Anthoney Obasi
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Camden, NJ native.
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melanie newport
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I wrote historiography all day
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Chris Kluwe
about 4 hours ago
Man, fuck McAfee and fuck his stupid show. What a disgrace to punters
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Martin reverting back to his old ways in an overreaction to Samantha's actions is not a good idea.
#BeyondTheGates
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Veena Dubal
about 6 hours ago
āChakrabarti has drawn flak for his history of supporting centristsā¦over progressivesā Heās better than Weiner, but his 11k donation to
@deanpreston.bsky.social
ās opponent reveals Saikatās politics are more aligned w/ big tech interests than he might be letting on.
sf.gazetteer.co/what-makes-s...
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What makes Saikat run?
In his race to beat Nancy Pelosi in 2026, Saikat Chakrabartiās friends and allies are calling him San Franciscoās Zohran Mamdani. Progressives are a bit more moderate on him
https://sf.gazetteer.co/what-makes-saikat-run
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Marisa Kabas
about 6 hours ago
wow. WOW.
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Carly Goodman
about 20 hours ago
Spouse mutters: they really think freedom means being able to make sports bets on your phone
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Carly Goodman
about 20 hours ago
I didnāt know there was a bill that would raise taxes on sports betting but now Iām highly supportive of anything that could hurt the gambling industry
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DEW
about 20 hours ago
We are in this together! š¤
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Matt McGovern
about 24 hours ago
The federal government has been shut down for 40 days. The continuing resolution to reopen the government, which has not passed yet, expires in 81 days. So great job all around.
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DEW
about 21 hours ago
Congratulations to the party of cowards. Iāll stick around long enough to primary Fetterman into irrelevance and then it is bye bye Democratic Party. And regardless what my current Vote ID says, I am now an Independent.
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Carly Goodman
7 days ago
Praying for NJ today
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Carly Goodman
7 days ago
Philly - vote no for retention of judge Lyris Younge
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncn...
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'One disaster after another': How a family court judge failed families
"Never in a million years did I think our justice system was like this," one mother said. "Never did I think that judges were doing this and getting away with it."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1275562
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Kim Kelly
8 days ago
Itās truly scary how few mainstream publications are willing to publish working class voices and perspectives (let alone leftist ones), and every one we lose is yet another blow to the fragile hope for a better world
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
8 days ago
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Alyssa Harad
8 days ago
Sad about Teen Vogue.
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Veena Dubal
8 days ago
I live 2900 miles away from NYC, and Zohran is my main hope for the future.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)
8 days ago
It's impossible to overstate how grotesque this Halloween 2025 split screen is: Trump parties like its 1928 while here in Chicago, we endured yet another day of federal agents pummeling people, spraying chemical agents & pointing weapons at bystanders. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
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The Gilded Age vs State Sponsored Terror
Trump partied like its 1928, but Chicago remained on high alert after roving caravans of federal agents used chemical agents, pummeled people and threatened to shoot bystanders.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jenniferschulze/p/the-gilded-age-vs-state-sponsored?r=j0kx2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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Marisa Kabas
9 days ago
As we begin a new week, just a reminder to keep sending news tips my way. I'm marisakabas.04 on Signal and
[email protected]
via email. Be safe out there.
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Noah Berlatsky
9 days ago
study after study after study shows that literally just handing people money and telling them "do what you want with this" reduces homelessness, increases food security for children, makes it more likely people will find and retain jobs.1
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Carly Goodman
9 days ago
I donāt know any paper meeting the moment like
@inquirer.com
and I feel lucky to be a Philadelphian. You should subscribe!
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Veena Dubal
9 days ago
āItās not a matter of working remotely, during which personal life and work life can seep into each other, nor of simple flexibility. Itās about a clear delineation between work and every other aspect of lifeā
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
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Opinion | What Women Really Want: Work Boundaries
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/opinion/women-work-force-flexibility-shifts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Veena Dubal
9 days ago
āWhen yellow cabbie Kuber Sancho-Persad..sees Mamdani, he offers him a bear hug, lifting theā¦candidate into the air. Sancho-Persad tells me he can only stay for a few minutes to not miss curfew at the family-shelter. ā¦Part of his high costs he blames on Cuomoā
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
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Zohran Mamdani on the Night Shift for Mayor
As Election Day nears, the Democratic mayoral candidate returns to his base among New York Cityās multiracial working class.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/zohran-mamdani-night-shift-nyc-mayor-healthcare-cab-drivers-laguardia-workers-multiracial-class-democratic-socialists-america-nyc-election
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Veena Dubal
9 days ago
Come out on 11/6 in SF to listen to the preliminary injunction hearing in AAUP v Trump! Show the federal courts that we stand up for academic freedom and will not capitulate! WE are the UC!
