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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Still not a hoax.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/09/2026
Trump officials have proposed giving taxpayer dollars to groups aligned with conservative movements in Europe as well as advocates for white South Africans, according to interviews and documents reviewed by ProPublica. (Published July)
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Afrikaner and Right-Wing European Groups Would Gain From Trump’s New Human Rights Funding
Proposed grant recipients have included a free-speech organization that has fought against bans on “gay conversion therapy” and an Afrikaner group that promotes self-governance.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/09/2026
NEW: Top USPS officials expressed concerns that new mail voting rules could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms, but the rules moved forward anyway, ProPublica has learned.
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New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement
In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/08/2026
Between 2015 and 2025, at least 15 children in an Idaho faith-healing sect died of treatable conditions. State law allows that to happen: Parents who say their faith prohibits giving their children lifesaving medical care can’t be prosecuted.
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Idaho Law Protects Faith Healers. It Wasn’t Always That Way.
From at least the 1880s through the early 1970s, it was illegal for parents in Idaho to choose prayer over medical care when a child’s life was at stake.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/08/2026
Almost a year after Trump’s domestic policy bill passed, at least 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits. In Arizona, the number of children receiving SNAP has dropped by more than 200,000 since July 2025 — a 55% decline. (Published June)
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More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/08/2026
That cardboard box in your home is fueling election denial... A boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country. (Published 2022)
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That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Good old Dolly! #BookSky
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TheSnarkTank @thesnarktank.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This is not how science works AT ALL.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/07/2026
Joseph Schwartz, owner of a nursing home empire, served just three months of his sentence before Trump pardoned him for a $39 million fraud scheme. Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against him haven’t collected a cent. (Published March)
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A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing.
At least three families won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against former Skyline Healthcare owner Joseph Schwartz. They haven’t collected a cent.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 23/07/2026
The candidates for Ohio governor have unveiled more in-depth policies to reduce the growing property tax crisis. A nonpartisan tax expert isn't too impressed. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/23/t...
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Tax expert critical of Ohio governor candidates' property tax relief proposals • Ohio Capital Journal
The candidates for Ohio governor have unveiled more in-depth policies to reduce the growing property tax crisis. A nonpartisan tax expert isn't too impressed.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 23/07/2026
Genuinely fascinating paper that suggests that conservatism kills - it leads to worse health outcomes. People who become conservative later are generally sicker, and conservatives who become progressive find their health improves. (and because internet they're looking at specific health markers)
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The political polarization of health outcomes in the USA - Nature Human Behaviour
Using individual-level medical data and death records, this study finds that conservatives in the USA experienced worse health and higher mortality than liberals during the 2010s. No significant gaps ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/07/2026
The rise in rulings on the “shadow docket” has been driven, at least in part, by Trump’s losses in lower courts. “The patterns show a court going out of its way to enable Trump,” one scholar said. “That’s the real blow to the court’s credibility.”
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A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification
ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/07/2026
NEW: Months after FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty cast a decisive vote approving Paramount’s historic $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, she and a guest accepted Kennedy Center gala tickets from the company worth more than $12,000.
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FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
My kids have measles, I lost my job, and a parasite that the CDC no longer monitors has given me explosive diarrhea. But at least now there’s no plaques honoring Black scientists at the Smithsonian.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 12/07/2026
Feds, Ohio Republicans focus on individual cases of Medicaid fraud, but what about corporations? ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/10/f...
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Feds, Ohio Republicans focus on individual cases of Medicaid fraud, but what about corporations? • Ohio Capital Journal
The Trump administration and Ohio Republicans say they're fighting Medicaid fraud. But they never mentioned corporate contractors.
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"Our findings provide compelling evidence that long COVID involves the loss of dopamine-releasing neurons," says Dr. Jeffrey Meyer, senior scientist at the Brain Health Imaging Center, Canada Research Chair medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07...
