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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 6h

The Declaration of Independence:

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C.E. Peterson @gamechanger95.bsky.social · 5h

Indiana University fires student newspaper adviser who refused to block news stories
The adviser’s offense? He refused an order to force student editors to ensure no news stories ran in the print edition tied to the homecoming celebrations.

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Indiana University fires student newspaper adviser who refused to block news stories

Tension between Indiana University and its student newspaper flared this week with the elimination of the outlet’s print editions and the firing of a faculty adviser, who refused an order to keep news...

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 4d

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C.E. Peterson @gamechanger95.bsky.social · 3d

Trump says the US has secured $17 trillion in new investments. The real number is likely much less

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Trump says the US has secured $17 trillion in new investments. The real number is likely much less

President Donald Trump claims his policies have generated $17 trillion in new investments, but the real number is likely much less.

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C.E. Peterson @gamechanger95.bsky.social · 3d

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

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US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

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C.E. Peterson @gamechanger95.bsky.social · 3d

the story is set in what could be the not-so-distant future.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 3d

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” “even in its omissions, brims with strategic ingenuity and daring, cinematic and political—to fight other films’ empty fantasies with substantial ones,” @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social writes.

The Real Battle of “One Battle After Another”

Paul Thomas Anderson’s spectacular, exquisitely detailed fantasy of revolution and resistance, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, looks to history for visions of hope.

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 3d

Making free meals available to all public students wouldn't only produce benefits equal to the costs, it would produce social benefits with a net worth of about $520 million a year, according to an economic analysis released last Monday ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/14/a...

Analysis: Universal school meals in Ohio would pay for themselves — and then some • Ohio Capital Journal

Most Ohio school kids already get free meals. Making them free for all students would produce big social benefits, new study says.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 5d

The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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C.E. Peterson @gamechanger95.bsky.social · 5d

www.theargumentmag.com/p/trump-is-r...

Trump is raising Americans’ energy bills, but states can fight back

State leadership on clean energy can address rising electricity costs

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 8d

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks, New Yorker

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C.E. Peterson @gamechanger95.bsky.social · 11d

www.propublica.org/article/heal...

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 14d

Terrible this is happening; great that we have a prominent governor telling us about it in real time.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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James “Jimmy” Gibbs @jimmyjamers.bsky.social · 14d

This thread is something.
@propublica is putting in the work

T. Christian Miller @tchristianmiller.bsky.social · 18d

1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 13d

This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 13d

It appears that the federal agents occupying Portland have people embedded with them charged with the task of producing stories presenting the government’s version of events. Ironically, this was the sort of work JD Vance did in Iraq before he decided he was against that war.

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Federal officers were flanked by videographers, toting professional equipment and wearing high-visibility vests.
They filmed from behind the lines of officers, capturing the show of force. At least two drones swept over the scenes.

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C.E. Peterson @gamechanger95.bsky.social · 17d

magic number is down to 11

Chicago Cubs @cubsbot.bsky.social · 18d

That's game one. #FlyTheW

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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 21d

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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 23d

Georgia people: pay attention to utility commission races! (Everyone should, but almost no one does. 😦)

Bolts @boltsmag.org · 24d

Two Democrats seeking to challenge GOP utility commissioners in Georgia are running on ramping up clean energy production. They’ve also called for lowering electricity rates, which have increased six times since 2023.

As Georgia Returns to Electing Its Utility Commission, Worries over Democracy Linger

A pair of races are crystallizing issues with fair representation in Georgia: officials who stay in their seats years past their term, low-turnout runoffs, and the diluted power of Black voters.

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C.E. Peterson @gamechanger95.bsky.social · 25d

biochemist’s quote: “the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies, and dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority.”

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Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol and repeats discredited link between vaccines and autism

President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29d

Dr. Debby Day said her bosses at Cigna gave her a stark warning: Work faster, or the company might fire her.

She said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers.”

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A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her.

Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s ho...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Sep 18

So much free speech.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · Sep 18

It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.

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