John Dos Passos Coggin
@johndospassosc.bsky.social
Writer, environmentalist. Grandson of Portuguese-American author John Dos Passos. Biographer of Florida statesman Lawton Chiles. Love Batman, Iron Maiden, Van Halen, Jerry Goldsmith, Danny Elfman. Opinions my own.
Pileated woodpecker seen this evening at golden hour, near the John Dos Passos Institute. Often heard but seldom seen around here. I'll take that as a good omen! www.youtube.com/shorts/qvLFl...
Pileated woodpecker at golden hour, Virginia's Northern Neck, near John Dos Passos Institute. #birds
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I've hit 100 videos on my YouTube channel, which reflects my commitment to teaching myself video editing this summer. My videos range from moments in Mother Nature to short documentaries for the John Dos Passos Institute. This is a new skill for my resume! www.youtube.com/@johndospass...
John Dos Passos Coggin
John Dos Passos Coggin is a writer from the Chesapeake Bay region. His first book, Walkin' Lawton (2012), was an authorized biography of legendary Florida statesman Lawton Chiles. He also writes scree...
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"It’s impossible to read the [U.S.A.] trilogy now without seeing the abundant parallels to our own century." archive.ph/Phyud#select...
One of my summer projects is to build my YouTube channel with as much non-AI personal creativity as I can muster. I've built four playlists on YouTube. I love movies and this is also a new value proposition for prospective employers. www.youtube.com/@johndospass...
John Dos Passos Coggin
John Dos Passos Coggin is a writer from the Chesapeake Bay region. His first book, Walkin' Lawton (2012), was an authorized biography of legendary Florida statesman Lawton Chiles. He also writes scree...
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"Spanberger says she'll intervene in Dominion Energy merger ('As a Virginian, I am deeply skeptical about whether selling our primary, state-regulated utility to an out-of-state company is good for the commonwealth,' Spanberger wrote) bluevirginia.us/2026/08/thur...
Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."
New video from the John Dos Passos Institute! American author John Dos Passos and his wife Betty helped conserve a critical bald eagle population at their farm in the Northern Neck of Virginia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ22...
John Dos Passos Institute reflects on John Dos Passos's role in bald eagle conservation at his farm
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New video, "John Dos Passos in the Steamboat Era," from the John Dos Passos Institute! American author John Dos Passos, the inspiration for the John Dos Passos Institute, was a boy in Virginia’s Northern Neck during the height of the steamboat era. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBSA...
John Dos Passos and the Steamboat Era
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Presenting the first in a video series by the John Dos Passos Institute, a new Virginia-based nonprofit inspired by American writer John Dos Passos (1896-1970), renowned author of the U.S.A. trilogy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqiC...
JDP Institute Sizzle Reel 1
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I haven't been this impressed with a candidate in a l-o-n-g time. If @jamestalarico.bsky.social is the future of the Democratic Party, we are in VERY good shape.
James Talarico@jamestalarico.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhen we win, the first bill I’m filing is a comprehensive anti-corruption package: Overturn Citizens United Ban corporate PACs and super PACs Ban members of Congress from trading stocks Once we defeat the most corrupt politician in America, we can defeat this entire corrupt system.
Congratulations to Rebecca Lindsey, Mary Lindsey, Anna Eshelman, and all the other enterprising, courageous climate communicators behind the full launch of Climate.us! It's a new independent, nonprofit climate information website. www.climate.us/news-feature...
Climate.us launches independent website for trusted climate information
Built by members of the team behind NOAA’s Climate.gov, the new nonprofit resource is supported in part by more than 2,500 small donations from people who want reliable climate science information to ...
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Saturday's Wall Street Journal has a John Dos Passos literary mention in the books section--in a discussion of great fiction that conveys U.S. history and character. The U.S.A. trilogy remains highly relevant, speaking right into the heart of the 21st century.
He's a master of distracting us from crimes he's already committed by continuously committing new crimes. 5 months until the Midterms. #AccountabilityIsComing
RTP Madeira reported on the 5th Biennial Conference of the John Dos Passos Society at the John Dos Passos Cultural Center in Ponta do Sol, interviewing me, my sister Lara dos Passos Coggin, and outgoing Society president Aaron Shaheen. See the 13 minute mark in Parte 2: www.rtp.pt/play/p85/e93...
Telejornal Madeira
Para os espectadores da Região e da diáspora madeirense espalhada pelo mundo. O Telejornal da televisão mais próxima de si está no ar desde 1972
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Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social in Montgomery: “We’re here united to take on this new confederacy, 60 years after the Selma March… because we know their intent is to dismantle everything gained during the civil rights movement.”
You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇
Thanks to Half and One for publishing my new prose poem, "The Marsh That King Tobacco Made." It's a musing about the history of King Tobacco in Tidewater Virginia and how flowing creeks silted up over time and became funky quagmires. halfandone.com/the-marsh-th...
The Marsh That King Tobacco Made - Half and One
Detritus, natural and manufactured, congests the marsh near my farm in Tidewater Virginia: beer bottles, birthday balloons, shotgun shells, pine needles,
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King Charles: "The U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society has calculated that Magna Carta is cited in at least 160 Supreme Court cases since 1789, not least as the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances."
Congratulations to @stephenking.bsky.social for this well-deserved honor!👍 (Novels/Novellas: Approximately 65 to 67 Non-fiction books: 5 books. Short Stories: Over 200 Pseudonyms: 7 novels were published as Richard Bachman. Frequency: He has published at least one book almost every year since 1974)
Any "extraordinarily brilliant person" would know his presidency is in free-fall after his disastrous decision to enter another endless war-of-choice in the Middle East & that on November 3rd accountability is coming for the most corrupt criminal Administration in U.S. History. tick...tick...tick
I am begging every Senate Democrat to vote against confirmation of this clown. Take a stand. Don't try to triangulate. This is an easy call.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo agoWARREN: That's not my question. Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein? KEVIN WARSH: Those assets will be sold if I'm confirmed
For my own wellbeing, sometimes it's best to completely ignore harsh reality & focus exclusively on one or all of our 3 pets. In this case it's our youngest, Trixie (a/k/a Bat-Mite, a/k/a Spawn of Satan), who I love dearly. ♥️ 🐶 (also: #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files)
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for its tracking of hate groups, said that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the nonprofit regarding their use of informants.
Southern Poverty Law Center says it is under Justice Department investigation
The nonprofit on Tuesday said it is “the latest organization targeted by this administration.”
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A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job. One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution. Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?
This Data Center Is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job
No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.
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