Jim Morrison
@jimmor12.bsky.social
freelance writer focusing on the climate crisis and investigations. Contributor to The Washington Post, Wired, Smithsonian, Yale e360, many others.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge. Scott Bessent Used It Anyway.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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The former nominee for attorney general. Sickening. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
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November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The former nominee for attorney general. Sickening. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Virginia’s probe into public universities’ displacement of Black neighborhoods no longer theoretical virginiamercury.com/2025/11/13/v...
Virginia’s probe into public universities’ displacement of Black neighborhoods no longer theoretical • Virginia Mercury
A Newport News task force revealed its preliminary findings in a recent meeting, the most public update yet in a process many residents have urged be more transparent
virginiamercury.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Virginia’s probe into public universities’ displacement of Black neighborhoods no longer theoretical virginiamercury.com/2025/11/13/v...
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🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
NEW DATA: Lower Prices, Bigger Paychecks
President Donald J. Trump’s bold economic agenda is delivering real results for American families — with new data from DoorDash’s State of Local Commerce
www.whitehouse.gov
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
Voters decided Jones’ texts paled in comparison to threats against economy, democracy virginiamercury.com/2025/11/07/v...
Voters decided Jones’ texts paled in comparison to threats against economy, democracy • Virginia Mercury
Lance Watson, senior pastor of a large Baptist congregation in Richmond, must have spoken for hundreds of thousands of Virginians Sunday when he mentioned the prospects of Jay Jones, then the Democrat...
virginiamercury.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Voters decided Jones’ texts paled in comparison to threats against economy, democracy virginiamercury.com/2025/11/07/v...
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"House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender believed Mr. Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged."
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
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November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender believed Mr. Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged."
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now they've done it www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
now they've done it www.wsj.com/world/europe...
When even AEI says the tax cuts are unlegisulated...https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zk8.YIBg.l3qJOYSSdFGq
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
When even AEI says the tax cuts are unlegisulated...https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zk8.YIBg.l3qJOYSSdFGq
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The shattering of faith in America’s goodness is the hardest part to watch.
A photographer’s view of ICE’s relentless courthouse arrests
The shattering of faith in America's goodness is the hardest part to watch.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The shattering of faith in America’s goodness is the hardest part to watch.
My latest for The Washington Post on the $10 million jury verdict for the first-grade school teacher shot by her student.
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My latest for The Washington Post on the $10 million jury verdict for the first-grade school teacher shot by her student.
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Remarkable investigative work by @propublica.org to dig what’s really happened in Portland & who is to blame for the violence.
Like Chicago, it shows it’s the federal agents who are out of control.
Read every word.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
Like Chicago, it shows it’s the federal agents who are out of control.
Read every word.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
What Really Happened in Portland Before Trump Deployed the National Guard
In the two months before Trump’s decision, criminal charges were announced against only three people. On nights when physical conflict did erupt, it often came from police firing on, shoving, pepper-s...
www.propublica.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Remarkable investigative work by @propublica.org to dig what’s really happened in Portland & who is to blame for the violence.
Like Chicago, it shows it’s the federal agents who are out of control.
Read every word.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
Like Chicago, it shows it’s the federal agents who are out of control.
Read every word.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
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It has been 60 years, to the day, since LBJ released a report to the public about pollution. I wrote about appendix Y4 of that report.
"The climatic changes that may be produced by the increased CO2 content could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings."
"The climatic changes that may be produced by the increased CO2 content could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings."
This Whole Thing Really Snuck Up On Us
Looking back, and ahead, on the anniversary of a White House warning.
www.gravityisgone.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It has been 60 years, to the day, since LBJ released a report to the public about pollution. I wrote about appendix Y4 of that report.
"The climatic changes that may be produced by the increased CO2 content could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings."
"The climatic changes that may be produced by the increased CO2 content could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings."
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you can convincingly portray this whole financialized AI edifice as a mortgage crisis-style house of cards without even mentioning that the fundamental product is unreliable, based on outright theft, and people don’t like it.
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
you can convincingly portray this whole financialized AI edifice as a mortgage crisis-style house of cards without even mentioning that the fundamental product is unreliable, based on outright theft, and people don’t like it.
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My premise, starting w Duffy being named to this job and confirmed by every utterance or action since then, is that he knows nothing about aviation.
Would be like appointing me to judge the world lumberjack championships. (At which Duffy was the speed-climbing winner, in 1994.)
Would be like appointing me to judge the world lumberjack championships. (At which Duffy was the speed-climbing winner, in 1994.)
Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down."
Trump official threatens to ground all flights before Thanksgiving in shutdown standoff
Transportation chief Sean Duffy threatened to ground all U.S. flights amid the ongoing shutdown, warning "we'll shut the whole airspace down." As the stalemate drags into the second month, it's adding more potential risk to the aviation system and putting a further strain on air traffic control staf...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My premise, starting w Duffy being named to this job and confirmed by every utterance or action since then, is that he knows nothing about aviation.
Would be like appointing me to judge the world lumberjack championships. (At which Duffy was the speed-climbing winner, in 1994.)
Would be like appointing me to judge the world lumberjack championships. (At which Duffy was the speed-climbing winner, in 1994.)
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roses are red
the french are easy to outmaneuver
the french are easy to outmaneuver
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
roses are red
the french are easy to outmaneuver
the french are easy to outmaneuver
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Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
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Fenno's paradox is a curse. (Named for political scientist Richard Fenno, who showed that people love their own member of Congress and hate everyone else's, which is why incumbents have so much stability.)
November 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Fenno's paradox is a curse. (Named for political scientist Richard Fenno, who showed that people love their own member of Congress and hate everyone else's, which is why incumbents have so much stability.)
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters have spent the past week diving into the eye of Melissa — a storm of historic ferocity — to gather life-saving data.
And, with the government shut down, they have done it all without pay.
https://cnn.it/47Mqkqt
And, with the government shut down, they have done it all without pay.
https://cnn.it/47Mqkqt
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters have spent the past week diving into the eye of Melissa — a storm of historic ferocity — to gather life-saving data.
And, with the government shut down, they have done it all without pay.
https://cnn.it/47Mqkqt
And, with the government shut down, they have done it all without pay.
https://cnn.it/47Mqkqt
“The last thing I remember at the school, I thought I was dying. I thought I had died. I thought I was either on my way to heaven or in heaven,” she said in court Thursday, her voice breaking. “Then it all got black. So, then I thought I wasn’t going there.”https://wapo.st/4qCQGTk
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“The last thing I remember at the school, I thought I was dying. I thought I had died. I thought I was either on my way to heaven or in heaven,” she said in court Thursday, her voice breaking. “Then it all got black. So, then I thought I wasn’t going there.”https://wapo.st/4qCQGTk
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I almost never write on the 'What should the Dems do???' front. Involving strategy, tactics, 'messaging.'
I recommend this @pbump.com column on why so much of that discussion is pointless, and what else to think and talk about. www.pbump.net/o/politics-i...
I recommend this @pbump.com column on why so much of that discussion is pointless, and what else to think and talk about. www.pbump.net/o/politics-i...
October 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I almost never write on the 'What should the Dems do???' front. Involving strategy, tactics, 'messaging.'
I recommend this @pbump.com column on why so much of that discussion is pointless, and what else to think and talk about. www.pbump.net/o/politics-i...
I recommend this @pbump.com column on why so much of that discussion is pointless, and what else to think and talk about. www.pbump.net/o/politics-i...
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Exclusive: Trump administration videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was months old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Post analysis found.
We checked DHS’s videos of chaos and protests. Here’s what they leave out.
Official videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was months old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Washington Post analysis found.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Exclusive: Trump administration videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was months old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Post analysis found.
After Cardinal News investigation, Office of Attorney General data refutes Miyares' chief campaign claim cardinalnews.org/2025/10/28/a...
After Cardinal News investigation, Office of Attorney General data refutes Miyares’ chief campaign claim
Attorney General Jason Miyares says 70 people died because offenders who should have been behind bars were out killing Virginians. Data from the Office of Attorney General and Department of Correct…
cardinalnews.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
After Cardinal News investigation, Office of Attorney General data refutes Miyares' chief campaign claim cardinalnews.org/2025/10/28/a...
