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Why is Stephen A. Smith on #TheView? He's a freakin' J.O.K.E. 🤷‍♂️
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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"It is my hope and dream that year two is the year that accountability starts, and I think we're starting to see it."

@amandacarpenter.bsky.social tells @timmiller.bsky.social why stopping unlawful military and federal action is essential to the future of our democracy.
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Great piece on the ever increasing size of #cars in the UK and Europe by Theo Leggett

By gov'ts mandating more and more safety features, manufacturers improving structural integrity, etc., automobiles inevitably were going to increase in size and weight. This is the trade off.
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'Carspreading’ is on the rise - not everyone is happy
In the UK and across Europe, cars are becoming longer, wider and heavier.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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“This film was wilfully made for humans, by humans… F*** AI.”

— Guillermo del Toro while accepting the Vanguard Tribute Award for ‘Frankenstein’ at the Gotham Awards.
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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We already have a water issue in Warrenton VA.

The data centers are huge ugly buildings that take over the landscape.

I‘m glad @repsuhas.bsky.social is fighting to protect what land has not been taken over already.
@repsuhas.bsky.social
is right to ring the alarm…

Congress has to make AI a priority. Legislators let social media go unregulated and we all see the fallout. It’s the Wild West. We cannot let the same thing happen with AI.

If Congress sleeps on this, we’re in trouble.
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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We're taking nothing for granted. Every door knocked, every dollar raised helps us build toward a better future for all Iowans. There is still a lot of work to do. Are you with us? www.newsweek.com/democrat-lea...
Democrat leads Republican for governor in state Trump won 3 times—Poll
A new poll showed Democratic state Auditor Rob Sand with an early lead in the Iowa gubernatorial race.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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In 2024, Romania, an upper middle income European country, had over 30,000 cases — putting it on the world's top ten measles list. Its vaccination rate hovers around 60%. How did this happen?
Are there lessons for the U.S. in this European country's struggle with measles?
In 2024, Romania, an upper middle income European country, had over 30,000 cases — putting it on the world's top ten measles list. Its vaccination rate hovers around 60%. How did this happen?
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November 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Bannon was a vocal proponent earlier this year for the release of the federal government’s Epstein files—before the extent of his relationship with Epstein became public knowledge. trib.al/bPr9dH9
“You Lied to Us”: Steve Bannon’s Fans Turn on Him Over Epstein Ties
Jeffrey Epstein advised Bannon on Donald Trump’s first term.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If this happened under Presidents Biden or Obama, this would be a scandal across all conservative media, but barely a blip from @cnn.com, @ms.now, etc. etc. etc.

Officials meet in Geneva for #Ukraine talks as peace plan’s author called into question
#WeStandWithUkraine
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Officials meet in Geneva for Ukraine talks as peace plan’s author called into question
In Geneva on Sunday, U.S. officials put the heat on Ukraine to accept a peace deal to end the war with Russia or else. The author of the plan became a point of contention, while President Donald Trump...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last survivors of the #Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at age 111
#ViolaFordFletcher #TulsaRaceMassacre
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Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at age 111
Fletcher spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions. n.pr/49F5HOn
New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
'No one will support it': Ukraine's soldiers react to US peace plan
#WeStandWithUkraine #Ukraine
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'No one will support it': Ukraine's soldiers react to US peace plan
Ukrainian soldiers at the front are angry, defiant and resigned after US plan became public.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
#Norway 's lesson for #Europe on #wealthtaxes: let some millionaires go
#EconSky #taxes

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November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I can't get rid of this cough. 😷

I want to get better before #Thanksgiving so that I don't get anyone sick. Ugh!
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"His tariffs are also facing a legal challenge that has gone to #SCOTUS. In a Nov. 5, hearing, the justices sounded skeptical that the president had the authority to bypass Congress and slap unlimited #tariffs on most imports simply by declaring a national emergency." 1/2
#EconSky
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U.S. trade deficit dropped nearly 24% in August as Trump's tariffs reduce imports
In a report delayed for more than seven weeks by the federal government shutdown, the Commerce Department said Wednesday that the the gap between what the United States buys from other countries and w...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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The painting of Kahlo asleep in a bed — titled “El sueño (La cama)” or in English, “The Dream (The Bed)” — surpassed the record held by Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1,” which sold for $44.4 million in 2014. https://to.pbs.org/44jwNH9
$54.7M sale of Frida Kahlo self-portrait breaks auction record for female artists
The self-portrait is among the few Kahlo pieces that have remained in private hands outside Mexico, where her body of work has been declared an artistic monument.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Still, the U.S. trade deficit is up so far in 2025, coming in at $713.6 billion through August, compared to $571.1 billion in January-August 2024. https://to.pbs.org/47O8mnE
U.S. trade deficit dropped nearly 24% in August as Trump's tariffs reduce imports
In a report delayed for more than seven weeks by the federal government shutdown, the Commerce Department said Wednesday that the the gap between what the United States buys from other countries and w...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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U.S. employers added a surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic report that had been delayed for seven weeks by the federal government shutdown. https://to.pbs.org/4a1wJzw
Delayed jobs report shows U.S. employers added a surprisingly solid number of jobs in September
U.S. employers added 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic report that had been delayed for seven weeks by the federal government shutdown.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Women taking care of women. 👏👏👏

Medication #abortions account for more than 60% of all abortions in the U.S., up from just a quarter a decade ago. But in the aftermath of Roe’s reversal, abortion pills are now banned in at least 14 states. #RoeVWade
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Underground networks for abortion pills appear as states limit access
Medication abortions account for more than 60 percent of all abortions in the United States, up from just a quarter a decade ago. But in the aftermath of Roe’s reversal, abortion pills are now banned ...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#PattiSmith, “the Godmother of Punk,” on the One Desire That Lasts Forever via The @ezraklein.bsky.social Show

In the 60s and ’70s, Patti Smith was a fixture of the NYC creative scene — hanging out with the likes of Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Allen Ginsberg and Mapplethorpe.
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Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 11/18/2025 · 1h 17m
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November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Bloomberg Africa is looking for entrepreneurs, innovative thinkers and barrier breakers for the second edition of the Africa Startups to Watch list. Entries are now open — apply here: bloom.bg/4oNQrU8

🎨: Jose Flores
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The information contradicts the Trump administration's narrative that it is targeting the "worst of the worst" when conducting immigration enforcement. and seems to violate a 2022 federal consent decree that puts strong conditions on warrantless arrests. n.pr/4i6rNLX
DOJ records show hundreds of immigrants arrested in Chicago had no criminal records
The information contradicts the Trump administration's narrative that it is targeting the "worst of the worst" when conducting immigration enforcement. and seems to violate a 2022 federal consent decree that puts strong conditions on warrantless arrests.
n.pr
November 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM