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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d

Great interview with @miasato.bsky.social:

"As journalists we’re ceding ground to content creators who don’t know left from right, who didn’t report the stories, who don’t have the expertise to explain ... And so part of me being on TikTok is honestly being the representative for my own work"

Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 7d

I chatted with Kate Lindsay over at Embedded about how I use TikTok to share my reporting 🤳
embedded.substack.com/p/mia-sato-t...

The journalist cracking the TikTok code

Mia Sato was tired of watching news influencers steal her work.

embedded.substack.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 7d

@kfile.bsky.social had dug up EJ Antoni's since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay people, conspiracy theories, crude insults aimed at critics of Trump.
Also weighing against his nom: He would have destroyed BLS

Trump’s pick to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics ran anonymous Twitter account filled with sexually degrading and bigoted attacks | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics operated a since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay...

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 7d

Trump withdraws nomination of man named to lead critical government stat agency, CNN: “Antoni operated a since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay people, conspiracy theories, and crude insults aimed at critics of Trump.”

White House withdraws Antoni’s nomination to lead BLS | CNN Politics

The White House has sent paperwork to the Senate to withdraw the nomination of E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, three sources told CNN.

www.cnn.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 7d

Whoa, White House withdraws Trump’s controversial nominee to lead BLS after ousting predecessor over jobs data
www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/p...

White House withdraws Trump’s controversial nominee to lead BLS after ousting predecessor over jobs data | CNN Politics

The White House has sent paperwork to the Senate to withdraw the nomination of E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, three sources told CNN.

www.cnn.com

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 13d

Carl also called celebrating Juneteenth a "surrender" for white people.

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 13d

Carl also repeatedly wrote about the “Great Replacement,” a conspiracy theory that posits there is a plot to intentionally bring non-White immigrants into Western countries to “replace” White populations.

“Imagine thinking the Great replacement is a conspiracy theory,” he wrote in September 2021.

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 13d

Carl asked the Internet Archive Wayback Machine to remove his tweets - but forgot to request they remove his previous username under the same account.

So we were able to recover thousands of them! He repeatedly mocked George Floyd and said he was "looking up from hell."

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 13d

One deleted tweet said Capitol rioters on trial had it worse Black people in Jim Crow Mississippi! Another called Oathkeeper Stewart Rhodes a "political prisoner."

www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...

KFile: Trump nominee for key State Department position attempted to erase years of inflammatory social media posts | CNN Politics

Jeremy Carl, a top Trump State Department nominee, deleted thousands of social media posts, many demonstrating a history of inflammatory commentary— including incendiary posts about race, claims that ...

www.cnn.com

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 13d

NEW: Jeremy Carl, a top Trump nominee, deleted 1000s of social media posts, many w/inflammatory commentary — including incendiary posts about race, claiming “peaceful coexistence” w/Democrats is impossible - even a call for a political opponent to face the death penalty.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...

KFile: Trump nominee for key State Department position attempted to erase years of inflammatory social media posts | CNN Politics

Jeremy Carl, a top Trump State Department nominee, deleted thousands of social media posts, many demonstrating a history of inflammatory commentary— including incendiary posts about race, claims that ...

www.cnn.com

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 15d

no i find more news assessable here!

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 15d

then don't

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 15d

despite having far less of a user base, I get more traffic from Bluesky and my feed delivers less annoying commentary (still some to be sure and I'm sure I deliver some myself) but I find more news than on Threads or X which all rage bait
bsky.app/profile/jay....

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 17d

1. Bluesky doesn’t downrank links
2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands
3. The whole app is open source

This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site.

We 💙 the open web.

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 15d

found a photo from ancient times (trump had already called for a Muslim ban)

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 16d

but also can they leak more?

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 16d

like the third story in a week based off anonymously sourced Epstein emails - who is leaking this stuff!

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 18d

Great column from @adamserwer.bsky.social on Kimmel
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Constitution Protects Jimmy Kimmel’s Mistake

Free speech is under assault.

www.theatlantic.com

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 19d

fun exchange!

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 20d

Yes

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 20d

Andrew Cuomo picking up some big name endorsements

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 21d

Reminder that the GOP nominee to run all of North Carolina public schools in 2024 repeatedly called for executing publicly Obama and many other Democrats and the NCGOP not only didn’t condemn her, but defended her.

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 28d

CNN: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer moved on Wednesday to force a vote on releasing documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, putting the contentious issue front-and-center in the chamber.

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 28d

this is insane, we know it's his signature, we don't need this level of analysis! the people claiming otherwise aren't arguing in good faith!!
bsky.app/profile/wash...

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28d

For much of his presidency, President Donald Trump has been focused on the signature of his predecessor and whether an autopen was used to affix it.

But over the course of 36 hours, attention has pivoted to Trump’s signature.

No clear answers on whether Trump signed the Epstein birthday book

Trump denies it is his, and experts say they can’t be sure. The White House welcomed a forensic analysis of the loopy D and long tail.

wapo.st

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 29d

Is it worse to be fired from a job or dead?

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 29d

WSJ: Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the birthday book put together for the financier’s 50th birthday, which includes a letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.

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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · Sep 8

It was fairly obvious on Friday Mike Johnson was confusing Epstein accuser attorney Brad Edwards saying Trump was helpful in claiming that Trump was an FBI informant. But if you’re that uninformed on the material, maybe you shouldn’t be making comments about what should and shouldn’t be released.

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