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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

About the ICE agent who fatally shot a man on New Year’s Eve while off-duty: A court document "says the ICE agent allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game."

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ICE agent believed responsible for L.A. killing accused of child abuse, racism in court filings

A court filing made public this week claims that a federal immigration agent thought to have shot and killed a Los Angeles man on New Year's Eve was previously accused of child abuse and making racist...

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

World War 2-era U.S. government-issued "Army Talk" pamphlet describes how to identify American fascists

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building. Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained. The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

The really striking thing about the human development index is the domination of the rankings by European countries. www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:

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Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS

Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked

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Jon Talton @jtalton.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Should have kept and modernized it:

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

#OnThisDay in 1949, a Seattle Air Charter passenger plane crashed upon takeoff from Boeing Field, killing 14. historylink.org/File/3700

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Jon Talton @jtalton.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

But today, no modern First Avenue streetcar:

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

#OnThisDay in 1899, the City of Seattle purchased Woodland Park. historylink.org/File/3529

Phinney's private streetcar and Woodland Park gate at Fremont N and 50th, Seattle, ca. 1890

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

#OnThisDay in 1903, Whatcom and Fairhaven merged to form Bellingham. historylink.org/File/5431

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

#OnThisDay in 1907, Seattle's Moore Theatre opened. historylink.org/File/3851

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

What a disgrace. Volodymyr Zelensky is a heroic defender of democracy. The Trump regime is a poisonous blight on our nation’s history.

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John Cassidy @johncassidysays.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

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Jon Talton @jtalton.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I’m writing a novel about my time as a paramedic called “Unknown Trouble.” Now, if only I can find a publisher!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits. This is the military industrial complex on steroids.

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Stewart Lyman @stewartlyman.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

“The National Center for Atmospheric Research is toast, It’s payback which the ‘king’ will loudly boast, He hates climate science, It’s not part of his alliance, The environment is his personal whipping post.” Limerick Project Day 333

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

One year ago today, the Washington State Department of Agriculture announced the eradication of the invasive Northern Giant Hornet. www.historylink.org/File/21035

Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia magnifica), front

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John Cassidy @johncassidysays.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

"Mr. President, your boasts about the economy being the greatest ever aren't going over well. People, including some of your own supporters, think you are out of touch." "Really?" "Really" "I know what: Let's do a primetime broadcast. This time they'll get the message."

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Jon Talton @jtalton.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I saw more people in downtown Seattle today than I’ve seen in years.

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

#OnThisDay in 1930, Seattle's Denny Regrade was completed, 32 years after work began. historylink.org/File/711

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

#OnThisDay in 1946, a Curtis Commando R5C transport plane crashed into Mount Rainier, killing 32 U.S. Marines. historylink.org/File/7820

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

#OnThisDay in 2004, a special state historical court cleared Nisqually Chief Leschi (1808-1858) of murder charges. historylink.org/File/7257

Nisqually Chief Leschi (1808-1858), black and white photo of painting, ca. 1850

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Nine years ago today, the Seattle Sounders completed a dramatic come-from-behind season by beating Toronto FC to win their first Major League Soccer championship. historylink.org/File/20303

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John Cassidy @johncassidysays.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The East India Co., the Luddites, Marx/Engels, Henry George, Karl Polanyi and more--all in 28 minutes! I was thrilled to be invited on the excellent @econofact.bsky.social podcast to speak about how my book, Capitalism and Its Critics, relates to current debates. econofact.org/podcast/capi...

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Capitalism and Its Critics | Econofact Chats

John Cassidy of The New Yorker joins EconoFact Chats to discuss his latest book, Capitalism and its Critics.

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

#OnThisDay in 1941, the FBI arrested Martin George Dudel, publisher and editor of Seattle's German-language newspaper Staatszeitung, as an "enemy alien" historylink.org/File/8654

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

#OnThisDay in 1941, more than 1000 rioters in Seattle trashed stores that weren't complying with the WWII blackout. historylink.org/File/10649

5th Avenue, Seattle, during blackout, December 1941

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

#OnThisDay in 1984, Robert Jay Mathews, founder of the white-supremacist group The Order, was killed during an FBI siege on Whidbey Island. historylink.org/File/7921

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer front page, December 9, 1984

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

#OnThisDay in 1999, South African leaders Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel began a three-day visit in Seattle. historylink.org/File/3052

Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel at Seattle University, December 1999

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Jon Talton @jtalton.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Another excellent column by my colleague, Naomi Ishisaka:

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."

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John Cassidy @johncassidysays.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Crony capitalism writ large. Putin had the Trump administration sussed out from the start. Great reporting by the WSJ. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

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Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine

The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

#OnThisDay in 1917, the Camp Lewis Library (Liberty Library) - – the first official military library - opened. historylink.org/File/11255

Soldiers using Liberty Library, Camp Lewis, Pierce County, February 5, 1921

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

#OnThisDay in 1952, a U.S. Air Force C-54G Skymaster crashed in Tacoma, killing 37 people. historylink.org/File/8803

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

#OnThisDay in 1968, a four-alarm fire broke out at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle. historylink.org/File/10043

Area of Todd Shipyards where firefighter Henry C. Gronnerud was electrocuted, November 29, 1968

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

#OnThisDay in 1968, Seattle’s first Black Film Festival opened. historylink.org/File/1584

Scene from Nothing But a Man, 1964, shown in Seattle's first black film festival, 1968

Yolanda Rodriguez in Shirley Clarke's The Cool World, 1963, shown in Seattle's first black film festival, 1968

Lobby Card for One Potato, Two Potato, 1964, shown in Seattle's first black film festival, 1968

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John Cassidy @johncassidysays.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Always worth remembering that Donald Trump is a reality tv star. Nothing boosts the ratings like an unexpected plot twist.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 21/11/2025

"One constituent, a retired marketing executive named Susan, told him that she’s currently paying about $600 a month with ACA tax credits. Next year, that will jump to $2,120, a 250 percent increase." prospect.org/2025/11/21/a...

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Panic Tears Through U.S. as Health Insurance Costs Spike - The American Prospect

The end of expanded subsidies for the Affordable Care Act exchanges means more people will go without health insurance.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

This young man has it exactly right.

A tweet from “Adam Mockler @adammockler” reads:
“Stephen Miller just went on Fox News and said telling troops to refuse illegal orders is an ‘open act of insurrection.’ He is telling on himself.
They are planning to give illegal orders, and they want a military that will follow them blindly.”

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