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@steve sternberg

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Journalist ex-US News & World Report, USA Today. 4th grade baseball teacher. Still learning my lessons the hard way.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19h
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 18h
Kyiv. I am in my favorite bookstore. That means I crossed the Dnipro River. Trains of my metro line run across it again with some restrictions. Relief. I write more about how Kyiv and I live in the letters. Sunday Letter from Kyiv. Sounds good.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 05/10/2026
Really great/smart tool from @juddlegum.bsky.social: shining daylight on the mysterious backers of the Super Pacs behind campaign mailers: popular.info/p/this-tool-...
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This tool makes everyone a campaign finance expert
Introducing PaidForBy.info, a new app created by Popular Information
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There's a takeover of the American news industry going on, pushed by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis and others. Democracy is impossible if the truth is buried under right-wing propaganda, so we've got to push back against this "media capture." My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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American oligarchs and foreign fatcats are attempting ‘media capture’
Your access to real news is threatened by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis, and others
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Raven Onthill @ravenonthill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This has been going on since the 1980s. No one has done anything.
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The Media Monopoly - Wikipedia
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I encourage every American to come to Washington and see how your President is spending your tax dollars. While you’re here, you could ask about why you can’t afford healthcare and why we’re fighting a senseless war.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
1. BREAKING: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a statewide disaster emergency over a rapidly growing measles outbreak. New York has confirmed 108 cases this year, including 92 since July 15. Pennsylvania is dealing with an extraordinary outbreak: 1,004 confirmed cases so far this year.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
Gov. Josh Shapiro: "Measles was eliminated back in the year 2000. And now, 26 years later, we’re dealing with it coming roaring back. Pennsylvania has now eclipsed 1,000 cases across 39 counties, with five deaths." Shapiro says amid the outbreak, vaccinations have now doubled.
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reposting to assure that @nytimes.com reads this thread.
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Patent Buddy @patentbuddy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Dozens quarantined after researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection | CNN
Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The news media are way too accepting of racism in our politics. They should be peppering the Republicans' Senate candidates in TX, OH, MI, IA and ME with questions about why they welcome campaign help from white supremacist Elon Musk.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026
Reports out of the Irkutsk region of Russia reveal a potential public health crisis developing in the area after a lab accident released a “particularly dangerous infection” to a researcher, who later passed away.
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Reports of a plague outbreak in Russia follow the death of a researcher
Several hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been shut down and up to 200 workers have been quarantined.
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And, in November with mid-terms coming, millions will realize that they can no longer find acceptable, affordable health plans. Most 2027 Virginia plans are high deductible, meaning you pay fortunes out-of-pocket before you get coverage, and premiums will be $1000 or more per month.
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Mark Tolman (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 🖖 @mtolman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“The contagion, officially declared vanquished by vaccination, ripped through the Miller family over the summer, sickening six of the seven children and their mother. It skipped only their father, Marvin Miller, and one daughter, Mary Ann. Both had been vaccinated.”
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Measles Outbreak in Amish Country Forces Some to Rethink Vaccines
The spread of measles in Pennsylvania and Ohio is largely affecting Amish communities where vaccinations levels are low.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
mhstats.org/blog/global-...
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Global Anxiety Statistics: The Most Common Mental Disorder Worldwide | Mental Health Stats Blog
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A show of hands please — this November how many of you are going to a) lose your health insurance b) have no choice but shift to an unsubsidized marketplace plan costing $1,000 or more?
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uppaalaska.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇦🇺🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @uppaalaska.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wonder if the Supreme Court justices read the ABA journal
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Drain the swamp.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026
If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help us understand how these apps respond to users’ betting behavior. We’re aiming to get data from at least 250 people, and we’ll share back what we learn:
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Help ProPublica Report on Sports Betting by Sending Us Your App Data
If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...
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Cathleen @cjmmusic1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
youtu.be/SMbfSldjZrM?...
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Lawrence O’Donnell on Senator Booker Calling out Republicans: “This Is How You Do It”
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@nytimes.com this 👎
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm having flashbacks to March 2020, when Trump 1.0 stopped CDC briefings and undermined efforts to contain Covid. Measles isn't Covid, but the suppression of public health info is the same. The piece below is from 2020 but the headline works today. www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020...
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Perspective | We ran the CDC. No president ever politicized its science the way Trump has.
The administration is undermining public health.
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Absolutely stunning/horrifying to see a 5th measles death in PA. This means the outbreak is probably far higher than numbers count, seeing as roughly 1-3 people die per 1,000. Many people aren't being tested. Also: I'm going to states now for info, not the CDC* app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrI...
