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Kara Yorio

@karayorio.bsky.social
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Senior news editor, School Library Journal (slj.com). Opinions are my own.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 11h
Spotsylvania, Virginia, is the latest battleground where a community has pushed back against banning books, and the answer from politicians has been to just close the school libraries altogether. buff.ly/1QxmRVf #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarianship #lit
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Unqualified Superintendents Want to Close Libraries and Burn Books
Spotsylvania, Virginia is the latest battleground where a community has pushed back against banning books, and the answer from politicians has been to just close the school libraries altogether.
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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 14h
Thank goodness for student journalists: "Cereese Qusba, 22, a senior and reporter for The Sun, couldn’t shake her concerned curiosity about the case. She got in contact with Jane Doe, the plaintiff, and built a relationship with Ms. Doe and her lawyer." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Utah banned SEVEN more books from all public schools yesterday, bringing the total number of state-sanctioned bans in the state to 44. More than half of those bans happened in 2026.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My kids have measles, I can't buy diesel, and my country just a war to Iran. But at least now there are federal rules governing NIL deals for college athletes.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“A 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation.”
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Judge to Baby: File an Asylum Application
The 1-year-old is one of the migrant children who advocates say appeared in immigration court without legal representation.
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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As kids say, I have a connection! Sarah Isgur lied about Pride Puppy, claiming it had "graphic sex stuff," that C was for "clamps," and every character wore leather chaps. When the illustrator pointed out that this was all untrue, she replied that the facts about our book weren't "legally relevant."
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 28/09/2026
The Davis School District sees so many book removals, state officials determined its board doesn’t need to publicly discuss appeal decisions.
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For this Utah school board, book ban decisions are now considered ‘routine’ business — no public discussion necessary
The Davis School District sees so many book removals, state officials determined its board doesn’t need to publicly discuss appeal decisions.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 27/09/2026
This is quite an anecdote about how our current Secretary of Education got the job. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Linda McMahon was in her living room late one night, shortly after Trump won his second election, when her phone rang. Trump wanted to know if the woman who had led the Small Business Administration in his first term — and had been CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment before that — wanted to be his secretary of Education.

“Mr. President,” McMahon recalled telling him, “you know that I have not been in the world of education.”

“Well, you did graduate from college, didn’t you?” he responded, according to McMahon’s recollection.

Trump wasn’t looking for someone with education credentials. What he wanted instead was another business leader that would deliver a “return on investment” in the Department of Education. He also said her goal would be to put herself “out of a job” with the eventual downsizing of the department, she recalled.

