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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/10/2026

Bipartisan leadership of a powerful House committee demanded answers from the Amateur Athletic Union after a ProPublica and @washingtonpost.com investigation found that the massive youth sports organization has failed to protect kids from sexual abuse.

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U.S. Lawmakers Launch Sexual Abuse Probe of Youth Sports Giant AAU

Bipartisan leadership of a powerful House committee demanded answers from the Amateur Athletic Union after a ProPublica and Washington Post investigation found that the massive youth sports…

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 06/10/2026

There is a long history in this country of pandering to xenophobia, and treating immigrants as second class citizens; but Americans also have a history of rejecting such repulsive tendencies, as I discussed here.

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Lessons from a Red Scare

The American people are capable of turning the tide against repression.

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HawkSoup @hawksoup.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

ICE continues to flaunt its cruelty.

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HawkSoup @hawksoup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Constant. Even relentless. Cold. Brutality. I don’t throw “evil” around lightly, but here it fits. The Guardian is getting news that the U.S. librul meeja aren’t touching. (Apologies for the obscene visual.)

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026

NEW: For decades, the Smithsonian Institution, which draws some 15 million visitors every year to its assemblage of 21 museums, has managed to stay mostly above the political fray. But that institutional exceptionalism is now imperiled as never before.

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How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War

The Smithsonian — particularly its National Museum of American History — has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration. It’s the culmination of decades of criticism by conservatives and o...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/09/2026

NEW: Sports reporting is shrinking. But at ProPublica, we’re diving in. We won’t cover the games, but we’ll be keeping score — of which powerful people are winning, of who’s being hurt and of which systems can be held accountable.

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Why ProPublica Is Leaning Into Sports Investigations

Sports is a wealthy, powerful industry. We’ll cover the system instead of the games. We’ll ask who’s responsible for some of its biggest problems and who’s preventing them from being fixed.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ProPublica's bombshell that a Putin ally funded Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding was so consequential that it got extensive coverage from every major news organization in the U.S. and a segment on every evening news broadcast -- except for one. Not one word on Bari Weiss's CBS Evening News... 1/4

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/09/2026

"No one has been arrested at a church." To be clear: DHS agents have, in fact, arrested people on church property. One of the incidents involved a pastor confronting DHS agents directly and filming them. In fact, DHS has *publicly acknowledged that this happens.* religionnews.com/2025/08/04/w...

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'This is domestic terror': Shaken by ICE raids, pastors rethink ministries

(RNS) — The fear of raids has pushed some congregations back to pandemic-era worship strategies.

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HawkSoup @hawksoup.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Calculated attempt to thwart referendum fails.

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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I need some real solidarity. On Friday, I published this article about why Zuckerberg should resign. It’s being throttled on Meta products and I’ve had several attempts to hijack my fb acct. Please repost this article, esp on your Meta accounts. #ZuckMustGo www.theguardian.com/technology/c...

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It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta | Joan Donovan

The CEO is the throughline in a history of billion-dollar blunders that have caused real harm, culminating in last week’s settlement

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HawkSoup @hawksoup.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I was VERY aware of how hard Lara Korte was working as a reporter when she took an ethics course from me. She and colleagues turned in one story that burned the KU administration but good, and the story was rock solid.

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HawkSoup @hawksoup.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Lara took a class in professional ethics from me at the KU J-School. She should feel enormous pride in sticking to her principles to the point of losing her job.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/08/2026

In 2011, Wisconsin education officials suggested subjecting publicly funded private schools to the same performance standards that are applied to public schools. Fifteen years later, those types of accountability measures still do not exist.

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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.

Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...

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HawkSoup @hawksoup.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Devastating NYT piece on the persecution of trans people in Kansas. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...

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Opinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All

Is Kansas just the beginning?

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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

As voucher systems grow, a key reason to demand the same standards for publicly subsidized private schools that traditional publics follow is a state’s arbitrary and capricious benchmark for faith exemptions. A simple transparent standard: want public cash? Follow public rules.

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HawkSoup @hawksoup.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

a small piece of accountability for the atrocious Marion Register raid

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I'm sympathetic to people who didn't realize how bad Trump was til 2018 or so, less sympathetic to those who didn't figure it out til Jan 6, and have nothing but contempt for people who support him after Jan 6.

