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Jared Sullivan
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Author of VALLEY SO LOW, Knopf fall 2024

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Jared Sullivan @jrdsllvn.bsky.social · Nov 17
The Kingston coal-ash disaster is one of the largest environmental fiascos in U.S. history, but far too few Americans know about it. I’m ecstatic @nytimes.com reviewed my new book, VALLEY SO LOW, that tells the full story.
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dicktofel.bsky.social
Some economic stories are complicated. This one is not.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
U.S. Has Lost Manufacturing Jobs Every Month Since 'Liberation Day'
American manufacturers shed about 8,000 jobs in December, according to the Labor Department, marking the eighth straight month of losses since President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs in April. The ...
www.wsj.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
What a colossal societal failure that our national response to this was 🤷‍♂️

Something something Every Day Is Jan 6 Now something something and the Republic faces an existential threat something No self-governing society can survive such a threat something by denying that it exists something something
January 6, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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walterolson.bsky.social
Five years ago.
Front pages of American newspapers after Jan. 6, 2021, with headlines like "Capitol Chaos," "Assault on Democracy," "Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol."
January 6, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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phillewis.bsky.social
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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espiers.bsky.social
Today in media news
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20d
He was supposed to serve 10 years and pay $36 million in restitution for defrauding investors. Never served a day. Not Somali.
December 31, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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erinmayequade.bsky.social
MN GOP openly admitted today that they conspired with the racist YouTuber who ginned up these racist attacks
Police investigating overnight burglary of Somali day care in south Minneapolis
The break-in comes in the aftermath of a viral video alleging fraud by several Somali child care centers.
www.startribune.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
clarajeffery.bsky.social Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Dec 10
This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!
Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization. In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children. Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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clarajeffery.bsky.social
This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!
Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization. In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children. Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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atrupar.com
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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simonwdc.bsky.social
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:

1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.

2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.

3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov

Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.

Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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angelsinvelvet.bsky.social
Come on Tennessee.

You can do it! You got this.
Please vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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whstancil.bsky.social
Oh, you don't say.
November 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Please join me and Ed and a growing number of other folks. Food banks can’t replace SNAP but they are incredibly efficient ways to turn dollars into relief.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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vituperativeerb.bsky.social
The apparent total lack of concern for the feelings of line agents or prosecutors at DOJ is legitimately interesting
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Nov 2
Kash Patel was angry about his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform so he forced out a senior FBI official overseeing aviation, Bloomberg reports

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
The FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after Director Kash Patel grew outraged about revelations of his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform, said three people familiar with the situation. Steven Palmer, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, became the third head of the critical incident response group—which includes FBI pilots—to be fired or removed in Patel’s short regime, adding to a year filled with retributive terminations.
November 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Kash Patel was angry about his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform so he forced out a senior FBI official overseeing aviation, Bloomberg reports

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
The FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after Director Kash Patel grew outraged about revelations of his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform, said three people familiar with the situation. Steven Palmer, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, became the third head of the critical incident response group—which includes FBI pilots—to be fired or removed in Patel’s short regime, adding to a year filled with retributive terminations.
November 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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royalpratt.bsky.social
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Now Trump wants the DOJ to just hand him another $230 Million directly.

A bottomless pit of greed and corruption.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
October 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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nytopinion.nytimes.com
The No Kings protesters “are standing for nothing less than the anti-royal and republican foundations of American democracy,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes. So why — beyond a desire to delegitimize their political opponents — are Republicans attacking the movement so viciously?
Opinion | The No Kings Protests Prove Trump’s Vulnerability
What explains the Republican Party’s posture toward these protests?
nyti.ms
October 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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jhollymc.bsky.social
Advice for you election watchers: get off the Tennessee Secretary of State site, the teevees and county sites and go to https//election-night.decisiondeskhq.com. Ht to my most excellent colleague @friedmanadam5.bsky.social.
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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jhollymc.bsky.social
I think this Democratic primary is going to come down to the wire: Rep. Vincent Dixie is winning Davidson County by 3,300 votes; Rep. Aftyn Behn is second with 2,000 votes.
October 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
jrdsllvn.bsky.social
my colleague @sarahcrgr.bsky.social wrote a fun piece about how Canada could perhaps become an economic superpower

www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...
Canada’s Super-Secret Plan to Soar Past the U.S. Economy
Canada has spent 2025 on its back foot. But what if this was actually our time to shine?
www.wealthsimple.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
CHOTINER: So You created us right
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
September 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Jarvis: I hate to say this to my friends here at CNN, mass media is dying, so they're taking the last of these vestiges of institutions that matter and they're trying to turn them into propaganda organs under threat from the head of the FCC
September 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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atrupar.com
KAMLAGER-DOVE: Dylan Roof, who followed white supremacist propaganda, murdered 9 Black parishioners in 2015. Do you deny this?

PATEL: I'm sorry. Dylan Roof? Can you give me more information?

KAMLAGER-DOVE: You're head of the FBI
September 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM