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NPR @npr.org · 28/07/2025
Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together. Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
“.. There’s currently no country in Europe where more than half of the population has a positive attitude toward the US ..” @bloomberg.com #GoldenAgeOfAmerica 🥇 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Boasberg: Tomorrow by Noon give me the info that I previously ordered and also include a written declaration about the third flight. Also Boasberg: “and I will memorialize all of this in written form because apparently my oral orders don’t carry much weight.” [damn]
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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Ah, he never disappoints.
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John Krafcik @johnkrafcik.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
We came for the new Google Store opening in Santa Monica, at 3rd and Broadway, and suddenly found ourselves at the intersection of democracy, fascism, Waymo and Tesla
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Jonas Rest @jonasrest.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Exklusiv: @johnkrafcik.bsky.social, früher Chef von Alphabets Robotaxifirma Waymo, spricht im Interview über die Robotaxipläne von #Tesla und wie Tesla einen Robotaxidienst im Juni in Austin faken könnte. Das ganze Interview: www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/... #AutonomousVehicles #AV
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
GOOD: Mallory McMorrow will launch a bid for the open Senate seat in Michigan.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
If you’re in the US, you can watch PBS for free using the app. There’s a series of documentaries called American Experience that’s really good—each is about a different event in history. Go watch The one about the Gilded Age in season 30. It feels so familiar, it’s genuinely eerie.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10/03/2025
This came out in 2014 and I have thought about it a lot recently.
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Most Shocking Second a Day Video
YouTube video by SaveTheChildren
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 10/03/2025
It is a bleak moment but at least there is a lot of Walton Goggins.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Nebraska is going to get crushed between Tariffs and Medicaid cuts. They have to balance their state budget and it looks like at least a 200m shortfall this year. BEFORE tariff impacts. And Nebraska Republicans here ! Curious what you think www.1011now.com/2025/03/05/t...
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Tariff trouble? Nebraska companies, farmers trapped in middle of brewing trade war
The recent Trump administration tariffs imposed on that country means that the animal feed company will now pay more for a feed additive for pigs and chickens, a product that can lead to healthier ani...
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Some "Russian Warship" vibes here from a tiny fed'l agency. via Brett Murphy: The African Development Foundation (budget ~$40 million) is putting up a fight and denying DOGE + Pete Marocco — the State Dept official dismantling USAID — access to their building:
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
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John Krafcik @johnkrafcik.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
For the visual learners
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The astounding Republican trend of inheriting a working, growing economy from Democratic presidents and then breaking it and plunging us into a recession continues!
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NPR @npr.org · 02/03/2025
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
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DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
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Slate @slate.com · 03/03/2025
I'm Still Here just won Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. It has a powerful, unexpected message about life under authoritarianism.
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The Year’s Most Urgent Best Picture Contender Is the One Almost No One Has Seen
I’m Still Here has a warning—and a reason for hope.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Conan: You know, Anora is having a good night. That's great news. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The Making Money-Launderers, Drug-Dealers, Kleptocrats, Grifters, Swindlers, Howard Lutnick, Marc Andreessen, Donald Trump, & Donald Trump Jr. Even Richer -- Again Act.
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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org
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We're not done yet | 18F
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board comes out swinging against JD Vance. Indeed, key moment in downward spiral was Vance lashing out in response to Zelenskyy's point on diplomacy with Putin WSJ: "It is bewildering to see Mr. Trump’s allies defending this debacle as some show of American strength."
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Opinion | Putin Wins the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office Spectacle
Vice President Vance starts a public fight that only helps Russia’s dictator.
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George @gchandler.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
From @politicsgirl.bsky.social , needs to happen. One day of Leadership from Obama, GWB and Laura, all the generals, Trudeau, Macron, Clintons, Kasich, Romney, & everyone else. One day in March 2025. Denounce Trump and his administration. One Day of Leadership. www.youtube.com/shorts/keNw6...
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Where Are Our Leaders
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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Sean Herrala, Quinquagenarian @seanherrala.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I guess Zelenskyy participated in the Feb 28 blackout too, because he wasn’t buying any bullshit today either.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Net Approval: Zelenskyy: +13% Trump: Even Putin: -80% AtlasIntel / Feb 27, 2025 / n=2849
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"Who's the main culprit for the conflict between Ukraine and Russia" Russia: 78% Ukraine: 10% AtlasIntel / Feb 27, 2025 / n=2849
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Reporter: Tariffs are paid eventually by American importers and consumers Trump: No, I think they are paid for by the country
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 27/02/2025
Waymo has doubled its weekly robotaxi rides in less than a year
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Waymo has doubled its weekly robotaxi rides in less than a year
Waymo is logging more than 200,000 paid robotaxi rides every week, according to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who shared the stat about the tech giant’s subsidiary on X. Waymo commercially operates robotaxis in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. The…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/02/2025
Trump can’t remember an extremely provocative comment he made yesterday
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Reporter: Do you still think that President Zelensky is a dictator? Trump: “Did I say that? I can't believe I said that" (yes, he did, more than once)
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Reporter: Do you still think Zelenskyy is a dictator? Trump: Umm did I say that? I can’t believe I said that. Next question
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Coinbase was being investigated by the SEC so they: - gave $75M a to pro-Trump PAC - gave $1M to Trump’s inauguration - sponsored an inaugural party - hired Trump’s campaign manager - listed Trump’s meme coin And now the investigation is closed. These are called bribes.
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How to buy your way out of a federal lawsuit
On June 6, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against Coinbase, a crypto trading platform, alleging that the company was operating as an unregistered securities broker.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
While her team guts the federal government, the administrator of DOGE is in Mexico.
A White House official confirms the acting @DOGE administrator is Amy Gleason. Earlier today, Gleason told my colleague @mkaplantv that she was in Mexico when he reached her by phone.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid. So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/02/2025
Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/02/2025
trump wants to be able to tell the USPS not to deliver ballots to blue states www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in e-commerce business and the 250-year-old Postal Service.
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Amanda Terkel @aterkel.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason." www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
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doctormu.bsky.social @doctormu.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
There's a 4th story window in Grok's future.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
So many threads to pull here; the atrocious grasp of history & geopolitik, the glib lie about how the war in Ukraine began, the disgraceful abandonment of European allies. But it’s the alignment with the war criminal Putin, no friend of ours, that sticks out. What won’t Trump do to harm us?
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John Krafcik @johnkrafcik.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Great job here Dr. Joseph sharing a (now) brave and insightful perspective with Madeline Brand. Hope you can build followers here and on Threads 🙏🏼
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I don’t think there are words to describe what an idiot this man is
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 17/02/2025
Over the weekend, Trump's DOJ made this claim in defending DOGE's constitutionality: DOGE and Elon Musk do NOT have “authority to make decisions for the U.S. government.” They just have "influence" in giving "advice," the govt claims. buff.ly/4gJpKLh
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Bryan Dawson @bryandawsonusa.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
43% of social welfare recipients are White. 11 of the top 12 most dependent states are red states. Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive. #RedStateMoochers
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 17/02/2025
X is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers
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X is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) is blocking links to Signal.me, a URL shortener used by the private messaging app Signal that allows users to send out a link that’s used to contact them directly through the service. The blocks, which impact direct…
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