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Jeff Rudolph
@jeffted.bsky.social
*Jock/Nerd hybrid, married to Jan
*Former broadcaster, now financial advisor
*Introvert masquerading as an extrovert
*Iowan with Chicagoland roots.
*Empathy, Opportunity, Obligation
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The Salt Lake Tribune, which went from for-profit to non-profit 6 years ago, is about to drop its paywall. "The Tribune cannot afford to limit who has access to independent and trusted news."

Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.

www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
www.sltrib.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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"When they try to describe this situation as 'war-torn,' it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit."
it really has been amazing how much one person in a frog suit destroyed their fantasy visuals over the past week. this wouldn't work everywhere but Portland, you are doing amazing sweetie
October 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Imagine George W Bush causing
5k dead US soldiers
1 million dead Iraqis
an occupation w/no WMDs
a global recession
Wall St meltdown
derivatives & housing market crash
blow off a hurricane
crash economy while enriching millionaires...

...and he's still not the worst POTUS of the 21st Century.
Remember when George W Bush was the dumbest living President. I really miss those days.
September 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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🤡🤡🤡
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
September 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Curtis Evans, of Evanston, carries a U.S. flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. Evans said he was a Marine during Ronald Reagan’s term.
September 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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From @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social's Cup of Coffee newsletter this morning, the glorious dismantling of fascist chuds by the Durham Bulls social media. Fuck yeah, Durham. This is the way.
June 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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I’d like to say “we’re better than this.” But the truth is that this dark and hateful strain of nativism and bigotry has always pulsed through the body politic of America. Now, however, it’s’ being activated and applauded from a lawless White House.
June 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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I don’t want to see the “Bluesky bubble” burst by more conservative takes. I want to see people talking about music, hobbies, weird fascinations, dumb jokes, and big ideas.

That’s what Twitter was before Elon politicized it. We get that back by not letting the politics of our day to day define it.
June 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Lot of jackwagons in the comments here. Don't judge a book by its cover. Any true Midwesterner will tell you the Maid-Rite is good eating.
Have you ever thought to yourself, "I would love a sloppy joe, but they're just too wet and saucy"

Well the good folks of Iowa have solved your problems. Introducing the Maid-Rite sandwich
May 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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I rather see two men holding hands
than two men holding guns.

#PamelasSundaySanity

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November 17, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Imagine 'owning' a team, getting no share of the profits and having no say in how it's run. But that green and gold certificate looks good on the wall I guess.
April 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Love the Cubs' sense of urgency this season.
April 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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I love this sport so much
April 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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It’s Jackie Robinson Day. @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social calling out MLB’s blatant hypocrisy is what I needed to start this morning off.
April 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Looks like I'll be going to bed soon. #Cubs
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I'm getting '84 flashbacks.
April 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Busch Heavy
April 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Wild, via Clark Kauffman:
"Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa, a faith-based health care provider, is arguing in a medical malpractice case that the loss of an unborn child does not equate to the death of a 'person' for the purpose of calculating damage awards."
iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/04/09/a...
Aiming to limit damages, Catholic hospital argues a fetus isn't the same as a 'person' • Iowa Capital Dispatch
A faith-based health care provider is arguing in court that the loss of an unborn child does not equate to the death of a “person.”
iowacapitaldispatch.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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That last paragraph goes hard
April 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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I've gotten more hate mail for this piece than any other, a reminder that people myths that give people meaning die hard www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Myth of the Kindly General Lee
The legend of the Confederate leader’s heroism and decency is based in the fiction of a person who never existed.
www.theatlantic.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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We are living through the consequences of having an uninformed and ill-informed citizenry. Our founding fathers warned us about this danger.
April 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Not really interested in hearing anyone with the Los Angeles Dodgers talking next week about how important Jackie Robinson was when they all smiled and posed today with a white supremacist trying extra hard to re-segregate society.
April 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Welcome to the new Goose Island Flight Deck.
A goose made a nest in the Wrigley Field bleachers, forcing a section of seats to close to fans. buff.ly/sOdYBxA
April 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM