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Editor of Press Watch (presswatchers.org) and Heads Up News (headsupnews.org). Ex-Washington Post, HuffPost, Intercept. Freelancer. I afflict comfortable journalists.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h
If Democrats retake the Senate, Warren will surely become chair of the Senate Banking Committee and, as such, in a position to investigate, humiliate and ultimately destroy Scott Bessent.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h
Over the last decade, there were two hypotheses: H1: the political right genuinely cared about threats to speech from the left. H2: they were using campus speech wars to impose their values and silence dissent. Today, the answer is clear, but I can't find any of the H1 people admitting their error.
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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
ABC News' lawyer told a judge the network is tempering its election coverage because of government threats. The Trump Censorship Industrial Complex is real...and expanding.
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Opinion | The Trump Censorship Industrial Complex is real. This ABC lawyer just admitted it.
Anthony L. Fisher: ABC’s lawyer says the network is tempering its coverage of the government because of the administration’s threats.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 17h
1. Trump’s new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is a prolific user of Truth Social where she regularly promoted Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracies, accusing elites in the Democratic Party and Hollywood of running child sex rings and eating people.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This should be the lead story with a screaming headline on every news website: “Trump sides with Putin in Ukraine war.” “After a long, friendly chat during which Putin offered Trump a political lifeline, Trump called for Ukraine to surrender.”
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is how you write a headline.
Telegraph headline:

Trump backstabs Zelensky for five minutes of midterm relief
Deal with Putin for Russia’s oil might soften the markets but Ukraine will pay the price
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I dunno. Maybe it’s time newsroom executives told Trump to go fuck himself, and told their reporters to stop treating him like a normal president. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...
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Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage (Gift Article)
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was examining whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Question reporters should be asking every Republican elected: Your president trusts Putin, praises Putin, is beholden to Putin, and wants to help Putin annex more of Ukraine. What are you going to do about it?
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This should be the lead story with a screaming headline on every news website: “Trump sides with Putin in Ukraine war.” “After a long, friendly chat during which Putin offered Trump a political lifeline, Trump called for Ukraine to surrender.”
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump has picked a side in the Russia Ukraine war. News organizations should make that clear. And every single Republican running for office should be forced to answer whether they, too, support Russia, and how much of Ukraine Russia should be allowed to rule.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Russia is resupplying Iran with missiles. Guess who is, in effect, paying for those missiles when we pump $$$ to Russia for diesel? That's right. Another masterstroke from the genius-in-chief.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“A politicized Department of Justice erodes the rule of law,” writes @barbmcquade.bsky.social “Our society becomes less safe and less just, allowing the powerful to prey upon the vulnerable.” share.inquirer.com/OamclM. Part of the @inquirer.com series called “The Case for Impeachment.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Signs you’re a war criminal: You attack the court that goes after war criminals
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇
Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump really thinks Putin has gotten him out of a jam. 
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump has picked a side in the Russia Ukraine war. News organizations should make that clear. And every single Republican running for office should be forced to answer whether they, too, support Russia, and how much of Ukraine Russia should be allowed to rule.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Y'all have persuaded me. TRUMP DOES NOT KNOW WHERE IRAN IS.
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pete1456.bsky.social @pete1456.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Once again trump is reaching out to Putin to interfere in our elections Russia if ur listening i need diesel
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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A notable Fourth Estate development. Editorial Boards have been silent on defending and following the Constitution except for @inquirer.com and @sentinelcolorado.com Are there others ?
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The lying liars at DHS said ICE agents tried to block Oscar Belgal from driving away, and believed their lives were in danger. Lies. Always lies.
Agent not in the path of the car, pulls out gun
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
Trump makes genocidal threats against Iran and then IMMEDIATELY pivots to whining about not winning the Nobel Peace Price. You can't make it up.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We are governed by the worst 4% of humanity. www.dignity.us/2026-dignity...
Survey question about dignity with a bar chart showing percentages of responses on agreement levels, from strongly agree to strongly disagree. 94% of Americans agree that all people deserve to be treated with dignity; 4% disagree
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Really pathetic how major news organizations still fall for Trump’s bullshit.
Charlie Brown after Lucy pulled the football away… again
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
What the hell us this doing on @ms.now?
Trump propaganda ad “Paid for by the U.S. government”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: A judge ruled the DOJ's policy of collecting states' unredacted voter rolls and urging them to remove voters flagged as ineligible is illegal. "This policy...has left untold numbers of disenfranchised voters in its wake and inflicted injuries to the Plaintiffs' privacy," the court wrote.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Y'all have persuaded me. TRUMP DOES NOT KNOW WHERE IRAN IS.
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Ralf W @raflw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Russian refining capacity has been seriously degraded by Ukrainian drones. What exports could Putin even manage. It's just lies to try to fool farmers and OTR truckers.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Incoming White House press secretary Katie Zacharia *already* has negative credibility. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
rollingstone.com
Trump Taps Far-Right Commentator as New Press Secretary
Katie Zacharia has been tapped as the new White House Press Secretary, replacing Karoline Leavitt as the mouthpiece for Donald Trump's administration.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So this is all midterm theater. And what did Trump give Putin in return? Money to kill more Ukrainian civilians?
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My understanding is that the US doesn't need diesel. It's other countries' needs that are driving up global prices. US refiners make billions of excess profits charging US customers global prices. In fact we are a major exporter of diesel. So WTF? And what did he give Putin in return?
