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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 3h

Trump Targets Democratic Districts By Halting Billions During Shutdown
The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion that had been reserved for more than 200 projects primarily located in Democratic-led cities, congressional districts and states,
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Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 3h

U.S. strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says
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U.S. strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says

President Trump said Tuesday in a social media post six people aboard the vessel were killed and no U.S. forces were harmed.

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 3h

How the latest round of federal layoffs could impact public health
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How the latest round of federal layoffs could impact public health

Over the weekend, roughly 1,300 employees at the CDC received notices they were fired. As the Trump administration realized it had fired some key staff, reportedly half of them were reinstated the nex...

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4h

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.

News organizations, including Hegseth's former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 3h

Why news organizations are rejecting the Pentagon’s new press rules
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Why news organizations are rejecting the Pentagon’s new press rules

Tuesday marks the deadline for journalists to decide whether to comply with the Pentagon's new rules for keeping credentials. Virtually every news organization, including PBS News, have refused to sig...

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 7h

Mohammed Mhawish - Gaza’s Broken Politics
Every movement that claimed to speak for Palestinians has failed them. The next chapter must belong to those who have endured the devastation.
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Gaza’s Broken Politics

Every movement that claimed to speak for Palestinians has failed them. The next chapter must belong to those who have endured the devastation.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 8h

AAUP chapters across the nation in solidarity against Trump's compact!

"Jonathan Gilligan, who proposed the resolution, [said]
that the language of the resolution closely mirrored that of the University of Virginia’s...to 'help ensure unity & solidarity'" for others opposing the compact.

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Vanderbilt faculty ask school administration to reject Trump memo, citing free speech

The Vanderbilt Faculty Senate voted on a resolution asking the university to reject a recent White House compact.

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 7h

The Pleasures of Reading Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Master of Doom
He won the Nobel Prize in Literature for books often called bleak and challenging. But they’re also comical and deeply human.
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The Pleasures of Reading Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Master of Doom

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 16h

Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act?
The justices have shown a willingness to chip away at the landmark civil rights legislation. A Louisiana case could unravel much of its remaining power.
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Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act?

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 16h

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani
The story of the man most likely to be the next mayor of New York City — and the promise and peril his ascent poses for the Democratic Party.
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Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.

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Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Happen Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Screenshot includes an AI generated image of what looks like a human cross between Daenaerys Targaryen and Marilyn Monroe on the back of a dragon.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 1d

Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Reporting Restrictions The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and others said their journalists would not agree to the Defense Department’s policies on news gathering ahead of a Tuesday deadline.
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Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Reporting Restrictions

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's shutdown firings hollow out special education office and the Office of Civil Rights at the Dept of Education
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Trump's shutdown firings hollow out special education office

On Friday, the Trump administration fired most employees at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. The Department of Education office is tasked with protecting the rights of mill...

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 1d

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier on adjusting to life at home after decades in prison
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Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier on adjusting to life at home after decades in prison

To many supporters, Leonard Peltier was a political prisoner unjustly punished for his activism with the American Indian Movement. To his critics, he is a remorseless killer of two FBI agents in 1975,...

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Indigenous People's Day! a poem from the great Joy Harjo
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“Shapeshifter”

“The white deer appeared on the road to his sister / As she returned from looking for him.”

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Ken Struck @kenstruck.bsky.social · 3d

Beware Antifa!

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X

Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 1d

MacArthur Foundation Announces 2025 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/a...

MacArthur Foundation Announces 2025 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 1d

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump
President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard.
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Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
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No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 2d

Farm bankruptcies were already on the rise when Trump's trade war added to the financial pressures on America's soybean farmers. Now, the world’s largest soybean consumer, China, has stopped buying American beans in a retaliatory move against the Trump administration. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Minnesota farmers struggle to stay afloat as China boycotts U.S. soybeans

Farm bankruptcies were already on the rise when President Trump's trade war added to the financial pressures on America's soybean farmers. Now, the world’s largest soybean consumer, China, has stopped...

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, a film by Raoul Peck on Orwell!! could not be more timely
Documentary argues George Orwell's greatest fears are materializing
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Documentary argues George Orwell's greatest fears are materializing

George Orwell's writings warning of the dangers of totalitarian and authoritarian states gave the English language the term "Orwellian." A new documentary called "Orwell: 2+2=5” argues that Orwell's g...

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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 2d

At Least 1 Dead and 3 Injured After Shootings at Mississippi Universities www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

At Least 1 Dead and 3 Injured After Shootings at Mississippi Universities

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