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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · 10d

A federal judge in Mass. just sided with pro-Palestinian protesters in ruling the Trump admin violated the free speech of noncitizens. The judge led the ruling with a copy of a postcard containing a threat he received, and his response: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/30/n...

Postcard handwritten text: 19/June 2025: TRUMP HAS HIS PARDONS AND TANKS...WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
Typed text: Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous, Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, We the People of the United States -- you and me -- have our magnificent Constitution. Here's how that works out in a specific case --

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Vince Dixon @vincedixon.bsky.social · 11d

"Food destined for starving people in Sudan, Bangladesh, Gaza, Syria and Myanmar rotted in warehouses. Clinics rationed HIV treatment to control and prevent transmission to newborns in Kenya. Medicine never made it to conflict-ridden Sudan, leaving sick people to die of preventable diseases."

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11d

Exclusive: In the first half of the year, upheaval from the Trump administration’s foreign aid freeze delayed the delivery of hundreds of USAID shipments of antimalarial and HIV medical supplies to regional warehouses in dozens of countries.

The consequences were deadly.

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 18d

More from the Suffolk University poll: www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff...

Do you support or oppose "defund the police"?
Support - 21%
Oppose - 74%

Would you support or oppose cutting some of the police budget and using the money for social services?
Support - 54%
Oppose - 41%

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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · 18d

Very cool interactive playoff scenario simulator by the great @daigofuji.bsky.social: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/23/s...

Which teams will make the American League playoffs? Use our simulator to see the possibilities. - The Boston Globe

The teams fighting for playoff spots have six games remaining. Our simulator allows you to see how the outcomes of those games will affect the playoff race.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · 22d

Somerville's incumbent mayor won just two precincts in Tuesday's prelim. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/18/m...

via @kirklandan.com

A precinct map of Somerville showing city councilor Jake Wilson winning most precincts in Tuesday's prelim, followed by city councilor Willie Burnley.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 25d

Trump's approval rating and favorability by age. www.pbump.net/o/tracking-h...

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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · 26d

The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright has really stuck with me

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Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 26d

Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · Sep 11

NYT on the alleged messages on the shooter's weapon:

According to a preliminary internal report circulated inside the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, federal and local officials recovered ammunition with the shooter’s rifle that appeared to be engraved with statements “expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology.”

But a senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation cautioned that report had not been verified by A.T.F. analysts, did not match other summaries of the evidence, and might turn out to have been misread or misinterpreted. In fast-moving investigations, such status reports are not made public because they often contain a mixture of accurate and inaccurate information.

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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · Sep 11

Wu's lopsided victory came despite being outmatched in fund-raising. Kraft spent roughly $260 for every vote earned in the prelim. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/10/m...

via @daigofuji.bsky.social

A bar chart showing Josh Kraft spent around $260 for every vote he received

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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · Sep 11

Michelle Wu won 264 of the 275 precincts in Boston's mayoral prelim Tuesday. Josh Kraft took a handful of South Boston & Neponset precincts. #bospoli

Some of her strongest pockets of support were in JP & Fenway.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/11/m...
via @johnhancock.bsky.social

a map showing the precinct level results from Boston's mayoral race.

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · Sep 4

Inequality is going in the wrong direction: while the richest millennials are wealthier than the richest boomers were at their age, the average millennial is worse off.

My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · Sep 4

Josh Kraft pours another $3.5 million into his campaign, bringing his total to $5.5 million as he trails Michelle Wu by double digits in a July poll.

Josh Kraft puts another $3.5 million into his campaign, as Boston mayor’s race shatters campaign finance records - The Boston Globe

Josh Kraft is putting another $3.5 million into his campaign for Boston mayor, crashing through local fundraising records as he seeks to make up ground in his bid to unseat Mayor Michelle Wu.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · Sep 3

Did you read the story?

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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · Sep 3

The Trump administration is hinting about a federal takeover of South Station over crime concerns. The Globe looked at the data, and it tells a different story: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/03/d...

A chart showing property and violent crime at South Station by year. There were 26 incidents in 2023, 30 in 2024, and 22 so far in 2025.

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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · Aug 21

High rip current risk along the New England shoreline today #Erin #Bostonwx www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/19/m...

A map of coastal New England showing rip current risk along the Cape/Islands coast and parts of New Hampshire and Maine

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 14

See the man circled here? That's E.J. Antoni, Trump's Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee, walking through a crowd of Capitol rioters.

#ICYMI, we've got an archive of 500+ Parler videos taken during Jan. 6. You can spot Antoni starting at around 1:41 here: projects.propublica.org/parler-capit...

Screenshot of E.J. Antoni, a man with short brown hair and wearing a red shirt, moving in the bottom right corner through a crowd of Jan. 6 rioters on Capitol grounds.

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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · Aug 13

Totally get the frustration, but I'd just urge you to consider that the paywall is what allows photojournalists to do this kind of creative work, plus a lot more. We often run a $1 for six months promo also!

Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · Aug 13

Please enjoy these dog photos:

On a hot summer day, give these dogs a dock, and they’re all eager to take the plunge - The Boston Globe

Some 250 very good girls and boys of a wide array of breeds, sizes, and skill levels lined up for three days, at American K-9 Country to participate in a North American Diving Dog certified event.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · Aug 5

Lots of smoke out there this morning from wildfires in Canada. 📈 via @johnhancock.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/07/m...

A map of air quality levels showing smoke across much of the Northeast.

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kate conger @kateconger.com · Aug 1

How the information ecosystem works on X today: A random account aggregates my reporting, recounting scoops from our Media Matters story, and uses it to drive subscriptions to their Substack. Elon Musk sees it and endorses it, with apparently no idea he's reading the NYT, a publication he hates.

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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · Jul 30

"I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic—the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not."

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Christina Prignano Deering @christinaprignano.com · Jul 30

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations

“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...

www.mcsweeneys.net

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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · Jul 21

For Catholics in the Ocean State, the divine feels a bit closer to home these days after Pope Leo XIV declared a miracle happened at a Pawtucket hospital in 2007.

"That something can happen here in Rhode Island is wonderful."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/21/m...

After pope declares a miracle, Catholics rejoice: ‘That something can happen here in Rhode Island is wonderful’ - The Boston Globe

God “continues to work even in our little Ocean State,” said the Rev. Nathan J. Ricci, vice chancellor of the Diocese of Providence, after Pope Leo XIV declared a miracle happened at a Pawtucket hospi...

www.bostonglobe.com

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Damon Kiesow @damon.kiesow.net · Jul 19

Why local news is a critical infrastructure: these cases are common and always local.

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