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Native St Louisan living in the South…now no one can figure out my accent. Sustaining member.

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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NYT burying the lede on this one - the reason it failed was because of the voter ID provisions added to it. Only in paragraph 3 does the story acknowledge it was doomed to fail Democrats Block Stock-Trading Bill, Denying the G.O.P. a Pre-Midterm Win www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Democrats Block Stock-Trading Bill, Denying the G.O.P. a Pre-Midterm Win (Gift Article)
A Republican measure to limit, but not bar, congressional stock trading faltered in the Senate as Democrats thwarted a G.O.P. bid to show progress on an issue that has rankled voters.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
To all who celebrate
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a man is singing into a microphone with the words do you remember the 21st night of september
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Jeffries has to go Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...
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Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly (Gift Article)
President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The enshitification of CBS News continues Ross Douthat Joins ‘60 Minutes’ as a Correspondent www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...
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Ross Douthat Joins ‘60 Minutes’ as a Correspondent (Gift Article)
Mr. Douthat, an opinion columnist at The New York Times, will join the CBS News program, along with several other journalists.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Looks like the @cardinals.com made the extra point
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Carl Allen @realcarlallen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Elections with any number of undecideds make the "margin" between candidates a bad metric, because there is nonzero uncertainty in how undecideds vote Elections with more undecideds (and/or many candidates polling highly) increase likelihood of an unexpected outcome, if you only consider "margin"
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
My email to my representative, feel free to use this as a template Representative, I write to you today, Easter Sunday, to express my deepest concern for the mental stability of the President. Specifically, I refer to his social media post from this morning
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
After the tariff decision from SCOTUS, I thought Orange Julius was being hyperbolic when he said “I can destroy the country” I didn’t think he was actually planning on doing it, but here we are
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Hey no shit, they misjudged Iran’s response How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
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How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Fires Noem as Homeland Security Secretary www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Fires Noem as Homeland Security Secretary
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
IANAL but I had a thought. Can a state use asset forfeiture law to seize the assets of a government official who is using their position to blatantly steal money? It would be hilarious for these grifters to have their assets seized and then they have to prove they weren’t obtained illegally
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I’m wondering how much they paid or how big a percentage Orange Julius will get in the deal F.D.A. Reverses Decision and Agrees to Review Moderna’s Flu Vaccine www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/h...
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F.D.A. Reverses Decision and Agrees to Review Moderna’s Flu Vaccine
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Lock them up! wapo.st/4qDimam
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Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data
A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Gift article. This breaks the irony meter. Trump is stating the US will come to the aid of peaceful protesters in Iran. If this happened here, where protesting is a right, he’d send the National Guard Trump Says U.S. Is ‘Locked and Loaded’ if Iran Kills Protesters www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/w...
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Trump Says U.S. Is ‘Locked and Loaded’ if Iran Kills Protesters
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Not nearly as good as a picture from @banditelli.org but here’s a hawk enjoying some breakfast in the backyard
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Same energy as this Trump speech
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a man is talking about merry christmas and baby jesus
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Paint me like one of your French girls
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
How many times did the rules committee vote against moving forward with releasing the Epstein files?
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a woman is talking on a cell phone and says nine times ?
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Gift article. There seems to be no limit to what this administraron will do, including making deals to turn over drug and gang informants. wapo.st/4nbNiM4
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Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
This just in from the Department of No Kidding wapo.st/3KIaqo9
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Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices
U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
To all who celebrate
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a man is singing into a microphone with the words do you remember the 21st night of september
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Oh God he’s going to gold plate all the monuments wapo.st/3HI3ZAf
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Trump seeks $2 billion to clean up D.C. in latest effort to control city affairs
The longtime real estate developer has falsely claimed he has solved the city’s crime problems. Now he seeks to transform Washington into a place reminiscent of his private golf clubs. It is unclear h...
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The lead in got my attention. However, there’s a big error in the story: Doolittle is 100 miles SW of St. Louis, not NE. At first I thought I heard it wrong on the way to work but I didn’t. www.npr.org/2025/08/05/n...
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A Stuckey's in Missouri serves Halal food
Roadside convenience stores can be a good place to pick up a snack or even a meal on a long drive. Now, one nostalgic chain, a Stuckey's in Missouri, has branched out from its usual fare and put Halal...
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I believe this is the truest thing he has ever said in his life
Trump starting during a press standup that no one knows what he’s going to do. He was speaking in terms of Iran but it’s an accurate statement in general
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
What could possibly go wrong? F.D.A. to Use A.I. in Drug Approvals to ‘Radically Increase Efficiency’ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/h...
