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Chuck Schulien

@cschess.bsky.social
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Chess FIDE master & part time coach. I enjoy politics, news, science, and the arts. I'm blessed to have a fine artist and incredible human to share my life in the Pacific Northwest.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
But look on the bright side! That increases the chance that Rob Sand will appoint his successor.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 27/09/2026
The research implies that a local newspaper creates $114 per resident per year ($84 in 2018$) in local government efficiency. A case for subsidies for local news, perhaps in the form of consumer free-subscription vouchers like @deanbaker13.bsky.social advocates
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Austin Ramzy @austinramzy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Peter Baker writing in the NYT’s current lead story: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
Screenshot of text that reads: “In the epic contest between democracy and autocracy, Mr. Trump has long given the impression that he may be on the other side. But rarely has that been brought home as starkly as this week, as he punishes news outlets for being too “negative” about him while embracing Mr. Xi and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, two of the world’s leading authoritarians whose governments brutally suppress free speech.”
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 21/09/2026
When I first met Ariadna, she was still inside Delaney Hall. She translated for the other women inside, helping me learn their stories. Now that she’s out, she’s still shining a light on their experiences.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
this is disappointing to me to hear. But I think Bill's right. Property is property. Absent some very binding court stipulations, I doubt this means much. My wife was also at WSJ when this happened, albeit in GC office of Dow Jones. Everyone knew what was coming.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For years, Alaska officials prosecuted (& persecuted) a community of American Samoans in the city of Whittier, threatening them with years in prison for the crime of voting. You may have read about this when we covered it in Bolts earlier this year. HUGE NEWS: Alaska just dropped all charges.
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After a Yearslong Nightmare, Relief for American Samoans Punished for Voting - Bolts
Alaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month.
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Jay @jaylboh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is what we’re dealing with.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Made possible by the GOP's 11th hour power grab in late 2024: boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
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GOP Grabs Control of North Carolina Election Boards, Rushing to Negate November Losses - Bolts
In their final weeks before they lose the ability to pass laws, Republican lawmakers gutted the powers of incoming Democratic officials and upended who runs elections.
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Chuck Schulien @cschess.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is a Portland success story, showing the power of women and perserverance.
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NPR @npr.org · 31/08/2026
An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved. n.pr/3UmkeZP
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NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll
An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Lake Epstein Files Gulf of Crypto Scams River of Defeat by Iran Public Naps Pond Corruption Creek. I have as much right to name international bodies of water as he does. So do you. Go at it. Of course I'm not ever for altering original indigenous place names, not even for Lake Ontology.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The five biggest defense contractors spent more than $100B on buybacks and dividends since 2020. I have a simple question for defense contractors: If taxpayers are giving you billions to build military equipment, why are you buying back your own stock? This needs to stop.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I do wonder just how much the innuendo can be dialed up before Trump responds in an insane way. Though it's likely he loves people assuming he can still bring the cheater heat at 80.
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Phuoc Nguyen (Fook Win) ✍️ @phuocerman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
FT 2-1 Portland Thorns #BAONPDX #NWSL Days away from being called up by Emma Hayes & making her dream USWNT senior team debut, Caiya Hanks suffered an ACL injury. Exactly 14 months later, she made her return for Portland Thorns in the 88th minute. 8 minutes later, she scored the game-winner. WOW
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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @repyassansari.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I’ve introduced Articles of Impeachment against Hegseth. I urge my colleagues to join me and hold him accountable.
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
As the only lung doctor in Congress, I know we must take definitive action to protect our air quality. I introduced the No Passes for Polluters Act to stop the toxic emission exemptions that poison our air. Stay loud.
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Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"The Supreme Court has closed off nearly every legal avenue for challenging partisan gerrymandering. The answer isn’t better maps. It’s proportional representation." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/13/o...
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Gerrymandering won. It’s time to change the rules. - The Boston Globe
The Supreme Court has closed off nearly every legal avenue for challenging partisan gerrymandering. The answer isn’t better maps. It’s proportional representation.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I think part of the pundit crack-up has been that they missed the big call of their lifetimes about which was the bigger threat to America: wokeness or authoritarianism. And rather than admitting that, they are doubling down on wokeness, while ignoring an authoritarianism that does not threaten them
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Implementing a universal, single-payer healthcare system would save the U.S. more than $1 trillion and some 114,000 lives every year, according to a recent Yale University preprint study
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Scientists calculated how much money and lives 'Medicare for All' might save—it's a lot
The study has been touted by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as proof of the benefits of a universal, single-payer healthcare system, but the research hasn't been peer-reviewed
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Not that this goes to the deeper issues people are discussing. But the Thanksgiving Holiday has basically nothing to do with the Pilgrims or anything to do with settlers or later white Americans interactions with American Indians. The holiday didn't start with the Pilgrims. The modern day ...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/08/2026
If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Good get from @davidkurtz.bsky.social: Another migrant who was wrongfully deported just got a judge to order him released from detention. He faced a lot of the horrors that Kilmar Abrego Garcia did. Quite a case: morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/first-at-t...
