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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 8h

When Far-Right Voters Learn Wage Inequality Facts, Their Support for Policy Solutions Jumps inequality.org/article/far-...

When Far-Right Voters Learn Wage Inequality Facts, Their Support for Policy Solutions Jumps

A new study of voters in the United States and five other countries finds that those on the far right become much more supportive of redistributive policies when they know the true extent of the wage ...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9h

Boom! Who’s winning the shutdown debate? THE ACA.

More Republicans than Democrats use the ACA marketplace. So the GOP’s base is relying on the same program their party is causing premiums to skyrocket.

45% of ACA marketplace enrollees are Republicans, and most live in GOP-held districts.

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 8h

Jack Smith Reveals He Had “Tons of Evidence” Against Trump newrepublic.com/post/201788/... via @newrepublic.com

Jack Smith Reveals He Had “Tons of Evidence” Against Trump

The former special counsel is speaking out against the Trump administration.

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 23h

This week brings a bumper harvest of brand new books www.npr.org/2025/10/14/n...

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This week brings a bumper harvest of brand new books

This week's new titles include memoir, comics journalism and speculative fiction, horror and humor. Susan Orlean tells her own story in Joyride, and Pulitzer-winner Adam Johnson has a new novel.

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

Gov. Janet Mills of Maine to Run for Senate, Aiming at Senator Susan Collins www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Gov. Janet Mills of Maine to Run for Senate, Aiming at Senator Susan Collins

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

Quan Barry on Writing a Horror Novel Set in Antarctica lithub.com/quan-barry-o...

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Quan Barry on Writing a Horror Novel Set in Antarctica

Quan Barry is an award-winning playwright (and poet) as well as a novelist, skills which show in the virtuosity of the ensemble of characters she has created in The Unveiling. Her primary narrator …

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

Who Was Peter Matthiessen, Really? lithub.com/who-was-pete...

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Who Was Peter Matthiessen, Really?

Lance Richardson began his biography of Peter Matthiessen in 2017, at one point following Matthiessen’s 1973 Himalayan trek in pursuit of enlightenment in The Snow Leopard, as well as conducting mo…

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

Brandon Taylor, Megha Majumdar, Susan Orlean, and more: 27 new books out today! lithub.com/brandon-tayl...

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Brandon Taylor, Megha Majumdar, Susan Orlean, and more: 27 new books out today!

Literary fiction-heads (as LH devotees usually are) must celebrate: new Brandon Taylor AND Megha Majumdar in one week?! Not to mention exciting, unputdownable novels by Quan Barry, Anna North, Adam…

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

58 Books You Need to Read (Recommended by People Who Know) lithub.com/58-books-you...

Thoughts, #booksky? Which have you read? Which do you plan to read?

58 Books You Need to Read (Recommended by People Who Know)

In honor of Literary Hub’s tenth birthday, we asked over 200 authors, editors, booksellers, publishing professionals, and other literary luminaries to weigh in on a few questions about the pa…

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Nancy Quinn @nancyquinn.bsky.social · 1d

7 Books About the Precarity of Urban Life electricliterature.com/7-books-abou...

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7 Books About the Precarity of Urban Life - Electric Literature

These authors examine wealth disparity, property ownership, and the collision of lives in shifting neighborhoods

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

"To bring a democracy under authoritarian control, you need more than a strongman. You need politicians who will assure the public, as we slide toward one-man rule, that nothing odd is happening. That’s the role Johnson is playing in Trump’s takeover of America." www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism

Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 2d

Nice to see this — Madison gets the NYT's 36 Hours treatment: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

36 Hours in Madison, Wis.

Embrace this beer-and-cheese-loving Midwestern capital with farmers’ markets, cozy supper clubs and picturesque lakeside strolls.

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 1d

He had no clue what happened either

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker: "Look, we've gotta rely on the courts to do the right thing. I realize that sometimes that's risky business, especially when some have been appointed by Donald Trump. But we've seen that even a Trump-appointed judge out in California has ruled against the administration."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Kamala Harris: "The Supreme Court made the decision that the president would be immune from any of his conduct while in office. So we went into the election with this individual, Donald Trump, knowing that he would essentially be immune from any consequence for misbehavior while in office."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Kamala Harris: "Here in Chicago I'm told the helicopters that were descending on an American city were Black Hawks. Do you know what Black Hawks were designed to do? War. So I think everyone can draw their conclusions just based on the facts."