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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 29/09/2026

The unspoken point here is that members of Congress are arguing they're above laws their constituents are expected to follow - the same constituents who can be harassed or murdered by law enforcement officials (who are similarly immune from prosecution).

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 27/09/2026

"The report by Quebecor media quoted two unnamed...[Quebec gov't sources] who said US officials had attempted to negotiate tariffs with Quebec directly. It also noted how a US-based think tank...published an essay in Feb. calling for US to destabilize the Canadian federation..."

globalnews.ca

Federal intelligence agency contacted amid U.S. interference allegations in Quebec election | Globalnews.ca

As Quebec's election enters its final stretch, U.S. interference allegations prompted a CSIS contact and calls for from party leaders for transparency.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 27/09/2026

"Peace! I will stop your fucking mouth." Benedick, Act 5, Scene 4 Mich Ado About Nothing

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 23/09/2026

WaPo: "‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues" www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

McCrery informed the White House that Trump’s ballroom design did not meet fire safety codes, which require the majority of guests to be able to quickly exit through the main entrance during an emergency, according to the people and documents. The architect also pointed out that alternative emergency exit routes out of the building were insufficient, and that there was little in the design to prevent a kitchen fire from rapidly spreading into the event space on the floor above.

In addition to fire safety concerns, Trump’s desired ballroom design did not include enough toilets to accommodate the structure’s maximum occupancy, according to documents, and there were few options for adding more, as the event space occupied most of the building’s footprint. One early ballroom design featured just seven stalls in the women’s bathroom.

On Sept. 30, 2025, a White House team met to review the ballroom design, and they discussed “areas of concern” and comments from contractors on the project, according to a White House official’s meeting notes. “Life safety — big concern,” the notes said.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 23/09/2026

Scenes from Baltimore, MD and Washington DC this past weekend, 2026-09-19 and 2026-09-20.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 22/09/2026

"But requiring them to report in person for a virtual hearing far from both their home & the court feels 'Kafkaesque,' Koelsch said. He theorized...the move is a strategy to increase the number of in absentia deportation orders for ppl who don’t show up in court." www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

thebanner.com

Scheduling ‘trick’ sends immigrants to DC for Baltimore hearings

The Washington location isn’t associated with any known immigration court.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 20/09/2026

Photos that didn't make the wire: Thousands protest efforts by US President Donald Trump's threats to demolish the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, Sept. 18, 2026.

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Kent @kentnish.com · 18/09/2026

The President of the United States declares he is “banning” journalists from CNN, MSNOW and POLITICO from the White House. Adding that more media outlets will be banned as well.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 18/09/2026

I once again made less than $10k last year, haven't had health insurance for more than 20 years, and spent the last four years living in my truck watching outlets use my photos for pennies on the dollar. I can't afford it, and I still don't have a paywall.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 15/09/2026

For the Love of God, Please Bring Back 3.5mm Headphone Jacks on Phones.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Can we please stop doing this? I made a comic about it and everything!

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 13/09/2026

UPDATE: @wonkette.bsky.social has added an editor's note to my feature after one of the actual Nazis reached out in the comments to specify his bigotry.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 13/09/2026

UPDATE: @wonkette.bsky.social has added an editor's note to my feature after one of the actual Nazis reached out in the comments to specify his bigotry.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 12/09/2026

"At first people thought this was some kind of edgy, satirical comedy troupe. They called themselves actual Nazis, said Lang was a fake Nazi, and wore red arm bands with swastikas...People walking by stopped dead in their tracks as they tried to figure out just what the actual fuck was going on. "

wonkette.com

Nazi Jake Lang Protested By Other Nazis As They All Crash 9/11 Memorial In NYC

And Dom was there.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 10/09/2026

"Outside court on Thursday, Cheng said: 'If reporters’ employment rights are not sufficiently safeguarded, or when their rights are violated and not enforced in law, then we can no longer work safely as reporters.'"

theguardian.com

Wall Street Journal publisher convicted in Hong Kong of deterring reporter from union role

Dow Jones convicted of one count of deterring Selina Cheng from role at Hong Kong Journalist Association but cleared of second charge

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A low-effort report by a conservative think tank is pushing the narrative that anti-Flock sentiment is being pushed by China and a far-left billionaire. This "study" was picked up by Sinclair broadcasting and pushed in dozens of cities around the country: www.404media.co/smear-campai...

404media.co

Smear Campaign Says Anti-Flock Movement Is Chinese Propaganda

Sinclair Broadcasting is pushing the idea that China and the No Kings protesters are the reason people don't like Flock.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 08/09/2026

Got denied credentials by Trumpland. Again.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 08/09/2026

Dominic Gwinn, The Smoke Eater and Image Query Press will never willingly give your information, public or private, to a third party. I respect your privacy, and take extremely ridiculous and absurd measures to protect certain information. That's part of being a goddamn journalist.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

New: Flock specifically taught police how to surveil No Kings protests, fireworks shows, parades, bike races: "I’ve got the video footage to monitor when things go sideways, I know when the environment is starting to shift." www.404media.co/flock-taught...

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 02/09/2026

"When asked about the aircraft carrier’s appearance, Capt. Dan Keeler...replied that 'it is normal for a long deployment and we’re not going to make further comments.' Asked for his thoughts about about Trump’s comment...he was similarly terse. 'So, the President speaks for himself,' he said."

apnews.com

The USS Abraham Lincoln docks near Thai beach city of Pattaya after its Middle East deployment

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has docked in eastern Thailand after its grueling deployment in the Middle East.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 01/09/2026

"The missiles detonated above a sports complex and two residential neighborhoods...The PrSM is designed to explode midair and propel tens of thousands of dense metal pellets at high speed in all directions...It is unclear who or what was the intended target..."

apnews.com

New US missile appears to have left wide path of death and destruction in Iranian city, report says

Lockheed Martin has touted the pinpoint accuracy of its Precision Strike Missile. But the conflict monitor Airwars says a close look at what is believed to be its first use in combat highlights the po...

