David Pugliese
@davidpugliese.bsky.social
Journalist since 1982. Spencer Moore Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom.
🔥 Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social: “Mike Rogers served special interests in Congress. He made $14 million after leaving and moved to Florida to play golf… politics has changed. You have to stand for something. We look forward to sending him back to Florida to golf with his buddies.” ⛳️
Demands grow for facts on how Trump's Reflecting Pool lie was 'cooked up' ...
Demands grow for facts on how Trump's Reflecting Pool lie was 'cooked up'
On Tuesday, following the dramatic collapse of President Donald Trump’s case against Olympian David Hearn and others accused of vandalising the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, top Senate Democrats on two committees that oversee the Interior Department demanded that the agency’s inspector general i...
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Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.
Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed
Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...
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A new @abdulelsayed.bsky.social ad out from Senate Majority PAC — stark contrast to the Mike Rogers fearmongering that has already started
El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"
The United States Treasury: An ATM for the Rich and Powerful
SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
EXCLUSIVE: Canada had every reason to deport him. Then a minister intervened open.substack.com/pub/thestate...
EXCLUSIVE: Canada had every reason to deport him. Then a minister intervened
Who gets access and who doesn’t in Canada’s immigration system?
open.substack.com
An $11,000 golf cart. More than $7,000 on TV subscriptions. $1.5 million in office renovations. Those were among the expenses that one sheriff’s office billed to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling in the department. (Published May)
This Sheriff’s Office Says Racial Profiling Reforms Are Too Costly. Auditors Found It Misused $163 Million.
Since 2013, Maricopa County officials have approved $226 million in sheriff’s office spending related to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling. Auditors found that more than 70% of it was...
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Arizona tourism takes a hit as Canadian travel to U.S. plunges www.kold.com/2026/08/03/a...
Arizona tourism takes a hit as Canadian travel to U.S. plunges
Canadian travel to the United States fell drastically in 2025, and Arizona is among some states feeling its effects.
kold.com
“I can’t believe our technological superiority hasn’t given us a military victory!” says country that lost wars to Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and a bunch of terrorist groups supported by Syria…
David Pugliese@davidpugliese.bsky.social · 6d agoIran Has Figured Out How to Overwhelm U.S. Air Defenses theintercept.com/2026/07/28/i...
Guillotines, Dinosaur Costumes and Broken Trust: Alberta's Data Centre Revolt Begins open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Guillotines, Dinosaur Costumes and Broken Trust: Alberta's Data Centre Revolt Begins
Critics warn of fossil gas reliance, power price hikes and wasted water as officials approve massive Meta facility with scant public debate.
open.substack.com
‘Palantir’s market capitalisation has risen to $320 billion, 150 times earnings. The 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵 has speculated that “Palantir might be the most overvalued firm of all time.”’ @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @lucasamin.bsky.social on Palantir’s NHS contract. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
lrb.co.uk
If I was this stupid and incompetent, I would be out of a job... just saying.
BASH: How do you prepare for next pandemic? RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong B: But what about now? K: We need to protect our rights B: ? K: During covid we dismantled our rights B: But I'm asking what *to* do K: You were part of the problem B: You want to sit here and attack me?
Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section. (Published March)
She Was in Labor at a Florida Hospital. Then She Was in Zoom Court for Refusing a C-Section.
A virtual court hearing from a pregnant mother’s hospital bed shows what forced medical treatment can look like.
propublica.org
Hard to keep track of the number of times he's declared victory in his illegal war-of-choice. #86-47
