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Ed Zimmerman

@edgrapenutzimm.bsky.social
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VC/startup Law @lowensteinLLP, Adj Prof @Columbia_Biz,CoFound: @close_first; @venturecrush.bsky.social, the historic fund, Boards: @Fisk1866 @theorchidfdn

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Ed Zimmerman @edgrapenutzimm.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
So excited for this… esp @iamyola.bsky.social 🎶
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Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
God bless bookstore employees having fun.
Barnes and Noble book table sign: "Oh look, it's that gay hockey romance!"


Preorder the next in the series today 
Coming Sept, 2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Whom to believe? 🤡 @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/w...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I’m never gonna forget that lady not even looking at the Epstein survivors during that hearing. Enjoy your descent.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Pam Bondi is gone yet RFK Jr. remains.
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Two brilliant civil rights lawyers - one Asian American; one Black American. Both women. @aclu.org’s Cecellia Wang & @legaldefensefund.bsky.social’s @janainelson.bsky.social. They argued two of the most consequential cases in SCOTUS this year. This embrace is one of my favorite moments of the day.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Pfizer has ended its large Phase III Trial of an updated COVID19 vaccine. They were not able to enroll enough people to meet their goal. A major problem is the FDA’s wholly unreasonable demand that people with chronic conditions, who benefit most from the vaccine, not be allowed to participate.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
In case you were wondering: Yes, there is a Jonathan the Great Tortoise angle to the Pam Bondi firing news.
Helena in Focus @sthelenafocus
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Not only is Jonathan alive and well on St Helena, but during his time on the planet he has now seen off 76 US Attorney Generals, from the 11th Attorney General, Roger Brooke Taney, in 1832, to outgoing 87th Attorney General, Pam Bondi, in
2026. Jonathan is the great survivor.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia on Pam Bondi: "She will not escape accountability and remains legally obligated to appear before our Committee under oath. She must answer for her mishandling of the Epstein files and the special treatment she has given Ghislaine Maxwell."
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“The last night I was a pediatric resident, a child came in with Hib and promptly died by the next day. I didn’t work for 50 years to have everything destroyed by one man.” -Dr. Kathryn Edwards, Vanderbilt University This is what RFK Jr. and the anti-vaxxers have wrought.
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A deadly bacterial disease is returning, doctors warn, as vaccination rates fall
Hib once killed 1,000 children a year, permanently disabling many more. Doctors who've never seen the disease say the comeback is changing the way they practice medicine.
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NPR @npr.org · 03/04/2026
Since last year, the Justice Department has made unprecedented demands to states for sensitive voter data, including drivers license numbers and partial Social Security numbers. n.pr/4cnHgpy
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As DOJ prepares to share state voter data with DHS, a key privacy officer resigns
Since last year, the Justice Department has made unprecedented demands to states for sensitive voter data, including drivers license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
HEADLINE OF THE DAY: 😆 #BuhBYE
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
may this define her for the rest of her life. she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired. girl, bye.
Pam bondi ignoring Epstein survivors
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/04/2026
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We decided to illustrate it.
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
“‘All I’m going to say is that I stand by my decision,’ she said… “Much of the audience at the board meeting broke into cheers and applause after her statement. Chants of ‘shame’ were heard as board members voted to fire her...” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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Tenn. library director fired over refusal to move LGBTQ+ books to adult section
A county board near Nashville voted to dismiss Luanne James, who said she stands by her decision, in the latest clash in a national debate over access to books.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/04/2026
According to the Times:
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
BREAKING Charles Kushner, the US Ambassador to France, has been banned from meeting with members of the French government after he failed to show up to a diplomatic summons with the French Foreign Minister.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I see the Charlie Kushner ambassadorship to France is going about as well as expected:
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NPR @npr.org · 24/02/2026
France's top diplomat has requested that U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner no longer be allowed direct access to members of the French government. Kushner skipped a meeting Monday to discuss comments by the Trump administration over the beating death of a far-right activist. n.pr/4cbQOo6
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France moves to bar US Ambassador Charles Kushner from direct government access
France's top diplomat has requested that U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner no longer be allowed direct access to members of the French government. Kushner skipped a meeting Monday to discuss comments by the Trump administration over the beating death of a far-right activist.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Trump's longtime confidant Thomas Barrack, now serving as U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, was in regular, close contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor, a CBS News analysis of over 100 texts and email exchanges shows.
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Trump insider Tom Barrack kept in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein for years, files show
Tom Barrack, a top U.S. diplomat and longtime friend of President Trump, networked and socialized with Epstein for years, CBS News found.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/02/2026
This flew under the radar, but it shouldn’t have. When senator Alex Padilla was tackled by DHS, Kristi Noem’s side piece, Corey Lewandowski, was orchestrating the situation in the hall.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
“.. With the vacancy-to-unemployed ratio now below 1.0, bargaining power is again shifting back to capital and away from workers. .. This is a marked contrast with an overall economy that is running hot.” @elerianm.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/298a...
