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Joanne

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Avid reader with an adolescent golden retriever, a sweet grey tux kitty, and a GRLS Angel Hero. Denver Nuggets fan. Former news junkie. Casual bird watcher. Happily retired.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/09/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Trump is leaving America exposed to dangerous viruses: digital, biological and diplomatic,” our columnist @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social says. “Something bad is going to happen to us as a result. We and our children are going to pay for this, and not only at the gas pump.”
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Opinion | Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst Ways
On the technological, diplomatic and biological fronts, Trump is creating a disaster.
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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 14/09/2026
A mysterious phone caller, an old flame, and the possibility of an escape into an alternate reality. Story by Chris Vanjonack, recommended by Weston Morrow. buff.ly/aHFOGWC
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/09/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The Endangered Species Act is one of the few environmental laws formidable enough to hold developers accountable for the destruction of habitat,” Terry Tempest Williams says in a guest essay. “This year, the Trump administration found a legally binding way to defang it.”
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Opinion | Trump Is Trying to Defang the Endangered Species Act
What if 50 years from now, having destroyed the habitat for the creatures around us, we are plagued by an inconsolable loneliness?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @dccartoonist.bsky.social )
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God @thegodshow.com · 26/07/2026
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
wow msg announces all players in game 3 will be required to wear florsheims
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 31/05/2026
Column by Geoff Edgers: It takes a Beatle to show us how to age — and how to refuse to fake it. It feels like we’re being asked to choose sides when it comes to Paul McCartney and other musical icons who aren’t turning 64 but closing in on 94.
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Column | After hearing Paul McCartney on SNL, I thought he should hang it up. I was wrong.
It takes a Beatle to show us how to age — and how to refuse to fake it.
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Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Some thoughtful person provided a link to a non-paywalled version of this article: gcaptain.com/drowning/
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Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing, call for help that most people expect. In this article, Mario explains what drowning really looks like and how to recognize it when its happening.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/05/2026
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 09/05/2026
Dickhead apparently said "I'm rich, I can pay the fine," but was unaware that the fine would be collected with a series of punches to his skull. Some things money can't buy. www.surfer.com/news/tourist...
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Tourist Beat Up for Monk Seal Attack in Hawaii, Faces $50k Fine (Video)
A visitor hurls a rock at Lani the Hawaiian monk seal on Maui, sparks an on-the-spot beatdown and now faces serious federal penalties.
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
NEW: Trump aides declared an emergency to bypass Congress to sell arms valued at $8.6 billion to Israel and Arab nations. That means less weapons for the US since munitions take years to make. Pentagon officials are alarmed at low supplies and war risks. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/w...
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U.S. Fast-Tracks Arms Deals Valued at $8.6 Billion to Mideast Partners
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/04/2026
If glyphosate sounds familiar, it might be because President Trump recently invoked the Defense Production Act to boost its production. Bayer, the company behind Roundup, has deep lobbyist ties with the administration. Check out our latest investigation for more:
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We are bombarding America’s forests with Roundup
Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
BIG MOTHER JONES SCOOP: There are lots of unresolved health and environmental concerns with glyphosate (a.k.a. Roundup), yet the government keeps letting farmers, companies, and public agencies spray it all over—including, as we recently learned, in America’s forests.
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We are bombarding America’s forests with Roundup
Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Prime Minister Sanchez: “.. Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.” 🇪🇸
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sandra fish @fishnette.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
great piece from Nicole Vap about what is happening the Denver TV market with the merger complete despite a court case. thinking about the people i know at both of these stations. #copolitics
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Tegna-Nexstar megamerger drama has national implications, but seismic impact on Denver news
Combining 9News and Fox31 already has triggered a lawsuit and concerned experts — and not just because of what might happen to Kyle Clark
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 26/03/2026
Shot, chaser
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Postal Service to Impose Its First-Ever Fuel Surcharge on Packages
The 8% fee, to cover rising fuel and transportation costs, will be applied to packages but not the mail, as the agency looks to stabilize its finances
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Updated March 25, 2026 at 9:50 pm ET
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/03/2026
on the jim crow travesty that is the SAVE act (gift link)
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Opinion | The Last Thing Trump Wants to Do Is Save America
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 28/02/2026
Any copy editor worth their hourly rate would’ve stopped them from using a word that begins with Ep-.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
"We are dealing now with an allegation that the president of the US raped and sexually assaulted a child and is now using his DOJ to try to cover that up." If you want to understand latest Epstein revelations, @leahlitman.bsky.social explains them clearly on our pod: newrepublic.com/article/2070...
