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"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism." -Hannah Arendt --- Better woke than asleep. --- Immigrants make America great.

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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
outside their control. But self-inflicted wounds like this are the last thing needed to keep an increasingly shrinking audience. #media #journalism
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's pretty gross that @nytimes.com is demanding people who are ALREADY PAYING SUBSCRIBERS reverify their account every 10-15 minutes, while saying they can avoid the intentional annoyance by paying for a higher cost subscription. #Newspapers have lost a lot of relevance due to many factors...
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Priced out of the Adirondack Park www.timesunion.com/news/article... #adirondacks
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Priced out of the Adirondack Park
In addition to a scarcity of affordable homes, the Adirondack region is seeing a shift in home sales to the high end of the real estate spectrum.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Many have compared the #Trump regime to the early years of post-Soviet Russia when massive amounts of public assets were sold for peanuts to oligarch friends of the regime. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The third word is misspelled. It should be "constitutional."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵
A group photo shows about 35 people, including Donald Trump Jr.; his wife, Bettina Anderson; Ivanka Trump; Jared Kushner; Tiffany Trump; and Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.

Little Pipe Cay/Lux Hospitality Bahamas; Laura Gordon Photography via Instagram; Laura Gordon Photography
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
UK anti-foreigner party accused of seeking illegal donations from foreigners. Typical hypocrisy of bigots. www.reuters.com/world/uk/sen...
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Senior aides to Reform UK's Farage step down after foreign funding sting
Britain's populist Reform UK said two senior aides to leader Nigel Farage stepped down on Friday after ​an undercover investigation alleged the party had broken electoral law by arranging for a foreig...
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
You know a law is absurd when people protest the law by deliberately obeying it. www.advocate.com/politics/kan... #lgbt #transgender #bigotry #kansas
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Kansas law forced these men into women's bathrooms. Their compliance highlights the absurdity
A group of transgender men who call themselves the "SB244 compliance crew” have been using women’s bathrooms in protest of a Kansas law that mandates that they do so.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
By assassinating a CEO and being sent to prison, Mangione will at last get the affordable access to health care he's long sought through legal means. Can't think of a more perfect metaphor for how rotten our "health care" system is. apnews.com/article/luig... #healthcare #medicareforall #mangione
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Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
As small-town colleges close across the country, this piece takes a look at how own village is repurposing and reinventing. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Educatio...
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As US small colleges close, towns can struggle. In Vermont, one turned the page.
Small, private colleges in the U.S. are closing more often, depriving communities of resources and people. One Vermont town has a solution that could work for others.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Bigotry is merely the means. As always, the end goal is corruption. www.npr.org/2026/08/08/n... #maga #Republicans #trump #musk #GOP
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Private prisons announce $1.4 billion in revenue as immigration detentions climb
That revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is the risk facing American universities at this time if they continue to wave the surrender flag to fascism. #trump #maga #universities #education #republicans
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Last year: Trump and Musk obliterate food safety and public health agencies. This year... www.npr.org/2026/08/09/n... #trump #musk #Republicans #maga #musk
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It's been a record summer for foodborne illness
Heat and tainted produce have made this a record summer for foodborne illness. Cases of cyclosporiasis have topped 10,000, and the CDC just traced a new salmonella outbreak to Mexican jalapeños.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
They always fight harder against progressive, then against fascist nihilists.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Infantino is really leveraging his new found friendship with Trump.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#HeadStart is one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in the country. So of course #MAGA wants to gut it. www.pbs.org/newshour/edu... #Republicans #education #trump
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Trump administration moves forward with Head Start overhaul, proposing to eliminate regulations
Early childhood policy experts argue the deregulation could undermine Head Start's position as the gold standard in early education.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Nepotism has always been #DEI for rich white folks. www.cbsnews.com/news/lindsey... #trump #maga #lindseygraham #southcarolina #Republicans
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Trump backs Lindsey Graham's sister as his replacement to finish Senate term
President Trump recommended that South Carolina's governor appoint the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's sister Darline to serve out the rest of his term in the Senate.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The #SCOTUS is increasingly issuing decrees and fiats with no justification. www.propublica.org/article/supr...
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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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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
You can only be a traitor to an entity that has values. Not sure the corporate Democratic institution does.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Colossians 3:12 "Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience"
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The reason no one cares is because this corruption ranks maybe #179 on the list of outrages and scandals of this criminal regime.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Enemies of diversity showing yet again that they are far more dangerous to decent people than the objects of their hatred. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w... #immigration #bigotry #belfast
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Police Step Up Security in Northern Ireland After Night of Violence
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
That teacher in Queens would explain to you that 2 x 0 =0
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
In other countries, the Supreme Court is not an enabler of harm to citizens. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #scotus #domesticviolence
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Supreme Court rules intimate partner violence can be basis for lawsuits | CBC News
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has created a new tort of intimate partner violence that will allow people to sue for damages when they have been subject to abuse in a relationship...
