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I love reporters who stick with throughlines through years of evolution, building trust with sources and intimate knowledge with all the nuances of the story. @kimkelly.bsky.social's work with coal miners is exemplary.
The Trump Administration Ramps Up Its War On Coal Miners
A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and address Appalachia’s ongoing black lung crisis—has been under continued assault. Now, it looks like it's off the table.
inthesetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I love reporters who stick with throughlines through years of evolution, building trust with sources and intimate knowledge with all the nuances of the story. @kimkelly.bsky.social's work with coal miners is exemplary.
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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#ResistanceRoots
Staughton Lynd was born on this day in 1929 in Philadelphia. A prominent activist, historian and lawyer known for his lifelong commitment to social justice causes, he was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, and labor and prison reform. /1
Staughton Lynd was born on this day in 1929 in Philadelphia. A prominent activist, historian and lawyer known for his lifelong commitment to social justice causes, he was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, and labor and prison reform. /1
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#ResistanceRoots
Staughton Lynd was born on this day in 1929 in Philadelphia. A prominent activist, historian and lawyer known for his lifelong commitment to social justice causes, he was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, and labor and prison reform. /1
Staughton Lynd was born on this day in 1929 in Philadelphia. A prominent activist, historian and lawyer known for his lifelong commitment to social justice causes, he was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, and labor and prison reform. /1
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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They aren't afraid of Mamdani, they are worried about what he would unleash among VOTERS. That those voters would say: "actually, we're not buying this centrist bullshit you've been shoveling for decades, we want something else." That's what's being litigated in these Dem elites are worried essays.
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
They aren't afraid of Mamdani, they are worried about what he would unleash among VOTERS. That those voters would say: "actually, we're not buying this centrist bullshit you've been shoveling for decades, we want something else." That's what's being litigated in these Dem elites are worried essays.
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Absolutely. They’re trying to pass a law right now so student ID’s can’t be used to vote
Indiana flipped blue for Obama and I remember how wild it was. There’s a ton of voter suppression going on there too.
October 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Absolutely. They’re trying to pass a law right now so student ID’s can’t be used to vote
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To be clear - what Trump is doing is already illegal! But this is about adding some obstacles intended to make it harder to keep doing the illegal thing
October 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
To be clear - what Trump is doing is already illegal! But this is about adding some obstacles intended to make it harder to keep doing the illegal thing
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You can arrest us or pepper spray us or whatever, but we will make you look stupid and feel silly doing it because wanting to assert control is stupid. You want to assert control? Do it to an inflatable frog!
So, it’s not just a meme thing, it’s a Portland cultural thing.
So, it’s not just a meme thing, it’s a Portland cultural thing.
October 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
You can arrest us or pepper spray us or whatever, but we will make you look stupid and feel silly doing it because wanting to assert control is stupid. You want to assert control? Do it to an inflatable frog!
So, it’s not just a meme thing, it’s a Portland cultural thing.
So, it’s not just a meme thing, it’s a Portland cultural thing.
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All of our elected representatives, the representatives of We The People, got together and decided that schools should get that money to spend on providing aid, according to a certain system set out by Congress
It's important to explain that Trump is saying "fuck the law + fuck *your* disabled kid"
It's important to explain that Trump is saying "fuck the law + fuck *your* disabled kid"
October 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
All of our elected representatives, the representatives of We The People, got together and decided that schools should get that money to spend on providing aid, according to a certain system set out by Congress
It's important to explain that Trump is saying "fuck the law + fuck *your* disabled kid"
It's important to explain that Trump is saying "fuck the law + fuck *your* disabled kid"
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here's the problem: they're going up like crazy EVERYWHERE. on a private, non-union payroll? be prepared for material changes in your employer-procured plans as well this next open enrollment cycle
“I don’t think, in health policy history, we’ve [ever] seen as big a projected increase in health insurance premiums.”
As the federal government enters the ninth day of its shutdown, soaring health care costs, the crux of the shutdown fight, are looking increasingly likely.
As the federal government enters the ninth day of its shutdown, soaring health care costs, the crux of the shutdown fight, are looking increasingly likely.
Brace for the largest-ever spike in health insurance premiums
The GOP's backdoor plan to gut Obamacare: Kill the tax credits.
www.motherjones.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
here's the problem: they're going up like crazy EVERYWHERE. on a private, non-union payroll? be prepared for material changes in your employer-procured plans as well this next open enrollment cycle
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Let's talk a bit about the broader context of the DOJ's newly announced investigation of the Portland Police's arrest of "conservative" influencer Nick Sortor. For context, Sortor is one of over a dozen far right "citizen journalists" who has come to Portland. www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/u...
Arrest of conservative influencer Nick Sortor outside Portland ICE building now under federal investigation | CNN
A conservative influencer who this week posted videos of clashes outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, has been released without bond after he was arrested late...
www.cnn.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Let's talk a bit about the broader context of the DOJ's newly announced investigation of the Portland Police's arrest of "conservative" influencer Nick Sortor. For context, Sortor is one of over a dozen far right "citizen journalists" who has come to Portland. www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/u...
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If the Trump administration has its way, nearly *four million* people—half of them children—will be at imminent risk of eviction and homelessness.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan
Drafts of unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica detail plans that would open the door to full-time work requirements, two-year limits on living in federally supported housing and stripping aid from...
www.propublica.org
September 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If the Trump administration has its way, nearly *four million* people—half of them children—will be at imminent risk of eviction and homelessness.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
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Please read this instead: www.streetroots.org/news/2025/09...
