Diane B.
@prvoice.bsky.social
Native New Yorker. Lifelong Democrat. Fiercely opposed to Trump, ICE brutality, and authoritarian rule. Unwavering defender of democracy, women’s and civil rights, a free press, integrity, and truth. Animal-shelter champion. Ice-cream connoisseur.
I am sure Trump aka sociopathic fascist was paid off big time to do this...yet another environmental atrocity. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/c...
E.P.A. to Loosen Methane Rules for Oil Firms
The Biden administration had sought to crack down on methane leaks, a big driver of climate change. Those rules are now being scaled back.
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This is going to be very interesting. Look forward to watching. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/b...
Former ‘60 Minutes’ Boss to Join Video Journalism Start-Up
Bill Owens, who left the show after clashing with CBS executives, is joining Newpress, which publishes work from creators on YouTube.
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Within days of each other, Musk’s Starlink restricted Ukraine’s ability to protect itself while Zuckerberg’s Meta suppressed No Kings’ SM accounts, disrupting protest communications. Two billionaires. Two powerful platforms. Think about that. Vote everybody. Your freedom—and lives—depend on it.
A reasonable question by the brilliant historian and professor. Asked and answered.
Trump administration envoy Steve Witkoff calling Putin a “humanitarian” is absolutely sickening. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...
Russia Releases American Stephen Hubbard From Prison, State Media Reports
The move buys good will with President Trump while costing the President Vladimir V. Putin — who is wanted for war crimes — little.
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Hugely important post by the historian. “These four stories, just from today, encapsulate the administration’s betrayal of U.S. national security, its corruption, and its disregard for the welfare of Americans. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-20...
October 20, 2026
A blockbuster story in the Wall Street Journal tonight by Alexander Ward, Natalie Andrews, and Josh Dawsey says that it was billionaire Elon Musk who ordered Space X to slow down its service in Ukrain...
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Must read today’s post. “After ten years of Trump insisting that reports of his cooperation with Russia were a hoax, here we are, watching one profoundly unpopular man tear apart the global system under which we have lived for eighty years in order to climb into bed with Vladimir Putin.”
October 18, 2026
Tonight Lingling Wei, Alex Leary, Thomas Grove, and Josh Dawsey of the Wall Street Journal reported that Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has proposed a meeting next month with Trump and China’s pres...
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Damn. Our Democracy is failing. Robert’s Supreme Court made sure of it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/o...
Opinion | Even a Blue Wave Can’t Stop Trump
Congressional powers may be less than they appear to be, especially lately.
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Yesterday, Zuckerberg removed No Kings’ national Facebook & Instagram accounts—on protest day. Zuck, Musk, Altman, Amodei, Thiel & Karp use platforms to support candidates who enrich them. Trust none of their products. Nov. 3: Don’t rely on social media for polling waits or free rides. Plan now.
No women will be promoted to admiral in the U.S. Navy this year for the first time in more than a decade. Pete Hegseth personally blocked the promotion of seven senior officers without cause. Five of the officers are women or people of color. Their mere presence emasculates him.
In case you had any doubts, this from Reuters National Security correspondent. It was Trump.
Trump: demands an immediate and permanent end to the conflict on current lines. Zelensky: accepts the proposal Putin: Rejects the proposal Trump: Zelensky is the problem.
Because of extreme gerrymandering permitted by the right wing Supreme Court, Black representation in Congress could fall by nearly one-third, making the Black share of Congress far lower than the Black share of the U.S. population. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Six Black Lawmakers Warn Us What America Will Lose Without Their Voices
Extreme gerrymandering permitted by the Supreme Court is threatening Black representation in Congress.
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How refreshing to see at least one leader looking out for the American people.
Ukraine took out threeYandex data centers offline in a matter of days, Russian bot traffic plummeted—and Trump is squealing. Cloudflare data shows bot traffic from the Yandex network fell to just 0.4% of its two-week peak-the drop is real, and the midterms are weeks away. Slava Ukraine!!
Kennedy is allowing well over a dozen —I can’t keep count — toxic, deadly chemicals banned worldwide to be sprayed on our food, he’s fired thousands of scientists and without their oversight every day there are recalls of tainted, dangerous food…
Trump’s calls for Zelensky’s removal is the last straw. No longer can there be any doubt that Trump is owned by Putin.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social leads with this gem: So now, after more than a decade of pretending that he is not associated with Russia and that he would honor the U.S. national security position of support for Ukraine and our European allies, Trump is openly backing Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.