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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 1m

Ordinary Americans are not euphoric over the "energy dominance" president's program to make energy much more expensive.
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Soaring electricity bills could be the sleeper campaign issue of 2025

As costs continue to increase, voters are turning their ire toward politicians, shaking up this year’s governors races.

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 5m

Donald Trump seeks to make America an isolated backwater.
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U.S. falls out of top 10 on list of the world’s most powerful passports

The U.S. is now in the 12th spot — it was first a decade ago. The index ranks how many destinations a passport holder can visit without needing a visa.

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 9h

It turns out that China is more prepared to fight Donald Trump's trade war than Donald Trump is.
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How Trump Is Making China Great

Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 11h

Israel celebrates the "new dawn" in the Middle East by doing the exact same things it does every other day.
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Israel kills five Palestinians in Gaza and announces it will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite ceasefire agreement

Drop Site Daily: October 14, 2025

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 12h

Indiana University demonstrates its fierce opposition to intellectual freedom.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 14h

Republicans are laser-focused on taking health care away from their own voters.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Who will lose out when ACA health insurance subsidies expire?

Here’s a look at who could be affected by the end of the Affordable Care Act credits and how much prices could change.

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 15h

The "new dawn" in the Middle East looks a lot like every other day.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Israel imposes new Gaza aid restrictions as truce comes under strain

Israeli forces kill several Palestinians in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes under growing strain.

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 16h

Donald Trump puts "America first" by taking money from ordinary Americans to bail out the government of Argentina and hedge fund billionaires in the United States.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Ties Economic Support for Argentina to Coming Elections

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 17h

The "peace president" continues to commit acts of war.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 17h

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 18h

Donald Trump celebrates the "historic" accomplishment of peace in the Middle East by threatening to start another war.
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Trump says Hamas assured his ‘people’ that it will disarm: ‘And if they don’t disarm, we will disarm them, perhaps violently’

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 18h

Ordinary Americans do share the elites' euphoria over the Trump economy.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/t...

There's a shocking disparity between how high income and low income earners feel about the economy

New JPMorgan data shows how different Americans in different income brackets perceive the economy.

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 19h

There is a reason why people no longer bother to read the Washington Post.

Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday was AI taking all the jobs day; today is running out of workers day at the Washington Post deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-runnin... Just don't ask why the rich people get all the money

The Running Out of People Story: The Silliest Theme Pushed by Intellectual Types

Yesterday was AI taking all the jobs day, today is running out of workers day at the WaPo

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 19h

People wouldn't accuse Republicans of being Nazis if they didn't say "I love Hitler."
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 20h

Donald Trump responds to public demands for higher taxes on the wealthy by reducing taxes on the wealthy.
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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 20h

It turns out that yesterday was not as "historic" as the media elite claimed.
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Israel to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for fragile ceasefire

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza ...

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 21h

The Washington Post exists to represent the preferences of exactly one billionaire reader.
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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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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 21h

Donald Trump puts "America first" by imposing higher costs on ordinary Americans.
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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 22h

The "free speech absolutists" have moved on to other preoccupations.

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 1d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 23h

Donald Trump shows his commitment to "populism" by designated ordinary Americans the enemies of his plutocratic police state.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers.

On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
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MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 23h

People wouldn't call Donald Trump's armed thugs fascists if they didn't use more and more violence in their efforts to put entire segments of the population into concentration camps.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans say that they are surprised that the unhinged crackpot that they approved to run the American health care system continues to behave like an unhinged crackpot.
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