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Meredith Clark
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Deputy Editor at Truthdig. I love movies, good gossip, and the Midwest. Looking for people who know what I mean when I call something “a Saturday afternoon WGN movie”
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darmok and jalad comic books
November 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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NYT: And you take an oath, right? There's a series of binding ethics you swear to.
Doctor: We do.
NYT: What's the first part of it?
Doctor: "First, do no harm."
NYT: And what did you do?
Doctor: Harm.

Narrator: But what victims didn't know was how much love was involved.
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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weird how you never see this going in the opposite direction on bluesky, like there's not someone here posting "my cows are in a herd for collectivist reasons. i think they're becoming more ironic, one of them ran out to some grass and then stood there not eating it to own me"
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Finally looked at my insurance costs: From $308/month to $720/month, so I guess I'm getting off easy?
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What better way to celebrate my last months of being able to afford health insurance than begging for reimbursement for out of network urgent care visits?
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Which of These Endangers Jews?
By @elivalley.bsky.social
Which of These Endangers Jews?
An Independent, Progressive Journal of News and Opinion.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Currently fancasting Saw VI (the health insurance one) with only Democratic senators
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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THE FOLLOWING DEMOCRATIC SENATORS VOTE “YES” ON THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION IN EXCHANGE FOR NOTHING:

MAGGIE HASSAN (NH)

CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO (NV)

JEANNE SHAHEEN (NH)

JACKY ROSEN (NV)

DICK DURBIN (IL)

TIM KAINE (VA)

ANGUS KING (ME)

JOHN FETTERMAN (PA)

ITS OVER
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Just blast this on a speaker outside all their offices
The Coup - "The Guillotine"
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
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November 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Spent the day more depressed than I’ve been all damn year, but the mere rumor that my senator was on the list of possible cavers was enough to rage me out of the hole enough to call and leave her a message.
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.

My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Astonishing how hard this administration is working to keep people hungry.
It's clear they are trying maximize public suffering, in hopes of getting people to blame Dems for that suffering. But it's transparently the White House working overtime to keep the suffering going!
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Yikes. USDA sent threatening letter to states telling them that if they sent out EBT money —which many states did during the window when a lower court said SNAP funds had to be released—they have to take it back (?)
Trying to sort out what this means and if states even can claw back the funds
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The only sound I hear is The Coup’s song “The Guillotine” getting steadily louder
SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown:

Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care

"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A trillion dollars
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.

I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Zohran Mamdani won the precinct with the combination Pizza Hut-Taco Bell on Jamaica Avenue 81-14.
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Great song to sing at an election party. Flawless choice.
They're singing along to the The Hills theme song now.
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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We did it, guys! We outlived one of the motherfuckers. Stay active, eat your vegetables, and get your moles checked out. We have a lot more motherfuckers to outlive.
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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“In January 2021 after the politics section had broken our traffic records with coverage of the COVID pandemic, George Floyd protests, election, and Capitol insurrection, Anna Wintour asked [news and politics editor] Lucy Diavolo if we still needed a politics section. After all, Joe Biden had won.”
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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The @us.theguardian.com has a number of open positions, including two reporter roles focusing on organizing and movement building.

Jobs are 12 month contract, full-time, union, flexible location

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November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is why even good elected officials should face primary challenges every single election cycle.
In a surprise move, U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia is not seeking re-election, leaving in place a succession plan for his chief of staff, the only Democrat to file for his seat on the last day to do so.
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U.S. Rep Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia won't seek reelection, leaves seat for chief of staff
Garcia, 69, has been a fixture in Chicago politics for four decades as an alderperson, Cook County commissioner, state senator and two-time mayoral candidate.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Destroying politics coverage at its women's magazines is one of Conde Nast's most consistent business traditions, but Teen Vogue's work (and @leximcmenamin.com's tireless effort) was really special.
November 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM