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Teacher, writer, smarty pants. Citizen of Cherokee Nation. One wife, four cats.

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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This has as much validity as “They’re eating the dogs! They’re eating the cats!” Just words. Just noises to please a crowd.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Floridians love to complain about life in Florida, but then probably elect Donalds as governor, who will make life worse.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
To paraphrase Bill Maher: I do not reject the Republican/MAGA agenda because I am liberal; I reject it because I am not stupid.
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 26/09/2026
“Combating oligarchy requires transformational reform, not tweaks—and self-regulation cannot replace real democratic oversight of and accountability for corporations.” That lesson held true this week for the media, AI, and prediction market industries. Catch up on our research from this week:
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The Art of Evading Regulation - Roosevelt Institute
Media concentration. AI self-regulation. Prediction-market loopholes. This week’s Roosevelt Rundown shows why democratic oversight matters
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If workers had fairly benefitted from increased productivity since Reagan, contributions to Social Security would have increased and workers would be less dependent on it in their retirement, since their net worth would have increased. Wealth hoarders at the top reduce prosperity for everyone else.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
EPA allowed pesticide giant Bayer to pick from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive weedkiller dicamba. Dicamba is drift prone and kills vegetation and crops for miles around fields where it is sprayed, and is linked to liver cancer and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
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US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Because boners are needed to drive trucks, fly drones, manage communications, etc.?
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 14/09/2026
New: The federal income tax has 7 brackets today. That may seem normal, but it’s a historical anomaly. There were once 56 brackets, and there were 14 as recently as the 1980s. But, like it did much else, Reaganism broke our brackets. @samarthgupta.bsky.social has a new brief on how to fix them: 🧵
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Reaganism Broke US Tax Brackets. It’s Time To Fix Them.
The US once had dozens of income tax brackets. Samarth Gupta argues that restoring more brackets at the top would better address today’s extreme income inequality, raise revenue, and give policymakers...
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The new #YouTube app layout is horrible. Nearly unusable.
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 12/09/2026
As Social Security’s financing challenge comes to a head, any approach that leads with—or even considers—benefits cuts would be a grave mistake. We propose 3 creative updates to the program without sacrificing benefits. That and more in our weekly rundown:
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3 Ideas for Funding Social Security
Cuts to social security are not the answer plus more in this week's Roosevelt Rundown.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Live better. Work union. Happy Labor Day!
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 14/08/2026
91 years ago today, FDR signed the Social Security Act into law. It marked a shift in how Americans saw economic security. For the first time in US history, the federal government created comprehensive social insurance so that aging or losing a breadwinner wouldn’t mean fending for yourself. �
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
How #Florida lawmakers diverted $$$ from conservation land purchases to cover routine expenses unrelated to preservation. votewater.org/deep-dive-ho...
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DEEP DIVE: How Florida lawmakers diverted conservation funds to cover routine expenses - VoteWater.org
Despite a failed lawsuit and years of scrutiny, Florida’s Land Acquisition Trust Fund still funds routine agency expenses — even as $750 million meant for conservation sits uncommitted. A DirecTV subs...
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
So much for the "rural renaissance" we were promised! New #Florida law has developers poised to build on thousands of acres of farmland. Records show state legislators worked closely with lobbyists for major developers. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/new-law-ha... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
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New law has developers poised to build on thousands of acres of farmland around Florida
Records show state legislators worked closely with lobbyists for major developers on the "agricultural enclave" law, which strips Florida counties of some of their power to control urban sprawl.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 03/08/2026
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Tribally contested Badger Mountain solar project canceled by developer - High Country News
Avangrid withdrew its application from the Washington state permitting process following years of objections and delays.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Canada should have told Trump the smoke he complained about was coming from their data center power plants. “Oh, in that case, never mind.”
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Can the next president decertify the Trump passports and require them to be replaced by standard passports?
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If you haven’t seen Stephen Colbert hosting “Only in Monroe,” you should check it out. scottseesthings.blogspot.com/2026/07/step...
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Stephen Colbert reinvented the TV talk show, if only for one night
When I saw Stephen Colbert hosting Only in Monroe the day after he said goodbye to The Late Show , I thought, "Is he reinventing the televi...
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
“I’m from the government, and I’m here to own part of your company.” —Donald Trump
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Disease-resistant coral found that could restore the crumbling #Florida coral reef. www.wlrn.org/environment/... via @wlrn.org
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Disease-resistant coral found that could help restore Florida's reef
Florida's coral reef has been beset by warming seas and rampaging disease. Now, one study has found coral resistant to one of the deadliest diseases ever recorded.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Freedom, justice, and equality are basic American values. Do those words ever appear in Trump speeches or Truth Social posts? Does JD Vance ever mention them?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026
Jack Smith: "I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime"
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Greedy, uncaring #Florida developer wants road through Audubon's "crown jewel" Corkscrew Swamp www.naplesnews.com/story/news/e...
