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I have a friend who is conservative and she did not know PBS was being shutdown. It makes me wonder how much she is missing. I wonder if the New York Times has ever thought about lifting the paywall just to get the truth out there?
August 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I have a friend who is conservative and she did not know PBS was being shutdown. It makes me wonder how much she is missing. I wonder if the New York Times has ever thought about lifting the paywall just to get the truth out there?
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Russians are advancing in Zaporizhzhia oblast under the American flag.
August 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Russians are advancing in Zaporizhzhia oblast under the American flag.
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USAID funded roughly half the world’s supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food. The dismantling of the agency has disrupted the global supply chain that provides the packets, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.
A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
USAID funded roughly half the world’s supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food. The dismantling of the agency has disrupted the global supply chain that provides the packets, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.
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Thoroughbreds that can no longer compete get a new lease on life with retraining and adoption, Chloe Coleman writes. wapo.st/3UxmgmB
Opinion | What this retired racehorse shows us about second chances
Thoroughbreds who can no longer compete get a new lease on life with retraining and adoption.
wapo.st
August 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thoroughbreds that can no longer compete get a new lease on life with retraining and adoption, Chloe Coleman writes. wapo.st/3UxmgmB
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"The Big Tech platforms aren’t the ones footing the bill," Roslyn Layton writes.
"That burden is increasingly falling on America’s aging Universal Service Fund, which since 1998 has supported broadband deployment in rural communities, low-income households, schools, libraries and hospitals."
"That burden is increasingly falling on America’s aging Universal Service Fund, which since 1998 has supported broadband deployment in rural communities, low-income households, schools, libraries and hospitals."
Opinion | The big problem with this aging $8 billion fund
This FCC fund deploys broadband to rural and low-income areas but relies on landline surcharges.
wapo.st
August 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"The Big Tech platforms aren’t the ones footing the bill," Roslyn Layton writes.
"That burden is increasingly falling on America’s aging Universal Service Fund, which since 1998 has supported broadband deployment in rural communities, low-income households, schools, libraries and hospitals."
"That burden is increasingly falling on America’s aging Universal Service Fund, which since 1998 has supported broadband deployment in rural communities, low-income households, schools, libraries and hospitals."
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Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
August 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
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For years, crisis pregnancy centers have been at the forefront of the anti-abortion movement’s agenda to target women navigating unplanned pregnancies.
Now, the state's reproductive rights advocates are flipping the script and have opened Arkansas's first pro-choice "crisis pregnancy center.”
Now, the state's reproductive rights advocates are flipping the script and have opened Arkansas's first pro-choice "crisis pregnancy center.”
Anti-abortion playbook, flipped: Arkansas abortion fund opens its own "crisis pregnancy center"
The dismantling of Roe v. Wade has prompted new approaches to what it means to be pro-choice.
www.motherjones.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
For years, crisis pregnancy centers have been at the forefront of the anti-abortion movement’s agenda to target women navigating unplanned pregnancies.
Now, the state's reproductive rights advocates are flipping the script and have opened Arkansas's first pro-choice "crisis pregnancy center.”
Now, the state's reproductive rights advocates are flipping the script and have opened Arkansas's first pro-choice "crisis pregnancy center.”
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Dismantling the death penalty is a responsibility that belongs to all of us. Inspiring to see how a group of nuns are trying to save women on death row in Texas: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death Row
Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The story of a powerful spiritual alliance.
www.newyorker.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Dismantling the death penalty is a responsibility that belongs to all of us. Inspiring to see how a group of nuns are trying to save women on death row in Texas: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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So you can just say you work at DOGE and pillage anything from our documents you want. The law truly doesn't exist anymore! Cool!
3 men claiming to be from DOGE show up at San Francisco City Hall, demand records
San Francisco city officials are investigating after three men who claimed to be from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) showed up at City Hall on Friday demanding records from offices bef...
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
So you can just say you work at DOGE and pillage anything from our documents you want. The law truly doesn't exist anymore! Cool!
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Literary scholars discuss the ethical & intellectual labor involved with recovering and preserving Black literature from 19th century periodicals to fight the erasure of Black Print culture. check it out on @projectmuse.bsky.social shorturl.at/tpex6 #BlackHistory #AmericanPeriodicals
February 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Literary scholars discuss the ethical & intellectual labor involved with recovering and preserving Black literature from 19th century periodicals to fight the erasure of Black Print culture. check it out on @projectmuse.bsky.social shorturl.at/tpex6 #BlackHistory #AmericanPeriodicals
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President Trump insulted Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and cast doubt on the senator’s battle with polio on Thursday after he voted against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation to serve as health and human services secretary.
