J. Briggs / Decoded Forests
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Rep Eric Swalwell (D-CA) asks Kash Patel if Patel told Attorney General Pam Bondi that Trump's name was in the Epstein files
This was what happened next =====>
This was what happened next =====>
September 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Rep Eric Swalwell (D-CA) asks Kash Patel if Patel told Attorney General Pam Bondi that Trump's name was in the Epstein files
This was what happened next =====>
This was what happened next =====>
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settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off
September 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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There is no reason to post or RT the video of Charlie Kirk being shot. None.
September 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
There is no reason to post or RT the video of Charlie Kirk being shot. None.
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Tool libraries at the local branch are such a great idea. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/r...
Need a Tool for a Home Project? Get Yourself a Library Card.
www.nytimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Tool libraries at the local branch are such a great idea. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/r...
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You’ve probably heard of the Doomsday Clock from movies, songs, or comic books.
But Daniel Holz of the @thebulletin.org assures us that it’s real—and so are the existential threats that recently moved the hands closer to midnight.
On this week's More To The Story:
But Daniel Holz of the @thebulletin.org assures us that it’s real—and so are the existential threats that recently moved the hands closer to midnight.
On this week's More To The Story:
Is AI Pushing Us Closer to Nuclear Disaster?
Podcast Episode · Reveal · 07/09/2025 · 31m
podcasts.apple.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
You’ve probably heard of the Doomsday Clock from movies, songs, or comic books.
But Daniel Holz of the @thebulletin.org assures us that it’s real—and so are the existential threats that recently moved the hands closer to midnight.
On this week's More To The Story:
But Daniel Holz of the @thebulletin.org assures us that it’s real—and so are the existential threats that recently moved the hands closer to midnight.
On this week's More To The Story:
@zenakeita.bsky.social any buzz on a next season for Unrivaled?
June 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
@zenakeita.bsky.social any buzz on a next season for Unrivaled?
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They arrested a leading NYC mayoral candidate in the home stretch of the campaign.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
They arrested a leading NYC mayoral candidate in the home stretch of the campaign.
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“We” are fighting a foreign war with zero consultation with or authorization from Congress, and no address to the nation other than Truth Social posts.
June 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“We” are fighting a foreign war with zero consultation with or authorization from Congress, and no address to the nation other than Truth Social posts.
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Is Kash Patel repeatedly using an FBI plane to visit his girlfriend in Nashville? And charging taxpayers for it? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
April 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Is Kash Patel repeatedly using an FBI plane to visit his girlfriend in Nashville? And charging taxpayers for it? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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do people not realize that the past four decades of US policing legislation PR and practice have made the allegation that someone is a “gang member” entirely subject to the whims of the state
April 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
do people not realize that the past four decades of US policing legislation PR and practice have made the allegation that someone is a “gang member” entirely subject to the whims of the state
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“In an authoritarian regime, the opposition needs symbols and stories. Kilmar Abrego Garcia is that symbol. His abduction in front of his autistic son and imprisonment in a foreign concentration camp is that story“
www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...
Bring. Him. Home.
Our cause is here; our time is now.
www.thebulwark.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“In an authoritarian regime, the opposition needs symbols and stories. Kilmar Abrego Garcia is that symbol. His abduction in front of his autistic son and imprisonment in a foreign concentration camp is that story“
www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...
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I’m proud to say Mother Jones is reinforcing its fact-checking operations!
As part of that, my colleagues are looking for smart and curious early-career journalists to join the newsroom for a yearlong crash course in fact-checking investigative journalism: www.motherjones.com/careers/fell...
As part of that, my colleagues are looking for smart and curious early-career journalists to join the newsroom for a yearlong crash course in fact-checking investigative journalism: www.motherjones.com/careers/fell...
The Ben Bagdikian Fellowship Program
www.motherjones.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I’m proud to say Mother Jones is reinforcing its fact-checking operations!
As part of that, my colleagues are looking for smart and curious early-career journalists to join the newsroom for a yearlong crash course in fact-checking investigative journalism: www.motherjones.com/careers/fell...
As part of that, my colleagues are looking for smart and curious early-career journalists to join the newsroom for a yearlong crash course in fact-checking investigative journalism: www.motherjones.com/careers/fell...
