Brooke T. Sample
@brookesample.bsky.social
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Cat lady, editrix, occasional sports fan, nap aficionado. She/her/hers. Editorial board member, Bloomberg Opinion. All views mine alone.
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brookesample.bsky.social
Happy #caturday from this magnificent beast, seen at Catsbury Park — the cat convention at Bell Works, where “Severance” is filmed! Anyway: It’s been a better way to spend a Penn State game day yet again.
All-white Maine coon cat lounges on a vendor table at the Catsbury Park convention in Holmdel, NJ, at Bell Works.
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SCOOP: PA prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parent's address in Pennsylvania for years. Me with @marisakabas.bsky.social

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MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.
slate.com
brookesample.bsky.social
Oh, if you thought I was mad before …

(Bloomberg) -- The White House is halting $18 billion in New York infrastructure funding due to concerns over “unconstitutional” diversity and inclusion practices … “Specifically, the Hudson Tunnel Project and the Second Ave Subway,” he said in a post on X.
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joesudbay.bsky.social
Nick Valencia, who has been doing amazing reporting, just wrote about this:

“These Are Abductions.” Newlywed Husband Says Wife Taken During Green Card Interview

open.substack.com/pub/nickvale...
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tiffany.thetriibe.com
“Steve Held, the journalist arrested tonight and taken to a so far undisclosed location, was part of the reporting team that exposed the falsity of ICE’s official narrative on the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas González. His work speaks for itself.”
thetriibe.com
NEW — Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents outside the Broadview immigration facility earlier this evening.

A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.

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Chicago journalist detained while covering protest outside Broadview immigration facility • The TRiiBE
Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents earlier this evening.
thetriibe.com
brookesample.bsky.social
It’s hard to say this was on Franklin. I’m not a big defender, but the play calling was solid tonight … but Allar wasn’t on it
avitek.bsky.social
James Franklin football baby!
rodger.bsky.social
Penn State fighting all the way back, having seemingly infinite momentum, looking like they were on the verge of shedding the No Big Wins reputation, and STILL losing is going to feel like a sledgehammer to the skull
brookesample.bsky.social
My new cat just destroyed the only armchair I’ve ever found that fits a very particular space in my house. It was IKEA. Now I’m mad at everything, including the cat
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timobrien.bsky.social
Trump sued me for $5 billion and lost. This is what I think he’s really after in the $15 billion defamation suit he just filed against the NYT, four reporters and Penguin Random House: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Trump’s $15 Billion NY Times Suit Also Has a Serious Intent
The president wants to tear down another vital institution while unwinding legal protections for the media.
www.bloomberg.com
brookesample.bsky.social
Clicking on the link really did not help matters
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Deeply chocolatey and extremely savory, this cookie is perplexing at first bite and addictive after that. nyti.ms/4mU7C5h
Chocolate Chip Cookie With Black Sesame and Seaweed
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jeffsharlet.bsky.social
If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
brookesample.bsky.social
Mine are, and if I can still hear them, it's mitigated enough to quell my irritation.
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opinion.bloomberg.com
The ICE raid on the Hyundai plant in Georgia is bewildering.

Clive Crook explains how the White House is putting one of the US’ greatest strengths at risk 🎥
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marisakabas.bsky.social
What the actual fuck.

US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”
U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump
An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.
www.benrothenberg.com
brookesample.bsky.social
Happy #Caturday from Jeffrey.
Black cat with one white paw yawns widely while stretching between naps on a gray armchair
brookesample.bsky.social
Just, what

via WSJ: RFK Jr. plans to announce that pregnant women's use of an over-the-counter pain medication is potentially linked to autism in a report that will also suggest a medicine derived from folate can be used to treat symptoms of the developmental disorder in some people
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atrupar.com
I just want to say for the record that when the history books are written centuries from now, I believe the election of Donald Trump in a free and fair election in 2024 will go down as one of the most senseless and self-destructive own goals in human history
brookesample.bsky.social
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Thursday.
a man wearing glasses says come on seriously on a netflix advertisement
ALT: a man wearing glasses says come on seriously on a netflix advertisement
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