“That’s not necessarily how I would expect to be courted,” she chuckled before accepting his request. McMahon would be the only one of two members from Trump’s first Cabinet — along with budget director Russ Vought — to be invited back for the second.
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ashley (ravens 2-1) 🌹 @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Andy Beshear forever, man
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Trump administration guts data collection on US education as math and reading scores plummet
National Center for Education Statistics, which collects critical data to guide policy on learning, was decimated after Doge canceled crucial contracts
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School Library Journal @slj.com · 25/09/2026
Want to attend the SLJ Summit in Vegas but need a little help? SLJ Summit Travel Grant Application! Applications are open for a limited number of grants of up to $250 to reimburse eligible travel or hotel expenses. share.hsforms.com/2Nj7UyDixQja...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The New York Times remains laser-focused on ignoring the horrible things horrible people are doing to us. Coming Up Next: "Pol Pot's Favorite Footwear."
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Are You A Librarian: The Untold Story of Black Librarians follows the librarians who kept the doors open when the law said they shouldn't-from segregated reading rooms to freedom libraries to the branches serving our communities now" Rentable/streamable 📚 www.historysplayground.com/are-you-a-li...
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Watch Are You a Librarian | History's Playground
Rent the Are You a Librarian documentary for $3.99 and stream it for 72 hours on History's Playground.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets. So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most. NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.
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The 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - Bolts
Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.
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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“He needs to be eating worms” is maybe the funniest quote the Times has ever published.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
they are going to come for your contraception, it is literally only a matter of time. I just replaced my IUD and if you think any of the long-term methods of contraception would be a good fit for you and/or your partner, now is the time to do it
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 24/09/2026
Our Flock reporting just got five cops arrested. The Indianapolis officers were just criminally charged for spying on women. @aaronschaffer.com, @douglasmac.bsky.social and I found suspicious searches and got their agency to investigate. How many bad cops are still getting away? wapo.st/4xDOH3d
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Nancy Roth @nrothont.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"The abuse that immigration agents inflict on people everywhere from Evanston streets to Alabama construction sites underscores that Kavanaugh’s racial profiling apologia in Vasquez Perdomo was always based on a fantasy."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
John Roberts has spent his entire career trying to kill the Voting Rights Act. Now his Republican-appointed majority is dusting off arguments once used to destroy Reconstruction to roll back the gains made during the civil rights era. Our latest cover story: tinyurl.com/3m6nawpj
Mother Jones magazine cover linking the Roberts Supreme Court to a revival of Jim Crow: a black judicial robe hangs next to a white KKK hooded robe with a hand reaching toward it; headline "The Southern Strategy" and subhead "Jim Crow was dead and buried. Then came the Roberts court."
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Book banning is so wildly unpopular that they have to send book banners from city to city, ultimately costing taxpayers millions of dollars and eroding access to libraries and books for millions of Americans. buff.ly/HUEPVQ5
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Senator Andrew Zwicker @andrewzwicker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Congratulations to The Librarians on a well-deserved Emmy win! This film wouldn’t have been possible without the powerful story of North Hunterdon High School librarian Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 21/09/2026
When I first met Ariadna, she was still inside Delaney Hall. She translated for the other women inside, helping me learn their stories. Now that she’s out, she’s still shining a light on their experiences.
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Kara Yorio @karayorio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There is a lot of talk in the education world about absenteeism in schools. The default response seems to be, "COVID and being remote made parents/kids not care about school." But THIS is a huge part of it. And a big reason why some kids couldn't properly participate in remote learning. #EduSky
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Shanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles @srmilesauthor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A booklist for after you're done reading "In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?" #booklist #booksky
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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 21/09/2026
#Educators: The First Amendment is in the news again & it's a good time to see how well your students understand 1A. NLP resources include: 💡 10-question quiz (short): bit.ly/1AQuiz 🔎 Full Checkology lesson (long): bit.ly/Checkology1A
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So, what’s the First Amendment? - The News Literacy Project
How well do you know the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? Take this quiz and test your knowledge. Can you ace it?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Outside the obvious timebomb of selling out trans kids to appeal to ~16 bigots in deep Ohio, an underplayed part of the whole "trans kids in youth sports" stuff is making the most psycho Little League parents the most important political demo in America. They're joy vampires for the kids themselves!
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Joe Schmidt @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A reminder NYC’s Know Your Rights comic is available in 14 languages (w/ a lesson plan and resource guide). All are available here: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/co...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“There were dogs and bikers; elders with gray hair and babies with no hair; people in Nationals jerseys and business casual attire (equally ubiquitous DC uniforms). Most wore one common item: a red pin that read, 'Hands Off the Arts'...” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Thousands rally outside shuttered Kennedy Center, chanting ‘Hands off!’
