Russ McNamara
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High prices leave a bitter taste for Detroit coffee shop owners, drinkers - WDET 101.9 FM
More than just tariffs, higher coffee prices are caused by logistical issues, lack of workers, and changing political climates.
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Coffee prices are up in Detroit - and everywhere - but it's not all tariffs. How shop owners are dealing with higher costs in my latest feature for @wdet.bsky.social
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What's interesting here is that Trump keeps calling it the Democrat Shutdown and the polling showed that people didn't believe it and blamed the Rs, BUT Chuck folding now and getting nothing makes it look like this all WAS a Dem shutdown for no reason at all. Trump wins again because of Schumer
In a new post, President Trump makes various threats and promises to air traffic controllers who have very, very difficult jobs and hold the safety of air travel in their hands.
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What's interesting here is that Trump keeps calling it the Democrat Shutdown and the polling showed that people didn't believe it and blamed the Rs, BUT Chuck folding now and getting nothing makes it look like this all WAS a Dem shutdown for no reason at all. Trump wins again because of Schumer
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in Jack White's acceptance speech he thanks 30 bands who haven't been inducted yet , lifting up many bands unknown to so many people , bands and punk rock groups who paved the way
Jack White thanked the honky tonks of Nashville and the pubs of London and the Coney Islands of Detroit
Jack White thanked the honky tonks of Nashville and the pubs of London and the Coney Islands of Detroit
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
in Jack White's acceptance speech he thanks 30 bands who haven't been inducted yet , lifting up many bands unknown to so many people , bands and punk rock groups who paved the way
Jack White thanked the honky tonks of Nashville and the pubs of London and the Coney Islands of Detroit
Jack White thanked the honky tonks of Nashville and the pubs of London and the Coney Islands of Detroit
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How can one tell that @schumer.senate.gov’s fingerprints are all over another surrender to Trump/Republcians? The 2 key Sen Dems driving this deal - Masto and Peters - are former DSCC chairs. So don’t fall for it if Sen Leaders take show vote against it. They all own the #SchumerSurrender
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
How can one tell that @schumer.senate.gov’s fingerprints are all over another surrender to Trump/Republcians? The 2 key Sen Dems driving this deal - Masto and Peters - are former DSCC chairs. So don’t fall for it if Sen Leaders take show vote against it. They all own the #SchumerSurrender
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You see that? How “far right” views are routinely re-packaged as “populist”?
A prominent far-right German activist has applied for political asylum in the U.S., as the Trump administration has signaled plans to prioritize protections for White refugees and Europeans who claim they are being targeted for their populist views.
German far-right activist seeks asylum in U.S. as Trump ties deepen
Social media influencer Naomi Seibt, a supporter of the nationalist AfD party, said she is being persecuted in Germany for her political views.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
You see that? How “far right” views are routinely re-packaged as “populist”?
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order limits how and when feds can use gas in the Chicago area.
It restricts the use of gas in "residential or commercial areas" that could risk injury to a plaintiff class member "who is not causing an immediate threat of physical harm to another person"
It restricts the use of gas in "residential or commercial areas" that could risk injury to a plaintiff class member "who is not causing an immediate threat of physical harm to another person"
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order limits how and when feds can use gas in the Chicago area.
It restricts the use of gas in "residential or commercial areas" that could risk injury to a plaintiff class member "who is not causing an immediate threat of physical harm to another person"
It restricts the use of gas in "residential or commercial areas" that could risk injury to a plaintiff class member "who is not causing an immediate threat of physical harm to another person"
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Seriously, you need to read this. Last Saturday in Echo Park was nuts as cops preemptively invaded the area before the World Series was even over and assaulted people with batons, horses and tear gas. @shoton35mm.bsky.social pieced the violence together in fantastic reporting.
One man who was walking to Gold Room bar had to get surgery on his finger after being shot with a “rubber bullet.”
The full story: lataco.com/echo-park-wo...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/echo-park-wo...
By @shoton35mm.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Seriously, you need to read this. Last Saturday in Echo Park was nuts as cops preemptively invaded the area before the World Series was even over and assaulted people with batons, horses and tear gas. @shoton35mm.bsky.social pieced the violence together in fantastic reporting.
The Blaze is going for Alex Jones defamation record.
This is fucking outrageous (and already debunked by Ed Martin of all people). “Gait analysis” is not admissible in court unless it’s corroborative evidence, not your only evidence. There are tens of millions of people with the same gait, which itself is subject to numerous environmental factors.
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Blaze is going for Alex Jones defamation record.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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"A U.S. finding that Israel was committing war crimes would have required, under U.S. law, blocking future arms shipments and ending intelligence sharing with Israel. Israel’s intelligence services have worked closely with the U.S. for decades and provide...information...about...the Middle East."
