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Galip Ulsoy

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Retired professor of mechanical engineering

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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 17h
www.npr.org/2026/10/07/g...
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3 years on, Israelis grapple with reports Netanyahu was warned before Oct. 7 attacks
On the three-year mark since the Hamas-led deadly attack, Israelis are grappling with reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly warned by regional allies ahead of time.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Senate races in Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina, Alaska, Iowa, Ohio, Kansas and Texas all in play .. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Democrats gain edge in tight Senate races in new poll
Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate are leading or have tightened races in five states that have traditionally voted Republican.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle.
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Having the wrong people in charge of public health is deadly. A lesson we should have already learned from the COVID pandemic!
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No weirdos? Guess Hegseth must go!
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Michigan Democrats @michigandems.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
John James has rubber stamped Trump's reckless agenda at every turn. He voted for the Iran war. He voted for Trump's tariffs. @JocelynBenson,bsky.social will stand up to Trump and work to bring costs down for you. www.ms.now/the-last-wor...
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Trump’s tariffs ‘hitting us harder than any other state,' says Michigan Democrat
Following reporting that Donald Trump’s tariffs have cost Michigan households $5,600, more than any other state, MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell talks to Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee…
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sportsmanship! www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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Scottie Scheffler concedes putt at Presidents Cup after fan yells at opponent
A fan yelled in the middle of Nico Echavarria's backswing Sunday at the Presidents Cup. Scottie Scheffler had a classy response.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Obscene! www.autoblog.com/news/gms-mar...
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GM’s Mary Barra Made $48.2 Million in 2025, Nearly Three Times as Much as Ford’s CEO
Mary Barra ranked as the third-highest-paid automotive CEO last year, behind the leaders of Nvidia and Flex.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.michigandaily.com/news/governm...
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Dingell, Khanna and Rheingans make case for universal healthcare
U-M orgs host healthcare town hall with U.S. Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., and state Rep. Carrie Rheingans, D-AA.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
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Abdul El-Sayed or Mike Rogers? Freep's pick in U.S. Senate race | Endorsement
The Free Press endorsement in Michigan's U.S. Senate race.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
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Opinion | What Does Abdul El-Sayed Believe?
The Senate nominee talks about his view for the future of the Democratic Party.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bribery may be OK for some GOP Senators, but I doubt it is OK wth Maine voters!
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.michigandaily.com/news/governm...
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Abdul El-Sayed campaigns to students at town hall
More than 100 University of Michigan students and community membered gathered Wednesday afternoon for a town hall with Abdul El-Sayed.
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s time for Earth’s annual checkup, and the prognosis isn’t great. But there are steps we can take to return it to health, experts say.
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9 ‘boundaries’ keep Earth livable. We’ve breached 7 of them
Earth’s annual checkup shows that we’re at increasing risk of moving away from the environment we’re adapted to
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Who is he killing? Protestors?
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We’re not in a new Gilded Age in America: inequality is now far worse | Casey Michel
Today’s wealth gap is much bigger, and the country’s richest have much more power than they once did. It’s an Age of Oligarchy
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MS NOW Public Relations @msnowcomms.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@ms.now statement on its journalists being denied access to the White House grounds:
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Kennedy Center Supporters Rally Amid Speculation About Possible Demolition www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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Kennedy Center Supporters Rally Amid Fears of Trump’s Demolition
Photos of President Trump reviewing a poster board with the title “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED” spurred the largest gathering yet in support of the performing arts institution.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Why Israel Fears This Searing New Documentary www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o...
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Opinion | Why Israel Fears This Searing New Documentary
It’s hard to tell whether Israelis are enraged by “NAZA” because they think it’s full of lies, or because they know or fear it’s true.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.freep.com/story/news/e...
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Homeland Security questioned Chinese researcher before suicide at U-M
Danhao Wang's suicide at the University of Michigan came amid beefed up scrutiny by the Trump administration of foreign citizens on college campuses.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Turkey Begins Broad Crackdown on L.G.B.T.Q. Community www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/w...
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Turkey Begins Broad Crackdown on L.G.B.T.Q. Community
The government has called the campaign an effort to protect families. Rights organizations have accused the authorities of criminalizing L.G.B.T.Q. people and of seeking to thwart political activism.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Crooks of a feather flock together .. Russian Businessman Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Lavish Wedding After-Party www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
nytimes.com
Russian Businessman With Putin Ties Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Party
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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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
GOP = Grifters, Oligarchs and Pedophiles .. www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
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Donald Trump Jr. And Wife Defend Russian Oligarch’s Lavish Wedding ‘Gift'
Trump Jr. married Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson in May.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
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Calling Abdul El-Sayed 'antisemitic' avoids the real debate | Opinion
Abdul El-Sayed's U.S. Senate campaign has reopened an old fight over Israel, identity and who gets to speak out.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Cult of Trump Is Waning www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/o...