The vigil took place at the end of a week that saw the doors to the marble building locked shut.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Every single journalist needs to walk out of the White House, right now in solidarity of THE CONSTITUTION. This is a test. Any outlet that doesn’t stand with these folks is a collaborator of a fascist administration. PERIOD.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026
Organizers are expecting about 1,000 attendees at a Kennedy Center vigil tonight to show support for the center’s artists, workers and the building itself. It will end with the formation of a human chain around the building.
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Vigil at the Kennedy Center expected to draw about 1,000 supporters
The event, scheduled weeks ago by an advocacy organization called Hands Off the Arts, intends to start with a 6:30 p.m. rally.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Now they're trying to ban books that ARE ALREADY IN THE ADULT SECTION!! Don't say we didn't tell you so. buff.ly/0nIzZma
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
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A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
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WBUR @wbur.org · 18/09/2026
The Education Department cut about $600 million in grants for teacher training in 2025. The department characterized the grants as supporting "divisive ideologies" such as diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. But a judge's order Thursday says that the department’s directive violated federal law.
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Mass. judge strikes down Trump policy that cut millions in teacher-training money
The Education Department cut about $600 million in grants for teacher training in 2025. The department characterized the grants as supporting "divisive ideologies" such as diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. But a judge's order Thursday says that the department’s directive violated federal law.
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Kara Yorio @karayorio.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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WATCH: Aretha Franklin sings "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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School Library Journal @slj.com · 17/09/2026
Any school librarians with robust zines programming or using zines to collaborate with classroom teachers? We want to hear from you. Reply here or email news editor Kara Yorio at kyorio@mediasourceinc.com #Skybrarians #TLSky #EduSky #zines
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026
We really can't let ourselves get accustomed to this. He's telling the people of NC that he's going to let them die if they don't vote how he wants.
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Kat Rohn @rohnkat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The language being used in Turkey is strikingly similar to what our administration uses to talk about LGBTQ+ rights work. "Turkey’s justice minister...claimed the sweep was intended to “protect our children, the institution of the family and the social order”." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists
Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happy Constitution Day, everybody. Hey, remember when this was a joke?
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Supreme Court Upholds Bill Of Rights In 5-4 Decision
WASHINGTON—In a landmark decision Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly ruled to uphold the Bill of Rights, the very tenets upon which American society is based. "After carefully considering the rel...
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We are here to say: Black History is American History, we are not going back, and HANDS OFF the Smithsonian!!
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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Watch Dr. Robert Beers, superintendent, in Bridgewater NJ, deliver a master class (for the 2nd consecutive month) in supporting staff & calling out the hypocrisy & chaos of a disruptive, extremist board member. Oh, how I wish I had worked for an administrator with such backbone. Bravo, Dr. Beers! 🙌
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Bridgewater BOE Meeting 9/15/2026
YouTube video by Web Resources
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This older guy on Morning Joe was asked about a fake AI video showing a sports commentator being slapped and is like, “I hate that we can’t just enjoy a football game.” Media: Please stop having clueless, out of touch people on to discuss misogyny and violence.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Speechless.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026
This is what Ahmed Soliman's attorney wants from you:
"Everything about the way Ahmed and his fellows have been treated, from the time they were -- in Ahmed's case physically picked up off the ground when he was asking for his fear interview, invoking his rights under international and domestic law -- everything that has happened to them has been in violation of the rights that Ahmed and others and all of us grow up believing that we have," she said. 

She said she hoped every American would feel "deep outrage" about the way Soliman and the others sent to Equatorial Guinea were being treated and demand their elected officials uphold their rights. 

"This is the line," she said. "This is beyond the pale."
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim's son: “I think the one parting thing I want to leave everyone with is that you do my dad’s legacy and the legacy of all these victims no honor by using this tragedy to spread hate.” “I want to use the little platform I have to ask for that to please stop."
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9/11 victim's son says tragedy should not be used to 'spread hate'
In seemingly unscripted remarks at the ground zero memorial, the son of a Staten Island man killed on 9/11 urged people nationwide to “please stop” using
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine has SUCCEEDED in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. Phase III trial results in MORE THAN 1,100 patients shows the vaccine SIGNIFICANTLY extended the time patients lived without their melanoma returning AND reduced the risk of metastasis.
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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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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Trump regime doesn't want you to know how it's arresting record numbers of immigrants It's called 287(g) I went to Trump-loving Pa. coal country to report on how local cops, promised $$$ by ICE, have created a "show me your papers" police state My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/penn...
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In Pa. coal country, local police join with ICE to bring arrests, fear | Will Bunch
Schuylkill County is the new face of Trump’s mass deportation, as local cops, lured by federal cash, bust scores of migrants.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”
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