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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 24/03/2025
A recording reveals a Utah GOP Senator saying legislative leaders deliberately changed media credential rules to target one journalist. "They don't think he's particularly honest. I think the legislative leadership is showing who's the boss." www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/utah-gop-sen...
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Utah GOP Senator: Media rule change shows journalist "Who's the boss"
Recording reveals Utah Sen. Todd Weiler suggesting the legislature changed media credential rules to target a specific journalist, saying they were "showing who's the boss."
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Freya Shott @freyashott.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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Pete Buttigieg on Substack
These people cannot keep America safe.
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Freya Shott @freyashott.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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March 24, 2025
Today the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, dropped the story that senior members of the Trump administration planned the March 15 U.S.
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WIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 10/03/2025
🎙️ New podcast: - Sen. Daniel Thatcher on why he left the GOP. - Lawmakers pick a fight over office space...and lose. - Why killing a bill won't stop legislative leaders from doing what they want anyway. Listen and subscribe at the link. www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/podcast-geor...
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Podcast: George Orwell warned us
In this week's episode of Special Session: A conversation with Sen. Daniel Thatcher. He announced Friday that he was leaving the Republican Party to join the Utah Forward Party. Thatcher says the Rep...
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💚💾 (more active elsewhere) @laurenlookslost.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
When did booking airline tickets become an inaccessible mess again? I thought they were collectively sued over that years ago? A Grimm preview of how the internet will function for screenreader users over the next few years 😞
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tamrakat @tamrakat.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Fresh air #DevonandCornwall
A long paved breakwater stretching towards the low headlands of Cornwall with a peachy-grey early evening sky
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Tommy Farnsworth -- tf PhotoScapes @tommyfarnsworth.com · 07/03/2025
Epic Sunsets Mazatlan Mexico. Just hang around, it always gets better. Jan 2020 #mazatlan #mexico #sunset #photography #travel #tf_photography #tf_photoscapes #tf_photoescapes #landscape
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LaneyVotesBlue @laneyvotesblue.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Good morning everyone. ☕️☕️☕️
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Amy Sue ✌️❤️🎶⚾️🏒🏈💙 @nyyankeechick.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 07/03/2025
Utah GOP Senator Daniel Thatcher is leaving the Republican Party to join the Forward Party for his last year in office. "The public is being treated with contempt," he says. "I can't be a part of that anymore." Story: www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/sen-daniel-t...
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Sen. Daniel Thatcher leaves GOP, joins Utah Forward Party
Utah Senator Daniel Thatcher leaves the Republican Party for the Utah Forward Party, citing contempt for voters and broken caucus system. "I can't be a part of that anymore."
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 06/03/2025
All four of Utah's representatives voted to censure Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas for disrupting President Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday night.
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 06/03/2025
Nothing to see here. Just a federal employee trying to dictate the curriculum at a private law school. Totally cool and completely normal.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Email list for all DOGE employees Please ReSkeet!
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 06/03/2025
This is fun... The Polity Project, which categorizes governments worldwide, says the United States is no longer a democracy and is "at the cusp of autocracy." www.systemicpeace.org
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Punk Rock Loser @grs22.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A blind woman is on a date with an unknown person, nervous about expectations and their relationship. She says: "As a blind person, it's so difficult to find a proper partner. People can be too judgemental and harsh. I know I'm not perfect... And I understand if you don't want to date a--"
  
She's immediately cut off by the mysterious figure, revealing herself to be Medusa, holding the hand of her girlfriend, comforting her and saying: "Silly, you're perfect just the way you are"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Again: what happens here in Tennessee is coming your way next. Pay attention. They openly say they want this to end up at the Supreme Court. tennesseelookout.com/2025/03/06/t...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Bribes. They’re known as bribes.
A tweet from ununusual_whales @ununusual_whales with a breaking news headline: 'BREAKING: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the President Trump at his Florida compound, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting, per WIRED.'
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 06/03/2025
"No" apparently doesn't mean "no" in the Utah Legislature. Despite committee rejection, legislative leaders are using a budget maneuver to move forward with a plan to have the state take over pre-election political debates. www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/legislative-...
