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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 18h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 20h

New in The Reporter via @yawumiller.bsky.social

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 20h

As Markey mounts his re-election bid, potential challengers consider options, via @yawumiller.bsky.social www.dotnews.com/2025/markey-...

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 2d

Rep. Pressley, union leaders sound the alarm on federal shutdown impacts in #Boston via @yawumiller.bsky.social www.dotnews.com/2025/pressle...

US Rep. Ayanna Pressley gathered with government workers and union representatives last Friday at the office of an SEIU Local on West Street in Boston to discuss the government shutdown. Yawu Miller photo

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Yawu Miller @yawumiller.bsky.social · 10d

Pete, I got a church for you!

Yawu Miller @yawumiller.bsky.social · 13d

Bees being bees

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Yawu Miller @yawumiller.bsky.social · 18d

Soul-less:
"These opinions were all about business results, by the way: the reasoning was independent of personal politics or industry sector, it always came back to the bottom line."

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Yawu Miller @yawumiller.bsky.social · 18d

Clear day with no smoke from wildfires. Amazing views

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Yawu Miller @yawumiller.bsky.social · 18d

Views from the summit of Mt. Moosilauke: Cannon, Franconia Ridge, Washington (rt); Camel’s Hump, about 80 miles west; an Adirondack peak seen through the Appalachian Gap (VT rt 17), possibly Whiteface?

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Yawu Miller @yawumiller.bsky.social · 24d

It was dropped prior to the convention, but restored at the convention

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Yawu Miller @yawumiller.bsky.social · 25d

The proposed 2025 platform dropped language committing to meeting the state's climate roadmap goals. I don't recall all of what was said from the floor, but I imagine that was mentioned.

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Yawu Miller @yawumiller.bsky.social · 25d

Issues conventions usually aren't at all lively.

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Yawu Miller @yawumiller.bsky.social · 25d

A heated standoff between MassDems Chair Steve Kerrigan and angry delegates on the floor derailed the party's attempt to craft a more centrist platform.
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Can Massachusetts chart a path for the Democratic Party?

Saturday’s convention highlighted the difficulty local and national Democratic party leaders have had in offering a vision that distinguishes their party from that of the Republicans.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 8

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.