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"To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful."

- Edward R. Murrow
September 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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I love dogs.
I also do not trust anyone who does NOT love either dogs or cats.
(And if the mofo loves neither dogs NOR cats, I become one of the Queens in Alice in Wonderland, ready to scream out their doom: "Off with their heads!")
He's watching Lady and the Tramp 🥺
September 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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He's watching Lady and the Tramp 🥺
August 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Postal Union Sees 80 Percent Decrease in Shipments to US Following Tariffs cc: @darthbluesky.bsky.social
www.newsweek.com/postal-union...
Postal union sees 80 percent decrease in shipments to US following tariffs
Trump's recent tariffs have ended the so-called duty-free "de minimis" exemption for low-value packages.
www.newsweek.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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The world’s largest iceberg is beginning to break apart
apnews.com/video/most-e...
The world's largest iceberg is beginning to break apart
The world's largest and most enduring iceberg is splintering into smaller pieces, to the point that it's no longer the biggest chunk of ice floating in the oceans.
apnews.com
September 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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On September 6, 2025, ICE was seen kidnapping protestors in unmarked vans in Chicago.
September 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Saudi Arabia lures The Met Opera with $200M deal

www.semafor.com/article/09/0...
Saudi Arabia lures The Met Opera with $200M deal
The New York company will perform in Riyadh for three weeks each winter for five years, in exchange for a financial lifeline.
www.semafor.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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November 20, 2022 but still ageless @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Flagging economy weighs on Republicans’ midterm hopes
Flagging economy weighs on Republicans’ midterm hopes
President Donald Trump’s party is staring down challenges that haven’t let up for months. Their sales job isn’t getting any easier.
www.semafor.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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BREAKING: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot at Utah college event
apnews.com/article/char...
Turning Point USA confirms CEO Charlie Kirk shot at Utah college event
Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, has been shot at an event at a Utah college, Turning Point said.
apnews.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Russia attacks Poland with seven UAVs crossing into from Belarus and Ukraine! Poland response by shooting down Russian "drone-like objects" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Poland shoots down drones over its territory amid Russian attack on Ukraine, prime minister says
Donald Tusk says operation launched after ‘repeated violations of Polish airspace’
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Winklevoss twins' crypto company Gemini joins tech IPO boom

www.semafor.com/article/09/1...
Winklevoss twins’ crypto company Gemini joins tech IPO boom
The company, which will start trading on Nasdaq Friday, priced its IPO at $28 a share, $2 above the top end of its range.
www.semafor.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Free speech finds its strict boundaries in USA after killing of right wing activist Charlie Kirk bit.ly/42oT7OD
Several people fired after clampdown on speech over Charlie Kirk shooting
Teachers, firefighters and military personnel among those who lost jobs after posting their opinion on social media
bit.ly
September 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Saudi official linked to 9/11 attack on New York’s twin towers in trillion dollar lawsuit bit.ly/4niFVCX 15 of the 19 plane hijackers were Saudi citizens but this is the first time the Saudi state has been linked to the massacre. Saudi has always denied involvement.
Revealed after 24 years, how UK was forced to free 9/11 ‘plotter’
Omar al-Bayoumi was arrested in Birmingham days after the atrocity. But police were never given crucial evidence by the FBI
bit.ly
September 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Big job for an ambitious editor job-boards.greenhouse.io/semafor/jobs...
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
New York City or Washington, D.C.
job-boards.greenhouse.io
September 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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September 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Joseph McNeil, who has died at 83, put his body on the line while protesting segregation at a downtown lunch counter. His actions helped inspire sit-ins across the Jim Crow South.
With the Greensboro sit-in, Joseph McNeil helped spark a movement
As one of the “Greensboro Four,” he helped kick off the sit-in movement with his 1960 protest at a segregated lunch counter.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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It cannot be easy to be a police officer in Sandwich, Massachusetts right now.
August 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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FYI, this would be an instant firing offense in normal administrations.

www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
www.npr.org
August 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Hurricane Erin is now a rare Category 5.

The storm is forecast to at least double or triple in size next week. cnn.it/4mGNDqd
August 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Greystar was using rent-setting algorithms from software company RealPage, the subject of a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed the firm was helping landlords decide prices in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior.

By @heathervogell.bsky.social
America’s Largest Landlord Makes Deal With DOJ to Settle Price-Fixing Claims in RealPage Case
Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a...
www.propublica.org
August 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Breaking news: Hurricane Erin intensifies into a Category 5 storm, less than a day after becoming the year's first Atlantic hurricane.
Erin rapidly intensifies into Category 5 hurricane. See its path from here.
A tropical storm watch remains in effect for St. Martin, St. Barthélemy and Sint Maarten, but the storm should largely spare the Lesser Antilles. Puerto Rico could see rain showers and blustery winds,...
www.washingtonpost.com
August 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Putin is no friend to the United States.
Blumenthal: "My stomach turned when I heard the president of the United States characterize Vladimir Putin as his fabulously good friend. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal."
August 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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July 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM