@picocolegram.bsky.social
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The great @johncusack.bsky.social on why news organizations shouldn't paywall FOIA-based reporting: "Paywalls don’t just limit readership, they create kind of a tiered citizenry, where one group can afford to know what the government is doing in their name and the other can’t."
John Cusack wants to talk about paywalls.
The movie star says that by selling their public-records-based reporting, news outlets are compromising one of journalism’s essential civic roles.
www.cjr.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The great @johncusack.bsky.social on why news organizations shouldn't paywall FOIA-based reporting: "Paywalls don’t just limit readership, they create kind of a tiered citizenry, where one group can afford to know what the government is doing in their name and the other can’t."
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The Trump Ceasefire Plan is paving the way for mass population transfer of Palestinians in Gaza and massive land theft by the Israeli government.
December 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Trump Ceasefire Plan is paving the way for mass population transfer of Palestinians in Gaza and massive land theft by the Israeli government.
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The hard truth is that December is always make-or-break for our newsroom. A full one-third of all the funds we need to practice the journalism you rely on comes to us in December.
If you can, please donate today.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The hard truth is that December is always make-or-break for our newsroom. A full one-third of all the funds we need to practice the journalism you rely on comes to us in December.
If you can, please donate today.
If you can, please donate today.
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Marc Elias: Donald Trump hates me, and the feeling is mutual.
"I believe he is a criminal and an authoritarian who is trying to destroy our democracy and the rule of law. I spend a considerable amount of my time fighting against him and his enablers in court and in public discourse."
"I believe he is a criminal and an authoritarian who is trying to destroy our democracy and the rule of law. I spend a considerable amount of my time fighting against him and his enablers in court and in public discourse."
Trump Sued Me. I Fought and Won.
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Marc Elias: Donald Trump hates me, and the feeling is mutual.
"I believe he is a criminal and an authoritarian who is trying to destroy our democracy and the rule of law. I spend a considerable amount of my time fighting against him and his enablers in court and in public discourse."
"I believe he is a criminal and an authoritarian who is trying to destroy our democracy and the rule of law. I spend a considerable amount of my time fighting against him and his enablers in court and in public discourse."
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BREAKING: DOJ has failed to indict Letitia James for a THIRD time! It's like Christmas around here!
Do it. Take these to another grand jury. Then a 2nd and a 3rd, until we get a breaking news story about how much you suck at this. And if you do manage to get a true bill, we can watch you lose again in pretrial motions. Do it! I live to watch you lose! www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
DOJ deciding whether to seek new Comey, James indictments
The department could forgo an appeal of Lindsey Halligan’s disqualification and instead seek to bring new charges against James Comey and Letitia James.
www.politico.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
BREAKING: DOJ has failed to indict Letitia James for a THIRD time! It's like Christmas around here!
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Eileen Higgins blows it out in Miami, wins 59%-40%!!!! In the last 2 years Dems have flipped Florida’s two largest cities, Jacksonville and Miami. Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
Eileen Higgins Blows It Out In Miami, Wins 59%-40%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Eileen Higgins blows it out in Miami, wins 59%-40%!!!! In the last 2 years Dems have flipped Florida’s two largest cities, Jacksonville and Miami. Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
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I see this sort of proud posturing a lot and it's really a wonderful way to loudly demonstrate to everyone you have absolutely no idea what's going on
Music Icon Pharrell Criticizes Political Division: “I Don’t Believe In Either Side”
Pharrell Williams is making his feelings about American politics unmistakably clear.
newzsquare.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I see this sort of proud posturing a lot and it's really a wonderful way to loudly demonstrate to everyone you have absolutely no idea what's going on
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Today we mark the 50th yahrzeit of Hannah Arendt, z”l, who died on December 4, 1975.
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Today we mark the 50th yahrzeit of Hannah Arendt, z”l, who died on December 4, 1975.
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This is a lot of words to say, “Yikes! That Washington Post story about us illegally killing survivors on the open seas was 100% correct!”
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This is a lot of words to say, “Yikes! That Washington Post story about us illegally killing survivors on the open seas was 100% correct!”
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Donald Trump hates me, and the feeling is mutual.
I believe he is a criminal and an authoritarian who is trying to destroy our democracy and the rule of law. I spend a considerable amount of my time fighting against him and his enablers in court and in public discourse.
I believe he is a criminal and an authoritarian who is trying to destroy our democracy and the rule of law. I spend a considerable amount of my time fighting against him and his enablers in court and in public discourse.
Trump Sued Me. I Fought and Won.
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Donald Trump hates me, and the feeling is mutual.
I believe he is a criminal and an authoritarian who is trying to destroy our democracy and the rule of law. I spend a considerable amount of my time fighting against him and his enablers in court and in public discourse.
I believe he is a criminal and an authoritarian who is trying to destroy our democracy and the rule of law. I spend a considerable amount of my time fighting against him and his enablers in court and in public discourse.
