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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 19m
Politicians’ legacies aren’t the job of the free press to worry ourselves about. We’re not their PR team.
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Politico @politico.com · 2h
Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell’s big college sports win won’t make an AI breakthrough easier politi.co/4hvmyXp
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Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell’s big college sports win won’t make an AI breakthrough easier politi.co/4hvmyXp
Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell’s big college sports win won’t make an AI breakthrough easier politi.co/4hvmyXp
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 13h
Illinois is the first and so far only state to ban book bans. “Democracies don't ban books. Regimes do” -Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker www.ila.org/publications...
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How Illinois is Helping to Stop Book Banning, One State at a Time - Illinois Library Association
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 17h
The Book Loft of German Village is legit. Watch your step on that brick path. 📚🧛
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 17h
The Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Library ain’t bad. 📚🖼️
The Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Library The Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Library The Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Library 📚 The Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Library
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 17h
@stephengrahamjones.com’s stories are so raw, so intense, so unflinching, that even the books themselves aren’t walking away unscathed.
The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones labeled “Hurt Book: Price Drastically Reduced.”
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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“It also sets the precedent for using this chilling tactic on any journalist or watchdog as it sees fit.“ Oregon cities are doing this over and over again, making it prohibitive for any independent journalist without a team of lawyers to get public records. It’s outrageous.
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Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Exactly one month out from an election that will decide who controls the U.S. Senate -- the chamber every judicial nominee needs to clear -- Justice Alito confirms in a television interview that he is considering retirement from the high court. 1/
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Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A certain someone(s) is putting their chips on state Rep. Amy Walen, one of Olympia's few business-allied House Dems. 🫏💸 The Kirkland lawmaker is among the bigger targets of an intraparty blue wave progressives are riding to the ballot box. 🗳️ washingtonobserver.substack.com/p/the-myster...
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The mystery PAC shows its hand
Plus labor drama in the Senate, more bad news for House Rs, the Times endorses against Fitzgibbon, and save the date for Re-Wire
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/10/2026
Breaking News: The G7, which includes Britain, France, Japan and others, agreed to release diesel from reserve stockpiles to ease record-high prices driven mostly by the war in Iran.
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U.S. and Allies Agree to Release Diesel Reserves as Prices Soar
The Group of 7, which includes Britain, France and Japan, announced the release of 100 million barrels over four months, effective immediately.
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The law is the law
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Fully Human-Written” is our recipe @washingtonobserver.bsky.social
An image showing a Substack AI-detection report on the Washington Observer on Substack showing “Fully Human-Written.”
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare
A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEWS: Hello, Columbus! 🏙️ Thrilled to be representing @spjwash.bsky.social @spj-posts.bsky.social’s national shindig here in Ohio! Should be a great week! 📰 🎥🎙️
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
News you can use: Seattle is going to see the biggest bash ever celebrating the best journalism in the Northwest! 📹🎙️ This October! Sunday funday! Be there or be square journos! 🥳 📰 facebook.com/events/s/202...
An image of the Excellence in Journalism Celebration in Seattle Facebook post on Sunday, Oct 25
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Henry Brannan @henrybrannan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New: How a storm of revelations about Oregon data centers — including $450m tax breaks this year alone — created a powerful opposition coalition. If you haven’t been following this absolutely wild saga, this story is a good way to get up to speed. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...
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How revelations like $450M tax breaks created a powerful opposition movement against Oregon data centers
The coalition has already defeated politicians and pushed the state to take action against the exploding industry
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The monied opponents of Washington's millionaires tax claim the state is coming for your pension. 💸🫰 Technically, that's not really true for the vast majority of Washingtonians who have one...at least, for now. 👩‍🏫🗳 washingtonobserver.substack.com/p/a-tv-salvo...
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A TV salvo from the tax repeal campaign
Plus new polling on the repeal, hardball in the 42nd, hospitals vs nurses at the Supremes, and you should block off Dec. 8 for Re-Wire
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Uh, yah.
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Washington Republicans are looking for a W this fall, but Democrats might just hand them another L southeast of Olympia. 🫏🐘 The smart money shows the 35th LD is in for a tight race that could swing the tax-hungry Legislature further left. #waleg 🗳️💸 washingtonobserver.substack.com/p/senate-gop...