Chart showing consistent production, domestic sale, and exports of diesel over the last 6 months.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This story is still atop the NYT homepage. Did an editor denature it, or did it come from the reporters that way?
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
WaPo for some reason didn't provide an AI summary of the reader comments in response to their editorial urging the passage of a bill that some call a fossil-fuel wish-list. So allow me! Those Post readers are sharp! wapo.st/4B2wrDS
Readers are mostly hostile, and their hostility is aimed as much at the editorial board as at the bill. The most-recommended comments distrust anything the board endorses: “If the EB is for it, it must be bad for ordinary Americans,” and “Bezos propaganda is backfiring.” Others call the board a mouthpiece for Bezos, Big Oil and Trump, mock its “left-wing interest groups” framing, and note that Bezos replaced the previous board. On substance, critics see the bill as a giveaway to fossil-fuel interests and AI data centers dressed up as clean-energy policy. They object to narrowing NEPA reviews, to exempting some infrastructure repairs entirely, and to curbing lawsuits they see as a tool for communities rather than nuisance litigation. A historic-preservation advocate warned that the bill would gut Section 106 reviews and ignore tribal sovereignty. Several readers argue that data centers should supply their own power or pay impact fees, and that the government should stop subsidizing fossil fuels and killing wind projects. Others say Democrats should wait for a better deal after November, or that a massive bill rushed before an election must be hiding something. A small minority backs the board, arguing that permitting delays block clean energy too and that “perfect is the enemy of the good.” Their comments mostly drew few or negative votes. A few readers say they’ll withhold judgment until they hear from environmental groups or see a neutral analysis of the bill.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
JUST UNSEALED: A judge ruled this week that the first Trump admin's "Remain in Mexico" policy illegally subjected thousands of people – many with meritorious asylum claims — to horrifically dangerous and violent conditions and deprived them of access to attorneys. cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/legal-doc...
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Stop writing headlines as if Trump's DOJ is remotely credible! www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/1...
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Kennedy Center doesn’t have to answer questions about Trump’s role, DOJ asserts
The ongoing court battle has prompted an unusual debate about whether executive privilege can extend outside of the president's official responsibilities.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.
A vertical graphic on a white background displays an October 9, 2026, joint statement from the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The full statement, presented in black serif text, reaffirms unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), strongly opposes U.S. sanctions against the Court, warns of their impact on its work, staff, and families, and pledges continued support for international justice, accountability, and the rules-based international system.Marco Rubio, mouth agape, as he announces sweeping sanctions on the ICC to try to punish them for acknowledging Bibi Netanyahu’s war crimes
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Does he think because Iran is in Asia, they'll fire from the west? Or did he just go wild with his Sharpie again? Evergreen link: presswatchers.org/2026/09/dona...
Loops added to the flight path from Tehran to Washington D.C. with  a black Sharpie to make the flight longer than the one to Los Angeles.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It's a farcical attempt to mimic due process.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
FFS! The White House press corps is SO GULLIBLE. There is no such thing as a "committee of inquiry"--and putting it in quote marks is not enough. Trump picked out 3 lickspittles who have no authority to do anything to anyone. This is just another way to smear Lisa Cook. They should be embarrassed.
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Holy smokes. What on earth is going on here? This is not fact-checking! At best it's poorly-informed nonsense but it feels very much like calculated misinformation. #MEpolitics
PolitiFact tweet: Troy Jackson said that Susan Collins “put people like Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court that took away Roe v. Wade.”

Collins did vote for Kavanaugh but it’s misleading to draw a direct line between Collins and Roe v. Wade’s end.
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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You rang? (He can 'establish' what he likes, just not empower it how he likes. And real issues about how any 'decision' would be reviewed.) bsky.app/profile/mfro...
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Is that a different document? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: The feds' petition has been made public in unredacted form. Here's the full filing (with signature blocks below): cst.brightspotcdn.com/58/76/38fc5d...
Signature block for Chicago Civil Chief Thomas Walsh and Suzanne Drouet, deputy counsel for the Justice Department.
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David A. Weinberg @davidaweinberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Another day, another blatant scheme to try short-circuiting the rule of law: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Establishment of a Committee of Inquiry to Investigate Allegations of False Statements by Lisa DeNell Cook
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR ECONOMIC POLICY THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Can I get some legal experts to back me up and amplify this? Too many damn articles are saying "Trump established..." @stevevladeck.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @martylederman.bsky.social who else?
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is hilarious. You can't hide the name of the government prosecutors asking a judge to hide something! DOJ running scared!
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Can we please stop reporting on Trump's supposed "committee of inquiry" as if it's a real thing? He can't just order people to show up and defend themselves before some sort of MAGA Star Chamber.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump is trying to have it both ways when it comes to the idea of letting Iran turn Los Angeles and San Diego into radioactive rubble. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Opinion | The cunning strategy behind Trump’s ‘Let them take out’ L.A. statements
Trump's ambiguity is the point in his new “warning'” about Iran attacking cities in California.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shoddy WaPo write-up of El-Sayed/Rogers debate by Erin Cox. El-Sayed never said a word about Rogers's mom, so "exchanging words about each other’s mothers" is both-sides baloney. Then she repeats Rogers's lies about El-Sayed and just says El-Sayed denies them. wapo.st/4ibaMld
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Takeaways from Michigan Senate debate between Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers
Even mothers were not exempt in a fierce debate in the race for a critical U.S. Senate seat.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Your boss was trying to incite a racist pogrom yesterday, Markwayne
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