R.G. Schoenberg
@rgschoenberg.bsky.social
Writer, Pacific Northwest, knowledgeable in both rural and urban histories of the region.
Watch what happens to retired Congress members. For Republicans they find their reward for being in the trenches comes after they retire. They get their commissions from the special interests they served while in office. It’s payday for a Republican.
FUN FACT: A total of 25 Republicans in the House are already planning to retire or resign, compared to only 16 Democrats (not including Mikie Sherrill, recently elected governor of NJ). The number of GOP resignations are expected to increase further over the coming months.
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Watch what happens to retired Congress members. For Republicans they find their reward for being in the trenches comes after they retire. They get their commissions from the special interests they served while in office. It’s payday for a Republican.
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National Park workers at 24 parks and offices are moving to form a union.
These National Park Service workers in Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain and nine other locations have filed petitions to hold a union election.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
These National Park Service workers in Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain and nine other locations have filed petitions to hold a union election.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Park Service Union Movement Spreads to Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree
Employees in dozens of park units are organizing to fight attempts by the Trump administration to downsize the agency.
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
National Park workers at 24 parks and offices are moving to form a union.
These National Park Service workers in Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain and nine other locations have filed petitions to hold a union election.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
These National Park Service workers in Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain and nine other locations have filed petitions to hold a union election.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Bookkeepers/CEO types who embezzle flock together. Does he pardon only Grand Old Party criminals?
Trump pardoned a Nevada Republican who raided a police memorial charity for $70K to fund her plastic surgery and her daughter’s wedding. Families of dead officers got nothing—she got a presidential pardon. Republicans preach “law and order” while celebrating thieves who steal from cops.
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Bookkeepers/CEO types who embezzle flock together. Does he pardon only Grand Old Party criminals?
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While Washington Post editors wrote today about bathroom hand dryers, Democracy Docket just sent out my latest about Donald Trump’s revenge and retribution. Stay informed while supporting pro-democracy, independent media but signing up today (free or paid). hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
While Washington Post editors wrote today about bathroom hand dryers, Democracy Docket just sent out my latest about Donald Trump’s revenge and retribution. Stay informed while supporting pro-democracy, independent media but signing up today (free or paid). hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
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The Republican National Committee is spending millions of dollars to harass and intimidate Missourians.
Don’t be scared.
You aren’t doing anything wrong by signing petitions. In fact, you are saving our state. 
Don’t be scared.
You aren’t doing anything wrong by signing petitions. In fact, you are saving our state. 
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Republican National Committee is spending millions of dollars to harass and intimidate Missourians.
Don’t be scared.
You aren’t doing anything wrong by signing petitions. In fact, you are saving our state. 
Don’t be scared.
You aren’t doing anything wrong by signing petitions. In fact, you are saving our state. 
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Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
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The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
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Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
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Yay!
We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 💡
We want to read your previously published wonders!
Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!
Full Guidelines can be found Here:
We want to read your previously published wonders!
Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!
Full Guidelines can be found Here:
Submission Guidelines — Bulb Culture Collective
www.bulbculturecollective.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Yay!
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The tide is turning in a Snohomish County legal battle over whether a river and its watershed have legal rights that can be defended in court.
Can a watershed have legal rights? The Snohomish River debate deepens
The tide is turning in a Snohomish County legal battle over whether a river and its watershed have legal rights that can be defended in court.
www.kuow.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The tide is turning in a Snohomish County legal battle over whether a river and its watershed have legal rights that can be defended in court.
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Risks of a serious crisis are rising. But for disaster response, the information environment has never been worse, writes @andrewfacini.com of @councilonstrategicrisks.org.
Post-truth disasters: We're not ready for nuclear war on social media
"Diminishing the practical capacity of the government and the reputational credibility of institutions responsible for rapid response can only evaporate trust and lead to citizens looking to alternative sources for critical information, even without the distortions present on social media platforms.
Unfortunately, this dangerous dynamic is only worsening as platforms feed users an ever-increasing amount of content generated by artificial intelligence services."
thebulletin.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Risks of a serious crisis are rising. But for disaster response, the information environment has never been worse, writes @andrewfacini.com of @councilonstrategicrisks.org.
Artificial intelligence is used as a shortcut. Using it they want credit/reputation/bona fides without actually accomplishing anything. They don’t learn how to do it because it’s too hard. So they cheat and use a shortcut. It’s artificial, not authentic. PK Dick worried about authenticity.
I’m on vacation in the woods and I know the world does not need my take on everything but holy shit the man generating ai pics of women and displaying them in a fine art gallery in CDA is so cringe. People who use AI to generate “art” are so fundamentally unintelligent, uncreative and unserious
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Artificial intelligence is used as a shortcut. Using it they want credit/reputation/bona fides without actually accomplishing anything. They don’t learn how to do it because it’s too hard. So they cheat and use a shortcut. It’s artificial, not authentic. PK Dick worried about authenticity.
Dystopian image.
⚡️Update: At least 11 residential buildings struck in Kyiv amid massive Russian missile, drone attack.
At least 11 residential multi-story buildings have been struck by Russian missiles and drones amid the large-scale overnight attack on the capital, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
At least 11 residential multi-story buildings have been struck by Russian missiles and drones amid the large-scale overnight attack on the capital, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Ballistic missiles, drones strike residential buildings in Kyiv amid large-scale attack on Ukraine
Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight on Nov. 13-14, launching hundreds of projectiles towards the capital.
kyivindependent.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Dystopian image.
