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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“For the last year and a half, the people of the United States have witnessed the suffering of the undocumented in our midst, purposely and strategically magnified by our government, and for the most part, we have simply passed on by.” — Cardinal Robert McElroy
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy told Catholics to “fight every dimension” of the Trump administration’s war on immigrants and to replace politicians who tolerate it. “In abandoning the words of Deuteronomy and of the Statue of Liberty, we are losing our soul as a nation.”
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On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy Indicts Trump’s War on Immigrants
Preaching on the Good Samaritan for World Day of Migrants, Washington’s archbishop named Minneapolis, a five-year-old used as bait, and a nation that “passed on by.” He told Catholics to fight every d...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/09/2026
Exclusive: In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes. “I am the code,” Trump said.
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‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues
James McCrery II resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes.
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Philip K. Allan - Author @philipkallan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Rescue by 19th century Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky #Ageofsail #Sea #ships
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UC San Diego @ucsandiego.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Soaking up the last little bits of summer, one Scripps sunset at a time.✨🌞🏄 📷: @erikjepsen on Instagram. #UCSD #UCSanDiego #ScrippsPier
A person with a surfboard walks along the beach at sunset, with Scripps Pier stretching into the ocean under a dramatic sky filled with vibrant orange, yellow, and purple clouds.Scripps Pier at sunset.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My tribute to Tim Curry: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Absolute Pleasure of Tim Curry
His magic was to be outrageous without being self-conscious.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.
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Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)
The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BREAKING: the administration is now threatening in federal court to LEVEL the Kennedy Center if Trump does not get his way His path of destruction knows no bounds & he will answer for it in court @democracydefendersaction.org @WLG -TN
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Trump Lawyers Warn That Kennedy Center Might Need Demolition if Not Fixed
In a court filing about honoring President Trump on the facade, the administration said that without a proper renovation the building might need to be “taken down.”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
WaPo Exclusive: Ticket sales and fundraising collapsed after Trump's name was added to the Kennedy Center — even as the center's leaders publicly claimed a financial turnaround, according to confidential documents obtained by The Washington Post.
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Kennedy Center finances deteriorated sharply after Trump name change
Budget and meeting documents obtained by The Post show ticket revenue and fundraising plummeted even as leaders publicly touted a financial turnaround.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
An organization that, like its starting QB, does not respect its fans. Wasting everyone’s time here.
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Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. @admiralstav.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hope the Trump 47 administration doesn't undo the excellent decision to name aircraft carrier for WWII hero Doris Miller. Original decision made by - checks notes - the Trump 45 administration. www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...
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Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump | CNN Politics
The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar wit...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“.. It’s bonkers that a defense secretary would involve his wife .. sharing details of an impending military operation, and face zero consequences,” said John Ullyot, who left the Pentagon .. after three months working under Mr. Hegseth ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/s...
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STAT @statnews.com · 19/08/2026
Today's news: Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial www.statnews.com/2026/08/19/m...
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Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.
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Philip K. Allan - Author @philipkallan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The whaleship Essex leaving Nantucket, August 12th, 1819, by New Zealand artist Anthony D Blake The following year she will be sunk in the Pacific by a sperm whale, providing the inspiration behind Herman Melville’s Moby Dick #Ageofsail #InTheHeartoftheSea #whaling
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"America and the rest of the world are now witnessing a public exhibition of narcissistic rage. Trump embarked on a war for personal glory, and what he got instead was ongoing humiliation. He clearly finds it all unbearable." I confess that I'm finding it rather unbearable, as well.
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Two Black mayors took cities that the country loves to write off and made them measurably safer. That’s not a fluke. That’s a blueprint. Chicago and Baltimore just posted numbers that should be front-page news. They’re not. We need to talk about why. 🧵 www.theroot.com/opinion-blac...
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The executive branch is being run by the dumbest motherfuckers alive. www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
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Exclusive | Trump Orders Navy to Restore Old Technology in Aircraft Carriers, Costing Billions
The Navy spent years fighting the president’s push to go back to steam catapults.
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea for 200+ straight days, and reports say conditions onboard are so bad that multiple sailors have tried to jump off. Our servicemembers deserve better than this. There needs to be an investigation.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Ex Trump Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews: "Advisors were telling him he lost. I think Trump has always been a broken man, but losing in 2020 fair & square to Biden permanently broke his brain… He's the weakest, most thin-skinned baby of all time."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This didn’t age well.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The goal of this "review" was always to relieve the terrible insecurity some military folks have around civilian academics and turn the academies and service colleges back into what they were some 35 years ago: Retirement homes for passed-over officers.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Rand Paul--who doesn't believe in evolution--holding a hearing of Dr. Fauci--a retired, life-long public servant-- while we are *actively* in the midst of SEVERAL disease outbreaks due to unnecessary public health cuts and corporate lobbying shows exactly how unserious Republicans are.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026
Admirable clarity @science.org
The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.

