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Stephen James

@stephenjamessv.bsky.social
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Stephen James. OG investigative reporter based in Silicon Valley. Judicial branch, criminal justice, civil and family law, government accountability, FOIA, public records law, government transparency. Past or present member IRE, SPJ, ONA.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I said this in a thread last night and in a thousand threads before it, but you really are doing the work of those who would destroy democracy and the rule of law when you are a doomer. You can be aware of — and vigorously oppose — the lawlessness of this administration without insisting on doom.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This currently is the best account on Substack. Real time information with comprehensive sourcing about the Ukraine-Russia war. substack.com/@professorbo...
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Ukraine Killed a Russian Every 93 Seconds, and Trump Told Kyiv to Stop
A NATO official gave Bloomberg the monthly total of 50,000, and Moscow's loudest war blogger told his readers the drones had reached them on purpose. Washington phoned to object.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is how the right wing ecosystem works to disseminate misinformation, starting with Just the News “reporter” John Solomon. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
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How the White House Manufactured a Narrative About a Trump Aide’s Call Logs (Gift Article)
A release of selected records from the classified documents inquiry is a case study in how omitting context can create political ammunition.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Shocking but encouraging Ukraine war news: professorbonk.substack.com/p/ukraine-bu...
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Ukraine Burned Putin's Missile Fuel, and His Censor Let Strelkov's Letter Out of Prison
A Russian soldier says the living answered for the dead when the inspectors came, ISW called the Donetsk campaign defeated, and the page the censor passed calls the war a hopeless trap.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In her defense, at least she had her clothes on when making the ice cube demand. She has a history of nakedness in front of the help. 😁
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Also probably a dodgy tax benefit of some kind, like interning your ex-wife on your golf course!
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Post-Trump Ex-MAGA will just rebrand. Bush > Tea Party > Trump > Next RW scam for gullible meatheads They will NEVER learn or change.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The origin story on this song is gut wrenching. This is a modern day bookend to that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH0-...
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When The Levee Breaks feat. John Paul Jones | Playing For Change | Song Around The World
YouTube video by Playing For Change
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
[Stallone is 80] The insurance companies say 78, that’s the average [age when people die], so I’m two years into borrowed time.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Historian Heather Cox Richardson is a daily must-read heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 28, 2026
It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is compelling investigative reporting 👏 stocks.apple.com/AdvUKhYHkTnS...
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In the Shadow of Elon Musk’s Data Centers, Where the Noise Never Stops: ‘This Is Nothing But Torture’ — Popular Mechanics
xAI brought unpermitted gas turbines, toxic emissions, and a barrage of punishing noise to the Memphis area. Then the people fought back.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🎯 substack.com/@luizajarovs...
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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD (@luizajarovsky)
Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @Cory Doctorow's concept of 'enshittification':
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
“ScrollEd has built an app that allows the user to turn any text file — including dry PDFs or text books — into a feed that feels a lot like Instagram Reels or TikTok. As you scroll, the content shows up as AI-generated video, audio, text, or even interactive quizzes.”
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ScrollEd wants to turn textbooks into TikTok | TechCrunch
ScrollEd turns textbooks into a scrollable, Instagram-like feed with video, audio, and quizzes. The Palo Alto startup, founded by student co-founders (and spouses) Utsav Gupta and Rebecca Neff, pitche...
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I just read your brilliant piece. It made me cry throughout. I have spent half a day now looking up and reading about and watching video of Tragically Hip. I send heartfelt apologies from Silicon Valley USA where fate born and raised me. I will buy all the Canadian products I can find. Thank you! 🙏
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lornepw.bsky.social @lornepw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Canadians have two modes – ‘I’m sorry’ and ‘You’re about to be sorry.’” www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/cfcd7fb...
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Canadian pride and rage in the face of tariff madness
In the trade war pressure cooker, Carney’s government was inching toward concessions. Then came the late-breaking story that changed it all
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
this is correct and many people can't let this penetrate their brains. My great aunt was one of the most BRILLIANT, CREATIVE, TALENTED people I knew. But because of when and where she was born & lived her whole life, she didn't get the opportunities and wasn't lucky.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
On behalf of myself and perhaps others in my historically reliable 60 Minutes demographic, seniors, I saw the airman rescue promo and scoffed. Out of all the important issues related to Iran, you’re going with the rescue?!? Don’t insult my intelligence.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social achieves The Trump Singularity
Screenshot of quote from Ron Filipkowski blaming Trump voters for current events related to President Trump
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lizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
i do think it's good to give children weird old folk music to listen to but it does end up causing some scenarios like right now the lads are having a bubble bath and singing a song about a buxom chambermaid who lights up to bed a brisk young butcher in her inn and later grows thick about the waist
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I did that last year with flu, covid, pneumonia. It took me out for a couple days. Age 70. That’s a young persons game lol. One at a time this year.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I don't do much 9/11 posting, but I always think about Bretagne, the last surviving ground zero search and rescue dog. When they took her to be euthanized in 2016, first responders saluted as she entered the clinic. She was later carried out in a flag-draped casket. www.chron.com/news/houston...
