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Jim Trotter @jimtrotter.bsky.social · Apr 18

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Sports Journalist Jim Trotter Launches Success Fund for Aspiring Reporters Including $300k to Help Howard Students

School of Communications graduate, Jim Trotter, founded an organization to increase the number of African American professionals working in sports journalism. He is launching the Sports Journalism Suc...

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

Jim Trotter @jimtrotter.bsky.social · 1d

It’s truly an honor to be able to witness the greatness that is A’ja Wilson. #Respect

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

“The National Guard’s mostly quiet walks through Washington, D.C., are expected to cost a little more than $200 million…”

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A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime

The Trump administration’s National Guard deployments are highly inefficient.

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Jim Trotter @jimtrotter.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, sir. Hope you’re well. I left LinkedIn when I retired.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2d

If this stuff would end up on the news it would absolutely motivate voters. Plenty of people who don't give a shit about politics would absolutely give af about this.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2d

You’d think a decade into all of this, the NYT would have figured out how to stop lauding the arsonist for helping to extinguish the fire.

Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 2d

there was a ceasefire when trump came in. he let israel blow that up, let famine spread, let his goons murder starving people, before using the power he'd had since he took office. grotesque to call this peacemaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/us/politics/trump-mideast-visit-israel-gaza.html

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 3d

Canada vs. America

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Coach Mustard (aka velospence) @velospence.bsky.social · 5d

3 separate news websites and not a single one mentions the house of a female judge that was burned to the ground just days after being criticized and harassed by Stephen Miller.

seems like a pretty big story, ngl

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 7d

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

CNN @cnn.com · 8d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9d

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 9d

Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10d

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Jim Trotter @jimtrotter.bsky.social · 11d

No lies told! 👇🏾

Daniel Thompson @dr-thompson.bsky.social · 11d

Napheesa Collier's full statement at the beginning of her exit interview.

She directly quotes conversations with Cathy Englebert that legitimately call into question how the WNBA is being led. (Part 1/2) #WNBASky

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Jim Trotter @jimtrotter.bsky.social · 11d

Indeed, you are correct.

Jim Trotter @jimtrotter.bsky.social · 11d

I agree with Collier: WNBA leadership under Englebert is the worst in professional sports.

Pull Up 3 @pullupthr33.bsky.social · 11d

Cathy Englebert has also released a statement via WNBA communications:

WNBA COMMISSIONER CATHY ENGELBERT'S STATEMENT
NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2025 - WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert issued the following statement on Minnesota Lynx Napheesa Collier's comments:
"I have the utmost respect for Napheesa Collier and for all the players in the WNBA.
Together we have all worked tirelessly to transform this league. My focus remains on ensuring a bright future for the players and the WNBA, including collaborating on how we continue to elevate the game. I am disheartened by how Napheesa characterized our conversations and league leadership, but even when our perspectives differ, my commitment to the players and to this work will not waver."

Jim Trotter @jimtrotter.bsky.social · 11d

Napheesa Collier calls out WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert: ‘Worst leadership in the world’ 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 15d

NYT: Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 18d

Any journalist or commentator who writes a wrap-up of this speech that suggests that any of it was normal, worthy of respect, not absolutely deranged, not an insult to the audience, not an embarrassment for the US, should be relieved of their jobs.

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Jim Trotter @jimtrotter.bsky.social · 18d

This is the worst, most embarrassing and shameful United Nations speech I’ve ever heard from a U.S. president. Nothing compares. Wow. Just… wow!

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Jim Trotter @jimtrotter.bsky.social · 18d

Good gracious, is there no person or organization that this oof will not insult? 🤦🏾‍♂️

Jim Trotter @jimtrotter.bsky.social · 18d

Every one of these stories is heartbreaking. Good people doing good work who deserve better. The worst part? There are many more stories like this to come. 😡

Megan Burbank @meganburbank.bsky.social · 19d

Today, I was laid off from Cascade PBS along with my entire team and most of the newsroom. I'll have more to say, but I have loved my time as news editor alongside some of the best journalists I have ever worked with. Every time a newsroom closes, stories go with it. The silence that follows is loud

KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 19d

The move, attributed to the loss of federal funding for public media, marks the layoffs of 17 staffers and the creation of three new positions.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 19d

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, the largest private provider of scholarships to minority students.

MacKenzie Scott gives $70 million to UNCF to financially strengthen HBCUs

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, the largest private provider of scholarships to minority students.

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