“He’s not voting against Bobby, he’s voting against me,” Trump said.
“He’s not voting against Bobby, he’s voting against me,” Trump said.
After McConnell opposes RFK Jr., Trump says he has ‘no idea’ if senator had polio
“I had no idea he had polio,” Trump said when asked about the 82-year-old Kentucky senator’s decision to vote against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for HHS secretary.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
President Trump insulted Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and cast doubt on the senator’s battle with polio on Thursday after he voted against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation to serve as health and human services secretary.
“He’s not voting against Bobby, he’s voting against me,” Trump said.
“He’s not voting against Bobby, he’s voting against me,” Trump said.
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The board of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI unanimously rejected Elon Musk’s unsolicited proposal to buy the company, accusing the tech billionaire of using the bid as a legal maneuver in an ongoing court case he has against OpenAI.
OpenAI’s board rejects Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion takeover bid
The board of OpenAI unanimously rejected an unsolicited bid for the company launched by Elon Musk, saying it was a legal tactic not a serious offer.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The board of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI unanimously rejected Elon Musk’s unsolicited proposal to buy the company, accusing the tech billionaire of using the bid as a legal maneuver in an ongoing court case he has against OpenAI.
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Breaking news: The Justice Department filed a motion to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams, leaving it up to a federal judge to decide the fate of a case that ignited a dramatic standoff between the Trump administration and veteran prosecutors.
Justice officials seek to drop Adams case after 7 lawyers refuse, resign in protest
As resignations continue, acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove told prosecutors in Washington to find someone who would seek to dismiss the charges.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Breaking news: The Justice Department filed a motion to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams, leaving it up to a federal judge to decide the fate of a case that ignited a dramatic standoff between the Trump administration and veteran prosecutors.
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The Trump administration’s move to fire thousands of federal employees could have a swift and severe impact on public services, staffers warned, as a beleaguered workforce struggles to cover for lost colleagues.
Trump’s federal firings imperil government services from cities to farm towns
The cuts were initially poised to affect nuclear defense programs and impact veterans’ mental health care, workers warned.
wapo.st
February 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The Trump administration’s move to fire thousands of federal employees could have a swift and severe impact on public services, staffers warned, as a beleaguered workforce struggles to cover for lost colleagues.
January 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Trump's victory has reinforced the sense that the Black Lives Matter and George Floyd eras are over, @perrybaconjr.bsky.social writes.
"This advancing anti-DEI movement is grounded in two very flawed premises that undermine much-needed change." wapo.st/40IFVDV
"This advancing anti-DEI movement is grounded in two very flawed premises that undermine much-needed change." wapo.st/40IFVDV
Opinion | We should be very worried about the decline of DEI
It’s another indication that the United States is going backward, only four years after the George Floyd protests.
wapo.st
January 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Trump's victory has reinforced the sense that the Black Lives Matter and George Floyd eras are over, @perrybaconjr.bsky.social writes.
"This advancing anti-DEI movement is grounded in two very flawed premises that undermine much-needed change." wapo.st/40IFVDV
"This advancing anti-DEI movement is grounded in two very flawed premises that undermine much-needed change." wapo.st/40IFVDV
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Industrial decline threatens U.S. security, Michael Bloomberg and retired Gen. David H. Berge.
Here’s a plan to fix that: wapo.st/4gaudX6
Here’s a plan to fix that: wapo.st/4gaudX6
Opinion | This is a call to arms. Just not a traditional one.
Industrial decline threatens U.S. security. Here’s a plan to fix that.
wapo.st
January 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Industrial decline threatens U.S. security, Michael Bloomberg and retired Gen. David H. Berge.
Here’s a plan to fix that: wapo.st/4gaudX6
Here’s a plan to fix that: wapo.st/4gaudX6
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President Donald Trump issued a broad executive order ending antidiscrimination practices in federal hiring, reversing a nearly 60-year precedent and launching a significant step forward in his agenda to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in federal government.
Live updates: Pentagon to order initial wave of additional U.S. troops to Mexico border
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
President Donald Trump issued a broad executive order ending antidiscrimination practices in federal hiring, reversing a nearly 60-year precedent and launching a significant step forward in his agenda to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in federal government.