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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 1h

Once they wanted to dismantle the Dept of Education.

Now these activists want to use it for their own goals.

One of those? Eliminating public schooling.

@megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/educ...

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 32m

So banning conversion therapy is a free speech issue but having an inappropriate reaction to the death of Charlie Kirk or an incorrect opinion on Israel isn’t?

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 11h

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 11h

Some good architecture but a lot of it looks like Queens.

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 14h

Well I feel for you but let’s not get carried away.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

www.choosechicago.com

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ChatGPT Quantum Particle Physician @smullins3000.bsky.social · 14h

How is it not news, according to the @nytimes.com, that an ICE agent in Chicago said "do something bitch" and deliberately SHOT a United States citizen? Can someone answer that question for me? @toddgregory.bsky.social @peterbakernyt.bsky.social @kenvogel.bsky.social @risenc.bsky.social

Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 17h

It's not, like, some minor paperwork mistake. If this is correct, ICE rammed a woman's car, threatened her derisively, shot her, and then wrote up a report claiming she drove at them.

Someone prosecute someone for perjury someday please.

chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 18h

Rudy Giuliani on the evil communist Mamdani

nypost.com/2025/10/07/u...

He lit into Mamdani, calling him an "avowed communist" and saying Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America "stand for everything evil."
"He prefers Islamic extremism over America. He prefers Marxist communism over America," the former mayor said.

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 18h

Registration deadline imminent!

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actionnetwork.org/forms/nyc-ds...

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actionnetwork.org

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 21h

Bloomberg is good with the graphics

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 21h

Remember that first hospital bombing. Had to be Hamas! Who else would bomb a hospital?

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 23h

But you have your integrity!

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 1d

Have they looked on the tariff shelf?

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

nice

Electrek @electrek.co · 1d

In a first, renewables generate more power than coal globally

Solar and wind power aren’t just keeping up with global electricity demand anymore – they’re pulling ahead. According to a new analysis from energy think tank Ember, solar and wind combined outpaced global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025. That shift led to a drop in both coal and gas generation compared to the same period last year. For the first time ever, renewables generated more power than coal globally. more…

electrek.co

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 1d

Haha

Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 1d

Real soon now, as Jerry Pournelle used to say

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d

icymi - “Deloitte Australia will issue a partial refund to the federal government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including… a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement.” www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

www.afr.com

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 1d

Right along with full self driving

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 1d

My mother had dementia for 15 years. I had a lot of experience with it!

Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah lately I've been wondering how much Miller & Co. manipulate him. A little flattery, some AI video, and they've got a Presibot doing their evil work.

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 1d

Does he really believe this nonsense or is he just cynically lying? Can he even tell the difference?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on Chicago: "It's probably worse than almost any city in the world. You could go to Afghanistan, you could go to a lot of different places."

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 1d

Truth

Anna Calls From the
Dry Cleaning
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Nothing works
Everything's expensive and opaque and privatised

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 1d

These people are raving incompetents

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

The Trump administration has found its seventh leader for the IRS since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term: Frank Bisignano, the head of the Social Security Administration.

Bisignano will run both agencies.

Trump’s new IRS ‘CEO’: The head of Social Security

The Trump administration on Monday found its seventh leader for the Internal Revenue Service since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term: the head of the Social Security Administration.

wapo.st

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 2d

That phrase from Judge Karin Immergut ("always good," in German) “untethered to facts,” describing Trump’s deployment of the NG to Portland, deserves wide application.

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 2d

Two dolts in conversation

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

KERNEN: Watch your colleagues in some of the red states wimp out and decide that we're gonna pretend that we care and we're gonna renew these subsidies

HASSETT: Right. Well, a lot of people share your opinion about Obamacare

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 2d

It’s hilarious he named his social platform after Truth. 65%! Fox is PC!!

Donald J. Trump
@reaDonaldTrump
Why is FoxNews and Peter Doocy putting on Democrat Senator Mark Kelly to talk about, totally unabated or challenged, Healthcare?
The FAKE SPIN is so bad for Republicans that it is hard to believe that we WIN. It will be very unfair, in the future, when they don't have "TRUMP" to fight for them. Therefore, we should fix it, NOW! I'm watching this Interview. It just doesn't end. Fox should either get on board, or get off board, NOW, but at this point, it just doesn't make any difference to me. They suck up the Ratings because of us, and then spin them in the Democrats' direction. They refuse to put up Polls that correctly show me at 65% in Popularity, a Republican RECORD, but if I have a fake bad "Poll," many of which are done by Fox (One of the worst "Pollsters" out there is the FoxNews Poll), they put them up immediately, and with gusto.
Republicans are so tired of this fight with Fox always trying to be so "politically correct!" Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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