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Utah Legislative leaders push debate takeover plan using budget loophole
Utah legislative leaders are circumventing normal procedures to fund a $600,000 politician-controlled debate committee, despite the bill being rejected by a House committee.
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 07/03/2025
Legislative land grab: Part-time lawmakers vote to boot Utah's full-time state auditor Tina Cannon from the Capitol to expand their own office space. www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/utahs-first-...
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Utah's first female auditor booted from Capitol in legislative land grab
Utah lawmakers made a last-minute change to evict State Auditor Tina Cannon, the first Republican woman elected to statewide office, from the Capitol building to expand their own offices.
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Freya Shott @freyashott.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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We Found Elon Musk’s DOGE Email Address and We’re Fighting to Reveal His Messages
The Intercept is publishing Elon Musk’s government email address to aid those seeking information on DOGE in the public interest.
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Freya Shott @freyashott.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Oh dear a snitch website. That will go over well. open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
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Federal Government is Asking the Public to Report Illicit DEI
The Department of Education has opened a tip line to report sightings of diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Freya Shott @freyashott.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
They are trying to ban more school books!!! Don't censor research databases in Utah! Take action today: www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/do...
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Don't censor research databases in Utah! Take action today:
The House Education Committee has voted to advance the bill, HB473 School Digital Materials Amendments. This bill seeks to apply the same "Sensitive Materials" definition that has led to over 140 book...
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Freya Shott @freyashott.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 28/02/2025
Utah GOP lawmakers are fast-tracking a bill to dismantle independent debate commission, and replace it with political appointees. 7 of 11 seats would go to Republican picks, giving politicians control over televised election debates. Story: www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/utah-republi...
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Utah GOP moves to take over election debates
A fast-tracked GOP bill would dismantle Utah's independent debate system, replacing it with a committee where Republicans choose 7 of 11 members.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Heard Trump is shutting down the free Covid test site so get yours while they last: special.usps.com/testkits
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COVID Home Tests | USPS
COVID Home Tests | USPS
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💚💾 (more active elsewhere) @laurenlookslost.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I saw one yesterday that simply said document FFS
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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Aesthetics @aestheticspost.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 20/02/2025
The top U.S. prosecutor in D.C. is investigating Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer over alleged "threats" to Elon Musk and government workers. This is terrifying for people who value the First Amendment. www.yahoo.com/news/washing...
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Washington prosecutor probes threats against DOGE, takes aim at Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top U.S. prosecutor in Washington launched an investigation on Wednesday into threats against federal workers, and said the department would probe Democratic Senator Chuck Sc...
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Dave Whamond @davewhamond.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Appearing today in The Week:
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That Photo Guy @thatphotoguy.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Good morning #Bluesky.
Taken at Glen Etive whilst driving back through Glencoe.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20/02/2025
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.
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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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Eliza Orlins on Substack
Okay, I guess if I say it publicly, I have to follow through…right? My Substack newsletter Objection: Everything is coming soon! I’ll be sharing about the things that make me rant, rave, and resis...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Imagine you have over $400 billion and you spend your time working to deny hungry children around the world meals to avoid starvation.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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Freya Shott @freyashott.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Port: It's not just about kids, and it's not just libraries
Legislation under consideration in Bismarck wouldn't just restrict access to books in schools and libraries. The language of the bill also applies to private book stores.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
He’s right again.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Gutting the CDC right as we’re on the cusp of major outbreaks of transmissible diseases is a very bad idea.
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 14/02/2025
Before Utah House leaders voted to exit the ERIC voter database, they met with a consultant linked to Mike Lindell who promotes 'quantum technology' for analyzing election data. Then they tried to mandate his tech in state law. www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/utah-house-s...
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Utah House strips conspiracy-linked tech from voter database bill
The Utah House passed a bill to leave the ERIC voter database system after removing language that would have given election deniers access to sensitive voter information.
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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 15/02/2025
Gov. Spencer Cox has signed HB267 which strips Utah public employees of their collective bargaining rights.
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Freya Shott @freyashott.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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The One Trick That Forces Politicians to Pay Attention
Ditch the Petitions, Pick Up the Phone, and Make Democracy Work for You
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