Doug Coulson
@dougcoulson.bsky.social
Rhetoric professor at Carnegie Mellon. Lawyer, bold wordsmith. Exploring how legal language shapes justice, identity, and power. Latest book Judicial Rhapsodies: https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/b2773z23s
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
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🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
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In South Carolina, where parole rates have plunged in recent years, prisoners and their lawyers can only access their files the morning of their parole hearings, making it nearly impossible to correct inaccuracies.
Parole Plunges in South Carolina as Governor-Appointed Board Issues Denial After Denial
People familiar with South Carolina’s parole process describe a secretive panel that downplays rehabilitative efforts and ignores applicants’ attempts to correct their files.
boltsmag.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
In South Carolina, where parole rates have plunged in recent years, prisoners and their lawyers can only access their files the morning of their parole hearings, making it nearly impossible to correct inaccuracies.
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Moldova says Russian drones entered its airspace again, posing aviation threat reut.rs/4irVCql
Moldova says Russian drones entered its airspace again, posing aviation threat
Moldovan authorities said on Saturday that Russian drones had entered the country's airspace, posing a threat to aviation, in the third such incident in nine days.
reut.rs
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Moldova says Russian drones entered its airspace again, posing aviation threat reut.rs/4irVCql
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All available evidence suggests that the Trump administration’s lethal strikes in the Caribbean constitute murder, plain and simple.
US ordered 2nd attack to kill survivors of Caribbean boat strike: report
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly issued an order to leave no survivors in a strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, prompting a second attack.
www.nydailynews.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
All available evidence suggests that the Trump administration’s lethal strikes in the Caribbean constitute murder, plain and simple.
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‘Breathtaking’ 6,000-year-old Texas murals overturn myth of random rock art
'Breathtaking' 6,000-year-old Texas rock art reveals shocking details
Scientists used radiocarbon dating to prove Southwest Texas’s sprawling Pecos River rock art tradition began 6,000 years ago.
interestingengineering.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
‘Breathtaking’ 6,000-year-old Texas murals overturn myth of random rock art
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Under Trump, the government isn't just withholding data it doesn't like; it's killing its own capacity to produce reliable data.
Trump’s One Weird Trick for Eliminating Bad News: Delete It
The disappearance of inconvenient facts and the remaking of reality.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Under Trump, the government isn't just withholding data it doesn't like; it's killing its own capacity to produce reliable data.
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“Neutral” China being neutral again.
The owner of a major Chinese drone parts supplier has taken a stake in Rustakt, a leading Russian manufacturer of the VT-40 FPV drone widely used by Russia against Ukraine.
The owner of a major Chinese drone parts supplier has taken a stake in Rustakt, a leading Russian manufacturer of the VT-40 FPV drone widely used by Russia against Ukraine.
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
“Neutral” China being neutral again.
The owner of a major Chinese drone parts supplier has taken a stake in Rustakt, a leading Russian manufacturer of the VT-40 FPV drone widely used by Russia against Ukraine.
The owner of a major Chinese drone parts supplier has taken a stake in Rustakt, a leading Russian manufacturer of the VT-40 FPV drone widely used by Russia against Ukraine.
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What is this mess
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
What is this mess
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Salvador Dali :
Apparatus and Hand, 1927
oil on panel
62 × 47.5 cm | 24 × 18.7 in
Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
Further description in the alt text 👇
Apparatus and Hand, 1927
oil on panel
62 × 47.5 cm | 24 × 18.7 in
Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
Further description in the alt text 👇
November 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Salvador Dali :
Apparatus and Hand, 1927
oil on panel
62 × 47.5 cm | 24 × 18.7 in
Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
Further description in the alt text 👇
Apparatus and Hand, 1927
oil on panel
62 × 47.5 cm | 24 × 18.7 in
Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
Further description in the alt text 👇
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Chinese parts supplier takes stake in leading Russian drone maker on.ft.com/440b1s5
Chinese parts supplier takes stake in leading Russian drone maker
Tie-up marks new level of co-operation between Moscow and Beijing’s military industrial complexes
on.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Chinese parts supplier takes stake in leading Russian drone maker on.ft.com/440b1s5
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The U.S. poverty line for a family of four is $32,150.
However, investor Michael W. Green argues it should be more than four times higher, a threshold that would classify most American households as living “in poverty” by his measure.
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However, investor Michael W. Green argues it should be more than four times higher, a threshold that would classify most American households as living “in poverty” by his measure.
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An investor called $140,000 the new poverty line. Experts disagreed but said he had a point.
Michael Green’s tally of the costs of raising a family in the U.S. today is going viral, even if some economists scoff at his math.
wapo.st
November 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The U.S. poverty line for a family of four is $32,150.
However, investor Michael W. Green argues it should be more than four times higher, a threshold that would classify most American households as living “in poverty” by his measure.
wapo.st/4pySw6b
However, investor Michael W. Green argues it should be more than four times higher, a threshold that would classify most American households as living “in poverty” by his measure.
wapo.st/4pySw6b
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don’t bring your little fake feds with their camo pants and their skull masks here, we don’t like it
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
don’t bring your little fake feds with their camo pants and their skull masks here, we don’t like it
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Howard Smith-The Black American Artist Who Found Himself in Finland
The Black American Artist Who Found Himself in Finland
The first retrospective of Howard Smith’s works in his home country beguilingly blurs the distinctions between art, design, and décor.
hyperallergic.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Howard Smith-The Black American Artist Who Found Himself in Finland
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Six Indiana state senators who have refused to go along with Trump’s redistricting scheme have been subjected to swatting incidents. This is mob rule and it has to end.
November 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Six Indiana state senators who have refused to go along with Trump’s redistricting scheme have been subjected to swatting incidents. This is mob rule and it has to end.
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Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
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Can't afford it. Doing it anyway.
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Today, putin approved the largest military spending in Russia’s federal budget since the Soviet union for 2026: $166.8 billion, which accounts for 30% of the entire national budget.
Today, putin approved the largest military spending in Russia’s federal budget since the Soviet union for 2026: $166.8 billion, which accounts for 30% of the entire national budget.
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Can't afford it. Doing it anyway.
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I second the motion to adopt this term.
Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I second the motion to adopt this term.
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ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
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ICE convoy retreats from Manhattan's Chinatown after hundreds of New Yorkers confront them.
Around two dozen car/vans have sped out of the garage, with NYPD officers clearing the path. One guys tries to stop them, NYPD officers come chasing.
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
ICE convoy retreats from Manhattan's Chinatown after hundreds of New Yorkers confront them.
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NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1
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There you go.
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There you go.
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Parliament will now consider debate on calls for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From Clay Bennett)
(From Clay Bennett)
November 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
(From Clay Bennett)
(From Clay Bennett)
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“I can’t say ‘may they rest in peace,’” says the mother and wife of two missing Syrians.
Since Assad’s Fall, Many Families of the Forcibly Disappeared Still Lack Answers
“I can’t say ‘may they rest in peace,’” says the mother and wife of two missing Syrians.
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“I can’t say ‘may they rest in peace,’” says the mother and wife of two missing Syrians.