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Fred Silverman

@silcominc.bsky.social
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Retired journalist and documentarian

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Anyone still quibbling that this isn't fascism?
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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Kudos to this kid who re-claimed the National Anthem yesterday at a “No Kings” protest against Trump in San Diego 🎺🇺🇸
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empathyavengers.bsky.social @empathyavengers.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
publicwords.com/2024/04/02/e... #EmpathyIs #EmpathyAvengers
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Empathy Is up to Us - Public Words
Empathy is up to us. And it’s on the decline.  We have reason to be worried, certainly here in the ...
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
www.youtube.com/shorts/nlw2G...
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#EmpathyIs FINAL
YouTube video by Empathy Avengers
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Unreal..... www.wsj.com/business/med...
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X’s Sales Pitch: Give Us Your Ad Business or We’ll Sue
Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino launched a campaign to strong-arm advertisers back onto the platform.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Costas knows full well the cost of him speaking up. @huffpost.com www.huffpost.com/entry/bob-co...
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
“… Miller is familiar with and influenced by white nationalist websites, books, and talking points. His public rhetoric is angry, paranoid, violent, and conspiratorial. Characterizing him as a ‘world-class hater’ is dramatic and colorful. But it is not slander and it is not inaccurate.”
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Spocko @spocko.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Wow. #Musk just threatened to decommission its Dragon spacecraft, immediately. So, the threat is real. What should Americans to do? Nationalize Space X - Sign the Petition! chng.it/RTLMdVrrQc @thefarce.org @emptywheel.bsky.social @jim-stewartson.bsky.social @gottalaff.bsky.social #SpaceX #ElonMusk
Tweet of Musk threatening to decommission the Dragon spacecraft, immediately. 

So, the threat is real. What should Americans to do? 

Nationalize Space X - Sign the Petition! 
https://chng.it/RTLMdVrrQc
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
www.facebook.com/reel/1740257...
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73K reactions · 10K shares | Visit 👉 @wtp_2025 and please watch 'Bad Faith' on Amazon Video (or wherever available.) | Johnny Marrero
Visit 👉 @wtp_2025 and please watch 'Bad Faith' on Amazon Video (or wherever available.).
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
This is how an autocracy is born. 🤬🍊💩
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
A few more images from the Tesla Rally on May 17 courtesy of Nancy Nichols Jagelka.
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Images from Tesla Rally on May 17 in Mt Kisco. NY courtesy of Nancy Nichols Jagelka
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Overseeing the presidential gift rules was among my duties as White House Ethics Czar -- so I know how it's supposed to work The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Nooooooo!!!!! She's the best!!!!
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The PBS Kids app is one of the few things you can trust your kids to play around with on a computer. All the shows that you can stream are good and entertaining. Nothing positive comes from getting rid of this, they're just trying to make life worse for everyone www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
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Department of Education Eliminates Grant for PBS Children’s Shows
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Where we are heading in America... broligarchy.substack.com/p/springtime...
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Springtime for Hitler
It's not Bake Off. It's a global far-right insurgency.
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Join me at Mt Kisco Kick Out the Clowns: End The Greatest Shit Show on Earth action.womensmarch.com/events/mt-ki...
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Mt Kisco Kick Out the Clowns: End The Greatest Shit Show on Earth
When you elect clowns, they don’t become leaders. The country becomes a circus. 🤡 On June 14, Donald Trump will honor himself with a four-mile military parade in our nation’s capitol. Trump’s tacky p...
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Yet another disgusting example of his corruption‼️
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
It only works when the governmental authorities obey court orders. This administration made clear they DON’T follow court orders‼️ The far right freaks want Trump to suspend habeas corpus to remove deportation obstacles‼️
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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Lessons in Kakistocracy
YouTube video by The DSR Network
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June Marie @junemarie50.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Mount Kisco, NY 4.19.25 #TeslaTakedown #protest #demonstration #resist #rally #PhotographersOfBluesky #blueskyphotography #PhotographersUnited
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June Marie @junemarie50.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Mount Kisco, NY 4.19.25 #TeslaTakedown #protest #demonstration #resist #rally #PhotographersOfBluesky #blueskyphotography #PhotographersUnited
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June Marie @junemarie50.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Mount Kisco, NY 4.19.25 #TeslaTakedown #protest #demonstration #resist #rally #PhotographersOfBluesky #blueskyphotography #PhotographersUnited
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June Marie @junemarie50.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Mount Kisco, NY 4.19.25 #TeslaTakedown #protest #demonstration #resist #rally #PhotographersOfBluesky #blueskyphotography #PhotographersUnited
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Natalie Alms @almsnatalie.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
DOGE isn’t just accessing sensitive data at different agencies — it’s combining that information into a single, massive database, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov say they’ve heard from whistleblowers www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
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DOGE is building a ‘master database’ of sensitive information, top Oversight Democrat says
Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., is calling on the Social Security Administration’s watchdog to investigate whistleblower claims that the efficiency team is compiling potentially sensitive data across seve...
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
An honest news report on today's rallies...(which is why trump wants it shut down) www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDML...
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Protestors join more than a thousand rallies across the U.S. against Trump’s policies
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
And barely any media coverage but...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/04/2025
"Do you want a good government or a country that's in ruins?" This interview was too good not to share in its entirety. So meet Grant, a 15-year-old student from Princeton, New Jersey, who spoke to our reporter at the #HandsOff rally there. He has some thoughts.
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
daaamnnnn
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Spocko @spocko.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Great story! YSK that in NY someone paid pro-Musk people $50 bucks to defend #Tesla. @silcominc.bsky.social referenced that in his quote at the Mt. Kisco, NY #TeslaTakeDown protest because the media didn't.
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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 18/03/2025
We couldn't be more excited to have @jasmineforus.bsky.social joining our #teslatakedown mass mobilizing call. Join us Weds March 19 at 8:30p ET to hear from one of the bravest champions in Congress about what's next for our non-violent grassroots movement! actionnetwork.org/forms/teslat...
"Graphic with image of the incomparable Rep. Jasmine Crockett and the text 

