@amkv1.bsky.social
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
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Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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CBS news just gutted its climate team.
CBS News just gutted its climate team
Paramount and Bari Weiss aren't off to a great start. Here's why David Ellison should change course.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
CBS news just gutted its climate team.
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this all happening in tandem with deregulating and promoting the crypto universe is kind of, well, 😬
The @federalreserve.gov is expecting to cut about 30% of its workforce dedicated to bank supervision and regulation by the end of 2026.
This is in addition to its broader move to weaken the substantive regulations that apply to the banking industry.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This is in addition to its broader move to weaken the substantive regulations that apply to the banking industry.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fed’s Bowman Moves to Reduce Bank-Supervision Unit By About 30%
The Federal Reserve’s top bank cop announced plans to reorganize the agency’s supervision and regulation division and shrink the unit’s staff by roughly 30%.
www.bloomberg.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
this all happening in tandem with deregulating and promoting the crypto universe is kind of, well, 😬
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Breaking: Trump just banned states from being able to wipe medical debt from Americans’ credit reports.
The Biden-Harris administration had moved to wipe medical debt from credit reports. Now this new rule will keep $220 billion in medical bills on Americans’ records.
The Biden-Harris administration had moved to wipe medical debt from credit reports. Now this new rule will keep $220 billion in medical bills on Americans’ records.
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Breaking: Trump just banned states from being able to wipe medical debt from Americans’ credit reports.
The Biden-Harris administration had moved to wipe medical debt from credit reports. Now this new rule will keep $220 billion in medical bills on Americans’ records.
The Biden-Harris administration had moved to wipe medical debt from credit reports. Now this new rule will keep $220 billion in medical bills on Americans’ records.
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This is ugly. But the reason this lady was protesting is even worse. ICE thugs detained two children and their father on their way to school. One child appears to have been beaten in detention, and no one seems to know where the 12-year-old girl is right now. The family had been seeking asylum.
Shock Video Shows ICE Agent Assaulting Woman Who Asked If He’s A Good Christian
Hundreds protested Tuesday at an ICE facility in southwest Colorado after agents detained two children on their way to school.
www.huffpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is ugly. But the reason this lady was protesting is even worse. ICE thugs detained two children and their father on their way to school. One child appears to have been beaten in detention, and no one seems to know where the 12-year-old girl is right now. The family had been seeking asylum.
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Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
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Only a third of Americans even somewhat support drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Source: @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
Source: @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Only a third of Americans even somewhat support drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Source: @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
Source: @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
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This is a big deal.
NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.
Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch
NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.
techcrunch.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is a big deal.
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Said it before, will probably die saying it, we are never going to solve the climate disinfo problem if we don't fix media. As @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes here, the public by and large learns about climate change via the media, so if the media trades in false equivalence, it's damaging!
Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
October 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Said it before, will probably die saying it, we are never going to solve the climate disinfo problem if we don't fix media. As @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes here, the public by and large learns about climate change via the media, so if the media trades in false equivalence, it's damaging!
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That the administration made this go away should be the end of the administration.
"Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes – on camera – to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash. Pam Bondi knew. Kash Patel knew. Emil Bove knew. And they made the investigation go away. A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.”
Trump border czar Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents
Alleged handoff occurred before Trump won second presidency, after which administration killed federal corruption case
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
That the administration made this go away should be the end of the administration.
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Results of a study of tourism boom in Antarctica published in Nature Sustainability showed that near the most frequented areas, the concentration of certain heavy metals – nickel, copper, lead, zinc, or chromium – was at least 10 times higher than 40 years ago.
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
Antarctica's tourism boom accelerates melting of 'white continent'
While the number of tourists has skyrocketed over the past decade, the pristine continent, which is attracting growing interest among researchers, is gradually deteriorating.
www.lemonde.fr
September 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Results of a study of tourism boom in Antarctica published in Nature Sustainability showed that near the most frequented areas, the concentration of certain heavy metals – nickel, copper, lead, zinc, or chromium – was at least 10 times higher than 40 years ago.
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
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The Trump administration is canceling an annual government effort to gather data on how many Americans struggle to get enough food.
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
Exclusive | Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey
The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”
www.wsj.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The Trump administration is canceling an annual government effort to gather data on how many Americans struggle to get enough food.
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
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This appears to be the 3rd lethal US strike in the Caribbean.
Once again, the specific "terrorist" entity targeted is not identified.
No legal justification is offered for this premeditated killing.
President Trump is asserting a license to kill outside of the law. 1/n
Once again, the specific "terrorist" entity targeted is not identified.
No legal justification is offered for this premeditated killing.
President Trump is asserting a license to kill outside of the law. 1/n
September 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This appears to be the 3rd lethal US strike in the Caribbean.
Once again, the specific "terrorist" entity targeted is not identified.
No legal justification is offered for this premeditated killing.
President Trump is asserting a license to kill outside of the law. 1/n
Once again, the specific "terrorist" entity targeted is not identified.
No legal justification is offered for this premeditated killing.
President Trump is asserting a license to kill outside of the law. 1/n
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Pardon me, but while MAGA and Trump may want to use it that way, we don't need to let them.
I think it is absolutely the case that Trump aspires to be something like a fascist dictator, I said so last October.
But we are not powerless and they have not won yet.
I think it is absolutely the case that Trump aspires to be something like a fascist dictator, I said so last October.
