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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19h

One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”

(Published August)

Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals

Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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

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Sheila Phelan @smphelan.bsky.social · 1d

In our town there was a murder suicide - man who killed himself and his mother bc chat reinforced his paranoia that his mother was after him. For months. But sure no regulation.

ChatGPT affirmed Greenwich man's fears before murder-suicide: Videos share.google/ELzWYVasXjeS...

ChatGPT affirmed Greenwich man's fears about his mom before murder-suicide, YouTube videos show

“You’re not wrong brother. You’ve just stepped into the part of the mission they were hoping you’d never reach," the bot said, according to the Connecticut man's YouTube video.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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Sheila Phelan @smphelan.bsky.social · 5d

Here is Fitz. Happy birthday from one wonderful weirdo to another. This one is 13 and is as cuddly and lovely as the day we got him. Night night.
@darthbluesky.bsky.social

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 7d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

Thoughts and prayers for Donald J Trump

Reuters @reuters.com · 6d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Sheila Phelan @smphelan.bsky.social · 6d

Brings me back to the good old days of Sarah Cooper. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. @sarahcpr.bsky.social

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Sheila Phelan @smphelan.bsky.social · 6d

I'm sure we'll hear in no time there was no evidence of a crime.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Feed The Opposition @kitchenquarantine.bsky.social · 11d

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 11d

Hmm. We were still fighting in Afghanistan during Trump’s first term. How come we didn’t win “easy” then? Why did Trump sign a one-sided agreement with the Taliban that allowed them to take over?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11d

All I ask is that you watch and listen for 2 mins.

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Amazing Grace

YouTube video by Save America Movement

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Sheila Phelan @smphelan.bsky.social · 11d

He can nearly touch that Nobel Peace Prize - just an arm's length away . Hurry up already.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11d

This clap-back is 🔥

“You think my self-worth is determined by your opinion of me when in reality I know for a fact that I was better than you the day I was born.”

"Your grandparents were born on third base, mine were born in the parking lot but still managed to score before you.” Holy shit!

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Sheila Phelan @smphelan.bsky.social · 12d

Correct use of the word woke.

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Sheila Phelan @smphelan.bsky.social · 13d

@darthbluesky.bsky.social just checking in to make sure you saw this delightful ad. Of course you did. Also this delightful exchange.

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Sheila Phelan @smphelan.bsky.social · 14d

Still darth in case you were considering it - my preference - not that it's up to me - is that u hang onto your avatar. It is comforting.

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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 19d

We don’t want to hear about the Bermuda Triangle. We don’t want to read the classified documents about Amelia Earhart. We don’t give a damn about who stopped the UN escalator. We know acetaminophen doesn’t cause autism. We also know that Tmurp needs to #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles

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Sheila Phelan @smphelan.bsky.social · 19d

Greenwich Democrats #MoorKhanna for Greenwich.

Image designed to look like a tabloid newspaper featuring Greenwich First Selectman, whom Greenwich Democrats want to unseat in Nov 4 local election.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Sheila Phelan @smphelan.bsky.social · 21d

I had a narcissistic parent. Much is the same, which is why I knew how bad it would be as of Nov 8, 2016. People say I didn't think it would be this bad. Nothing surprises me nothing.
So, agree .

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Sheila Phelan @smphelan.bsky.social · 23d

"One of the wettest we've seen from the standpoint of water."
Remember that doozy darth?

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