Brian Powell
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Transportation geek, computer science PhD, avid geocacher, and WV political junkie.
PSA for those with gas furnaces: Make sure the exhaust vent isn't blocked with snow and ice. My parents' neighbor had CO alarm go off because theirs was blocked and exhaust couldn't escape.
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Why would you believe a US security guarantee right now? They won't even guarantee NATO countries' security.
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How the National Park Service is deleting American history
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/c...
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How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/climate/national-park-service-deleting-american-history-slavery.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HFA.pWeO.PxFlVhn2SwM5&smid=url-share
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
We cannot possibly host the World Cup during this madness. Same with the Olympics.
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2 months ago
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Josh Marshall
2 months ago
This kind of crass, absurd and obscene embrace of willful murder from a top official is basically participation in murder after the fact
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Ohio voters enshrined abortion rights into the state constitution. Ohio Republicans don't care.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/06/r...
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Reproductive rights regulated, tested in Ohio Republican bills, as Dems continue attempts to protect ⢠Ohio Capital Journal
As the current Ohio General Assembly goes into its second year in 2026, abortion will still remain a topic of legislation, in small efforts to change laws, and large attempts to codify or prohibit the...
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/06/reproductive-rights-regulated-tested-in-ohio-republican-bills-as-dems-continue-attempts-to-protect/
2 months ago
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Michael
2 months ago
the entire contradiction at the heart of the last 15 years of dem dysfunction has been simultaneously insisting the only mechanism for punishing republican malfeasance is the vote while also adopting a posture of bipartisan comity with those very politicians voters are supposed to be disciplining.
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Jonathan Cohn
2 months ago
The Trump administration just conducted an illegal attack on Venezuela and has spoken about attacking Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, and Denmark. These Democrats just voted to confirm Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense: Fetterman Gallego Kaine King Reed Rosen Shaheen
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27 Million Fewer Car Trips: Life After a Year of Congestion Pricing
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed. (Gift Article)
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/05/upshot/congestion-pricing-one-year.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CFA.QDmR.FP2tFcw7uJZD&smid=tw-share
2 months ago
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Jim Goldgeier
2 months ago
Ironic that our celebration of the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence will be led by a mad king.
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Justin Seagull
3 months ago
Every Democrat needs to take notes. You have to run on immediately undoing all of this shit.
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Today, I learned that Washington, PA was originally named Catfish Camp.
3 months ago
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Damion Schubert
3 months ago
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
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J.C. Bradbury
4 months ago
Cover just dropped. Coming in 2026 from Oxford University Press.
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University of Akron is privatizing its dorms.
www.cleveland.com/akron/2025/1...
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University of Akron announces deal to privatize dorms
Under a new 50-year lease agreement, PRG - Akron Properties will take over management of the University of Akronâs on-campus student housing.
https://www.cleveland.com/akron/2025/12/university-of-akron-announces-deal-to-privatize-dorms.html
3 months ago
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Started watching "Boots" on Netflix. I was a bit surprised when I saw Norman Lear listed as an executive producer - turns out it was one of his last projects before his passing in 2023 at age 101.
4 months ago
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TIL that The Jacksons song "Blame It on the Boogie" was written by Michael Jackson, but not the Jackson 5 Michael Jackson. The writer was an English singer-songwriter.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blame_I...
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Blame It on the Boogie - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blame_It_on_the_Boogie
4 months ago
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account)
4 months ago
Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
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Ron Filipkowski
4 months ago
Trump arrives in FL for another weekend of parties and golf while his attorneys fight in the Supreme Court to deny food to SNAP beneficiaries despite a court order.
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Ron Filipkowski
6 months ago
Marge says that Republicans can end the shutdown anytime they want without Democratic votes.
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JD Vance had the Army Corps of Engineers release water from Caesar Creek Lake so he could go kayaking last weekend.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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JD Vanceâs team had water level of Ohio river raised for familyâs boating trip
Exclusive: Incident raises questions of exploitation of public services, but Secret Service says it was requested for âsafe navigationâ
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/jd-vance-ohio-lake-water-levels
7 months ago
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Veena Dubal
8 months ago
The âdealâ that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring. Read it for yourself here:
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
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https://www.brown.edu/sites/default/files/brown-and-united-states-resolution-agreement_July-30-2025.pdf
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Will Smiley
8 months ago
This is an outrage. Other faculty senates need to speak up.
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Union Pacific to Buy Norfolk Southern in $85 Billion Railroad Deal
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/b...
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Union Pacific to Buy Norfolk Southern in $85 Billion Railroad Deal
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/business/union-pacific-norfolk-southern-merger.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aE8.GBK9.jZYUncPFO2QW&smid=tw-share
8 months ago
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Carl Quintanilla
8 months ago
* REUTERS POLL -- NEARLY 90% ECONOMISTS, 89 OF 100, SAY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OFFICIAL U.S. ECONOMIC DATA, INCLUDING 41 SAYING VERY CONCERNED
@reuters.com
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Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That âDisparageâ Americans. Hereâs What They Flagged.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
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Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That âDisparageâ Americans. Hereâs What They Flagged.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/trump-national-park-service-history-changes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Yk8.aoe2.FGfYLfpKYeF3&smid=url-share
8 months ago
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Josh Marshall
8 months ago
I"m really happy to see this. It's also true that this points to a very large population of twentysomething dumbfucks in the United States. (Just keeping it real.)
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Greg Sargent
8 months ago
The Abrego Garcia fiasco keeps getting worse. The way Trump and the WH are bringing the full weight of their propaganda and legal machines to destroying this one day laborer is an extraordinary abuse of power. I try to take stock of that larger story here:
newrepublic.com/article/1977...
