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CNN @cnn.com · 21d

The Oscar-winning star of “Oppenheimer” Cillian Murphy, Grammy-winning artist Billie Eilish, and award-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix are among the dozens of celebrities who have called for a ceasefire in Gaza in a new video released ahead of a benefit concert in London.

Billie Eilish, Cillian Murphy among dozens of celebrities calling for Gaza ceasefire ahead of benefit concert in London | CNN

The Oscar-winning star of “Oppenheimer” Cillian Murphy, Grammy-winning artist Billie Eilish, and award-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix are among the dozens of celebrities who have called for a ceasefire...

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Vox @vox.com · 21d

Let’s be clear about what just happened: Jimmy Kimmel, a prominent late-night comedian, was just taken off the airwaves because the Trump administration didn’t like what he had to say — and threatened his employer until they shut him up. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/fryLLE

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 21d

The administration is putting together plans to take action against left-wing groups that Trump and his allies accuse of fomenting political violence, according to three people familiar with discussions.

White House plans to take action targeting left-wing groups as early as this month

The response to Charlie Kirk's assassination is expected to include investigations into certain liberal organizations' tax-exempt status. Prosecutors haven't indicated the suspect was part of a group.

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 21d

State health officials issued their own vaccination guidelines on Wednesday, recommending that all Californians 6 months and older who want protection from the COVID-19 virus get this season’s updated vaccine. https://cal.news/46ajB91

📸 Alisha Jucevic

Amaya Palestino, 6, receives a COVID-19 vaccine at one of St. John’s Well Child and Family Center mobile health clinics in Los Angeles on March 16, 2022. Photo by Alisha Jucevic for CalMatters

Hed: California releases its own vaccine recommendations as RFK shifts federal policy

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techledes @techledes.bsky.social · Aug 24

The skinny budget is…deficient. It itemizes only annually appropriated fund, less than 1/3 of federal spending, & for just 1 year. This leaves out 2/3 of the budget, inc Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid benefits, as well as deficit and debt projections. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/o...

Opinion | What Is Trump Hiding in His Secret Budget?

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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · Aug 6

🎙️ ON AIR:

We're talking to @us.theguardian.com columnist @sulliview.bsky.social about how major media outlets are responding to Trump’s intensifying attacks.

❓ Have you noticed a change in the way that the media is handling Trump during his second administration?

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Is the American Media Caving to Trump? | KQED

We talk with columnist Margaret Sullivan about how major media outlets are responding to Trump’s intensifying attacks and how it could hasten a march to autocracy.

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NPR @npr.org · Jul 1

During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and deported them to the U.S. where they lived in camps.

Inside the U.S. plan to detain immigrants in Latin America as bargaining chips in WWII

During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and deported them to the U.S. where they lived in camps.

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Christian Elliott @christianelliott.me · Jun 30

NASA just won an Emmy for our live broadcast of the total solar eclipse last year. We produced a documentary film about the James Webb Space Telescope that's out in theaters and on Netflix. We have podcasts, we write feature stories. People wear the agency logo on t-shirts. We're still getting cut.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Jun 30

You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.

Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
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I Worked at U.S.A.I.D. for Over 8 Years. This Is Our Biggest Failure.

I worked for U.S.A.I.D. in East Africa over the past eight and a half years, selling the story of American foreign aid to people in Rwanda, Ethiopia and Kenya. Our inability to tell this same story to Americans is our great failure. It is what put the agency into the Department of Government Efficiency’s wood chipper first. It’s what allows Secretary of State Marco Rubio to get away with insisting that lifesaving humanitarian aid would continue while the administration drastically slashed its funding. And it’s what I fear will let this presidency cast the deaths from the next preventable catastrophe as unstoppable or inevitable.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Jun 29

Companies that promote the use of AI in their products and services could actually be hurting their sales, research finds.

Here’s a Tip to Companies: Beware of Promoting AI in Products

Consumers have less trust in offerings labeled as being powered by artificial intelligence, which reduces their interest in buying them, researchers say.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 29

Senate Republicans have quietly inserted provisions in President Trump’s domestic policy bill that would not only end federal support for wind and solar energy but would impose an entirely new tax on future projects, a move that industry groups say could devastate the renewable power industry.

G.O.P. Bill Adds Surprise Tax That Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power

Wind and solar companies were already bracing for Congress to end federal subsidies. But the Senate bill goes even further and penalizes those industries.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Jun 29

Senate Republicans stunned the power industry over the weekend with a proposed new tax on wind and solar projects, part of a broader push to unravel incentives for renewable energy.