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Opinion | The Cult of Trump Is Waning
The president has a very simple strategy for the midterms.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12/09/2026
Diesel prices rise above $6 a gallon for the first time ever, raising the risk of further energy-driven inflation
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US Diesel Prices Rise Past $6 a Gallon for First Time Ever
US diesel prices rose above $6 a gallon for the first time ever, raising the risk of further energy-driven inflation just ahead of peak demand season for the fuel.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Why we need an International Panel on Inequality www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Why we need an International Panel on Inequality
Disparities in income and wealth are growing. A scientific assessment process can give governments the information they need to tackle them.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Simply obscene .. inequality.org/facts/wealth...
inequality.org
Wealth Inequality - Inequality.org
The United States exhibits has more inequality and disparities of wealth between rich and poor than any other major developed nation.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gxl...
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Wealth Inequality in America (Updated 2026)
YouTube video by politizane
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 11/09/2026
Former presidents Joe Biden, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton were among those who attended the 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York.
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Watch former presidents honor 9/11 victims at World Trade Center site
Former presidents Joe Biden, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton were among those who attended the 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York.
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Bridge Michigan @bridgemi.com · 11/09/2026
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Groups fight to keep 16,000 acres of national forest in Michigan road-free
Around 16,000 acres of national forests in Michigan are for the most part protected from permanent-road construction and logging, but that could change under a USDA proposal.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Clown show?
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
apnews.com/article/mich... no time to spare, Michigan hatches a Great Lakes whitefish rescue plan
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Liar-In-Chief is at it again!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trump‘s cash gifts to government employees, violate ethics rules, which exist to promote loyalty to the United States over loyalty to one person. He doesn’t get to break the law just because cash bonuses were “his longtime practice” in the private sector. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to Natalie Harp, two other close aides
Financial disclosures show the sums were equivalent to nearly one-third of each of their salaries. Experts say the gifts are without precedent and may violate the law.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
GOP's "great" = escalating costs, endless war, rising national debt, corruption gone wild, attack on voting and democracy, ..
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trump's idiotic war .. Oil Hits $100 a Barrel as Turmoil Intensifies in Middle East www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/b...
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Oil Hits $100 a Barrel as Turmoil Intensifies in Middle East
The cost of crude has risen 40 percent since the start of the war in Iran, pushing up the price of gasoline, diesel and other refined fuels.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/04/b...
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The wealth of the world's billionaires reached $15.1 trillion last year, per a new report
The global billionaire count hit a record of 3,795 people last year, with the biggest wealth gains for the richest of the rich, per a recent Altrata report.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Two Nations. Two Democracies at Stake. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...
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Opinion | Democracy Is on the Ballot in Both America’s and Israel’s Elections
Israel and the United States each hold elections one week apart in the fall. The fate of their democracies lies in the balance.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Netanyahu’s Rivals Call Him ‘Unfit’ After Report He Was Warned Before Oct. 7 Attack www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
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Before Oct. 7 Attack, Netanyahu Was Warned, Report Says. He Denies It.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would sue the newspaper Haaretz after it reported that the Emirati president had warned him Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/09/2026
Reminder: Pete Hegseth's own mother called him “an abuser of women.”
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A running list of the allegations against Pete Hegseth
New bombshells keep emerging. But don't expect Trump to abandon him anytime soon.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Trump is just bulldozing his way through Washington and daring anyone to stop him. Even if you favor his policies, the president must follow the law. In a democracy, the rule of law is everything.
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The Economist @economist.com · 06/09/2026
In much of the Middle East, north Africa and South Asia, many men believe their family’s honour depends on female seclusion. Such attitudes make whole populations poorer bit.ly/4gUgnL5 Photo: Getty Images
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Gas price today. Price of gas on Election Day in 2024 was $3.10. Thank President Trump and his war in Iran.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
In our most important elections, election deniers are running to control elections as Secretaries of State. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Commentary: Integrity on the ballot: Election deniers target secretary of state races in key states
Trump's attempts to undermine democracy has elevated the importance of election oversight. Election deniers are on the ballot in Arizona, Nevada and Wisconsin and could cause mischief in 2028.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/09/2026
"Listen to your constituents, not Trump!"
The graphic contains a photo of a piece of paper with a message to Congressman Miller written by a constituent at the recent SUFS OH-7 Empty Chair Town Hall, and the red Stand Up for Science logo. The graphic reads: "Listen to your constituents, not Trump!"
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Are Americans starting to see through the con? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Trump's approval drops among Republicans ahead of midterms, new poll shows
NBC News unveiled new polling that shows a drop in approval for President Donald Trump among Republicans.
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Galip Ulsoy @galip-ulsoy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The President Can’t Handle the Truth www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/o...
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Opinion | The President Can’t Handle the Truth
Trump’s fantasy-reality problem is deepening.
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