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Senate GOP spends to defend MacEwen in 35th LD
Plus more $$ to defend the income tax, F5 money for the mystery PAC, and the PDC dismisses LGW/Brandi Kruse complaint
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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California Supreme Court orders Riverside County sheriff to return 650,000 seized ballots
The California Supreme Court has ruled that a Republican California sheriff must return over 650,000 ballots he seized following a November 2025 special election that favored Democrats.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 24/09/2026
Our Flock reporting just got five cops arrested. The Indianapolis officers were just criminally charged for spying on women. @aaronschaffer.com, @douglasmac.bsky.social and I found suspicious searches and got their agency to investigate. How many bad cops are still getting away? wapo.st/4xDOH3d
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Life doesn’t wait for you to be ready…It’s very all or nothing. If I were to run in this cycle and not win, I would be done.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Run for President in 2028? Here’s What She Said.
In a wide-ranging interview, the New York congresswoman offered her most detailed insight yet into how she is thinking about a possible presidential run.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
RFK Jr. took $4 million in book advances and $270,000 in gifts from close allies working to advance his agenda. His wife received $210,000 in consulting fees from a MAHA group. Ethics experts are troubled. w/ @by-cjewett.bsky.social Jewett www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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RFK Jr. Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA (Gift Article)
A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary’s wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Scary good package in the mail today via PDX’s Broadway Books! 📕 Can’t wait to sink my teeth into another one of @keithrosson.bsky.social’s epics! 🐦‍⬛🎃
An image of a tastefully-wrapped new book  rocking literary book coversAn image of a tastefully-wrapped Broadway Books package inspired by literary book covers with a spooky note: Take me with you and keep me close a little magic when you need it the most Crone: a novel by Keith Rosson
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“We’re developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won’t be able to think.” - Rod Serling
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/09/2026
Breaking News: Texas must fully air-condition its prisons by the end of 2029, a federal judge ordered, saying the lack of cooling in most of the state's lockups violates the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. nyti.ms/3Toyr8a
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Politico @politico.com · 22/09/2026
Trump says decision on possible diesel export ban to come ‘fast’
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Trump says decision on possible diesel export ban to come ‘fast’
Record high prices could bring the first restriction on U.S. energy exports in more than a decade.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Show me the unbiased detector of newsroom bias and I will give you a penny. www.cnn.com/newsletters/... There's more crazy in this part of the Paramount agreement. Read on...
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What “hits” would these be? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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White House launches Trump TV, a 24/7 'greatest hits,' after media ban
The White House launched "Trump TV" on the heels of President Trump's ban on three media outlets ‒ but so far, it's a lot of reruns.
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The biggest crime scene in your neighborhood might be hanging on your grocery store's gift card rack. 🏪💸 For retail thieves, iTunes gift cards are a super profitable business. It's raising eyebrows in the Legislature. #waleg washingtonobserver.substack.com/p/unwrapping...
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Unwrapping the gift card grift
Plus tough times for K-12, the carpenters drop a cash bomb, and some recommended reading
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
People will look back on this time in history and realize that buying up news outlets and firing everyone inside of them wasn’t some unfortunate accident. IT WAS THE POINT.
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Major TV Networks Band Together in Boycott After Trump’s Ban on CNN newrepublic.com/post/215641/... via @newrepublic.com
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Major TV Networks Band Together in Boycott After Trump’s Ban on CNN
The five major TV networks are joining forces after Trump’s press ban.
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Paramount makes concessions to salvage $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal
Paramount's owners have made concessions to 12 Democratic state attorneys general to settle a lawsuit that endangered the media company's bid for its larger Hollywood rival, Warner Bros. Discovery.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/09/2026
Breaking News: President Trump said his D.C. arch would house drones and snipers, as the administration appeared prepared to justify another construction project by citing national security.
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Trump Says His D.C. Arch Would Be a ‘Military Complex’ Housing Drones and Snipers
The president’s announcement on Sunday echoed his justification for the White House ballroom: that the project was necessary for national security.
