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COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social · 11h

"John Roberts is not a fair umpire. He has become what I am calling a 'Trumpire,' rewriting the law in ways that aid Trump and restrict our rights," writes @thelisagraves.bsky.social for Grave Injustice.

John Roberts Has Positioned the Court to Help Republicans Rig the Midterms and Keep Trump in Control of Congress

Roberts Launched His Legal Career Targeting the Voting Rights Act

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Matthew Cunningham-Cook @matthewccook5.bsky.social · 5h

www.healthpolicyohio.org/health-polic...

08/30/2024: Warren, Youngstown hospital closures to lead to 900+ layoffs | News

Providing independent and nonpartisan analysis needed to create evidence-informed state health policy that improves health value for Ohioans.

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lfelizleon.bsky.social @lfelizleon.bsky.social · 5h

Much of what Trump does is incoherent. But the NYT reported how Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro was actually acquiescing to Trump’s demands to save his neck. It’s notable the NYT doesn’t cite its previous reporting as part of the context, which is extortion by gunboat. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 15h

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 15h

what even happened on the other site this time

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 7h

musk personally allowed a nazi pedo doxxing cult to publish a bunch of leftists banking information, I think?

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 15h

If your picket line doesn’t have it’s own DJ is it even a picket line?😀

Kaiser picket line is mighty lively this morning

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The Worker Agency @theworkeragency.com · 12h

"Retaking control of our collective financial investment is an essential part of the fight against fascism and the destruction of our communities."

- @acrecampaigns.bsky.social's @saqibbhatti.bsky.social and Sare Myklebust in @inthesetimes.com:

inthesetimes.com/article/stra...

A Strategy to Stop the Flow of Our Money to Billionaires

The trillions of dollars in our retirement savings are enriching the ultra wealthy while they ravage our communities. A mass movement led by workers and pensioners can turn off the tap.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 15h

The attacks on Zohran Mamdani are nothing new. In 1935, the Times warned that La Guardia always had his hand in “some socialistic plaything or other.” Back then, it was a power plant; today, it’s Mamdani’s plan for public groceries. From Harold Meyerson: trib.al/sUBTKlW

Mamdani: Son of La Guardia and FDR

Today on TAP: His platform, his movement, and his super-rich enemies all fit the historic pattern of New York’s politics.

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 16h

Trillions of dollars in our retirement savings are enriching the ultra-wealthy while they ravage our communities.

Sare Myklebust & Saqib Bhatti of @acrecampaigns.bsky.social explain how a mass movement led by workers and pensioners can turn off the tap.

inthesetimes.com/article/stra...

It won't be easy to stop the flow of money from working people to billionaires, but some pension holders and their unions are already fighting to change this system.
PHOTO BY MOTORTION VIA GETTY IMAGES A person in a suit holds a thick stack of U.S. dollar bills, fanning them out on a dark table. The setting conveys wealth and financial focus.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 18h

Women are the fastest-growing group of veterans. Over 600,000 women receive veterans health care, and they have particular mental and physical health needs. Suzanne Gordon reports on how VA health cuts affect them:
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How VA Cuts Damage Women Veterans

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 1d

incredible use of the passive exonerative tense

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 1d

Trump said he'd focus on the “worst of the worst," but he's mostly focused on people like Melissa Tran — a MD business owner who's lived here 30 yrs and is a fixture of her community.

Cruel.

I salute all who fought for her release. After months in ICE detention, she's finally home.

Hagerstown nail salon owner freed after 5 months in ICE custody

Melissa Tran, a Hagerstown mom and nail salon owner, was freed five months after being detained by ICE and jailed in Washington state. A federal judge ruled that U.S. officials had no basis for prolon...

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3d

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

NEW — For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in a Chicago residential area.

Members of the media, Chicago police officers on the scene for crowd control, and the broader nearby community were also exposed to the tear gas.

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Federal agents gas Chicago’s East Side • The TRiiBE

For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods.

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Matthew Cunningham-Cook @matthewccook5.bsky.social · 1d

"Construction of the power lines has helped China reduce its emissions of toxic air pollution. [A]nalysis of satellite data found that air pollution in China had plunged 41 percent since 2014. That added almost two years to the country’s average life expectancy."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/b...

How China Powers Its Electric Cars and High-Speed Trains

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. citizens Adnaan & Tor Musto endured beatings & harsh treatment for 6 days in a notorious Israeli prison after being captured from the Global Sumud Flotilla. James Baratta talks to them & their family about how the State Department did nothing during their capture.

Democratic Senators Probe ‘Apparent Neglect’ of Detained Flotilla Activists

It took the State Department four days to assess the well-being of American citizens apprehended by Israel for participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

"For too long, our leaders have forgotten New Yorkers with disabilities. We have been failed by those with their own agendas, those who care only about holding on to power to remain relevant and serve their own egos." - Quemuel Arroyo

Quemuel Arroyo, in a wheelchair holding a microphone, on stage with "Our Time Has Come" projected behind him.

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Brian Callaci @briancallaci.bsky.social · Sep 11

Crassly dipping my toe onto this platform with self-promotion: My book, Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy now has a beautiful cover, and a release date: April 20th. So you'll have something to enjoy with your 4/20 Taco Bell order! bookshop.org/p/books/chai...

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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 2d

The White House is openly complaining that Trump didn't win a Nobel Peace Prize. This is a churlish response since they Nobel's just endorsed Trump's rush to war against Venezuela www.thenation.com/article/worl...

The Nobel Peace Prize Just Surrendered to Trump

Trump is mad he didn't win. But by honoring María Corina Machado, the Nobel Committee has endorsed his war against Venezuela—and continued Europe's MAGA groveling.

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Chicago Teachers Union @ctulocal1.bsky.social · 2d

At last week’s Board of Education meeting, CTU Vice PresidentJackson Pottercalled out the chaos caused by charter operators’ mismanagement and Governor Pritzker and the Democratic supermajority’s chronic underfunding of public schools.

Our students can’t wait, and neither can we.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 2d

Millions of people will take to the streets again this Saturday to protest the autocratic regime of President Donald Trump. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social talked to organizers of the Oct. 18 No Kings protests, which are expected to be bigger than the first set in June.
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Still No Kings: Millions to Protest Trump On Saturday

A coalition of civil rights groups expects the turnout on Oct. 18 will be even bigger than the first nationwide protest held in June, which by some counts was the largest in U.S. history.

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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 4d

This is absolutely true. And also the least self-aware article ever, from the publication that brought you “The Gaza Famine Myth.”

What do you think it’s like to watch your child starve to death?

The Free Press @thefp.com · 6d

The first time one of your children is seriously ill or hurt, you pass through a portal into a new world. You learn to recognize fear in its purest form—hot and metallic, writes Abigail Shrier for The Free Press.

Abigail Shrier: When Your Child Is Sick

The first time one of your children is seriously ill or hurt, you pass through a portal into a new world. You learn to recognize fear in its purest form—hot and metallic, writes Abigail Shrier for The Free Press.

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Aditi Ramaswami @aditiramaswami.bsky.social · 4d

Powerful coalition forming in St. Louis, MO, from labor to racial justice to environmental groups, to defeat a local $1B+ data center. This comes on the heels of community coming together to defeat the St. Charles data center in recent months www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4d

Diane Keaton, famed for roles in “Father of the Bride,” “First Wives Club” and more, has died at 79

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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