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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1h

They just gutted Teen Vogue which had top notch political journalism. The media is continuing to purge any sort of political dissent to Trump and the oligarchs.

www.vogue.com/article/teen...

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2h

Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.

The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.

They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.

Wanna fix fraud and abuse?

Fix that.

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Natty🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🏐🏈🐕🐴📎 @grillnatty.bsky.social · 3d

#Colorado keep Rep Neguse. He is gooooood

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 56m

I know that some of you #onhere have access to people with money. Get some of them to invest in Lex and the other staffers laid off from Teen Vogue.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 55m

The gutting of Teen Vogue, a publication which dared to treat its readers seriously and with respect, is an especially dispiriting day in old media's long, self-destructive forced march to nowhere

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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ConvergenceZone @commonunity.bsky.social · 51m

So he can steal the remaining funds

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💙💛 J. Larriand 🫘🇺🇦🌻 Stand With Ukraine 🌍 @larriandj.bsky.social · 53m

Absolutely spot on 🎯👇🏻🔥

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1h

What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 17h

Any actual journalist would be mortified to hear Trump say these things but Bari will surely be thrilled. She's received the seal of approval from an enemy of the actual free press and the biggest liar in American politics.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 17h

This part didn’t make into the Final Cut on 60 Minutes ⬇️

And actually 60 Minutes paid me a lotta money. And you don't have to put this on, because I don't wanna embarrass you, and I'm sure you're not-- you have a great-- I think you have a great, new leader, frankly, who's the young woman that's leading your whole enterprise is a great-- from what I know.
I don't know her, but I hear she's a great person. But 60 Minutes was forced to pay me-- a lot of money because they took her answer out that was so bad, it was election-changing, two nights before the election.
And they put a new answer in. And they paid me a lot of money for that. You can't have fake news. You've gotta have legit news. And I think that it's happening. I see--
NORAH O'DONNELL: Mr. President--
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: --I see good things happening in the news. I really do.
And I think one of the best things to happen is this show and new ownership, CBS and new ownership. I think it's the greatest thing that's happened in a long time to a free and open and good press.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 17h

Chicagoland going for MVP:

“This is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination in the best possible way,” Khan said. “It’s overwhelmingly amazing, and we just want to make sure we get food to people who need it the most.”

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/e...

Evanston food drive overwhelms 'in the best possible way' as SNAP recipients face uncertainty

Many waited more than an hour to drop off bags of groceries during a food drive at Evanston Township High School.

www.nbcchicago.com

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Sister of Wendy #AbolishICE 🐸 @sisterswendy.bsky.social · 2h

There will soon be a reckoning in America when we get our country back. We've allowed Corporate America to get away with slave labor wages for far too long. An example: a Walmart employee on SNAP spends that money buying food FROM Walmart. They profit TWICE from slave labor.

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2h

Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.

The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.

They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.

Wanna fix fraud and abuse?

Fix that.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 3h

Brett Kavanaugh's behavior during today's second oral arguments has been incredibly obnoxious and rude. He is so eager to kill a service member's lawsuit against a negligent government contractor that he keeps interrupting other justices, raising his voice, and getting emotional. Weird and erratic.

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Ian Moody @ianmoody.bsky.social · 2h

OpenAI and Amazon have signed a US$38 billion deal that enables the ChatGPT maker to run its artificial intelligence systems on Amazon’s cloud computing services.
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/202...

OpenAI and Amazon sign US$38B deal for AI computing power

OpenAI and Amazon have signed a US$38 billion deal that enables the ChatGPT maker to run its artificial intelligence systems on Amazon’s cloud computing services

www.bnnbloomberg.ca

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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 6h

Another abominable editorial from the Wash Post

Wash post on Mamdani: The young politician wa born into a life of wealth and privilege, and from tht perch he adopted a worldview centered around destroying the economic system that made his adopted country thrive.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

"eight bodyguards surround the Free Press founder at all times, and she’s shuttled around in a caravan of SUVs, much like the president and vice president."

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 5h

!!!!! pagesix.com/2025/11/03/e...

