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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 37m

Rupert Murdoch is awful, but he was an actual newspaper person who understood that alienating your core audience is not good business. For Bezos, the Post was a vanity project, and is now a loss leader to protect his other interests.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 16h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1h

Lately, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) has been siding with Democrats to call for extensions to health care subsidies and supporting an effort both Speaker Johnson and President Trump oppose to force a vote on releasing Epstein files.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, tearing into her own party, says GOP men in Congress are ‘weak’

“There’s a lot of weak Republican men and they’re more afraid of strong Republican women,” Greene said.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Joseph O'Sullivan @olympiajoe.bsky.social · 1h

'They posited that the recent influx of German and Irish immigrants was responsible for a decline in U.S. moral standards and were part of a Catholic conspiracy to seize power.'

Lots of my own people forget our ancestors were targets of nativists-
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Anti-immigrant riots shook American cities. In D.C., Marines were sent into the streets.

This was 1857, and violence had been fanned by the American Party, which posited that the influx of German and Irish immigrants was responsible for declining moral standards.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 3d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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South Dakota Searchlight @southdakotasearchlight.com · 2d

A professor who drew the ire of some South Dakota politicians for a 700-word social media post on conservative activist Charlie Kirk says calls to punish educators for their private views will take the U.S. down a "dangerous path."
Read more: buff.ly/YdvjkaZ

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 2d

“The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.”

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

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Combustible Ho @abonneyhoffman.bsky.social · 1d

And absolutely nothing comes close to replacing it…

Joseph O'Sullivan @olympiajoe.bsky.social · 1d

“All of Washington is short on the dogged reporting needed to maintain a healthy society."

My elegy for Crosscut/Cascade PBS inside our obit roundup:

www.cascadepbs.org/inside-casca...

Remembering Crosscut: 18 years of independent journalism in WA

As Cascade PBS sunsets its digital newsroom, formerly Crosscut, current and former staff members reflect on some of the outlet’s impactful reporting.

www.cascadepbs.org

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Joseph O'Sullivan @olympiajoe.bsky.social · 1d

“All of Washington is short on the dogged reporting needed to maintain a healthy society."

My elegy for Crosscut/Cascade PBS inside our obit roundup:

www.cascadepbs.org/inside-casca...

Remembering Crosscut: 18 years of independent journalism in WA

As Cascade PBS sunsets its digital newsroom, formerly Crosscut, current and former staff members reflect on some of the outlet’s impactful reporting.

www.cascadepbs.org

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4d

Authorities have arrested a Florida man for intentionally starting the fire that burned Los Angeles's Pacific Palisades. So why does it feel like the fire was started by a cat-eating immigrant from war-ravaged Portland, Oregon?

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 6d

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Joseph O'Sullivan @olympiajoe.bsky.social · 7d

Completely anecdotal, but you hear that kind of stuff from the left, too. There's a goodly chunk of people out there who wouldn't mind seeing bad things happen to the people they don't like. But they have no interest in doing it themselves.

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Joseph O'Sullivan @olympiajoe.bsky.social · 7d

Spoke to a landscaper yesterday in ruby-red Ocean County NJ. He knows I live on the west coast; he supports the military going into PDX.

He went on to reminisce about the 1970 hard hat riots where construction workers beat the shit out of war protesters in NYC. He wouldn't mind if it happened again

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 7d

Why most polls overstate support for political violence
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/most-polls...

Why most polls overstate support for political violence

Misperceptions about the popularity of violence increase public support for it — but you can help change that.

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Joseph O'Sullivan @olympiajoe.bsky.social · 7d

This guy snuck past security to get to the press offices a few years ago, where he delivered donuts to myself & Austin Jenkins of public radio.

One of those conversations where the first couple minutes seemed normal enough. And got weirder as it went.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Intruder damages ‘facilities and historical artifacts’ in WA Capitol, governor says

The break-in damaged "priceless" artifacts in the State Reception Room. A judge declined to set bail for the suspect but ordered a mental health evaluation.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 8d

Wrote about competing visions of what makes America America through the lens of “One Battle After Another”.

The corrosive rigidity of fascism

Is America something fixed or something fluid? Is it a country founded on a perfect set of ideas or a country that has struggled to become perfect? Is it a system that works or one that sputters, one ...

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Joseph O'Sullivan @olympiajoe.bsky.social · 8d

'U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut said the government appeared to be directly defying her previous temporary restraining order from a day earlier blocking the administration from sending Oregon’s National Guard to the city by instead deploying members of California’s Guard.'

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Judge deals Trump new setback in plans to deploy troops to Portland

U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut temporarily blocked the administration from sending any state’s National Guard troops under federal control to Portland.

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 9d

“These leaked messages make it blatantly clear that the decision to send troops to Portland is based on political optics, not safety,” said U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore.

‘Dangerous and un-American’: Politicians deride Trump administration over leaked messages on deploying Army to Portland

Several Democrats in Minnesota and Oregon criticized the administration this weekend, responding to an exclusive report by the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 9d

For those lucky enough to not know this is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Joseph O'Sullivan @olympiajoe.bsky.social · 9d

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland, OR -

'She said the relatively small protests the city has seen did not justify the use of federalized forces and allowing the deployment could harm Oregon’s state sovereignty.'

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland, Oregon

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland.

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Joseph O'Sullivan @olympiajoe.bsky.social · 10d

What does the death of PBS mean for journalism & democracy?

Wrote a piece on the demise of my newsroom, Cascade PBS Newsroom, and what comes next.

My substack will always be free - sign up and read away.

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Politicians killed my (your) newsroom

The closure of Cascade PBS means less investigative reporting on government, business and society in Washington state. Just how powerful people want it.

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Joseph O'Sullivan @olympiajoe.bsky.social · 13d

Our PBS newsroom in Washington got shuttered by presidential decree.

My colleagues & friends getting laid off.

Here's their layoff fund -- please donate if you have the means to help!

www.gofundme.com/f/support-ca...

Donate to Support Cascade PBS journalists after online newsroom axed, organized by Isabella Breda

On Monday, Sept. 22, Cascade PBS announced that it would be s… Isabella Breda needs your support for Support Cascade PBS journalists after online newsroom axed

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John Ryan @heyjohnryan.bsky.social · 21d

A dark day for Northwest journalism: @cascadepbs.bsky.social is axing the @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social, laying off 17 people, per internal memo obtained by @kuow.org.

Cascade PBS got ~10% of its budget from Corp. for Public Broadcasting. Unclear why its whole newsroom had to be axed.

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Rebecca Hansen-White @becannew.bsky.social · 21d

Crosscut/cascade pbs is an essential part of the PNW's journalism ecosystem, and writers their have for years, consistently asked WA leaders hard questions. Truly unbelievable.

Katie Campbell, KUOW @katiecampbell.bsky.social · 21d

Devastating news for local journalism.

Seattle's Cascade PBS announces layoffs, end of online long-form journalism

The move, attributed to the loss of federal funding for public media, marks the layoffs of 17 staffers and the creation of three new positions, station President and CEO Rob Dunlop told KUOW.

www.kuow.org

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 21d

That this is happening at a Seattle-based PBS station does not bode well for rural stations. What a huge loss for the Northwest.

John Ryan @heyjohnryan.bsky.social · 21d

A dark day for Northwest journalism: @cascadepbs.bsky.social is axing the @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social, laying off 17 people, per internal memo obtained by @kuow.org.

Cascade PBS got ~10% of its budget from Corp. for Public Broadcasting. Unclear why its whole newsroom had to be axed.

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