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Trump’s Epstein Scandal Takes Damning Turn as Dem Drops New Bombshell
As new revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein saga threaten the president, a legal expert decodes what we just learned—and lays out a roadmap to what will happen now.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF
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sandra fish @fishnette.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
once again, @lyz.bsky.social is well worth a read today... (tho let's point out that someone or more than one shared that locker room video with ProPublica)
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It’s not enough not to be the bad man | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
Get more from Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz on Patreon
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
February 20, 2026
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February 20, 2026
Today, in a 6–3 decision, the U.S.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
February 13, 2026
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February 13, 2026
At midnight tonight, most of the agencies and services in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run out of funding, as popular fury over the violence and lawlessness of federal agents from Im...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Cartoon by Nick Anderson
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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
PBS remains by far the gold standard in covering the economy. As their corporate competitors stuck to easy administration-friendly talking points to discuss yesterday’s jobs report, PBS showed how to do it right (and in just 30 seconds if needed). www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-ne...
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Corporate broadcast news fumbles January jobs report
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
My new piece is up and it requires your URGENT ATTENTION! open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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Stop the SAVE Act
Trump Has Pushed for a Vote in the House This Week On A Bill That May Disenfranchise Tens of Millions of Eligible Voters
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 09/02/2026
“No matter how Ring and other surveillance tech companies may downplay it, there’s no world in which finding lost dogs is the final end-use for this technology.”
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Opinion | Ring is using lost dogs to make the surveillance state adorable
The same technology the Amazon-owned company uses to find lost dogs could easily be turned against their owners.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 06/02/2026
Read the full article here: www.forbes.com/sites/rdanie...
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New Deal Art Murals Face Possible Erasure.
Preservationists, historians and lawmakers are mobilizing to protect New Deal Social Security murals in Washington D.C.’s Wilbur J. Cohen building.
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United Steelworkers Union @steelworkers.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
His words draw on a core belief of our union: that defending fairness, dignity and safety for all remains central to who we are and the humanity we share. Read the full letter here: usw.org/news/minneso...
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
KRUGMAN: “.. How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia?” @pkrugman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/01/2026
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Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/01/2026
Blanche won’t investigate the killing of an innocent woman on camera but they’ve got all hands on deck for a church service being interrupted
.@DAGToddBlanche: “It’s a crime — and so they will face a jury. If they’re convicted, they will go to prison… every single American should be enraged and heartbroken at what happened yesterday in that church.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
"Claim all the room there still is for speaking, writing, publishing, protesting, voting. It’s what the people of Minnesota appear to be doing, and it’s something each of us needs to do — right now, while we still can..." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
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Opinion | One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
January 10, 2026
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January 10, 2026
Yesterday, in an apparent attempt to regain control of the national narrative surrounding the deadly shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, Vice President J.D.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans. This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota: “Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
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CHAIRMAN SITTING BEAR'S STATEMENT REGARDING SRST PUBLIC SAFETY
JANUARY 9, 2026
I have been receiving reports and evidence of First Nations people being racially targeted, assaulted, and detained by the federal agency Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). We want to remind our members to be safe and proactive by carrying with you at a minimum your tribal identification cards or a copy of your degree of Indian Blood. Our tribal identification affirms our citizenship and political status.
Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands. Any federal activity within our boundaries must recognize and respect our tribal sovereignty, treaty obligations, and established jurisdictional boundaries. Any ICE presence or activity within our lands is not authorized, not welcome, and will be addressed. Unauthorized personnel will be escorted off our lands.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 09/01/2026
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/01/2026
A federal agent killed a U.S. citizen on camera. The government seized the evidence. And now they’re telling us not to believe what we saw. My new piece on truth, power, and the country we’re becoming:
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A Killing, a Cover‑Up, and the Country We’re Becoming
What we tolerate now will define us.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize. “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Although Machado ultimately said she was dedicating the award to Trump, her acceptance of the prize was an “ultimate sin,” said one of the people.

“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” this person said.
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Minnesota House DFL @mnhousedfl.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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You Don’t Get to Break the Constitution Just Because the Bastard Had It Coming
Because “he deserved it” has never been a constitutional argument
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️ www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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Brian Tang @btangywx.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
NCAR provides the facilities, tools, & data critical for atmospheric sci education & research. Leading computer models of the Earth System are developed here. The training, continuing education, & sci exchanges NCAR makes possible are irreplaceable. Its dismantling would be chaotic & devastating.
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A.P. @apxbrown.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
“Climate Alarmism” but tomorrow parts of Colorado might shut down power because hurricane force winds could knock down power lines and start massive wildfires as the state is seeing drought conditions in December.
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Joanne @joannezz.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Retribution for Colorado not releasing Tina Peters? POS. Make wind shear great again.
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