John P Dougherty (JD)
@jdcshaverford.bsky.social
CS Pf @Haverford College, Rotary, ♿ a11y, dad*5, hubby*2 (sequentially), "Mr. Beth", 🎸 🎶 🎥 & Philly Sports (hey, I took both photos!)
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As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
Yes, it's funny and it shows the hypocrisy and the idiocracy of ICE and the Trump administration.
But there are parts that are truly disturbing for any reasonable person, e.g., arresting someone with a clarinet and enjoying the brutality of it all 🙄
youtube.com/watch?v=JdvS...
But there are parts that are truly disturbing for any reasonable person, e.g., arresting someone with a clarinet and enjoying the brutality of it all 🙄
youtube.com/watch?v=JdvS...
Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Give the Man a Prize | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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December 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Yes, it's funny and it shows the hypocrisy and the idiocracy of ICE and the Trump administration.
But there are parts that are truly disturbing for any reasonable person, e.g., arresting someone with a clarinet and enjoying the brutality of it all 🙄
youtube.com/watch?v=JdvS...
But there are parts that are truly disturbing for any reasonable person, e.g., arresting someone with a clarinet and enjoying the brutality of it all 🙄
youtube.com/watch?v=JdvS...
December 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...
COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds
A report published by the CDC reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children
www.scientificamerican.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...
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Respectfully this is not a “legal experts say.” It’s just not arguable. It’s like saying “weather experts say the sun sets at night.”
December 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Respectfully this is not a “legal experts say.” It’s just not arguable. It’s like saying “weather experts say the sun sets at night.”
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Just an invaluable conversation. Hopefully @hcrichardson.bsky.social & @pkrugman.bsky.social will do this again, and again!!🙏 open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Live with Heather Cox Richardson
A recording from Paul Krugman and Heather Cox Richardson's live video
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Just an invaluable conversation. Hopefully @hcrichardson.bsky.social & @pkrugman.bsky.social will do this again, and again!!🙏 open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Ossoff: "This is one of the most consequential votes this Senate will take all year. By saying yea or nay to the clerk of the Senate later today, senators will decide whether people live or die. Senators will decide whether Georgians & folks across the country are financially ruined or have a shot."
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ossoff: "This is one of the most consequential votes this Senate will take all year. By saying yea or nay to the clerk of the Senate later today, senators will decide whether people live or die. Senators will decide whether Georgians & folks across the country are financially ruined or have a shot."
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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Tariffs are like throwing rocks in the economic engine, then asking the Fed to fix the noise by adjusting the radio volume. Interest rates can tune demand, but they can’t magically make a trade war painless.
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tariffs are like throwing rocks in the economic engine, then asking the Fed to fix the noise by adjusting the radio volume. Interest rates can tune demand, but they can’t magically make a trade war painless.
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It’s clear the feds are intent on stoking fear and provoking Minnesotans.
Trump wants a show. Don’t give it to him.
Stay safe and remain peaceful if you’re interacting with ICE.
Trump wants a show. Don’t give it to him.
Stay safe and remain peaceful if you’re interacting with ICE.
December 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It’s clear the feds are intent on stoking fear and provoking Minnesotans.
Trump wants a show. Don’t give it to him.
Stay safe and remain peaceful if you’re interacting with ICE.
Trump wants a show. Don’t give it to him.
Stay safe and remain peaceful if you’re interacting with ICE.
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According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
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The momentum of numerous groups advocating for public health continues to grow!
Another excellent piece from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette by @nurseteria.bsky.social and Donna Gaffney below.
Another excellent piece from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette by @nurseteria.bsky.social and Donna Gaffney below.
Donna A. Gaffney and Teri Mills: Vaccines save lives, Mr. Kennedy
Routine childhood vaccinations just given from 1994 to 2023 prevented 1.13 million deaths, 32 million hospitalizations, and 508 million cases of illness,...
www.post-gazette.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The momentum of numerous groups advocating for public health continues to grow!
Another excellent piece from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette by @nurseteria.bsky.social and Donna Gaffney below.
Another excellent piece from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette by @nurseteria.bsky.social and Donna Gaffney below.
Mr. Simon speaks my mind.
To be fair my years exclude pre-Civil RIghts America, the age of the robber barons and the grasping amorality of the Mexican-American War, but overall I've lived 65 years and on an everyday basis, i have never been more ashamed of my country than in the past eleven months.
My god.
My god.
NEWS: Trump officials are worried the ICC may try to prosecute them for war crimes once Trump's term ends, and are threatening sanctions against the ICC to change its founding document to grant them immunity. (via Reuters / link in reply)
December 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Mr. Simon speaks my mind.
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Trump’s foreign policy isn’t “noninterventionism,” it is a kind of neo neo conservatism devoted to imposing authoritarian ethnonationalism abroad instead of democracy (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Trump’s foreign policy isn’t “noninterventionism,” it is a kind of neo neo conservatism devoted to imposing authoritarian ethnonationalism abroad instead of democracy (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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My guess is that no amount of hardship, suffering, or deprivation will convince this 37% to abandon their commitment to white supremacy. I hope I'm wrong, but all of the historical evidence points to the contrary.
December 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My guess is that no amount of hardship, suffering, or deprivation will convince this 37% to abandon their commitment to white supremacy. I hope I'm wrong, but all of the historical evidence points to the contrary.
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Once again, the ads in the print edition of @theonion.com are worth the price alone
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Once again, the ads in the print edition of @theonion.com are worth the price alone
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The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
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Instant all-timer here:
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Instant all-timer here:
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Eileen Higgins
[NYT Gift Article] Miami Elects First Democratic Mayor in Nearly 30 Years
"Miami voters elected Eileen Higgins as mayor in a rout on Tuesday, choosing a Democrat to lead the city for the first time in almost 30 years..."
[NYT Gift Article] Miami Elects First Democratic Mayor in Nearly 30 Years
"Miami voters elected Eileen Higgins as mayor in a rout on Tuesday, choosing a Democrat to lead the city for the first time in almost 30 years..."
Miami Elects First Democratic Mayor in Nearly 30 Years
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Eileen Higgins
[NYT Gift Article] Miami Elects First Democratic Mayor in Nearly 30 Years
"Miami voters elected Eileen Higgins as mayor in a rout on Tuesday, choosing a Democrat to lead the city for the first time in almost 30 years..."
[NYT Gift Article] Miami Elects First Democratic Mayor in Nearly 30 Years
"Miami voters elected Eileen Higgins as mayor in a rout on Tuesday, choosing a Democrat to lead the city for the first time in almost 30 years..."
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I will keep saying.
If you have the means, make preparations now for likely emergencies in your area.
Plan for help to arrive very late, if it arrives at all.
If you have the means, make preparations now for likely emergencies in your area.
Plan for help to arrive very late, if it arrives at all.
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I will keep saying.
If you have the means, make preparations now for likely emergencies in your area.
Plan for help to arrive very late, if it arrives at all.
If you have the means, make preparations now for likely emergencies in your area.
Plan for help to arrive very late, if it arrives at all.
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Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
Nicole Foy
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! [email protected]
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...