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Will Bunch

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National opinion columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer; author of After the Ivory Tower Falls; free weekly newsletter at inquirer.com/bunch

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 37s
Listening to The Beatles' "Revolution No. 9" when my dad brought home The White Album
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Do yourself a favor. Read these 7 pages by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social right now. It is the most concise explanation of the current situation in U.S. politics I've seen and it captures why calls to reduce "polarization" can ultimately worsen the problem 🧵 www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/pol...
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Polarization Is Not the Problem | Journal of Democracy
Americans have never been angrier with one another. But polarization is not the disease—it is the response to a revanchist movement seeking to roll back sixty years of social progress.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 26m
Like most people, I am watching the Haiti-Costa Rica soccer match (Seriously, after the last week do you think I'd watch the Braves or the Dodgers and anything remotely to do with pro football. Plus, Danley Jean Jacques! )
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 31m
Yes, I was there, and it was quite a year (for those 2 teams, not so much for the others)
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 38m
Greetings from Asbury Park
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 43m
Here's an excerpt -- read the whole thing and tell me what you think!
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 7h
The facts are shocking enough, but the bigger reason that the Cornell gang-rape case has broken through is that everyday Americans are sick of the rich and powerful and their sons getting away with it And everyone knows this fish stinks from the head My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...
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For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will Bunch
A nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college.
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Sabrina Vourvoulias @followthelede.bsky.social · 1h
“From an environmental justice perspective, there’s a lot going on that isn’t about data centers.” www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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We’ve mobilized against data centers. Why can’t we be as effective in combating climate change? | Opinion
There are some ways in which fear and loathing about data centers intersect with environmental concerns. But climate change is becoming impossible to ignore with fires, floods, and unprecedented heat.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1h
These Brewers are unstoppable
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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · 2h
I’m not sure I believe anymore that things will truly change for better on gender or racial equality (and reducing gender/racial bias) or to reduce sexual violence. Hard to believe that given state of society. This is almost a 180-degree shift for me in past 5 years. Gift 🔗 share.inquirer.com/FLqV3S
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For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will Bunch
A nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2h
Yeah, but he just did that against Tennessee -- of course he had Smith and Barkley
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 3h
"The withdrawal was highly unusual: Such moves are rarely made so quickly from an allied air base in a peacetime country thousands of miles from a combat zone." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 3h
Today’s absolute must read from @willbunch.bsky.social.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3h
Trump when Iran threatens our air base
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Donald Trump with Bald Eagle
ALT: Donald Trump with Bald Eagle
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nfariousactivities.bsky.social @nfariousactivities.bsky.social · 4h
🎁🎁🎁🎁GIFT LINK🎁🎁🎁🎁 www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3h
So it seems
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3h
Same
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ThinkingFella @thinkingfella.bsky.social · 4h
Gift link 🎁 share.inquirer.com/XdnNzk?utm_s...
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For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will Bunch
A nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4h
What a week for Philadelphia when the Flyers losing their opening game 7-0 doesn't even make the list of the worst things that happened
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4h
A team that goes 0-12 on 3rd downs doesn't deserve to win Or go to the playoffs Or exist
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4h
The Eagles need to just let them score now and get the ball back Either way, they are losing
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4h
No, see the comments, the ads are also on Bears-Jets
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John Lowe @archaeocore.bsky.social · 4h
I feel like after today people in Philly will no longer be so surprised and confused when I tell them we left Austin to move here.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4h
Yeah, we've had at least one of those as well
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4h
What is the deal with these pro-Paxton/anti-Talarico Texas ads during an Eagles-Rams telecast? My God, these billionaires have money to burn, and they're desperate
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nickforbrains 🏳️‍🌈 @nickforbrains.bsky.social · 5h
Trump is what happens when you don’t punish people appropriately.
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 6h
Imagine if we HADN'T elected a rapist. TWICE!!!
