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Sue Gowans
@sueinnovates.bsky.social
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Writing about health care, education & city life. Retired from a teaching hospital. My kids were in the public school system. Currently a City 3R Ambassador.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h
The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.
Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her. Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk. Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.
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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 5h
Precisely the person Justice Kavanaugh said would not be inconvenienced.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h
The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.
Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her. Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk. Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h
Mockler: I think we need to spend more time talking about phase two and the actual peace deal, rather than some Nobel peace prize, when that hasn't been achieved yet.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 7h
I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.
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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 12h
We can celebrate a 🇨🇦 winning the prize while acknowledging that 🇨🇦 could not provide the environment for them to do their prize winning research, so they left. Maybe it’s time to fix that Mr. Carney.
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6h
Trump took office with a Israel-Hamas ceasefire in place, then announced a vision for Gaza as a US-owned resort, with most Palestinians living there gone. Israel restarted military ops in March and imposed famine. Thousands of dead Palestinians later, the Trump admin helped broker another ceasefire.
Opinion | Trump’s Nobel peace prize campaign is the least important part of the Gaza deal
If the ceasefire holds, the administration deserves much credit. But the fixation on Trump getting a prize distracts from things that actually matter.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 18h
"Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off...

...“We were looking to triple the business. Instead, it collapsed to zero.”
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Sue Gowans @sueinnovates.bsky.social · 18h
Boycotts by every day Canadians continue to make an economic difference for US Distilleries, US golf courses, US ferries.

Good (and it's unlikely to resolve any time soon).
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...
Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business
Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.
www.cnn.com
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💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · 14h
Conservatives love to pine away for picturesque "real America," and then without fail show pictures of some sleepy New England university town that's voted D+60 for 75 years
Twitter screenshot "American conservati... @acc_national America isn't an idea. It's home." Attached are four daytime photos of picturesque rural scenes in the fall.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 7h
Unending and unbelievable shitshow.
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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 7h
NEW: More than half of the roughly 1,300 layoffs notices at @CDCgov have been rescinded. But analysts with top-secret clearance working on biodefense preparedness at another health agency have lost their jobs, per sources. Our story 1/4
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Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit
More than half of the roughly 1,300 CDC layoff notices have been rescinded, but workers at health agencies who work on biodefense and mental health still lost their jobs.
www.washingtonpost.com
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7h
Along with fast-tracking FEMA funds for the Naples pier, Noem flew to the Florida city on a government plane to tour the site, then stayed for the weekend and had dinner with the donor, according to emails and an interview with the Naples mayor.

(Published September)
Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened
The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 6h
"Those efforts have been complicated by the fact that major hedge funds, including those led by friends of Mr. Bessent, stand to benefit financially from an Argentina economic lifeline."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout
www.nytimes.com
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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 7h
"I stand on solid rock and I will not bow, I will not break, I will not bend, I will not capitulate, I will not give in, I will not give up."

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks out after being indicted by the Trump DOJ.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 6h
Following Maple Leafs’ loss, fans stick around to watch Jays game at Scotiabank Arena
Maple Leafs have offered up their big screen after games for fans after Games 1 and 2 of ALCS
www.theglobeandmail.com
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Sharon Schmidt @skaysmall.bsky.social · 7h
At least 154 Palestinian prisoners being freed on Monday as part of the swap for Israeli captives held in Gaza will be forced into exile by Israel. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
‘Inhumane’: 154 freed Palestinian prisoners forced into exile by Israel
Palestinian families awaiting return of imprisoned relatives are shocked to learn they will be deported.
www.aljazeera.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h
We’re in the second Gilded Age just like the first — when America’s wealth was in the hands of a few, money corrupted politics, and working people were abused and exploited.

It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.
From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 9h
This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for the members of the Canadian Armed Forces serving abroad.

While most Canadians gather with loved ones, they stand on guard — sacrificing time with their families to protect ours. Thank you for your service and dedication.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 8h
Reps for CNN, Reuters, The AP, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic and NPR all say that journalists from their newsrooms are not signing the new paperwork about Pentagon access. Newsmax says it doesn't intend to sign, either — a potentially significant sign of MAGA dissension.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h
How many scripts are floating around Hollywood right now with "criminals posing as ICE" as the basic premise?
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 12h
Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h
Authoritarianism isn't coming.

It's already here.

@saletan.bsky.social and @monacharen.bsky.social dive in.
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Mike Wilner @wilnerness.bsky.social · 13h
Nathan Lukes is playing today despite hammering a ball off his right knee last night, but Anthony Santander has been taken out of #Bluejays lineup with back tightness. Davis Schneider is in.
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The Atlantic Communications @theatlanticpr.bsky.social · 15h
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 · 13h
While Trump blusters about "law & order," his regime has dropped or halted nearly 165 investigations into corporate wrongdoing. And Trump himself has pardoned dozens of his supporters, including Jan 6 rioters and others convicted of crimes like money laundering and bribery.
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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 20h
++ people in DC. Still. It’s still happening here I had feds in the alley behind my house 3 days ago. 7 people (that I know of) have been taken from my block alone.
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Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 1d
It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.
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