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Joseph Finneran
Joseph Finneran
@dcprogress.bsky.social
Event & broadcast producer DC / NY based, Podium Arts & ClipSocial founder. Lifelong Cardinals fan. Proud, confounded American. Ireland lover. 💙🏳️🌈
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The foreigners are literally subsidizing the education and research of Americans, ya dipshit
Vance: "Some of America's most elite universities bring in foreigners to undercut wages of American residents. There are 9 universities in particular we believe merit an investigation. Those are Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown, the University of Pittsburg, UC Davis, Cal Tech, Arizona State, and MIT."
Surprise, surprise! Hate-based populist movements eventually gas themselves out when they realize hate & destruction doesn’t improve anything…and they get bored. (While not admitting any mistakes.) ‘He’s Not Making Sense’: How Trump Has Alienated Voters for the G.O.P. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
@nytimes.com David Sanger conflates Trump admin & its corrupt GOP counterparts with “Washington” as he rightly calls for bipartisan action on AI. DC IS slow to react, but that ain’t this. “As Fears of A.I. Catastrophe Magnify, Washington Stirs, but Mostly Slumbers” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/u...
Reading this article, waiting for some sympathy to kick in…but it never did. This experience and the reported conditions at the ice facility are horrendous. But her husband voted for it, not caring about ‘others.’ He Was a MAGA Patriot. ICE Took His Wife Away. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
Today is July 21, 2026. Let’s see how long this month lasts, and if on October 21, 2026 @nytimes.com will admit that it parroted a ridiculous talking point. White House Says New Air Force One Will Be Out of Service for a Month for ‘Upgrades’ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
This is the genius rant of American writer @kornetzke.bsky.social
Trump Administration Live Updates: F.B.I. Director Files Defamation Suit Against The Atlantic www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04... It’s like Watergate…but only concerning the dopey misbehaviors of one unqualified shmuck.
Iran War Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Blockade’ Strait of Hormuz After Peace Talks Fail www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04... @nytimes.com PLEASE stop parroting the “marathon” language. 21 hours on a single day is a long day, but in diplomatic terms, it’s a silly, performative pose of diplomacy.
King of the "Stone Age" open.substack.com/pub/johnganz... Quoting Keynes: “Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.”
Republicans in Congress Fret Over Iran War as Pentagon Offers Few Answers www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/w... Rep. Nancy Mace: “We will not sacrifice American lives for the same failed foreign policies…” Of course that’s exactly what you are doing…giving the “War Machine” a blank check w/no oversight.
A man who does our history justice on this perennial day of celebration. Thank you @mayor.nyc.gov!
U.S. Considers Withholding H.I.V. Aid Unless Zambia Expands Minerals Access www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h... Minerals or death. America is calling.
Yanar Mohammed, 65, Iraqi Women’s Rights Advocate, Is Killed by Gunmen www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/w... Tragic loss to human & women’s rights efforts in Iraq and the Middle East, and a shame on the heads of all those who failed to support and protect this amazing, courageous person.