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Politico @politico.com · 20/09/2026
JB Pritzker says Dems should add corruption to list of midterm issues
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JB Pritzker says Dems should add corruption to list of midterm issues
The Illinois governor also criticized Trump’s approach to AI and his business interests.
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Paramount To Leave California Amid Antitrust Battle & Stalled Warner Bros Merger
Leaks out of David Ellison's inner circle said the CEO wold take his Paramount ball & leave California if state AGs didn't back off on their antitrust suit
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026
Breaking news: The White House has struck a deal that gives “permanent control over security” in Greenland to the U.S., President Trump said, declaring victory in his desire to increase U.S. sway over the Arctic territory.
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Trump announces ‘forever’ deal to defend Greenland as Denmark says signing ‘expected’ next week
President Trump announced an agreement with Denmark that he said gives the United States "permanent" sway over Greenland's security.
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Politico @politico.com · 18/09/2026
Breaking: Trump says he will ban reporters from POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW from the White House.
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Trump says he’s banning media outlets, including POLITICO, from White House
CNN and MS NOW are the other two outlets Trump announced can no longer send journalists into the White House.
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Washington's war on gas reached a turning point for the suite of business interests aiming to roll back the state's green transition. 🗳️ The Supremes nixed a voter-approved initiative written to do just that. It boiled down to this age-old rule. 📜 washingtonobserver.substack.com/p/supremes-b...
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Supremes back the greens in war on gas
Plus his-and-hers checks for the mystery PAC, bacon-saving money for Santos, and an editor on the move
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Like music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by private equity Langston Hughes’ literary estate now belongs to International Literary Properties, which says a Harlem Renaissance licensing program is next on its list
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Private Equity Is Coming for Authors, Dead or Alive - The Ankler
Like music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by investment firms and changing how Hollywood will deal with IP
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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 16/09/2026
The program that sends free books to kids up to the age of 5 was on pause for the past year due to lack of funding, but a local nonprofit has partnered with the Washington state branch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to get books back in kids' hands.
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to donate free books again to King County kids
The program that sends free books to kids up to the age of 5 was on pause for the past year due to lack of funding, but a local nonprofit has partnered with the Washington state branch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to get books back in kids' hands.
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Politico @politico.com · 15/09/2026
Democrats are alarmed about AI. They’re not planning to hit it hard on the campaign trail.
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Democrats are alarmed about AI. They’re not planning to hit it hard on the campaign trail.
Democrats want to keep hammering Republicans on the economy and worry a pivot to AI concerns could undercut their core message.
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The millionaires and the billionaires took to the web this week to harangue Washington's forthcoming income tax on the rich. 🧐 Meanwhile, certain someones are amassing a mountain of mystery money to sink...something...at the ballot box. 🗳️💸 washingtonobserver.substack.com/p/opening-sa...
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Opening salvos in the income tax ad battle
Plus a new mystery PAC with $6M to spend and some recommended reading
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#BREAKING: Over public dissents from Justices Thomas and Alito, #SCOTUS *denies* the Trump administration’s request for a stay in the mail-in ballots case. The USPS Rule will remain blocked—almost certainly through the midterms.
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas) introduced their own AI “kill switch” bill in July, which would allow the government to order top AI firms to shut down or slow AI models it deems too dangerous and require companies to report incidents.”
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Mitch McConnell is seen for the first time in months via CNN's Annie Grayer
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Politico @politico.com · 14/09/2026
Hakeem Jeffries: Congress must act ‘immediately' to rein in AI
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Hakeem Jeffries: Congress must act ‘immediately' to rein in AI
The House Democratic leader said Republicans have ‘abandoned’ their responsibility on AI and called for the House to stay in session.
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Local Olympian art:
A meme flier taped to an Olympia, Washington pole: “Get ready for the country to go the way of his casinos”
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Tim Gruver @timgruver.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“The [Iran] war’s cost to the average American household’s pocketbook is about $1,650 as of last week, a combination of energy, interest rates and the costs of the war, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.” - Politico www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Trump says the Iran war is worth the price. The bill keeps growing.
The Iran war is costing the average U.S. household $1,650 — and it could get worse.
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