David Pugliese
@davidpugliese.bsky.social
Journalist since 1982. Spencer Moore Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom.
Why I Will Never Trust Navy SEALs Again | Part One: They made it personal theiceman.substack.com/p/why-i-will...
Why I Will Never Trust Navy SEALs Again | Part One: They made it personal
My brother saved SEAL Team Six. Then they spent two decades trying to erase him.
theiceman.substack.com
Yaroslav Hunka's U of A endowment can be terminated, court rules. University doesn't have to accept the money in the name of the WAFFEN SS soldier who swore allegiance to Hitler. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
Yaroslav Hunka's U of A endowment can be terminated, court rules
According to the judge's decision, the university was fully aware of Hunka's Waffen-SS affiliations when it approved the fund in 2019, but wasn't concerned until his infamous standing ovation.
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David McGuinty Met With Secret List Of War Industry Leaders www.readthemaple.com/david-mcguin...
David McGuinty Met With Secret List Of War Industry Leaders
A spokesperson said the meeting was held under Chatham House Rules.
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Here’s @currentaffairs.bsky.social giving Andy “Pinocchiogles” the send-off he deserves after his humiliating primary defeat. www.currentaffairs.org/news/good-ri...
News: the U of A has won a court battle to dissolve a research trust named for Ukrainian SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka, whose 2023 House of Commons appearance sparked an international incident However, it will retain 8 other endowments named after Galicia Div vets edmontonjournal.com/news/univers...
Court gives University of Alberta permission to dissolve research fund named after Ukrainian SS veteran
The University of Alberta has received legal approval to dissolve a research trust named after Ukrainian SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka.
edmontonjournal.com
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
Lots of funny elements here, including the turned-off responses. But do reserve appreciation for the Rommel-in-retirement aesthetic.
NEW: B.C. Workers Just Defeated Amazon In Court Again www.readthemaple.com/b-c-workers-...
B.C. Workers Just Defeated Amazon In Court Again
The Labour Board ruled the company, not the union, was responsible for the breakdown in contract negotiations.
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Activists are seeing and pushing back on big tech's support for deportations. Kudos to @truthout.org and the author for covering it. truthout.org/articles/ice...
ICE and Data Centers Aren’t New, But Face Growing Pushback as They Intertwine
A New Jersey township ordinance is the first in the US reflecting the link between the deportation regime and Big Tech.
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PSA: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class. You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
State Department Wants Palantir’s Advice on Free Speech and “Countering Digital Surveillance” theintercept.com/2026/08/07/s...
State Department Wants Palantir’s Advice on Free Speech and “Countering Digital Surveillance”
The State Department is asking Peter Thiel’s Palantir for advice on free speech and “countering digital surveillance.”
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Donald Trump posted a graphic targeting Abdul El-Sayed and his wife, comparing them to him and Melania with the caption “Two Very Different America’s.” Here’s how El-Sayed flipped it right back on him live on CNN:
I don’t agree with all Abdul El-Sayed’s views, but GOP “othering” is a disgrace. He was born in US, educated at Bloomfield Hills Andover, where he captained football team; Univ of Mich; Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar; Columbia, where he earned an MD. Debate his views, not whether he’s a “real” American.
Black Residents Warned of Abusive Cops for Years. Then Police Shot and Killed a Toddler. theintercept.com/2026/08/06/k...
Black Residents Warned of Abusive Cops for Years. Then Police Shot and Killed a Toddler.
In Senatobia, Mississippi, where police killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, community members had urged leaders to rein in the police. Are they listening now?
theintercept.com
Privileged have no laws. Class war. "Butler, now 19, pleaded no contest to 11 counts against him in August 2025. He was facing 78 years in prison for the convictions, but a judge ordered him to perform community service and attend counseling instead, according to Oklahoma Watch, KJRH and FOX 25."
David Pugliese@davidpugliese.bsky.social · 4d ago
By endorsing Todd Blanche as AG, the Republican Party declared its support for covering up child sex trafficking by Trump’s ex-friend Jeffrey Epstein.
WTF? Amazon received a permit from the state of #Texas allowing its new gas power plant to emit 33 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — the largest single source of pollution in the United States. newrepublic.com/post/214111/...
Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire Country
Amazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.
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The U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, while corporate profits remain @ record highs. But don't worry Keven Hassett, Pedolf's Director of the National Economic Council said by way of comparison that except 4 the 26 million WW2 deaths the population of the USSR actually increased between 1941-45
Nothing like a bunch of criminals persecuting an honest man!
As we dug into a little-known church, we started to see a pattern: women describing similar abuse; a preacher who knew what was going on. And the same prescription for the problem: forgiving and forgetting it happened. Listen to this episode of "Paper Trail":
The Church That Told Sexually Abused Children to “Forgive and Forget”
A man was convicted of abusing young girls in his church. Preachers had known the allegations for years. So why didn’t they report him to the police?
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I can't come up with one positive reason for these data centers to even exist.
