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Sara Gaiser
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13h
House Speaker Mike Johnson says that he will not negotiate with Democrats until they drop healthcare demands.
US Republican leader warns government shutdown could be longest in history
House Speaker Mike Johnson says that he will not negotiate with Democrats until they drop healthcare demands.
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KRON4 News @kron4-news.bsky.social · 13h
Bite into the history of some locally made candy this Halloween season.🍬
These candy classics are still made in the Bay Area
(KRON) — The Bay Area is a manufacturing hub for some classic American candies. Red Vines, jelly beans and candy corn are all made in the Bay Area. With Halloween approaching, KRON4 dug into the hi…
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Sara Gaiser @akrazia.bsky.social · 12h
Cocoa prices have become so volatile that banking on chocolate-based products is now a huge risk for candy makers. Companies are being forced to acknowledge that the cocoa crisis is a long-term threat.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13h
This Halloween, the candy seems to be missing a crucial ingredient, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports.
Something Weird Is Happening With Halloween Chocolate
Where did it all go?
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 13h
The investment per year is equivalent to less than 10% of the company’s revenue, which was $37.9 billion in its most recent fiscal year.
Salesforce commits $15 billion to S.F. as Benioff’s support for sending troops draws more backlash
The investment per year is equivalent to less than 10% of the company’s revenue, which was $37.9 billion in its most recent fiscal year.
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 12h
Senate Bill 63 authorizes a tax measure to prevent the near-evisceration of BART, Muni and other systems.
Newsom signs law to authorize Bay Area transit sales tax
Senate Bill 63 authorizes a tax measure to prevent the near-evisceration of BART, Muni and other systems.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 12h
Several news organizations, including the New York Times, Associated Press and Newsmax, said Monday they will not sign a Defense Department document about its new press rules, making it likely the Trump administration will evict their reporters from the Pentagon.
New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won’t sign new Pentagon rules
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Sara Gaiser @akrazia.bsky.social · 12h
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Bay Area’s landmark saint statue is torn down; church says it wasn’t warned
The statue did not meet requirements for art on Caltrans property, the highway agency says.
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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 19h
Today's newsletter is all about this brilliant ad www.readtpa.com/p/a-politici...
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 21h
For those who don’t intimately understand how news works and why Bari Weiss’s unearned elevation to head of CBS News matters, I’d recommend watching this in entirety. Also, will forever point out irony of how an admitted DEI hire thinks her hire was meritorious while Black people’s aren’t.
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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d
Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 20h
Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.
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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 21h
What I'd love people to take from the Portland Frog (and the other inflatable costumes) is both that wearing an inflatable costume to a protest can create cool viral visuals AND that you need to just try shit.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h
Absolutely brutal.
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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Sara Gaiser @akrazia.bsky.social · 1d
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 2d
Thirty-one years ago, there was a slave auction reenacted at Colonial Williamsburg.

Some thought it powerful, many thought it insulting.

This summer, I traveled to Williamsburg myself to see how the country’s largest living history museum today tells the story of Black life at America’s founding.
What Is Colonial Williamsburg For?
Telling the full story of the town’s past is an easy way to make a lot of people mad.
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 2d
Gettysburg Is Still White America's Greatest Civil War Battle
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Gettysburg Is Still White America's Greatest Civil War Battle
A new movie is being filmed in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania this weekend about the famous battle.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 4d
A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...
A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities
The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 3d
It’s up:

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ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.
A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 3d
After a death, a traumatic head injury and multiple skirmishes with police, the Dolores Hill Bomb didn’t happen this year. Instead, a group of skaters will hold a new event Saturday on Twin Peaks.
S.F. skateboarders ditch Dolores, plan notorious Hill Bomb in new neighborhood
After a death, a traumatic head injury and multiple skirmishes with police, the Dolores Hill Bomb didn’t happen this year. Instead, a group of skaters will hold a new event Saturday on Twin Peaks.
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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 3d
Last I checked, rules governing when certain types of force can be used don't depend on the target's political beliefs or job title...
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 3d
A Newsmax host defended ICE agents shooting a minister in the head with a pepper ball by falsely claiming he was “actually an antifa member masquerading as a pastor.”
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Mikhail Zinshteyn @mzinshteyn.bsky.social · 3d
Inbox: California State University faculty union sues Cal State system over disclosure of Cal State LA faculty personal information to Trump administration.

Full screenshot of press release below.
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The San Francisco Standard @sfstandard.com · 3d
Fleet Week has officially taken flight 🫡✈️
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d
Twelve Illinois Democrats sent a letter requesting probes by two top federal government watchdogs into Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities in the Chicago area and other Department of Homeland Security authorities after a chaotic month of raids. trib.al/JXfWh4c
Illinois Democrats call for investigation of Chicago ICE raids
After a chaotic month of federal immigration enforcement in the Chicago area, Democratic leaders asked top federal watchdogs to review actions by the Department of Homeland Security.
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CNN @cnn.com · 3d
A conservative influencer railed against the Democratic Party for having “mainstreamed violence as a political tool” during a Justice Department press conference where Attorney General Pam Bondi discussed a death threat against him.
Conservative influencer Benny Johnson accuses Democratic Party of violence as Pam Bondi announces arrest in his death threat | CNN Politics
A conservative influencer railed against the Democratic Party for having “mainstreamed violence as a political tool” during a Justice Department press conference where Attorney General Pam Bondi discussed a death threat against him.
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KQED News @kqednews.kqed.org · 3d
Empty Tiny Homes Headed to the Bayview Ruffle Feathers in City Hall
The city is now planning to move 60 empty cabins off a former shelter site near the 16th Street BART station that is slated to be developed into affordable housing.
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NPR @npr.org · 3d
French President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister, just days after his resignation, asking him to try again to form a government and produce a budget.
Macron puts Lecornu back as France's prime minister just days after he quit
French President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister, just days after his resignation, asking him to try again to form a government and produce a budget.
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