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Vanessa Hua @vanessahua.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Over-the-moon for this starred Publishers Weekly review of COYOTELAND! And flashback to @booksmith.bsky.social book launch in 2022 with the amazing Oscar Villalon. Join us on Tuesday, May 12 to welcome #COYOTELAND in the world. Reserve a seat and pre-order here: : app.gopassage.com/events/coyot...
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Saikat Chakrabarti @saikatc.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Being a congressperson means answering hard questions and showing up for your constituents. You can ask me your questions at any of the upcoming debates, our town halls, or on one of my daily voter calls. Hit the link in bio to sign up for one.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th. We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/03/2026
wow -- Tillis goes ballistic on Noem, telling her "what we've seen is a disaster under your leadership"
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/02/2026
If you have the courage to confront all of our past — the good and the bad, the hopeful and the messy — history has the power to inform a better future.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/02/2026
A year ago, I stood before you and asked a provocative question: After we have discriminated against, disparaged, and deported all our immigrant neighbors — and the problems we started with remained. What comes next?
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16/02/2026
My message remains the same a year later. We don’t have kings in America, and I won’t bend the knee to one.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12/02/2026
Honoring President Lincoln’s birthday in Illinois today.
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JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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Bruce Springsteen Performs Tribute To Renee Good, Says "Gestapo ICE Should The F Out Of Minneapolis" - Joe.My.God.
Variety reports: In an unbilled performance Saturday night at the Light of Day festival in New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen took solemn time out during an otherwise celebratory 75-minute set to dedicate ...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/01/2026
We're moving on up in Illinois. Proud to be home to a thriving film industry that keeps on growing, Chicago is now ranked #3 in the nation as the best place to live and work as a movie maker.
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The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2026
The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2026 includes big cities, small towns, and some exciting new additions.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Tonight on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social #127 Our 1st live show of 2026 & our 1st live guest is Allison Gill of @dailybeanspod.com @frankconniff.bsky.social & I take your calls at 866.997.GRIT. ALSO, John Lee Hooker Jr & Mike Campbell, lead guitarist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers!
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
This isn't about democratizing the news. It's about elevating "vibes" and "feelings" to be on par with lived experience and subject-matter expertise.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
The hypocrisy is just so blatant.
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Mom Who Demanded LGBTQ+ Book Ban Arrested For Plot To Kidnap Her Own Daughter As 'Scare Tactic'
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Katie Porter @katieporterca.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Our students are California’s future—our nurses, engineers, scientists, teachers, and more. UC-Merced students recently shared their thoughts with me on our state’s direction and how Donald Trump’s decisions are hurting their classmates and campus.
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Katie Porter @katieporterca.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Prop 50 is about deciding that Donald Trump is going to be accountable to the democracy—to each one of us. Polls close in just over 5 hours! Find your polling place: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
@audiosand.bsky.social and another colleague realized they are dressing as Diane Keaton to mourn her, aka “Keatoning.”
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Dick Mac (alive!) @dickmac999.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
#OnThisDay in 1998, American college student Matthew Shepherd died five days after he was beaten and tortured by two men, then tied to a post and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming. He was murdered because he was gay. He was 21 years old. Photo credit: Gina Van Hoof. #OTD #MatthewShepherd
Black and white head shot of Shepherd. Photo credit: Gina Van Hoof.
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Amanda B Wrecknwyth @litchampymatt.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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Amanda B Wrecknwyth @litchampymatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Still waiting for a solution that protects family owned, small businesses in the Castro.
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Litquake @litquake.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Litquake Festival 2025 schedule + ticketing are now LIVE! 🥳 www.litquake.org/2025-schedule
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I thought this was a joke, but I just watched a video of Mike Johnson saying this, omg. This country is wearing me out.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/09/2025
First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
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RFK Jr.’s enemies list just got a lot longer
First Bernie Sanders. Then CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I know Ted Cruz isn’t trying to talk shit about someone else’s weight.
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 31/08/2025
Netflix co-founder and Democratic megadonor Reed Hastings has given $2 million to help California redraw its House maps in the latest indication of the campaign’s outsize stakes.
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Netflix co-founder drops $2 million into Gavin Newsom's redistricting campaign
Reed Hastings is a longtime Democratic donor and Newsom ally.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Writing two books at once is so fun. Highly recommend.
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Heather @alainnfocail.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Went whale watching off of PTown today instead of watching the Orioles game. A+, no notes, would watch whales instead of the Orioles lose again.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Sometimes when you see a professional troll talking nonsense, it can be… elucidating to look up their book sales.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/08/2025
"Childish? Yes. But the point isn’t that this is the answer. The point is that Newsom is systematically pushing every button on the console and trying to see if any of them work." How about more folks than Newsom doing this?
