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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 7h
Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news.
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biologist077.bsky.social @biologist077.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
for melanoma, treatments often hit hard. but get this: a phase 3 trial shows a personalized mRNA vaccine, tailored to each patient's tumor, can teach their immune system to fight back. it significantly reduced cancer recurrence or death in high-risk patients.
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Moderna and Merck's Personalized mRNA Cancer Vaccine Shows Success in Phase 3 Melanoma Trial
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, developed by Moderna and Merck & Co., has shown positive results in a Phase 3 study for high-risk melanoma patients. The vaccine, customized to each patient's tumor
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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️
Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Huge news for Arizona! A judge ruled this anti-union measure unconstitutional, so it won't appear on the November ballot. The GOP-backed proposal would have banned collective bargaining for government workers and blocked school districts from supporting union activities. azmirror.com/2026/07/28/a...
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Judge: GOP ballot measure aimed at teachers union unconstitutionally guts police, fire unions too
A judge tossed the Arizona union ballot measure HCR2040, ruling it would have banned all public sector unions
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud Dept.-Kinda sounds like he's admitting he interfered in the election with VERY specific statistics. I quit Twitter because he bought it, way before his confession he stole the election for the Orange Atrocity. 🍊💩 Now I'm SURE I made the right decision! 👍
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/01/2026
ProPublica asked Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice what percentage of kids she’d like to see in public schools: “I hope to get to zero,” she said. Some at the Education Department agree — and are dismantling the agency from within.
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Vouchers, Patriotism and Prayer: The Trump Administration’s Plan to Remake Public Education
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is bringing about a new era in education — and perhaps the end of public schools as we know them.
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God @thegodshow.com · 24/01/2026
Fred Trump had dementia and his family set up a fake office so he could think he was in charge while other people made the decisions. Mentioning this for no particular reason at all. Not even sure what made me think of it.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
This is a great insight.
Screenshot of a More Perfect Union tweet quoting Trevor Noah and Zohran discussing how cities prioritize fixing problems for the wealthy while neglecting issues affecting the poor, including comments about TSA inefficiencies. Below is a video still showing Zohran speaking into a microphone during a podcast-style interview.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/12/2025
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients. (Published Oct. 2024 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
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Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
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system42.bsky.social @system42.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
When people talk about having two systems of justice, this is what they mean.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 03/08/2025
President Trump said the only way out of "Alligator Alcatraz" is to be deported — but that's not the way U.S. law works. We're defending people's right to contest their detention and deportation in court.
Black graphic with text "People detained in 'Alligator Alcatraz' have a right to legal representation. President Trump, we'll see you in court."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/07/2025
😂 Good point. Bondi ordered 1,000 FBI agents to review roughly 100K pages of Epstein files (the ones that don't exist but now exist again but Obama wrote) - and Senator Dick Durbin said the FBI agents were told to "flag" any mentions of Trump. This is a must read from Marcy:
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The vote was 211 to 210.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/07/2025
NEWS: Donald Trump has fired Maurene Comey, who was the key prosecutor in the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell cases
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/07/2025
Seagull With Diarrhea Barely Makes It To Crowded Beach In Time theonion.com/seagull...
Seagull With Diarrhea Barely Makes It To Crowded Beach In Time
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/07/2025
Don’t forget: Trump already tried to sue a woman in 2023 for calling him a rapist, and a judge threw the case out. The woman he tried to sue? E Jean Carroll. 😂
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/07/2025
Nancy Mace gets wrecked by a community note
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
ZERO Redeeming Qualities
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C.S. Kading @redcharm.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
If you haven't had a chance to read it... Raise the Dead is available on Kindle for $0.99 www.amazon.com/Raise-Dead-S... This is the story that kicked off the entire Realm of Gothika! #books #bookish #Kindle
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Raise the Dead: A Love Story (The Realm of Gothika Book 1)
Amazon.com: Raise the Dead: A Love Story (The Realm of Gothika Book 1) eBook : Fuentes, Tony, Kading, C.S.: Books
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
GOP Rep Deletes Tweet Celebrating Cutting Healthcare and School Meals Wisconsin’s Derrick Van Orden received backlash over MAGA spending bill post meidasnews.com/news/gop-rep...
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GOP Rep Deletes Tweet Celebrating Cutting Healthcare and School Meals
Wisconsin’s Derrick Van Orden received backlash over MAGA spending bill post
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Four Democratic members of Congress from Illinois, Jesús “Chuy” García, Danny Davis, Delia Ramirez, and Jonathan Jackson, were denied entry to an ICE facility in Broadview, just outside Chicago, despite federal policy allowing them access without prior notice.
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God @thegodshow.com · 19/06/2025
It should be illegal for law enforcement to wear masks and not show ID. This makes it too easy to impersonate law enforcement and murder people in their homes.
