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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 1h

Candidate quality matters. This ain’t it. And Janet Mills is good but voters have already spoken saying they want a new generation of leadership — not a 77-year-old first-term senator. Until Democratic leadership gets this message, I suspect they will continue to lose. Listen. To. Voters.

New York Magazine @nymag.com · 4h

Newly surfaced internet comments made by Graham Platner — he once identified as a Communist, and railed against police — present the Maine senate candidate with his first real test.

Graham Platner’s Honeymoon Is Over

Newly surfaced internet comments made by Graham Platner — he once identified as a Communist, and railed against police — present the Maine senate candidate with his first real test.

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · Sep 9

How does someone become an anti-vaxxer or come to believe that chemotherapy is more dangerous than cancer?

I’ve spent all year working with Alexander Stockton and The NY Times trying to answer that question. Here’s our findings.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...

Opinion | You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories

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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 2h

“In March, cuts to the National Institutes of Health disappeared the nearly $2 billion invested in the Researching Covid to Enhance Recovery initiative, hamstringing research that might have yielded diagnostic tests or better treatments.” HHS Office of Long Covid Research and Practice was shuttered.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 10h

Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation

Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e

Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 6h

We are living in a dystopian surveillance state à la Orwell’s “1984.” Cameras on everything are an evil of our modern society and are being used against us daily. There’s a reason why law enforcement must get warrants. It protects our constitutional rights. Without our rights, we have nothing.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 6h

ICE had access to a nationwide network of AI-enabled surveillance cameras that constantly track vehicles', and by extension peoples, movements without a warrant www.404media.co/ice-secret-s...

Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 6h

Bob McMichael, 63, and his wife, Leslie, 62, are retired and make about $42,000 a year. They currently pay $51 a month for their ACA plan. Late last month, they got a notice that their monthly premium would increase to $2,232 next year without the subsidies.
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Idaho kicks off Affordable Care Act open enrollment as premiums are set to rise nationwide

About 25,000 Idahoans are likely to drop their coverage for next year when enhanced subsidies expire.

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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 17h

“It was heartbreaking because it felt like a nightmare,” she said. “You’re in a crowded room with all these professionals crying, begging for help, and nobody’s helping you.”

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 17h

“well, you know what? It’s just the pill doing its job. All this trouble, all this pain, and you can’t even bring home a precious little baby.'”

That’s what a nurse said to a Nova Scotia woman being denied care for a medical abortion complication.

She nearly died at home:

Unheard. Unserved: N.S. woman says she was bleeding out inside hospital, and no one intervened - Halifax | Globalnews.ca

Cherise Basque had a medical abortion for a high-risk pregnancy. But when complications arose, the mother of five alleges her treatment at her local hospital was a nightmare.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20h

Shorter Mike Johnson:

Beating up a woman isn’t “really serious.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 19h

It’s “the busiest rail corridor in the country. The current tunnels, which carry hundreds of thousands of passengers every day on Amtrak and NJ Transit trains, are about 115 years old and were damaged during Hurricane Sandy.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...

Trump Says $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Is ‘Terminated’

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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 19h

It is so much worse than I originally posted. It was $60 million back in April 2025. God knows how much it has cost us as of today. The New York state legislature pass a bill to free the taxpayer from this absurd expense in relation to this case. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New Yorkers Are Paying Over $60 Million for Andrew Cuomo’s Legal Fights

Behind the scenes of Andrew Cuomo’s campaign to become New York City’s next mayor, the former governor is fighting an expensive legal battle to clear his name. New Yorkers are on the hook to pay for a...

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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 19h

To have abused women you work with and cover up the deaths of innocent people AND have enough nerve to ask the voters for another chance is wild to me. We all know this is only the tip of the iceburgh. He has no scruples, no morals and he doesn’t care about New York City. He only cares for himself.

