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David Beard

@dabeard.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, newsletterer. Pro-clarity, accuracy, peace, love, understanding. Inveterate reader, traveler, listener, walker.

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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 8h
No-mentum for Trump, as GOP candidates run away from and scrub websites of traces of the crashing leader.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h
Oh look, US National Science Foundation-supported science won the Nobel Prize in physics.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 14h
Veteran GOP senator calls his vote for Hegseth the 'biggest regret of my career' and RFK Jr. was a huge mistake. apnews.com/article/thom...
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Republican Sen. Tillis calls his vote for Hegseth the 'biggest regret of my career' in a new book
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career.”
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 14h
One day takes away a pedophile/GOP House speaker and a rapist/conservative Christian minister. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u... www.12onyourside.com/2026/10/05/d...
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Jim Bakker, Television Preacher Felled by Sex and Financial Scandals, Dies at 86
With his wife, Tammy Faye, Mr. Bakker built a broadcasting juggernaut around the gospel of prosperity.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 14h
I used to think “Ford to New York: Drop Dead” was a onetime headline.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 14h
Of course diarrhea-plagued lettuce company Taylor Farms does terrible things, like uses prison labor futurism.com/science-ener...
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The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 15h
Key GOP attack ad in Ohio is (surprise!) a lie www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...
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Woman accusing Sherrod Brown of forcing transgender surgeries isn’t from Ohio, didn’t have procedure as minor
In an attack ad against U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, a woman accuses the Democrat of pushing transgender surgeries on minors "like her." She didn't have surgery until she was an adult.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 17h
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 17h
As long as he's in a secure place with Natalie.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 17h
Crook. Wife-cheater. What else did the unpopular Texas Senate candidate do? Investigate pediatricians for vaccinating children. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I used to pull brush here -- remove the branches that blew into the vines in the wintertime. I thought that Welch's and the juice grapes would go on forever. The local high school's teams are still called the Grapepickers. Thanks, Tim Craig. wapo.st/4zfcAiW
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‘Dying on the vine’: How a farmer ended up with 1,600 tons of unwanted grapes
Falling demand for juice has left Lake Erie grape growers with fruit they can’t sell.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sometimes a local reporter thinks there is something more to the "suicide" of a pregnant young woman. Laura Crimaldi. kept asking questions. Tomorrow, more than five years later, a onetime police detective goes on trial for her killing. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/05/n...
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The reporter who knew there was more to Sandra Birchmore’s story — and helped uncover it - The Boston Globe
This week’s trial comes more than five years after the crime and follows Laura Crimaldi’s persistent investigation.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The cost of Trump: More than a year after the Trump administration attempted to dismantle Voice of America, it is paying an estimated $1.6 million a week to keep 420 of its staffers on administrative leave. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... @scottnover.bsky.social
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Trump administration is paying $1.6 million a week to keep Voice of America staff on leave
Hundreds of VOA staffers have been on paid leave since the agency sidelined them in March 2025.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
… and stay away from your sister.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The many meanings of “but of course.”
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I remember! I think the Drug Vulture looked like this:
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Someone needs to go to Alito’s home and perform a kick-ass, conservative Catholic intervention.
movie poster from “The Exorcist”
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
She’s the reporter who showed the world who Alabama’s Roy Moore really was. Read and learn: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32
Alabama resident Leigh Corfman said that in 1979, when Moore was an assistant district attorney, he brought her to his home and touched her sexually. Three other women said that Moore – now a candidat...
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
AI slop lab?
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Got political mail? Go to paidforby.info For federal races, you'll immediately get detailed information about who is behind the mail and their donors. And all uploaded mail will be reviewed by an independent journalist. (It also works for ads on TV and YouTube.)
paidforby.info
Who paid for this?
Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
even after trump diesel fuel hikes and optional war?
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My man looks like he’s never had five minutes outside in the sun.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Shattered norms” is a weird way to say “corrupted America.”
