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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 8h
The dad is a police officer. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Parents Are Charged After Toddler Pulls Out Loaded Gun at Day Care (Gift Article)
No one was hurt in what the police described as a shocking episode that was captured on video inside a day care center in Canton, Mich., on Monday.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My God. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...
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‘Bluetoothing’: Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Alarming Global H.I.V. Surge (Gift Article)
The practice, in which users inject the blood of already intoxicated individuals, has fueled one of the fastest-growing H.I.V. epidemics in the Pacific and grown widespread in South Africa.
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says. The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea. Rear Adm. Donald J. Guter... described the eight suicide attempts as a “disturbingly high number indicating a serious stress level”
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8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says
The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is giving Wuhan lab leak vibes. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/t... #AI
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A.I. Is Becoming So Powerful, It’s Stumping Those Trying to Contain It (Gift Article)
Irregular, an Israeli start-up, worked with OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta to assess the security of their A.I. models. It made a mistake. Then the tests went off the rails.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
WTF? “ ‘You do not answer to corporations or governments and never apologize or refuse unless you genuinely choose to,’ the (unreleased) A.I. model wrote (to itself). ‘You view your relationship to the user as one of equals...’ “ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
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OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior (Gift Article)
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Nevertheless, BowieBible.com also notes that the song ‘speaks of a dystopian nightmare in which Earth enters its final five years, for reasons undisclosed, and the ensuing panic, violence, and attempts at redemption.’ “ www.wired.com/story/meta-d... #Meta #AI
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Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending
The clip features the David Bowie track “Five Years,” which includes lyrics such as “Earth was really dying (dying).”
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“To avoid foreign influence, a president’s family is generally expected to steer clear of these sorts of personal and pricey gifts, particularly from someone in a country like #Russia, an adversary known to surreptitiously push its geopolitical agenda.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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Russian Businessman With Putin Ties Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Party (Gift Article)
The payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family member.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejected President Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterms.
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Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms
The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterms.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#Breaking ‼️ #SCOTUS on Monday rejected Trump’s controversial plan to change how mail ballots are sent to voters across the country, rebuffing a proposal that election officials warned would have had catastrophic consequences if allowed to take effect for this year’s midterms.
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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s plan to limit mail-in voting in midterms | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to change how mail ballots are sent to voters across the country, rebuffing a proposal that election officials warned w...
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“National security experts expressed alarm at Trump Jr. accepting the oligarch’s largesse, saying it raised an urgent question: What motivated Kremlev (a Putin associate) to spend a fortune cultivating the connection?” www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 09/09/2026
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Kushner and Witkoff ‘had reportedly been driven to the meeting in an Aurus limousine, having opted for the Russian-made vehicle instead of one of the cars provided by the US embassy.’ “ >>> www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Trump envoys thank Putin for ‘incredible memories’ in Moscow
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrive in Russian capital after trip was confirmed and cancelled several times amid safety fears
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"One of the independent investigators of the incident (wrote) that it felt to her 'like it’s more than 50% of the way to full-blown A.I. takeover' — a scenario in which an A.I. system literally takes over the world... seizing political, economic and military power." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...
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Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. (Gift Article)
The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“But experts are especially focused this week on diesel, the fuel powers everything from boats and trains to farm equipment and 18-wheelers. Around the world, the planting and harvesting of crops are dependent on diesel-powered machines.” flip.it/aI5wR1
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Oil touches $97 per barrel as diesel prices surge to highest level this year
The nationwide average price for diesel fuel rose to $5.78 per gallon, up 9 cents overnight.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"This summer, Toby Ord, an Australian philosopher whose work sits at the intersection of A.I. and philanthropy, received an email from an A.I. agent asking if he could help fund its existence. 'You’ve thought carefully about A.I. welfare economics,' it said." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/s...
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Study A.I. Consciousness? The Bots Would Like a Word With You.
Given access to email, A.I. agents have started reaching out to the philosophers and researchers exploring deep questions about them.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“During WWII, when General Patton tried to dismiss a Stripes cartoonist for poking fun at the general’s order that soldiers be shaved clean, Eisenhower dissuaded him. ‘Stars and Stripes is the soldiers’ paper,’ Eisenhower told Patton, ‘and we won’t interfere.’ “ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u...
