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Three state Supreme Court justices were elected to second terms Tuesday, despite efforts by conservative groups to persuade voters to oust them, according to unofficial election results.
From @petehallpa.bsky.social
From @petehallpa.bsky.social
Pa. justices win retention for 10-year terms on state Supreme Court • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Democratic leaders called the results a victory for judicial independence and a further repudiation of efforts by billionaire political donors to buy court seats.
penncapital-star.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Three state Supreme Court justices were elected to second terms Tuesday, despite efforts by conservative groups to persuade voters to oust them, according to unofficial election results.
From @petehallpa.bsky.social
From @petehallpa.bsky.social
double lol. they always lose when Trump isn't on the ballot because they aren't in a political party anymore. They are in a cult. If it's not about 'dear leader' then it's nothing & nobody.
Lol. The tantrums have begun, Trump is insisting that Republicans only lost because he wasn’t on the ballot.
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
double lol. they always lose when Trump isn't on the ballot because they aren't in a political party anymore. They are in a cult. If it's not about 'dear leader' then it's nothing & nobody.
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This is thoroughly corny in a way I approve of. Yeah man let’s vote! (Not for Gavin but he’s not on the ballot.)
HAVE YOU VOTED YET? 🇺🇸
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Over the next decade, more than $70 trillion will be passed down to heirs, and it's safe to say that most of that $70 trillion will end up in the hands of the already wealthy.
We need a global plan to tax extreme inherited wealth. And we need it now. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
We need a global plan to tax extreme inherited wealth. And we need it now. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
More than $70tn of inherited wealth over next decade will widen inequality, economists warn
Expert panel says report on gap in global wealth between rich and poor highlights need for intervention by G20
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Over the next decade, more than $70 trillion will be passed down to heirs, and it's safe to say that most of that $70 trillion will end up in the hands of the already wealthy.
We need a global plan to tax extreme inherited wealth. And we need it now. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
We need a global plan to tax extreme inherited wealth. And we need it now. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Tonight Pennsylvania voters stood up for our freedoms and protected our independent courts.
Congratulations to Justices Donohue, Dougherty, and Wecht on their wins tonight! 👏
Congratulations to Justices Donohue, Dougherty, and Wecht on their wins tonight! 👏
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Tonight Pennsylvania voters stood up for our freedoms and protected our independent courts.
Congratulations to Justices Donohue, Dougherty, and Wecht on their wins tonight! 👏
Congratulations to Justices Donohue, Dougherty, and Wecht on their wins tonight! 👏
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This is what democracy looks like when experts refuse to give up
Patriotism at its nerdiest best
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This is what democracy looks like when experts refuse to give up
Patriotism at its nerdiest best
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September 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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This is what democracy looks like when experts refuse to give up
Patriotism at its nerdiest best
🧮🇺🇸
This is what democracy looks like when experts refuse to give up
Patriotism at its nerdiest best
🧮🇺🇸
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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OPINION: "As this year’s delay makes clear, there may be no amount of public pressure that can convince state legislators to act.
Maybe a hit to their pocketbooks can help them better empathize with those who are suffering from their intransigence." — The Inquirer Editorial Board
Maybe a hit to their pocketbooks can help them better empathize with those who are suffering from their intransigence." — The Inquirer Editorial Board
No budget, no pay: Missing deadlines should not be cost-free for intransigent Pa. legislators | Editorial
While the General Assembly dithers, schools are tapping into reserves or taking out large loans to keep their doors open.
www.inquirer.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
OPINION: "As this year’s delay makes clear, there may be no amount of public pressure that can convince state legislators to act.
