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Diane Smith

@dianeyoungsmith.bsky.social
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Always evolving. I read books including banned books. Chicago proud

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Diane Smith @dianeyoungsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He embarrassed himself, shameful.
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Diane Smith @dianeyoungsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You are a bad dude!
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Diane Smith @dianeyoungsmith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m with you and 2 years older. As a black woman I have seen some Sh** whew
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Diane Smith @dianeyoungsmith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Disgusting.
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?
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Eric Schmitt @erschm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
8 Navy sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group attempted suicide during its more than 300 days at sea www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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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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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Stevie Bennett @steviebennett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Diane Smith @dianeyoungsmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
With every breath a lie slides out, whew it’s exhausting.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If Barack Obama had done this, every Sunday show would have talked about nothing else.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Federal corporate political spending has already reached nearly $650 MILLION ahead of the midterms, according to Public Citizen. That’s an all-time high — and we’re still months away from Election Day. Big Money is the real threat to “election integrity.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026
Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades. No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.
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Diane Smith @dianeyoungsmith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Calvin Nowell (@calvinnowell) on Threads
Today in the midst of filming, I received word that Dolly Parton passed away exactly 15 minutes after the crew and myself were just talking about her regarding something different. She was such a bri...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/08/2026
History is complicated. Identity is complicated. America is complicated. This is a powerful example of all three.
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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God @thegodshow.com · 21/08/2026
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He didn’t change. They did.
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Good Trouble 🇺🇸 @nativenewyorker77.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Dems must be ruthless to end this tyranny.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
NEW EPISODE: A federal judge in Massachusetts just issued a nationwide injunction blocking Trump's executive order that would have let the U.S. Postal Service withhold mail-in ballots from states that don't hand over voter data to the Department of Justice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsI5...
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BREAKING: Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Takeover of Your Mail Ballot
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Diane Smith @dianeyoungsmith.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Denyse Mouck (@mouckdenyse) on Threads
Eddie Glaude was on MSNBC today talking about his sister. His mom got rubella when she was pregnant. His sister is blind, cannot talk or walk and his mom has been changing her diaper for 62 years. Let...
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A Haitian man collapses in tears being fitted with an ankle monitor after TPS expired. This state-sanctioned dehumanization must end. Call Congress: (202) 224-3121. Demand dignity for Black & Brown immigrants. #TheKingCenter
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Peace @dogsmile.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"He lies!" Facts are labeled biased. Evidence is called rigged. Science is rewritten or erased. He tells his followers not to trust what they see or hear, only what he tells them. He reframes the press as the enemy and positions himself as the sole source of reality.
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is running for mayor of Chicago, he announced Sunday. He's joining a crowded field looking to replace Mayor Brandon Johnson. blockclubchi.co/4x8rbM6
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
300,000 Haitians legally living in the U.S. have officially lost their Temporary Protected Status this week. ICE is reportedly planning to target Haitian communities and fast-track deportations to Haiti, which is controlled by violent gangs and deep in crisis. Trump’s cruelty knows no bounds.
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Diane Smith @dianeyoungsmith.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Steven Havre (@stevenhavre) on Threads
I’m a gay man. I know what the 1980s did to men like me. Fauci walked into that when it was still a career ender and everyone else looked away. Then he helped design PEPFAR for George W. Bush. 25 mil...
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Marcus SOBER 5 YEARS @papacitogordo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Under Trump: -Household electricity costs are up 18% -Ground beef prices are up 22% -Gas prices are up 40% -ACA out-of-pocket premiums are up 58% -Inflation is at a three-year high "New Golden Age" for who?
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
BREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.
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Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations
Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Sen. Bernie Moreno wants to sanction Canada for wildfires creating deadly pollution in Northeastern cities. He wants to cite poor forest management. Not mentioned by this Trump supporting fool is climate change.
Map showing locations of 700+ wildfires in Canada including ~100 in Ontario.  Smoke from these fires is causing unsafe air conditions in many American cities.
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ANTIFA BEVERLY @stewardship.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
If Americans don't get out and vote in the Midterms then fold your hands and say goodbye to America!
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Jimmy Carter had to gave up his peanut farm to avoid any conflicts of interest while president. The Obamas were forbidden to refinance their home while he was in office. Donald Trump has made over 21,000 stock trades while in office, often using his office to manipulate markets.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Donald Trump's enunciation of President Obama's full name is DEPLORABLE. His emphasis on "H" for Hussein is DISGUSTING. Like it's evil to be named Hussein. Trump knows about hate, racism & xenophobia. I do NOT grade DJT on a curve! Also, it's actually Barack Hussein Obama II, a compassionate man.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
10 bucks to the first reporter that asks Trump to define “communism.”
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
One word: Kindness. 🐶💦🚰💖 An appeal - Be kind to fellow humans, be kinder to our animal friends (because they are more vulnerable contextually). #kindness #dog #animals
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on Kushner & Ivanka: “Now Albania's anti-corruption police are getting involved… do you think Jared Kushner would get special island-buying privileges if he weren't the President's son-in-law? And isn't he supposed to be doing diplomacy, not shady land deals?”
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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Michelle Obama just delivered one of the best speeches I’ve ever heard. She upheld her husband’s legacy, defended the dignity of all people, appealed to our better angels, & reminded us of the America that we could be. What a contrast to the depravity occupying the White House.
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Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab @bpal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Unfortunately still just as true today as when Oscar Wilde wrote it in 1890.
A historical photo of Oscar Wilde wearing a men's suit. Text reads: "The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame."
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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation."