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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Hey remember in 2017, when Donald Trump was President, and North Korea successfully tested a thermonuclear device, and in response Trump, like, decided to become best friends with Kim Jong Un?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
If it was a “personal” and not a “presidential” meeting, why the presidential seal?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Phang: And you’ve got to appreciate that the congresswoman was able to say, “Look, this ain’t Fox News, buddy. This is Congress.” So if you’re going to be here and you’re going to try to make an allegation somewhere publicly, you better be able to back it up.
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Elliot Kirschner @elliotkirschner.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
It might be easier for some in the press to get it right if the Founding Fathers had used "Bribe" instead of "Emolument."
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 06/05/2025
The Supreme Court just greenlit a cruel, baseless ban on transgender troops—again. Religious extremism and bigotry have no place in our laws or our military. We stand with those fighting for equality and dignity in service. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US supreme court allows Trump trans military ban to take effect
Justices rule ban can be enforced while challenge plays out in court, a decision that could lead to thousands discharged
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Ryan Melton: Fmr. Dem. for U.S. House, IA-04 @melton4iowa.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I believe the separation of Church and State is one of our most important ideals as a nation. When that line blurs, law and equality matters less, and flawed mortals get to act with more and more unchecked power in ways that threaten freedom.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Trump has gutted food inspection programs at the FDA and USDA — including the committee that investigated last year's fatal Boar's Head listeria outbreak. The USDA is also rolling back safety regulations to “streamline” meat processing. How is this Making America Healthy Again?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.
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Grace @gracekind.net · 19/04/2025
This picture is concerning. The planet is much closer to us than I thought.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I'm sure this has *nothing* to do with the fact that Intuit, the company that owns TruboTax, which makes money off filing income taxes with the IRS, gave Donald Trump $1,000,000 for his inauguration slush fund. #Corruption
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Trump will reportedly end the IRS Direct File program that allowed taxpayers to file taxes for free. This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file. Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration. See how this works?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.
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Alexander Tin @alexander-a-tin.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The CDC has scrapped a plan to offer schools in Texas help with curbing measles, we're told NIOSH's experts had been in the state, wrapping up work helping fix errors in ventilation/filtration at hospitals treating measles, when they got layoff notices www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-scr...
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CDC scraps plan to help Texas schools curb measles over layoffs, employee says
Some employees working on the CDC's measles response were warned they could face layoffs.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Because I believe the only stupid question is one you don’t ask—when did “street corn” or “Mexican street corn” become a thing? All at once I see it everywhere. And does ICE know?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 15/04/2025
“How can I return an innocent man to the United States when I don’t have the ability to feel empathy or compassion?” said Nayib Bukele theonion.com/salvado...
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Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man
WASHINGTON—During a visit with President Donald Trump at the White House, El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele claimed Monday that he “lacks the humanity” to return wrongly deported legal U.S. resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to America. “How can I return an innocent man to the United States when I don’t have the ability to feel […]
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 11/04/2025
An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/04/2025
#ICYMI: Speaker Mike Johnson lives in a $3.7 million D.C. townhouse with evangelical pastor Steve Berger, who has attacked the separation of church and state as “a delusional lie." Berger's project: ministering to members of Congress so that what “they learn is then translated into policy.”
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Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign
The Capitol Hill townhouse is owned by a major Republican donor. It’s the headquarters of a little-known political influence project that has reached a number of powerful Republican politicians.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
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AFRICOM commander Gen. Langley tells senators that China is "trying to replicate" USAID programs in Africa as the US scales back USAID.

"They're trying to use that as an extension of the Belt and Road Initiative to gain favor by the African countries," Langley said.
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
“Harvard now faces one of the most consequential choices in its history: Submit to extortion and make itself complicit in the most profound assault on academic freedom and constitutional governance of our time—or go to court. The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.” (Fixed link)
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Harvard’s moment of truth - The Boston Globe
The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Reminder: Dr. Oz had to pay $5.25 million to settle a class action suit for promoting phony weight loss cures. He is a conman. No wonder Trump likes him. Now he's in charge of running Medicare and Medicaid.
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system42.bsky.social @system42.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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One dose of experimental drug nearly wipes out stealthy cholesterol in 'remarkable' trial
Millions of Americans are born predisposed to high levels of a cholesterol called lipoprotein(a). Doctors are finally figuring out how to treat it.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/03/2025
Probs shouldn’t have sold SCOTUS to the highest bidder.
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Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Right-wing YouTuber Tim Pool has made it to the White House pool — someone from his “Timcast” channel will be part of today’s pool duty covering the president. Last year, DOJ revealed Pool was receiving millions of dollars from the Russian gov. Pool says he didn’t know where it was coming from.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Sometimes you just have to ask—why? The Senate voted to strike down a rule capping most bank overdraft fees at $5, a measure introduced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that was expected to save Americans billions each year.
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