Maybe a hit to their pocketbooks can help them better empathize with those who are suffering from their intransigence." — The Inquirer Editorial Board
Maybe a hit to their pocketbooks can help them better empathize with those who are suffering from their intransigence." — The Inquirer Editorial Board
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ICYMI: CfP for ICMS Kalamazoo 2026
@kzooicms.bsky.social
May 14-16, 2026
Deadline: Sept. 15
#medievalsky #skystorians #disability
The Society for the Study of Disability in the Middle Ages invites proposals for papers by emerging scholars in medieval disability studies. 1/
@kzooicms.bsky.social
May 14-16, 2026
Deadline: Sept. 15
#medievalsky #skystorians #disability
The Society for the Study of Disability in the Middle Ages invites proposals for papers by emerging scholars in medieval disability studies. 1/
September 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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If you combine this article with the timeline of events as told in the resignation letter published by the former SSA Chief Data Officer/ whistleblower @chuckborges5.bsky.social (article about that in comments), you get a pretty accurate picture of the events at SAA so far this year. It’s so bad 😬
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
www.propublica.org
September 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If you combine this article with the timeline of events as told in the resignation letter published by the former SSA Chief Data Officer/ whistleblower @chuckborges5.bsky.social (article about that in comments), you get a pretty accurate picture of the events at SAA so far this year. It’s so bad 😬
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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Saw a take on tumblr with which I basically concur in that: a read of WH which foregrounds what it repressed in the text could be cool but it doesn’t seem like EF actually believes in the power of desire. I am totally here for getting horny for dough but it seems more tee-hee than heavy breathing.
Look I respect the sexual hysteria to a degree but (a) I am unconvinced that script and actors are well matched, and (b) we must ask again: who the fuck is this white boy, ma’am? And in that question are contained many doubts.
The official teaser for Emerald Fennell’s ‘WUTHERING HEIGHTS’ starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.
In theaters Valentine’s Day 2026.
In theaters Valentine’s Day 2026.
September 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Saw a take on tumblr with which I basically concur in that: a read of WH which foregrounds what it repressed in the text could be cool but it doesn’t seem like EF actually believes in the power of desire. I am totally here for getting horny for dough but it seems more tee-hee than heavy breathing.
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no one cares that this is illegal but it is illegal and seems like something that might trip the court’s “major questions” doctrine
Per @npr.org, the Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with the White House U.S. DOGE Service, has built a searchable national citizenship register with data from the Social Security Administration & immigration records— without public notice & comment.
Infrastructure for a police state.
Infrastructure for a police state.
The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.
www.npr.org
June 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM
no one cares that this is illegal but it is illegal and seems like something that might trip the court’s “major questions” doctrine
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posters going up in Philly and some other cities
June 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
posters going up in Philly and some other cities
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This just leaves us heartbroken 💔
To those reinstated: congratulations!! You *never* should’ve been pushed out.
To those still RIFfed: We see you. We miss you. You saved lives. Your work matters. You matter.
CDC isn’t whole - or as effective - without you.
www.foxnews.com/politics/hhs...
To those reinstated: congratulations!! You *never* should’ve been pushed out.
To those still RIFfed: We see you. We miss you. You saved lives. Your work matters. You matter.
CDC isn’t whole - or as effective - without you.
www.foxnews.com/politics/hhs...
HHS brings back hundreds of staff following force reduction in latest rehiring move
HHS is reinstating more than 450 staff across multiple divisions within CDC, including an office focused on HIV prevention. This restores some staff let go under the DOGE initiative.
www.foxnews.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This just leaves us heartbroken 💔
To those reinstated: congratulations!! You *never* should’ve been pushed out.
To those still RIFfed: We see you. We miss you. You saved lives. Your work matters. You matter.
CDC isn’t whole - or as effective - without you.
www.foxnews.com/politics/hhs...
To those reinstated: congratulations!! You *never* should’ve been pushed out.
To those still RIFfed: We see you. We miss you. You saved lives. Your work matters. You matter.
CDC isn’t whole - or as effective - without you.
www.foxnews.com/politics/hhs...
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The state House voted along party lines to raise the minimum wage to $15 for most Pennsylvanians, and to $12 for those working in smaller, rural counties.
It’s a significant step in the latest effort to get it above the federal rate of $7.25.
Pa.’s minimum wage has not been hiked since 2008.
It’s a significant step in the latest effort to get it above the federal rate of $7.25.
Pa.’s minimum wage has not been hiked since 2008.
Pa. House passes bill to raise the minimum wage • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The state House voted along party lines Wednesday to raise the minimum wage to $15 for most Pennsylvanians, and to $12 for those working in smaller, rural counties.
penncapital-star.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The state House voted along party lines to raise the minimum wage to $15 for most Pennsylvanians, and to $12 for those working in smaller, rural counties.
It’s a significant step in the latest effort to get it above the federal rate of $7.25.
Pa.’s minimum wage has not been hiked since 2008.
It’s a significant step in the latest effort to get it above the federal rate of $7.25.
Pa.’s minimum wage has not been hiked since 2008.
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It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.
February 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.