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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈
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Pulitzer prize winning editor and news developer. Bluesky elder. Now: Data Editor at @statnews.bsky.social
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · Feb 14
New from me: Here it is, everything I know about every change I've been monitoring on data.cdc.gov plus an archive of every file that's been removed or altered.

www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
STAT is backing up and monitoring CDC data in real time: See what's changing
STAT is backing up and monitoring CDC data in real time: See what's changing.
www.statnews.com
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404media.co
After 404 Media's months-long reporting and pressure from lawmakers, the data broker owned by the U.S.’s major airlines will now shut down a program in which it sold access to hundreds of millions of flight records to the government and let agencies track peoples’ movements without a warrant.
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. Japanese officials said the message was worrying: the president didn’t want friction over Taiwan to endanger a detente reached last month with Xi, which includes a promise to buy more agricultural products from American farmers ..”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
Almost always just "in DC"
dceiver.bsky.social Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 6h
any time I see “near the White House” in a headline it makes me wonder if it truly was near the White House or just “in DC”
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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prasad.bsky.social
no, not weird at all — DC has multiple level I trauma centers so there’s no need — distributed load is preferable
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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thedailybeast.bsky.social
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths

2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
maxkennerly.bsky.social Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11h
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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scottnover.bsky.social
"E.W. Scripps Co. adopted a so-called poison pill to thwart an unsolicited takeover bid by rival TV broadcast company Sinclair Inc." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Scripps Adopts Poison Pill After Takeover Bid by Sinclair
E.W. Scripps Co. adopted a so-called poison pill to thwart an unsolicited takeover bid by rival TV broadcast company Sinclair Inc.
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
jaspar.bsky.social
As a corporate lawyer one of your jobs is to know when you *can* make a legal claim but shouldn’t because of the bad public reaction. Like when Disney tried to say that guy couldn’t sue over his wife’s death because of the fine print in a Disney+ trial he signed up for years earlier.
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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pbump.com
A reminder, as Trump boasts about having "never worked so hard in my life" that he is playing golf more often now than he did in his first term and in less than five years has already played golf more often than Obama did in eight. www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...
Trump has visited a Trump Organization property on 113 days of the 311 days of his second term in office. He has likely played golf on 76 days. That is a visit to a property on 36.3 percent of all of the days he's served since Jan. 20, 2025, and a likely round of golf on 24.4 percent of days. At that pace, he would likely play golf on 357 days by Jan. 20, 2029, bringing his two-term total to 616 days. He has visited a Trump property on 80.7 percent of weekend days during his second term, with a likely round of golf on 73.9 percent of weekend days. At this point in his first term, he had visited a Trump Organization property on 103 days and likely played golf on 65 days.
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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atrupar.com
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
The Creeps at the Failing New York Times are at it again. I won the 2024 Presidential Election in a Landslide, winning all Seven Swing States, the Popular Vote, and the Electoral College by a lot. I one our Nation’s Districts by 2750 to 550, a complete wipeout. I settled 8 Wars, have 48 New Stock Market Highs, our Economy is Great, and our Country is RESPECTED AGAIN all over the World, respected like never before. The last Administration had the Highest Inflation in history - I have already brought that down to normal, and prices, including groceries, are coming down. To do this requires a lot of Work and Energy, and I have never worked so hard in my life. Yet despite all of this the Radical Left Lunatics in the soon to fold New York Times did a hit piece on me that I am perhaps losing my Energy, despite facts that show the exact opposite. They know this is wrong, as is almost every thing that they write about me, including election results, ALL PURPOSELY NEGATIVE. This cheap “RAG” is truly an “ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.” The writer of the story, Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out. Despite all of this, I have my highest Poll Numbers, ever, and with record setting investment being made in America, they should only go up. There will be a day when I run low on Energy, it happens to everyone, but with a PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE TEST (“That was aced”) JUST RECENTLY TAKEN, it certainly is not now! GOD BLESS AMERICA & MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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papapishu.bsky.social
moe when bart pranks him holding the phone
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
davidjbier.bsky.social David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 1d
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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cwarzel.bsky.social
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
jaspar.bsky.social
Snowy hot tub in the Minn-apple
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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ryanjreilly.com
"Last night the counterterrorism division at the FBI sent a note to members of, the members of Congress saying they are opening what appears to be an inquiry against the six of us."

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
FBI seeks interviews with six Democrats Trump accused of 'seditious behavior'
The lawmakers, who released a video urging members of the military and the intelligence community not to follow illegal orders, accused Trump of trying to intimidate them.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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sivav.bsky.social
We used to oppose corruption in the US government. Now everything goes and the courts are fine with it.
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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statnews.com
#Breaking: Trump administration quietly unveils new round of Medicare-negotiated drug prices

www.statnews.com/2025/11/25/t...
Trump administration quietly unveils new round of Medicare-negotiated drug prices
Trump administration unveils new round of Medicare-negotiated drug prices.
www.statnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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whippoorwont.bsky.social
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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today.yougov.com
Nov 24-25 poll of 8,419 U.S. adults (+/-1.3 points)
% who approve | disapprove of members of Congress telling military members they have a legal duty to refuse illegal orders
U.S. adults 50% | 32%
Democrats 74% | 14%
Independents 50% | 26%
Republicans 27% | 56%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
YouGov survey results by political party for the question, Do you approve or disapprove of members of Congress telling military members that they have a legal duty to refuse to carry out illegal orders?
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
jaspar.bsky.social
lol this is actually a topic where Big Hand Dryer and Big Paper have been fighting a research war for years. Both industries fund a lot of research proving that each option is actually the cleaner, more sustainable solution.
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.

This is today's actual house editorial.
Opinion Editorial Board Thankful for paper towels Holiday travelers deserve better than inadequate and unsanitary hand dryers.
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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ianboudreau.com
Finger on the pulse, this one
thelincoln.bsky.social Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 1d
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"

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Bari Weiss says she wants to use her new perch at CBS News to “redraw the lines of what falls in the 40 yards of acceptable debate” in American political and cultural life. She says the aim is to sideline voices like Hasan Piker, Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, and elevate “charismatic” figures such as Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch who reflect “where the vast majority of Americans actually are.”
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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sky.skymarchini.net
NYT chart of time spent at home increasing by 120mins relative to 2003 in 2020 and staying there
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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theb3atskeet.blacksky.app
IYKYK 🤣🤣 #BlackADHDsky
I love people with ADHD be they never actually forget anything. You just have to say the right words to activate them like a sleeper cell and then they awaken with all of the knowledge on a very niche subject they studied for 3 months straight 6 years ago.
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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startribune.com
Minnesota’s Democrats in Congress say they will push to undo a federal ban on intoxicating hemp products before it takes effect in a year and upends the state’s market for low-dose THC products.
Minnesota Democrats in Congress look to reverse federal ban on hemp THC products
It’s unclear if Minnesota’s GOP congressmembers will seek a fix, though Rep. Tom Emmer has appeared open to it.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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malwaretech.com
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM