Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 12/02/2025He doesn’t run the paper laissez-faire because of his other business interests. He’s just a dirtbag. 030
Reposted by Joel DouglasJustin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 07/02/2025New DOGE names: The accounts of DOGE focused on young Silicon Valley engineers are incomplete. It also includes attorneys with elite establishment credentials -- at least two former SCOTUS clerks and a third who will clerk for Gorsuch next term www.propublica.org/article/elon...propublica.orgThe Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court ClerksMuch attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the group has also hired high-powered legal talent. 411097461
Reposted by Joel DouglasPatton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/02/2025This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...salon.comBookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon"Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally. 491356266694
Reposted by Joel DouglasDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB. 19985565411307
Reposted by Joel DouglasDrop Site @dropsitenews.com · 05/02/2025NEW | Senior Hamas official Dr Basem Naim issues strategy in response to President Trump: ⬇️ 1218266
Reposted by Joel DouglasAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Canada and the European Commission need to suspend X operations and investigate whether or not these allegations can be corroborated, if yes, lawsuits, sanctions, and an Interpol red and silver notice are necessary against X Corp, Elon Musk, and his collaborators. 9630701059
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Last night I was watching Vertigo. Easily one of my favorite films. During the opening credits I saw the Saul Bass had done the design and animation direction. I love this aesthetic so much. 040
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 21/01/2025At least THR got the headline right.hollywoodreporter.comSometimes a Nazi Salute Is a Nazi SaluteDid Elon Musk intentionally "sieg heil" at a Donald Trump inauguration rally? Sometimes it only matters what you do, not what you intend. 010
Reposted by Joel DouglasKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 20/01/2025“When women are free to make their own decisions about their lives and to follow our dreams, we are unstoppable.” Cecile was a force of nature. May her memory be a blessing. 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...19thnews.orgCecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has diedRichards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67. 1123335126037
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 20/01/2025I love the Athletic Football Show so much! Thanks, @robertmays.bsky.social for your continued hard work and terrific analysis. I love the chemistry with @qbklass.bsky.social. Derrik has been a tremendous addition to the show! 000
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 20/01/2025We need to boycott Amazon AND AWS.reuters.comDavos climate activists paint Amazon base green, disrupt helicoptersClimate activists sprayed green paint over Amazon's base in Davos on Monday and disrupted helicopter landings at the start of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. 020
Reposted by Joel DouglasMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025He accidentally did a Nazi salute... TWICE. While talking about the future of Western civilization. He is who we think he is. 41675381592
Reposted by Joel DouglasDittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks · 20/01/2025Shortly after the dipshit is sworn in again today, DOGE is going to be sued.🤭 The National Security Council claims that DOGE violates a 1972 law requiring White House advisory committees to adhere to standards on disclosure and hiring.rawstory.comElon Musk's DOGE will be sued minutes after Trump is sworn in: reportX owner Elon Musk will reportedly be hit with a lawsuit within minutes of Donald Trump getting sworn in as president on Monday.The Washington Post reports that public interest law form National Securi... 17419114
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 19/01/2025@jvl.bsky.social - quite disappointed that you bought into the Trump Meme rugpull. Being more clever than the ones who will lose on this grift doesn’t make it right. It puts you in the wrong section of the venn diagram. 000
Reposted by Joel DouglasMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 19/01/2025The world needs WAY MORE Martin Luther Kings and WAY LESS Donald Trumps. Who agrees? 1644751739
Reposted by Joel DouglasRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/01/2025I completely understand TikTok creators being upset that they are losing income. I don’t understand being upset at Dems when Trump & Rs are the ones who started this. Now they suddenly reverse their position to enrich themselves. Wake up, open your eyes, you’re being conned. 944175823678
Reposted by Joel DouglasJoel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 18/01/2025I can’t think of anyone more suited for a Romanian prison. “Top g” got taken down for ordering a Dominos and a side of hubris. 2161
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 18/01/20251/3 of Pami Bond’s wealth is tied up in Trump stock. (Approx. 3 million in Truth Social)news.bloomberglaw.comTrump AG Pick Bondi Discloses $3 Million in Truth Social StockTrump’s attorney general selection Pam Bondi is worth $12.2 million, nearly $3 million of which is held in Trump Media shares she received after the Truth Social parent company went public last year, ... 010
Reposted by Joel DouglasMusic Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Rest In Peace, David Lynch🌹 4270091531
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 17/01/2025@severedup.bsky.social umm yes, I am here for the waffle party? 010
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Cook County Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman has been referred to the judicial oversight board for sharing an anti-black image she says is her husbands "form of humor". The image shared was a Little Tikes Doll of an African American child titled "My First Ankle Monitor". 010
Reposted by Joel DouglasJoel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 16/01/2025In 2023, California's gross domestic product (GDP) was about $3.9 trillion, comprising 14% of national GDP ($27.7 trillion). Texas and New York are the next largest state economies, at 9% and 8%, respectively. California's economy ranks fifth internationally. 0252
Reposted by Joel DouglasCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 15/01/2025Today we honor what would’ve been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 96th birthday. 🖤 Dr. King was revolutionary who fought for justice, equality, and love when the world needed it most. His fight isn’t over—it's on us to keep pushing, keep resisting, and keep his dream alive. 374191544485
