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Dan In The Desert

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Busy, busy, busy retiree; former newspaper, wire service journalist; Arizona Humane Society wrangler of dogs and cats; unscrewer of the inscrutable; abuser of semi-colons. Follow me, dammit!

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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 21h
Has she gotten an offer from Fox yet? Katie Zacharia Is Out After 5 Days as White House Press Secretary www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
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Katie Zacharia, Trump’s New Press Secretary, Is Fired After 5 Days
The ouster came as Ms. Zacharia was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Oh, shit! We’re going to Defcon Ketchup!
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Okey-dokey, then. Obviously well-vetted. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Top US Fema official claims to have teleported to a Waffle House before
‘Teleporting is no fun,’ Gregg Phillips, picked to lead Fema’s office of response and recovery, has said on a podcast
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Feeling helpless in the face of the authoritarian takeover of the country? One way of resisting is the monthlong boycott of Orange Caligula’s corporate enablers. Visit the website below for details. I’ve axed my family subscriptions to Apple services for the next month. resistandunsubscribe.com
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Resist and Unsubscribe
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
When you have a president who views the world as though it were a comic book, you can be pretty sure that no one has spent much time on these issues. What could possibly go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/u...
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Trump Plunges the U.S. Into a New Era of Risk in Venezuela
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
The U.S. Mint releases the design of the Donald Trump commemorative wooden nickel. The coin has been dubbed “The Little Woody.”
A wooden nickel featuring the head of Donald Trump and the motto “There’s a sucker born every minute.”
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Well, we’ve crossed the line past which you just can’t parody something this idiotic. Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
WTF? This NYT take sidesteps any mention of the flying monkeys feeling under threat in their old homes and seeking the safety of military protection. I refer you to The Atlantic’s original story. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
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Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air for mocking Donald Trump and MAGA, not for disrespecting anyone recently assassinated. Don't listen to the lies that say otherwise.
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Trump Moves to Crack Down on Drug Advertising So how big a bribe is he asking of the pharmaceutical companies NOT to do this? Because, you know — Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/h...
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Trump Moves to Crack Down on Drug Advertising
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Boy, whatever Trump said to Putin in Alaska must have really scared the Russians
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
MAGA is using Idiocracy AS A FUCKING MISSION PLAN
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Wow! Are they planning to drop in some “Sieg Heills”? www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-...
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Donald Trump US Open visit: Controversy erupts as officials tell media to censor negative reactions to President's appearance for Alcaraz vs Sinner final
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) ordered the broadcasters of the US Open to censor any negative reaction to President Donald Trump's appearance during the final.
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Terrific Ezra Klein piece in today’s NYT on why the Democrats should vote to shut down the government later this month. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
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Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
And the World Cup. The United States is a fascist police state where no one is safe.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Andrew Cuomo says he'll focus on "reaching out to more young people and touching more people." Honey, this sex pest has already touched far too many people.
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
You’re welcome. open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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Noem Poem
An ode to Kristi
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
So our AI systems are increasingly getting answers wrong and just making up nonsense that kinda sorta sounds rational. I expect one of these systems to be appointed to the Trump cabinet shortly. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
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A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
In case you were still wondering if cruelty, indeed, is the message, the answer is an emphatic “Yes.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
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Trump Administration Plans to Send Migrants to Libya on a Military Flight
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Let’s see if Amazon buckles. www.reuters.com/business/ret...
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White House: Amazon tariff price announcement is hostile
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that Amazon's announcement that it will include the price of tariffs on the pricetag for products is a hostile act.
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Well worth listening to this episode of #TheDaily to get a wrenching look at what Trump’s senseless trade war is doing to one woman’s thriving manufacturing company. castro.fm/episode/GYwevB
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The Daily: Her Business Was Thriving. Then Came the Tariffs. (33m)
When President Trump raised tariffs against China to an astonishing 145 percent last week, he radically changed the cost of doing business for thousands of American companies.Michael Barbaro speaks to...
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Well, on the plus side, Kari Lake will be out of a job. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...
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Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent
The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
White Mountain Balloon Festival, Pinetop AZ
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
So, did Putin at least buy Trump dinner first? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
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Zelensky and Trump Trade Blows as Feud Escalates Over Peace Talks
President Trump called Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator” after the Ukrainian president took issue with his statements on the war with Russia.
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
So here’s my proposed deal — the FAA agrees to cut back on safety restrictions, enabling SpaceX to more quickly get their ship into space. But in exchange, Elon must be in the rocket for the maiden launch. Sounds fair, no? #elon #spacex www.propublica.org/article/elon...
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One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.
The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and ...
