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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/03/2026

Please share widely!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

As this war deepens, I suggest you read what I wrote about Donald Trump's plan to use his attack on Iran to justify a power grab over voting in the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

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Trump’s attack on Iran and the plot against your vote

Donald Trump is planning to use his attack on Iran to justify a power grab over voting in the 2026 midterms.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Just a reminder that it was only 4 days ago that Trump caused an international furor by denigrating the service of allied combat veterans. Think of all the chaos and mayhem since then in just 4 days. The sheer volume of it is meant to exhaust us and numb us. We mustn’t let it.

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Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I had the thrill of seeing the incredible Bonnie Raitt, @bonnieraitt.bsky.social, in Detroit this weekend. What a huge talent, beautiful soul, and compassionate person. Her words re: saving public media hit home -- my uni just voted to end our station. :( Thank you, Ms. Raitt, for bringing it home!

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Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Come work with us at @pennstateuniv.bsky.social! We are doing a search for an assistant professor in health or science communication. Please help me spread the word, and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm excited about this hire! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

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Assistant Professor in Media Studies

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Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I asked AI to compare strategies that Hilter used to gain public support with those used by Trump. The results are chilling.

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Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I put these two videos side by side about Trump's threat toward protests to his birthday parade: First Trump, and then Leavitt. The gaslighting is absurd.

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Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

This a wonderful take-down of the fascism taking hold. I love @legalafmtn.bsky.social and the whole @meidastouch.com crew. Thank you for doing what you do! www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Fs...

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Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

They never thought the leopards would eat their faces when they handed Trump his golden immunity.

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Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Senator Corey Booker, @booker.senate.gov, is PREACHING it right now. He totally has my respect. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...

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LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor

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Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I'm so proud of my former advisee, @jenniferhoewe.bsky.social for being this year's recipient of PSU's Alumni Early Career Award. She is an amazing scholar and a generous and kind soul. Jen, you are the BEST! Congratulations! WE ARE!!! 🐾@pennstateuniv.bsky.social @bellisariograded.bsky.social

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I've been trying to understand what's happening in the US and the endgame. If the goal is to deport or kill 242 million people to create a country with only 100 million people, the things the Trump administration is doing make perfect sense. h/t @eroston.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...

Mr. Trump may not complain about Mr. Miller, but he does occasionally poke at his obsession with immigrants — a hostility that goes far beyond Mr. Trump's. In one meeting during the 2024 campaign, Mr. Trump said that if it was up to Mr. Miller there would be only 100 million people in this country, and they would all look like Mr. Miller, according to a person with knowledge of the comment. Karoline Leavitt, Mr. Trump's spokeswoman, denied the account.

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Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Here's a call for a PostDoc in the Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich for those who are interested!

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Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I am so proud of the amazing @jenniferhoewe.bsky.social on being the recipient of this year's university-wide Fox Graduate School Early Career Award at Penn State. You are fantastic, Jen!!!

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Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

There is something about the resilience of the human spirit illustrated here that really pulls at my heart strings. TY researchers!!

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Marcie Lipsitt @mlipsitt.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The question is not if Americans of all ages will die. The question is how many will die at the hands of this heroin-addicted anti-vaxxer #RFK. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

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F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots

The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.

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HawaiiDelilah™ 🌊 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @hawaiidelilah.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Medicaid, which provides health coverage for the poor & disabled, pays for 41% of all births in this country & the bills for more than 1/2 of Americans in nursing homes. If you have an aging parent in a nursing home - prepare to be savagely screwed by the GOP. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Opinion | The House Republican budget leaves states holding the bag on Medicaid

States would face ugly choices: dropping people, slashing benefits or cutting other spending.

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JMCQ @jmcquarterly.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

We are very excited to disseminate this CfP for a Special Issue titled, "Hidden, Yet Pervasive: Social Inequality in Journalism (Research)." Guest editors are Andreas Riedl, Thomas Hanitzsch, Thomas R. Schmidt & Nik Usher. Pls share! @aejmc.bsky.social #commsky journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Where law ends, tyranny begins.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

This is ballgame on the First Amendment unless there is immediate action by news media, Congress, the courts & the public to condemn & prohibt this www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/m...

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The White House bans the AP indefinitely over the use of ‘Gulf of Mexico’ | CNN Business

The Trump White House said Friday that The Associated Press is banned from the Oval Office and Air Force One indefinitely.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

"Google’s online and mobile calendars are no longer including references to Black History Month, Women’s History Month and LGBTQ+ holidays, among other events."

