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Matt Bailey @mattbailey1.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Don't watch the Saints lose all by yourself this Sunday. Come out to the Broadside and enjoy some great Cajun music and good company with the game on in the background! I'll be on the drums - would love to see you there!
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Matt Bailey @mattbailey1.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Gerrymandering = election rigging Gerrymandering = election rigging Gerrymandering = election rigging Gerrymandering = election rigging Gerrymandering = election rigging How much election rigging is ideal in a democracy?
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Holy shit! This is what courage looks like. The American people are increasingly standing up to Trump's ICE Gestapo to protect their fellow brothers and sisters. 🙌💪👏👊🇺🇸👇
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Marta Jewson @martajewson.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Last week at #ire25 I told fellow reporters to write off of documents — and to implore editors to greenlight these stories, even without family narrative, because it opens the door. We published this story this morning and have already been contacted by a family who experienced the same thing.
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Amy Leach @amyleach.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
This is really cool from @sophiasgaler.bsky.social - a new app that helps you quickly translate longform work into snappy video content. I just tried it out and it was simple and intuitive to use.
niemanlab.org
This new app wants to help prose-loving journalists make the leap into vertical video
Sophiana wants to turn your semicolon-laden story into something your nephew won't swipe past.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 25/06/2025
Who/Whom If you can answer the question with "him" then you use ‘whom.’ --> they both end in ‘m’. If you can answer the question with “he,” use ‘who.’ -Whom are you going to the concert with? -I'm going with him. -Who broke the toaster? -He did.
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Matt Bailey @mattbailey1.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Down by the riverside.
A photo taken at the base of the large concrete footing of one of the Crescent City Connection bridge showing the Mississippi River and a single chair facing the water, with random driftwood lying about.
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Marijuana Policy Project @mpp.org · 24/06/2025
"Legal cannabis is not just raising revenue; it’s funding public priorities in nearly every state that regulates adult-use sales." www.forbes.com/sites/javier...
forbes.com
Legal Weed Is Working: $24.7 Billion In Taxes, Teen Use Down In Most States
Legal cannabis sales have generated $24.7B in state taxes as teen marijuana use declines in most states, according to new Marijuana Policy Project data.
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Political elites regularly over-estimate the conservatism of their constituency: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
cambridge.org
Bias in Perceptions of Public Opinion among Political Elites | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Bias in Perceptions of Public Opinion among Political Elites - Volume 112 Issue 3
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David A Johnson @infpwriter.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
In 1987, Pres. Reagan ended 'The Fairness Doctrine,' Rush Limbaugh proclaimed himself liberated, and the seeds of 'Idiot America' were sown.
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Matthew Wollenweber @mjw.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
NOPD is using banned Chinese facial recognition technology to spy on New Orleans
insomniac.tech
NOPD is Using Banned Chinese Mass Surveillance Tech
NOPD is Using Banned Chinese Mass Surveillance Tech made by Dahua
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🇬🇹 ⚜️ @saraodette.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
This is real life www.creedthoughts.gov.www\creedthoughts
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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court allows Trump to deport migrants to countries they have never lived in, including places where they will likely be tortured. “I cannot join so gross an abuse of this Court’s equitable discretion,” writes Justice Sotomayor in a blistering dissent.
cnn.com
Supreme Court allows Trump to remove migrants to South Sudan and other turmoil-filled countries | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday granted President Donald Trump’s emergency request to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their homeland, including places like South Sudan, with minimal noti...
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Matt Bailey @mattbailey1.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
My serious expression belies the joy I experienced playing live music again last night after a break of several months. A lovely wedding reception in Ruston, Louisiana, with a buffet featuring the best loaded mashed potatoes you ever tasted. What have you done lately that brought you joy?
A man with glasses and a mustache and a serious and somewhat inquisitive expression on his face standing in front of a small drum set in an event venue
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Donald Trump, a weak and dangerously reckless president, has put the United States on a path to a war in the Middle East that the country does not want, the law does not allow, and our security does not demand.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22/06/2025
Nothing could be more perilous to American democracy than going to war under Donald Trump, Robert Kagan writes.
bit.ly
American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran
The United States is well down the road to dictatorship. Imagine what Trump would do with a state of war.
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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
How many people remembered that the Shah was an early investor in Canal Place? Oh also Joe Canizaro died. www.nola.com/news/busines...
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Matt Bailey @mattbailey1.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Maybe if we could all unfollow and not retweet all the progressive "influencers," the semi-famous folks whose job seems to be posting about politics 127 times a day. I'm trying.
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Elizabeth Hadaway @flinthill.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Here’s #ATurtleISaw persevering
A turtle, lit by the setting sun, heads into the surf.
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Ann Porter @annporterla.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
This is so excellent. THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.
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Wolfmanning Skull 🎃 @manningkrull.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Catching up on reading a lot of "sorry it's taken me forever to reply!" emails while thinking about all of the "sorry it's taken me forever to reply!" emails I need to write.
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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
This is horrifying. This is a journalist wearing an identifiable PRESS jacket detained by police. #PressFreedom News orgs need to make attacks on #PressFreedom esp NYT WaPo WSJ priority coverage. Kudos to @ajc.com @alexip718.com bsky.app/profile/alex...
