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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🎙️Producer @saragabler.bsky.social gets personal about white Christian womanhood with scholar @kkdumez.bsky.social whose new book, Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made, is out next week. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/whats-so-chr...
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The Progressive Magazine @theprogressivemag.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Wisconsin is a prime example of how federal pressure is pushing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in higher education to the brink. #DEI #Education progressive.org/public-schoo...
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Trump Administration’s War on DEI in Universities Closes Off Students’ Learning Opportunities
Wisconsin is a prime example of how federal pressure is pushing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in higher education to the brink.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Research commissioned by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project suggests that newspapers fall short on covering the realities of working-class life. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
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“Talked about more, but described less”
Research commissioned by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project suggests that newspapers fall short on covering the realities of working-class life.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/08/2026
Pete Hegseth’s spiritual advisor wants an America dominated by “biblical masculinity.” Our reporter went over to his house for brunch.
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Pete Hegseth dreams of holy war. Meet his spiritual adviser.
Doug Wilson preaches iron discipline and male dominance. One of his disciples runs the Pentagon.
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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
🎙️Producer @saragabler.bsky.social speaks with scholar and activist @killinitsmalls.bsky.social about local and global approaches to state violence following the police killing of Corey Ruiz in Madison, WI. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/from-the-cor...
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wortnews.bsky.social @wortnews.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
At a march and rally Monday evening, protesters reiterated their demands for accountability in the police killing of Corey Ruiz. @saragabler.bsky.social was there. www.wortfm.org/activists-un...
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Activists Unveil Banner at City-County Building - WORT-FM 89.9
On Monday, August 3, protesters gathered at the at the south-west corner of the Capitol building in downtown Madison in an ongoing demonstration against the police killing of Corey Ruiz led by Freedom...
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wortnews.bsky.social @wortnews.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Community members have turned the intersection of Baldwin and Willy St into a memorial and are demanding the arrest of the officer who killed Corey Ruiz. @saragabler.bsky.social has this update. www.wortfm.org/mourning-and...
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Mourning and Advocacy in the Aftermath of the Police Shooting - WORT-FM 89.9
Community members have turned the intersection of Baldwin and Willy St into a memorial and are demanding the arrest of the officer who killed Corey Ruiz. Meanwhile, a number of local events have been ...
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wortnews.bsky.social @wortnews.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Demands for justice reached a fever pitch this afternoon, a day after Madison police killed a man in broad daylight on the city’s near east side. Here’s what we know. www.wortfm.org/madison-in-u...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/07/2026
We found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)
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Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Before cotton was king, there was linen. I attended an event at the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection organized by the Midwest Linen Revival to learn about the history of linen textiles. @wortnews.bsky.social Listen here: www.wortfm.org/the-long-his...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 09/06/2026
Users of the world’s largest search engine will see, in response to their queries, a summary generated by an AI bot developed by a corporate behemoth with close ties to the Trump White House.
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Google’s New AI-Fueled Search Bar Threatens to Further Upend Journalism Industry
Independent journalism needs a lifeline to survive as Google urges readers toward AI summaries instead of article links.
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Josiah Hesse brings curiosity and compassion to his reporting for his memoir on growing up on the Christian Right. He gets right what JD Vance gets all wrong about the white, rural working class.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 27/04/2026
We can’t undo the horrors of Dobbs in a small series of wins, but we can improve access for some. We can also signal that abortion is worth defending and protecting, that we will not accept a political framing that pits us against our own bodies.
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Despite Ongoing Attacks, Here Are Some Key Wins for the Abortion Rights Movement
The wins show that it’s possible to take back the narrative and ensure access to those who’ve been denied for too long.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 20/04/2026
“Republicans say we don’t have climate change. But this is golf ball-sized hail in my front yard,”said Wisconsin Democrat Sarah Godlewski. Congressman Tom Tiffany, a Republican running for governor, mocked her and said renewable energy sources were harmful. “These people are cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.”
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WI GOP Gov Candidate Mocks Dem Over Her Factual Observations on Climate Crisis
Hailstorms cause millions of dollars in property damage yearly in Wisconsin, mostly to the state’s farmland.
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 17/04/2026
Illinois is among the states that have put in place new policies — along with millions of dollars — to welcome patients who aren’t their residents. From @stateline.org:
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Nearly 1 in 4 people seeking abortions out of state chose Illinois. Here’s why.
In the center of the map’s biggest sea of red is Illinois, outlined in green — showing it’s a state with strong abortion access — surrounded by several states that ban or severely restrict abortion.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 23/03/2026
The first 14 days of the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran assault released over 5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. This is more than the annual emissions of mid-sized economies like Iceland or Kuwait, and roughly the same as dozens of the lowest emitters together.
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2 Weeks of War on Iran Released More Carbon Emissions Than 84 Countries Do in a Year
Destroyed buildings were the top contributor, new research finds, with at least 20,000 units in Iran hit in the war.