What to do if you spot ICE in your community
Amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown, local community networks are the first line of defense. Here’s what Oregon advocates say you should do if you see agents detaining someone.
www.streetroots.org
September 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Please read this instead: www.streetroots.org/news/2025/09...
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3/ Tech fascism in a nutshell: “Computers are so much more rule-based, controllable, fixable, and comprehensible than any human will ever be. As many political schools of thought do, these technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect.“ She wrote this in 2000!
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
3/ Tech fascism in a nutshell: “Computers are so much more rule-based, controllable, fixable, and comprehensible than any human will ever be. As many political schools of thought do, these technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect.“ She wrote this in 2000!
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Literally me reacting to this home run:
September 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Literally me reacting to this home run:
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We're just now at the point where there are enough data points to be able to draw some clear conclusions about the administration's changes within FEMA. This is a well-written analysis doing just that, and... it's bad.
carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
The Trump Administration Is Quietly Curbing the Flow of Disaster Dollars
States are feeling the pain.
carnegieendowment.org
September 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We're just now at the point where there are enough data points to be able to draw some clear conclusions about the administration's changes within FEMA. This is a well-written analysis doing just that, and... it's bad.
carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
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glad to say i was part of @mmfa.bsky.social campaign to point out the political bias of the sinclair stations back in 2004 when they pushed stations to air a "documentary" attacking john kerry.
fascists then, fascists now.
fascists then, fascists now.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
This is what corporate collaboration with a fascist takeover of a formerly liberal democratic country looks like:
Jimmy Kimmel Live Replaced With Charlie Kirk Tribute; Sinclair Demands Apology
This is what corporate collaboration with a fascist takeover of a formerly liberal democratic country looks like:
Jimmy Kimmel Live Replaced With Charlie Kirk Tribute; Sinclair Demands Apology
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Replaced With Charlie Kirk Tribute on Sinclair’s ABC Stations; Company Demands Kimmel Apologize and Donate to Kirk’s Family and Turning Point USA
Sinclair will air a Charlie Kirk tribute special in Jimmy Kimmel's timeslot on Friday, and is demanding that the host donate to Kirk's family.
variety.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
glad to say i was part of @mmfa.bsky.social campaign to point out the political bias of the sinclair stations back in 2004 when they pushed stations to air a "documentary" attacking john kerry.
fascists then, fascists now.
fascists then, fascists now.
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These people calling for bipartisanship! Even now! It’s a level of delusion that defies credulity.
September 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
These people calling for bipartisanship! Even now! It’s a level of delusion that defies credulity.
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"As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald."
So…they’re disappearing people. This is all just ticking along as expected. Now I know how the junta in Argentina lasted so long
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald."
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A mainstream outlet finally does more than repeat the official BS statement from ICE about the shooting of Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez. This man's death should be a national scandal. Grateful for indy journalists who questioned the official narrative that corporate outlets mindlessly echoed last week.
Undocumented father killed by ICE agent in Franklin Park shooting had no criminal background, lawyer says
The undocumented father shot and killed by an ICE agent in Franklin Park, Illinois, only had a history of minor traffic violations, not a criminal record, according to his attorney.
www.cbsnews.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A mainstream outlet finally does more than repeat the official BS statement from ICE about the shooting of Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez. This man's death should be a national scandal. Grateful for indy journalists who questioned the official narrative that corporate outlets mindlessly echoed last week.
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Orwell would also remind us: don’t let outrage be your only politics.
Go to hospitals, foodbanks, union meetings, refugee hostels.
Real solidarity is built in the ordinary places where people live and struggle.
Defend the small decencies that make life liveable.
Go to hospitals, foodbanks, union meetings, refugee hostels.
Real solidarity is built in the ordinary places where people live and struggle.
Defend the small decencies that make life liveable.
September 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Orwell would also remind us: don’t let outrage be your only politics.
Go to hospitals, foodbanks, union meetings, refugee hostels.
Real solidarity is built in the ordinary places where people live and struggle.
Defend the small decencies that make life liveable.
Go to hospitals, foodbanks, union meetings, refugee hostels.
Real solidarity is built in the ordinary places where people live and struggle.
Defend the small decencies that make life liveable.
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I am so sick of seeing this country constantly cater to the freewheeling, illogical, petulant rage of highly armed right-wingers.
Watching institutions and media tap dance around the reality that the conservative movement is an astroturfed assault on democracy and civil society.
Watching institutions and media tap dance around the reality that the conservative movement is an astroturfed assault on democracy and civil society.
September 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I am so sick of seeing this country constantly cater to the freewheeling, illogical, petulant rage of highly armed right-wingers.
Watching institutions and media tap dance around the reality that the conservative movement is an astroturfed assault on democracy and civil society.
Watching institutions and media tap dance around the reality that the conservative movement is an astroturfed assault on democracy and civil society.
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they didn't do this when democratic lawmakers were targeted by a gunman. the mainstream media barely peeped when a Kyle Rittenhouse fan did a mass shooting at a Portland protest. Democrats and the mainstream media are just terrified of conservatives to the point where no one else's lives matter
September 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
they didn't do this when democratic lawmakers were targeted by a gunman. the mainstream media barely peeped when a Kyle Rittenhouse fan did a mass shooting at a Portland protest. Democrats and the mainstream media are just terrified of conservatives to the point where no one else's lives matter