Christine Milbank
@ccmilbank.bsky.social
UT by way of CT, NY, PA and MA
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
‘You boy! How do I unsubscribe from all these Black Friday emails?’
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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Federal government and Utah leaders are having a meeting this week to discuss co-management of national parks in Utah, setting a dangerous precedent for national parks across the nation.
Read more: www.thetravel.com/us-governmen...
Read more: www.thetravel.com/us-governmen...
U.S. Government Eyes Utah National Parks For “Dangerous” Plan That Could Spread To Parks Across The Country
The alleged meeting fears the public and environmentalists it might involve the Mighty Five.
www.thetravel.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Federal government and Utah leaders are having a meeting this week to discuss co-management of national parks in Utah, setting a dangerous precedent for national parks across the nation.
Read more: www.thetravel.com/us-governmen...
Read more: www.thetravel.com/us-governmen...
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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It’s Wednesday, which means CDC measles outbreak page is updated (for now; each week I’m more and more surprised it hasn’t been axed).
Not good. We’re going to have 12 months of ongoing transmission, and thus lose measles elimination status for the first time since 2000 🤦🏻♂️😢.
Disinformation kills.
Not good. We’re going to have 12 months of ongoing transmission, and thus lose measles elimination status for the first time since 2000 🤦🏻♂️😢.
Disinformation kills.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It’s Wednesday, which means CDC measles outbreak page is updated (for now; each week I’m more and more surprised it hasn’t been axed).
Not good. We’re going to have 12 months of ongoing transmission, and thus lose measles elimination status for the first time since 2000 🤦🏻♂️😢.
Disinformation kills.
Not good. We’re going to have 12 months of ongoing transmission, and thus lose measles elimination status for the first time since 2000 🤦🏻♂️😢.
Disinformation kills.
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also some people are being weird on this post, so i'm just going to say bluntly:
i'm a survivor. obviously, we need to expose the predators & oust this shit from our society. obviously.
there is *ALSO* a lot of *EQUALLY IMPORTANT* work we need to do to support survivors back to health & stability.
i'm a survivor. obviously, we need to expose the predators & oust this shit from our society. obviously.
there is *ALSO* a lot of *EQUALLY IMPORTANT* work we need to do to support survivors back to health & stability.
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
also some people are being weird on this post, so i'm just going to say bluntly:
i'm a survivor. obviously, we need to expose the predators & oust this shit from our society. obviously.
there is *ALSO* a lot of *EQUALLY IMPORTANT* work we need to do to support survivors back to health & stability.
i'm a survivor. obviously, we need to expose the predators & oust this shit from our society. obviously.
there is *ALSO* a lot of *EQUALLY IMPORTANT* work we need to do to support survivors back to health & stability.
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if i led a newsroom, i'd be focusing less on "here is every disgusting epstein email," & more on "here are survivor perspectives," "here's how this was enabled," "here's how to oust pedophiles in your community," "this is how grooming impacts someone for years after," "here are free resources," etc.
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
if i led a newsroom, i'd be focusing less on "here is every disgusting epstein email," & more on "here are survivor perspectives," "here's how this was enabled," "here's how to oust pedophiles in your community," "this is how grooming impacts someone for years after," "here are free resources," etc.
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Let me tell you what the upshot is from the now-dropped Georgia January 6 case:
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Let me tell you what the upshot is from the now-dropped Georgia January 6 case:
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
A rich white man can with impunity plot to overthrow our government with 18 co-defendants—in a plot with a death toll—if a Black woman involved in the investigation had inadvisable sex.
*That* is how racist America is.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Some of the greatest hits by the Utah GOP, all in one article:
1. Baseless fearmongering about Utah turning into California
2. A disdain for voters being able to choose for themselves.
Classic
1. Baseless fearmongering about Utah turning into California
2. A disdain for voters being able to choose for themselves.
Classic
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Some of the greatest hits by the Utah GOP, all in one article:
1. Baseless fearmongering about Utah turning into California
2. A disdain for voters being able to choose for themselves.
Classic
1. Baseless fearmongering about Utah turning into California
2. A disdain for voters being able to choose for themselves.
Classic
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VICTORY: A federal judge ruled that ICE cannot make warrantless arrests of people in Colorado without probable cause as required by law.