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Getting tired of the macho-fight framework the press is using for what's happening right now. Democrats are "reeling," "flailing," "gasping," "stunned" at the "shock and awe" "steamrolling" "swift" force of Trump and Musk. I know journalists love treating Democrats as frail headcases, but stop. >
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
So, I assume that this year’s Kennedy Center awards will be centered on The Village People. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
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Trump Says He Will Install Himself as Kennedy Center Chairman
The move by the president, whose authority to make the changes was not clear, is the latest attempt to bring a Washington institution under his control.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/02/2025
"This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history” www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified
Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
And the New Dark Ages just keep getting darker. #bookbans www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Multi-level barrage of US book bans is ‘unprecedented’, says PEN America
Censorship at local to federal level recalls past authoritarian regimes ‘but this has never all happened at once’
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The Guardian: ICE games Google to gin up deportation fears. #ICE #deportation #Trump www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Some useful thoughts on rhetoric to oppose Trump from former Obama speechwriter David Lit. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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How to Drink from a Firehose
A former Obama speechwriter on Trump’s week-one rhetorical strategy—and how you can help beat it
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Wow! Did anyone think that even Orange Julius Caesar would stoop to something like this? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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Live Updates: Trump Revokes Security Details for Some Officials From His First Term
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
In light of the impending festivities (?) in DC tomorrow, I’m encouraging Congress to take a step toward truth in advertising and change the national motto to “There’s A Sucker Born Every Minute.” #Trump #inauguration
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Donald Trump won the votes of an overwhelming number of voters in western Ohio. Now the region’s farmers are worried that RFK Jr. will end to corn syrup production. Sorry folks. You bought the ticket, so now you take the ride. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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RFK Jr’s vow to ban syrup sows concern among corn farmers in Trump heartland
Loss of high fructose corn syrup would be a major blow for producers if Trump’s health pick is true to his word
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
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Bezos Offers WaPo Journalists $50 Amazon Gift Cards not to Quit
The oligarch was spotted accosting fleeing journalists in the lobby of the former newspaper.
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Donald Trump has claimed credit for the mideast ceasefire deal. Of course he has! It's not like the Biden administration had been working toward this for months or anything. I wonder if Trump is going to be so quick to claim credit when he screws up? (Sound of my breath not being held) #ceasefire
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God @thegodshow.com · 15/01/2025
Zuckerberg wants Facebook to have more “masculine energy.” I don’t know what that means. Does it mean adding a set of cock and balls to the logo? Does it mean ending the metaverse? Please say it means that.
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Arizona GOP congressman David Schweikert, apparently having nothing better to do, finds a way to hop on the conspiracy train by dredging up this oldie but goodie. Great. Next up: Dave investigates who killed Jimmy Hoffa.
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
No time to waste! That influence isn’t going to peddle itself, y’know! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump’s property company in talks to buy back his Washington DC hotel
Trump International hotel, currently a Waldorf Astoria, was a venue for influence peddling, opponents say
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
SoCal friends: Many animal shelters are overwhelmed from people dropping off beloved pets they can't take with them as they flee. Please consider donating and fostering. Pasadena Humane is one such org. Contact your local animal orgs to see if they need help. pasadenahumane.org/eaton-canyon...
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I have created a new measurement of time — TrumpMAX. One TrumpMAX is equal to the length of time between waking up and absolutely maxing out on thoughts of, sighting of, or in any way enduring the Orange Turd. When it hits zero, you get a commemorative t-shirt and a puppy.
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
In addition to her thank you for the support she’s received, Ann Telnaes gives her fellow cartoonists a crack at her concept. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
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With gratitude
I am overwhelmed by the response
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
I’m shocked! Shocked, I say!! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege
Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Don’t be too concerned about House Speaker Mike Johnson’s fate. If he’s bounced, he can return to his previous gig as one of the Keebler Elves.
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Regarding the marooned space station astronauts, this from CBS. “The handover period "allows Crew-9 to share any lessons learned with the newly arrived crew and support a better transition for ongoing science and maintenance at the complex." Here’s some advice: Don’t fly Boeing.
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
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ABC Apologizes for Freedom of Press
“We have spoken to the employee who exercised his First Amendment right, and he won’t do it again.”
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Great idea! And when the post office is privatized, rates go up and portions of the country deemed unprofitable lose mail service or at very least have those services drastically cut? Oh well… www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump eyes privatizing U.S. Postal Service, citing financial losses
Trump feuded with the mail agency in his first term. Privatizing it could shake up consumer shipping and business supply chains.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
It begins www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Exclusive: Trump transition recommends scrapping car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Tesla
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Dan In The Desert @desertdan52.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Hey, iron lung advocates! Rejoice! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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RFK Jr key adviser petitioned regulators to revoke approval of polio vaccine
Aaron Siri is helping Trump’s health secretary pick to select top jobs despite long history of attacking vaccines
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