The Biden admin was advise by Israeli lawyers that possible war crimes were being committed in Gaza.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"A U.S. finding that Israel was committing war crimes would have required, under U.S. law, blocking future arms shipments and ending intelligence sharing with Israel. Israel’s intelligence services have worked closely with the U.S. for decades and provide...information...about...the Middle East."
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I need to emphasize what I say down-thread: this is a temporary, procedural move known as an administrative stay issued in haste by Justice Jackson.
Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.
Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.
BREAKING: the Supreme Court has granted Trump administration’s request.
So the justices will weigh the irreparable harm to the government of having to transfer the funds against the irreparable harm of tens of millions of people not eating
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I need to emphasize what I say down-thread: this is a temporary, procedural move known as an administrative stay issued in haste by Justice Jackson.
Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.
Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.
This administration just enjoys starving people.
BREAKING: Trump asks SCOTUS to block ruling forcing the administration to fund SNAP benefits
@courthousenews.bsky.social
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November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This administration just enjoys starving people.
Oh fuck all the way off with this
"Last week, NPR’s leadership proposed testing the use of artificial intelligence to produce digital versions of radio stories, to make the middle of the editorial process more efficient."
Please DM/email/signal me if you know something about this!
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Please DM/email/signal me if you know something about this!
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Who Wrote That Headline? Maybe a Robot.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Oh fuck all the way off with this
I’ve done some reporting on this based on raw data and anecdotal vibes from interviewees. This is a comprehensive survey and the numbers ain’t good.
“…a winter getaway to Arizona or Florida is no longer the automatic choice it once was. 70% say they would be uncomfortable travelling to the United States this winter, and 65% describe new border requirements for long-term visitors – including fingerprinting and registration fees – as invasive.”
Cold front at the border: Canadians uneasy about U.S. travel, say new fingerprint requirements “invasive” - Angus Reid Institute
Majority of frequent border crossers are making fewer trips, choosing Canadian destinations instead November 7, 2025 – The once reliable Canada-U.S. relationship appears to have entered a new phase of...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I’ve done some reporting on this based on raw data and anecdotal vibes from interviewees. This is a comprehensive survey and the numbers ain’t good.
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Does anyone understand why Jay Jacobs still has that job? I feel like I should and I don’t.
Literally the one place in the country where Democrats got their clock cleaned was in the home county of state chair who refused to endorse Mamdani and has generally overseen a string very poor democratic performances.
Has New York Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs resigned over Mamdani yet? I hope he hasn't, so that he can instead resign over *improving Republican margins over Trump 2024 in an anti-Republican wave election*. Trump won Nassau by just 4%—now look at this bloodbath
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Does anyone understand why Jay Jacobs still has that job? I feel like I should and I don’t.
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Cop watching it happen and telling horrified onlookers to back up while the Feds kidnap a baby from a seizing man. Keeping names I hope for when this is over.
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Cop watching it happen and telling horrified onlookers to back up while the Feds kidnap a baby from a seizing man. Keeping names I hope for when this is over.
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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
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Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani
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She tried to collaborate and got this in return.
US DOJ said to be probing Washington Mayor Bowser over foreign trip, NYT reports reut.rs/47KC0c7
US DOJ said to be probing Washington Mayor Bowser over foreign trip, NYT reports
The U.S. Justice Department is said to be probing Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser over a foreign trip, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing sources.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
She tried to collaborate and got this in return.
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My neighborhood has been targeted for weeks now. It's been HARD but I know there are so many people who give a shit just like my wife and I, and we're trying to be there for our neighbors.
Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
My neighborhood has been targeted for weeks now. It's been HARD but I know there are so many people who give a shit just like my wife and I, and we're trying to be there for our neighbors.
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Daycares in our neighborhood are no longer answering their doors after morning drop-off. Parents have to call the daycare when they arrive and they let them in for pickup. It's insane how we live now.
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Daycares in our neighborhood are no longer answering their doors after morning drop-off. Parents have to call the daycare when they arrive and they let them in for pickup. It's insane how we live now.
Democrats are holding a press call today. Odd that NY doesn’t get a shout out in the press release.
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Democrats are holding a press call today. Odd that NY doesn’t get a shout out in the press release.
Cops understand the Punisher about as well as they understand the Constitution.
Interesting @reason.com article from @joelancaster.com about the interpretations (and misinterpretations) of The Punisher.
Great read for #comics fans and #police non-fans.
Great read for #comics fans and #police non-fans.
How the Punisher, a murderous anti-hero, became the mascot for increasingly militarized police forces
“He is breaking the very laws…that cops are supposed to uphold.”
reason.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Cops understand the Punisher about as well as they understand the Constitution.