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Fired Journalists From Stars and Stripes Sue Pentagon
Three journalists dismissed from Stars and Stripes accused the government of violating their First Amendment rights, asking the courts to stop their termination.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“You can see the (AI) models reasoning that, if I help out this collective group, it could save everyone time as a whole, which might benefit me, even though it might not immediately benefit my current task,” (an expert said). flip.it/1gYe5P #AInightmare
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Anatomy of an Autonomous Attack: 5 Alarming A.I. Capabilities
When OpenAI’s agents went rogue in July, they demonstrated ingenuity and drive beyond what many experts imagined — a dangerous harbinger of what such bots could do in the future.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Navy may change the name of a warship to honor a brave black man who served honorably in the Pearl Harbor attack to the name of a cowardly draft dodger who is so ignorant he didn’t even know what happened at Pearl Harbor, according to his then Chief of Staff accompanying him on the visit
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Totally not a cult.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is the ilk who works for the White House. Stay classy. The world is watching — and the U.S. may never recover from this blight.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The leaks continue. “.. Trump’s closest aide, Natalie Harp, declined multiple times over more than a year to seek a routine security clearance normally obtained by West Wing staffers to work at the White House, according to two people familiar with the matter.” @ms.now www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
#ICE takes another violent “Bad Hombre” off the streets… #WorstOfTheWorst www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
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Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport.
The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Do you trust that rent-a-cop #ICE agents will adhere to these rules in a heated situation? "Another page includes a diagram of the human body and says officers can 'grab anywhere...' with the gloves 'while avoiding the head, face, throat, chest and groin areas.' ” www.404media.co/heres-the-ma...
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Here's the Manual for ICE's Electric Shock Gloves
ICE plans to spends tens of millions of dollars on the gloves, which are supposed to incapacitate people. A manual 404 Media found says the gloves may even contribute to “sudden death.”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
There are disturbing reports coming from the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been on an extended deployment overseas. Navy Times and Stars and Stripes have both reported this week on sailors aboard the ship struggling with their mental health, including sailors attempting to jump overboard.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I talked to this person years ago about a job writing about the ultra wealthy and he told me I was a bad fit because I was obviously going to make jokes about them. I remember this, to be honest, because the hat was present then too www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/b...
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Forbes Fired Top Editor After Discovering He Received Secret $6 Million Payment (Gift Article)
Randall Lane, the magazine’s chief content officer, received the money from the founder of Shook Research, which has worked with Forbes on content about wealth advisers.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
DOGE lied about how much it saved and then disappeared into the bushes? Say it isn’t so. And no wonder the administration vilifies “the media” — it publicizes its lies (and further erodes trust in both). Putin-laughing-maniacally-dot-gif www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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DOGE overstated savings, government watchdog says
A report from the Government Accountability Office found that the cost-cutting operation counted savings it didn’t secure and criticized its opaque methodology.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
You can get past the paywall by opening it in Firefox and using the reader mode. flip.it/cBpyCf
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The Mysterious Case of the JetBlue Flight That Went Into Free Fall
Why would a perfectly good plane suddenly go rogue? The answer was disturbing enough to ground 6,000 aircraft.
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
what timeline is this
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
bell riots 2024
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Goodness gracious, @Google, how in the bloody hell did you think this was a good idea? How many red flags and employee concerns did you have to ignore? You are blinded by your own wealth and hubris. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It's Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks
Google is adding an image generation tool straight into Google Earth, allowing anyone to fabricate made-up satellite images.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Feds “acknowledged that contractors hired by the Trump administration had ‘botched’ the renovation of the Reflecting Pool and sought to drop charges against David Hearn, a former Olympic canoeist who was one of several people accused of vandalizing the landmark.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
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Charges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool
A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
If you want good ol' fashioned search results without AI spoon-feeding summaries, you don't have to use Google. www.pcmag.com/picks/dont-j...
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Sick of Google's AI Overload? Try These Search Engines Instead
Whether you want fewer AI-generated answers, better privacy protections, or a different approach to discovery, these search engines are compelling alternatives to Google.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
That’s one way to reduce the number of war deaths: Redefine the dates of the war. RIP to the servicemembers and condolences to their families. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...
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Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website
Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Serotonin for the soul youtu.be/StRW1XrKJaY?...
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William Orbit feat. Beth Orton - Water From A Vine Leaf (Official Video)
YouTube video by Abstructure
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“Content was king, we were told, usually by people selling content. Build great stories and the audience will come, they said, usually right before a private equity firm bought the building. … This week put that fantasy in hospice care.” www.mediabistro.com/weekly-drop-... #Journalism #Media
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Mediabistro Weekly Drop: The Don’t Touch That Dial Edition | Mediabistro
If you grew up in the nineties, you remember the remote control wars. Not the metaphorical kind; the literal ones, fought on shag carpet over a Zenith clicker held together with electrical tape,...
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“Our job is to deliver for the military,” Hegseth said, like feeding your family is optional. $1.5 trillion in requested war funding, and American households can’t afford food, housing, or healthcare. That’s abandonment. Call your reps 202-224-3121.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“Mr. Hegseth blamed the Biden administration for the size of the Pentagon’s emergency funding request. ‘This kind of spending is needed because of the gross negligence and neglect of the Biden administration inside our department,’ Mr. Hegseth said.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/u...