Guess they haven't gotten a hold of the golf budget yet.
NEW: DOGE is falling far short of its goals — and still drastically over-stating its success. Here’s why:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress
Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Guess they haven't gotten a hold of the golf budget yet.
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Exactly three Republicans vote for the House to reclaim control over tariffs, so the measures fails by one vote.
All but three House Republicans just voted for Trump's tariffs. The procedural measure, which preemptively surrenders congressional power to stop Trump's tariffs, passed with all Democrats voting no. This was the vote count:
April 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Exactly three Republicans vote for the House to reclaim control over tariffs, so the measures fails by one vote.
new episode with @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social one of the best to ever do it.
Conservatives have tried to defund NPR and PBS for decades. But as Trump attempts to reshape government, public media’s future seems more threatened than ever.
On this week's More To The Story, NPR’s @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social discusses the challenges journalists face around the country.
On this week's More To The Story, NPR’s @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social discusses the challenges journalists face around the country.
Trump’s “Pincer Attack” on Journalism Is Working. But There’s Hope.
Podcast Episode · Reveal · 04/09/2025 · 29m
podcasts.apple.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
new episode with @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social one of the best to ever do it.
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I happen to know that some powerful media orgs were unhappy that AP filed suit; they thought the conflict with the White House would blow over on its own and that AP risked making bad law. The AP's leadership deserves a lot of credit for having proceeded as it did. apnews.com/article/trum...
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
apnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I happen to know that some powerful media orgs were unhappy that AP filed suit; they thought the conflict with the White House would blow over on its own and that AP risked making bad law. The AP's leadership deserves a lot of credit for having proceeded as it did. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Rand Paul: "The whole [tariffs] debate is so fundamentally backwards & upside down. It's based on a fallacy & the fallacy is this: that somehow in a trade, someone must lose. That somehow when you trade with someone, someone is taking advantage of you... I have a trade deficit with my grocery store"
April 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Rand Paul: "The whole [tariffs] debate is so fundamentally backwards & upside down. It's based on a fallacy & the fallacy is this: that somehow in a trade, someone must lose. That somehow when you trade with someone, someone is taking advantage of you... I have a trade deficit with my grocery store"
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Their training classes hadn't prepared them for this, they told me. One flight attendant said: “They never taught us anything regarding the immigration flights... They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.” 5/
April 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Their training classes hadn't prepared them for this, they told me. One flight attendant said: “They never taught us anything regarding the immigration flights... They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.” 5/
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THREAD: Last year, ProPublica started receiving tips from an unusual kind of source: flight attendants. They said they'd worked on deportation flights for ICE, and they could tell us what it was really like on board. 1/
April 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
THREAD: Last year, ProPublica started receiving tips from an unusual kind of source: flight attendants. They said they'd worked on deportation flights for ICE, and they could tell us what it was really like on board. 1/
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CNN becomes the first US media outlet to report on Putin's Murmansk speech in which he essentially said "I get Ukraine, Poland and the Baltics, Trump gets Greenland, Panama and Canada." Other US media ignores it.
March 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
CNN becomes the first US media outlet to report on Putin's Murmansk speech in which he essentially said "I get Ukraine, Poland and the Baltics, Trump gets Greenland, Panama and Canada." Other US media ignores it.
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Jessica: When I hear Republicans out there talking about their plan for education in America, I don't hear them talking about making sure disabled kids have access to a public education.
Greg: Because we're against it.
Greg: Because we're against it.
March 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Jessica: When I hear Republicans out there talking about their plan for education in America, I don't hear them talking about making sure disabled kids have access to a public education.
Greg: Because we're against it.
Greg: Because we're against it.
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The headline really sanitizes what they did to this guy. Getting stripped naked, inadequate food, sleep deprivation sounds more like war on terror ear rendition than "interrogation."
March 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The headline really sanitizes what they did to this guy. Getting stripped naked, inadequate food, sleep deprivation sounds more like war on terror ear rendition than "interrogation."
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Holy shit. This is *the* gold-standard measurement of atmospheric CO2 -- the one in all the charts.
The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.
Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution
The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Holy shit. This is *the* gold-standard measurement of atmospheric CO2 -- the one in all the charts.