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Dele @creidim.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Always a comfort to listen to Glen Hansard.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20/01/2026
There is no strategy www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Ed Zimmerman @edgrapenutzimm.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
But Hegseth’s wife and brother in law were notified ahead of strike and unlawful kidnapping of foreign head of state so
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a cartoon of donald trump sitting at a desk with the words relax guy written below him
ALT: a cartoon of donald trump sitting at a desk with the words relax guy written below him
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 03/01/2026
Trump took this blatantly illegal step without a word to Congress, even though Maduro publicly announced that he was ready to sit down and discuss anything. Trump is totally out of control. This madman is going to provoke a world war.
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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Democratic Sen. Andy Kim on capture of Maduro: "Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress"
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
This is a strange way of saying “we’re complying with court orders now that we failed to get #SCOTUS to stay them.”
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Ed Zimmerman @edgrapenutzimm.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Wakeling said that call from Townshend was « Probably one of the greatest honors in my life » (via the interview in @avclub.com by @noelmu.bsky.social ) interview is loaded with gems, including the double entendre I had missed for my first 40 yrs of listening! www.avclub.com/dave-wakelin...
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Ed Zimmerman @edgrapenutzimm.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Saw👆after posting👇elsewhere: ❤️ the Pete Townshend story: “Oh, hello Dave, this is Peter Townshend here &I’m sitting with David Gilmour,&we’re trying to work out your song ‘Save It For Later,’ but we can’t work out the tuning » @theavclubgames.bsky.social www.avclub.com/dave-wakelin...
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Dave Wakeling on the short, successful, fractious career of The English Beat
Dave Wakeling on the short, successful, fractious career of The English Beat
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Ed Zimmerman @edgrapenutzimm.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
& Here’s Pete Townshend doing it live, confirming that he got the tuning from @dave_wakeling (who apparently said the Velvet Underground used the tuning) w Pete offering « prizes to anyone who can tell me what it’s about » youtu.be/pQ0zMDJKkbg?...
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Save It For Later
YouTube video by DeepEndRocks
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Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Jean Dubuffet, Man with a Hod, 1955 botfrens.com/collections/14375/cont…
Bequeathed by E.C. Gregory 1959
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Edvard Munch @edvardmunch.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Christmas in the Brothel 1905 botfrens.com/collections/90/content…
Christmas in the Brothel
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Mark Rothko @markrothko.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Untitled botfrens.com/collections/25/content…
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Ed Zimmerman @edgrapenutzimm.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
« We go from being an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state » Sharon Alfonsi! Well said. Bari Weiss is not a journalist and lacks integrity.
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JAMA @jama.com · 22/12/2025
💬 Viewpoint: The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission’s strategy to address chronic diseases in children relies on weak, voluntary, and unsupported initiatives while neglecting proven, evidence-based public health interventions. ja.ma/4qiHfax
JAMA article titled "The Make American Healthy Again Strategy Report" by Peter Lurie and Lawrence Gostin, published online October 22, 2025. It discusses health initiatives, chronic diseases, and policy inconsistencies.
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Marc Reeve @cmraman.geek.org · 05/12/2025
Why am I not surprised? NPS has made Trump's birthday a free admission day, while deleting MLK Day and Juneteenth.
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National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
NEW: @sherylnyt.bsky.social and I dove into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s quest to dismantle vaccine policy, telling the inside story of how his allies from the vaccine activism world and political appointees embarked on a crash course with government scientists. Gift: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
forty-one minutes is a long time to spend premeditating
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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Prof. Michael Fuhrer @michaelsfuhrer.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
"The survivors could hypothetically have floated to safety, been rescued, and carried on with trafficking the drugs, the logic went. "The other source with direct knowledge of the briefing called that rationale 'f**king insane.'”
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Ed Zimmerman @edgrapenutzimm.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Then becomes secretary of war….
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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Hegseth can spin this atrocity and murder of two men clinging to a part of the bombed boat, but he's not reporting news on FOX, twisting it to suit his story- he knew, he ordered it, he's guilty. #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks #https://wapo.st/4457oRB
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Hegseth, citing ‘fog of war,’ says he learned of survivors hours after strike
The defense secretary’s remarks were the most extensive public accounting yet of his involvement in the military’s lethal attack on alleged drug smugglers on Sept. 2.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/12/2025
US judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states reut.rs/4pOvHvF
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US judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing in 22 states a provision of the Republican's signature tax and domestic policy bill that would deprive Planned Parenthood and local affiliates that perform abortions of Medicaid funding.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
What did we learn about from the shutdown? Democrats should press a focused message (don’t hate on Healthcare Hakeem) to shift the agenda against a weak Republican Party in disarray.
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