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Make poison air great again! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #maga #maha #trump #Republicans
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Trump’s rollback of toxic gas rules limits EPA’s authority to protect public health, analysis says
Ethylene oxide (EtO) is about 60 times more carcinogenic than believed in 2006, research finds
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The solution, IMO, is to make federal judgeships have limited terms rather than life terms. They can be re-nominated but have to go through another hearing. This adds a degree of accountability than a life term does not, be it elected or appointed.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
What the SCOTUS is doing is disgusting and unforgivable. But the SCOTUS was never intended to be a "democratically legitimate institution." That's why justices are appointed. Many states have elected judges (a format which has its own problems) but we've rejected this on the federal level.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
For context, the union says these issues aren't new but did not (apparently) address them in 2024 during their last contract negotiations. Then, a few of COs are charged with killing an inmate and suddenly, that is the "right moment" for their illegal strikes about these "longstanding" issues. 🤔
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
#Trump wants to give massive taxpayer handouts to oil-rich sheikhdom who is his crime family's major business partner. newrepublic.com/post/209273/... #corruption #maga #Republicans #uae #grifters
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Trump Considers Bailing Out His Family’s Major Business Partner
The Trump administration seems open to giving a massive lifeline to the UAE—which the country says it may need thanks to the war in Iran.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
He's a grifter. And he thinks he can now grift more effectively against a wildly unpopular Trump.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Truly staggering. newrepublic.com/article/2092... #republicans #maga #trump #christians
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Does the SEC Care Whether Hegseth Is Killing Iranians To Get Rich?
Senator Elizabeth Warren has requested an insider-trading probe of the defense secretary.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The level of corruption is staggering. www.bbc.com/news/article... #trump #maga #republicans
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The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency
The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The far right is angry that they are being judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. #maga #trump #Republicans
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
"More Catholic than the Pope" was supposed to be a metaphorical phrase, not a literal one.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
No coincidence that vaccine hesitancy is rising as the last generation to experience the actual effects of vaccine-eradicated diseases is now dying. Note they're dying of old age, not measles or TB. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/10/m... #vaccines #publichealth #maha
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Vaccine hesitancy rises in Mass. despite stable immunization rates - The Boston Globe
Seven out of 14 counties no longer meet the threshold for herd immunity against measles.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The Trumpian logic of @governor.ny.gov Hochul is that reducing energy supply will lower prices. Given her claim to focus on affordability, this makes her war against clean energy even more insane. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti... #cleanenergy #climatecrisis #climatechange
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Clean energy projects in NY on hold as battle over costs escalates
State regulators have so far rejected a push from clean energy developers to get more money for wind and solar farms they say are impacted by Trump tariffs.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Q: What happens to police who post racist comments on social media? A: They get promoted to the #Trump regime. www.lohud.com/story/news/n... #Republicans #maga #police
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Do NY police get away with misusing social media? What records reveal
A joint USA TODAY Network-Syracuse University investigation found police in New York face limited discipline for social media misconduct.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Christian nationalism is heresy. Catholic bishops understand this. www.kuow.org/stories/cath... #trump #maga #Republicans #birthrightcitizenship #christians #catholics #immigration
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Catholic bishops back birthright citizenship ahead of SCOTUS decision
Ahead of a Supreme Court case, U.S. Catholic bishops have filed a brief in support of birthright citizenship, arguing that its absence would "increase the susceptibility of children to statelessness."
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
But if you describe this as racist and misogynistic, the Orwellian regime will call you racist and misogynistic. #trump #maga #Republicans #hegseth
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
But if you describe this as racist and misogynistic, the Orwellian regime will call you racist and misogynistic.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Schumer-Jeffries establishment wing of the party refuses to accept that we no longer live in a status quo time and that the status quo pols have been a miserable failure in standing up to fascism. Mostly because status quo Dems fight much harder against progressives than they do against fascists
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The magnitude of corruption is staggering. finance.yahoo.com/news/anonymo... #maga #Republicans #trump #iran
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Anonymous Polymarket Accounts Won $1.2 Million on Trump’s Iran Strikes in Suspicious Bets
"It's insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death."
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NPR @npr.org · 20/03/2026
Recent studies show the U.S. is slipping further from democracy. And, the Trump administration plans to transfer federal student loans from the Education Department to the Treasury Department. n.pr/4sYSXbP
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Trump is dismantling democracy, reports find. And, Treasury to take over student loans
Recent studies show the U.S. is slipping further from democracy. And, the Trump administration plans to transfer federal student loans from the Education Department to the Treasury Department.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Shocking to see a progressive who understands how to use power to actually advance their agenda toward reality. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/n... #progressives #democrats #mamdani
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Behind Mamdani’s Smile, a Politician Who Can Be a Ruthless Operator
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
lol Trump has never been a worker
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Why would it face push back? Bigotry is the foundation of the Republican Party, not an outlier.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Much like Elmo and Twitter, the point of the purchase was manipulation, not profit.
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NPR @npr.org · 12/03/2026
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act would ban large investors from buying up single-family homes. n.pr/4seotCQ
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Senate passes bipartisan housing bill targeting large investors and easing regulations
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act would ban large investors from buying up single-family homes.
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Upstate New Yorker @saabrian.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Devastating piece on @wamc.org (not known for its deep #journalism) on the longstanding culture of sexual assault cultivated at @bardcollege.bsky.social. www.wamc.org/news/2026-03... #epstein #epsteinfiles
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Amid Epstein files fallout, Bard's sexual misconduct history gets new scrutiny
In 1991, students protested Bard College’s lack of action in handling cases of rape. Decades later, some students and alumni say the problem persists. The renewed scrutiny comes after the college's pr...
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