lack of accountability demands that local authorities step up to investigate federal agents.

An astonishingly comprehensive list, with a great lede: "Here are 50 examples of unhinged behavior by a man who possesses the nuclear codes. Donald Trump’s supporters and some journalists ignore or laugh off his individual bizarre actions. Taken together, they’re cause for deep alarm."

Minnesota family says ICE agents faked car trouble to lure man out of home www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

You won't find a more important piece than this -- an absolute must-read from the woman who wrote the book on concentration camps

Courage and clarity — wow

From ex-postie (and current @newrepublic.com writer) @perrybaconjr.bsky.social, this one is from the heart. newrepublic.com/article/2061... via @newrepublic.com

he looks as confused as I am

Bad Bunny: TOGETHER WE ARE AMERICA

“Bad Bunny is a symbol of cultural diversity,” Zirin, the sports and politics journalist, told me. “If the NFL, many of whose owners bankroll Trump, see Bad Bunny as good for business, that’s very bad for the regime.”

Read @jeanguerre.bsky.social's brilliant and moving piece on the power of BAD BUNNY and why his music and message terrifies MAGA and fascists around the world. She'll join The Left Hook around 630 pm ET tonight. Tune in. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Here we go again @anntelnaes.bsky.social on SUBSTACK open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

Checking in on ‘Melania’ reviews… www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

Sen. Kennedy: "Invading Greenland would be weapons grade stupid. Now, President Trump is not weapons grade stupid."

BROWNIE IS MISSING IN BRONX. Last seen at Rochambeau Avenue and E. Gun Hill Rd. He's 14 pounds and chipped: 985141002649459. If you've seen or found him please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT BROWNIE!

JUK IS MISSING IN QUEENS: last seen near Poyer St, Van Loon and Broadway in Elmhurst. She's 18 pounds. If you've seen or found her please go here: www.lostmydoggie.com/details.cfm?... and/or phone 877-818-0060 and PLEASE RT JUK!

In all the coverage of Ohtani's great night, I have seen mentions of Babe Ruth (of course), Tony Cloninger, and Rick Wise, maybe Jim Tobin ... but not Guy Hecker, the pitcher who in 1886 led his league in batting average while winning 26 games (two years earlier, he had won 52).

Shohei Ohtani is the first player with 3 homers and 10 strikeouts as a pitcher in a game Reg or post !!!

“I want to dedicate this award today to Anas Al-Sharif and Hossam Shabat and Mariam Abu Daqqa and Roshdi Sarraj...All of those brave Palestinian journalists murdered by Israel.” From my remarks accepting the Arab Center DC's Journalistic Integrity award. My full speech: zeteo.com/p/you-will-n...

Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state. The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

After the Brown v. Board decision, white people across the South opened hundreds of private schools. 70+ years later, most of the ones still open in Alabama’s Black Belt remain overwhelmingly white. In this town, one school keeps kids divided. (Published May 2024)

If you read anything today, let it be Nikole Hannah Jones’ essay on how Charlie Kirk’s death is doubling as an invitation to transform white supremacist views into normal political discourse www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...

The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades. (Published Oct. 2024) By @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social

Make no mistake, the SCOTUS decision about birthright citizenship IS ALSO ABOUT *birthright citizenship.* The Court is using nationwide injunctions as the tail, wagging the dog, to take us back to an Antebellum view of citizenship. That way led to war once. My latest in @thenation.com

“IN THIS ARTICLE: CRYPTO, DONALD TRUMP, JD VANCE, LOS ANGELES, MILITARY, PROTESTS, UFC, WAR ON TERROR”

Please watch and share. It can be easy to get a little lost in the details, but the ENTIRE THING they're doing is absolutely built on a foundation of lies and flagrantly illegal.

As Trump attempts to re-segregate America, never lose sight of the fact that Elon Musk stands to financially benefit from the federal government no longer enforcing anti-segregation laws. My latest in @thenation.com

Trump’s EO ruining the independence of federal agencies shows the real goal of Musk and Trump is not efficiency or even winning the culture wars. It’s thievery. And they are *exceptional* thieves. My latest in @thenation.com

I'm begging Eric Adams to resign before Hochul has to do something crazy. But, since Adams will never put anyone's interests ahead of his own, I'm also begging New Yorkers to turn up the heat on Trump's new acquisition in Manhattan. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Well done article. Reinforces the point that Dems need to earn these voters--see too many Dem leaders act like Trump will screw up (likely) and these folks will automatically flock back to the Dems. @mikemadrid.bsky.social do you think the "affordability" focus holds if unemployment goes back up?