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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

ICE setting up raids outside churches. Trump’s America. 🇺🇸

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Jane Friedman @janefriedman.com · 3h

Your book is about more than your book. It’s about transformation—the shift you want your readers to experience after engaging with your work.

Insight from @chadrallen.bsky.social.

Why Your Book Isn’t Enough (and Why That’s Good News) | Jane Friedman

If we view platform-building as part of a mission to transform lives, not just sell books, the possibilities for engagement are endless.

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Lawyers, Guns and Money @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 5h

Trump administration murders six more people on a fishing boat

Trump administration murders six more people on a fishing boat - Lawyers, Guns & Money

You know how “bad things” happen in war? What if it’s not even putatively a war, but just the US government going around murdering people randomly, because Donald Trump wants to look like a tough guy? Is that bad? And by “bad” I mean bad enough for literally anyone to do literally anything about it? […]

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 5h

"Every CEO talking about replacing workers with AI is an example of the real problem: that most companies are run by people who don't understand or experience the problems they are solving. They don't do any real work, don't face any real problems, and thus can never be trusted to solve them."

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 14h

Damn, folks. This left-wing political correctness on campus at (*checks notes*) … er, Indiana University? — is out of control.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 10h

#OnThisDay in baseball history

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

Ticketing a lawful permanent resident for not carrying their papers is unnecessary and doesn't make our cities safer.

We will continue to push back against the Trump administration's cruel attempts to stoke fear in immigrant communities.

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.

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Jay Wigley @jaywigley.bsky.social · 1d

Any meal with parents requires cocktails imo

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Gov. Bill Lee says Trump’s military-police occupation of Memphis “may never end.”

“We have just begun. We do know this is going to last for months… In fact, I will tell you that it will last forever.”

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Jay Wigley @jaywigley.bsky.social · 1d

That’s fair—I don’t know if they ever said anything to their fans in his defense whatsoever before 2016? But if not they clearly should have.

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Jay Wigley @jaywigley.bsky.social · 1d

Godspeed

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Jay Wigley @jaywigley.bsky.social · 1d

ICE briefing last night, 1060 West Addison

Illinois Nazi in front of the former Weeghman Field, Chicago

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Chris Thalassa @christhalassa.bsky.social · 1d

To everyone who is planning to attend one of the many #NoKings protests this Saturday (or any day), this one is for you!

Here’s how Americans can prepare peacefully, lawfully, and together.

You can read it here: ourkindredfuture.com/if-trump-inv...

#Democracy #Antifascism #Portland #Arizona

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

STATEMENT — PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION on Secretary of War (on Journalism) Hegseth revoking credentials because they won’t agree to a new draconian policy where he controls everything they do: “violates the first amendment.. a concern to all”

As we send them $1 TRILLION yearly🤔

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

"At first I thought it was a little bit of a conspiracy theory... but at this point..."

Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva suggests her support for the full release of the Epstein files is delaying her swearing in as a member of Congress in the US.

#Newsnight

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Drafting the Past @draftingthepast.bsky.social · 1d

Sharing some advice for pitching Drafting the Past again here, mostly so I can pin it to the top of the feed: buttondown.com/draftingthep...

Advice on pitching Drafting the Past

This is sometimes what my inbox feels like. Perhaps naively, when I first launched the Drafting the Past podcast, it didn't occur to me that people might...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"Residents in Chicago and Portland are living in a police state where masked armed forces kidnap who they want to kidnap, where they have to listen to public officials routinely lie about what is happening in their neighborhoods." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.