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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 4h

ER doc here! There is no such thing as “an ER model” hospital. An ER w/o a hospital is like a bandaid on a bullet hole. What if you need surgery? Cardiac cath? Specialist care? Increased distance means delays, which mean real harms & even deaths. But, also, when hospitals close their ERs close, too…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

It’s refreshing to see the ‘vengeance’ part put right into the lede:

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

WSJ: “.. the portion of subprime auto loans that are 60 days or more overdue on their payments hit a record of more than 6% ..”

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3h

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
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The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3h

After years of surcharges, travel companies are beginning to view solo travelers as their own demographic.

Solo travelers were punished with extra charges. That’s changing.

From cruise lines to hotels to tours, the travel industry is changing to cater to solo travelers.

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Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 8h

How have you been?

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icookfood2023.bsky.social @icookfood2023.bsky.social · 10h

It’s Friday jr, what are your plans for @datelinenbc.bsky.social? 9/8c Btw, Josh is putting on a master class with his wardrobe. 👌🏾 #Dateline

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h

One thing we've learned from the American judicial system: The first 34 felonies are on the house*.

*Terms and conditions may apply. See prosecutors for details if you're not white. Or rich.

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 14h

Trumpers flooding the zone with demands he win a peace prize for a Gaza deal that isn't final yet. They know the selection process will be held tomorrow.

And he totally deserves it too if you ignore him murdering people in the international waters and kidnapping civilians on American streets.

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Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 8h

a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is standing in front of a crowd .

ALT: a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is standing in front of a crowd .

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 9h

It will soon come ashore looking for the manager.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9h

Subtropical Storm Karen forms far from land in the north Atlantic Ocean.

Tropical Storm Raymond, third system now off the coast of Mexico, forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Tropical Storm Raymond has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the third system now off the western coast of Mexico. The U.S.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 9h

LAPD spokesperson resigns after U.S. attorney complains about alleged leak, sources say

Jennifer Forkish, the LAPD’s public information director, said she resigned Thursday. Sources familiar with her ouster said the acting U.S. attorney contacted LAPD leaders alleging a suspected leak from her office. Forkish called any claim that she leaked information "categorically false.”

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Josh Mankiewicz @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social · 9h

Roberson's lawyers said in a filing Monday that the first episode of Lester Holt’s #Dateline podcast "The Last Appeal" also highlighted new information about Roberson's case. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Texas prisoner Robert Roberson's execution halted by state's highest criminal court

Roberson would be the first person in the nation put to death for a "shaken baby" diagnosis. A "Dateline" podcast included new interviews and evidence in the sprawling case.

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victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 10h

literally!!!!

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 11h

The Trump administration is offering $60K in student loan forgiveness as a recruitment tool for ICE, which just proves fighting Biden on student loan relief was never about the loans or “paying your own debt.” It was about who was offering it and who it would’ve helped.

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Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 11h

One of those NY tabloid figures without whom the 80s wouldn’t have been the 80s. May he RIP

New York Daily News @nydailynews.com · 1d

Famed John Gotti lawyer Bruce Cutler dead at 77

Criminal defense attorney Bruce Cutler, whose courtroom infamy was eclipsed only by his larger-than-life client client John Gotti, died on Monday,

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

It's even worse than this. The subhed will leave the casual reader with the vague impression that he actually has a legitimate claim to it.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 10h

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 15h

Nobel Committee should just troll Trump, and give Obama a second Peace Prize.

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AnnaMolly will typo @anna-molly.bsky.social · 11h

Mr Rogers was probably a really generous lover

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11h

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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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 13h

whew

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Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 10h

Inside Portland’s War Zone (Spoiler: It’s a Farmers Market

Inside Portland’s War Zone (Spoiler: It’s a Farmers Market)

YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21h

“Abortion providers say Missouri’s attorney general is trying to get patient records” 10/7/25 … 1/ apnews.com/article/abor...

Abortion providers say Missouri's attorney general is trying to get patient records

Planned Parenthood officials say in court filings that Missouri's Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of patients who’ve had abortions.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 11h

Absolutely brutal way for the Phillies to lose, Dodgers win the series

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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