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Books, Libraries, Democracy, Human & Civil rights & Climate Action.
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Adam Kinzinger
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The New York Times
about 16 hours ago
Videos verified by The New York Times show Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday, was holding a phone, not a gun, when the agents took him to the ground and shot him. In total, at least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds.
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Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun. But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground.
https://nyti.ms/4sZEOMm
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I know lots of horrible things are happening, and they are uppermost on my mind. But here's a little something else:
www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/art...
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Behind the scenes of a close crocodile encounter
A marine sanctuary teems with life, including a curious crocodile. A photographer has just seconds to decide: intervene or take a picture?
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/explore-essay-through-the-lens-crocodile-doubilet-hayes-photograph?rid=CE610B65B00A5262B15A60FC6A145263&cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=onb_free
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"What happens if fewer children get vaccinated? Japan holds lessons for US "As Robert F. Kennedy Jr slashes the US childhood vaccine roster, Japan is racing to make up for lost ground after decades of setbacks."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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What happens if fewer children get vaccinated? Japan holds lessons for US
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr slashes the US childhood vaccine roster, Japan is racing to make up for lost ground after decades of setbacks.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00146-2?WT.ec_id=NATURE-202601
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More leadership failure from Trump admininstration "The US is quitting 66 global agencies: what does it mean for science?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The US is quitting 66 global agencies: what does it mean for science?
The United States is leaving some of the world’s oldest and most influential scientific networks involved in biodiversity research, climate science and conservation. Affected organizations tell Nature...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00102-0?WT.ec_id=NATURE-202601
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Marc Elias
4 days ago
🚨BREAKING: My law firm just won its lawsuit challenging New York’s 2024 congressional map that dilutes the voting power of Black and Latino voters on Staten Island. Follow
@democracydocket.com
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www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...
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🚨 Williams et al v. Board of Elections of the State of New York et al
Learn more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-york-congressional-redistricting-challenge-2/
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Ron Filipkowski
4 days ago
Yes, but Europe collectively holds a significant chunk of our national debt - enough to crash our economy if they weaponized it the way Trump weaponizes tariffs against them. The unnecessary arrogance of these clowns will be their undoing.
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Adam Kinzinger
4 days ago
If you live in Texas 9th congressional district, or want to support a great candidate in the Democratic primary, then here is your man. Former astronaut and fighter pilot Terry Virts,
@astroterry.bsky.social
The house needs its own astronaut!
terryvirts.com
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"Almost 400 millionaires and billionaires from 24 countries are calling on global leaders to increase taxes on the super-rich amid growing concern that the wealthiest in society are buying political influence."
tinyurl.com/2rb79e4v
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Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich
Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno and Abigail Disney sign letter timed for WEF in Davos saying wealthy are buying political influence
https://tinyurl.com/2rb79e4v
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Walk out at 2 pm today Jan 20, 2026 From the Women's March: Today, across America at 2pm local time, we walk out. Not because it’s easy. Because it’s necessary. Power depends on our routine. On our labor. On our quiet compliance. Today, we say fu*k that.
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‘This Is Trump’s Goon Squad, for Christ’s Sake’ gift article
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
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Opinion | ‘This Is Trump’s Goon Squad, for Christ’s Sake’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/opinion/trump-vance-miller-ice.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F1A.2B27.vN1CJDsvfkir&smid=url-share
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Go NYT editorial board!!!!! "One year ago, Donald Trump took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he has focused on using the presidency to enrich himself." gift article
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion (Gift Article)
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/20/opinion/editorials/trump-wealth-crypto-graft.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F1A.qo7u.Zy5S4kIhONaq&smid=url-share
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Here's a good story of good humans.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/01/the-...
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The Other Hero of the Hudson | The Saturday Evening Post
Ferry captain Vincent Lombardi was mid-crossing toward Manhattan’s Pier 79 when routine shattered. From the corner of his eye, he saw something impossible: a plane, low and silent, descending into the...
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/01/the-other-hero-of-the-hudson/
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Kyle Griffin
9 days ago
Minnesota Star Tribune Editorial Board: Minnesota is under siege. This cannot stand. "ICE presence has disrupted all aspects of life in Minnesota, and led tragically to the death of Renee Good. It’s the outcome of government overreach that favors force over legitimacy."
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Editorial | Minnesota is under siege. This cannot stand.