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
College students don't really want luxury dorms or AI tools, they want meaningful relationships with their peers and instructors that build self-efficacy and teach real lessons for continuing civic life beyond the ivory tower. Had a great chat with Douglas Haynes place-based education in WI.
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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🎙️As college students face rising food insecurity, isolation, and eco-anxiety, educators are turning to place-based learning to prepare students for a changing world. @saragabler.bsky.social speaks with Douglas Haynes about his new book from @hopkinspress.bsky.social. www.wortfm.org/healing-the-...
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Healing the Crisis of Isolation in Higher Ed - WORT-FM 89.9
Sara Gabler interviews Monday host, Douglas Haynes, about his new book, Teaching Toward Slow Hope: Place-Based Learning in College and Beyond.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 02/03/2026
We cannot afford to slip into despair. We must push back against militarism everywhere, at every turn.
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As Trump Bombs Iran, We Need to Reckon With the American War Machine
We cannot afford to slip into despair. We must push back against militarism everywhere, at every turn.
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Dina Nina @dinaninaxo.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Such an honor to fill in for @alimuldrow.bsky.social on @apublicaffair.bsky.social today and the joy was all mine. So grateful to have @josierosec.bsky.social as my guest. Hope you enjoy it as much as I!
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.
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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. 

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
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wortnews.bsky.social @wortnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Fiber artists, sheep farmers, and dog breeders flock to the Jefferson County Fair Park every September to showcase their crafts. @saragabler.bsky.social brings us on a tour of this year’s Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. www.wortfm.org/from-sheep-t...
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From Sheep to Shawl: A Peek into the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival - WORT-FM 89.9
Every September, thousands of knitters, crocheters, spinners, and weavers descend on the Jefferson County Fair Park to participate in the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. Those fiber artists are joi...
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Making tariffs transparent. A new WI bill would make it clear that tariffs are taxes on US consumers by requiring large retailers to list tariffs on receipts like sales tax.
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
A little peek behind the curtain of what I do as a radio talk show producer for @apublicaffair.bsky.social . Check it out: www.wortfm.org/producers-di...
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Call arms manufacturers like Oshkosh Corp what they are: war criminals. A fantastic interview by @fayeparks.bsky.social
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Gary Dorrien catches me up on how liberal theology embraces intellectual freedom and historicism and describes a whole intellectual tradition of evangelicalism that doesn’t lead to Christian nationalism.
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
You start playing Prequel knowing that you’re going to lose. But how do you set up the next group of heroes to win? Worldbuilding games like this are a great way to imagine a better world with friends. ❤️
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Tone Madison @tonemadison.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"Oshkosh Corporation continues to play a fundamental role in the genocide of Palestinians while profiting in the hundreds of millions," reports first-time contributor Julian Cooper. Header illustration by @cmy-kay.bsky.social
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A genocide, manufactured in Wisconsin
Since Oshkosh Corporation told The Cap Times that it was moving away from military vehicles, it has only doubled down on selling them to Israel.
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Christian Zionist beliefs give evangelicals a language to understand foreign policy and their theology is rooted in supremacy, not reality. I write about these and other lessons from my Christian Zionist upbringing for Truthout.
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Tone Madison @tonemadison.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Sarah Eichstadt investigated the living conditions and eviction rate of Porchlight Inc. "'It’s legalized slumlording,' one Madison resident says." Illustration by Shaysa Sidebottom. tonemadison.com/articles/por...
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Porchlight has an "affordable" housing-opoly in Madison
Current and former tenants accuse the organization of unsafe living conditions and contributing to the cycle of housing insecurity.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 30/07/2025
ACLU report shows growth of Wisconsin immigration enforcement. @isiahholmes.bsky.social has details on the findings. buff.ly/vcrh0b3
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ACLU report shows growth of Wisconsin immigration enforcement • Wisconsin Examiner
The ACLU of Wisconsin has updated a report on the jail to deportation pipeline, showing increased ICE cooperation statewide.
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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🎙️On today's show, @neginowl.bsky.social and @szunes.bsky.social breakdown the bombs and the blowback of the US's attacks on Iran with host @saragabler.bsky.social. They unpack harmful media narratives and the unnecessary escalation of US hegemony. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/the-ongoing-...
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The Ongoing Violence of US Empire - WORT-FM 89.9
Stephen Zunes and Negin Owliaei unpack harmful media narratives following the attack on Iran and the unnecessary escalation of US hegemony.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/07/2025
We all know Trump's bill is "big," "mega," and "supercharged." But the scope of one of its most crushing ambitions appears to have been lost: more than $100 billion in new ICE funding. @inaeoh.bsky.social unpacks the staggering figure here—and the future of our police state below.
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What $100 billion in new ICE funding would look like
The staggering increase is difficult to process. These numbers will help.
