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Mike Soraghan

@mikesoraghan.bsky.social
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Reporter at E&E News. Husband. Dad. Person of Evie and Duncan. Reposts do not connote comprehension.

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Washington-Baltimore News Guild @wbng.org · 19/09/2026
This morning, Secret Service barred our own @pen-guild.bsky.social member Cheyenne Haslett from the White House simply for doing her job. Press access cannot be weaponized against journalists for their reporting.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Pipeline company behind fuel leak into water wells is challenging Pa'.s clean streams law as unconstitutional insideclimatenews.org/news/0409202...
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A Pipeline Giant That Spilled Jet Fuel in Pennsylvania Is Trying to Weaken a Clean Water Law - Inside Climate News
Energy Transfer has not yet been charged, but it is already moving to head off a criminal case over the monthslong jet fuel leak into a neighborhood’s drinking water source.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Trump's war in Iran and Putin's war against Ukraine could make diesel the "sleeper issue" of the fall campaign. My story for Politico: www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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A 'sleeper issue' in red states this fall: Diesel prices
The rise in the cost of the fuel used for trucking, agriculture and winter heating is worse than the jump in gasoline.
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I miss the E&E morning newsletters
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Josh Voorhees @joshvoorhees.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"The IPAA billed the [DEPA] merger... as a way for the two groups to speak with one voice. But people familiar with the two groups expect that one voice to be Harold Hamm himself." @mikesoraghan.bsky.social in @politico.com on Hamm's latest influence efforts: www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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‘He's there to run it’: Trump’s energy whisperer looks ready to call the shots at major oil trade association
A low-profile merger of trade groups appears set to expand the influence of both a major oil and gas group and President Donald Trump's favorite oil tycoon.
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PEN Guild @pen-guild.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Months after telling staff that the E&E News brand was not going away, POLITICO is shuttering six publications. A statement from PEN Guild's leadership: This is unacceptable.
On January 29, as we were discussing buyouts for the energy and environment teams, Joe Schatz told PEN Guild union leaders “The brands and the publications are not going away. We are looking to sharpen their missions.”


Today, he told us that E&E News as we know it is gone. Energywire, Climatewire, Greenwire, E&E News PM, E&E News Daily, PowerSwitch--six publications are being killed this summer.


This is information that management should have had, and should have told us, while our colleagues were making the decision about taking  a buyout earlier this year. PEN Guild’s Labor Management Committee has questioned POLITICO monthly since January--including Jonathan Greenberger himself--about the vision for the newly combined energy and environment teams. At no point was sunsetting the E&E News publications ever mentioned--not even at our most recent meeting on Thursday, June 4. And yet somehow Semafor had the exclusive at 9:17 a.m. today. 


This is the second time management has lied to employees  in six months--the first being when John Harris said in December there would be no layoffs at the company, only to lay off some managers a month later.


Management says that none of us should be shocked, that change is part of the news business, that they did not lie and that they only finalized this new plan last week. And yet the question remains why such ground-shattering, publication-killing plans were not part of the “new vision” management announced in January? Why were our subscribers only surveyed in May? 