"What we are witnessing is the storming of the state by the federal government," the Editorial Board writes.
https://www.startribune.com/editorial-minnesota-is-under-siege-and-it-cannot-stand/601564040
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From Cameron Crowe's memoir, quoting his mother. Only paranoids survive! —ALICE CROWE Count your blessings. Leave the funeral! —ALICE CROWE “Doubt is the devil!” Alice Crowe
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Never, never, never, never give up. —ALICE CROWE
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Never tell me the odds. —ALICE CROWE/HAN SOLO
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From Cameron Crowe's memoir, quoting his mother, Alice Crowe "Did you enjoy Bob Dylan?” my mom asked as we filed out of the gymnasium. ...“Well, someday the Republicans are going to ruin all of this,” my mom said, “for everybody.”
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In lieu of bad news . . . here are 35 health tips. gift article
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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35 Simple Health Tips Experts Swear By (Gift Article)
They’re surprising, and surprisingly effective. And they’ll help you feel better every single day.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/01/12/well/health-tips-experts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E1A.iIL-.jQKW2ZdSKCPf&smid=url-share
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Trump Signs More Pardons, Freeing a Fraudster for 2nd Time Come on, people!!!! This guy is a criminal.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Signs More Pardons, Freeing a Fraudster for 2nd Time
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/16/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code
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This needs more attention. January 20 2 pm Walk out on Fascism Find an event near you
www.freeameri.ca
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FREE AMERICA WALKOUT Jan 20, 2026
On Jan 20, 2026 we will walk out because a Free America is the only America worth calling great.
https://www.freeameri.ca/
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Join me at Walk Out On Fascism w/ Free DC
action.womensmarch.com/events/walk-...
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Walk Out On Fascism w/ Free DC
January 20 marks one year of this fascist regime and one year of Free DC's organizing to rise up and protect the people of the District of Columbia. One year into this fight, it is more urgent than ...
https://action.womensmarch.com/events/walk-out-on-fascism-w-free-dc?source=bluesky&utm_source=bluesky&share=a3653160-7848-4694-aaf3-6d33ac88c96b
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Acyn
13 days ago
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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“E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution “In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climate/trump-epa-air-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code
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I love him. “Earth is now our only shareholder.” “100% of the company’s voting stock transfers to the Patagonia Purpose Trust, created to protect the company’s values.”
www.patagonia.com/ownership/
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Yvon Chouinard Donates Patagonia to Fight Climate Crisis
Earth is now our only shareholder. Patagonia is giving away all future profits to fight the climate and extinction crisis. All profits are now the planet's.
https://www.patagonia.com/ownership/
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Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
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Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/arts/music/washington-national-opera-kennedy-center.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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“Kennedy Weakens U.S. Preventive Services Task Force “The group has significant influence over the medicines and screenings Americans get”.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
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Kennedy Weakens U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/well/rfk-jr-uspstf-task-force.html?unlocked_article_code
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This is sad news. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Announces It Will Cease Operations
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/b...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Announces It Will Cease Operations
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/business/media/pittsburgh-post-gazette-closing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ClA.gFmZ.09Lg3Xlqkmlp&smid=url-share
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Mark Hamill
19 days ago
FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history. Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated.
#ShameOnUS🇺🇸
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“U.S. Attack to Seize Greenland Would End NATO, Danish Prime Minister says” If anyone wonders who Trump is working for (Russia), the end of NATO should prove it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
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U.S. Attack to Seize Greenland Would End NATO, Danish Prime Minister Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/world/europe/trump-greenland-denmark.html?unlocked_article_code
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Did you know (or care) that Steven Spielberg directed the first official series episode of Columbo, called Murder by the Book? It stars Jack Cassidy, was written by Steven Bochco, and is considered by fans as one of the best Columbo episode ever. It’s on Peacock and Prime.
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Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/opinion/trump-weaker-resistance-stronger.html?unlocked_article_code=1._k8.bFPM.ghmZ7I1wT_jd&smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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A beautiful greeting from the The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation (MERR) Institute in Delaware.
about 1 month ago
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Marc Elias
about 1 month ago
I am furious that DOJ ignored the new federal law requiring release of the Epstein Files. I am equally angry that so many in legacy media seem not to care. My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content.
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“Trump Takes America’s ‘Imperial Presidency’ to a New Level…..expanded executive power while embracing the trappings of royalty in ways not seen in the modern era.”
#NoKings
Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
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Trump Takes America’s ‘Imperial Presidency’ to a New Level
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/us/politics/trump-imperial-presidency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-U8.W_hf.0imjd4zFAoDM&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Yay! Hochul signs Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, setting phase-out of harvesting in New York
riverheadlocal.com/2025/12/20/h...
