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Retired AP news writer, now media consultant, like nature, dogs, books, facts, truth, music, playing the piano

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the National Council of Jewish Women and Louisiana voters, my law firm has sued Governor Jeff Landry (R) and Secretary of State Nancy Landry (R), challenging the state’s decision to suspend the 2026 congressional primary elections. www.democracydocket.com/cases/louisi...
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🚨 National Council of Jewish Women v. Landry
Learn more.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 01/05/2026
BREAKING: We're suing Louisiana officials for suspending the state's primary election after voting has already begun. On the heels of a Supreme Court decision that eviscerated protections for voters of color, elected officials jumped at the chance to disenfranchise people — we won't allow it.
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Democrat flips seat in special election for Florida district that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort apnews.com/article/demo...
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Democrat flips seat in special election for Florida district that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort
Democrat Emily Gregory has won a special election for a Florida state House seat, flipping a district that is home to President Donald Trump’s estate, Mar-a-Lago.
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Justice Department publishes missing Epstein files involving uncorroborated claim about Trump apnews.com/article/epst...
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Justice Department publishes missing Epstein files involving uncorroborated claim about Trump
The Justice Department has released additional Jeffrey Epstein files involving uncorroborated accusations made by a woman against President Donald Trump that the department said had been mistakenly wi...
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
US lost a surprising 92,000 jobs last month and unemployment rate ticks higher to 4.4% apnews.com/article/jobs...
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US lost a surprising 92,000 jobs last month and unemployment rate ticks higher to 4.4%
American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4%.
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
US soldiers who died in Iran war remembered as devoted parents and reservists apnews.com/article/us-s...
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US soldiers who died in Iran war remembered as devoted parents and reservists
Four of the six U.S. soldiers killed in the Iran war have been identified by the Pentagon as members of the Army Reserve.
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The US military fired a laser to take down a CBP drone in civilian airspace: apnews.com/article/mili... say US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone
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Lawmakers say US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone
Members of Congress say the U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Patrol drone.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
DOJ policy provides that prosecutors should seek charges only when “the admissible evidence will probably be sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction.” Not even even a close call here. What an embarrassment. www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/p...
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Grand jury declines to indict Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to disobey illegal Trump orders | CNN Politics
A federal grand jury on Tuesday declined to indict Democratic lawmakers who posted a video urging service members and intelligence officials to disobey any illegal orders from the Trump administration...
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine apnews.com/article/mode...
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Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with mRNA technology.
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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THIS IS GREAT: Sir Ian McKellen destroys Trump on Colbert last night by performing a Shakespeare monologue from Sir Thomas More. Fits the historical moment exactly. Make sure this gets around!
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
How sad is this? The CDC closed its FOIA office, so this story could only be published because a Danish journalist provided Rolling Stone with the documents, after obtaining them through a freedom of information request to the University of Southern Denmark www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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HHS Gave a $1.6 Million Grant to a Controversial Vaccine Study. These Emails Show How That Happened
Two Danish researchers faced accusations of “questionable research practices” as RFK Jr.’s top appointees made their study a “funding priority.”
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NPR @npr.org · 11/01/2026
Activist organizations are planning at least 1,000 protests and vigils this weekend. Officials in major cities cast Saturday's demonstrations as largely peaceful. n.pr/3NaEYjD
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Nationwide anti-ICE protests call for accountability after Renee Good's death
Activist organizations are planning at least 1,000 protests and vigils this weekend. Officials in major cities cast Saturday's demonstrations as largely peaceful.
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Congress is debating the possible consequences for ICE and even Noem after Renee Good's killing apnews.com/article/immi...
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Congress is debating the possible consequences for ICE and even Noem after Renee Good's killing
Members of Congress are considering the possible consequences for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and even Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after an ICE officer shot Renee Good to death in ...
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
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Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building
A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center has been canceled. Musician Chuck Redd, the show's host, says he called off the performance after the White House announced President Donald ...
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Rob Reiner and his wife found dead with stab wounds in Los Angeles home, AP source says apnews.com/article/rob-...
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Rob Reiner and his wife found dead with stab wounds in Los Angeles home, AP source says
Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead Sunday at Reiner's Los Angeles home, according to a law enforcement official.
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Grassley built a reputation for government oversight. Has he abandoned it under Trump? apnews.com/article/gras...
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Grassley built a reputation for government oversight. Has he abandoned it under Trump?
Chuck Grassley has made a name for himself in Washington with his longtime support for whistleblowers.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Democratic leadership didn’t want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didn’t want him even referred to as a “Maryland man.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention, his attorney's office says
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday, according to his attorney’s office.
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president apnews.com/article/indi...
