Monica Potts
@monicapotts.bsky.social
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The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America
A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America
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Hello new followers! I'm the Class Politics reporter @newrepublic.com and the author of The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America. I have 5 dogs and 4 cats. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
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Congressional maps are typically redrawn every 10 years—but Texas’s decision to do so in the middle of the decade, at Donald Trump’s direction, raised alarm.
A judge has ruled the Lone Star State must return to its 2021 maps for the 2026 election. trib.al/3o0sQqr
A judge has ruled the Lone Star State must return to its 2021 maps for the 2026 election. trib.al/3o0sQqr
Judge Dumps Cold Water on Trump’s Texas Gerrymandering Scheme
Donald Trump has suffered yet another setback in his efforts to influence the 2026 midterm elections.
trib.al
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Congressional maps are typically redrawn every 10 years—but Texas’s decision to do so in the middle of the decade, at Donald Trump’s direction, raised alarm.
A judge has ruled the Lone Star State must return to its 2021 maps for the 2026 election. trib.al/3o0sQqr
A judge has ruled the Lone Star State must return to its 2021 maps for the 2026 election. trib.al/3o0sQqr
Read @perrybaconjr.bsky.social's latest.
Democrats should borrow from their 2005–2008 playbook: careful leadership changes, innovative policies, and, yes, a few well-targeted primary challenges. Not the tear-it-all-down craziness of the Tea Party.
There are better models to follow that can still lead to the needed changes. trib.al/HWinFZr
There are better models to follow that can still lead to the needed changes. trib.al/HWinFZr
November 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Read @perrybaconjr.bsky.social's latest.
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Democrats should borrow from their 2005–2008 playbook: careful leadership changes, innovative policies, and, yes, a few well-targeted primary challenges. Not the tear-it-all-down craziness of the Tea Party.
There are better models to follow that can still lead to the needed changes. trib.al/HWinFZr
There are better models to follow that can still lead to the needed changes. trib.al/HWinFZr
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Democrats should borrow from their 2005–2008 playbook: careful leadership changes, innovative policies, and, yes, a few well-targeted primary challenges. Not the tear-it-all-down craziness of the Tea Party.
There are better models to follow that can still lead to the needed changes. trib.al/HWinFZr
There are better models to follow that can still lead to the needed changes. trib.al/HWinFZr
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I know there’s a lot going on but man Ronald Reagan really did a number on this country.
Students from nine UC campuses plan to rally this week against a regents vote on tuition hikes, arguing possible increases make education more inaccessible. UC officials say changes will shield against inflation & make costs more predictable over time:
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Students oppose UC tuition hikes. Leaders say campuses need money in the Trump era
The University of California board of regents will vote on whether to increase overall tuition and renew program that keeps tuition costs the each for each new enrolling class. Student leaders strongl...
www.latimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I know there’s a lot going on but man Ronald Reagan really did a number on this country.
If this book sells I will simply walk into the sea.
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
If this book sells I will simply walk into the sea.
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
If I could tell you how many women journalists I've known over the years who work so hard despite repeated sexual harassment and discrimination and then to live in a time when the president is openly calling a reporter piggy and that woman probably got paid a lot for that stupid book. I can't.
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If I could tell you how many women journalists I've known over the years who work so hard despite repeated sexual harassment and discrimination and then to live in a time when the president is openly calling a reporter piggy and that woman probably got paid a lot for that stupid book. I can't.
It's us. Though sadly we recently lost our emergency alert beagle. (RIP Betsey.)
You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It's us. Though sadly we recently lost our emergency alert beagle. (RIP Betsey.)
Foreclosures are going up, and households are already squeezed by monthly expenses that will only get worse next year. newrepublic.com/article/2033...
The Next Foreclosure Crisis Has Arrived
Families across the country are being squeezed by a host of Trump administration policies that are pushing households into dangerous territory.
newrepublic.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Foreclosures are going up, and households are already squeezed by monthly expenses that will only get worse next year. newrepublic.com/article/2033...
Please, I am begging you, do not give this oxygen by buying and reading that book.
November 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Please, I am begging you, do not give this oxygen by buying and reading that book.
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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I wrote about the indignity of being ruled over by these people. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I wrote about the indignity of being ruled over by these people. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Evidently the plan is to stop subsidizing the big, fat insurance companies and give money directly to people so they … can buy coverage from the big, fat insurance companies.
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Evidently the plan is to stop subsidizing the big, fat insurance companies and give money directly to people so they … can buy coverage from the big, fat insurance companies.
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See if we had kept the Me Too men cancelled the first time so much of this could have been avoided
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 AM
See if we had kept the Me Too men cancelled the first time so much of this could have been avoided
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Rashomon but it's the worst journalists you've ever read in your life discussing how their engagement fell apart
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Rashomon but it's the worst journalists you've ever read in your life discussing how their engagement fell apart
I started reading an excerpt from that book to my partner and he thought it was one of the Minotaur Romantasy books I get from my friend's romance bookstore
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I started reading an excerpt from that book to my partner and he thought it was one of the Minotaur Romantasy books I get from my friend's romance bookstore
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anyone with that serious of a bamboo problem should probably give up writing and only focus on the bamboo
writers! you can just have a garden, you don’t have to have a metaphor
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
anyone with that serious of a bamboo problem should probably give up writing and only focus on the bamboo
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writers! you can just have a garden, you don’t have to have a metaphor
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
writers! you can just have a garden, you don’t have to have a metaphor
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When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
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Oh wow, they’ve finally unveiled a plan and it’s…the ACA but with shitty plans that don’t cover stuff you need.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Oh wow, they’ve finally unveiled a plan and it’s…the ACA but with shitty plans that don’t cover stuff you need.
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NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
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Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
Like all cats but more so, he was a hunter.
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Like all cats but more so, he was a hunter.
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.