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Doug Simmons

@dougsimmons.bsky.social
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Senior gadfly -- 22 years at the Village Voice, 8 years at the Boston Phoenix. Be kind there's still time, pace Larkin.

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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You do understand that everything he's doing to Washington DC is about fortifying the city when he decides he's not leaving office
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Remember when Jake Tapper dug in his heels to defend Fox News when Obama dared to move them to the second row of the press room? Well, now that the roles have reversed, I'm sure that Fox News will -- come on, stop laughing, let me finish
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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Kid was asking some pointed questions about how babies are born which led to me drawing the best picture I’ve drawn in my life
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Dedicated music fans will sacrifice their dignity for the front row. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
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Pass the pit diapers! Why are fans wetting themselves to stand front row at concerts?
Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan and Morgan Wallen have all dealt with audience effluence in recent weeks – but that’s only one part of a fearsome subculture that has built up around fandom, endurance and ‘...
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I see your point except for the hilarious part--tragically delusional is closer to the mark.
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
it's almost like everything he says is untrue
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Paxton owns 11 homes
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Regarding game 3 -- Knix (in six) were in foul trouble from the moment 47 accepted the Dolan invite.
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
desecration rapidly unfolding
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19): NYT: 5 of 58 WashPost: 1 of 43 WSJ: 0 of 40 AP: 0 of 26 CNN Wire: 0 of 18 NY Post: 0 of 17 Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4 LA Times: 0 of 4 Boston Globe: 0 of 2
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🦋ILyria🦋🌊 @ilyria.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
RELEASE THE REMAINING EPSTEIN FILES, NO WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN. YES, WE KNOW THERE ARE 3 MILLION MORE FILES. JUSTICE TO ALL VICTIMS INJUSTICE FOR AMERICA. REMOVE THIS COMPLETE ADMINISTRATION FOR TREASON UNDER ARTICLE II SECTION 4. RULES ARE THERE FOR A REASON‼️
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
A strength?
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Good one, Kimmel -- The only war Trump had an exit plan for was Vietnam.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...
investigativepost.org
Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo.
A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
the thing about the venezuela invasion is that we need to see the epstein files
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
it is incredibly funny that Matt Taibbi, who considers himself very internet savvy, does not seem to know, or hopes to pretend before a judge that he does not know, what the word "owned" signifies in internet-speak
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet. Run on *that*
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I found out from this post. Thank you!
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Sahara Stevens ❤️🇺🇸 @sahara-stevens.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
This is some disturbing ICE Gestapo footage. They point guns at citizens and threaten to shoot them. They punch a guy in the back of the head repeatedly when he’s down and already subdued, then later slam his head into the side of their vehicle. This took place on 10/31/2025 in Evanston, IL.
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
oopsie!
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation. I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
sleepy don
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Good one!
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Good ones!
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
More shots
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I shot some people on Fifth Avenue today.
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Andrea @andreakremer.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Nothing in recent weeks has come closer to articulating the gut punch that I am feeling, and maybe that you are, too — those of us raised on Schoolhouse Rock and Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus" and Pax Americana — than this did. via @thebulwark.bsky.social
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
buying a samsung refrigerator is not a good idea, my experience has shown
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
This review is detailed with so many juicy bits I have lost my desire to read the book, despite my lust for insider-y media dish. yalereview.org/article/burr...
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Bryan Burrough on Graydon Carter's Memoir and Vanity Fair’s Golden Era
Lavish budgets, high-society gossip, and headline-making journalism— Vanity Fair under Graydon Carter was the last great magazine empire. Bryan Burrough…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Wow. Fox refused to put their longtime Chief National Security Correspondent on air since the Signal story broke because she has been honest on social media about it. www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-...
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Fox News Has Benched Its Chief National Security Correspondent for 30 Hours and Counting After Massive National Security Leak
Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has been with the network for over 25 years, providing frontline reporting from locations around the globe, including Jerusalem and Mosc...
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Fight fight fight! coloradonewsline.com/2025/03/21/c...
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Capacity crowds turn out in Colorado for Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez • Colorado Newsline
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visited Colorado on Friday as part of their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour.
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Fiona Hill had her security clearance revoked. She knows too much. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdgv...
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Dr. Fiona Hill - What's Next for the Russia-Ukraine War | Prof G Conversations
YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
He knows he's cooked www.reuters.com/world/us/top...
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Top Senate Democrat Schumer postpones book tour for "security reasons"
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer postponed his book tour events for the week of March 17 "for security reasons," according to an announcement posted on the website of the Baltimore library where he was due to speak on Monday.
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
dizzying
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I can nazi anything else after seeing this image
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Pelosi's also a no
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Let’s face it, Schumer has been terrible even before this. It is time for new leadership. He isn’t the person for this moment in history, and the longer he clings to power the worse off we all are.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill. Do not let anyone play games with you.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Thrilled to see @gavinnewsom.bsky.social settle into his role as the Democratic version of Ted Cruz -- pretending to run for president, but really living out his dream of becoming a podcaster no one fucking wants to listen to.
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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that Teslas are priced to move with $0 down and no payments for 48 months
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 10/03/2025
Mr. Musk plans to layoff 83,000 workers at the VA. That means lower quality care for our vets. Unacceptable. I agree with the VFW: The VA must “reconsider its planned reduction of 83,000 employees & thoroughly review any proposed cuts prior to rolling out further announcements.”
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
bernie’s drawing crowds again with more to come
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Not planning next year's flu shots? Sounds bad. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
well said
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Ok that made me laugh
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Speaking of dumb, Tom Homan openly confessed to a corrupt quid pro quo on live television and thinks it's a federal crime to inform immigrants of their legal rights under the Constitution.
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Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The first step to privatization of our parks? www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Embarrassing. He's addressing his NATO counterparts in Brussels acting like he's at a Trump rally or on location for Fox at a rodeo.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Btw let me reinforce this again when it comes to this crew: EVERY ACCUSATION IS A CONFESSION.
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