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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 20/04/2026
At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years. Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.” wapo.st/4euUt1c
Figure showing number of competitive grants mentioning women from 2015-2025. The number was rising until recently, with a precipitous drop in the last year.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
CNN exposes a global “online rape academy” that teaches men how to drug and rape women without detection. Over 62 million men attended in February alone.
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Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection
CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12/04/2026
Last month, inflation rose again — the most in four years. Americans are feeling the costly impacts of Trump’s war in Iran. He’s broken his promise to lower costs for people again and again.
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Soaring gas prices leads to biggest monthly inflation spike in four years in March
It’s the first read on inflation to capture the effects of the Iran war.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
They don’t know how war works and they don’t know how negotiations work—but they do know how grift works. Our oligarchs will make money, Putin will make money, and that’s the only "victory" they care about. As a war this is obviously a defeat for the US—had the US won it would be dictating terms.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
No one says it better than @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
One of the ways news media often fail us is by giving us the microscopic rather than the telescopic view. Everything I mention in this essay is well-documented, but the dots are mostly not connected to make visible this death by a thousand cuts our country is undergoing.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Just like 2020 when Trump downplayed over 100 service members with traumatic brain injuries as “headaches”, and downplaying covid deaths, Trump is never honest with the American people about this if he thinks it makes him look bad. Because Trump is all about Trump. www.cbsnews.com/news/strike-...
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Dozens of U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered serious injuries, including burns, brain trauma and shrapnel wounds, sources say
About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/11/2025
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions "Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 03/11/2025
Trump denies grocery prices are up and then says people will be fine because "their 401ks are up." (Nearly half of Americans have no retirement savings)
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NPR @npr.org · 03/11/2025
JUST IN: Courts ordered SNAP payments to restart, and the Trump administration said Monday the food benefits would be half the normal payment. About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person on SNAP.
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SNAP benefits will restart, but it will be half the normal payment
Courts ordered SNAP payments to restart, and the Trump administration said Monday the food benefits would be half the normal payment. About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person on SNAP.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me. He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits… …while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
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J.M. Hardin @jmhardin.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
if you think this is anything but intentional, you're really not paying attention to what's going on in AmeriKKKa.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2025
This is one of the most demented things Trump has posted
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
That is just plainly not true. Your budget slashed help for people who buy Affordable Care Act plans. That's 22 million Americans whose premiums are going up - RIGHT NOW - by double digits directly because of a policy you passed.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2025
The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said.
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The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 30/09/2025
People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This is because Hegseth does not understand that there is a real world out there beyond his obsessions with American enemies within. His only idea is to use our armed forces against us. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth’s new Pentagon strategy
Top military officials have voiced concern over the Trump administration’s forthcoming defense strategy, exposing a divide between the Pentagon’s political and uniformed leadership.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
September 29, 2025
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September 29, 2025
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) left a meeting with President Donald J.
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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
DHS response to this + Chicago Headline Club statement on @peoplesfabric.com being detained and reporters being “shot intentionally with bean bags, chemical munitions” by federal agents outside Broadview: “No member of the media at CBS or any other outlet was ‘attacked.’“
Attacks and targeting of journalists by
ICE must stop immediately!

The Board of Directors of the Chicago Headline Club condemns the targeting of journalists, reporters and photographers covering protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and other federal agencies.

The Headline Club is calling for ICE, Customs and Border Protection and others assigned to Operation Midway Blitz to stop this practice immediately. The Headline Club is aware of incidents of journalists being shot intentionally with bean bags, chemical munitions and at least one working journalist being taken into custody on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025.

Journalists have a constitutionally-protected right to cover stories as afforded by the First Amendment. No federal or state agency should interfere with that right either by threats or action taken against working journalists.

The Headline Club demands that Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and Board Patrol Commander of Operations At Large Gregory Bovino take immediate action to ensure journalists are not targeted by officers of ICE or the Department of Homeland Security.

Respectfully,
The Chicago Headline Club Board of DirectorsDHS Statement in response: 