Bretagne with her handler at Ground ZeroOld golden retriever walking into a vet, saluted by first respondersA flag-draped casket being carried out and saluted
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
That’s an old hunting blind tarp recycled into a jacket. So credit for recycling!
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We started a trade war with these people because the president, who has some sort of degenerative brain disease with visible bruises on his hand's injection site that the press doesn't talk about, was bored.
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Amyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
i have NEVER seen a recliner work setup with a crt monitor. amazing
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Evolution, mutations of Cambridge Analytica. Mercers, Bannon, et al?
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Why is no one stating the obvious? On some or all of his properties, Trump has ARMs tied to the fed rate. Adjustable. Rate. Mortgages. This is why he’s obsessed with bringing down the rate.
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Kyle Broflovski: I Think It's Obvious
ALT: Kyle Broflovski: I Think It's Obvious
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Sorry, this is the Latin mass reference:
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Source. This seems to be a complex, convoluted story you should be aware of (if you’re not already).
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Sorry to go off-topic but is there a Latin mass mafia or what?!?
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hey, you make it sound like there’s no upside to selling your soul for Trump! You get a personalized lounge chair by the pool at Mar-a-Lago! Offer void where prohibited.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
After what she did to Milo, it would really be a feather in her cap if she could get Tucker denaturalized and deported! 🤣
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is a critical part of the story: open.substack.com/pub/hackingb...
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Charlie McGonigal Is in Prison. Almost No One Else Is.
The woman who gave the fullest public account of the corruption of the man who ran FBI counterintelligence in New York during the 2016 election now says she invented much of it.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Important part of story: open.substack.com/pub/hackingb...
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Charlie McGonigal Is in Prison. Almost No One Else Is.
The woman who gave the fullest public account of the corruption of the man who ran FBI counterintelligence in New York during the 2016 election now says she invented much of it.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gotta read this: open.substack.com/pub/hackingb...
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Charlie McGonigal Is in Prison. Almost No One Else Is.
The woman who gave the fullest public account of the corruption of the man who ran FBI counterintelligence in New York during the 2016 election now says she invented much of it.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Crucial insights: open.substack.com/pub/hackingb...
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Charlie McGonigal Is in Prison. Almost No One Else Is.
The woman who gave the fullest public account of the corruption of the man who ran FBI counterintelligence in New York during the 2016 election now says she invented much of it.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
open.substack.com/pub/hackingb...
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Charlie McGonigal Is in Prison. Almost No One Else Is.
The woman who gave the fullest public account of the corruption of the man who ran FBI counterintelligence in New York during the 2016 election now says she invented much of it.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
open.substack.com/pub/hackingb...
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Charlie McGonigal Is in Prison. Almost No One Else Is.
The woman who gave the fullest public account of the corruption of the man who ran FBI counterintelligence in New York during the 2016 election now says she invented much of it.
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
No. You put a ton of time and research into Who the Hell Is. At one time, ie Brietbart-Bannon era, Milo was relevant. Now he’s a has-been. Do someone more current and influential in the present. BTW, love The Who the Hell Is series (freebies, I’m a moocher on social security, so no subs to anybody)
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You gotta admit, it’s an amusing malapropmongel!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/08/2026
my scanning setup btw
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Stephen James @stephenjamessv.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Excellent piece. Easy to understand. Now I get the major questions doctrine.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“If there’s anybody that should feel awkward, it’s going to be the people involved in making this decision.” Read Karen Attiah's conversation with Riddhi Setty. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
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Karen Attiah is ready to go back to the Washington Post.
“If there’s anybody that should feel awkward, it’s going to be the people involved in making this decision,” she says. If the situation doesn’t work out, she may become a martial-arts influencer or a ...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/08/2026
“Without the union, you’re naked. You have no protection.”
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Karen Attiah fought the Washington Post and won
Employers who fired their staff for posts about Charlie Kirk have lost a string of high-profile disputes.
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