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Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president
In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House itself, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 e...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/12/2025
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Biff Rendar @biffrendar.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
This is unfortunately and sadly who we are now….
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
As CBP forces began disappearing residents in the greater New Orleans area, the New Orleans City Council launched an online portal for residents to report civil & human rights abuses by ICE & CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during the Trump regime’s anti-migrant occupation. #USDemocracy
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New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
The New Orleans City Council Dec. 3 launched an online portal for residents to report civil and human rights abuses by ICE and CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected. Small businesses were the hardest hit.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I approve this message. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/12/2025
JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election. As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Here’s the truth of things: NAFTA hollowed out our manufacturing capability, and a very few people got very very rich on cheap foreign labor. Yes, we got cheaper goods, but the health of our labor force badly suffered. AI will make the job losses of NAFTA look like a minor blip. Personally,
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/12/2025
Hmm. Ghislaine Maxwell is filing a habeas petition challenging her incarceration PRO SE (no lawyers). I guess even David Markus has his limits? Incidentally, she's worried that the release of the Epstein files would be devastating to her case.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
What a sick joke. Will they put photos of the murders in the Caribbean Sea in the lobby? How about a photo of Trump clapping as the murderer Putin arrives in Alaska? Or Trump having the time of his life with the murdering Saudi Prince MBS? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Doodling, drowsiness and a conspicuous misspelling highlight Trump's last Cabinet meeting of 2025
President Donald Trump's latest Cabinet meeting lasted over two hours. Trump's eyes fluttered as he struggled to keep them open at times.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Breaking: BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
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Lola Gayle @lolagaylec.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Oh ferfucksake. CNN - Louisiana surgeon general who stopped promoting vaccination will be second in command at CDC
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Louisiana surgeon general who stopped promoting vaccination will be second in command at CDC | CNN
Dr. Ralph Abraham, who as a state surgeon general ordered health officials to stop promoting mass vaccination, will serve as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s principal deputy direct...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/11/2025
BREAKING: The indictment of Comey has been DISMISSED because Halligan was unlawfully appointed. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#213 in United States v. Comey (E.D. Va., 1:25-cr-00272) – CourtListener.com
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: (1) The appointment of Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney violated 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution. (2) All actions flowing fro...
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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Live updates: Judge dismisses cases against Comey and James, says prosecutor was illegally appointed
Cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James were dismissed. The judge said prosecutor Lindsey Halligan was illegally appointed.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -FDR, 1937
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
This is fu*king outrageous! The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards. apnews.com/article/utah...
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Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses
The federal government has dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines worth thousands of dollars during the pandemic.
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Washington state man believed to be the first to die from a rare strain of bird flu apnews.com/article/bird...
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Washington state man believed to be the first to die from a rare strain of bird flu
A Washington state man is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials say the risk to the public is low.
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress apnews.com/article/marj...
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Trump bought Boeing bonds while rewarding the company billions in federal contracts. He bought Intel bonds after directing the government to acquire a stake in the company. He bought Meta bonds while pushing AI-friendly policy. Trump isn’t governing — he’s cashing in.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/11/2025
Interesting. Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers says she will plead the fifth if forced to testify to Congress. But she willingly sat down with Todd Blanche? What a load of horseshit. www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Ghislaine Maxwell will plead Fifth in House Epstein probe, Comer says
The late sex offender's convicted co-conspirator has been subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
This young man has it exactly right.
A tweet from “Adam Mockler @adammockler” reads:
“Stephen Miller just went on Fox News and said telling troops to refuse illegal orders is an ‘open act of insurrection.’ He is telling on himself.
They are planning to give illegal orders, and they want a military that will follow them blindly.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 19/11/2025
The Justice Department admits that not every member of the grand jury in former FBI Director James Comey’s case saw the final version of the indictment, an error that could get the case thrown out.
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DOJ admits not all grand jury members saw the final version of the indictment against James Comey
Comey's lawyers want Judge Michael Nachmanoff to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning the case cannot be brought for a second time.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
What do these corporations all have in common? -Lockheed Martin -Palantir -Microsoft -Amazon -Comcast -Google -Apple -Meta -HP -Nvidia -T-Mobile They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's ballroom.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
A House panel is holding a hearing on a proposed ban on Congressional stock trading. This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months apnews.com/article/dona...
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Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months
President Donald Trump has signed a bill to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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davepitt.bsky.social @davepitt.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Epstein files and affordability concerns threaten to knock Trump's 2nd presidency off course apnews.com/article/trum...
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Epstein files and affordability concerns threaten to knock Trump's 2nd presidency off course
President Donald Trump's political dominance is showing cracks as he faces challenges on affordability and the Jeffrey Epstein case.
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