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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One of these was literally a Trump 2024 campaign ad. The only difference is that it now says "paid for by the US government"
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hey WHCA -- u up?
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
Not everyone at the secret White House meeting was on board with the plan to dismantle a cornerstone of the disability rights movement. “They pretty much thought that I was going to be on board with what they were doing,” one attendee told me. “I’m not sure how I got invited.”
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 30/09/2026
Five years ago in the middle of a reckoning over abuse and misconduct, the players of the NWSL were debating if they should save the league or burn it down. They picked both. On the last five years, free to read at @theathletic.com www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
nytimes.com
Five years ago, the NWSL was in crisis. Thanks to its players, it’s flourishing (Gift Article)
Amidst a reckoning over sexual misconduct in the NWSL, players faced a difficult choice. The action and change they forced saved the league.
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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 30/09/2026
Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.
akpub.io
Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ
Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Went to a Starbucks for first time in a long time. Brought my thermos as usual. They still made the drink in a disposable cup, poured into mine, threw the cup away. 🤦
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pathetic collapse of journalistic solidarity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business…
nytimes.com
TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)
The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. (Published Feb. 2025)
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Quietly? Shameful
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Jeremiah Oshan @jeremiah.sounderatheart.com · 22/09/2026
Was just informed that @seattletimes.com is ceasing beat coverage of soccer. Massive loss for both local and national soccer community.
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I have to acknowledge the outrage fatigue. Especially when calling and writing and public comments seem to do so little. So, I also vote and encourage everyone I know to as well.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning. As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law.
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As usual, Dave nails it. I'm not a member but hope folks who are show up
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Wilson wants other GOP candidates to drop out. GOP wants to repeal ranked choice voting. Other GOP candidates want their voters to rank all three GOP. Democrats support ranked choice voting but pressured Begich to drop out after the primary ... At least it's not boring? Make sure you vote.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The CDC hasn't yet authorized the updated Covid shots through the Vaccines for Children program, which serves uninsured and low-income kids. (First reported by WSJ.) A source told me career officials at CDC — employees who aren't political appointees — have been working to make them available.
nytimes.com
Covid Vaccines Delayed for Half of U.S. Children (Gift Article)
The Health Department has not decided whether to provide the shots to states through the Vaccines for Children program, which serves uninsured and low-income families.
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Music has always been political
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm pretty disappointed with Ed Sheeran, but also wonder if dropping Macklemore is helping keep Gaza and Palestine in the news / social media algorithms. It's definitely working on mine.
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Watching the Manchester Darby... Yes red on Foden...but in my book also Fernandez. No card there is inexcusable.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk all agree that we have to slow down - and now - something serious clearly happened with a frontier AI model. Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11/09/2026
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If candidates can get by without following the rules...why do we have rules?
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/09/2026
Meet the Press put together a little montage of Chris Wright and Bessent both saying months ago that gas prices would be back to $3 by now 😬
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Children going hungry is absolutely a moral failure. Federal feeding programs are some of the best investments we can make.
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Joe Morelle @morelle.house.gov · 01/09/2026
These whistleblower allegations are extraordinary. If Trump Administration officials knowingly built a system designed to prevent Americans from receiving their ballots, that is not election security. It is a betrayal of our Constitution and the American people.
nytimes.com
Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is exactly what Jesus would do.
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
High on my list of things that don't need to be smart and definitely don't need AI are my toilet.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/08/2026
Ten people who were deported and taken to Liberia this month described a harrowing journey that included months in detention in the U.S. before being sent to nations where they had no ties. All of them said they experienced or witnessed what they described as abusive or violent treatment by ICE.