Reposted by Joel Douglasmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 13/01/2025just in: a federal judge finds patriot front liable for $2.75mil in damages for a july 2022 assault on a black man in boston storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 235137182858
Reposted by Joel DouglasCharlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 14/01/2025And here it is…. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...documentcloud.orgReport-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025 24763194
Reposted by Joel DouglasRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Immigrants are saving the dogs! They're saving the cats! They're saving the homes of the people who live here! 277202414200
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 13/01/2025North Carolina not certifying Allison Riggs is flagrant and frankly terrifying illegal bullshit! This needs national attention! Stop this asshole from stealing this election! He is a crook! @marcelias.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Joel DouglasJoel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 13/01/2025The only thing RFK is good at is talking in circles and denying shit he just said. Followed by stats about the problems to obfuscate the point being discussed. 021
Reposted by Joel Douglas𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 12/01/2025There are 3000 counties in US and ~500 of them are blue. They house half the population and generate 72% of American wealth. They are the hubs for innovation and economic activity. If you want to live in a backwater, that’s fine, but drop the piety. 214100492762
Reposted by Joel DouglasDr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 12/01/2025To whom are you beholden? 654306566309
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Did the Gazette really not offer to support Anne Selzer in her lawsuit filed by Trumps lawyers? That is an omen of cowardice if I’ve ever heard. Thanks, @marcelias.bsky.social for keeping awareness on this precarious media capitulation we’ve been seeing. 010
Reposted by Joel DouglasGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/01/2025I fear there is deep truth here. 14255503313595
Reposted by Joel DouglasRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Hundreds of Mexican firefighters have arrived in Southern California to help combat the wildfires. Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽 17656822511698
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Whenever I read these stories I wish they were written by @tokyovice.bsky.social . He always describes the political climate so viscerally.edition.cnn.comAlleged Yakuza leader admits trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar | CNNAn alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicate has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of trades in drugs, weapons and laundered cash, according... 100
Reposted by Joel DouglasAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Cooper: Trump chose to attack you, blame you for this. Newsom: People are literally fleeing. People have lost their lives.[Trump] wanted to politicize it… I stood next to Biden. And he had the backs of every single person in this community. He didn't play politics, didn't try to divide any of us. 360152593437
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Oh please let @karaswisher.bsky.social be successful in her pursuit of taking over the Washington Post! 000
Reposted by Joel DouglasRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/01/2025At the VERY LEAST, since he accomplished nothing else to hold the leaders of this accountable, Merrick Garland needs to release the damn report and stop being afraid of his own shadow. Weak people all over this Admin is part of what got us here. 1112291518231
Reposted by Joel DouglasDon Lewis @donlew87.bsky.social · 07/01/2025This Man should be celebrated every January 6th for eternity. Eugene Goodman. Hero. 292240194345
Reposted by Joel DouglasVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Please stop saying "rolled back diversity goals" and start saying "the company capitulated to a segregationist movement." www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...nbcnews.comMcDonald's is the latest company to roll back diversity goalsThe company rolled out a series of diversity initiatives in 2021 after a spate of sexual harrassment lawsuits and a lawsuit alleging discrimination by a group of Black former owners of McDonald’s fran... 643219655388
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 07/01/2025This is how Bezos saves money. Human capital.thedailybeast.comBezos’ Crisis-Hit Paper Axes Dozens in Cash CrunchThe Washington Post is cutting 4 percent of total staff. 000
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Both these men advertise how to get “free money from the government”. I’m starting to think they might be the same person. @mcuban.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Joel DouglasJoel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Wholeheartedly agree. For whatever reason, I like combat sports - and Dana White being the president of the main promotion is like having two Trumps in my life at the same time. He’s a deeply sinister and heinous man. 0202
Reposted by Joel DouglasChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 06/01/2025I don't where this all ends up, but I don't think a democracy in which only one of the two major parties is committed to peaceful transition of power is particularly sustainable! 940250563520
Reposted by Joel DouglasKeith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Donations to Biden's inaugural fund in 2021: Meta = $0 Tim Cook = $0 Sam Altman = $0 Google = $200,000 Amazon = $200,000 Donations to Trump's inaugural fund in 2025: Meta = $1,000,000 Tim Cook = $1,000,000 Sam Altman = $1,000,000 Google = $1,000,000 Amazon = $1,000,000 The oligarchy is here. 714154416071
Joel Douglas @joeldouglas.bsky.social · 05/01/2025I’m rewatching the classic noir Double Indemnity due to the winter vortex. Fred MacMurray just said, “…you have no idea what it like being a 35 year old man in this town” looking like this (in 1945). Was life that fast? 020
Reposted by Joel DouglasKashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Why not add a robots.txt tag so they don’t show up in a search of the name as opposed to a full deletion? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comUS newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering subjects a ‘clean slate’A wave of local publications are considering requests to wipe or edit old articles to give their subjects a fresh start 1313014
Reposted by Joel DouglasNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 04/01/2025This guy knows f**k all about UK libel and defamation law. The Guardian should launch legal action against Elon Musk now. Many of us would gladly contribute to their legal fighting fund. 1001280276