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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

NEW: the latest updates to cases that could create religious public schools. What’s key is: the goal here isn’t just removing more church-state barriers. It’s that in doing so, they can create new exemptions to anti-discrimination protections. open.substack.com/pub/joshcowe...

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"Outsourcing Discrimination"

New court arguments add to right-wing efforts to let churches run public charter schools. It's not just church-state separation that's at stake: it's access to public services for all kids.

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HawkSoup @hawksoup.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Oligarchic power grab thwarted.

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HawkSoup @hawksoup.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Cody is such a sweetheart that even his own lawyers in a low-level criminal case can't get along with him. He'll get off light in the long run but I hope it's a good and painful long run.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Kudos to Disney/ABC for fighting back and speaking the truth about Trump's FCC: “The retaliation against ABC is a signal to every media company in the country: accommodate the Administration’s view of what news coverage should look like or pay the price." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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ABC fires back at FCC, alleging a campaign of "clearcut ... retaliation" on behalf of Trump

Disney is defending its stewardship of its eight owned stations, including KABC-TV Channel 7 in Los Angeles and KGO-TV in San Francisco

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

No separation of church and state in Missouri. 98% of Missouri school vouchers end up in church coffers…that’s your tax money directly funding religion thanks to the GOP school voucher scheme.

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

School vouchers -- funded with billions in taxpayer money -- have become such a financial boon to private religious schools that one Michigan company encouraged churches to tap into what it dubbed “God’s new gold mine.”

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Public Money Is Fueling an Explosion of Private Schools. States Often Don’t Care How They’re Run.

As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter

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HawkSoup @hawksoup.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

How many others are NOT getting caught?

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

With a huge surge of public money, new private schools are opening fast - without meaningful oversight. Even this Arkansas school - where the founder hit a kid, urged other kids to do the same, and stayed involved in the school's administration from JAIL - is still supported by taxpayer dollars.

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This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.

One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about saf...

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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press @rcfp.org · 11/07/2026

Yesterday, The New York Times reported that the Trump administration issued subpoenas to several of its journalists — including those who wrote about the new Air Force One. Read statements from @rcfp.org Chairman Stephen J. Adler and President Bruce D. Brown:

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Reporters Committee statement on subpoenas seeking New York Times reporters' testimony

Several New York Times journalists received subpoenas seeking their testimony before a grand jury.

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HawkSoup @hawksoup.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A necessary reminder that ICE is doing its brutal, fascistic work, albeit more quiety than in Minneapolis. ICE was in Lawrence the other day; no word on the specific results, and of course no coverage in the LJ-W (too busy with KU football and restaurant openings and closings).

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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A sweeping new study has found that daily reading for pleasure in the United States has declined by more than 40% over the last 20 years — raising urgent questions about the cultural, educational and health consequences of a nation reading less. news.ufl.edu/2025/08/read...

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Reading for pleasure in free fall: New study finds 40% drop over two decades

Daily reading for pleasure in the U.S. dropped by more than 40% over the last 20 years

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Codifying the obvious: Presbyterian Church (USA) declares White Christian Nationalism is incompatible with the teachings of Jesus. Let's see other Christian denominations follow suit. pres-outlook.org/2026/07/pcus...

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PC(USA) labels White Christian nationalism "Theological Error"

Calling White Christian nationalism incompatible with the teachings of Jesus, commissioners approved a proposed constitutional amendment and a new policy statement opposing the ideology.

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Just got off the phone with some folks on the boat, story TK

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HawkSoup @hawksoup.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

>>>When Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith called Islam a “demonic death cult” during an appearance on the Christian political program FlashPoint in May, the remarks drew swift backlash from faith leaders across Indiana. indianacitizen.org/flashpoint-h...

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FlashPoint: How a Christian political media network became a platform for Indiana’s Lt. Gov. - THE INDIANA CITIZEN

By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen June 25, 2026 When Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith called Islam a “demonic death cult” during an appearance on the Christian political program FlashPoint in May, t...

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

MUST READ 👇👇👇 Exclusive: DOJ Taps Gang, Terrorism Prosecutors to Crack Down on Political Groups talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...

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Exclusive: DOJ Taps Gang, Terrorism Prosecutors to Crack Down on Political Groups

The Department of Justice has tapped two prosecutors with expertise in organized...

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HawkSoup @hawksoup.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Over in my state of origin:

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