But we are not powerless and they have not won yet.
It's pretty clear that they got their Reichstag Fire with the Kirk assassination. Democracy is dead.
We now have a fascist dictator.
We now have a fascist dictator.
September 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Pardon me, but while MAGA and Trump may want to use it that way, we don't need to let them.
I think it is absolutely the case that Trump aspires to be something like a fascist dictator, I said so last October.
But we are not powerless and they have not won yet.
I think it is absolutely the case that Trump aspires to be something like a fascist dictator, I said so last October.
But we are not powerless and they have not won yet.
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IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE: What I have not seen anyone discussing is that Nexstar pulling Kimmel, forcing ABC’s hand, comes as Nexstar is leading the way for the industry on trying to get FCC approval for media consolidation. www.poynter.org/business-wor...
Nexstar’s takeover of Tegna would require an overhaul of FCC ownership rules - Poynter
The proposed sale would exceed the FCC’s 39% cap, igniting debate among broadcasters, unions and press groups
www.poynter.org
September 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE: What I have not seen anyone discussing is that Nexstar pulling Kimmel, forcing ABC’s hand, comes as Nexstar is leading the way for the industry on trying to get FCC approval for media consolidation. www.poynter.org/business-wor...
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Three quarters of the news stories studied were shared without clicking and reading the article - something I’m guilty of myself all too often. But it’s not good practice!
“virality of political content on social media (including misinfo) is driven by superficial processing of headlines and blurbs”
“virality of political content on social media (including misinfo) is driven by superficial processing of headlines and blurbs”
Sharing without clicking on news in social media - Nature Human Behaviour
Over 75% of links to news shared on Facebook during the election seasons of 2017–2020 were forwarded without the sharer first clicking on them. Extreme and user-aligned political content was shared mo...
www.nature.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Three quarters of the news stories studied were shared without clicking and reading the article - something I’m guilty of myself all too often. But it’s not good practice!
“virality of political content on social media (including misinfo) is driven by superficial processing of headlines and blurbs”
“virality of political content on social media (including misinfo) is driven by superficial processing of headlines and blurbs”
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CDC committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of hepatitis B shots at birth or delaying them. The vaccine is credited by public health experts with nearly eliminating maternal transmission of the disease in the U.S.
RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee Likely to Target Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns
Committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of the shots at birth or delaying them until later in childhood.
nyti.ms
September 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
CDC committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of hepatitis B shots at birth or delaying them. The vaccine is credited by public health experts with nearly eliminating maternal transmission of the disease in the U.S.
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"It helps that we can make the business case too. It's the right thing to do AND it's the financially smart thing to do. It's not right or left, it's smart or dumb. Evidence based or misinformation based. Proven track record of success or expensive failure. That's the real choice." #CityBuilding
This month's guest is one of the world's TOP urbanists, Canadian @brenttoderian.bsky.social! We talk suburbs, #sprawl, #BikeLanes, why smart #CityBuilding is the common sense climate solution & the awesome responsibility of the city councils we elect. #yyc #yyccc www.podcastics.com/episode/3796...
Brent Toderian & the Common Sense of Climate Smart Cities
Why urban design is a force multiplier in the fight against climate change
www.podcastics.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"It helps that we can make the business case too. It's the right thing to do AND it's the financially smart thing to do. It's not right or left, it's smart or dumb. Evidence based or misinformation based. Proven track record of success or expensive failure. That's the real choice." #CityBuilding
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“Technology firms behind artificial intelligence–based note-taking software — marketed to therapists as a time-saving administrative tool — have quietly included provisions in their terms and conditions that allow patients’ therapy records to be sold and manipulated to train other AI applications.”
Your Therapists’ Notes Could Become Fodder For AI
Tech companies are marketing AI-based note-taking software to therapists as a new time-saving tool. But by signing up, providers may be unknowingly offering patients’ sensitive health information as d...
jacobin.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“Technology firms behind artificial intelligence–based note-taking software — marketed to therapists as a time-saving administrative tool — have quietly included provisions in their terms and conditions that allow patients’ therapy records to be sold and manipulated to train other AI applications.”
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I've been very impressed with Climate Changemakers (@theclimatevote.bsky.social) as an organization. They organize hours of action that help build community *and* make actual change through under-utilized mechanisms. Now their organization is getting super-charged, so seems like a good time to join!
THIS IS BIG! Change happens when people come together to push leaders + demand better. That’s why Climate Reality + Climate Changemakers are uniting to build a stronger movement for climate action. Learn more: www.climaterealityproject.org/climate-chan...
September 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I've been very impressed with Climate Changemakers (@theclimatevote.bsky.social) as an organization. They organize hours of action that help build community *and* make actual change through under-utilized mechanisms. Now their organization is getting super-charged, so seems like a good time to join!
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There are so many unforgivable actions of capitulation being taken by the institutions most well-positioned to stand up to Trump’s authoritarianism if they wished to do so.
A must-read from @samtlevin.bsky.social:
A must-read from @samtlevin.bsky.social:
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
There are so many unforgivable actions of capitulation being taken by the institutions most well-positioned to stand up to Trump’s authoritarianism if they wished to do so.
A must-read from @samtlevin.bsky.social:
A must-read from @samtlevin.bsky.social:
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Seems relevant... www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show
A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Seems relevant... www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...