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Matt Bailey @mattbailey1.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
It is weird and fascinating to read a longform piece about my hometown (Jena, Louisiana) and its notable role in the current immigration landscape. I haven't felt welcome there in a long time, largely my own fault for "running my mouth." That sorta thing is frowned upon. slate.com/business/202...
slate.com
Donald Trump Is Enacting His Darkest Agenda in the Backyard of a Small Town. Absolutely No One Wants to Talk About It.
In Jena, Louisiana, the people knew everything and nothing about what’s happening there.
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Matt Bailey @mattbailey1.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Yes.
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Common Defense @commondefense.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Juneteenth reminds us: Nobody’s free until everybody’s free. In 1865, freedom reached Black Texans, last delayed by white supremacy and greed. Today, we recommit to the fight for justice, equity, and liberation. #Juneteenth #LiberationDay #VeteransForJustice
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Matt Bailey @mattbailey1.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
It really bugs me that more people aren't bothered by this.
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Matt Bailey @mattbailey1.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I had a conversation today with a moderate Republican with an advanced degree who is a practicing Christian, someone I went to college with over 20 years ago. Talking to her about current events reminded me of the extent to which we live in very different worlds depending on the media we consume.
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
One of our leading citywide elected leaders and candidates for mayor peacefully asks masked ICE agents to see a warrant and is violently arrested. Horrifying and disturbing for what it is and what it represents. Fascism. www.amny.com/news/brad-la...
amny.com
BREAKING | Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at ICE court hearing | amNewYork
City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan.
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Marta Jewson @martajewson.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Entergy New Orleans planning seven-hour outage for some customers Tuesday OG twitter was made for this - help piece this together for your neighbors. www.nola.com/news/entergy...
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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Full emails below
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Matt Bailey @mattbailey1.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
It's that big mesothelioma money, baby! "You definitely want to buy the Trump Gold Asbestos. Like nothing you've ever inhaled, let me tell you."
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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
If pulling a fire alarm to get out of a bad budget vote gets you censured, charged with a misdemeanor, and loss of your party’s support, what does pulling an “evacuate Tehran” to get out of nobody liking you at the G7 get you?
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Popchinski @6puma.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Did y’all know that the New Orleans library offers free Notary service? Select locations, select days/times. Sign up via the Library app or website.
Paper with List of library dates/times for free Notary Public services. Make appointments at nolalibrary.org
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Matt Bailey @mattbailey1.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
omg duh, y'all. Do YOU stay at a party for very long if you think all the other people there don't like you?
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🇬🇹 ⚜️ @saraodette.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Attention Teachers in the Metro Area I have six (6) French Quarter map posters I think the size is or around 18x30 - has a little history banner on it and a QR code for more information. If you want them let me know completely free. Just reply and I’ll message you.
Attention Teachers in the Metro Area I have six (6) French Quarter map posters I think the size is or around 18x30 - has a little history banner on it and a QR code for more information. If you want them let me know completely free.
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Two weeks ago I got alerts from Microsoft and Google that someone was trying to get into my accounts. This alert from Google was particularly alarming. If anyone is looking into this please reach out.
Screenshot of a warning from Google that says, in part, "Government-backed attackers may be trying to steal your password"
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Luke ❌👑 @lukehklipp.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
“There were literally tens of people.”
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Matt Bailey @mattbailey1.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Jack and I went to Memphis recently. We explored downtown incl the Civil Rights Museum and the big pyramid, and of course we went to Graceland. I cherish these trips and am very grateful to be his dad. Happy Father's Day to all the men who strive to be a loving presence and a positive example!
Man and son standing at a high vantage point taking a selfie. Downtown Memphis in the background. Teenage boy standing on a street corner with a large vintage sign in the background that says Lorraine HotelMan and son standing in an elevator with glass walls, looking out over a Bass Pro Shops. Man making a silly face. Man and son sitting at a table with breakfast in front of them in a homey neighborhood cafe in Memphis.
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Matt Bailey @mattbailey1.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Damn, y'all.
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Just incredible the scale of peaceful rallies today in the midst of all the tensions and chaos Trump has deliberately stoked. No matter how much Trump and those who share his authoritarian desires create mayhem and conflict, the American people still showed up at our patriotic best. #NoKings
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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
The best recap of Trump's ghost town parade. Sums it up perfectly.
Trump's ghost town parade.
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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
This is all pretty interesting/disturbing. But the larger picture is, as usual, individual acts of stochastic violence are not the product of political ideology but instead result from social alienation and paranoia.
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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
The front page of Sunday’s Minnesota Star-Tribune.
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James Finn @rjamesfinn.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Dueling statements issued by the far-right Louisiana Freedom Caucus, which urges people to wield “justifiable use of force” during protests, and Louisiana Democrats, who accuse the Freedom Caucus of fomenting “violence against peaceful protestors” #lalege #lagov
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Matt Bailey @mattbailey1.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Representing in the heart of Metairie, Louisiana today.
Photo of a small brick home with large bushes in the front, an American flag flying, and a yard sign that says Veterans Against Trump.
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump has committed at least 16 of those same offenses. #NoKings
Screenshot of a list of the 27 specific grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 16 of them in whole or in part, highlighted in yellow and listed below:
"1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
3. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither [Partial]
4. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
5. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
6. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
7. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
8. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
9. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
10. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
11. For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
12. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
13. [Partial], abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
14. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
15. [Partial], and destroyed the lives of our people.
16. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us [Partial]"
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