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 01/09/2026

"The result is not only to silence journalists’ primary source of breaking news, but to control the flow of information to news outlets through...PR professionals who know how to spin a story...law enforcement migration to encryption hasn’t gotten the coverage or the public attention it deserves."

kansasreflector.com

The distance between the police and public is literally widening. So is the accountability gap. • Kansas Reflector

Not long ago every newsroom had a police scanner. I’m not talking about the days when ashtrays overflowed with cigarette butts and a bottle of scotch was kept in a desk drawer to toast special occasio...

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 01/09/2026

"The Liberals picked up three seats Monday night, the party's second byelection hat trick this year. The biggest win for the Liberals is in Quebec's Chicoutimi-Le Fjord...Those results will be the focus of reporters' questions whenever Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre next meets the media."

cbc.ca

Liberals sweep 3 federal byelections in Ontario, Quebec and B.C. | CBC

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 01/09/2026

I want more buttons. I want a phone with a QWERTY keypad. I want bug mechanical switches that require two hands to operate. I want a whole room full of more switches, buttons, levers knobs and dials than the Space Shuttle. Photo via NASA

Photo Credit NASA, via Wikimedia Commons.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STSCPanel.jpg

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 01/09/2026

I never met country folk who watch cowboy soap operas, or city folk who binge gritty police procedurals, but I know a lot of suburbanites who will.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 29/08/2026

The photo of the Canada Goose and Bald Eagle making the rounds in right-wing social media circles originates from Canadian wildlife photographer Mervyn Sequeira in February of 2025. Sequeira's full photo series shows the eagle eventually gave up.

youtube.com

#TheMoment a brawl between a Canada goose and bald eagle was caught on camera

YouTube video by CBC News: The National

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 29/08/2026

"I once saved the city from a terrorist, but do they call me Hank the Hero? Nope...but when you solicit ONE porpoise..."

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 28/08/2026

“The economic costs of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown” www.economist.com/finance-and-... The @economist.com discusses our work on the long term effects of the US Administration’s international student exclusion policy. Full paper here—> www.iza.org/publications...

Longer-lasting damage may come from a slowdown in high-skilled immigration. The administration has tightened rules on student visas—down by a third last year—H-1B visas for skilled workers and green cards. At the technological frontier, America relies heavily on foreigners: American-trained workers born abroad make up 35% of those with PhDs in science, technology, engineering and maths. Michael Clemens of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, another think-tank, and his co-authors estimate that such a sustained squeeze on student visas would shrink that top-notch workforce by 11.5% and could reduce annual real GDP by nearly $500bn (1.6% of last year’s figure) within a decade.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 28/08/2026

"That ban is supposed to take effect in mid-November...to limit overall THC levels in hemp products...including gummies, canned drinks, pills and vapes...The White House did not respond to a request for comment about its plans for imposing new rules on hemp products in the coming months..."

politico.com

White House, hemp lobbyists bet on shutdown politics to delay ‘diet weed’ ban

Lawmakers say the Trump administration is promising to use the one-month punt to work on new regulations.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 27/08/2026

I found an unused bidet and a Singer 2277 sewing machine with all its parts and manuals at the thrift store.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 27/08/2026

"In a related story, audiences concurred that too many beloved performers from Home Alone 2: Lost In New York had recently been lost, including Curry, Catherine O’Hara, and Brenda Fricker, when there was at least one obvious un-beloved 80-year-old cast member who remains alive."

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 27/08/2026

Earlier today, Rev William Barber II visited Salisbury, MD to lead a march of around 200 in support of Haitian refugees. Barber attempted to deliver a letter and meet with gov't officials in Wicomico Co., MD, home to a large Haitian refugee population, but was denied.

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Stéphane Burlot @stefburlot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Desperate Journalist sortiront leur 6e album le 20 novembre prochain. Je les avais découvert en 2021 avec leur 4e album, "Maximum Sorrow!". Voilà un des morceaux que j'adore d'eux. NB : la batteuse, Caroline, est française ! (elle me rend plus fier que Macron) www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd7-...

youtube.com

Desperate Journalist - Personality Girlfriend (Official Video)

YouTube video by Desperate Journalist

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

There's also talks that management wants to use generative AI for visual content as well.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 25/08/2026

Astronomer Cliff Stoll walks through how he tracked a hacker across the Earth with slide rules and space photos during the 1980s pre-Internet. Buckle up, this one is *a ride!*

youtu.be

DefCon 34 - Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later - Cliff Stoll

YouTube video by DEFCONConference

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 25/08/2026

"And TX [R's] have shown a reluctance to split tickets over the past several decades...But now some conservatives and right-leaning independents say they plan to vote [D] in protest, dissatisfied with how the GOP is handling issues such as data centers, water, electricity, schools and the economy."

washingtonpost.com

Some Texas conservatives are breaking ranks and pledging to vote Democratic

Republicans who are angry at Gov. Greg Abbott’s refusal to block data centers are giving his Democratic challenger hope for an upset.

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Dominic Gwinn @dominicgwinn.com · 24/08/2026

"It seemed like everywhere you turned there were miles of security fencing, federal agents, police and National Guard...I saw a father holding his son on his shoulders. The only thing I could see was a partially obscured sign that read 'Freedom.'" www.wonkette.com/p/donald-tru...

wonkette.com

Donald Trump Race Car Go ZHOOOOM ZHOOOOOOM!

He shut down half of DC for his own late-stage dictatorship party. Again. And Dom was there!

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