@joellynr.bsky.social
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It wasn't Houston, Detroit, or Pittsburgh PA: @ryangodfrey.com talked to David Byrne at Philly's #NoKings rally, and @inquirer.com interviewed him about it.
There were no kings, but there was music royalty at the Philly protest this weekend
Former Talking Heads singer David Byrne, amid three shows at the Met Philadelphia, told a fan at the "No Kings" march that “he wanted to be here for this.”
www.inquirer.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It wasn't Houston, Detroit, or Pittsburgh PA: @ryangodfrey.com talked to David Byrne at Philly's #NoKings rally, and @inquirer.com interviewed him about it.
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“The power to draw fair maps is so important that people will try to find ways to get out of doing it,” @mcpli.bsky.social of the Brennan Center told Democracy Docket.
And Utah Republicans are doing just that in their brazen efforts to avoid compliance with a voter-approved anti-gerrymandering law.
And Utah Republicans are doing just that in their brazen efforts to avoid compliance with a voter-approved anti-gerrymandering law.
This is the Most Brazen GOP Gerrymander Yet
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“The power to draw fair maps is so important that people will try to find ways to get out of doing it,” @mcpli.bsky.social of the Brennan Center told Democracy Docket.
And Utah Republicans are doing just that in their brazen efforts to avoid compliance with a voter-approved anti-gerrymandering law.
And Utah Republicans are doing just that in their brazen efforts to avoid compliance with a voter-approved anti-gerrymandering law.
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Trump administration using its power to chill speech it doesn’t like
September 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trump administration using its power to chill speech it doesn’t like
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Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
June 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
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I'm so glad Mark wrote this
In January, the Washington Post declared that Pam Bondi should be confirmed as attorney general. She was – and has become Trump’s fascist enforcer.
Time for WaPo to admit its poor judgment, apologize for the endorsement and call for Bondi’s resignation.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
Time for WaPo to admit its poor judgment, apologize for the endorsement and call for Bondi’s resignation.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
WaPo should apologize for endorsing Pam Bondi
There were plenty of red flags before she became Trump’s fascist enforcer.
www.stopthepresses.news
April 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I'm so glad Mark wrote this
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Waiting around for future elections is a bad strategy when an authoritarian is trying to consolidate power and destroy core government functions.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
April 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Waiting around for future elections is a bad strategy when an authoritarian is trying to consolidate power and destroy core government functions.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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I am leaning into the idea that The Atlantic is to this moment what WaPo was to Watergate.
This could all be called "Trumpgate" since it is bottomless.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
This could all be called "Trumpgate" since it is bottomless.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Phase Two Will Be Worse Than DOGE
First came the chaos. Next comes the retribution.
www.theatlantic.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I am leaning into the idea that The Atlantic is to this moment what WaPo was to Watergate.
This could all be called "Trumpgate" since it is bottomless.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
This could all be called "Trumpgate" since it is bottomless.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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This is beyond absurd
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This is beyond absurd
Nothing in The NY Times or Washington Post or The Guardian about all the insider trading fortunes made before Trump caved in extreme tariffs: what gives? Why is this not headline news?
April 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Nothing in The NY Times or Washington Post or The Guardian about all the insider trading fortunes made before Trump caved in extreme tariffs: what gives? Why is this not headline news?
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This week word leaked that #HHS was hiring David Geier, a long-time vaccines critic who was disciplined for practicing medicine without a license to do a new study on vaccines & autism. Sen. Cassidy met RFK Jr. for breakfast today. Geier's hiring didn't come up. www.statnews.com/2025/03/27/r...
Cassidy says RFK Jr. briefed him on HHS job cuts, but reported study on vaccines, autism didn’t come up
Sen. Bill Cassidy says that health secretary RFK Jr. briefed him on his plans for HHS job cuts but that a reported study on any link between vaccines and autism didn’t come up.
www.statnews.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This week word leaked that #HHS was hiring David Geier, a long-time vaccines critic who was disciplined for practicing medicine without a license to do a new study on vaccines & autism. Sen. Cassidy met RFK Jr. for breakfast today. Geier's hiring didn't come up. www.statnews.com/2025/03/27/r...
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these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
March 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
Schumer’s caving; will vote for the CR bill & convinced other Dems to do so as well. No wonder people hate the Democrats—they won’t fight for us & they give up their negotiating power.
March 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Schumer’s caving; will vote for the CR bill & convinced other Dems to do so as well. No wonder people hate the Democrats—they won’t fight for us & they give up their negotiating power.
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"President Donald Trump honored a child cancer survivor during his joint address to Congress. Medical school faculty who helped treat him are facing potentially devastating federal funding cuts..."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Trump honored a cancer survivor. The boy's doctors now face his budget cuts.
President Donald Trump honored a child cancer survivor during his joint address to Congress amid proposing vast cuts to medical research.
www.usatoday.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"President Donald Trump honored a child cancer survivor during his joint address to Congress. Medical school faculty who helped treat him are facing potentially devastating federal funding cuts..."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
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Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power. (2/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power. (2/2)
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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
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"Do you expect me to talk?"
"No, Mr. Zelensky, I expect you to die"
"No, Mr. Zelensky, I expect you to die"
Musk took over the US government with graft and is using it—in combination with his space launch firm—to exploit an allied country that’s suffering under Russian invasion for its mineral rights. The scheme is so imperiously evil I feel like audiences wouldn’t find it believable in a Bond villain.
“The United States has threatened to cut off Ukraine's access to Starlink satellite internet terminals if Kyiv does not reach a deal with the U.S. regarding critical mineral resources, Reuters reported on Feb. 21, citing three sources familiar with the negotiations.”
February 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Do you expect me to talk?"
"No, Mr. Zelensky, I expect you to die"
"No, Mr. Zelensky, I expect you to die"
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NEW: The Trump/Musk blitzkrieg aims to destroy government to advance oligarchy & autocracy—and to crush the Democrats & the progressive agenda. It's an existential crisis. Yet so many Dems are missing in action. In my OUR LAND newsletter, I ask, WTF? Pls share.
link.motherjones.com/public/38721...
link.motherjones.com/public/38721...
February 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
NEW: The Trump/Musk blitzkrieg aims to destroy government to advance oligarchy & autocracy—and to crush the Democrats & the progressive agenda. It's an existential crisis. Yet so many Dems are missing in action. In my OUR LAND newsletter, I ask, WTF? Pls share.
link.motherjones.com/public/38721...
link.motherjones.com/public/38721...
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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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This is what local news orgs should be doing now:
"In 2024, the Univ. of Alabama was in the top 1% of NIH-funded institutions.
The university, Alabama’s largest public employer, has received more than $1 billion in NIH funding.
NIH grants in Alabama supported 4,769 jobs"
www.al.com/news/2025/02...
"In 2024, the Univ. of Alabama was in the top 1% of NIH-funded institutions.
The university, Alabama’s largest public employer, has received more than $1 billion in NIH funding.
NIH grants in Alabama supported 4,769 jobs"
www.al.com/news/2025/02...
What would NIH funding cuts mean for Alabama? 5 things to know
NIH grants support medical institutions and research across the state.
www.al.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is what local news orgs should be doing now:
"In 2024, the Univ. of Alabama was in the top 1% of NIH-funded institutions.
The university, Alabama’s largest public employer, has received more than $1 billion in NIH funding.
NIH grants in Alabama supported 4,769 jobs"
www.al.com/news/2025/02...
"In 2024, the Univ. of Alabama was in the top 1% of NIH-funded institutions.
The university, Alabama’s largest public employer, has received more than $1 billion in NIH funding.
NIH grants in Alabama supported 4,769 jobs"
www.al.com/news/2025/02...
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@sulliview.bsky.social on why Dems should deny Trump and the GOP any votes for anything until Elon Musk's illegal mission is ended: "One thing is certain: if the public believes there is no determination to fight back, Trump’s destruction will continue unabated."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s how Democrats should fight back against Trump | Margaret Sullivan
Democrats in a new generation are punching back hard. And, in so doing, showing their colleagues how to overcome their reputation for dithering
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
@sulliview.bsky.social on why Dems should deny Trump and the GOP any votes for anything until Elon Musk's illegal mission is ended: "One thing is certain: if the public believes there is no determination to fight back, Trump’s destruction will continue unabated."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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RFK Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, stumbled multiple times during his first Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday when lawmakers pressed him about potential changes to Medicaid.
RFK Jr. stumbles on Medicaid at Senate confirmation hearing
Kennedy faced difficult questions about the program from a key Republican on the Finance Committee.
www.nbcnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
RFK Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, stumbled multiple times during his first Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday when lawmakers pressed him about potential changes to Medicaid.
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With the Trump Administration’s attempts to block the crucial work of U.S.A.I.D., the Trump Administration is demolishing the U.S.’s world-leading capacity and expertise—and threatening our national security, Atul Gawande writes.
nyer.cm/A9apOEe
nyer.cm/A9apOEe
January 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
With the Trump Administration’s attempts to block the crucial work of U.S.A.I.D., the Trump Administration is demolishing the U.S.’s world-leading capacity and expertise—and threatening our national security, Atul Gawande writes.
nyer.cm/A9apOEe
nyer.cm/A9apOEe
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SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU OFF THE LEDGE:
"If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture, there are still more public libraries than there are McDonald's. During the worst of the Depression, not one public library closed its doors."
~David McCullough
SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU OFF THE LEDGE:
"If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture, there are still more public libraries than there are McDonald's. During the worst of the Depression, not one public library closed its doors."
~David McCullough
November 20, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU OFF THE LEDGE:
"If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture, there are still more public libraries than there are McDonald's. During the worst of the Depression, not one public library closed its doors."
~David McCullough
SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU OFF THE LEDGE:
"If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture, there are still more public libraries than there are McDonald's. During the worst of the Depression, not one public library closed its doors."
~David McCullough