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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 22h

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 2d

University of California & Cal State campuses have together shared the names of thousands of employees with the Trump admin as it probes antisemitism allegations. Faculty are demanding schools, which say they are legally required to share data, push back:

www.latimes.com/california/s...

UC, CSU released troves of personal employee information to the feds. Now the backlash

Cal State and UC have face campus protest and intense rebuke by faculty, students and staff for sharing employee personal information with the Trump administration as part of investigations into alle...

www.latimes.com

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Nate Perez @nateperez.bsky.social · 2d

This isn’t the first time a typhoon has caused major damage to the Native Village of Kipnuk. Typhoon Merbok worsened the riverbank erosion in 2022. And a summer storm last year exacerbated the problem further. Read this story and keep supporting public radio! www.npr.org/2025/04/14/n...

Federal funding freeze halts key infrastructure projects in tribal communities

Riverbank stabilization, lead and asbestos contamination are just some of the projects tribes planned to address before the Trump administration froze funds.

www.npr.org

Nate Perez @nateperez.bsky.social · 2d

In a June court declaration, Paul wrote any further delay in starting the project “will create a risk that our village will suffer environmental, physical, and cultural harms that cannot be reversed.”

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Nate Perez @nateperez.bsky.social · 2d

The village’s environmental director Rayna Paul told me earlier this year, if or when the grant is reinstated, the hold up has delayed the project for at least a year. That’s because the river – from which materials come in by barge – is frozen for nearly half the year.

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Nate Perez @nateperez.bsky.social · 2d

Earlier this year, the Trump administration terminated a $20 million grant for the Native Village of Kipnuk that would have helped mitigate this type of disaster. The hold up has delayed engineering, planning and design for a riverbank that's been eroding for years, destroying homes and buildings.

Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 3d

At least 20 people are unaccounted for in Kwigillingok, in the Y-K Delta as of Sunday morning, and several homes were flooded and carried away by the remnants of Typhoon Halong - the worst storm on record.

Damage is still being assessed along the coast of Western Alaska
www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...

A major storm is bringing dangerous flooding and hurricane-force winds to Western Alaska

The remnants of Typhoon Halong have already caused damaging flooding in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The storm is expected to move north and continue into Monday.

www.kyuk.org

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David Wagner @dwagner.bsky.social · 8d

L.A.'s notorious refrigerator-less apartments will soon be illegal.

Gov. Newsom just signed AB 628, a bill requiring all landlords to provide tenants with a working fridge and stove starting next year.

Here's my previous @laist.com story on this bill: laist.com/news/housing...

BYO-fridge? New bill aims to ban LA’s refrigerator-less apartments

Why do so many L.A. landlords make renters bring their own refrigerators? An Inglewood state assemblymember is seeking to stop the practice.

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Hannah Bloch @hannahbloch.bsky.social · 8d

Many congratulations to @npr.org’s Anas Baba on this wonderful, hugely deserved recognition of his “steadfast and factual coverage of the war in Gaza [that] is making a singular contribution to public understanding of the conflict at great personal risk.”

www.academyofdiplomacy.org/news/press-r...

Press Release | The Academy’s 2025 Ross Media Award Winners Announced | American Academy of Diplomacy

In a statement issued on October 6, 2025, the American Academy of Diplomacy announced that the winners of the 2025 Ross Media Award for Reporting and Commentary on the Practice of American Diplomacy a...

https://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/news/press-release-%7C-the-academy’s-2025-ross-media-award-winners-announced

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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 15d

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 15d

NEW: I interviewed Leonard Peltier at his new home in North Dakota.

Now 81, he has a LOT to say about his ~50 years in prison, why he thinks Biden bucked the FBI to finally release him, how Indigenous people are "in danger" under Trump, and his next chapter. www.huffpost.com/entry/leonar...

‘We’re In Danger’: Leonard Peltier Has A Warning About Trump

In a sit-down interview, the Indigenous rights activist reflects on his nearly 50 years in prison, why he thinks Biden bucked the FBI to free him, and how tribes are “in danger” under Trump.

www.huffpost.com

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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán @sergiomarbel.bsky.social · 17d

Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, a victim of the shooting at the Dallas ICE facility, continues to be in critical condition.

