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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 17h

Screenshot of text of editorial of the Indiana Daily Student describing a 158-year history of editorial independence, a principle enshrined in its charter and decades of court precedent, which, it says, was the foundation of its respected journalism program. It says the administration that fired a staff member for not following a directive to make students stop printing news is in defiance of all this.

Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 17h

“‘How do we frame that, you know, in a way that’s not seen as censorship?’

This is the college that (formerly) named its journalism school after the legendary Ernie Pyle. I went to an inspiring high school journalism camp here one summer.

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

NEW: After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are increasingly wavering on the practice.

In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts against fluoridation.

On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous

After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts against fluoridation.

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 1d

"In many communities, public schools are valued hubs for community life and services, including serving meals and offering opportunities for socializing and counseling. ... The administration, however, views public schools as a monopoly that should be broken up."

Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools

The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to kn...

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

A wake will be held Wednesday and funeral services Thursday at Loyola’s Lake Shore campus for Sister Jean Dolores Bertha Schmidt, who died last week at 106.
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Funeral arrangements for Sister Jean announced by Loyola University Chicago

A wake will be held Wednesday and funeral services Thursday at Loyola's Lake Shore campus for Sister Jean Dolores Bertha Schmidt, who died last week at 106.

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 2d

On the front line of the fluoride wars, the debate over drinking water treatment is raucous.

In St. Clair County, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts against fluoridation, a practice that has long been heralded as a public health triumph.

New story:

On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous

After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...

www.propublica.org

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 2d

A surprising sight in St. Clair County, Michigan: A man waving Fixodent denture cream before the county commissioners at an August meeting.

“I am an unfluoridated child,” he declared, “with a set of uppers and lowers.”

Man with wire-frame glasses, blue overalls, and a gray zip-up hoodie waves a tube of denture cream before the dais of the county commissioners at an August meeting in St. Clair County, Michigan.

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 2d

"...But after those dates came and went, these immigrants said they feel betrayed by what the president told them."

Wrenching, maddening story by @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social / @mariamelba.bsky.social

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 2d

"ProPublica spoke with more than a dozen Venezuelans who said they wanted to take the U.S. government’s offer of a safe and easy return. They signed up months ago on the CBP Home app and were given departure dates. ...

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

www.propublica.org

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 2d

UPDATE from @jodiscohen.bsky.social + @jsmithrichards.bsky.social:

Following public outcry, the Department of Ed. has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an org that will provide funding to these students.

Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Get Funding Back Despite Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign

Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization th...

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 4d

Welp. Helluva game. Congrats, Mariners.

We’re gonna get ‘em next time.

Baseball is still the best.

Zzzzzz

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Chris Berube @chrisberube.bsky.social · 4d

"Oh yeah? You like baseball? What if I make you smoke *an entire pack* of baseball?"

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 4d

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 4d

Actual lol 😂

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 4d

Team founded in 1901.

Jason Beck @jasonbeck.bsky.social · 4d

This is the longest postseason game in Tigers history. Technically, the Tigers' 13th-inning loss in the 2009 AL Central tiebreaker at Minnesota was a regular-season game, but that's now in the rearview mirror too.

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 4d

The terror is real!

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 4d

What mad portal have we passed through.

Corey the Scary Street @cstrable.bsky.social · 4d

Skubal last pitched 8 innings ago

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👻 Boo!-ver Street Rag @hooverstreetrag.org · 4d

Tigers status:

a man in a black suit is standing in a field and saying `` and as you can see , i am not dead ''

Alt: a man in a black suit is standing in a field and saying `` and as you can see , i am not dead ''

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 6d

"'Maine is grappling with such a shortage of dentists that some doctors are adapting to treat early tooth decay themselves.'"

via @themainemonitor.org

Some doctors are treating kids' dental decay amid dental shortage

More pediatricians have begun using a topical solution made of silver and fluoride to treat their patients’ cavities.

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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 6d

NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 6d

"The Livingston County Sheriff's Office reported an increase in requests for deputies to appear at community meetings. ...

"'Some of them frankly have gotten to the point where we're there every meeting just because of the rift between the public and the particular board,'" said the sheriff.

Michigan library hires private security for upcoming board meeting after series of contentious meetings

Following discussions of controversial policies, the Cromaine District Library in Livingston County, Michigan, decided to hire private security at its next board meeting this month.

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 7d

"Asked what percentage of children she imagines should be in public schools going forward, Justice told ProPublica: 'I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.'”

by @megomatz.bsky.social / @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 7d

"The study found that before the Flint crisis ... [a certain number of water systems] reported lead concentrations rounded exactly to the federal threshold—a pattern the researchers say is statistically unlikely to occur by chance.

"After Flint, those suspicious clusters all but vanished ..."

Questionable Lead Reporting for Drinking Water Virtually Vanished after Flint Water Crisis, Study Reveals | UMass Amherst

UMass Amherst economists employ new statistical tools to detect suspicious reporting.

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 8d

"External reviews are one of the industry’s best-kept secrets, and only a tiny fraction of those eligible actually use them."

by @deldeib.bsky.social / @propublica.org

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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