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benfranklinsaid.bsky.social @benfranklinsaid.bsky.social · 8d

Hey Belgium, Japan, Germany, Netherlands and everyone else - how’d you like to cut a deal to support some US labs working on mRNA vaccines to cure cancer? (Thanks to our inane fedgov) the labs need the funding and humanity could use a cure. Big risk, huge huge reward.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 8d

Such a smart take without the pearl clutching or the slavish sucking up that obscures much media criticism

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Neil Sandell 🇨🇦 @neilsandell.bsky.social · 11d

A nice win for Bianca Andreescu in R1 Qualies in Wuhan. Whether by circumstance or design, I think qualies is the route to go. It gives her matches and chances to sharpen her game before the main draw. Also, the feel good confidence of winning is a boost. #TennisSky.

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Neil Sandell 🇨🇦 @neilsandell.bsky.social · 13d

The White House press corp is derided as being mere stenographers. If only. The MSM reports on Trump’s speech to the generals waves off his utter incoherence as mere “rambling” without elaborating. Why not report what he actually said, as Heather Cox Richardson does? I mean, this is bonkers.

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Neil Sandell 🇨🇦 @neilsandell.bsky.social · 15d

Let's celebrate a new Canadian World Champion. On Saturday, Magdeleine Vallieres became the first ever Canadian to win the world cycling road race at the UCI championships in Kigali. She gets to wear the rainbow jersey for the next 12 months. #CanadaSky www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/its-c...

'I don't believe it yet' - Magdeleine Vallieres in shock after becoming Canada's first ever road race world champion

The 24-year-old had only ever won one race as a professional before, but will wear the rainbow bands for the next 12 months

www.cyclingweekly.com

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The Weeknight on MSNBC @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social · 20d

Trump’s DOJ may charge former FBI Director James Comey with lying to Congress, @marcelias.bsky.social fires back: “Honor your oath or resign.”

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Neil Sandell 🇨🇦 @neilsandell.bsky.social · 23d

Glad to see more of you here, because frankly, BlueSky tennis is getting swamped by clickbait, IMO. Needs more people like you who care about the game.

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Neil Sandell 🇨🇦 @neilsandell.bsky.social · 23d

Agree, and I'm a neutral.

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Neil Sandell 🇨🇦 @neilsandell.bsky.social · 24d

This is my pet peeve with the tourists who visit my city. Group shopping.

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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 25d

ouch

Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 25d

NEW - US judge dismisses Trump’s $15 bln suit against NYT, says ‘a complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective — not a protected platform to rage against an adversary.’ Ruling gives Trump 28 days to amend www.reuters.com/business/med...

Order - tmsnrt.rs/4gAPWcK

www.reuters.com

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 25d

Was not expecting this...

Politico @politico.com · 25d

Cruz admonishes the FCC for taking down Kimmel, calling Carr’s actions “dangerous as hell.”

Cruz calls out FCC for taking down Jimmy Kimmel

The Senate Commerce Committee chair called Brendan Carr's actions "dangerous as hell."

www.politico.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25d

A GOP-appointed federal judge tossed out Trump's lawsuit against the NYT: "“As every lawyer knows (or is presumed to know), a complaint is … not a protected platform to rage against an adversary."

www.lawdork.com/p/judge-toss...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26d

Oh. My. God. Profoundly twisted framing from @nytimes.com The casual reader of this hed and subhed would have exactly zero inkling that this is likely corrupt or even illegal or unconstitutional. Euphemistic to the point of absurdity.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26d

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 26d

periodic reminder that there are better sources of recipes and your local drugstore will sell you a book of crossword puzzles for five bucks

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26d

Oh. My. God. Profoundly twisted framing from @nytimes.com The casual reader of this hed and subhed would have exactly zero inkling that this is likely corrupt or even illegal or unconstitutional. Euphemistic to the point of absurdity.

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Neil Sandell 🇨🇦 @neilsandell.bsky.social · 26d

The receipts.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26d

The hypocrisy from Trump's FCC Chair is staggering but unsurprising.

It should be clear by now that to MAGA, protecting freedom of speech was always secondary to wielding the power to punish anyone who questions this regime.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26d

The hypocrisy from Trump's FCC Chair is staggering but unsurprising.

It should be clear by now that to MAGA, protecting freedom of speech was always secondary to wielding the power to punish anyone who questions this regime.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26d

Extraordinarily corrupt. I watched FCC chair Brendan Carr's full interview on Hannity. Carr basically said straight out that coverage of Trump he deems overly hostile can be decreed contrary to the "public interest," and thus grounds for yanking licenses:

newrepublic.com/article/2006...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 27d

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FCC Chair Carr’s post from 12/30/23:

Free speech is the counterweight—it is the check on government control. That is why censorship is the authoritarian’s dream.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 27d

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.