Gee, it’s almost like the thing was designed for people who want to cheat their way through life.
Keeping up with students’ methods of cheating has always been a cat-and-mouse game for teachers. But some now say that AI tools, particularly Google Lens, have made it impossible to enforce academic integrity in the classroom. themarkup.org/artificial-i...
📸 iStock
📸 iStock
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Gee, it’s almost like the thing was designed for people who want to cheat their way through life.
It’s been 10 years now since publication of The Red Web: the struggle between Russia’s Digital Dictators and The New Online Revolutionaries, by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan. Mr. Putin is a menace to civilization, and it’s now on the horizon for America. We need to outlaw oligarchs.
This summer, Russia banned online searches for "extremist" information. Federal agents have now demonstrated that they can act against overcurious Internet users within a matter of hours. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
A Russian medical student read about Ukraine’s Azov Regiment while riding the bus. Within hours, federal agents arrested him for an ‘illegal Internet search.’ — Meduza
One fine day in late September, a medical student named Sergey was riding the bus to work in Kamensk-Uralsky, browsing the Internet on his phone. He came across some photos showing the insignia…
meduza.io
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It’s been 10 years now since publication of The Red Web: the struggle between Russia’s Digital Dictators and The New Online Revolutionaries, by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan. Mr. Putin is a menace to civilization, and it’s now on the horizon for America. We need to outlaw oligarchs.
I learned in the newspaper business, the integrity of the publication is in direct correlation with the advertising it presents. Trusted advertising, trust in the information in the rest of the newspaper; cheap scam advertising, untrustworthy information in the rest of the newspaper’s pages.
Meta itself estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day. That's 15,000,000,000.
#Meta #Advertising #Scams
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
#Meta #Advertising #Scams
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I learned in the newspaper business, the integrity of the publication is in direct correlation with the advertising it presents. Trusted advertising, trust in the information in the rest of the newspaper; cheap scam advertising, untrustworthy information in the rest of the newspaper’s pages.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris spoke about her new book and the potential deployment of National Guard troops to Portland at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in downtown Wednesday evening.
Former VP Kamala Harris calls Trump National Guard deployment an ‘abhorrent assault’ in Portland book talk
Former Vice President Kamala Harris' visit comes as the Rose City is at the center of a high-profile court fight over President Donald Trump's attempts to deploy National Guard troops to protect the ICE facility.
www.opb.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Former Vice President Kamala Harris spoke about her new book and the potential deployment of National Guard troops to Portland at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in downtown Wednesday evening.
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Your voice and your vote still matter, Get out the vote today!
#ElectionDay2025
Know your voting rights! 🗳
If you have any problems on
Election Day, call the Election Protection Hotline:
1-866-687-6683
Spanish- 1-888-839-8682
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
#ElectionDay2025
Know your voting rights! 🗳
If you have any problems on
Election Day, call the Election Protection Hotline:
1-866-687-6683
Spanish- 1-888-839-8682
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Your voice and your vote still matter, Get out the vote today!
#ElectionDay2025
Know your voting rights! 🗳
If you have any problems on
Election Day, call the Election Protection Hotline:
1-866-687-6683
Spanish- 1-888-839-8682
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
#ElectionDay2025
Know your voting rights! 🗳
If you have any problems on
Election Day, call the Election Protection Hotline:
1-866-687-6683
Spanish- 1-888-839-8682
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine will not accept a second-tier status in the European Union and must be treated as a full member of the bloc once it is invited.
Zelensky rejects ‘second-tier’ EU status, urges swift accession talks
BRUSSELS, Belgium — President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine will not accept a second-tier status in the European Union and must be treated as a full member of the bloc once it is invited.
"I...
kyivindependent.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine will not accept a second-tier status in the European Union and must be treated as a full member of the bloc once it is invited.
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Go Vote. Polls are open til 8:00 pm here in California.
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Go Vote. Polls are open til 8:00 pm here in California.
CEOs are the people who support the Grand Old Party for this very reason. They are pedophiles.
Evolve Bank CEO fired after propositioning FBI agent pretending to be a teen boy
Evolve Bank CEO fired after propositioning FBI agent pretending to be a teen boy
In August, Evolve hired Hartheimer, who brought experience in financial regulatory matters, to help the bank recover from the collapse of startup Synapse.
cnb.cx
November 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
CEOs are the people who support the Grand Old Party for this very reason. They are pedophiles.
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The 6 candidates running for Spokane City Council races have been busy campaigning, debating, fundraising and spending money. Here’s an update on the state of their war chests and independent expenditure funding flows.
Last minute pocketbook-peeking of city council candidates – RANGE Media
An update on the campaign finances of the candidates running for Spokane City Council seats
rangemedia.co
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The 6 candidates running for Spokane City Council races have been busy campaigning, debating, fundraising and spending money. Here’s an update on the state of their war chests and independent expenditure funding flows.
For Pete’s sake. It’s hard to find because Mr. Trump is lying.
Outside of the ICE facility in Portland, Oregon, one can find some protesters in inflatable costumes—frogs, a unicorn, a butterfly picking up a cigarette off the asphalt. The chaos Donald Trump keeps pointing to is harder to find.
Portland Prepares for Invasion
The Trump Administration, looking for another TV-ready fight in Oregon, is ready to sic the National Guard on the city’s inflatable-costumed protesters.
www.newyorker.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
For Pete’s sake. It’s hard to find because Mr. Trump is lying.