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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · 5d

Years ago when I called a NYT reporter to urge him to cover a large gathering of veterans testifying about their experiences in Iraq & Afghanistan, he replied with withering scorn, "If you read the New York Times, you would know that it doesn't cover protests." Well, that certainly informed me!

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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · 9d

Does this remind anyone else of "Spinal Tap"?

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11d

October 18 is a day to stand tall against tyranny. No Crowns. No Thrones. #NoKings. Join the movement—find a No Kings Day protest near you and make your voice heard. nokings.org

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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · 24d

Yes! to www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n... And let's get it growing quickly and widely beyond the #celebs .

Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech

The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.

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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · 26d

How to rein in all the unacceptable policies and actions coming out of the #WhiteHouse? How about an #epidemic of massive passive aggression? (Peaceful, of course.) tomdispatch.com/alliance-def...

Alliance, Defiance, Noncompliance

On July 17th, I joined a group of Vermonters for a Good Trouble Lives On action in a village near where we were staying that month. Over the past 161 straight days, a small but

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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · 29d

I'm not sure what to make of reports that #Trump is apparently less bombastic and antagonistic in person than when performing www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
Is there an opposite of #VirtueSignalling?

How Trump Strikes Radically Different Tones in Public and Private

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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · Sep 19

So long Only Murders in the Building, alas. Just cancelled my subscription to Hulu to protest the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. Hulu's owned by cowardly Disney & enough is ... more than enough. A small gesture but small acts add up & grow. Join me?

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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · Aug 2

Or worse, when they're called "deals," reinforcing the idea that's the only kind of transaction there is.

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Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · Aug 2

What if the news media agreed to stop calling these Ivy League deals “settlements” and just said, you know, “Cornell has agreed to pay $100 million in extortion money.”

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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · Aug 2

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Daniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · Jun 22

To bomb Iran the US deployed 7 B2 bombers, each of which cost $2.1B to build. They used 14 huge “bunker busters,” a model that cost $500 million to develop.

The US invested ~ $15 billion in this attack—almost 50% more than it invested in affordable housing construction this year.

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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · May 1

#Trump acts as if his #ExeccutiveOrders are unassailable edicts from on high. The news media shouldn't. As I quote legal scholar Alan #Rozenshtein in my latest piece tomdispatch.com/seven-and-a-... they're "just press releases with nicer stationery."

Seven-and-a-Half Propositions for Journalism in the Age of Trump

It’s not a good time to be an American journalist. Or a consumer of American journalism. Or, for that matter, even a skimmer of the headlines crawling across American phones. Donald Trump is suing med...

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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · Apr 29

#Trump's pulling funding from #Harvard is as much about curbing #antisemitism as Covid was about clearing our sinuses -- and other truths in my latest at tomdispatch.com/seven-and-a-....

Seven-and-a-Half Propositions for Journalism in the Age of Trump

It’s not a good time to be an American journalist. Or a consumer of American journalism. Or, for that matter, even a skimmer of the headlines crawling across American phones. Donald Trump is suing med...

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · Apr 3

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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · Mar 31

Smart researchers ought to be able to find out people behind #CanaryMission, no? Several years ago, a journalism student I know did a long story on them & I vaguely recall that they got in touch with someone there.

nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · Mar 26

Old man Donald saw a swarm
E-I-E-I-O
With a radical here
And a leftist there
Here a rad
There a left
Under every rock
Find a radical leftist
Old man Donald sounds the alarm
E-I-E-I-O,
Uh oh!

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · Mar 26

Join us at 5:30 tonight at Powder House Square Park as we stand up for Rumeysa Ozturk, a PhD Tufts grad worker and Fulbright scholar, who was ambushed by ICE agents on her way to an Iftar dinner with friends after leaving her apartment.

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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · Mar 25

What's with the #NYTimes making readers "request" opening comments on many stories?

nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · Mar 20

It is happening here right now and we must find an effective way to stop the #cabal of #bootlickers, #incompetents & black-hearted #liars Following #GeneSharp, we can withdraw our cooperation and mount a general #strike.

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TomDispatch @tomdispatch.bsky.social · Mar 14

It Can't Happen Here (or Can It?)
by Nan Levinson
tomdispatch.com/how-...

How to Resist This Fresh Hell

Not even two months since Inauguration Day and it’s already been quite a trip. Ping-ponging between vindictive pettiness and unconstitutional overreach while using everything in his power (and much that isn't), Donald Trump has served

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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · Mar 16

We can #resist the lickspittles, incompetents, and blowhards #Trump by withdrawing our #consent. Who's up for a #generalstrike of millions?

TomDispatch @tomdispatch.bsky.social · Mar 13

How to Resist This Fresh Hell: Withholding Consent from the Trump Regime
by Nan Levinson
tomdispatch.com/how-...

How to Resist This Fresh Hell

Not even two months since Inauguration Day and it’s already been quite a trip. Ping-ponging between vindictive pettiness and unconstitutional overreach while using everything in his power (and much that isn't), Donald Trump has served

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TomDispatch @tomdispatch.bsky.social · Mar 13

How to Resist This Fresh Hell: Withholding Consent from the Trump Regime
by Nan Levinson
tomdispatch.com/how-...

How to Resist This Fresh Hell

Not even two months since Inauguration Day and it’s already been quite a trip. Ping-ponging between vindictive pettiness and unconstitutional overreach while using everything in his power (and much that isn't), Donald Trump has served

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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · Mar 3

Anyone else notice how many #full-page ads in Sunday's #NYT either attacking #Trump & his lickspittles or responding to his regime's slash & smash policies? In the print edition & counted 6! Definitely not the usual.

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nanlev @nanlev.bsky.social · Feb 28

A shout-out for #Zelensky.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Feb 17

The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk.

Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️

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Who’s
running
this
country:
Donald Trump or
Elon Musk?
Since day one, Elon has created chaos and confusion and put our
livelihoods at risk. And he is accountable to no one but himself.
The Constitution only allows for one president at a time. Call Your
Senators and tell them it’s time Donald Trump fire Elon Musk

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