His wife is 39 weeks pregnant. It’s a boy. “What if he never even gets to meet him?”

She wants the world to know her husband: www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

'I want his name to be known:' Wife of immigrant injured at ICE facility shooting speaks out

Stephany Gauffeny says she wants the world to know that her husband, Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, is more than "just an immigrant or a detainee, or a criminal."

www.npr.org

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16d

SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22d

NEW — I wrote about my confirmed scoop from last night that Disney hastened Kimmel's return because of a planned Disney+ streaming price increase announcement coming on Tuesday:

Kimmel reinstatement preempted Disney+ price increase

The Handbasket reported first Monday evening on Bluesky

www.thehandbasket.co

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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 19d

Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts

Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.

www.bleedingheartland.com

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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 19d

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.

Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.

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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · 21d

Americans are so hot for shrimp that Red Lobster lost $11 million after offering a $20 endless buffet.

Much of it came from India, until Trump's 50% tariffs punched the industry down and left women searching for work to pay rent. With Almaas Masood

www.npr.org/2025/09/23/n...

Americans are crazy for shrimp. Much of it came from India — until now

India's shrimp exports to the U.S. were once a success story. Now the industry faces ruin amid President Trump's 50% tariff on imports from the country.

www.npr.org

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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez @yvonnewingett.bsky.social · 21d

Arizona votes to send its first Latina to Congress 19thnews.org/2025/09/adel... via @19thnews.org

Arizona votes to send its first Latina to Congress

Adelita Grijalva will be the first Latina to represent Arizonans in Congress after winning her father's former seat.

19thnews.org

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25d

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.

Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.

(Published 2022)

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial

A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.

www.propublica.org

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NPR @npr.org · 25d

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

www.npr.org

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 25d

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

www.msnbc.com

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404 Media @404media.co · 29d

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

www.404media.co

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 15

Energy Secretary Chris Wright has disbanded a controversial Climate Working Group (CWG), which wrote a report that scientists say was full of errors and misrepresented climate science.

Trump's Energy Department disbands group that sowed doubt about climate change

Energy Secretary Chris Wright has disbanded a controversial Climate Working Group (CWG), which wrote a report that scientists say was full of errors and misrepresented climate science.

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Nate Perez @nateperez.bsky.social · Sep 15

The Twisted Teens LP is the best new thing I've heard in a while. Is it garage? Country? IDK! But it rocks and I'm pumped for a new one.

Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · Aug 25

Alex Stillman of the new Minneapolis pressing plant OUTTA WAX needed to get Twisted Teens copies of their widely unreleased new album in time for their UK tour dates...so they just flew out there and joined them on the road. A fun tour diary + the band kindly let me share one of their new songs.

across the uk with twisted teens and their unreleased album

Outta Wax’s Alex Stillman joins the New Orleans band for a tale of broken bones and bullshit hot dogs.

see-saw.fun

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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · Sep 12

NEW: Bullets Found After the Charlie Kirk Shooting Carried Messages. Here’s What They Mean

w/ @megannicolett.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/charli...

Bullets Found After the Charlie Kirk Shooting Carried Messages. Here’s What They Mean

The inscriptions on bullets recovered near the scene of Charlie Kirk's murder appear to reference video games like ‘Helldivers 2’ and online furry roleplay, not a legible political ideology.

www.wired.com

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Sep 11

⚠️ NYT reports that the WSJ claims about the “ideology” on the bullets “might turn out to have been misread or misinterpreted.”

Gift link for ongoing updates:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

21 minutes ago
Glenn Thrush and Devlin Barrett
According to a preliminary internal report circulated inside the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, federal and local officials recovered ammunition with the rifle that appeared to be engraved with statements
"expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology."
But a senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation cautioned that report had not been verified by A.T.F. analysts, did not match other summaries of the evidence, and might turn out to have been misread or misinterpreted. In fast-moving investigations, such status reports are not made public because they often contain a mixture of accurate and inaccurate information.

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