This is not leadership. This is unacceptable.
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Phelim Kine @phelimkine.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
"The newest round of sanctions takes explicit aim at China's intake of Iranian oil, potentially ratcheting up tensions with Beijing ahead of the Trump-Xi Jinping summit next month" w/ @mikesoraghan.bsky.social @politico.com subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
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POLITICO Pro: US targets China with sanctions on refinery and 'shadow fleet'
The Treasury Department sanctions target a Chinese refinery and about 40 shipping companies and ships the department says operate as part of Iran's so-called shadow fleet.
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Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
After almost 15 years, today is my last day at POLITICO. I’m on the hunt for my next challenge. If you’re looking for a designer/illustrator/editor/writer with almost 20 years of media experience, let me know. The newsletters live on! (I’d love it if you bought a subscription to The Omnicosm.)
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The Omnicosm | The home of Snackology, Popculturology and The Cold Open
Newsletters about snacks/fast food/candy, pop culture and SNL
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Corbin Hiar @corbinhiar.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Lots of E&E News greats are walking out the door today. A true tragedy.
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Darren Goode @darrengoode.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Damn. That is indeed some awesome talent lost to a buyout
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
".. The reporter, Hannah Natanson, has spent the past year covering the Trump administration’s effort to fire federal workers and redirect much of the work force to enforcing his agenda." @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
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F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
begging and pleading for bluesky to give a shit about what’s happening to hannah natanson
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
There's a lot of places where the Trump administration is cracking down. #pipeline safety enforcement is not one of them. www.eenews.net/articles/pip...
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Pipeline safety enforcement cut in half in Trump’s first year
The enforcement plunge is part of a deregulatory push across the government as the administration seeks to boost fossil fuels.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
There's a lot of places where the Trump administration is cracking down. #pipeline safety enforcement is not one of them. www.eenews.net/articles/pip...
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Pipeline safety enforcement cut in half in Trump’s first year
The enforcement plunge is part of a deregulatory push across the government as the administration seeks to boost fossil fuels.
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Michael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
“He said, ‘I cannot breathe, I cannot breathe.’ After that, we don’t hear his voice anymore and that’s it.”
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Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
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Michael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
“We’re in a time when looking over your shoulder is just about the only way to look.”
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Journalists confront new reality in reporting after FBI raid
Many saw the FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home as a jarring new step aimed at limiting their ability to gather information.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Wow. A youtuber exposed fraud the mainstream media ignored? Actually, no. @nytimes.com @startribune.com have been reporting on it for years. But they focused on fraud, not race or nationality. This piece from 2022 www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/u...
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F.B.I. Sees ‘Massive Fraud’ in Groups’ Food Programs for Needy Children (Published 2022)
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Jennifer Yachnin @yachnin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
My colleague @mikesoraghan.bsky.social with a great explainer on why the global crude glut complicates the president's plans to "get reimbursed for everything that we spend" in Venezuela. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: Trump’s Venezuela gambit relies on oil boom for payback
A global crude glut complicates the president's plans to "get reimbursed for everything that we spend" in the South American petrostate, whose leader was captured by the U.S. on Saturday.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell dies coloradosun.com/2025/12/30/b...
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Former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell dies
Campbell was the first Native American to chair the committee and the only Native American to serve in the Senate during his two terms.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
The @60Minutes episode on El Salvador's CECOT prison pulled from @CBSNews this weekend. Have a look: www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
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BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
$3 gasoline and <$60 oil means tough choices in the oil business. But for plenty of people who make their living in oil and gas, one choice is still easy. They're with #Trump. www.eenews.net/articles/the...
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The oil business is hurting but still in love with Trump
Industry leaders are enjoying the president's push to cut regulations even as they wish for higher prices.
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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Exciting news: my union @pen-guild.bsky.social won our fight to hold management accountable for rolling out AI tools with no notice & for failing to hold the bots to the same standards all of us humans must follow — in violation of the contract they agreed to. A neutral arbiter said we were right!
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PEN Guild wins landmark arbitration on AI protections - Washington-Baltimore News Guild
This marks one of the first major labor-arbitration rulings on the impact of AI on journalism, setting an important precedent for the U.S. news industry.
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Mike Lee @mikeleefw.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Worth reading . . .
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PEN Guild @pen-guild.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
And yet @politico.com uses AI that sends glaring errors to our subscribers and violates our ethics standards. Tell POLITICO management to follow it's own rules for accurate, ethical journalism and sign our petition. actionnetwork.org/petitions/ai...
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Tell POLITICO Management: AI should work with journalists, not against us!
Last year, PEN Guild members ratified a groundbreaking first contract that included some of the strongest provisions in the industry around artificial intelligence. These protections not only gave uni...
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Every FERC pipeline fight starts with throwing elbows to rack up resolutions for and against at city halls and county boards. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: How mass emails eroded support for a North Carolina pipeline
Williams Cos. went online to seek local backing for its Transco expansion project, but the effort may have backfired.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Every FERC pipeline fight starts with throwing elbows to rack up resolutions for and against at city halls and county boards. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: How mass emails eroded support for a North Carolina pipeline
Williams Cos. went online to seek local backing for its Transco expansion project, but the effort may have backfired.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
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Opinion | He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Inspector who worked on Mountain Valley pipeline says it was built unsafely. Operator @EQTcorp says feds checked and called MVP safe. What those feds say: We're not telling you anything subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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E&E News: Feds won’t confirm safety findings on Mountain Valley pipeline
