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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jul 29

Jessica: Before this deal, we essentially were paying 1% on imports with the EU. 15% is more than 1%. I wish Gasparino was sitting here to explain to Jesse how tariffs work because it is a tax on the consumer.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 27

94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet.

The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.

Something has gone terribly wrong.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Jul 13

It's utterly bizarre that the President's own daughter-in-law, who he is pushing for a Senate seat, is conducting an "interview" and it's treated like "journalism" by a major news outlet.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 13

Trump on the Texas flood response: "Maybe they should've had bells or something go off."

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · Jul 8

At some point, if control of a house of Congress changes, opponents of this WH’s lawlessness might have to confront it with something like a Westminster-style cutoff of supply — a defunding of the operations of Executive Office of the President specifically.

Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · Jul 7

It's not a "funding freeze" or "hold." It's an unlawful seizure of federal funds and it's categorically unconstitutional.

www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Trump’s $7 Billion Education Funding Freeze Blindsides Schools

Superintendents are scrambling to figure out what to do with programs funded by the money now under review.

www.wsj.com

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · Jun 23

Minutes after we published this article, Sean Hannity removed a video from his Instagram account that falsely claimed to show an explosion at the Fordow nuclear facility in Iran.

The post had been up since Saturday night and viewed over 5 million times

www.wired.com/story/donald...

Donald Trump and Sean Hannity Set Off a Wave of Disinformation After Iran Bombing

Trumpworld has been trying to spin the US military’s bombing of Iran as a complete and total victory, even as independent experts and MAGA loyalists object.

www.wired.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 31

I just want to say for the record that when the history books are written centuries from now, I believe the election of Donald Trump in a free and fair election in 2024 will go down as one of the most senseless and self-destructive own goals in human history

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jun 22

"The days of 'Learn to code' might be coming to an end," @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. "If the numbers are any indication, we might have passed peak computer science":

The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting

Artificial intelligence is ideally suited to replacing the very type of person who built it.

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Jeremy Stoddard @jeremystoddard.bsky.social · Jun 13

“Trump and his “border czar,” …Tom Homan, had been insisting for months that the deportation campaign would prioritize violent criminals and avoid indiscriminate roundups. Miller has told ICE officials to disregard that and to hit Home Depot parking lots.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Stephen Miller Triggers Los Angeles

The protesters gathered in downtown L.A. are a microcosm of the Democratic coalition that has dominated the city for decades.

www.theatlantic.com

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The Poynter Institute @poynterinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 10

The most trusted outlets among Republicans were Fox News and “The Joe Rogan Experience,” according to the new Pew Research Center study. Meanwhile, 13 outlets saw similar or higher levels of trust among Democrats, with the two highest being ABC and NBC.

www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · Jun 10

Fox News’ depiction of the LA protests is a grim fantasy — one that encourages Trump to realize his vision of U.S. troops crushing left-wing dissent.

Fox’s LA fantasy is setting the stage for an authoritarian federal response

www.mediamatters.org

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Jun 10

Rage farmers are out in force this morning, deceptively recycling months-old news as #breaking for clicks. Don't let them manipulate you, outrage fatigue is real. Seeing the same outrage over & over can wear you down emotionally. Here's how to deal with it. www.scientificamerican.com/article/outr...

Feeling Outrage Fatigue at the News? These Tips May Help

Repeated exposure to outrage-inducing news or events can lead to emotional exhaustion. An expert who studies online outrage says there are ways to cope

www.scientificamerican.com

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · May 22

Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn them. This was such a promising direction and now the neanderthals in charge of everything in this country and trying to kill us all.

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · May 22

This is absolutely terrible news.

With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.

h/t @merz.bsky.social

Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine

Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

www.reuters.com

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Jeremy Stoddard @jeremystoddard.bsky.social · May 15

Special Issue on social studies projects addressing the edfects of polarization mow available in Demcracy & Education (open access) @cufancss.bsky.social @socialstudies.org @aeraedresearch.bsky.social democracyeducationjournal.org/home/vol33/i...

Democracy & Education journal | Vol 33 | Iss 1

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · May 7

One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.

In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️

ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?

One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.

www.teenvogue.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · May 3

Thread.
When you’ve lost John Yoo…

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · May 3

1/ People sometimes need a jarring reminder of how far down the path Trump administration is going toward authoritarian assertions of power

A sign:

John Yoo, architect of torture memos and maximal presidential powers, sharply rebukes President Trump and DOJ actions on 4 grounds

@npr.org interview

A legal architect of Guantanamo questions Trump's El Salvador plan

Podcast Episode · Consider This from NPR · 05/02/2025 · 10m

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 29

The Worst Person You Know Just Made Some Great Points

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Law Forward @lawfwd.bsky.social · Apr 17

Wisconsinites across place, race, and party turned out in record numbers for the election on April 1.

We, the people, have the power to create the future we want, a democracy that works for all of us and includes us all.

www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-04-16/n...

Tribal communities see historic turnout at Wisconsin polls

Voter turnout from tribal communities in Wisconsin has increased in recent years, with historic numbers for the state Supreme Court election this month. The Menominee reservation turnout increased by...

www.publicnewsservice.org

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Ashley Carter @mrsacarter.bsky.social · Apr 10

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · Apr 10

A reminder that you could levy a 50% tax on the 50 wealthiest people in the world, redistribute the resulting revenue to functionally eliminate global poverty, and most of those 50 people would *still* be the wealthiest in the world.

Poverty and externalised costs are a policy choice.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Apr 9

"Secretive Chinese network tried to lure fired federal workers, research shows" www.nbcnews.com/news/world/s...

Secretive Chinese network tried to lure fired federal workers, research shows

A researcher who uncovered the network said the campaign follows “well-established” techniques used by previous Chinese intelligence operations.

www.nbcnews.com

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · Apr 7

NEW: Yesterday, the Justice Department sent armed marshals to warn former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer not to disclose internal DOJ information during her Senate testimony.

Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.

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Annie Evans @MapM8ker 🗺️📜🇺🇸🏘️📖 @mapm8ker.bsky.social · Apr 8

If you missed this #TPS webinar with @drtinaellsworth.bsky.social and @vannabbott.bsky.social it was AWESOMESAUCE!! Valencia elevated a local history project with her students and took it to a new level! Bravo!! Let me know if it is okay to post a link to your slides! 💜🗺️👩🏽‍🏫🏛️📜💡📚📖👩🏻‍💻

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Apr 6

First, they came for Oscar—just a grouch, no one cried.
Then Cookie Monster—too messy, too much.
One by one, they vanished.
When they came for you, the street was empty.
Even the echoes were gone.
www.npr.org/2025/03/05/n...

Sesame Workshop will 'downsize significantly' with layoffs, CEO says

The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.

www.npr.org

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