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New study provides first evidence of dopamine system injury in the brain of long COVID patients
A new brain imaging study led by researchers at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), published in eBioMedicine, provides the strongest evidence to date that long COVID is associated with...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/07/2026
NEW: Citing ProPublica’s reporting, two lawmakers have called on the CDC to address a “preventable public health crisis” of parents refusing the vitamin K shot for their newborns — which has led to babies suffering uncontrollable bleeding and even dying.
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Lawmakers Call for CDC to Track Vitamin K Shot Refusals, Cite ProPublica Report
Two members of Congress are urging federal officials to monitor vitamin K shot refusals by parents and the potential consequences for their newborns, including severe bleeding or death.
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Nobozos @bozoboy66.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
“Take Five” by Dave Brubeck Quartet was recorded 67 years ago today. Two years later it became a surprise hit and the biggest-selling jazz single ever.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 24/06/2026
When local newspapers shut their doors and no reporters are there to watch school boards, city councils, and county commissioners, taxes go up, according to a new study. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/24/t...
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The loss of local news isn't just making voters less informed, it makes taxpayers poorer, study says • Ohio Capital Journal
Interest rates on government bonds goes up in news deserts because lenders see a greater likelihood of corruption, a new study says.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Remember how CDC “Director” Jay Bhattacharya abused his power and blocked the CDC’s journal, MMWR, from publishing a paper showing the clear benefit of COVID19 vaccination among healthy adults? Well, it was just published by a very reputable journal. Hope you enjoy the humiliation, Jay.
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Interim Estimated Effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 Vaccines in Adults
This case-control study estimates vaccine effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccines among adults with COVID-19–associated emergency department or urgent care encounters and COVID-19–associated hosp...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
As part of a paid content deal with the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the city of Richmond has its own podcast that aims to "reach the paper’s audience directly, without being filtered through news reporters"
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City Hall is making its own news, and paying the RTD to distribute it
The city is paying the RTD for the opportunity to reach the paper’s audience directly, without being filtered through news reporters.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Obama: I am not immune to anger or doubt. But I do know this when we lose faith in each other, when we stop believing that voting matters… we open the door to the most ruthless or the most careless, or the most fearful among us who see some groups and some people as more equal than others
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
From the new issue: The great American brain drain could define science for a generation
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The U.S. is losing its scientists. These countries are cashing in
The great American brain drain could define science for a generation
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 16/06/2026
Huge numbers of Ohio seniors will likely be driven into poverty if Congress doesn't do something to fix Social Security and Medicare, advocates are saying. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/16/i...
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If Social Security isn't fixed, average Ohioan will lose $487 a month, report estimates • Ohio Capital Journal
Social Security and Medicare are projected to become insolvent by 2033. That will plunge thousands of Ohio seniors into poverty.
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026
President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...
So let me say it as clearly as I can: Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry.
In daily life, people may not feel the effects right away, or even in 10 years. But we will feel it. And when someone we love needs therapies that could have emerged but didn't or when other countries now
investing in science can launch new science-based industries or run their societies on vast resources of fusion energy or reap the benefits of quantum computing power or advanced medical breakthroughs, America will wish it sustained its leadership in scientific research here and now.
Sally Kornbluth is the president of MIT.
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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
That's getting up close to $1M per minute of regulation play www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Public funding to host FIFA World Cup to exceed $1-billion, PBO says
Price is in line with recent international costs to host World Cup events, report says
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Trump just put him in charge of the FDA. He has no medical background at all. But he does turkey hunt with Don Junior so ok. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Taps Don Jr.'s 38-Year-Old Turkey-Hunting Pal to Lead FDA
Kyle Diamantas, a hunting buddy of Donald Trump Jr., has been tapped to lead the Food and Drug Administration on an acting basis.
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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Very cool version of this monthly global average surface temperature anomaly chart showing both El Niño and La Niña years
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player who has served as a global ambassador for the sport, has died from brain cancer, his family said. He was 47 www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
A photo of Jason Collins
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Oh look actual research consultqd.clevelandclinic.org/no-cause-for...