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First at TPM: Judge Orders Immigrant Released After Surreal Journey Through Trump’s Gulag Archipelago
INSIDE: Faustino Pablo Pablo ... David C. Guaderrama
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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Chuck Edwards should resign from Congress.
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AliceC @alicehyc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
@kim.senate.gov @hcrichardson.bsky.social American Conversation Thursday July 30, 2026 Hearing Sen. Kim with Dr. Richardson is always an incredible experience. www.youtube.com/live/Rp0AMyQ...
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Senator Andy Kim | American Conversations
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Today I learned of an online dictionary of quotations from Marshall McLuhan themmm.marshallmcluhan.com As a test I put my favorite McLuhan quote into the machine and got a perfect result back. My search term was: "hour on fire"
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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 29/07/2026
The current wildfire situation in Oregon is the worst in the nation—but FEMA denied federal resources for the East Evans Creek Fire and the Rowe Creek Fire Complex. Oregonians deserve answers—and @wyden.senate.gov and I are pressing to get them.
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As Wildfires Burn 1+ Million Acres Across Oregon, Merkley, Wyden Press FEMA on Denial of Emergency Federal Assistance - Merkley
Salem, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden demanded urgent answers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in response to the agency’s denial of Fire Management Assistan...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/07/2026
Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.
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Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to the White House. At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents. And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries. The cruelty is endless.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I have a question for those who study the media: Does anyone in corporate owned media wonder if their declining audience and trust is the product of events like we saw last night? Because, as someone who started an independent media outlet, it is definitely part of our growth.
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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 25/07/2026
ABUNDANCE! Except the abundance people don’t actually give a shit about this stuff
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A gentle reminder. We are all birthright citizens for the law recognizes that our parents are irrelevant to the question of our status.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Hey folks, Sorry that “What the Heck” didn’t happen this morning. Heather is traveling. And I somehow slept until after 11:00! You know that feeling when you wake up and stare at the clock because it makes no sense? That. I would have beamed in! If I’d been awake…
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The legacy media sat there while Trump lied about the past elections and "joked" about running again in 2028. They did not boo. They did not walk out. They just sat there and ate their dinner. The journalists in that room will be remembered as the journalists in that room.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
But of course, read the whole thread. Grateful for Cory Doctorow, and grateful he writes about Silicon Valley with a flamethrower....
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🦋 Still Standing 🦋 @imstillstanding.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Well…isn’t this a little gem. @jenpsaki.bsky.social did you know about this?
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Chuck Schulien @cschess.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
As a HUD housing recipient, I don't want my provider to be further stressed - they are excellent. I hope that my Federal electees follow Notes on the Crises - they should! @repdexteror.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov
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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Huge investigation out today helmed by @rebleber.bsky.social and @rebeccajohn.bsky.social revealing just how long ago industry knew gas would destroy the climate -- with tons of new details showing how they hid the facts and worked to promote gas as "clean." 👏👏
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Dennis Lytton @dennislytton.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Doing nothing effective isn't "norms", it's surrender It's mystifying how anyone now faints at the suggestion that we do pro-democracy reforms *by law* like: - SCOTUS enlargement - DC statehood (insta 2 more Senators) - prosecute 45/47 crimes - multiparty proportional representation for House
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Leon Watson @leonwatson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Amazing. Peter Magyar will ask chess legend Judit Polgar to be Hungary's interim president tomorrow. Did not see that move coming. worldchess.com/news/judit-p...
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Judit Polgar, The Leading Light Of Women's Chess, Nominated for Hungarian Presidency / News / World Chess - Official FIDE Online Chess Gaming Platform
Few figures have illuminated the world of chess like Judit Polgar. Now, Polgar's remarkable journey may be taking an unexpected turn, with a nomination to become Hungary's next president.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 19/07/2026
nobody is giving fox news more headlines about how democrats can't win general elections than moderate candidates and their supporters in the media
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Absolutely wild. Read that again: the *actual* costs of *just wildfire smoke* are higher than the currently projected costs of *all climate impacts combined*.
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Shrekpdx @shrekpdx.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is an amazing story. #RCTID
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Chuck Schulien @cschess.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
As David said, this is a great profile, Tyson. I'm glad to see in the Oregonian.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is a terrific illustration -- for elected officials but also for media figures -- of the incredible power of simply refusing to take a bullshit dodge for an answer. Keep asking the question, over and over again, and make the weasels squirm.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 15/07/2026
830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters.
A NASA map of the wildfires burning across Canada right now.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“.. I asked a few AI researchers whether they could name any other real-world software that scales so poorly. None of them could think of any. “.. By economic and engineering measures, generative AI might be the worst technology ever deployed.” @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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