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Brennan Center
9 days ago
Political violence doesnāt just endanger individuals ā it warps democracy itself.
bit.ly/3JA9cuG
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Political Violence Is Distorting American Lawmaking
The threat of attacks can influence elected officialsā votes, policy choices, and public engagement.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/political-violence-distorting-american-lawmaking
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Carly Goodman
9 days ago
Abolition is the only way
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Jon Cryer
10 days ago
So the World Series MVP is an⦠immigrant
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Social Media Lab
10 days ago
This has been going on for months on end ... "'There's no due process': ICU nurse, army veteran among U.S. citizens caught in ICE dragnet. Amanda Trebach is a U.S. citizen, and ICE detained her anyway. She's not the only one."
www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
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'No due process': L.A. nurse, veteran among citizens forcefully arrested by ICE amid immigration crackdown | CBC News
Two U.S. citizens whose forceful arrests by ICE were caught on video say federal agents violated their constitutional rights. As backlash against the administration's escalating immigration raids grow...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-citizens-ice-arrests-detentions-9.6960504
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Brandon Boyd
9 days ago
On the eve of college basketball, I want to make something very clear. Doug Gottlieb is a massive turd of a human being, and I hope he loses every game this season.
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Matt McGovern
10 days ago
Hang in there Blue Jays! Wow this game is stressful
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Dean Preston
11 days ago
Welcome to BillionaireSF where the city ācracks downā on homeless families living in RVs. The cruelty seems to be the point. This will not age well.
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Chris Kluwe
10 days ago
You would be kicked out of any writerās room in existence if you had the villains celebrating a Great Gatsby-themed party while taking away food benefits from millions of poor people.
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DEW
10 days ago
I applaud the HomeGoods in St Davids for collecting money for Philabundance. Wasnāt much but I gave $5 in honor of Pierre Robert and educated a youngān about who he was.
#twobirdsonestone
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Tim Kelly
10 days ago
There is no way Max Scherzer wants to A) share his Hall of Fame class with Clayton Kershaw B) retire before Justin Verlander
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š¤ā”Amandaā”š¤
10 days ago
This series has cemented one thing in my mind: The Canadians yearn for more baseball. Give them another team, MLB. Or resurrect the Expos
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Freedom of the Press Foundation
11 days ago
"The government is trying to transform journalism into pure propaganda,"
@caitlinvogus.bsky.social
told
@france24.com
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Scoop - Penta-gone: Why legacy media walked out in protest at new reporting rules
FRANCE 24's media show Scoop looks at the Pentagon and the press. For decades, press access was crucial: journalists developed a relationship with military brass, and the Department of Defense had aā¦
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/scoop/20251031-penta-gone-why-legacy-media-walked-out-in-protest-at-new-reporting-rules
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andyā¢
11 days ago
happy halloween to what many people believed was the greatest tweet of all time
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Kat Abughazaleh
11 days ago
Iām not going to let a federal indictment ruin Halloween. šš HAPPY PUMPKIN DAY! šš Join us TODAY in the campaign office back parking lot from 12-6 for a blood drive and bone marrow registration drive. We'll be giving out Chicago dogs, ICE whistles, candy and more! 7016 N Clark St
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Veena Dubal
12 days ago
āBoth supporters and opponents of transgender rights agree that, taken together, the forthcoming rules could make access to pediatric gender-affirming care across the country extremely difficult, if not impossible.ā
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Veena Dubal
12 days ago
āAccess to gender-affirming care for transgender youth will be dramatically restricted by the Trump administration under new proposals by the Department of Health and Human Services.ā
apple.news/A5cWyEXr1Qwy...
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Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally ā NPR
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
https://apple.news/A5cWyEXr1QwykzG9Hn8qHMA
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Carly Goodman
11 days ago
I think ai is carceral infrastructure in addition to being trash
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Kelsey Atherton
12 days ago
At this point I lose more time sending feedback on google searches than I do on the searches themselves
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Chris Kluwe
16 days ago
Because the NFLPA is the weakest union of the four major sports in America :(
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Marisa Kabas
13 days ago
if knowingly starving millions of americans while he builds a gilded ballroom isn't cause for revolution then i'm not sure what is
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Veena Dubal
13 days ago
āTo call her death merely a suicide misses the larger truthāno suicide happens in a vacuum. Policies designed to make life unlivable for transgender people bear responsibility tooā Rest in Power, Lia. š
www.erininthemorning.com/p/every-tran...
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Every Trans Suicide Is A Murder By Those In Power
News came this week that transgender athlete and student Lia Smith took her life at just 21 years of age.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/every-trans-suicide-is-a-murder-by?triedRedirect=true
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melanie newport
12 days ago
my passion is forgetting my laptop charger whenever Iām planning to lock in
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Marisa Kabas
12 days ago
A sad update to the story of the 13-year-old Massachusetts boy who was abducted by ICE: He is choosing to self-deport to Brazil because even if he were to win his asylum case, his lawyer says it's possible he could still remain incarcerated.
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Family will seek 'voluntary departure' for Everett boy detained by ICE
The family of the 13-year-old Everett boy detained by ICE earlier this month is pursuing the legal option to return him to their home country of Brazil.
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/10/29/everett-boy-detained-ice-brazil-deportation-voluntary
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Chris Kluwe
12 days ago
This is literally Nazi shit. This is what the Nazis did. If you support this, you are a Nazi, and if that makes you upset, then STOP BEING A FUCKING NAZI
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Carly Goodman
12 days ago
My students shouted out how UNC Press has GREAT covers (on these and many other
@uncpress.bsky.social
titles, including GUN COUNTRY)
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Matt McGovern
12 days ago
"A recent report from McKinsey found that nearly 80 percent of companies using AI discovered that the technology had no significant impact on their bottom line."
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