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 6h
This keeps happening
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 7h
The facts are shocking enough, but the bigger reason that the Cornell gang-rape case has broken through is that everyday Americans are sick of the rich and powerful and their sons getting away with it And everyone knows this fish stinks from the head My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...
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For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will Bunch
A nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 8h
6,800 words long!!! And I thought I write long columns...wow
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE's shameless stupid cruelty continues unabated. Here's a truly wrenching account from our wonderful local Vermont newspaper, which I imagine could be multiplied a thousandfold every day across America. Many thanks to Liza Cochran, its author bravelittlevoices.substack.com/p/terror-in-...
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Terror in the Backyard:
ICE’s Shadow Surge in Vermont
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Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
DHS is simply buying local cops’ support with our tax dollars. Like I’ve been saying, they own a lot of these cops. www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...
Even if Boring's deputies don't take any others into custody, his department is eligible for a payment equal to more than a quarter of its annual budget. Those are the terms of a Department of Homeland Security task force program that enlists local police as paid partners in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Jurisdictions similar to Doddridge County-sparsely populated with few immigrants-make up the majority of new recruits to the
DHS task force program, which has become a cash cow for state and local law enforcement agencies nationwide. After turning over a single deportable immigrant, departments qualify to receive $60,000 a year for each deputized officer, regardless of additional arrests.The Venice Police Department in Venice, Fla., tallied one federal immigration detention in September 2025 and has since requested a total of $895,000. The department can continue collecting funds every quarter as long as it remains on the task force.
The program is most profitable for large departments. The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office in Florida signed up more than 970 deputies, making it eligible for roughly $14.5 million in DHS funds from April to June, state records show. That pencils out to more than $2 million for each of its seven immigration arrests in that quarter.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 12h
Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 13h
Unforgivable
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My thoughts on the permitting reform bill being discussed everywhere. TL;DR: "this deal provides clear evidence that the US system is not designed to represent the people’s interests and not prepared to protect us from the dangers of our warming world." danarfisher.com/2026/10/03/w...
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 23h
The popular 386-mg high dose aspirin you find at the CVS
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 23h
I know, right?!
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 23h
lol
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 23h
That may have been the dumbest play I've ever seen
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Older Cuban men who had lived in the U.S. for decades have been deported to Mexico, where they have struggled to get by. Some Cubans have been deported to Africa.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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How Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House Race (Gift Article)
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Kraft Effect is working
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The New York Times has a choice of whether to cover Trumpism as A) an amusing and colorful example of the oddity of American politics, or B) an existential threat to the future of everyone you know and love. Over and over, they choose A. They trivialize themselves.
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St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Did Jed York get special treatment in Ohio following his prostitution sting arrest? www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...
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Did Jed York get special treatment in Ohio following his prostitution sting arrest?
Among 100 similar misdemeanor prostitution defendants sentenced in 2026, San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York was one of two to have charge reduced to disorderly conduct.
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Stephen Stirling @sstirling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Proud to be at a news organization where reporters help set the rules for how AI is used. 🤖 No AI generated imagery/videos 🤖 No AI mimicking employees 🤖 Right to remove byline from any AI-content 🤖 A guild-staffed advisory committee www.inquirer.com/business/phi...
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Philadelphia Inquirer employees secure new union contract with raises and AI protections
Under the new three-year contract, members will see healthcare costs increase for the first time in 20 years, the union said.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Reason #1,741 to root against the Dodgers this October
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
robert kraft screaming, crying, throwing up
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Heck of a picture.
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A picture of Trump's likeness on the Heritage Foundation building (located next to a gas station) in DC in May.
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty)
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Journalists (and also non-journalists), please read this important statement and consider signing it Democracy is on the line
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE arrests of people with no convictions or pending charges more than doubled. Arrests of people with charges or convictions rose under 20%. DHS says it targets the worst of the worst. The data prove the opposite is true.
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ICE’s Summer Enforcement Surge Driven by People with No Criminal History
The latest data from Deportation Data Project shows that ICE has never arrested so many people — and never so many people without any criminal history.
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