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Prof. Aviles
8 months ago
The UVA Faculty Senate has voted to approve a resolution of No Confidence in the Board of Visitors
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Sahil Kapur
9 months ago
NEW: Tucked inside the GOP mega-bill is an excise tax for solar and wind. And Republicans say they have no idea who put this provision in, or why. "I don't know where it came from," Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham, who released the bill, tells NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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A megabill mystery: New solar and wind tax comes as a surprise to Republican senators
"I don't know where it came from," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, told NBC News after he released the 940-page legislation.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/megabill-mystery-new-solar-wind-tax-surprise-republican-senators-rcna216120
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Senator Ron Wyden
9 months ago
Republicans are about to decimate Medicaid across the country and their top two Senate leaders are trying to get their states exempted from the cuts at the 11th hour.
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Steve Vladeck
9 months ago
One of the central achievements of the Affordable Care Act was to *raise* the Medicaid eligibility threshold to 133% of the federal poverty levelâbecause everyone understood that there are plenty of folks who couldn't otherwise afford health care even though they're just over that (arbitrary) line.
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Josh Marshall
9 months ago
Wow. Some people are upset about gutting the national endowment for the humanities. But fear not. The Big Beautiful Bill appropriates $40 million for "for the procurement of statues" for the President's "Garden of Heroes"
www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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David Roberts
9 months ago
Trump and Stephen Miller want a vast secret police apparatus and they are building it right out in the open.
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Ron Filipkowski
9 months ago
He didnât like the answers it was giving, so heâs starting over.
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Senator Scott Wiener
9 months ago
Hegseth is now threatening to send the Marines to LA to suppress protesters against ICEâs brutal assault on immigrant garment workers. Just process that: Sending in the *military* to crack down on protesters. Weâre now at severe risk of martial law. Thatâs what theyâve wanted all along.
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Trump Officials Weaken Rules Insulating Government Workers From Politics
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Trump Officials Weaken Rules Insulating Government Workers From Politics
A reinterpretation of the Hatch Act announced by the administration lets officials wear campaign paraphernalia like MAGA hats, and removes an independent boardâs role in policing violations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-hatch-act.html?smid=bs-share
11 months ago
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Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up for Core Values
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
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Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats
As the Trump administration threatens universities, the former president suggested schools shouldnât be intimidated. But he also offered a critique of campus culture, saying it had too often shut out ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/obama-trump-college-speech.html?smid=bs-share
12 months ago
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For an organization supposedly staffed by technology wunderkinds, the DOGE website is crap.
12 months ago
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NBC News
12 months ago
China is âtrying to replicateâ USAID programs in Africa as the Trump administration dismantles the agency, the commander of the U.S. Africa Command told lawmakers.
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Trump administration live updates: Tariffs ravage the stock market; TikTok deadline approaches
Global markets are taking a beating from President Donald Trump's decision this week to announce sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners.
https://nbcnews.to/3FVzLIH
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âA Different Worldâ Sequel Series Gets Rare Netflix Pilot Order
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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âA Different Worldâ Sequel Series Gets Rare Netflix Pilot Order
The sequel series to "A Different World" is moving forward at Netflix, with the streamer ordering a pilot for the comedy project.
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/a-different-world-sequel-series-netflix-pilot-order-1236351356/
12 months ago
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Trumpâs Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation
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Trumpâs Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation
Many in higher education worry Trumpâs efforts to bend academia to his will could end American leadership in research and science. Universities are not finding many allies to defend them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/trumps-battles-with-colleges-could-change-american-culture-for-a-generation.html?smid=bs-share
12 months ago
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Chris Hayes
about 1 year ago
This is the gold standard measure of atmospheric carbon, the one you see in almost every chart that tracks emissions.
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Walgreens Sells Itself to Private Equity Firm in $10 Billion Deal
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Walgreens to Be Acquired by Sycamore Partners in $10 Billion Deal
Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance have lost about half their value in the past year, as the chain has faced pressure in its retail and pharmacy businesses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/business/walgreens-buyout.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
The US military has removed photos of the B-29 bomber âEnola Gayâ â which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan â apparently because it contains the word âgay,â which violates their new anti-DEI rules.
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War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
https://apnews.com/article/dei-purge-images-pentagon-diversity-women-black-8efcfaec909954f4a24bad0d49c78074
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Cuts Could Close Campsites and Trails in California, Forest Service Memo Says
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Government Budget and Staffing Cuts Could Close Facilities in Californiaâs National Forests, Memo Says
A government spreadsheet lists thousands of campsites and trails that could shutter for the summer because of federal government staff reductions and budget freezes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/climate/california-forest-staff-cuts.html?smid=bs-share
about 1 year ago
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WVU has removed references to sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, and gender expression from its non-discrimination statement. Old statement:
safety.wvu.edu/safety-on-ca...
New statement:
campusengagement.wvu.edu/compliance
about 1 year ago
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Penn State is going to close branch campuses. Other than Erie and Altoona, all the ones in western half of the state are potentially on the chopping block although final decisions not made yet.
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Penn State to close some commonwealth campuses, President Bendapudi announces
Penn State will close some of its commonwealth campuses after enrollment declines, cuts and angst at the 19 branch campuses, university President Neeli...
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2025/02/25/penn-state-branch-campues-closure-commonwealth/stories/202502250069
about 1 year ago
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Wheeling Intelligencer/Ogden Newspapers editorial on the lack of transparency in the WVU presidential search process
www.theintelligencer.net/opinion/edit...
about 1 year ago
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