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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Let a single person feed their family with food stamps when they don't "deserve" the benefit and Republicans will be filled with such rage that they'll take away those benefits from millions of others. Meanwhile the administration is doing this: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
With little public scrutiny, the Trump administration is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies and wealthiest investors.

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service, through a series of new notices and proposed regulations, are giving breaks to giant private equity firms, crypto companies, foreign real estate investors, insurance providers and a variety of multinational corporations.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 06/11/2025
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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emily north @north0fnorth.tgirl.gay · 30/10/2025
lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight
the video being projected behind all the performers on stage
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/10/2025
Step 3: Send us your photo(s) via WhatsApp at 917-327-4868 or email us at FDA@propublica.org.
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Eric Teusink @ericteusink.com · 10/10/2025
A sitting judge, who also serves as a lobbyist for judges, and former Secretary of the Republican Party of Georgia, got a DUI when he hit another car with his Mercedes at Wacko’s Gentlemen’s Club in Jacksonville. The levels of Georgia are off the chart.
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Georgia judge charged with DUI after parking lot incident at Jacksonville strip club
Bert Guy Jr., president of Georgia’s Council of Superior Court Judges, was charged with DUI from an incident in the parking lot of a Jacksonville strip club, authorities said.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.
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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
New: Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them. www.propublica.org/article/trum... w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
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Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
One of the first things Vladimir Putin did on becoming president was take over NTV, the TV channel that hosted a satirical puppet show because he didn't like the Putin doll and how he was portrayed. He arrested NTV's owner and only released him when he signed the channel over. #Colbert
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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
If Dave Browne’s Rolling Stone piece about me was paywalled for you try this link: archive.ph/F0MtO
archive.ph
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 12/03/2025
Rep. Jamie Raskin is encouraging all US citizens to make Privacy Act requests to DOGE for information they have collected on you. Details here jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
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DOGE Privacy Act Requests
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (...
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This Christianity Today article about Musk's illegal decimation of USAID, and its catastrophic impacts, is very, very good. Republicans need to hear from evangelicals and Catholics who aren't NAR or theobros www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...
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Is This the End of USAID? - Christianity Today
Christian partners around the world—suddenly fired, defunded, and without answers—worry that the new administration is done with the development agency.
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s Buddy Guy (tonight at Legends)
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 17/12/2024
Books I read this year! All highly recommended: Whispering Wood by Sharon Shinn (fantasy, the latest installment in her Elemental Blessings series) A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert (an excellent SF thriller/romance) The Water Outlaws by S.L Huang (I put this on all my award ballots) 1/n
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 26/03/2024
To everyone in a similar scenario: the tactic my doctor's office has taught me is to ask, in writing, for: 1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
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Paul Cooper @paulmmcooper.com · 17/11/2024
For me, the most incredible artefacts from the ancient world are the letters people wrote on clay tablets and sent to one another over thousands of years in Mesopotamia, going back to more than 5,000 years ago. They contain recognisable humanity, warmth and humour. Here's a thread of my favourites.
Two scribes depicted in an ancient Assyrian low relief, using styluses to write on clay tablets.A cuneiform tablet with writing on it.
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Shylo @shylo.bsky.social · 02/11/2024
My kid is creating a website on the history of redlining in Chicago and how it impacts housing on the South Side today. Blue Sky, any resources where I should point this kid? I know you know!
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Brian Fung @brianfung.me · 21/10/2024
Writing this felt like a notebook-dump of the last five years. It explains the decline of social media's trust and safety era, tying together GOP attacks on content moderation; Elon's X; and the rise of tech VCs who reject social responsibility. All raised the costs of fighting election misinfo.
cnn.com
How Republicans pushed social media companies to stop fighting election misinformation | CNN Politics
The public got a taste of the new normal this summer, when social media was flooded with misinformation following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and the platforms said no...
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Injustice Watch @injusticewatch.org · 08/10/2024
IT’S HERE! ⚖️ Judges' decisions have a huge impact on people’s lives. But for many voters, these names on the ballot are the most obscure. That’s why we created a nonpartisan judicial election guide for Cook County. #CheckYourJudges interactives.injusticewatch.org/judicial-ele...
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Check Your Judges
Injustice Watch's guide to the November 2024 Cook County judicial elections
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 07/10/2024
I made a Hurricane Milton feed for those who want to keep up-to-date! I'll be adding keywords as we go, but feel free to make requests if you see ways to improve. (All the Skyfeed.app feeds seem to be struggling rn—I'm hoping the developer checks in soon—but if you wait/refresh it works.)
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 05/10/2024
well I'm in floods of tears www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...
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We only learnt of our son’s secret online life after he died at 20
When Mats Steen died from a muscle-wasting disorder, his parents believed that his life had been a tragically lonely one — until hundreds of emails from strangers arrived. It turns out that he’d found...
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
Just finishing this, devoured it in two days. Highly HIGHLY recommend this work on an often overlooked conflict that shaped this nation (literally) for good and for (a lot of) ill
A Wicked War by Amy S Greenberg
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 26/09/2024
New comprehensive bill to reform the Supreme Court just dropped
washingtonpost.com
Sweeping bill to overhaul Supreme Court would add six justices
The legislation by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is one of the most ambitious efforts to date to remake the Supreme Court following controversies over rulings and ethics.
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jobiem.bsky.social @jobiem.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
Here’s a guy that happy about the current news cycle. This story needs an huge amount of attention
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
I’d humbly ask you to watch and share! youtu.be/o-rNxvt0TcQ?...
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‘Sheer insanity’: Chris Hayes slams Trump for not understanding his own economic plan
YouTube video by MSNBC
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annika boo-ranti klein @noirbettie.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
if you’re new to penzey’s and want to support them, i have good news: their spices are amazing and you won’t be sorry. and! i have tips! 1. there’s almost always something on sale, just click the little “offers” thing on the side. sometimes it’s a combo box, which is great for starters/gifts.
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Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
Today's the day! Theatre 1 reopens with NOIR CITY: CHICAGO! Join us this weekend for classic film noir on the big screen, and be the first to experience our NEW SEATS, NEW CARPETING, IMPROVED LIGHTING, and T-COIL HEARING LOOP SYSTEM! www.wbez.org/2024/09/06/m...
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Chicago’s Music Box — cherished among cinephiles — reopens after makeover
The historic theater returns this weekend, fittingly, with the Noir City: Chicago fest, which is an ode to classic cinema. But expect some new flourishes.
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 06/09/2024
It looks like @barnesandnoble.bsky.social is having a preorder sale, and Queen Demon, the sequel to Witch King, is up for preorder: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/queen-demo... It's coming out July 8.
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Queen Demon|Hardcover
From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel, Witch King. A fantasy of epic scope, Queen Demon is a story of powe...
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