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Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events

Company says listed holidays were not ‘sustainable’ for its model in latest move to roll back diversity efforts

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The ‘American First’ crowd is awfully quiet about Trump’s pledge to build free housing for 2 million Palestinians in some random country they don’t want to go to that also doesn’t want them. I’m sure this will all work out fine and that’s what people thought they were voting for.

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Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Happy Mardi Gras y'all! And yes, I'm teaching in this today.💙

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 11/02/2025

Corrupt politicians should not face trial for their crimes because it could interfere with their election campaigns according to top DOJ official Emile Bove. The fact that this absurd contention is being made with a straight face tells you how debased our government has become in a matter of weeks.

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Justice officials tell prosecutors to drop charges against N.Y. Mayor Eric Adams

A top Justice official said New York Mayor Eric Adams should not have to face trial given his reelection campaign and the fight against crime and illegal immigration.

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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The most important Freedom of Information Act ruling by a judge in ages. And the best shot at learning the damage to national security Trump inflicted by stealing secret documents. Hats off to @jasonleopold.bsky.social. Let's hope the FBI complies with the court. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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FBI must disclose more info about Trump classified docs case, judge rules

The judge noted that while the dropped charges against Trump reduced his criminal exposure, they “ironically” made him more susceptible to public scrutiny.

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Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I was going to say “over my dead body,” but I don’t know if Trump is going to last through this presidency. So how about “over his dead body”? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...

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Trump Muses About a Third Term, Over and Over Again (Gift Article)

The president’s suggestion that he would seek to stay in office beyond the constitutional limit comes as he has pushed to expand executive authority.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/02/2025

You wouldn't dismantle the agency that protects consumers for corporate abuse and scams unless you wanted your rich buddies to be able to abuse and scam consumers.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

inhumane. disgusting. Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

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Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order

The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Elon Musk says we should allow more WHITE South Africans to emigrate to the US. Not South Africans of any other race - specifically WHITE South Africans only.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Now of all times Susan Collins picks to support Tulsi Gabbard, an unfit and dangerous nominee. Collins is the worst judge of character and ability I have ever witnessed. Everyone from Kavanaugh to Gabbard gets her ok. Maine- kick her out in 2026

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The silence of most Republican members of Congress on the Trump tariffs tells you two things: 1. They know it is a terrible idea. 2. They are so afraid of Trump that they won’t say anything even though they know how much it is going to hurt their constituents and the country.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/02/2025

Fuck this guy. Ask any nurse or LPN or ER doc or admin clerk or social worker if they work weekends. This disrespect to our federal workforce is disgusting. Especially from this piece of shit.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Trump wants to distract you from the fact that he gutted the Aviation Safety Committee and ousted the FAA administrator last week. Don’t let him.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/01/2025

Pete Buttigieg responds to Trump:

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Here we go …

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Jackie Flynn Mogensen @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

If you're a researcher impacted by the NIH/CDC/FDA travel and communication pause and are open to chatting about your experience, big or small, please reach out to me at jmogensen@motherjones.com or DM for Signal

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

NEW: Cannon order blocks DOJ from showing Smith report on Trump & classified docs to lawmakers, although her stall into Trump admin accomplished much the same. Order ignores that Mueller report came out while criminal cases were pending. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

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DOJ can’t show Jack Smith’s report on Trump classified docs case to lawmakers, Cannon rules

The ruling will make it easier for Trump to bury the report on the special counsel's criminal probe.

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Mary Beth Oliver @olivermb.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I am not going to be gaslighted. I will not obey in advance. This gesture is full-on fascist and it makes me sick. Many men in the Greatest Generation gave their lives to fight these hideous figures. History will forever remember. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VfY...

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WATCH: Elon Musk appears to give fascist salute during Trump inauguration celebration

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Mark Boukes @markboukes.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Now the #ica25 decisions have been communicated, it is time to think about pre/post conferences. Consider submitting to our pre-conference "Media, Trust & Technology". All info: mediated-trust-arts.sydney.edu.au/event/ica-20...

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ICA 2025 Preconference: Media, Trust & Technology - Mediated Trust Arts

Join us for the ICA 2025 Preconfernce on Media, Trust & Technology, June 11 2025 at The University of Colorado Boulder. Deadline for Abstracts: 31 January 2025.

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