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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!

I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 5h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21h

Welcome to Illinois, NANO Nuclear!

Helping grow our clean energy economy, their more than $12M investment in our state will create new jobs for hardworking Illinoisans and promote innovative strides in the sector.

Governor Pritzker Announces NANO Nuclear Energy to Establish Operations in Illinois - NANO Nuclear Energy

NANO Nuclear Energy to receive REV Illinois incentive award of $6.8M

nanonuclearenergy.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22h

Spoke in Carroll, Iowa today. I met up with Catelyn Drey who recently flipped a red senate seat blue.

Rural Democrats are here...we’ve always been here.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

One evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries consoles another evil man who murders civilians from his own and other countries for not getting an award for which neither evil man is even remotely deserving.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 8h

I would like to say something

Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 9h

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 9h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Lady Liberty @sadworld.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Children that were kidnapped by invading Russian barbarians, not displaced.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Skully @11skeletor11.bsky.social · 1d

Also: Old Man Trump" is a song with lyrics written by American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie in 1954. The song describes the racist housing practices and discriminatory rental policies of his landlord, Fred Trump, father of President Donald Trump.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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Phyllis @toooldtotry.bsky.social · 1d

From Timothy Snyder’s book On Tyranny: Do not obey in advance. Congratulations to this brave library director

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a russ vought special

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Craig Sicknick @jan6risingvoice.bsky.social · 1d

How uneducated and ignorant are MAGA? Many of them think Bad Bunny is not a U.S. citizen.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: So it IS a second home and not an investment property. Motion to dismiss for abuse of the grand jury process in 3...2...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

In the Eye of a Political Storm, a Tiny Yellow House in Norfolk, Va.

www.nytimes.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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