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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Once more before Sunday ends, here's today's historic #ScholarSunday thread, a reflection of all the great work these threads have featured for more than 5 years. Please share widely to support their work, my work in assembling the thread, & our shared community, thanks! @hcrichardson.bsky.social 🗃️
Here it is, a very special--& especially supersized—250th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Please add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 250! (11/16/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, a very special--& especially supersized—250th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Please add more ...
blackwhiteandread.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Once more before Sunday ends, here's today's historic #ScholarSunday thread, a reflection of all the great work these threads have featured for more than 5 years. Please share widely to support their work, my work in assembling the thread, & our shared community, thanks! @hcrichardson.bsky.social 🗃️
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New map produced by RTVE, Spanish national TV, of the 6000 mass graves in Spain. In the last 25 years some 17,000 bodies of men, women and children have been exhumed out of the ~120,000 dumped in mass unmarked graves by the Franco regime.
www.rtve.es/noticias/fos...
www.rtve.es/noticias/fos...
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New map produced by RTVE, Spanish national TV, of the 6000 mass graves in Spain. In the last 25 years some 17,000 bodies of men, women and children have been exhumed out of the ~120,000 dumped in mass unmarked graves by the Franco regime.
www.rtve.es/noticias/fos...
www.rtve.es/noticias/fos...
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He refuses to learn ONE chemistry fundamental
yet the US Senate enabled his grift as the position of US health leadership.
His Minamata convention video is the same tactic he used during a measles outbreak in Samoa, when his anti-vaccine lies killed dozens of children.
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yet the US Senate enabled his grift as the position of US health leadership.
His Minamata convention video is the same tactic he used during a measles outbreak in Samoa, when his anti-vaccine lies killed dozens of children.
9/
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
He refuses to learn ONE chemistry fundamental
yet the US Senate enabled his grift as the position of US health leadership.
His Minamata convention video is the same tactic he used during a measles outbreak in Samoa, when his anti-vaccine lies killed dozens of children.
9/
yet the US Senate enabled his grift as the position of US health leadership.
His Minamata convention video is the same tactic he used during a measles outbreak in Samoa, when his anti-vaccine lies killed dozens of children.
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Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Ezra Klein seems to be incapable of considering the idea that having principles that you fight for and defend, even when they conflict with the values of your opponent, might be a viable strategy for Democrats.
No, he insists we try appealing to and placating the rabid dogs destroying our country.
No, he insists we try appealing to and placating the rabid dogs destroying our country.
I will never understand the pundit obsession with getting Democrats to solve "political division."
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
November 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Ezra Klein seems to be incapable of considering the idea that having principles that you fight for and defend, even when they conflict with the values of your opponent, might be a viable strategy for Democrats.
No, he insists we try appealing to and placating the rabid dogs destroying our country.
No, he insists we try appealing to and placating the rabid dogs destroying our country.
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#OtD 3 Nov 1979 the Greensboro, NC, massacre occurred when five communists at an anti-Ku Klux Klan protest were murdered by members of the KKK and the American Nazi Party., who were helped by police who gave them a map of anti-racists stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1023...
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
#OtD 3 Nov 1979 the Greensboro, NC, massacre occurred when five communists at an anti-Ku Klux Klan protest were murdered by members of the KKK and the American Nazi Party., who were helped by police who gave them a map of anti-racists stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1023...
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Wth
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Wth
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RSVP: freedom.press/gaza-flotillas
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November 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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My law firm is currently litigating 13 redistricting cases and an additional 50 voting and election cases. 63 lawsuits and those numbers are growing. While this is a lot for a firm with fewer than 60 lawyers, I am proud that we helping to defend free and fair elections and democracy in court.🗳️⚖️💪
November 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
My law firm is currently litigating 13 redistricting cases and an additional 50 voting and election cases. 63 lawsuits and those numbers are growing. While this is a lot for a firm with fewer than 60 lawyers, I am proud that we helping to defend free and fair elections and democracy in court.🗳️⚖️💪
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#OtD 31 Oct 1969 lifelong militant and anarchist feminist Juana Rouco Buela died in Buenos Aires, aged 80. She took part in many strikes and rent strikes, and faced repression from police in Spain, Argentina and Uruguay, where she was jailed for a year stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1039...
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#OtD 31 Oct 1969 lifelong militant and anarchist feminist Juana Rouco Buela died in Buenos Aires, aged 80. She took part in many strikes and rent strikes, and faced repression from police in Spain, Argentina and Uruguay, where she was jailed for a year stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1039...
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters have spent the past week diving into the eye of Melissa — a storm of historic ferocity — to gather life-saving data.
And, with the government shut down, they have done it all without pay.
https://cnn.it/47Mqkqt
And, with the government shut down, they have done it all without pay.
https://cnn.it/47Mqkqt
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters have spent the past week diving into the eye of Melissa — a storm of historic ferocity — to gather life-saving data.
And, with the government shut down, they have done it all without pay.
https://cnn.it/47Mqkqt
And, with the government shut down, they have done it all without pay.
https://cnn.it/47Mqkqt
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I’m so happy to see this.
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
Sorcery in Caerphilly:
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’m so happy to see this.
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
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"This is NOT the END, JUST the Beginning......when the founders stood up to King George they were told it was IMPOSSIBLE, but they WON!" NEVER GIVE UP! #NOKINGS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Q1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Q1...
"This is Not The End, Just The Beginning" Sen. Bernie Sanders Addresses No Kings Rally in DC | N18G
YouTube video by CNBC-TV18
www.youtube.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"This is NOT the END, JUST the Beginning......when the founders stood up to King George they were told it was IMPOSSIBLE, but they WON!" NEVER GIVE UP! #NOKINGS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Q1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Q1...
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Ten years ago today.
October 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ten years ago today.