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‘No Cause for Panic’ as Sperm Counts Found To Be Steady
Several high-profile papers had suggested that sperm counts have drastically fallen globally over the past few decades. In contrast, new data from Cleveland Clinic suggest that’s not the case, at leas...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This is important. “More than 100 retired NASA astronauts have banded together to form a new nonpartisan organization…its members “believe deeply in the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years,” such as the rule of law, checks and balances and the peaceful transition of power.”
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Former NASA astronauts launch new group to promote U.S. constitutional values
More than 100 NASA astronauts have signed on to a nonpartisan effort to promote “the principles that have propelled our nation for 250 years”
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 22/04/2026
Ohio GOP governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has investments with a venture capital firm that's backed every one of the defense company Anduril's funding rounds. Anduril is receiving more than $830 million in state incentives to build a production facility ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/21/v...
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Vivek Ramaswamy may have stake in company receiving more than $830 million from Ohio • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Republican governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has investments with a venture capital firm that has backed every one of the defense company Anduril's funding rounds. Anduril is receiving more…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates. Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them. The system is rigged.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 19/04/2026
Elon Musk summoned by French prosecutors after 15-month probe
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Elon Musk summoned by French prosecutors after 15-month probe
Paris prosecutors have been investigating a wide range of alleged abuses by X and its owner since January 2025. The billionaire has been summoned for a voluntary interview on Monday.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
"Orbán’s Hungary has been the model for the global fascist assault on democracy. Maybe it can also serve as a model for its defeat." Important piece from Jason Stanley for Zeteo on the big story of the day:
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What Viktor Orbán’s Landslide Defeat Can Teach Anti-Fascists Across the World
Philosopher Jason Stanley, who has been visiting Hungary for over 15 years, breaks down the historic defeat on Sunday of Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu’s top EU ally.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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mrwert.bsky.social @mrwert.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
open.substack.com/pub/petercoy...
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Oil Inventories Are Dwindling
Price increases would have been far higher if not for oil coming out of storage
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Joshua Johnson @joshualistening.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Two very different videos dropped today that I’m very proud of: my TEDxChicago Talk about dealing with people whose views you despise… youtu.be/h_ZMStD0Rkc?...
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How to talk to people you dislike | Joshua Johnson | TEDxChicago
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 22/03/2026
Trump is forcing coal plants to stay open. It could cost customers billions. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/20/r...
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Trump is forcing coal plants to stay open. It could cost customers billions. • Ohio Capital Journal
President Trump’s administration has invoked emergency powers to force a series of retiring coal plants to stay open, a move that consumer advocates fear could mean billions of dollars in added costs…
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Scabbyhabby @scabbyhabby.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
That sound you hear is irony dying.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 01/03/2026
The FBI being on high alert for terrorist actions is important right now. Too bad they fired and gutted their counterterrorism capacity
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weisselberger @weisselberger.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
They did not live happily ever after.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 21/01/2026
Ohio Equal Rights has started collecting signatures to get two amendments on the November ballot — one to get rid of the ban on same-sex marriage in the Ohio Constitution and the other to bolster discrimination protections ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/20/o...
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Ohio Equal Rights starts collecting signatures to get two amendments on November ballot • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Equal Rights has started collecting signatures to get two amendments on the November ballot — one to get rid of the ban on same-sex marriage in the Ohio Constitution and the other to bolster…
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KYGrace💙 @kygrace.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Photos of Trump, Netanyahu, and Putin with the following post: 

It's incredible how many of our global issues have been caused by three white men in their 70s clinging to power to avoid prison.
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
North Atlantic right whales are having an encouraging season for births, with 15 calves born so far. But scientists warn that the critically endangered species needs 50 calves a year. apnews.com/article/righ...
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A rare whale is having an encouraging season for births. Scientists warn it might still go extinct
One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of extinction.
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 08/01/2026
The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States. Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
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Plato Has Been Censored; What Next?
PEN America condemns and calls absurd Texas A&M censoring Plato readings and discussions related to race and gender
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Jan 3 was the deadline for Trump's DOJ to inform Congress why they had made redactions in the Epstein Files, including the names of all 10 co-conspirators. The Epstein Transparency Act explicitly prohibits redactions based on "embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity."
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