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Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · 6d

Great man, great journalist, great Coug.

"We are not descended from fearful men"

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · 11d

Easy fast, sister.

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 11d

As Yom Kippur begins, it’s a day of fasting, a day seeking forgiveness, a day of returning, reflection, and renewal. Our work is to strengthen each other, to value each other, to fight for a better life where every person is valued and every child has the chance to thrive.

Gmar chatima tova

Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · 12d

Trump declares war on fictional women's bookstore, threatens to cage all the free-range chickens in Collin's brood and Take. The. Birds. Off. It. #AlasPortlandia

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Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · 18d

The Magic Number for @mariners.com is 1.

That is all.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20d

It's weird how Tylenol caused autism (first diagnosed in 1943) before it was even invented (1955). What a clever drug.

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Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · 20d

Congratulations to the current generation of Everett Herald journalists, represented by @everettnewsguild.bsky.social

www.thestand.org/2025/09/ever...

Everett NewsGuild secures first contract

Three years since winning their union, the journalists and photographers of the Daily Herald in Everett have ratified a first contract EVERETT, WA (September 22, 2025) — For months, the Everett NewsGu...

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Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · Sep 4

Huh! I wonder why...

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Sep 4

Breaking news: Pentagon officials last week informed European diplomats that the US would no longer fund programmes that train and equip militaries in eastern European countries that would be on the frontline of any conflict with Russia. on.ft.com/4mNocUo

Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · Sep 4

Fun fact: When I started at the Everett Herald in 2000, I made $20 an hour. Today -- 25 years later -- the Everett Herald is offering its newsroom workers a base salary of $20.50 an hour.

Get real, people.

I'm standing with @everettnewsguild.bsky.social and I urge you to do the same.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · Aug 29

why are we talking about what Lisa Cook may have done when we know that Donald Trump put down on a loan document that his 10k sq foot condo was 32k square feet?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 29

The Trump administration's bid to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve board has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge, who expressed skepticism over the president's claims of misconduct.

Judge considers request to block Trump’s ouster of Federal Reserve board member

The Trump administration's bid to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve board has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge, who expressed skepticism over the president's claims of misconduct.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Aug 29

Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals court rules www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals court rules

A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president's use of the levies as a key international economic policy tool.

www.reuters.com

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · Aug 29

Pretty funny that these people can debate with a straight face what Lisa Cook put down on a mortgage application when we know the president of the United States said on a loan form that his 10k square foot condo was 32k square feet --- all the Republicans are just fine with that.

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Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · Aug 29

#WTAF? There's no crime in DC, so we're paying armed National Guardsmen to do yard work now? #NationalGardners

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National Guard spreads 380 cubic tons of mulch in DC

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Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · Aug 26

Nice work, Elon.

Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · Aug 26

DOGE staff at Social Security have put the sensitive data of hundreds of millions is at "high risk," which could have “catastrophic impact,” according to internal SSA docs.

This was not only foreseeable, but widely predicted.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says

www.nytimes.com

Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · Aug 26

I've put out feelers to double-check, but I'm highly confident that the whole "200 Chinese airplanes were grounded because I blocked Boeing parts" bit is a lie.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

'Please Make It Stop': Trump’s Weird New Rant Polarizes Critics Online

The president met Monday with South Korean leader Lee Jae-myung before taking questions about his ongoing trade war in the Oval Office.

www.yahoo.com

Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · Aug 25

"Lutefisk! Lutefisk! Lefse! Lefse!
Recognize our #union?
Yeah, sure, you betcha!"

www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Staff at major Seattle museum launch union effort

Staffers at the National Nordic Museum announced their intent to unionize Friday, joining a growing group of Washington museum workers pushing to organize.

www.seattletimes.com

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Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · Aug 22

Now it's been a while since I took Econ 198, but my recollection is that when the government owns the means of production, that is actual socialism.

Maybe my Trump-voting friends can help me understand this.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 22

President Trump said on Friday that Intel, the troubled Silicon Valley chipmaker, had agreed to give the U.S. government a 10% stake in its business, worth $10 billion.

Trump Says Intel Has Agreed to Give U.S. a 10% Stake in Its Business

The president’s comments follow his calls for the resignation of Intel’s chief executive this month.

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · Aug 19

Social media users wondered what the good parts of slavery were.

Trump Attacks Smithsonian For Focus On 'How Bad Slavery Was' And, Boy, The Responses

Social media users wondered what the good parts of slavery were.

www.huffpost.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · Aug 19

In case anyone's confused, yes, slavery was bad.

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Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · Aug 19

"If the Qatar, Etihad and LOT agreements are harbingers of further market politicization, government involvement in airliner sales will shape the industry in three ways—none of them good."

aviationweek.com/aerospace/ma...

Opinion: The Unwelcome Return Of Politicized Jetliner Sales | Aviation Week Network

Increased government involvement in airliner sales will shape the industry in three ways—none of them good.

aviationweek.com

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Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · Aug 15

That's something I'd like to remind everyone:

When The Guy slept with Stormy Daniels, he cheated on both his wife AND his mistress.

That's pretty remarkable.

Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · Aug 14

Do better, Alma Mater on the Hudson Shore

UAW @uaw.org · Aug 14

"The cuts to graduate instructor jobs seem to be part of a concerted strategy by Columbia to undermine its unions."

@swcolumbia.bsky.social | @uawregion9a.bsky.social

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Columbia Tries to Undermine Its Unions, Hire Scab Instructors

Imagine you get a letter from your manager a week before you are set to teach classes, removing you from teaching duties but saying you’ll get paid anyway. This odd experience has happened to around 1...

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Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · Aug 14

The one source of truth on Truth Social is ... the AI chat bot?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 14

The president has celebrated his tariffs as a benefit for Americans, but the Truth Search AI bot said that costs could be passed onto American consumers. wapo.st/45vMriv

Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · Aug 14

Bwahahahaha

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 14

Trump’s Truth Social launched an AI chatbot, which doesn’t see eye to eye with him.

The Post asked the bot about topics like tariffs, the best president and Jan. 6. Here’s what it said. wapo.st/45vMriv

Bryan Corliss @bryancorliss.bsky.social · Jul 30

Is it just me, or did #Boeing's CEO just dare his unionized St. Louis workers to strike?

“'We’ll manage through this,' he said. 'I wouldn’t worry too much about the implications of the strike.'”

www.defensenews.com/air/2025/07/...

Boeing CEO says defense business can weather looming worker strike

Approximately 3,200 Boeing employees who build fighter aircraft and munitions could strike as soon as next week.

www.defensenews.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 22

UnitedHealthcare is raising premiums for policyholders in New York and Washington after spending $9B on stock buybacks last year.

Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders.

This is why we need Medicare for All.

Health Insurers Are Hiking Premiums as Their Profits Balloon

The US’s six largest health insurers reported massive profits last year, doling out billions on stock buybacks and divid

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