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
VICTORY: A federal judge ruled that ICE cannot make warrantless arrests of people in Colorado without probable cause as required by law.
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The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report all products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report all products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Foreign tourists to pay $100 fee to visit US national parks
Foreign tourists to pay $100 fee to visit US national parks
Non-residents will soon have to pay a higher price to enter 11 of the United States' most popular parks.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Foreign tourists to pay $100 fee to visit US national parks
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Early next year The Salt Lake Tribune will take down its paywall, in part because of subscribers and donors who care about local journalism. Local independent news sources protect the public
Please share and check out @sltrib.com
Please share and check out @sltrib.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Early next year The Salt Lake Tribune will take down its paywall, in part because of subscribers and donors who care about local journalism. Local independent news sources protect the public
Please share and check out @sltrib.com
Please share and check out @sltrib.com
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Utah Republican lawmakers say they'll convene a special session to put a constitutional amendment on the 2026 ballot in an effort to ensure lawmakers have the ability to draw political boundaries.
‘Not a turf war’: GOP lawmakers say they’ll appeal Utah’s new congressional map to the Supreme Court
Utah Republican lawmakers say they'll convene a special session to put a constitutional amendment on the 2026 ballot in an effort to ensure lawmakers have the ability to draw political boundaries.
www.sltrib.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Utah Republican lawmakers say they'll convene a special session to put a constitutional amendment on the 2026 ballot in an effort to ensure lawmakers have the ability to draw political boundaries.
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After referring the case to the A.G.’s office, Lt. Gov. Henderson now says the anti-trans PAC funded by GOP House Speaker Rep. Schultz insists its records are accurate.
A top Utah politician quietly funded anti-trans ads, prompting complaints. A year later, nothing’s come of them.
After referring the case to the A.G.’s office, Lt. Gov. Henderson now says the anti-trans PAC funded by GOP House Speaker Rep. Schultz insists its records are accurate.
www.sltrib.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
After referring the case to the A.G.’s office, Lt. Gov. Henderson now says the anti-trans PAC funded by GOP House Speaker Rep. Schultz insists its records are accurate.
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Wasatch County has some of the lowest measles vaccination rates among Utah public school kids, state health data indicates.
After 5 measles cases were linked to this Utah school, officials have 2 messages for parents
The school sits in a county with some of the lowest measles vaccination rates among Utah public school kids, state health data indicates.
www.sltrib.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Wasatch County has some of the lowest measles vaccination rates among Utah public school kids, state health data indicates.
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BREAKING: Wade Christofferson, the brother of an apostle of the LDS Church, has been charged with federal crimes alleging he attempted to sexually exploit children in Utah and Ohio.
Brother of an LDS apostle charged with attempting to sexually exploit children in Utah and Ohio
Wade Christofferson allegedly searched online for the phrase, "In Ohio do clergy have to report child abuse confessions".
www.sltrib.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
BREAKING: Wade Christofferson, the brother of an apostle of the LDS Church, has been charged with federal crimes alleging he attempted to sexually exploit children in Utah and Ohio.
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I have been “helping” with Thanksgiving prep all evening by sitting in the kitchen and reading aloud from this blessèd thread.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I have been “helping” with Thanksgiving prep all evening by sitting in the kitchen and reading aloud from this blessèd thread.
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This field is on land that was given to the federal government in 1888 specifically to house veterans. Meanwhile, in 2025, Los Angeles is the homeless veteran capital of America.
UCLA hasn't paid rent for its baseball facilities on the West Los Angeles VA property, despite the rent already being massively under market. The lack of payment is the university’s latest in decades of alleged wrongdoings on the Veterans Affairs campus.
homeofthebrave.substack.com/p/ucla-didnt...
homeofthebrave.substack.com/p/ucla-didnt...
UCLA didn't pay its baseball stadium rent to the West LA VA for 14 months
The lack of payment is the university’s latest in decades of alleged wrongdoings on the Veterans Affairs campus, which involve radioactive waste dumping and underwhelming veterans programs.
homeofthebrave.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This field is on land that was given to the federal government in 1888 specifically to house veterans. Meanwhile, in 2025, Los Angeles is the homeless veteran capital of America.