#TESLATAKEDOWN MASS CALL feat. Jasmine Crockett, U.S. Representative
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
We are taking action at a Tesla-owned dealership. We are asking people to line the sidewalks in front of the dealership in a peaceful protest. This dealership is a few blocks from the MetroNorth station in Mt Kisco. We will be there from 1 to 3 p.m. on March 15.
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
@teslatakedown.com Anyone in westchester NY come to our rally at Tesla dealership at 115 Kisco Ave in Mt Kisco NY from 1-3 today Saturday - bring signs
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Please add NY to the list.
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
We are back to this again?
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Stuart Leavenworth @sleavenworth.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Reassuring that our power players in DC are so sober. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump speech
A Johnson spokesman said the speaker is standing by his chief of staff and "has full faith and confidence" in him.
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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Sen. Sanders Responds to Trump's Congressional Address
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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nicky woolf @nickywoolf.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
bsky.app/profile/paul...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The U.S. is cutting research funding, the weather service, park rangers, Social Security Admin staff, lifesaving foreign aid, plus billions in Medicaid and food stamps. For what? To potentially buy crypto with taxpayer dollars and to give more tax cuts to the rich.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
UPDATE: All DC buildings appear to have been removed from this list, including all of the agency headquarters (and the steam tunnels).
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Is it safe to assume that Russia itself now has access to computers inside the US Treasury, IRS, FAA, FBI, CIA, etc.?
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Richard Tofel @dicktofel.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The lesson here isn’t really about the cartoon or the war. It is that private equity funded Gannett is simply no longer willing to face down community challenges in order to preserve editorial independence.
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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
NEW: Voice of America is in upheaval. Journalists are facing HR investigations for comments critical of Trump. One of VOA's highest-profile journalists was put on leave today after a Trump aide called him a traitor. And the White House bureau chief was reassigned. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
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Voice of America Journalists Face Investigations for Comments About Trump
The broadcaster placed a longtime journalist on leave amid growing concerns about its editorial independence.
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
So much for free speech. A lot like originalism at the court. www.statnews.com/2025/02/28/r...
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RFK Jr. moves to eliminate public comment on HHS decisions
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved to rescind the longtime practice of giving the public a chance to comment on the health agency’s plans.
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
What if a third-rate mob boss got into the Oval Office and tried to shake down the head of a foreign state? www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
He is the first KGB agent to become president of the US
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Marshall Herskovitz @mherskovitz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Is @nytimes.com really this clueless? So scared of Trump they don't see what's necessary? All democratic nations, including the US, must rise up as one against Trump's autocracy. Only overwhelming opposition - not political niceties - will stop him. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
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Is Zelensky’s Approach to Trump Hurting Ukraine?
Through three years of wartime leadership, Ukraine’s president has mostly played weak hands wisely. But his approach has fallen flat with the Trump administration.
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Fred Silverman @silcominc.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Elon’s theft of our data is the point. Why do you think he only had hackers and not accountants all with the pretext of finding fraud and waste - that was never the point. It was all about collecting all the data on every American. Remember Cambridge Analytica en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceboo...
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Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal - Wikipedia
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