"Absolutely not. No member of the media at CBS or any other outlet was "attacked." For their safety, we remind members of the media and journalists to exercise caution as they cover these violent riots. We have seen rioters throwing rocks, armed with guns, slashing tires, throwing tear gas cans and other violent acts. Secretary Noem has been clear: rioters will not stop or slow us down from removing the worst of the worst."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2025
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
September 27, 2025
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September 28, 2025
Late last night, President Donald J.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
1. The $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina, announced last week by the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, delivers an enormous windfall to hedge fund billionaire Rob Citrone. Citrone has a longstanding personal and professional relationship with Bessent.
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Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire
A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
As a US Atty, I prosecuted and oversaw police excessive force cases. We took them seriously because they were serious abuses of power. What we're seeing now is the outbreak of an epidemic & instead of being condemned by fed'l law enforcement leaders, it seems to be tolerated if not encouraged.
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GGmaJoy @ggmajoyc.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Heather @hcrichardson.bsky.social says this video is fake & is trying to get it removed. Don't fall for it!
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
If Trump actually believed he was popular as he always says he is, he would not be trying to rig next year's election. But he and Republicans know that waging war against the American people is not popular and are trying to avoid democratic accountability. apnews.com/article/redi...
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Missouri governor signs Trump-backed plan aimed at helping Republicans win another US House seat
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has signed a new congressional map into law that gives Republicans an improved shot at winning an additional U.S. House seat.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Presidents get too much credit when the American economy is strong & too much blame when it isn’t. But in the case of farmers who can’t sell crops, Trump clearly gets 100% of the blame. Rare when you can point to economic disaster in a sector directly attributable to a president.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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NPR @npr.org · 23/09/2025
UPDATE: President Trump and his deputies tied autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, presented a cancer drug as a possible treatment, and said the FDA would change labeling to reflect both claims. There is little strong scientific evidence for either.
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Trump blames Tylenol for autism. Science doesn't back him up
President Trump and his deputies tied autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, presented a cancer drug as a possible treatment, and said the FDA would change labeling to reflect both claims. There is little strong scientific evidence for either.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
So the recording show Tom Homan rejecting the money? Wow, I bet they're going to rush to show that to all of us and we're all going to look *pretty* stupid for believing the FBI statement that he took the money as soon as they show that to us, which -- again -- I am certain will happen *very* soon.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Trump donor Larry Ellison’s Oracle will oversee TikTok’s algorithm. His media company owns CBS News and is plotting a bid for Warner Bros., which owns CNN. When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
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WIRED @wired.com · 22/09/2025
For the first time in decades, America is openly working on the weaponization of space, and Musk’s companies are uniquely well-positioned to snatch up billions of dollars in government contracts for these projects. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 22/09/2025
The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel has been swift, and severe. The whole episode underscores something I've been blogging about for a while: A lot of powerful people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-p...
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A lot of people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is
The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel shows why it's important for businesses and the public to understand that two-thirds of Americans are not Trump voters
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
A president who is crashing the economy, destroying public health and terrorizing immigrants keeps slipping in the polls. He could: A) stop his bad behavior to stem the slide or B) try to crush free speech to cover up his failures. Right now, he’s choosing B.
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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Nearly 50 college instructors across #Illinois landed on #CharlieKirk's “Professor Watchlist.” @wbez.org reached out to all of them and found the list triggered hateful messages, threats of rape or death, and intensification since Kirk's killing. #twill www.wbez.org/politics/202...
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Illinois professors face threats after landing on Charlie Kirk group watchlist
An online database compiled by a group affiliated with slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk identifies close to 50 Illinois college instructors it labels "radical professors."
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CNN @cnn.com · 19/09/2025
This year’s winter heating bills may send a shiver down many Americans’ spine.
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More bad news for Americans battling higher prices: Your winter heating bills are about to rise | CNN Business
This year’s winter heating bills may send a shiver down many Americans’ spine.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Anti-fascists (Antifa):
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a black and white photo of soldiers holding an american flag on top of a hill .
Alt: a black and white photo of soldiers holding an american flag on top of a hill; Iwo Jima
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"Mooch" Calucci 🤞 @moochcalucci.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Viktor Orban had his most loyal oligarchs buy up all of Hungary's major media outlets to establish a propaganda network. It's happening here now. www.ap.org/news-highlig... www.thedailybeast.com/trumpy-billi... archive.ph/2025.09.17-2...
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How Hungary's Orbán uses control of the media to escape scrutiny and keep the public in the dark | The Associated Press
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — In the months leading up to elections for the European Parliament, Hungarians were warned that casting a ballot against Prime
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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Several researchers say that this act of violence has not been easy to contextualize against trends in extremist violence. Chandler said that the possibility that Robinson may have targeted Kirk because of the activist's anti-trans rhetoric would situate him among others who have been accused of high-profile acts of violence tied to a single, very personal, grievance.

He said these include Ryan Routh, a man accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump last year; and Luigi Mangione, who is charged with killing the CEO of United Healthcare in late 2024.

At the same time, the deliberate trail of public evidence that this suspect allegedly left behind, specifically with the bullet casings, also echoes a pattern increasingly seen among perpetrators of mass and school shootings. In those cases, the attackers appeared to be fluent in the cultural script that has developed in the U.S. around mass shootings, such the common choice of weaponry, messaging inscribed on firearms and through journals or other written materials, and digital presence. But in those cases, the attackers typically lacked any political or ideological motive, instead striving to be remembered among figures who had committed similar atrocities in the past.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 18/09/2025
House Judiciary Committee Rejects Request to Subpoena Banks in Epstein Case
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House Judiciary Committee Rejects Request to Subpoena Banks in Epstein Case
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee rejected a request by Democrats yesterday to subpoena four major banks -- JPMorgan, BNY, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank -- about their connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025
This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Re Kimmel, it's important that Disney has left itself an out--it is a "suspension," not a cancellation or firing. What happens in the next two days--reaction within the company but also in the press, in the industry, in Washington, among consumers, and on social media--may affect how this plays out.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
OBAMA: Sir, I’m not the President of the United States, currently. So, there’s no point in shouting at me. I’m not in charge of foreign policy currently.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The Atlantic Announces Free Digital Subscriptions for All U.S. Public High Schools www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...
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The Atlantic Announces Free Digital Subscriptions for All U.S. Public High Schools
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/09/2025
We need to call it what it is: a president using government coercion to silence voices he doesn't agree with is authoritarianism, plain and simple. It's the Orbán playbook, the Putin playbook, and now the Trump playbook. And it should alarm every American.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 15/09/2025
It has been 40 days since @oversightdemocrats.house.gov successfully subpoenaed Trump's DOJ to release the Epstein files. Two weeks ago, we heard harrowing accounts from the survivors who have been denied justice for decades. Survivors deserve truth, healing, & accountability. Release the files.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Geography. Don’t skip it in school.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/09/2025
WOW -- a screaming Patel crashes out in response to Schiff's questions about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and calls him "the biggest fraud to ever sit in the United States Senate" and "an utter coward" and "political buffoon"
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