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Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In the past week, reporters learned Pete Hegseth: - blocked more minority promotions - cut DOD's civilian protections against unanimous advice of commanders - was told by his brass that Iran ops are unsustainable - secretly hired far-right milbloggers - is exploring a 2028 presidential run
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Time to ditch Google maps
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
⚠️ CHILDREN IN CHAINS 🧒🏽⛓️ 🧊✈️ KANSAS CITY: A shackled man watches above as two boys climb the stairs to join him on an ICE flight (GlobalX – N319NV) Friday to Louisiana 👀
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🧊✈️ HAITI: The youngest person aboard the ICE Air flight was 1-year-old born in the U.S., according to information shared with Haitian authorities ahead of the plane’s arrival.
miamiherald.com
ICE sends second deportation flight to Haiti in a week. There are kids aboard
Last month, U.S. officials warned Haitian authorities to expect an increase in deportations following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to allow President Donald Trump to end Haiti’s Temporary Protecte...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/08/2026
Immigration arrests have risen to record highs with 43,000 ICE arrests in June and 49,000 in July. A majority of those arrested in July were people who were accused of violating civil immigration laws but had with no criminal history, an analysis of newly released federal data shows. nyti.ms/3SYB3cL
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🧊✈️ SEATTLE: A shackled ICE captive stumbles and falls as he attempts to climb the stairs to a GlobalX jet (tail: N630VA) on Tuesday afternoon at Boeing Field 👀
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress are fine with this
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
She's known to my children as "friend Dolly," because as long as they can remember, she has sent them a book every month. As she has done for millions of kids. A legend many ways. Bless all who mourn her death, and live with her memory.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thank you for everything. 💚💚💚 Tomorrow, there will be more of us.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
why did the mainstream media cover the deliberate abandonment of obsolete and decommissioned equipment during the Afghanistan withdrawal as a scandal for the Biden administration yet they do not cover the total destruction of US bases in the gulf by Iran as a scandal for the Trump administration?
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Some reporters are saying FIFA came down hard. After the blatant disrespect the team showed this year and four years ago, this is soft. (Also the NYT headline makes it sound like a stiffer punishment)
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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
While we were busy with the primary election in Alaska yesterday, the Trump administration announced plans to rescind the Roadless Rule. Public comment will be open through Sep 21 oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/18/t...
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Trump administration advances plan to rescind protections for nearly 45 million wild acres • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The USDA decision to rescind the 25-year-old forest and wildland protections was made without officials hosting any public meetings.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
She’ll fit right in.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/08/2026
We’re training 10,000 volunteers in seven states we’ve identified as most vulnerable to GOP election interference before, during, and after Election Day: Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina, Michigan, Ohio and Texas. Get trained up with organizers on the ground if you’re in one of these states. 👇
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Battlegrounds 2026 Survey
The GOP will use every tool at their disposal to rig the 2026 midterms and intimidate voters. That's why Indivisible is countering Republican shenanigans with an aggressive Battlegrounds program to WI...
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Ending the Iran War is to Trump 2.0 as Infrastructure Week was in 1.0. Like many other things, this version is far worse and deadlier.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
DHS spent almost half a billion dollars on a no-bid contract to buy 10 used airplanes. They claimed there was no time to consider other offers. The planes were urgently needed for deportation flights. But since then, they’ve barely been used for anything. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Why would Trump remove federal reporting requirements this week mandated in a law authored by Marco Rubio in 2020 to identify domestic and international sex traffickers, money launderers and terrorists, and will Rubio comment on it?
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The human rights violations of our government.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We've updated a guide — initially published in response to the now-blocked CDC vaccine schedule changes in January — that explains what the vaccine-preventable diseases in question actually are.
nytimes.com
What to Know About the Vaccines Targeted by Trump’s Executive Order (Gift Article)
The order, whose legal power is unclear, recommended narrowing the use of vaccinations against several diseases that can be life-threatening.
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Please vaccinate your children. Children are going to die because of this.
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nicoreijns.bsky.social @nicoreijns.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
WHY?! Such a dumb idea. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
adn.com
Despite extremely low survival rate, state will move more deer to Kenai Peninsula this fall
Just five of the 19 Sitka black-tailed deer brought from Kodiak to the southern peninsula are known to have survived. The state intends to try again.
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