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Current read. #Audiobook
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Dave Zirin
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Sports editor @thenation Edge of Sports TV at http://youtube.com/therealnews Host of the Edge of Sports Podcast. Co-host of WPFW's The Collision.
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Do read the piece then mull over why the official mag of the AFT, "the American Educator," published a hit piece on Zinn in Winter 2012-2013. It was met by outrage, to no avail. But as the AFT prez now says we're "fighting fascism," our mag should reprint this to show AFT has learned Zirin's lesson.
Dave ZirinTo commemorate today’s official book release of “The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn” I wrote the following column for @thenation.com “Liberals Are Shaming Howard Zinn’s Memory Yet Again” thenation.com/article/soci...
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A govt that arrests innocent people to perpetrate the leader’s false claims seems bad
Scott MacFarlaneFLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
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People need to start getting disbarred for this shit.
CNNThe Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://cnn.it/3RJJnwj
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Only Trump can give us scandal after scandal after scandal that manage to be both outrageous abuse of power and hilariously stupid and inept.
Scott MacFarlaneFLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
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Do Americans in general understand that deportation can be a death sentence for many? Do they care?
Adam Sawyer“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
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It pisses me off that so many journalists demeaned themselves by attending the Trump dinner tonight. This was not a celebration of press freedom. It was delusional.
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NYP reports on Mamdani's success at getting criminals to self-deport from NYC. nypost.com/2026/07/23/u...
Exclusive | Jared Kushner’s father is leaving New York City over mayor, first lady’s ‘antisemitism’“I don’t want to pay taxes and live in a city with a blatantly antisemitic mayor and his antisemitic wife,” Charles Kushner told The Post.nypost.com
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But what about Jackie Robinson's legacy, you ask? As @edgeofsports.bsky.social reminded us all last year, "There is, however, a parallel Dodgers tradition that this visit to the White House snugly fits into." Add this latest 2026 visit to that shameful tradition. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Dodgers Are Planning to Visit the White House. It’s a Disgrace.To meet with Trump now is to defile the memory of Dodgers great Jackie Robinson and to humiliate many of the team’s own players.www.thenation.com
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Love the World Cup but hate FIFA? Love professional sports but hate the billionaires, gambling companies, and authoritarians ruining them? You’re not alone. W/ @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social @edgeofsports.bsky.social and @julesboykoff.bsky.social
Loving sports in an age of authoritarians: A conversation with Dave Zirin and Jules BoykoffLove the World Cup but hate FIFA? Love professional sports but hate the billionaires, gambling companies, and authoritarians ruining them? You’re not alone.therealnews.com
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#FIFA #TelemundoSports #FernandoFiore anchor in Spanish: “finally, facing a deafening booing, the president of the United States appears…” 🤣 #Spain #WorldCup #Mundial2026
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WOW. The Trump admin just barred the FBI from investigating cases where DHS officers get into confrontations with immigrants or citizens. ICE HSI will lead all investigations, yet HSI has no jurisdiction to investigate civil rights violations. The fox is guarding the henhouse.
Kyle GriffinBREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.
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you could hear the boos very audibly inside the press box, which has glass so thick that you couldn't hear the pre-game performances at all
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We remain on our bullshit
Rodger ShermanDo they always do the national anthem of the host nation or is that just an us thing
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“You can’t have pie-in-the-sky optimism, but an optimism rooted in fact and history and the politics of change is something all of us, particularly young people, desperately need.” A conversation with @edgeofsports.bsky.social:
That’s How Change HappensDave Zirin on writing the life of Howard Zinn–and why his legacy points the way forward at the country’s semiquincentennial.www.bostonreview.net