The operator of the natural gas conduit said inspectors found no problems, but federal officials won’t back that up.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he and Trump shut down a New York wind project because Biden "rushed approval” with “flawed science." Can he back that up? He just releases 27 blacked out pages www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
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Trump admin redacts entire Empire Wind study
The administration blacked out 27 pages of findings in a document the Interior secretary cited when he ordered a work stoppage on the offshore wind project.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
In the wake of $744M verdict against an oil major, Trump-world is has knives out for the Louisiana Republican's who've backed the litigation to get Big Oil to restore the marshes www.eenews.net/articles/law...
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Lawsuits over Louisiana’s decaying oil infrastructure split GOP
An alliance between Republican officials and trial lawyers faces its biggest test at the U.S. Supreme Court as criticism from the right increases.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
In the wake of $744M verdict against an oil major, Trump-world is has knives out for the Louisiana Republican's who've backed the litigation to get Big Oil to restore the marshes www.eenews.net/articles/law...
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Lawsuits over Louisiana’s decaying oil infrastructure split GOP
An alliance between Republican officials and trial lawyers faces its biggest test at the U.S. Supreme Court as criticism from the right increases.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/poli...
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Politico’s recent AI experiments shouldn’t be subject to newsroom editorial standards, its editors testify
In a July arbitration hearing, Politico faced allegations that two generative AI tools violated its union contract.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
"Of course, Trump could agree to let his name out or sign a privacy waiver."
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The FBI redacted President Donald Trump’s name, as well as the names of other prominent public figures, from the Epstein files under privacy exemptions. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files
The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....
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Politico @politico.com · 14/07/2025
EXCLUSIVE: A DOGE appointee told independent regulators they are expected to “rubber stamp” approvals of new nuclear reactors, three people with inside info told us. The directive comes after Trump said he wants to quadruple the U.S. nuclear power supply by 2050.
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DOGE told regulator to ‘rubber stamp’ nuclear
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's historic role of assuring safety is changing as the White House shifts some responsibility to the Department of Energy.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/07/2025
NEW: We asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
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Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public
We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Apparently there’s a video United Healthcare doesn’t want you to see www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/i...
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Our Investigation of UnitedHealth Started With a Tip
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Booomorican @faelo23.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Gotta quit all of Amazon or else unsubscribing just from Post is basically nothing to Bezos
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Orlean Cooper @orleancooper.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
New masthead: Democracy Dies
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PEN Guild @pen-guild.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
TODAY: PEN Guild heads to arbitration over POLITICO’s contract-breaking use of AI. This fight could set the standard for how AI is used in newsrooms across the country. ✍️ Sign our petition and help us go into arbitration with full support: bit.ly/PENGuild
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
WTF? “Atalco polluted public land and state waterways with the most toxic non-radioactive elements on the planet and allowed that pollution to continue for months — never notifying the outside community. lailluminator.com/2025/06/02/r...
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A Louisiana refinery spilled toxic waste into the community and knew about it for months • Louisiana Illuminator
A metal refinery unlawfully discharged industrial toxic waste containing arsenic, chromium and other heavy metals into a Lake Maurepas swamp.
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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 07/07/2025
NEW: Journalists at POLITICO and E&E News are heading to arbitration this week to hold management accountable for violating their contract through reckless AI use. ▶️ Sign their petition to show your support here: bit.ly/PENGuild
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Ariel Wittenberg @arielwittenberg.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Proud to represent this group holding management accountable to journalism ethics even as we use new technology
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
This is about holding journalism and technology to the same high standards
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Seemed like @realDonaldTrump and @GovKathyHochul had a truce on Empire Wind and NE #natgas pipelines. Then Team Trump said she "caved" and agreed to approve two new gas pipelines. www.eenews.net/articles/whi... Will another shoe drop soon?
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White House claims Hochul ‘caved’ on gas pipelines to save Empire Wind
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says there was no deal, days after the Trump administration allowed the offshore wind project to resume construction.
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PEN Guild @pen-guild.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
We're proud our AI agreement has safeguards for journalists jobs-and company ethics, to allow AI use in a way that works for us, not against us. @politico.com already agreed that AI-generated content should be subject to the same standards as human-written articles. It needs to follow the contract
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Politico’s Newsroom Is Starting a Legal Battle With Management Over AI
Politico has rules about AI in the newsroom. Staffers say those rules have been violated—and they’re gearing up for a fight.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Last year @PENGuild became one of the first unions to win AI protections in a contract. Now, we're going to enforce them. Read it here www.wired.com/story/politi...
wired.com
Politico’s Newsroom Is Starting a Legal Battle With Management Over AI
Politico has rules about AI in the newsroom. Staffers say those rules have been violated—and they’re gearing up for a fight.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
If @politico is going to have AI, it should know that Row v. Wade has been overturned. #Cmon www.wired.com/story/politi...
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Politico’s Newsroom Is Starting a Legal Battle With Management Over AI
Politico has rules about AI in the newsroom. Staffers say those rules have been violated—and they’re gearing up for a fight.
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Mike Soraghan @mikesoraghan.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
There's been a lot of Firsts in the second Trump administration. Today it's the first month with no #pipeline safety enforcement www.eenews.net/articles/pip...
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Pipeline enforcement plunges in Trump’s first months
The administration says a drop in new cases doesn't mean regulators are going light on the energy industry.
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Protect and defend editorial cartoonists this World Press Freedom Day
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