Exclusive | Bari Weiss’ security detail costs CBS $10,000 a day as network undergoes layoffs

Page Six hears that as staffers watch their colleagues pack up their desks, they’re also learning that the security detail for new CBSNews boss Bari Weiss costs the company five figures every day.…

pagesix.com

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 4h

Yay, Julian & company! Solidarity from NU!

I wrote this in the Daily Northwestern last week, by the way. Among other things, it mentions a faculty assembly resolution similar to yours that passed overwhelmingly last month:

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/10/29/o...

Opinion | NU AAUP Dispatches: It’s time to take the Trump Administration to court

Opinion Contributor Prof. Heidi Kitrosser discusses how Northwestern should respond to funding freezes by the Trump Administration.

dailynorthwestern.com

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks for doing this! If it helps, the UMN faculty Senate overwhelmingly passed a similar resolution: www.startribune.com/u-senate-app...

U Senate approves resolution to oppose Trump academic compact

Some faculty members said the compact would “endanger” the U’s “independence and integrity.”

www.startribune.com

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 4h

Later today, with the support of @sbagen.bsky.social and @richardprimus.bsky.social, I’ll be moving a Faculty Senate resolution calling on the University of Michigan to reject the federal government’s proposed “Academic Compact.” Join the discussion if you can! docs.google.com/document/u/0...

11.3.25 Senate Motion3.docx

The University of MichiganUniversity SenateMotion #110325-3 Resolution to Reject Participation in the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” Whereas on 1 October 2025 the Trump Admin...

docs.google.com

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blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 6h

The point is that Dems don't fund independent media on the same scale as Republicans, despite raising record amounts of money. You can see it here, where many left leaning writers are begging for subs and having to use a subscription/paywall model whereas the right gives out content for free

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No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 3h

I recently read my cousin’s non-profit financial disclosures and he received $12 million over three years from right-wing foundations to, essentially, run a YouTube channel.

blippy @blippy.bsky.social · 6h

The point is that Dems don't fund independent media on the same scale as Republicans, despite raising record amounts of money. You can see it here, where many left leaning writers are begging for subs and having to use a subscription/paywall model whereas the right gives out content for free

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ConvergenceZone @commonunity.bsky.social · 3h

You misunderestimate the white male vote that will never vote for a woman. I believe they would have voted for Biden As they did in 2020

ConvergenceZone @commonunity.bsky.social · 5h

He was not right as evidenced by the outcome.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 6h

I’m doing research for a project and found out about the “don’t buy where you can’t work” movement during the depression, where Black people boycotted and picketed places that wouldn’t hire us. Shout out to everyone who’s not going back to Target!

"Don't Buy Where You Can't Work" | National Museum of African American History & Culture.

<p>“Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work” campaigns of the 1930s used effective direct-action tactics, such as boycotts and picketing. </p>

www.searchablemuseum.com

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BIG D GRANDROYAL @bigdgrandroyal.bsky.social · 9h

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Collapse Faster! @maketotalcollapse.bsky.social · 6h

Wonder if this will get days and days of coverage in all major newspapers? (It will not)

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 6h

"Reform UK in Brighton has been accused of antisemitism after a now-deleted AI-generated image depicting Green Party leader Zack Polanski [as a demonic manipulator] was shared on Facebook"
www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...

Reform UK accused of 'echoing Nazi propaganda' with 'antisemitic' Ai-generated picture of Green Party leader Zack Polanski | LBC

A wing of Reform UK has been accused of antisemitism after a now-deleted AI-generated image depicting Green Party leader Zack Polanski was shared on Facebook.

www.lbc.co.uk

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 6h

There’s also a made-up rule that the GOP Speaker can cancel Congress when he doesn’t want to swear in elected Democrats. And another made-up rule that the GOP Senate can steal SCOTUS seats from a Dem president in election years. Etc.

The whole failing thing is norms & duct tape all the way down.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6h

There’s Senate-made-up rule that says bills need 60 votes, and another Senate-made-up rule that says a simple majority can pass bills with 50 votes when it wants, but not doing that is of utmost importance. Explicit Constitutional provisions can be ignored at will, but one Senate rule is sacrosanct.

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