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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 6h

PSA from @johncusack.bsky.social: Democracy is under attack — and paywalls shouldn’t stand in the way of accessing vital public records.

News outlets, it’s time to drop the paywalls for FOIA-based reporting.

Hear why this is so important at the event below:

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 6h

Oak Park is poised to follow in the footsteps of Chicago and Evanston in adopting an ordinance or executive order prohibiting federal agents from using village property to help conduct immigration related law enforcement activity.

Oak Park leaders debate official response to federal immigration enforcement activity

Oak Park is considering prohibiting federal agents from using village property to help conduct immigration enforcement activity.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6h

Torres Maldonado, whose 16-year-old daughter Ofelia suffers from a rare form of cancer, was aggressively approached by four masked ICE agents forcibly removed him from his car.
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Elected leaders call for ICE to release father of teen battling cancer

Torres Maldonado, whose 16-year-old daughter Ofelia suffers from a rare form of cancer, was aggressively approached by four masked ICE agents forcibly removed him from his car

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 2d

I called Trump a fascist years ago

Marya_Morris @mar-ya.bsky.social · 2d

Why didn’t you state plainly to Nicolle that Trump isn’t a Fascist in the same way you do on here?

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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 2d

“This is not about drugs, it’s not about Venezuela, it’s not about anything else but this new assertion by the president that the U.S. military will kill anyone he points at, for any reason he deems sufficient.”

Very true and very scary comment by Tom Nichols.

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Tom Tell @thomastell.bsky.social · 2d

"Even if these boats have drugs on them, there is no enabling legislation, no authorization, that says the President of the United States can decide drug runners are bad and he can kill them anywhere in the world."
- @radiofreetom.bsky.social

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 4d

Yes this is great. But after FL, MO and other R states redistrict and SCOTUS kills the VRA, Republicans will have the technical means to make the baseline House balance +5 R on the national popular vote.

And it will all be perfectly legal.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

"At every step along the way, I rationalized, compartmentalized, and found excuses to stay tethered to the party, even as I grew to believe it was undermining the foundations of our constitutional republic. ...
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party

Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.

www.thebulwark.com

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 2d

Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.

AI’s Invasive Species

The slop is winning.

www.theatlantic.com

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

The problem is not civic education. That would help. But the most dedicated Trump people are in their 50s and 60s and 70s educated during the supposed golden age of civic education

Jay Thurber Show @jaythurber.bsky.social · 1d

When the "No Child Left Behind" act was passed, social-studies teachers warned that reducing civics and humanities in favor of focusing on "areas related to economic success" would have serious consequences for our country.

... and 20 years later, here we are.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d

Pennsylvania.
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Jeffrey Lebowski🏴‍☠️🍺💙 @jeffreylebowski420.bsky.social · 1d

I know a number of well-educated MAGAs. I too wish folks on the left would quit treating this as a lack of education.
What they lack isn't education, or even intelligence.
What they lack is empathy.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

I worked with Andy during my years of teaching at Harvard Extension (where he was a TA and sometimes lecturer in my nukes class) and now he's doing great work here:

Council on Strategic Risks @councilonstrategicrisks.org · 1d

When states increase interest in tactical nuclear weapons, risks can multiply quickly.

Join authors @andrewfacini.com + Lily Boland and moderator @elianajjohns.bsky.social for a timely conversation on a major new report on the consequences of TNW use.

📅 Thu, Oct 23 | 11:00 ET
⬇️ RSVP & learn more:

Launch Event: The Consequences of Tactical Nuclear Weapons Use - The Council on Strategic Risks

Join authors Andrew Facini and Lily Boland, and moderator Eliana Johns from the Federation of American Scientists, for an open conversation on the latest CSR report, The Consequences of Tactical Nucle...

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

This is what happens when people don't understand the difference between authoritarian corruption and fascism. Because they have no word to fill in the space between "George Washington" and "Hitler," everything that isn't democracy becomes "fascism"

Wendy the PseudOKrican @wendypseudokrican.bsky.social · 1d

Isn't trying to prosecute your political enemies part of a fascist state? Isn't the federal government defying court orders?

We live in the beginnings of a fascist state. We are not total fascist yet if you want to get that specific. But it's creeping.

So, again, you're debating semantics. Again

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ALT: a man in a suit says " c'mon man "

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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 1d

Colorado’s economy, which has been flying on a downward trajectory since early 2023, corrected course in the third quarter.

A stalling Colorado economy pulls up sharply in the third quarter

Rising business starts suggest more hiring in the months ahead, which is needed given tepid job gains this year.

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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 1d

Aerie's pledge to avoid AI in advertising gained 40,000 Instagram likes. It's not the only brand to reject the tech.

Aerie's promise not to use AI in ads is its most popular Instagram post in a year

Aerie's pledge to avoid AI in advertising gained 40,000 Instagram likes. It's not the only brand to reject the tech.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 1d

Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century
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Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

A policy meant to empower poorer Black South Africans has instead enriched elites connected to the ruling African National Congress, critics say, as support for the party dwindles.

Corruption Scandals Bring Trouble for Nelson Mandela’s Party

Critics say African National Congress members enrich themselves and their friends using laws meant to empower South Africa’s Black majority.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 1d

Bill to make fluoridated water optional in Kentucky coming back in 2026
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Bill to make fluoridated water optional in Kentucky coming back in 2026 • Kentucky Lantern

Kentucky lawmakers will try again in 2026 to let local water systems’ governing bodies decide whether or not to fluoridate their water.

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The Register @theregister.com · 1d

AI eats leisure time, makes employees work more, study finds

Rise and grind, robot overlords demand AI services like OpenAI's ChatGPT have been pitched for potential productivity gains, but their effect has been to make people work more while benefiting less from their labor.…

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Live 5 News @live5news.com · 1d

Man pardoned after storming Capitol is charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries #usnews

Man pardoned after storming Capitol is charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries

Moynihan who’s 34, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for joining a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 1d

U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia joined L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Monday to call for a congressional probe into allegations that federal immigration enforcement agents have been unlawfully detaining U.S. citizens. bit.ly/4olhcPH

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A person is detained as clashes break out after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers attempted to raid a store in Bell, just south of Los Angeles, on June 20, 2025. Photo by Etienne Laurent, AFP via Getty Images

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 1d

Ohio Republican and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate agree there needs to be regulations that prevent children from buying intoxicating hemp products, but there was no movement last week on legislation that would regulate those products.