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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
🎙️We're celebrating the recent win for abortion care in WI with @ppawi.org and @alimuldrow.bsky.social. Reproductive freedom and funding Medicaid go hand in hand, so today's show also focuses on how to increase access to healthcare for all. Learn more and listen here: www.wortfm.org/a-win-for-re...
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A Win for Reproductive Freedom in Wisconsin - WORT-FM 89.9
This morning the Wisconsin Supreme Court ensured access to abortion care in the state. Analiese Eicher helps us break down this decision.
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Motherfuck.
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Who grows your clothes??
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Isthmus - Madison news & culture since 1976 @isthmusmadison.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
"Framing resistance to housing reform as concern for 'public trust' or 'zoning protections' reflects a longstanding rhetorical tradition in Madison — one that dresses exclusion in the language of procedural integrity." From an opinion piece by Justice Castaneda: isthmus.com/opinion/opin...
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Why Madison’s housing gatekeepers are getting uncomfortable
The argument that neighborhood preservation is a civic virtue treats structural exclusion as an unfortunate but immovable byproduct of planning. That narrative deserves scrutiny.
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The US’s unprovoked bombing of Iran was never about nuclear proliferation but about US hegemony, says @szunes.bsky.social. The result is violence that obscures more violence, says @neginowl.bsky.social.
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
An important reminder from @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social that budgets are moral and we can be proud of thing like public and independent MEDIA (like WORT 89.9 FM), libraries, and the weather service that our tax $$ pays for.
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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
🎙️ On today's show, @saragabler.bsky.social speaks with @maklelan.bsky.social about what the Bible has to say about sex and what it doesn’t have to say about sexuality, how white Christian nationalists use the Bible to maintain their power, and much more. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/how-to-put-d...
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Tone Madison @tonemadison.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
"The UW System's seemingly banal rollout of the beautifully bureaucratic Workday shows just how much public higher education in Wisconsin has been captured by corporate interests," writes Sara Gabler, with illustrations by @aertime.bsky.social
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Workday and the excesses of higher-ed "efficiency" consultants
In higher ed, consulting fees and big technology buys go hand-in-hand with austerity
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A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🎙️Disillusionment with modern medicine is a core ingredient in many new age conspiracy theories, but that shouldn’t send us running to quack theories about cod liver oil and other pseudoscience, @julianwalker.bsky.social tells @saragabler.bsky.social. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/a-crisis-of-...
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A Crisis of Conspirituality - WORT-FM 89.9
Sara Gabler is joined by Julian Walker to talk about the world of conspirituality, where New Age spirituality and the far right meet.
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Tone Madison @tonemadison.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
"No matter how corporate, the death of an arts and crafts store feels like a reiteration that capitalism doesn’t care about our creativity, art, joy, or expression," @stinadale.bsky.social writes in this week's Microtones column
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Excavating creativity and joy out of Joann's remains
The importance of arts, crafts, and imagination as the world collapses.
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Wisconsin Watch @wisconsinwatch.org · 11/03/2025
Two women incarcerated at Taycheedah Correctional Institution have died following hospital stays that began Feb. 22. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has shared limited information about their deaths, frustrating family members and those locked up at the women's prison.
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Families seek answers after two women die at Taycheedah prison
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections offers few details about the deaths, which coincided with a respiratory illness outbreak.
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chali @chalipittman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
NEW: The UW paid at least $51 million dollars to Huron consultants in a four year period — a figure one labor leader calls"astronomical." @wortnews.bsky.social took one year to report this story, and @saragabler.bsky.social spent hours analyzing open records ➡️ www.wortfm.org/uw-system-sp...
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wortnews.bsky.social @wortnews.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
WORT has discovered via open records request that the UW System is spending tens of millions on contracts with a consulting group - one with a history of “austerity-based recommendations.” @saragabler.bsky.social has the details. www.wortfm.org/uw-system-sp...
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UW System spends millions on consultants - WORT-FM 89.9
The UW System paid Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group $51 million between 2019 and 2023, WORT found through an open records request.
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Tone Madison @tonemadison.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Are you disturbed about Madison police wrestling an elderly Black man to the ground in front of customers at a Willy Street diner? Because that happened, on November 21 at Willaby’s Cafe
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You would think we would care
A violent arrest on Willy Street and our unconscionable blind spots.
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Handcrafted news right here. No corporate oligarchs calling the shots.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 21/11/2024
BREAKING: Attacking civil society is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes — and the House, including 15 Democrats, just gave Trump the power to do it.
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The House Just Blessed Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill
Attacking civili society is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes — and the House, including some Democrats, just gave Trump the power to do it.
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saragabler.bsky.social @saragabler.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I didn’t understand Twitter. And I don’t understand Blue Sky. Here’s my gremlin with a tech deck.
A green grimlin action figure holds a tiny skateboard and waves.
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