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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 9h

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NPR @npr.org · 11h

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
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NPR @npr.org · 11h

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 9h

NPR says *No* to the Trump administration's attempt to restrict and control reporting on the Pentagon. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b...

Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Reporting Restrictions

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Maine Public @mainepublic.org · 20h

Taxpayers approved a $30 million bond to build and restore trails through four years of grants:

Maine trail program flooded with applicants

Taxpayers approved a $30 million bond to build and restore trails through four years of grants.

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 21h

It's important to ask honestly why Biden didn't use American power and influence to build a coalition capable of ending the Israel Gaza Hamas war much earlier. 'We didn't do enough': How U.S. policy failed Palestinians in Gaza www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...

'We didn't do enough': How U.S. policy failed Palestinians in Gaza

As famine plagues Gaza, NPR exclusive reporting looks at the U.S. role in the humanitarian crisis. Many former officials NPR interviewed share a common refrain: Did we do enough to prevent this?

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 23h

"Joy...exhausted relief" www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Update from David Guttenfelder

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 1d

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NY Democrats unite around Letitia James after indictment: ‘We have crossed a red line'

James has been in the Republican president’s crosshairs since her office sued him and his businesses in 2022.

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 1d

Lake Placid Olympic tradition is a joy. Tate Frantz a local is the best ski jumper in US history. Stories soon for NPR and Adirondack Life magazine.

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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 1d

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 1d

Immigrants and American Nobel Prizes

Three of the six U.S. science winners this year are foreign-born.

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Opinion | Immigrants and American Nobel Prizes

Three of the six U.S. science winners this year are foreign-born.

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 1d

Cool day at the office #Adirondacks

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration fired key public health scientists...in error. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 2d

Important from NPR Trump cuts jobs at nation's mental health agency and some jobs at CDC : Shots - Health News www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 2d

Clearly Oregon fumbled parts of its experiment shifting drug addiction away from the criminal system. But it's important to remember the effort started just as the COVID/fentanyl/ homelessness crises hit. Many problems that escalated in Oregon escalated...everywhere. www.politico.com/video/2025/1...

Why Oregon flipped on decriminalizing hard drugs

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 2d

Not a great look
Source: Times Union
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Editorial: What was ORDA thinking?

The Olympic Regional Development Authority constructed a race course on protected lands without approval. Why should the public trust them now?

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 2d

October garden.

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 2d

Please pay attention

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 2d

Really interesting journalism job opportunity with strong salary range. tradeoffs.org/reporter-pro...

Reporter/Producer

We're looking for an experienced health care journalist ready to contribute to Tradeoffs' distinct footprint at a moment of audience and impact growth for our newsroom.

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah this is bonkers. Portland has problems. It's also a safe creative prosperous thriving community where elected officials are trying creative solutions. Giving equal credence to people calling it a hellscape is not factual or accurate.

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 2d

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 2d

Following President Trump's example I got my COVID and flu vaccinations today. Vaccines are good science and good for the community. Get yours today..

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Erin DeLullo @blueridgeerin.bsky.social · 2d

Addiction isn’t a moral failing — it’s a human struggle.

NPR journalist @brianmannadk.bsky.social opens up about losing his dad and stepbrother, and how covering drug policy changed how he sees addiction and stigma.

NPR's Brian Mann on Addiction Stigma

YouTube video by The Poisoning

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 2d

I block people who make winking jokes about murdering people they disagree with...

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Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 2d

Just as an fyi WAMC like a lot of stations serves urban and big rural red areas...

Brian Mann @brianmannadk.bsky.social · 2d

This is very cool: Amid loss of federal money, WAMC ends fund drive in a few days www.timesunion.com/business/art...

Amid loss of federal money, WAMC ends fund drive in a few days

Supporters of WAMC radio, spurred by the loss of federal dollars for public broadcasting and new fundraising tactics, helped the station end its $1.25 million fall drive in just a few days.

www.timesunion.com

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