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 01/10/2026
Come for the historical rethink of the Nazi's rise, stay for the "human advertising pillar." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrong
In a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakt...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. (Published May)
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The West Wing belongs at the top of this list but didn’t make it because it launched in 1999, not 2000.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/09/2026
Wary of Trumpian tampering, scientists have taken matters into their own hands. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Germany is building a digital Noah’s Ark for US climate data
Wary of Trumpian tampering, scientists have taken matters into their own hands.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump's approval is stuck in the 30s, so he found a new campaign donor: you His admin is running recycled 2024 campaign ads on Fox & Newsmax, now billed to taxpayers Richard Painter, Virginia Canter, Chris Swartz & I on why this propaganda machine smacks of corruption, @contrariannews.org👇 -TN
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Trump Goes Full-Orwell
The administration’s propaganda hype-ads are an abuse of power.
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North Dakota Monitor @northdakotamonitor.com · 22/09/2026
Medicaid enrollees from five states and leading medical organizations have filed a lawsuit challenging new Medicaid work requirements. Via @stateline.org buff.ly/1gP5Rb7
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Medical groups, patients sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements • North Dakota Monitor
Medicaid enrollees from five states and leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit Friday challenging new Medicaid work requirements.
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North Dakota Monitor @northdakotamonitor.com · 22/09/2026
The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public. Via @stateline.org buff.ly/0Go0na5
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Trump administration says developers, loggers can kill endangered species • North Dakota Monitor
The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public.…
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
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Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
No responsible news outlet should go to the White House as long as this ban on their colleagues is in effect. It’s time for big media to show some backbone. Also, any apologies about that embarrassing WHCA dinner yukking it up with Trump and his apparatchiks? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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CNN and MS NOW Reporters Barred From White House After Trump Announces Ban
The prohibition on certain journalists was a stark escalation in President Trump’s war on the media, and will probably face a legal challenge.
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It’s worth mentioning here. Ukraine shares its experience with museums elsewhere to help them prepare for crises. Today, Ukrainian museum professionals shared lessons on evacuating collections and protecting cultural heritage at an international online discussion.
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I hope Ovechkin reaps the consequences of his support for an enemy of the U.S. and her allies. I know it’s unrealistic, but I’d like to see lots of empty seats in the arena when he plays.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/09/2026
A German doctor whose hospital treated an unvaccinated boy who later died of diphtheria told our reporter of the infection: “It was taught as history,” he said. In the U.S., measles was taught as history, too. Now it isn’t.
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Measles Used to Be in Our Rearview Mirror. Now Cases Are Reaching Record Highs.
In other parts of the world that have let their guard down to vaccine-preventable diseases, long-forgotten scourges have roared back and killed and disabled children.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Former Stars and Stripes publisher says the Pentagon used accusations of insubordination to justify firing three of the newspaper's staffers when the real reason, he believes, was critical reporting that angered military leaders. www.stripes.com/theaters/asia...
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Former Stars and Stripes publisher says critical coverage was ‘underlying cause’ of staff firings
The Pentagon fired three Stars and Stripes staffers for alleged insubordination, but the outlet’s former publisher believes the real reason was based on reporting.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 14/09/2026
There's A LOT of ways the Trump admin is currently attacking & decimating American science. Here's a breakdown of what they are doing, and what you can do about it. 🧵
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Now on Netflix: The true story of a US president fleeing Air Force One in a catering truck. share.google/iyjK6FEQrq0V...
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Instadocs: The Decoy Plane | Sneak Peek | Netflix
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The 13% are exhibiting higher order sarcasm.
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The moment when the next reporter called upon should double down and ask the question again. “Answer the question , sir. Why, if your policies are working, ARE you offering to pay voters who vote for you?”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/09/2026
Utah's voters would like their national monuments back, thank you
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Utah's voters would like their national monuments back, thank you
More than two-thirds favor full restoration of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, polling shows.
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@hadas.bsky.social 😳 “After more than a year of waiting... my paper was rejected based on the opinion of a single reviewer and an "AI Editor" 🤖 (source: LinkedIn)
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Democracy dies in darkness.
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Captain Cliff ⛵🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @captaincliff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My "A-Team"/best-of-the-best/most trusted sources of public health information list: - CIDRAP - @cidrap.bsky.social - Dr. Vin Gupta - @vinguptamd.bsky.social - Dr. Peter Hotez - @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social - Dr. Michael Osterholm - @mtosterholm.bsky.social - Dr. Eric Topol - @erictopol.bsky.social
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Here's an anecdote: On 9/10/2001, The Onion staff had a New York launch party at the Bowery Ballroom to celebrate the staff's move from Madison, Wisconsin to New York City. They woke up hungover, took a week off, and then produced one of the greatest front pages in the history of newspapers.
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
 my spellchecker keeps changing the word insurers to insurrection. Make it stop
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@steve sternberg @stevesternberg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
While we’re on the topic of remembrance, we should call to mind Harper’s and other general interest magazines that gave us so much food for thought — especially now, when propagandists, demagogues and technology aspire to do our thinking for us.
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