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Hochul signs Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, with full ban by 2029
Gov. Hochul signed the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, phasing out harvesting, with a full ban in 2029.
https://riverheadlocal.com/2025/12/20/hochul-signs-horseshoe-crab-protection-act-setting-phase-out-of-harvesting-in-new-york/
about 1 month ago
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I actually didn't know Rob Reiner directed some of these movies. What an amazing talent.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/12/good...
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Goodbye, Rob Reiner | The Saturday Evening Post
Film critic Bill Newcott honors actor, director, and producer Rob Reiner by showcasing his many roles in film and television.
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/12/goodbye-rob-reiner/
about 1 month ago
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Wow! This crime was solved by a super-observant person, who posted about it on Reddit. He noticed the suspect wearing clothes wrong "for the weather" & then followed him to his car, where he got the license plate. Thank you observant citizen! Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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A Reddit Post Led to a Breakthrough in the Brown Shooting Investigation
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/us/brown-mit-shooting-investigation-reddit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.908.sNni.zbDC-Hj2FwJ2&smid=bs-share
about 1 month ago
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Adam Schwarz
about 1 month ago
Ailing wannabe dictator yelling at his people and insisting that they're getting richer and safer when all the evidence demonstrates the opposite. This is Gaddafi-levels of lunacy.
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I just learned about the Nasty Nelson serve in pickleball, and I have to say I’m appalled at this rule. Not that I really care. I play socially and recreationally. But it seems illogical and unfair and adds a “nasty” element to an otherwise friendly game.
#pickleball
about 1 month ago
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Chris Hayes
about 1 month ago
Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
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Police Share New Images of Man Sought in Deadly Shooting at Brown
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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Live Updates: Police Share New Images of Man Sought in Deadly Shooting at Brown
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/15/us/brown-shooting?unlocked_article_code=1.808.NGKE.vRnCCFJsG5D4&smid=url-share
about 1 month ago
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🗽LOLGOP🗽
about 1 month ago
Why the Trump administration (and a lot of other autocrats) are trying to kill journalism, and what we can do to stop them.
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Shredding public knowledge
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s768y0SrCp8
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Indiana Lawmakers Reject Trump’s New Political Map Hallelujah
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
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Indiana Lawmakers Reject Trump’s New Political Map
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/us/indiana-senate-redistricting-republicans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.708.Ymxu.EpXwoZzl1Nwd&smid=url-share
about 1 month ago
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It's not news that the medical system is broken in so many ways. An important one is: it's very hard to get an appointment with a doctor. Even though you may have established doctors, if you need one quickly, you need to go to urgent care or the ER. That's ridiculous.
tinyurl.com/yn3fttfs
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Bruce Scott, MD, on why patients are having difficulties getting doctor appointments
AMA President Bruce Scott, MD, appeared on the TODAY show discussing physician burnout and the long waits patients are encountering when they try to set up a doctor's appointment.
https://tinyurl.com/yn3fttfs
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Very sad to hear this. He did pioneering work on elephant behavior and conservation.
savetheelephants.org/news/world-r...
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WORLD-RENOWNED AFRICAN ELEPHANT EXPERT, DR IAIN DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, DIES AGED 83
Nairobi, Kenya – Tuesday, 9 December 2025: It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton, renowned Scottish zoologist and founder & president of Save the Elephants.
https://savetheelephants.org/news/world-renowned-african-elephant-expert-dr-iain-douglas-hamilton-dies-aged-83/
about 2 months ago
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Ugh! Justices Seem Ready to Give Trump More Power to Fire Independent Government Officials
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
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Justices Seem Ready to Give Trump More Power to Fire Independent Government Officials
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-presidential-power.html
about 2 months ago
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"...justices are ignoring the evidence that Mr. Trump is not acting in good faith.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
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Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/opinion/supreme-court-limits-failing-constitution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k8.TNMb.zRyvpjfE9mTF&smid=url-share
about 2 months ago
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"A merger between Netflix and Warner Bros. wouldn’t destroy Hollywood, but it would flatten its creative diversity, weaken its theatrical channel and bring a huge cultural category under the near-total control of a single company."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
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Opinion | Netflix’s Swallowing of Warner Bros. Will Be the End of Hollywood
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/opinion/netflix-warner-bros-hollywood.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k8.v5ew.Zm60TC4dOsQE&smid=url-share
about 2 months ago
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Marc Elias
about 2 months ago
If Virginia Democrats follow through with a new 10-1 congressional map and a couple of other Dem states make small changes, Trump's gambit to rig the 2026 maps will be remembered as an epic blunder.
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