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Julie Wash
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That’s my dog’s eye.
MLIS ‘90 SUNY Buffalo
BA UNC CH ‘83
Question. Take time.
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It is very hard to overstate the evil of the fossil fuel industry.

When people finally do figure it out, it may be too late to undo the damage.
U.N. climate talks fizzle out 10 years after Paris accord
Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate summit reached a deal that didn’t include a road map to curtail use of fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Keep calling out the GOP for their own party’s president creating an environment of political violence.
Trump is sick & unhinged.
Call your reps.
Senator Kelly is my senator and I support him 100%!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
What is wrong with Vance? Theil is sociopathic, Vance is a willing participant?
JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million.

Seven months later, President Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying tie.
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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CASSIDY: I know it's titillating, but I think we need to move beyond the titillation

TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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New 1100 Pennsylvania is out—and it’s loaded:

💰A Trump crypto partner’s SEC filing doesn’t match its own internal email.💰

Plus: LIV payouts, DJT stock, Maldives tokens & more.

Free—please read and share. Thanks!
Exclusive: Trump crypto partner may have violated SEC rules
News on the return of Donald Trump's for-profit presidency
www.1100pennsylvania.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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"The impact of (fine particulate air pollution) on global life expectancy is comparable to that of smoking, more than 3 times that of alcohol use and unsafe water, more than 5 times that of transport injuries like car crashes, and more than 7 times that of HIV/AIDS…”

Geez Louise 😬
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is the global equivalent of denying SNAP and health insurance subsidies. Go for the jugular, grab em by the pussy, yank the handshake—it’s Trump’s MO of destabilization so he has a perceived upper hand. You know what would work? A metaphorical slap to the face, defensive block, an equal and
The US diplomatic operation is a confused shambles this morning, and it's unclear who is running it. Senior officials from the US, Ukraine and Europe have arrived in Geneva for talks on a proposed peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, as Kyiv and
US, Ukrainian and European officials convene for peace talks
Meeting in Geneva follows rearguard diplomatic move to reshape US plan
www.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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RFK, Jr.’s political power comes from his last name and the exponential growth of conspiracism on social media. He has no credentials to speak of. He’s a Kennedy who catered to people willing to believe anything rooted in anti-establishment conspiracy theories.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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While crony capitalism has long been GOP canon, this is taking that kind of corruption to a new level. It's not just sweetheart contracts to friends and cronies. It is direct payment; literally cutting government treasury checks to themselves and their cronies. /2
cronies.direct
November 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
@elienyc.bsky.social

Thanks for your work via @thenation.com in my email.

The reference to the bamboo in the courtyard.

And all the rest of your brilliant commentary and helpful links. Thank you.

Happy Thanksgiving.
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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We need a full economic, information and cultural boycott of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Russia

These countries refused to even allow mention of fossil fuels in the world’s road map to mitigate climate catastrophe

They are killing us all, themselves included
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Compromises, voluntary measures and no mention of fossil fuels: key points from Cop30 deal
A deal is welcome after talks nearly collapsed but the final agreement contains small steps rather than leaps
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Lee Zeldin is complicit in killing us for money, nyet?
The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists.

Here’s what to look out for:
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 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Faculty at a Big 10 school with a prominent athletic program here: my retirement (that I signed a contract for) was cut 10% this year. I also have to clean my office with a broken, donated vacuum. But this is nice too, I guess.
"Given that the Big Ten is about to create 'a for-profit company using what are essentially public dollars,' [a Penn State trustee] argued, boards need to know more in order to be able to advise their institutions accordingly."

www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
Secretive Big Ten Deal Riles Trustees
The Big Ten is weighing a $2.4 billion private equity deal. But multiple trustees at member institutions say they aren’t getting enough information and the proposal has been rushed.
www.insidehighered.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Daniel Hannan: "No, this is not cost-cutting or isolationism. This is picking a side – Putin’s side. Any pretence at even-handedness has gone. The tragic truth is that, kompromat or no kompromat, Trump is behaving precisely as he would if he were a Russian asset." www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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NEW: After ProPublica reported that the White House intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate, two senators say the behavior “raises grave questions regarding the independence and impartiality of federal law enforcement operations.

By Avi Asher-Schapiro and @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
In letters to the White House and DHS, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Gary Peters called the intervention a “brazen interference with a federal investigation.”
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Who remembers those early Palantir trades
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Is it torn? I'm more than skeptical. The Federalist Society has always been understood in law schools as a secret express elevator to positions of power in GOP govts. And once you're there, the official attitude of support for limitations of power flips as you embrace unlimited presidential rule.
The Federalist Society Is Torn Between Its Legal Philosophy and Trump’s Demands
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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An extraordinary, beautiful, and heartbreaking piece by writer & environmentalist Tatiana Schlossberg (Caroline Kennedy’s daughter).

My prayers go out to her and her family.

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Criminals increasingly concerned about being held accountable for crimes

www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Still thinking about Tatiana Schlossberg's essay hours after reading it. Just absolutely gut-wrenching and one of the most significant attacks against RFK Jr & his policies that I can imagine.

Good overview here if you are paywalled at @newyorker.com. www.townandcountrymag.com/society/trad...
Tatiana Schlossberg, the Granddaughter of JFK and Jackie Kennedy, Shares News of Terminal Cancer Diagnosis in Moving Essay
“Now I have added a new tragedy to her life, to our family’s life, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it,” writes Schlossberg, who is the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, on the anniversary of Presiden...
www.townandcountrymag.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This may be accurate, but it is also such a generous callout and link to Ackerman’s account and work. Thank you @daralind.bsky.social for making my life more full through your generous spirit and dedication to truth.
A revelation from some grant applications in 2006; a few key breaks from prominent writers (starting with @attackerman.bsky.social who will never get the credit he deserves for launching my and @jamellebouie.net ‘s careers in the same weekend); [structural factors forcing me out of journalism]
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM