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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 11h

We’ve talked about it informally but we have missed the moment?

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 13h

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

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stevemmills.bsky.social @stevemmills.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: If you've ever fought with your health insurer -- and, let's be honest, who hasn't? -- then this explainer on external reviews from @deldeib.bsky.social of @propublica.org will surely help you.

www.propublica.org/article/heal...

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

www.propublica.org

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 16h

Don’t worry I’ve been thoroughly roasted for not knowing

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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 1d

Some excerpts from our latest episode, when @micahloewinger.bsky.social asked @jamellebouie.net about some of his mean posts on Bluesky:

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 1d

One of the FP’s signature deceptions is presenting politically motivated op-eds as fearless reporting. A legitimate news outlet would have assigned an actual reporter to look into the claims of the “whistleblower,” which would’ve turned up conflicting info pre-publication.

Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 1d

Remember when these guys ran a completely fabricated story about trans kids sourced to a single bigot who worked at St Louis Children’s Hospital and it got so much traction that they ended a bunch of programs for trans kids because of all the bomb threats

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3d

Being a podcaster costs $40 for a decent mic and $18 per month for hosting. The hard part is having something interesting to say. Get a degree in that!

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d

ICE agents shot a U.S. citizen Saturday on Chicago’s South Side
They are creating chaos
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Federal agents shoot woman in Chicago neighborhood after allegedly being rammed, boxed in by cars, DHS says

The woman, as well as a man whom authorities say was involved in the chaos, were facing charges Sunday morning.

www.cbsnews.com

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported

About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

www.pewresearch.org

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 2d

You cant tell from the audio but I was recording the convo under a blanket in a closet because I was traveling. Haven’t done this since the height of the pandemic

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 2d

I think Jamelle was a bit shocked when I started reading aloud his mean posts but he made his case for name-calling pretty well.

In this interview we also talk about Trump’s mental acuity, Hegseth’s authoritarian fantasies, learning from history, and regulating fear in politics and life.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

listen to me defend my mean posts www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Jamelle Bouie Says Your Fear of Trump Isn't Helping. Plus, Humphrey Bogart’s Betrayal. | On the Media | WNYC Studios

This week, President Trump said he plans to use the military against America's "enemy within." On this week’s On the Media, how Trump’s rhetoric can obscure the real limits to his pow...

www.wnycstudios.org

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Matt that’s very kind ❤️

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve been getting roasted over this and I probably deserve it

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 4d

I asked Jamelle about his posts calling

RFK Jr “a eugenicist freak”
Antonin Scalia “a run of the mill gutter bigot”
JD Vance “a miserable little pig man, who no one respects, who almost certainly does not respect himself”

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

listen to me defend my mean posts www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Jamelle Bouie Says Your Fear of Trump Isn't Helping. Plus, Humphrey Bogart’s Betrayal. | On the Media | WNYC Studios

This week, President Trump said he plans to use the military against America's "enemy within." On this week’s On the Media, how Trump’s rhetoric can obscure the real limits to his pow...

www.wnycstudios.org

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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 4d

Show's up! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Jamelle Bouie Says Your Fear of Trump Isn't Helping. Plus, Humphrey Bogart’s Betrayal. | On the Media | WNYC Studios

Jamelle Bouie doesn’t mince words; lessons from Casablanca.

www.wnycstudios.org

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 4d

The pod will be up in a couple hours

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 4d

Psyched for y'all to hear my long interview with @jamellebouie.net on this week's @onthemedia.bsky.social

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 6d

welp

www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...

FBI cuts ties with Anti-Defamation League, FBI director says

The FBI said on Wednesday it had cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish group that tracks antisemitism, after Republicans criticized the group for including slain activist Charlie Kirk's organization in a glossary on extremism.

www.reuters.com

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Current @current.org · 6d

"Don’t be afraid to fail and let others fail. Let the intern break something." That and more takeaways from a Public Media Content Conference panel featuring @carolineballard.bsky.social and @micahloewinger.bsky.social current.org/2025/10/futu...

Future news audiences want public media that’s punchier, weirder and on platforms where they spend time

At a session at August's PMCC Content Conference, panelists discussed how to reach new audiences through authenticity and experimentation.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7d

Right wingers in 2017: Dumb libs think words are violence
Right wingers in 2025: Words are violence and we're going to throw you in jail for saying the wrong ones, which is terrorism bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Stephen Miller: "They say they are trying to kill the fascists & stop the fascists. It's deliberate. President Trump is saying that we as a nation are not going to tolerate it anymore & the joint terrorism task force at the FBI is going to find these terrorists & we're going to put them behind bars"

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 7d

The president is talking exactly like an Oath Keeper

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump declares war on Americans: "Our history is filled with military heroes who took on all enemies foreign and domestic. That's what the oath says -- foreign and domestic. Well we also have domestic."

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John Tuthill @tuthill.bsky.social · 8d

last week i spoke with the NPR show @onthemedia.bsky.social about what it feels like serving on an NIH grant review panel as the Trump administration works to defund and destroy US universities and biomedical research

www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Trump v. Tylenol. Plus, How Charlie Kirk Became a Martyr for the Christian Right. | On the Media | WNYC Studios

President Trump has declared that Tylenol should not be used during pregnancy. On this week’s On the Media, how funding cuts and disputed claims linking the drug to autism have sent s...

www.wnycstudios.org

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9d

About to be the family that owns TikTok.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

fortune.com

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Sydney Poole Funk @sydneypf.bsky.social · 9d

Excellent show as always!

On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 10d

📻👂On this week’s show: scientist @tuthill.bsky.social on what is being lost at the NIH, @joshuakeating.bsky.social on Trump’s ever expanding use of the word “terrorist.” And the always essential @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social on the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk. 👂📻 www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Trump v. Tylenol. Plus, How Charlie Kirk Became a Martyr for the Christian Right. | On the Media | WNYC Studios

President Trump has declared that Tylenol should not be used during pregnancy. On this week’s On the Media, how funding cuts and disputed claims linking the drug to autism have sent s...

www.wnycstudios.org

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