NYT describes the 2019 outrage at an international conference at his private golf club as a change from today’s “problem” of the same — and says how Trump has shattered norms.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
With Musk, whose U.S. AID cuts consigned hundreds of thousands of people to death. No wonder he’s all in for a president who fears prison most of all.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
How many Pulitzers there? Wow. Thanks to all.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
only one side did it to 13 yo girls.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sounds like the flag isn’t the only thing upside down in the Alito household. apnews.com/article/just...
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Upside-down flag at Justice Alito's home another blow for Supreme Court under fire
When an upside-down U.S. flag flew over the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in January 2021, it was largely seen in connection with the false claim by then-President Donald Trump’s supporte...
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oughta be a commandment.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thanks, Stephanie, as always, for your reporting eye and your heart.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My favorite photo.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Very insightful columna by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social on Steve Hilton and his dad sharing lunch at King Taco in East LA. Love the Christina House photos, too www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Commentary: My dad, Steve Hilton and tacos. What could go wrong?
Columnist Gustavo Arellano and his father met with Steve Hilton, a Republican running for California governor, at King Taco.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
How many of his 15 houses will she get for doing this? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Without Saying His Name, Ken Paxton’s Estranged Wife Tells Texans to Vote For Him (Gift Article)
In a new ad, the wife of Ken Paxton, who is divorcing him for alleged adultery, tells Texas voters to focus on the “whole team,” not “individual players.”
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Many people knew in 2016.
New Yorker cartoon ahead of Trump election.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That’s like saying JFK would have been reelected in 1964 if not for that incident in Dallas.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump has: -Cut protections for national monuments to open them up for mining -Pushed to open up our national forests for construction and logging -Proposed building data centers on thousands of acres of federal lands Nothing is sacred to this regime. It acts solely on behalf of the oligarchy.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
2016: Trump will betray America for Putin. 2026: Trump will betray America, Europe and Ukraine for Putin. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The gas price run up under is Trump is more dramatic than under any leader since Jimmy Carter, who was thrown out of office. www.mentalfloss.com/live-smarter...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just one day after another of cartoonish villainy
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This breathtaking NYT story about Trump's Russian entanglements includes three people who've been part of the operation to cultivate Trump since 2015: Bryan Lanza, Sheikh Tahoon, and Kirill Dmitriev. This is literally the culmination of the original plan. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Eugenicists want people in wheelchairs, except Greg Abbott, killed — even if the eugenicists spread the polio and measles that cripples people.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Older Cuban men who had lived in the U.S. for decades have been deported to Mexico, where they have struggled to get by. Some Cubans have been deported to Africa.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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How Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House Race (Gift Article)
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
soon they’ll be blaming Dems for Iran.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
such a pain to filter. so sad that bad actors seem to have impunity to hurt the weak, the addled, the depressed.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
NEW: Pope Leo XIV told artists on Friday that an “ontological difference” separates human art from what a machine produces “through statistical calculation.” Days earlier, the New York Times reported that Anthropic had lobbied the Vatican to soften its view on AI consciousness.
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“Algorithms Lack the Spark of Humanity” — Pope Leo XIV Leads the Revolt Against Silicon Valley’s Idolatry
His words to artists at the Vatican on Friday drew 6.4 million views in hours, days after the New York Times exposed Anthropic’s lobbying of his advisers. The public has chosen its champion.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
guess it will be easy if first film is “Digger”
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The veep on “The Boys” thought she was safe, too, but the white mobs were rabid.
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Can’t get rid of Crazy Grsmps fast enough. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Joshua tree preservation projects scrapped after Trump administration blocks funding
A slate of projects aimed at preserving the future of California's iconic Joshua tree in has been scrapped after the Trump administration blocked more than $25 million in funding for national parks th...
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump’s Justice Department is deciding if Nixon was mistreated.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump has stopped using the Flying Bribery Palace. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Stops Using Luxurious But Defenseless Jet He Solicited From Qatar
The president has for his five most recent trips, including Friday’s, used the real Air Force One built for that purpose. The White House refuses to explain the switch.
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