--Walter Cronkite

The Retired School Librarian.com
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...
"Bari loves this institution," Bilton told staffers at one point during the highly contentious meeting. "She loves '60 Minutes.'"

"She's murdering '60 Minutes,'" Pelley countered. "She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it—and she's doing exactly that."

This story is based on audio of the meeting obtained by Status. A CBS News spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment, but Pelley's stunning series of remarks left staffers on the newsmagazine wondering if he will resign.

In the meeting, Pelley pointed out that Weiss has "no qualifications for her job" and told Bilton "you have slender qualifications for this job." Pelley, the former anchor of "CBS Evening News," noted that the changes Weiss has made to that program "have been catastrophic."

"So why should we expect any of this is going to be any better?" Pelley asked Bilton.

Bilton tried to move the meeting along, but Pelley pressed on, challenging the new executive producer’s references in interviews to “60 Minutes” creator Don Hewitt’s vision for the program as he outlined his plans.

"I have another question," the veteran journalist said. "Did you at any point work with Don Hewitt, telling everybody about what Don Hewitt thought, and what his inspiration was? I worked for Don Hewitt from 1999 to 2004 and Lesley Stahl probably worked with him for 30 years. Just wondering how you have such deep insight?"

Bilton replied that he was simply quoting Hewitt’s own words from past interviews and asked Pelley whether he had any other questions. Pelley said that he did.

"I have many questions," Pelley responded. "What was wrong with Sharyn Alfonsi?"As Bilton started to say he would "defer," Pelley interrupted: "This is not the crowd to dodge."

Bilton insisted he was not dodging.

"Nobody talked to you about that?" Pelley continued, pressing him on the firing. "They're taking one of your correspondents away and nobody mentioned to you what was wrong with Sharyn?"

Bilton acknowledged that he "had conversations with people."

"And what came out of those conversations?" Pelley asked. "They are private conversations?"

Bilton reiterated that he "did not fire" Alfonsi or Vega. Pelley pointed out that Bilton had nonetheless discussed the matter with others. Charles Forelle, a top Weiss deputy and managing editor of CBS News, interjected, telling Pelley that he was being "rude."

"This is not actually productive," Forelle said. "This is not an interview."

"It's working for me," Pelley replied.

"Anybody came into our house—this is '60 Minutes,'" Pelley added. "I guess you wandered in expecting to read a statement off?"

Pelley then asked Bilton "what was wrong with" Draggan Mihailovich, the executive editor of "60 Minutes" who was fired on Thursday.

Bilton again said that he did not fire Mihailovich. Forelle one more told Pelley that he was being "rude."

Pelley did not let up, however. The veteran newsman told Bilton and Forelle that the way management handled the firings was "cruel." Forelle—yet again—responded by calling Pelley "rude."

"I'm not being rude," Pelley shot back. "I have some pretty—you know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock. Sending Draggan Mihailovich to HR to get fired, because nobody could look him in the eye. Not talking about Tanya's contract. Not talking about Sharyn Alfonsi's contract. Not talking about Cecilia Vega's contract. Just calling them up and telling they were fired. That's rude. This is a conversation. That is rude, and you were part of that."
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Campos: While I want to thank CBS news for funding this generous gift towards my education, I want to acknowledge how the recent direction of the outlet stains the legacy of Mike Wallace, the namesake of this scholarship.
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Diane Smith @dianeyoungsmith.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The people behind him are clapping and clueless.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/05/2026
JD Vance: "Fighting fraud in DC is a little bit like fishing in a barrel with a nuclear weapon. Every day my staff brings me new reports of the ways you're being defrauded. You should not be able to steal from all of you and give it to fraudsters."
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