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Angela Baggetta

@angelabaggetta.bsky.social
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Book publicist for authors, thinkers, and doers. Baker and dog aficionado. Opinions mine, all mine.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 12/05/2026
“The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass relates only his own views on slavery; we cannot properly assess the merits of his book without giving equal time to his slave owner.”
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Excerpts from Chief Justice John Roberts’ High School English Essays
“Huck shows great disrespect for the Court’s precedent in Dred Scott when aiding the fugitive Jim, presumably due to liberal indoctrination by the Widow Doug...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12/02/2026
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The world is what it is but books continue! Agents + writers: looking for deeply researched and imaginative nonfiction manuscripts about the South, for publication in 2027/28. Literary nonfiction, personal/reportage & cultural criticism are highly welcomed. DMs open for pitches or meg@hubcity.org.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 20/01/2026
"Battalions of armed federal agents are moving thru neighborhoods, transit hubs, malls & parking lots & staging near churches, mosques & schools. Strangers w/guns have metastasized in spaces where daily life should be routine & safe... like a military occupation." www.startribune.com/editorial-mi...
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Editorial | Minnesota is under siege. This cannot stand.
ICE presence has disrupted all aspects of life in Minnesota, and led tragically to the death of Renee Good. It’s the outcome of government overreach that favors force over legitimacy.

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The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 14th at 1:49 pm GMT-6
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I also send my kid to a school that values social justice and teaches students about current events. Do I deserve to get shot in the face, too? bsky.app/profile/nypo...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“.. In the last four months alone, immigration officers have fired on at least nine people in five states and Washington, D.C. All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
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Erin Vanderhoof @vanderhoofy.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
if you liked this great story about how zohran's campaign and youth outreach, you should 1) donate to the gofundme started by TV's laid-off workers: www.gofundme.com/f/help-laido... and 2) hire lex, who i genuinely believe is a generational talent as a politics writer
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Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
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Angela Baggetta @angelabaggetta.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
finally some good news:
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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
16 million children rely on SNAP benefits. Republicans are literally stealing the food out of babies’ mouths.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
We are launching a new report on Nov 3 on pandemics and inequality. More information below mg.co.za/partner-cont...
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The Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics in partnership with UNAIDS and the Mail & Guardian to host a livestream with leaders on a new report on the impact of Inequality on Pandemics
The Mail & Guardian will host the launch of a new report that will show how inequality gaps within and between countries impact pandemics and vulnerability to a new pandemic. The launch is coming at a...
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Mara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Good morning to this woman only
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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I would like to thank Mike Johnson, House Republican leadership, and Karoline Leavitt for all the free publicity this week promoting our rallies tomorrow. Find one near you here. www.nokings.org
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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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Brian Soucek @brsoucek.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
By requiring institutional neutrality except on issues that impact a university's mission, the Trump Compact for Higher Ed would put the Department of Justice in charge of deciding what every university's mission should be. rb.gy/7gjkp8
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Trump’s ‘compact’ with universities holds a hidden danger
OPINION: By imposing institutional neutrality, the Trump administration is giving itself the power to determine our universities’ missions, UC Davis law professor Brian Soucek writes.
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Angela Baggetta @angelabaggetta.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Fall 2026 non-fiction #authors: if you'd like to hire freelance PR, start reaching out to possible publicists NOW. The midterm elections=a very crowded Sept. publishing schedule (everyone trying to release "far enough" ahead of time). Schedule those meetings to see who's a fit for your #book!
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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Indianapolis! We're looking for a public editor! Is it you? www.poynter.org/news-release...
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Poynter launches public editor project to serve news audiences in Indianapolis - Poynter
Partner newsrooms will publish the editor’s independent analysis of local news coverage across the market.
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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
"People are _losing_ their jobs for _doing_ their jobs." WHEW. @lisalmoore.bsky.social on the current attacks on Texas higher ed #SaveUT
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statement"
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 08/10/2025
"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."
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“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief
“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...
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Holly Smith @hsmithwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I'd say I'm horrified about this as the parent of a kid with a complex heart defect, but I'm really just horrified about it as a human being.
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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I saw two people do rock, paper, scissors for the last citibike dock in front of NY Comic Con and that is the essence of New York.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Everything is speeding up, y’all.
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Angela Baggetta @angelabaggetta.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
in case you needed to see this delightful thing too, today:
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
For an in-depth history of the training camps funded by DeVos and Koch that created this roster of right-wing insurgents, see my book The Privateers. hep.gse.harvard.edu/978168253910...
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The Privateers
⭑ PROSE Award Finalist A deep-dive investigation of education privatization that reveals voucher programs as the faulty products of decades of work by wea...
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Angela Baggetta @angelabaggetta.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month & there is one line on your scans that could save your life: author / science writer Jennie Durant tells her story on @glamour.com : www.glamour.com/story/i-didn...
