Lia Russell
@liaoffleash.bsky.social
Gavin Newsom reporter @sacbee.com ✍️ From SF via Baltimore, Maine, NY, DC. “Shockingly good at ferreting out detailed personal info.” 🏳️⚧️ they/them
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BOOK COVER REVEAL DAY 🦪 🍸 🥂 www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-eating-...
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
BOOK COVER REVEAL DAY 🦪 🍸 🥂 www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-eating-...
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
Gavin Newsom said Dems "rolled over" in the Senate shutdown deal, squandering their Election Day wins. <24 hours ago, he was in Texas crowing about the party's "resurgence": www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
Newsom: Senate Democrats risk squandering Election Day momentum in shutdown deal
Democrats “rolled over” in Senate shutdown deal, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday.
www.sacbee.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Gavin Newsom said Dems "rolled over" in the Senate shutdown deal, squandering their Election Day wins. <24 hours ago, he was in Texas crowing about the party's "resurgence": www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
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Maybe it's time to reconsider a monastic lifestyle
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Maybe it's time to reconsider a monastic lifestyle
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me when i’m trying to talk plato out of it
DO NOT CAVE!
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
me when i’m trying to talk plato out of it
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
prospect.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.
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Wow this is a really cool little app
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Wow this is a really cool little app
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I need a Curtis Sliwa Grub Street Diary and I suspect I'm not alone @nymag.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I need a Curtis Sliwa Grub Street Diary and I suspect I'm not alone @nymag.com
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Shitty salaries killed journalism, too. When the people who can most afford to be journalists in expensive cities are the children of the wealthy, you get people who might let people in their lofty social circle escape scrutiny.
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Shitty salaries killed journalism, too. When the people who can most afford to be journalists in expensive cities are the children of the wealthy, you get people who might let people in their lofty social circle escape scrutiny.
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#OtD 7 Nov 1913 in Algeria, Nobel-prize-winning author Albert Camus was born. He joined a French resistance cell during WWII and later edited their newspaper. But while opposed to French brutality in Algeria he didn't support an end to colonialism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1073...
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#OtD 7 Nov 1913 in Algeria, Nobel-prize-winning author Albert Camus was born. He joined a French resistance cell during WWII and later edited their newspaper. But while opposed to French brutality in Algeria he didn't support an end to colonialism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1073...
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making Jacob the stereotypical Bluesky user is the rudest and truest attack anyone has ever made on us
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
making Jacob the stereotypical Bluesky user is the rudest and truest attack anyone has ever made on us
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The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
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noirvember kickoff with @liaoffleash.bsky.social. ready for barbara stanwyck to top me.
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
noirvember kickoff with @liaoffleash.bsky.social. ready for barbara stanwyck to top me.
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Exclusive BDN Opinion from U.S. Rep. Jared Golden: "What I could accomplish in this increasingly unproductive Congress pales in comparison to what I could do in that time as a husband, a father and a son."
Jared Golden: I won’t seek reelection. Here’s why.
"What I could accomplish in this increasingly unproductive Congress pales in comparison to what I could do in that time as a husband, a father and a son."
www.bangordailynews.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Exclusive BDN Opinion from U.S. Rep. Jared Golden: "What I could accomplish in this increasingly unproductive Congress pales in comparison to what I could do in that time as a husband, a father and a son."
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I believe this is the first time I have seen "Good luck, losers" in a subhed in The Sacramento Bee
GOP challenges Prop. 50 in court, hours after Democrats’ decisive victory www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
GOP challenges Prop. 50 in court, hours after Democrats’ decisive victory
“Good luck, losers,” Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said online in response to the state GOP lawsuit.
www.sacbee.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I believe this is the first time I have seen "Good luck, losers" in a subhed in The Sacramento Bee
12 hours after CA voters overwhelmingly passed #Prop50, the state GOP is suing to overturn it, arguing it favors Latino voters over others. Dhillon Law Group partner Mike Colombo points to Latinos making up 40% of the state population and therefore, there was “no voting rights prob to solve” before
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
12 hours after CA voters overwhelmingly passed #Prop50, the state GOP is suing to overturn it, arguing it favors Latino voters over others. Dhillon Law Group partner Mike Colombo points to Latinos making up 40% of the state population and therefore, there was “no voting rights prob to solve” before
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first day in Mamdani's new york. I have already been forced to change my gender
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
first day in Mamdani's new york. I have already been forced to change my gender
Gavin Newsom is now speaking at CA DEMs HQ speaking about #Prop50 and D wins in VA/NJ/NYC: “the Dem Party is in its ascendancy, a party that's on its toes, no longer on its heels, from coast to coast, sea to shining sea.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Gavin Newsom is now speaking at CA DEMs HQ speaking about #Prop50 and D wins in VA/NJ/NYC: “the Dem Party is in its ascendancy, a party that's on its toes, no longer on its heels, from coast to coast, sea to shining sea.”
AP just called it: Prop. 50 passes in California
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
AP just called it: Prop. 50 passes in California
NYC voters have vanquished Italian-American First Born Son Syndrome
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
NYC voters have vanquished Italian-American First Born Son Syndrome
Tfw you're a west coast political reporter, watching these east coast race results come in
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Tfw you're a west coast political reporter, watching these east coast race results come in
The Hamburglar has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
November 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The Hamburglar has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.