Senate Megabill Stuns the Clean Energy Industry With a New Excise Tax

Elon Musk calls the Senate’s latest version of the spending bill ‘utterly insane and destructive.’

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 29

Republicans’ domestic policy bill that is making its way through the Senate would result in deeper cuts and more Americans losing health insurance coverage than the original measure that passed the House last month, according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.

Senate Version of Trump’s Policy Bill Would Slash Medicaid Spending Even More

Analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that Republicans’ new version of the legislation would make far deeper cuts and lead to more people becoming uninsured than previous proposals.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · May 24

BBB both grows the deficit and cuts food for poor kids

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · May 24

Jong-Fast: This would be the largest cut to food assistance in US history—and it will result in hungry kids.

It’s also important to mention that this bill grows the deficit. I don’t know how it manages to do the two things you absolutely don’t want—starve children and grow the deficit—but it does.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · May 20

RIP George Wendt
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Cheers-Best Norm Greeting

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techledes @techledes.bsky.social · May 20

Favorite Norm-ism: "It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing Milk Bone underwear." Cheers, George Wendt.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 20

Breaking News: George Wendt, a six-time Emmy nominee for his role as the beer-chugging everyman Norm Peterson on “Cheers,” is dead at 76. nyti.ms/3ZuGwrN

George Wendt holding a glass mug and smiling. A headline reads: “George Wendt, Norm from 'Cheers’, Dies at 76.” Photo credit: NBCUniversal, via Getty Images.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · May 18

Republicans not so hot on capitalism anymore

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techledes @techledes.bsky.social · May 18

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Exclusive: US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage

The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision in January to cut global aid programs.

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · May 17

"Waste" is when people get Medicaid.

"Efficiency" is when you let 60,000 tons of food that's already been paid for rot instead of feeding someone with it.

Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · May 17

"Internal proposals to release the food remain on hold, awaiting sign-off from the Office of Foreign Assistance, now headed by 28-year-old Elon Musk appointee, Jeremy Lewin."

Call your representatives.

Food For Millions Rots in Storage After Trump’s USAID Cuts

Over 60,000 tons of U.S. food is going to waste in warehouses while millions starve and children die.

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Cynthia Fox @cynthfox.bsky.social · May 16

A top scientist quit RFK's NIH after it demanded his science be reviewed, not by top peers, but by "political appointees," and forbade him from telling a reporter the truth that ultra-processed foods are less addictive than drugs...because that is not an RFK belief. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...

Leading Nutrition Scientist Departs N.I.H., Citing Censorship

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techledes @techledes.bsky.social · May 16

A nationwide survey of more than 3,000 couponers found that 40% are now using coupons to afford essential items they otherwise couldn't buy, and a combined 71% of Americans now coupon out of necessity rather than choice. www.abc15.com/news/smart-s...

More Americans couponing out of necessity than as a hobby, survey shows

A new survey from The Krazy Coupon Lady highlights a new shift: while couponing used to be a hobby, for many, it is now becoming a household necessity.

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techledes @techledes.bsky.social · May 15

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 15

For most people, your hearing gradually deteriorates with age, and about half of the time it’s caused by genetics that are out of your control. But there are also steps you can take to protect your ears. Here’s what experts suggest you do — and what you should avoid.

Your Hearing Can Get Worse as You Age. Here’s How to Protect It.

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · May 15

"The Trump administration has sharply expanded its campaign against experts who track misinformation and other harmful content online, abruptly canceling scores of scientific research grants at universities across the country." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...

Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · May 15

Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that she interfered with an immigration arrest as she argued that federal officials had no power to prosecute her.

Judge pleads not guilty, seeks to throw out charges she blocked immigration arrest

Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan entered her not guilty plea two days after a federal grand jury returned an indictment.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · May 15

Exclusive: Trump’s flurry of AI deals during his Middle East tour is opening a rift within his administration as China hawks grow increasingly concerned the projects are putting US national security and economic interests at risk

Trump’s Rush to Cut AI Deals in Saudi Arabia and UAE Opens Rift With China Hawks

President Donald Trump’s flurry of artificial intelligence deals during his tour of the Middle East is opening a rift within his own administration as China hawks grow increasingly concerned the proje...

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · May 15

Walmart warned that price increases look certain — possibly within weeks — reinforcing that even the world’s biggest retailer is not immune from President Donald Trump’s trade war.

Walmart warns it will raise prices within weeks because of tariffs

Walmart’s sales rose 2.5 percent, narrowly missing analyst expectations. Experts say the retail giant may be better situated than some competitors to endure a trade war.

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