That’s it. That’s the story
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Rather than discussing racism as something that happened to her, Toni Morrison turned the conversation toward what racism does to the people who practice it. Her memorable closing thought, “Take me out of it.”invites everyone to examine the moral costs of racism itself.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
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Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 21/07/2026
The 2026 World Cup final was the most-watched English-language soccer telecast in U.S. history. nyti.ms/4bDRnpr
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Vatican Observatory Foundation @vofoundation.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Science meets religion in the centuries-old Vatican Observatory | CNN CNN's Christopher Lamb visits the Vatican Observatory, a centuries-old center of astronomical research where faith and science intersect. www.cnn.com/2026/07/18/s...
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
And also, the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
President Trump used to brag about all the money we were making from tariff revenue. Last month, that trend flipped to a $26 billion loss as the government started paying back the tariffs the Supreme Court ruled illegal. The refund bill is just getting started.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Boomers Were Supposed to Downsize. They Are Buying Bigger Homes Instead. www.wsj.com/economy/hous...
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Boomers Were Supposed to Downsize. They Are Buying Bigger Homes Instead.
Wealthy, older Americans are ripping up the traditional script for aging: “We’ll downsize when they plant me 6 feet into the ground.”
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UC San Diego @ucsandiego.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Just when you thought Scrippshenge couldn't get any better... 🌒 Captured last night by @erikjepsen on Instagram. #Scrippshenge #UCSD #UCSanDiego #ScrippsPier
Underneath a wooden pier, a crescent moon glows brightly in the distant night sky. Waves crash against the pier's supports, framing the moon within the tunnel-like structure.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
Sen. Alsobrooks tells Vought "I have been waiting for the opportunity to come face to face with you" and repeatedly calls his actions "depraved" and "evil"
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In the realm of questions posed during Senate hearings, this one from Ossoff -- "Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this?" -- ranks right up there with "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?"
Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this question, to have MR. KELLY

MR OSSOFF
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13/07/2026
What’s sad to me… is that Lindsay Graham probably thought he could outlast Trump and then reconcile his morality after that. There is no after that now. It’s a good reminder… always do what you know to be right, right NOW. And when you recognize you crossed a line, that’s ok, but come back.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
cc: every Republican in Congress
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/07/2026
An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Afghan national who fought with U.S. forces died of allergic reaction in ICE custody
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and exacerbated his asthma, the death report shows.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Historians Reject White House’s Criticism of Smithsonian Museum www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/a...
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Historians Reject White House’s Criticism of Smithsonian Museum
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 04/07/2026
Today marks 250 years since a small group of newspaper editors, farmers, and soldiers signed a document declaring our nation's independence — a truth that feels self-evident now but was revolutionary then.
What a privilege us Americans have, to live in a nation that every one of its inhabitants can shape. What an honor us New Yorkers have, to look out over our city's waters from the shores where so many Americans bravely entered their country for the first time.
Today and all days, let us remember that patriotism is not pretending our nation is without flaws. Patriotism is every act of righteous dissent — because loving our country means fighting for the best version of it.
Happy Fourth of July, New York City.
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John Wrobleski @jjwrobleski3.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Gooooooaaaal!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/06/2026
Ossoff: "The president was so humiliated in Hormuz he threw his toys out the stroller & refused to sign the affordable housing bill. That's after he gave some felon donor a no bid contract for the reflecting pool & it filled up with algae, which for some reason required the deployment of the Guard."
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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Cardinal Robert McElroy, Archbishop of Washington, offers words of welcome and comfort to LGBTQ Catholics at the Outreach conference at Georgetown University last weekend. For many it was the most powerful part of the weekend.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
As violent crime in America falls, especially in urban areas of the Northeast and Midwest, homicides perpetrated by police officers skyrocket and American police establish themselves as the most violent part of US society. It seems to be a function of the legal doctrine of impunity.
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American police killings are rising, even as murder rates fall
More aggressive cops are less restrained
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
⚖️✊ Ro Khanna on Elon Musk: “I’m not gonna be intimidated by this guy. I’m less concerned about me, I’m more concerned the world’s richest person possibly sentenced the poorest people in the world to their death.” @rokhanna.bsky.social
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The Hague. NOW.
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Resistance Studies Series @resistanceschool.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"Because faculty no longer control the curriculum, Texas A&M is quickly becoming an institution of dead dogmas." - Martin Peterson His full resignation letter below. Hear from him directly at our next Resistance Salon - June 24 @ 12pm ET. Register 👇 www.resistancestudiesseries.com/salon
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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The three players in this photo: 1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship. 2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname. 3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth
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