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F.D.A. to Use A.I. in Drug Approvals to ‘Radically Increase Efficiency’ (Gift Article)
With a Trump-driven reduction of nearly 2,000 employees, agency officials view artificial intelligence as a way to speed drugs to the market.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
But I was just starting to feel liberated…oh well, maybe in July www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
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Trump Pauses Some Reciprocal Tariffs for 90 Days, Raises China Tariffs to 125%: Live Updates (Gift Article)
President Trump cited new talks with foreign nations on trade in explaining his reversal. But he said China would not be included, raising tariffs on its exports to 125 percent after Beijing announced...
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Strange days when I agree with a conservative non profit wapo.st/3XPzRrA
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As Trump tariffs sink in, conservatives challenge whether they’re legal
The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a legal nonprofit, has filed a complaint on behalf of a small stationery company in Florida.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Well I don’t know about anyone else, but I feel liberated
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I’m not a conspiracy theory person, but… If someone has the ability to drive the stock market down on a predetermined date And that same person has wealthy friends and relatives that can buy futures contracts on the stock markets And that same someone is immune from prosecution Would they do it?
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
@mcuban.bsky.social As I said a few weeks ago
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
If you’ve ever wondered how a cranky toddler on a sugar high would handle international trade policy - wonder no longer
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
What a shock…the “big savings” are a crock of doge www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
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DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes (Gift Article)
The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Reposting for no particular reason
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 12/11/2023
In case anyone thinks not voting for Biden next year won’t make any difference www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/u...
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Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans
If he regains power, Donald Trump wants not only to revive some of the immigration policies criticized as draconian during his presidency, but expand and toughen them.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
www.espn.com/college-foot... Go Tigers!
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Clemson 34-31 SMU (Dec 7, 2024) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the Clemson Tigers vs. SMU Mustangs NCAAF game, final score 34-31, from December 7, 2024 on ESPN.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Taking the @nytimes.com weekly news quiz today. I read the last sentence as, “Who is this prick?” That made the question both accurate and hilarious to me.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 27/11/2024
Bueller…The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered?... raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 15/10/2024
If the writers at SNL came up with this skit, it would be rejected for being too ridiculous and unbelievable. This. Man. Has. Lost. It wapo.st/4dK01kt
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Trump sways and bops to music for 39 minutes in bizarre town hall episode
Vice President Kamala Harris has called Trump, 78, unstable and questioned his mental acuity.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 18/09/2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #781,445!
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
For some reason this story was buried 2/3 of the way down on the NYT home page…seems like it should be getting more attention www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/b...
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Retail Sales Beat Expectations, Easing Concerns About the Economy
Sales were up 1 percent in July from the previous month. The rise was slimmer when autos and gasoline were excluded, but market reaction was favorable.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 10/08/2024
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Harris Leads Trump in Three Key States, Times/Siena Polls Find
New surveys of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania taken this week offer the latest indication of a dramatic reversal in standing for the Democratic Party since President Biden abandoned his re-elect...
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
As a subscriber I’m not sure why the NYT is so bent on framing almost anything in negative terms for President Biden. Here the graph doesn’t even match the headline when you look at the trend for this year. Trump leads in overall number of small voters by 100k www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Trump Leads Biden in Number of Small Donors
Former President Donald J. Trump dominated fund-raising last year by at least one critical measure: his number of small donors.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
Feel like polls are painting a distorted picture again? You're not alone. It's like déjà vu from the 2022 midterms with the anticipated 'red wave.' How did we get here? What's the real deal with the polls? Let's unravel the truth.
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Has Polling Become Weaponized?
As fewer and fewer objective and reliable polls are conducted, Republicans have been weaponizing polling to skew narratives in their favor.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/01/2024
Breaking News: Ron DeSantis, once Donald Trump’s top challenger, is said to be ending his presidential bid. The Florida governor ran a costly, turbulent campaign that failed to catch on with Republican voters. nyti.ms/3vJok1L
Ron DeSantis, wearing a blue suit and standing in front of an American flag, speaks during a town hall event in August 2023. A headline reads: "Ron DeSantis Is Expected to Drop Out of the Presidential Race." Photo by Joe Buglewicz for The New York Times.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/u... I’m not sure why this isn’t being reported on more than it is.
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Jan. 6 Rally Organizers Lied About Plan to March to the Capitol, Report Finds
Women for America First, which planned the rally on the Ellipse, knew of President Donald J. Trump’s plans to have his supporters march to the Capitol but repeatedly denied it to federal permitting ...
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 09/12/2023
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Penn president resigns amid backlash to her testimony on antisemitism
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned Saturday as backlash continued over testimony of college presidents about antisemitism.
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Stlgorman @stlgorman.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
Wife’s knitting 🤝 my 3D printing No more wearing wet knitted hats for blocking #3Dprinting #knitting
A blue 3D printed hat blocker. It has large cut outs to cut down on print time and material use
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