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A Modest Proposal: Send Blue State National Guardsmen to D.C.
Make Trump take the mask off.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 15/08/2025
Man fleeing Home Depot immigration raid is hit and killed by a car on the 210 Freeway
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Man fleeing Home Depot immigration raid is hit and killed by a car on the 210 Freeway
A man fleeing on foot from an immigration raid at a Monrovia Home Depot ran onto the 210 Freeway, where he struck by a vehicle, officials said.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I’ve had my complaints with Newsom over the years, but he’s handling this moment exactly right. And Ted Cruz is throwing an absolute fit about California redistricting. 🤣🤣🤣
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 14/08/2025
Loving ‘Gloves-Off Gavin’… 👊🏻
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Cuomo seems hellbent on running the worst campaign possible. It’s textbook “what not to do,” and yet! Fascinating.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I did this tonight for my work in progress, choosing texts for students who were doing this exercise, and my husband kept asking "Why are you laughing so much," which I was because the choices were dramatically perfect.
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David "Double Double Toil & Trouble" @dowagerabbess.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
"And if the word integration means anything, this is what it means: that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it." Happy birthday James.
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Book excerpt: "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
To celebrate the centenary of the writer, poet and civil rights activist, read his stirring essay "My Dungeon Shook," written as a letter to his young nephew, in which he encapsulates the ironies of r...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
We are losing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has helped educate, inform, and entertain millions of Americans. Instead, we’re getting a vulgar new gold ballroom, which none of us will ever see.
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Katie Porter @katieporterca.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Our state faces serious challenges, and Californians know that everything from healthcare to housing is way too expensive. Donald Trump is doing everything in his power to make things even harder.
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Katie Porter @katieporterca.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
You cannot govern California without understanding it, and that means years of listening and learning here in our state. I loved touring the new Valley Natural Beverages milk processing plant in Bakersfield.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I really resent having to show ID to buy DayQuil.
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Doomloop Dispatch @doomloopdispatch.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
NEW EPISODE: We got Tom Ammiano! The SF political legend came on to talk about Matt Dorsey threatening his landmark domestic partner benefits and other rightwing attacks on the progress he helped make. @dscotmiller.bsky.social youtu.be/uKVTZwK-ssA?...
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Fighting for political gains with Tom Ammiano
YouTube video by Doomloop Dispatch
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Moby Dick was most likely inspired by a real life whale named… Mocha Dick. open.substack.com/pub/laphamsq...
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Of a Dreamy Sabbath Afternoon
A dispatch from the editorial desk of Lapham's Quarterly
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Cameron Kasky @cameronkasky.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
MAGA 101: Stab your voters, give them a bandaid. They’ll say thank you every time.
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David "Double Double Toil & Trouble" @dowagerabbess.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
‘That is not a body suit.’ And I hate to even use these terms, but I said, ‘Those are her nipples.’ And then I was looking closer, and I got a full-body view, and I was like, ‘That is pubic hair.’ Even right now, I couldn’t even tell you what I was watching.”
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Ryan Walters' TV displayed "nude women" during a meeting. Now he's blaming the media.
The Oklahoma schools chief who crusades against smut now faces an investigation into his own explicit screen time
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Those South Park guys just showed us how politics is downstream of culture
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/07/2025
Everyone needs to understand that the defunding of public broadcasting this week is part of a broader effort to dismantle the free press and control the means of reality production itself. www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
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The Oligarchs' Coup Against the Free Press Is Happening Now
The American information space is not merely changing; it is undergoing a hostile takeover. It is a deliberate, coordinated campaign by a new class of oligarchs out of Silicon Valley that includes Jef...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/07/2025
She’s confused. And so am I. This is nuts! My wife just said this is straight out of The Handmaid’s Tale. Anyone know more about this?
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
😮😮😮
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I’m going to go way out on a limb and predict 3 things after this takes place: 1. DOJ will announce Maxwell completely exonerated Trump. 2. They will lie and announce they made no deals or promises to her. 3. The deal they made with her will happen at the end of Trump’s term.
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Amanda B Wrecknwyth @litchampymatt.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Sad your BS lines at the end of the hagiography, admitting to your felonies, don’t also include the NLRB judgment against you in San Francisco. Not fulsome or sincere You’re self-serving and slick to the end. How many folks will regret the purchase when they read your laughable rationale for crime?
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
“ nor had I understood til then how the shameless vanity of utter fools can so strongly determine the fate of others” Philip Roth, The Plot Against America
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