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I Didn’t Get Why Dense Breasts Mattered Until I Got Cancer at 46
Dense breasts are a cancer risk hiding in plain sight, yet they’re frequently overlooked and underexplained. Knowing whether you have them could save your life.
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Angela Baggetta @angelabaggetta.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Been doing a lot of pitching today and so many people are out on parental leave, it warms the heart. Congrats and good luck everyone!
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Michael Tisserand @tisserand.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
“Nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see.” — Linus Van Pelt
A letter from Charles M Schulz about democracy and protecting minorities
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I will not link to it. I just want to reiterate that thousands of books have been banned by the right. And American Dirt sold millions of copies.
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Angela Baggetta @angelabaggetta.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Things are not great but hey I have read some darn fine #books this year. East of Eden by John Steinbeck and The Stand by Stephen King top the list. What have you read this year that brought you happpiness and/or enlightenment?
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Angela Baggetta @angelabaggetta.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
feel quaint now, doesn't it?
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 18/09/2025
Many news outlets still shy away from calling Trump an authoritarian — but scholars warn that failing to name it can help normalize it and speed democratic backsliding.
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Why journalists are reluctant to call Trump an authoritarian – and why that matters for democracy
Media framing shapes people’s understanding of the world. A political communication scholar says that journalistic outlets’ failure to call Donald Trump an authoritarian is a problem for democracy.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Here’s a lot of the stuff about Charlie Kirk that the right is now currently engaged in a nationwide witch hunt to suppress. Share it, repeat it, don’t let evil win. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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The whitewashing of Charlie Kirk’s toxic legacy is underway
Conservative activist and pundit Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday, becoming another victim of America’s epidemic ...
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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Anyway, @hubcitypress.bsky.social's short story book prize is open right now! It's one of the largest, with a $5000 prize + publication in 2027. Judged this year by Catherine Lacy (!) and open to all writers living in the south with no more than one previous book: www.hubcity.org/cmc-short-st...
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Hub City Press | C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize
The C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize is a $5000 prize for a debut collection of stories open to emerging writers in thirteen Southern states with no more than one previous book publications.
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Angela Baggetta @angelabaggetta.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🙃🙃🙃🙃
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Bethanne Patrick @thebookmaven.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Chuck speaks truth
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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Reminder that generative AI, particularly in the arts, isn't a long-term inevitability just because billionaires want it to be.
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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
If you have thoughts on this or how what’s happening with the IMLS is impacting your work, message me here or on Signal (rstauff.20). Trying to dig into some potential related reporting and would love to hear from folks who are working in these fields/are impacted.
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David W. Congdon @dwcongdon.com · 03/09/2025
University Press of Kansas has a new trade nonfiction imprint: Plainspoken Books. Check out the imprint page at our website. kansaspress.ku.edu/plainspoken/
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Plainspoken Books - University Press of Kansas
Born in Kansas, Plainspoken Books is a boutique trade imprint for nonfiction books that amplify the voices of the Midwest by telling local stories of
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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
We are surprised & disappointed to learn of plans to close @bucknellupress.bsky.social in 2026. AUPresses has offered our community’s assistance & insights to the university as planning for the press proceeds. bit.ly/41yszu5 Learn more abt the press's work: bit.ly/4m1elcH #ReadUP
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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
This. This entire thread. According to the Powers that Be in academia, university presses are a vital step in the faculty career path but in the same breath devalued/defunded. Make it make sense.
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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Wednesday is with us again, so grab your family and friends and drag them out to buy a book! - Michael
Maybe it’s not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate. - Ozzy Osbourne
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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I would like to come on your podcast and talk about making books!
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I'll go one step further and say if you can, now is the time to donate to an arts organization that had their NEA funding rescinded.
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Angela Baggetta @angelabaggetta.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
you could just...not shop amazon. we are still allowed as humans to make our own choices. and this would be a good one to make.
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David A. Weinberg @davidaweinberg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
"if vaccination rates do not improve, deadly outbreaks will become the new normal" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/w...
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Measles Cases Hit Record High, 25 Years After U.S. Eliminated the Disease
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Angela Baggetta @angelabaggetta.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
i picked either the best time to cut back on sugar or the worst time to cut back on sugar
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Angela Baggetta @angelabaggetta.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Why does the big bill not repeal the estate tax, a goal of R's for years? Because it allows the ultra-rich to avoid even more taxes. Great piece by BC law prof Ray Madoff in @washingtonpost.com; book THE SECOND ESTATE is out in Oct. @uchicagopress.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | A signature GOP issue is omitted from Trump’s ‘big’ tax bill. Weird.
The ‘death tax’ is already dead. That’s why Republicans stopped trying to kill it.
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Angela Baggetta @angelabaggetta.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Don't live there any more but I'm so happy to see a NYC primary result that centers hope, & proposals that could actually help people live a good life in the greatest city in the world. Democrats, please take note. More of this.
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