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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2h

It’s remarkable to realize Diane Keaton created a signature look and sensibility back in the 1970s and for about half a century continued to be a creative inspiration for how to be yourself in a world that tries so hard to put you in a box. Well done, Diane Keaton. RIP.

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Jeff Ash @jeffash26.bsky.social · 3h

Diane Keaton’s first TV credit was “Love, American Style” in November 1970. She and Monte Markham played pen pals. She also appeared on “Night Gallery” in December 1970 and “The FBI” in February 1971.

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Jeff Ash @jeffash26.bsky.social · 3h

RIP, Diane Keaton.

A young Diane Keaton played — what else? — a ditzy femme fatale heiress on “Mannix” in February 1971. It was her fourth TV appearance, according to IMDb. It also was the last time she did episodic TV until “The Young Pope,” an HBO miniseries, in 2016.

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 6h

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Shot in the head with pepper spray

This is Trump's America

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 10h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Charlie Ricci @bloggerhythms.bsky.social · 2d

NEW BLOG POST: I had fun writing this one.

Five Forgotten Oldies From The British Invasion

A pop music blog for adults since 2005.

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Jeff Ash @jeffash26.bsky.social · 9h

That old Prange's price sticker is cool to see, but I must ask again ... who is leaving shrink wrap on records for 57 years? This one is from 1968, seen yesterday at Rock n' Roll Land, one of our record stores in Green Bay.

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Jeff Ash @jeffash26.bsky.social · 1d

Good evening from Clintonville, where Seagrave Fire Equipment is sponsoring tonight's Northwoods Conference football game against Crivitz at the top of the hour. Seagrave makes fire trucks here.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 1d

here's today's post: "let’s laugh at the sad loser who didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize" — and let’s congratulate the woman who did.
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let’s laugh at the sad loser who didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize

and let’s congratulate the woman who did.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump has made life in America so profoundly bizarre that GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is starting to make sense. She's not sane, nor is she an ally of any sort, but her bucking of Trumpian orthodoxy may be a sign of a grifter shift in the MAGA world.

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

I can't believe it either, but Marjorie Taylor Greene is starting to make sense | Opinion

President Donald Trump has made life in America so profoundly bizarre GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is starting to make sense.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Jeff Ash @jeffash26.bsky.social · 1d

Great high school baseball and football player in Clintonville, Wisconsin, in the mid-'70s. A bunch of good athletes have come from -- and are still coming from -- the extended Jirschele family.

Kansas City Royals @royals.com · 1d

Sending our congratulations to World Series Champion Mike Jirschele, and wishing him the best in retirement!

We'll miss you, Jirsch!

A graphic with cutout photos of Mike Jirschele smiling, high-fiving Mike Moustakas as he rounds third base, and posing for a photo with his son and Chicago White Sox Third Base Coach, Justin, set against a royal blue background. Text on the graphic reads, "Mike Jirschele, congrats on your retirement! All-Time wins leader in Omaha Storm Chasers history, 3x Manager of the year (1992, 1994, 2024), 2015 World Series Champion, 95 players promoted while manager."

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Jeff Ash @jeffash26.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Can't rule out that this tactic might be needed somewhere in Wisconsin, maybe sometime soon, maybe even right here in Green Bay.

Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 1d

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

Re-upping this piece I wrote a month ago, which becomes ever more relevant as Trump's tyranny worsens, as masked thugs keep terrorizing immigrants, and as the "Justice" Department keeps inventing charges against political opponents.
I ask: WHY WON'T THE MEDIA SAY TRUMP IS BECOMING A DICTATOR?

Why won’t the media say Trump is becoming a dictator?

Journalism is the wrong profession for people who won’t face the facts

www.stopthepresses.news

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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Jeff Ash @jeffash26.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta change, Wisconsin.

George Stanley @georgestanley.bsky.social · 1d

WI rarely imprisoned >3,000 for a century. Since adopting Truth in Sentencing, prisoner numbers have soared to 23,500. Many are over 60 w/ health care needs. Use of compassionate release could ease costs & crowding but just 5 of 63 cases were approved in 2024

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Wisconsin rarely grants compassionate release as aging, ailing prisoners stress systems

Increased use of compassionate release could ease costs and crowding with minimal risks to public safety, experts say. But it remains off limits to many prisoners.

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Jeff Ash @jeffash26.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Follow suit, Wisconsin school board members and candidates.

Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 1d

More than two dozen Minnesota school board members and candidates have signed a letter in support of transgender athletes, calling for state and school leaders to affirm those students’ “right to fully participate in school sports.”

Minnesota school board members sign on to letter in support of transgender athletes

The letter released Friday counters an earlier letter from others who want to comply with a federal demand to ban transgender athletes in girls sports.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing the the Trump White House says is true. Rinse, repeat.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

ICE claims assaults on its officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

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Pavithra Suryanarayan @pavisuri.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of ways to understand the contemporary moment but one is the role of owners of immobile assets - oil, gas, coal and land- who want to ensure they can continue to extract rents (and pollute) and who prefer an authoritarian set up to do so. Their threat perception rises with every new eco tech

Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 1d

This is a hell of a contrast to news that BLM has canceled a solar project in Nevada that would have delivered 6.2 GW of power. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is what ice is doing

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way. Frog costumes blasting Yakety Sax and the Imperial March at these losers.

Fascists want fear. They crumble when you point and laugh in their faces. Turn the protests into circuses! Dance! Bring tamales! They HATE IT.

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Janai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 1d

The political prosecution of A.G Leticia James is yet another example of the Trump admin’s alarming pattern of attacking and punishing Black public servants, esp Black women, who it personally and politically opposes. Read our statement below.

www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...

LDF Resolutely Denounces the Indictment of New York Attorney General Leticia James

Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the below statement in response to the indictment of New York Attorney General Leticia James. Reportedly, the indictment ...

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 1d

Counterpoint: Protest is patriotic

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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