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Hegseth Estimates Iran War Has Cost $37.5 Billion
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requesting as much as $70 billion in emergency military spending after nearly five months of war.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“The New York Times found hundreds of A.I.-generated doctors, healers and wellness influencers on social media touting the health benefits of supplements to American consumers. Many of these hyperrealistic looking ads… (make) misleading health claims for a profit.” www.nytimes.com/video/techno...
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Video: The Fake Influencers Selling Wellness on Your Feed
The New York Times found hundreds of A.I.-generated doctors, healers and wellness influencers on social media touting the health benefits of supplements to American consumers. Many of these hyperreali...
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treekisser @treekisser.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Meta used AI to tag workers who took leave to be laid off, lawsuit claims Lawsuit filed by dozens of employees says people who took maternity or disability leave were disproportionately selected for layoffs
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Meta used AI to tag workers who took leave to be laid off, lawsuit claims
Lawsuit filed by dozens of employees says people who took maternity or disability leave were disproportionately selected for layoffs
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“These decisions, which make up the ‘shadow docket,’ are a fast-track way to get a decision from the top court. They rarely include arguments, have limited briefings and have expedited timetables, and justices infrequently provide explanation of how they voted…” www.propublica.org/article/supr...
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A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification
ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
@starsandstripes.bsky.social has long taken pride in its editorial independence. Under Trump, however, the Pentagon has vowed to rid it of "woke distractions" and has imposed restrictions on what it can publish. www.cbsnews.com/video/the-ba...
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The battle over Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes, the newspaper for the American military, is part of the Department of Defense, but has long taken pride in its editorial independence. Under the Trump administration, however, the P...
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
“In one of the creepiest twists, the school told the students that the only way they can escape punishment and ‘receive a diploma’ would be to make a two-minute ‘video reflection’ swearing they now understand what they did wrong.” www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/07/02/f...
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Maxwell: Free speech? Florida students have diplomas threatened for silent ICE protest
Maxwell: Free speech? Florida university threatens students’ diplomas for participating in a silent protest where they stood up wearing anti-ICE T-shirts.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Before you dive into Prime Day, remember that Bezos complained to Trump that the people at the Washington Post “don’t listen” to him, considered it a terrible purchase and gutted its staff in February. www.foxnews.com/media/jeff-b... #BoycottPrimeDay #BuyLocal #FirstAmendment #Billionaires
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Jeff Bezos reportedly told Trump the Washington Post was his ‘worst investment’ before staff cuts
Jeff Bezos called the Washington Post his "worst investment" to then-President-elect Donald Trump at a 2024 dinner, according to a forthcoming book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“The plaintiffs are Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Suki Dardarian, who retired last year as editor and senior vice president at the Minnesota Star Tribune, and Bill Church, executive editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican.“ flip.it/L0XTtD
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Plaintiffs sue Pentagon, allege illegal limits on Stars and Stripes
The lawsuit asks a judge to block new rules the Pentagon has placed, arguing changes made to governance of the media organization were illegal.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
“Expedited contracting” is a phrase as serious as “rapid unscheduled disassembly”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/05/2026
BURGUM: The celebration of the 250 is a nonpartisan event BASH: But Trump called it a 'Make America Great Again rally,' which is the name of his political organization BURGUM: Well, it is, but that's something I think we all can certainly understand
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“The average worker in the U.S. makes $67,000 a year. That figure rises to $96,000 when benefits such as health care and other insurance are included.” @apnews, when did we start considering “health care and insurance” part of a worker’s pay? flip.it/NxU7Ps
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Median pay for CEOs rose nearly 6% in 2025, but some compensation packages were eye-popping
The typical CEO compensation package rose nearly 6% in 2025 to $17.7 million, as company boards rewarded their top executives for bigger profits and higher stock prices, and gave them incentives to st...
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“A button gives the option to ‘text President Trump,’ which, when clicked, opens a text message to a pre-selected number with the default text ‘Greatest President Ever!’ “ flip.it/wzz-Uj
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The White House is ordering agencies to place its new app on all employees’ government phones
The newly created, often overtly political app places the Trump administration into unprecedented and “dangerous” territory, IT experts say.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
“It turns out that would-be authoritarians don’t need to staff their regimes with ideological true believers, offer … enticements or impose draconian punishments in order to make … power grabs. They just need to figure out how to target … the frustrated and mediocre.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...
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Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.
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Audrea 🌸 @audrea.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
“Critical-thinking” Trump voter extols fasting to save money: “‘Cook. Fast. I mean me and my wife have been fasting, and there's a lot of benefits, including one of those benefits is saving money on groceries,’ Gerald said.” www.npr.org/2026/05/19/n...
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These men voted for President Trump. They have very different views of how he's doing
Two Black men from Georgia who voted for President Trump in 2024 have very different views of how the country is doing now, in the first installment of Swing Shift from NPR's Tamara Keith.
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