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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 5h

I wonder if the text of the 16th amendment itself - the “from whatever source derived” language - gives enough room for a wealth tax. Surely someone has analyzed that question. Googling now!

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

You know you’re an editor from New England when you see something like this, call the offender over and ask him what he has against our native language.

You cover a guy long enough, you think you can peer into his soul. It's an occupational hazard that beat reporters need to be mindful of.

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No, the last one. Can’t frost the cake before it’s baked.

The Onion @theonion.com · 16/10/2026

Lou Cannon’s bio is still the best bio of Reagan, and can be the last word as far as I’m concerned.

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New Evidence Suggests Amelia Earhart Was Accepted Into Crab Society theonion.com/new-evidence-suggests-…

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/10/2026

Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers on Friday, setting olive groves on fire and slinging rocks. Caught in the attack was Post photographer Heidi Levine. “They just kept kicking me and kicking me, like probably 50 times,” Levine said. wapo.st/4yt6dHY

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Is this real? I desperately want this to have been a real thing.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

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American WaPo veteran photojournalist Heidi Levine was severely beaten by Israeli “settlers” in the West Bank, along with Palestinians harvesting olives. Story: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1... Here she is in the ambulance:

Woman with gray hair lying in an ambulance appearing stunned

Photo by Jasper Nathaniel

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In what world is this a good idea? When it comes to oil levels, the best two sensors are a dipstick and my eyeballs. Ugh.

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Time is an illusion, a human construct not anchored to anything approaching reality. Reese's Cups, on the other hand, are as real as it gets pally.

Seeing a lot of the same thing. Getting long, detailed questions about what we do and how we do it, and these are clearly written by AI.

Denverite @denverite.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

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"The Crime Reporter" is a new play about newspaper woman Florence Gilbert. The playwright is a reporter himself, longtime arts reporter John Moore.

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What happens when an arts reporter makes art?

John Moore’s new play “The Crime Reporter” has a staged reading at the Denver Press Club at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

“Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book.” Dwight D. Eisenhower

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/10/2026

In 1945, The New York Times correspondent Milton Bracker traveled through blizzards, blown tires, and war zones to transport a photo proving the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini was dead.

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A Photo of Mussolini’s Corpse Led Page 1. How It Got There Is a Tale.

It took a perilous trip through an Alpine blizzard to show the world the dictator was dead.

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This is our generation's Hamlet. In 500 years people will still be reading this when the leaves begin to turn. They'll also wonder what the heck "Diff'rent Strokes" was.

Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 14/10/2026

Excellent point. And the annual financial town meeting would be a great plot point for supernatural hijinx!

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Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Thinking now that anyone who wants to run for federal office should be required to read an authoritative history of the election of 1800.

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When I was a very little kid -- 4 maybe? -- my dad took my brother and me to Station 1 in West Warwick, and the firefighters let us crawl all over the trucks and even slide down the pole. SLIDE DOWN THE POLE! Maybe my all-time greatest childhood memory.

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Why would I engage with someone who posits that, as opposed to just backing away slowly?

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

… there will be joy in Mudville.

Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

And a janky guy selling weed in the doorway.

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Amanda Milkovits @amandamilkovits.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Italian-American women insist on equality. The men say they should stay in their place. Now, a gender war is tearing apart this venerable Italian social club in Rhode Island. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/12/m...

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A gender war is tearing apart this venerable Italian American community - The Boston Globe

Women’s Auxiliary members of the Santa Maria di Prata Society in Cranston, R.I., want equal standing. The men don’t even want them in the kitchen anymore.

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

That happened 80 years ago. Interesting thing to bring up now.

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Carrs Pond was our all-time favorite spot in high school. I still love that place.

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I’ve spent 40 years as a journalist in large part because I grew up reading the Journal and the Evening Bulletin (its PM edition, now gone obviously.) This saddens me.

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Tomorrow Is Yesterday - Wikipedia

I’m finishing up the night by watching this awesome episode of TOS. My wife is mocking me. She is a bad person. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorro...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

David Horsey, Seattle Times

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As a long-time race caller, this makes me smile.

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Betsy Cazden @betsy-cazden.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I ate those things like, well, pistachios, and I ended up 5’ 11”. Maybe it was the lead paint?

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Important seasonal news from Little Rhody:

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Ronnie Wallace, a high school classmate from West Warwick. And because we’re all one degree of separation in that state, his dad was my first baseball coach.

Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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This guy spent 14 hours waiting for a squirrel to set off this Rube Goldberg Machine. [📹 Creezy] Original post

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Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Another illustrious chapter in the history of GW hoops.

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Post Monkey @postmonkey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I was in Maine a couple of weeks ago and noticed diesel was at $6.50 a gallon. Doesn't take Daniel Yergin to do the math on the cost of home heating oil and its effects on the public's mood.

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Bartleby Day

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That is bizarre. Seems like some ambitious legislator could take a run at this.

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Welp, only thing to do is move to Golden, Colo. We got plenty.

Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Isn’t there one at the Pontiac Mill? I thought it was pretty good, but that was maybe 4 years ago.

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Why is this child a Yankees fan? What have you done?

Jim Clarke @jimclarkeden.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is precisely why my wife started her monthly “Crafting for Democracy” meeting at the Denver Press Club. It brings people together to relax and talk.