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Ian Stewart @ianstewartcycles.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

youtu.be/CdVVfPKr1bg ICYMI: @davidsirota.com of @levernews.com talks about his new book “Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America” with @robenfarzad.bsky.social , host of Full Disclosure & seen on @cnn.com & heard on @npr.org

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Ian Stewart @ianstewartcycles.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

@levernews.com Great conversation with David Sirota & @robenfarzad.bsky.social on this week’s Full Disclosure. Check it out! You’ve seen/heard Roben on @cnn.com & @npr.org Hear & Now and on @wvtf.bsky.social #media #business podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

MS Now is the new MSNBC I went back and pulled up its first hours on air: July 15, 1996 www.youtube.com/watch?v=loNK... #MSNBC #MSNOW @thefineman.bsky.social #microsoft #NBC

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

One of the most defining moments of the 1980s: July 1981: Bette Davis and Kim Carnes for PEOPLE 🌹 After Carnes's two Grammy wins for "Bette Davis Eyes," Davis sent roses 🥀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPOI...

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

MS Now is the new MSNBC I went back and pulled up its first hours on air: July 15, 1996 www.youtube.com/watch?v=loNK... #MSNBC #MSNOW @thefineman.bsky.social #microsoft #NBC

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I love, love the cross-pollinating between Goodfellas and the Sopranos. Another example: the late Chuck Low as Morrie Kessler ... and as Shlomo Teittleman www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wQq...

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

NYC's Union Square E., 1984: last remnants of the S. Klein building 📷 Klaus T. Moser-Maync en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Klein #NYC #NY #UnionSquare #Manhattan #retail #CRE

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Alphabet City, 1983 📷 Peter Bennett #NYC

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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Hotel Scarface by @robenfarzad.bsky.social

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Lostcatdog @lostcatdog.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you” Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Every new beginning comes from... (August 1994 to May 2021) #RVA #deadmalls #CRE #retail #JCPenney

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I love, love the cross-pollinating between Goodfellas and the Sopranos. Another example: the late Chuck Low as Morrie Kessler ... and as Shlomo Teittleman www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wQq...

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 24/07/2025

If Trey Parker and Matt Stone successfully goad Trump into blowing up the Paramount/CBS deal it will be the funniest thing South Park has ever done

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

🎧 pod.link/903171979 🎥 www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ4...

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

"In 2022, 124 million people lived in CA, TX, NY, FL and PA vs. 3.6 mil from WY, VT, AK, SD, ND. Overall, the 50 senators from the 25 larger states today speak for 279 mil people, or 5.2x the 54 mil represented by the 50 senators from the 25 smaller states" washingtonmonthly.com/2023/04/12/t... #BBB

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The Senate Is Even More Anti-Democratic Than You Think | Washington Monthly

New numbers on population disparities show that senators representing just 10 percent of the country can thwart majority rule.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

The Senate just passed the Republican tax bill 51-50 thanks to a tie-breaking vote from JD Vance. Lisa Murkowski voted YES on the bill. The three Republican NO votes: Thom Tillis Rand Paul Susan Collins All Democrats voted against the legislation.

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

A hinge moment in America's war on drugs: Feb. 3, 1987 North Miami Beach The murder of speedboat mogul Don Aronow 🚤 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw6y... #Miami #NMB #DEA

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Full Disclosure: "The Iran Rebalancing" The Economist's Gregg Carlstrom on how the Middle East will contort to rebalance after the Iran-Israel war (assuming it's over). Discussed: back channels; Tehran's path; Trump's perspective; Syria; Lebanon; Gaza. pod.link/903171979/ep... #Iran #Israel #Mideast

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Dodgers-Tigers World Series, please 🧢 🐅 bsky.app/profile/barb... #Dodgers #MLB #Detroit

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

1981: Lansing, Mich. Oldsmobile administration building www.motortrend.com/news/former-... #TBT #detroit

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Pew analysis: 5% of Biden’s 2020 voters flipped to Trump; 15% of Biden’s voters did not vote at all in 2024 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u... #voters #demography #Democrats

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Trump Won by Turning Out Voters and Building a Diverse Coalition, Report Finds

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

"It’s hard to believe the most Jewish city in America could elect a mayor who favors a boycott of Israel, but that is today’s Democratic Party." ~WSJ Editorial Board www.wsj.com/opinion/zohr... #NYC #ZohranMamdani #NY #Mamdani #Democrats #DNC #NewYork

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Opinion | The People’s Republic of New York City

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the Democratic mayoral primary signals the rise of leftwing economic populism.

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

It was a great movie, tho www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW6u... #NYC #NY

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

"yellow cake" ☢️ 🍰 #ChappellesShow S02E13

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This Day in Miami History Podcast @thisdaymiamipod.com · 23/06/2025

Today is the 45th anniversary of two men setting a room on fire at Miami's Mutiny Hotel, then scaling down the building. We spoke with “Hotel Scarface” author @robenfarzad.bsky.social‬ in 2022 about the incident and the larger context of Miami’s wild 1980s. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

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June 23, 1980: Two Men Climb Down The Mutiny Hotel (with Roben Farzad)

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Miami, 1925: Flagler Street, looking west

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Norma Jane 🇨🇦 @normajane.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Things are terrible but …

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

You may have heard that he's demanding CBS kiss the ring and pay a lot of money to resolve a meritless defamation case. You also may have missed this part. [Via Dylan Byers at Puck News.]

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

It’s been said before but the more “I didn’t vote for *this*” stories we get the more I’m convinced the pandemic acted as a Mass Forgetting Event. A Great Reset. An actual Memory Hole.

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Roben Farzad 🦋 @robenfarzad.bsky.social · 31/05/2025