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Exclusive: Developer wants road through 'crown jewel' Corkscrew Swamp
The new Kingston development is grappling with getting 24,000 people out ahead of a storm. Is the answer an evacuation route through Corkscrew Swamp?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/06/2026
currently reading a whole bunch of petitions and editorials from black americans of the revolutionary era and it is so striking (and frankly inspiring) to see how the ink wasn't even dry on the declaration before black americans were demanding that the patriots live up to their stated ideals
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Christi Belcourt, contemporary Métis visual artist from Canada, known for her artworks which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art #WomensArt
Painting featuring a symmetrical and colourful floral design against a black background
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Meanwhile, Trump is paying people to NOT build renewable energy production.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 12/06/2026
OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The U.S. government has Israel Derangement Syndrome.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Larry Ellison said a surveillance state would keep citizens on their best behavior. I propose that for the 1%. Total transparency on ownership, transactions, political donations, regulatory applications, etc. Perhaps the wealthy would behave better.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The 1% love their money more than your liberty. Or your life. Or your pursuit of happiness. They will happily support racism and corruption so long as this helps them make a dollar — regardless of what damage is done to society.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
“Trump Mobile is going to change the game… and we will deliver the highest levels of quality and service.” — Eric Trump (June 2025) Or not.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The president doesn’t need bulletproof glass. Just have all guests wear clear backpacks.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Op-ed: Want a resilient South #Florida? Start with the Everglades, then your front yard www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...
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Want a resilient South Florida? Start with the Everglades, then your front yard | Opinion
The 2025-2026 drought isn’t solely from the dry season. It’s a warning sign about the limits of how we’ve managed water in South Florida. | Opinion
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"There's only one majority in this country and that's the working class." —Zohran Mamdani
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
My message to Florida senators Ashley Moody and Rick Scott this week: If you would not allow mining in the Everglades you should not allow in the Boundary Waters. Not that they cared.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Here’s the thing—especially on April 15: cutting the IRS isn't some abstract budget trim. It's a tax cut delivered through weaker enforcement. And it mostly goes to people with the most scope to hide income.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Does California win the prize for the most complicated income tax form? Form 540NR and CA 540NR = 15 pages. Complicated formulas to determine final tax rate.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Pete Hegseth imagining himself to be a 21st century Holy Crusader while working for a president who threatens the Pope if he doesn’t cooperate — that is more irony than Alanis Morissette could sing about.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Someone gonna make an ink pad stamp outline of a woman’s body to match the illustration with Trump’s signature in the Epstein birthday book? We could then stamp all the paper money that bears his signature.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Of all the garbage people in Florida, Randy Fine may be the garbagest.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In contrast to the coverup of the EPSTEIN crimes here in America, there are ongoing investigations in the UK, France, Turkey, Poland, Latvia & Lithuania that is sure to expose his central, filthy role in the largest crimes against humanity case in world history. #AccountabilityIsComing
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
To Pete Hegseth: Soldiers without “stupid rules of engagement” are just killers.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
If you are an intolerant dope like Ron DeSantis, you dislike diversity, equity, and inclusion programs because they increase the chances you will actually have to work with the people you hate.
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Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. ✶✶✶✶ @tvayyyy.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
For those who celebrate
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Apple weather app is so reliable. Sitting next to my wife and we can get different forecasts on our phones. If I check my iPad, I can get another different forecast.
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
When Ukraine finally drives Russia out of its territory and there is little left of the Russian army, Trump is going to moan about how Putin has been treated “very unfairly.”
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profandews.bsky.social @profandews.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Why has Nick Shirley not been sued into poverty yet?
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WIRED @wired.com · 11/02/2026
Since ICE’s Operation Metro Surge began in Minnesota in December, federal immigration agents have arrested some 4,000 people, according to the DHS. The result is an avalanche of cases filed on behalf of people challenging their imprisonment—and it’s pushing the US court system to a breaking point.
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ICE Is Crashing the US Court System in Minnesota
Petitions demanding people get the chance to be released from ICE custody have overwhelmed courts throughout the US.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Editorial: Battle boils down to crucial wetlands vs. greedy developers as one #Florida county tries to protect its Everglades sprawl boundary from being breached by builders. www.miamiherald.com/opinion/edit... via @miamiherald.com
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Wetlands vs. development: Miami-Dade’s battle for environmental integrity continues | Opinion
Levine Cava says she has a responsibility to protect wetlands and the fragile South Florida environment. She does. So do the commissioners. | Opinion
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