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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 19h

New York state taxpayers have paid more than $25.4 million in legal fees to defend the former governor and some of his top aides in sexual misconduct and workplace misconduct lawsuits relating to manipulation of data related to pandemic deaths in nursing homes. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/n...

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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 22h

Freedom of the press is under attack not just in the federal government but elsewhere.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
By IDS staff
Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm · Updated Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm

IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our newspaper. Upon pushback, the university fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision.

Media School Dean David Tolchinsky sent the order to IDS leadership in an email responding to its appeal that the school not censor the newspaper. And the dean attributed the decision to “the campus.” He has not yet responded to a message for clarification.

Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 1d

“POLITICO obtained an image taken during a virtual meeting that shows the flag pinned to what appears to be a cubicle wall behind Angelo Elia, one of (GOP Rep. Dave) Taylor’s staffers.”

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 1d

When political leaders signify that racism and antisemitism are acceptable, young people hear that message and this is what happens.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 1d

“Some of those living with facial differences tell WIRED they have undergone multiple surgeries and experienced stigma for their entire lives, which is now being echoed by the technology they are forced to interact with.” Big Tech is building ableism into their products. It must be fixed ASAP.

WIRED @wired.com · 1d

An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services. www.wired.com/story/when-f...

When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face

An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services.

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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 1d

Our border must be secure. Criminals must be deported. But immigrants add to our communities and I don’t see why the ones who are already here can’t stay. They have built a life here and contribute to their communities. They add so much. We are fortunate to have them here.

Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 1d

Immigrants are terrified because of this approach and fear is palpable and contagious. If ICE treated people with humanity, everything would be better. Not perfect, not even good, but not this horror show day after day.

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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 1d

I used to be a cops reporter. I did a ride-along with a man who turned out to be the best officer I’ve seen. An expert at de-escalation. Communication skills were excellent, type B personality. His respectful approach kept tensions down. Of course, it won’t always work but most of the time, it will.

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 1d

Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way🇺🇸

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 2d

“It seems like they just took a sledgehammer to the agency versus a scalpel,” said @drdebhoury.bsky.social.

She believes the unRIFed jobs may have been reinstated after public outcry. HHS did not provide documentation of an error by press time.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Entire offices erased at health agency in Friday move before Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

The thing about this story: It is, in fact, a hyper-local story, and focuses on hyper-local figures and activists.

Except it also involves comments from the Archbishop of Chicago.

And from a U.S. Senator.

And from Pope Leo himself, who is, of course, a native Chicagoan.

They're all involved.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

NEW: As ICE presence increases in Chicago — home to the third-largest Catholic diocese in the U.S. — Catholics and allies are pushing back.

Over the weekend, a priest warned parishioners to leave Mass carefully.

Locals formed a human chain to protect them from ICE. religionnews.com/2025/10/14/a...

As ICE rocks Chicago, Catholics respond with prayer — and protest

(RNS) — ‘As a person of faith, as a leader of faith, to not speak of it is simply unethical — and sinful,’ said the Rev. Brendan Curran, a Dominican priest.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2d

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 2d

I hate how Cheryl Hines is being asked to explain her husband RFK Jr.’s thoughts and actions on her book tour. I understand why interviewers ask but husbands and wives are two separate people. She doesn’t control her husband, so why is she answering for his terrible behavior? Makes no sense.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 2d

Look up the number of your rep at link or call the U.S. Capital switchboard at 2022243121. Health care is critical. Without it, families suffer, our economy suffers and collective wellbeing suffers. Everyone knows someone who gets their insurance on the exchange.
www.house.gov/representati...

Find Your Representative | house.gov

Not sure of your congressional district or who your member is? This service will assist you by matching your ZIP code to your congressional district, with links to your member's website and contact page.

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Felicia Krieg @feliciakrieg.bsky.social · 2d

Wtf.

Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 2d

Was in a decommissioned nuclear silo when @winkie.bsky.social turned to me and said: "Hey, have you read this report about the guy who uploaded 30 years worth of porn to a government computer?"

Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. As part of ...

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