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Robert Reich
about 20 hours ago
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/business/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-deal-netflix.html
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I'm attending McMorrow for Michigan's event, āMcMorrow on Tap in Lansingā - sign up now to join me!
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McMorrow on Tap in Lansing Ā· McMorrow for Michigan
Lansing, we're coming your way! Join Mallory on Tuesday for great conversation and cold beer--St. Patty's day edition!
https://www.mobilize.us/mcmorrowformichigan/event/905648/?referring_vol=6358599&rname=Keith&share_context=signup-form-modal&share_medium=bluesky×lot=5811063
about 20 hours ago
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Justin Wolfers
3 days ago
The President boasts of "no tax on tips", but this expires in 2028. He boasts of "no tax on overtime," but it is taxed, and the break expires in 2028. He boasts of "no tax on social security," but it is taxed, and his break expires in 2028. He also passed tax cuts for the rich. They're permanent.
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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock
6 days ago
On what wouldāve been his 86th birthday, I am thinking of my hero, mentor, and parishioner, Congressman John Lewis. May God bless the memory of the boy from Troy. Letās continue to make good trouble in his name.
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Barb McQuade
8 days ago
We are a nation of laws, not of men. This banner symbolizes a disgusting betrayal of our values.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/p...
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Giant banner of Donald Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters | CNN Politics
A large banner of Donald Trump was hung outside of the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, DC, Thursday, emphasizing the White Houseās control over the nationās top law enforcement branch t...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/politics/trump-banner-justice-department-building?cid=ios_app
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justicetoall.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
šØ China's fentanyl crackdown led to a stunning drop in U.S. overdoses, stated under Biden Admin., research says..ā¬
www.axios.com/2026/01/09/c...
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China's fentanyl crackdown led to a stunning drop in U.S. overdoses, research says
Diplomatic pressure worked. Street-level busts didn't.
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/09/china-fentanyl-crackdown-overdose-deaths
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Naomi Kritzer
12 days ago
Yeah, this is pretty much exactly what I thought about when I saw Musk's stupid racist tweet: Minnesotans have spent the last month and a half saying we will die to defend our multicultural community.
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emptywheel
11 days ago
To my surprise, CDC is still tracking how many children RFK condemns to measles. Cases are getting younger and, of course, it is spreading faster.
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
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11 days ago
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The Bulwark
12 days ago
"Polls over the past year suggest that most Americans are not white-supremacist goons like Stephen Miller, ready to trash the Constitution in the name of purifying the Volk." Why Dems shouldn't fear the immigration issue, and more from @monacharen.bsky.social:
lnk.thebulwark.com/3MEYftp
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How Democrats Can Crush the Midterms
Trump has offered up the issues on a silver platter.
https://lnk.thebulwark.com/3MEYftp
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Stumbled onto the OfDollarsandData Blog. Recommended reading.
ofdollarsanddata.com/is-inflation...
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Is Inflation Higher Than We Think?
What the official inflation data misses about rising costs.
https://ofdollarsanddata.com/is-inflation-higher-than-we-think/
13 days ago
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@sccenglish.bsky.social
's eview of Digital Delusion is a great read. Especially if you're waiting on a nearby copy.
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/the-dig...
13 days ago
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Scott Clement
about 2 months ago
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Eric Umansky
about 2 months ago
So we now appear to be up to at least 80 Venezuelans killed. For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
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Eliot Higgins
about 2 months ago
Unsurprisingly, the Donroe Doctrine is just bullying.
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While not much aligned with Kristol re: foreign policy, his assessment of the White House's Venezuela "strategy" is worth a listen.
@thebulwark.com
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Bill and Sarah Ask: How Bad Can It Get? | Bulwark on Sunday
Bulwark on Sunday
https://substack.com/@williamkristol/note/p-183293093?r=7g40
about 2 months ago
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u+fffd
2 months ago
pretty sure this is a chapter of ulysses
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I have concerns about our politics allowing any response to pressing international or domestic challenges.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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America Is an Unserious Country Filled With Unserious People
Stories about revealed preferences and who we really are.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/america-unserious-country-people-revealed-preferences?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7g40
2 months ago
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Engaging and tragic.
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3 months ago
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Eho isn't being the idea of ER consumer choice???
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3 months ago
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Andrew Mason
4 months ago
The Broncos have a two-game lead on the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Robert Reich
4 months ago
Remember: The fundamental issue isnāt the size of the government or how to make government more āefficient.ā Itās who our government is for. Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires ā or for the rest of us?
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Bill Kristol
4 months ago
"The British royal family has, in effect, defenestrated Prince Andrewāwho is no longer 'Prince.' I was beginning to think there was no accountability in the worldācertainly none for wrongdoing in the Epstein matter...The contrast with us Americans is stark."
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No More a Haven, &c.
On America and refugees; the British royal family and Epstein; populism and plutocracy; the joys of the tuba; and more
https://open.substack.com/pub/jaynordlinger/p/no-more-a-haven-and-c?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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nda
5 months ago
Bill Burr should never EVER be allowed to live down performing at the Riyadh comedy show. None of them should be, but especially him.
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Unclear how a government shutdown helps the party of functional government.
5 months ago
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Senator Mark Warner
6 months ago
RFK Jr. lies with reckless abandon. The truth is this administration slashed $1 trillion from Medicaid.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
6 months ago
If you enjoy⦠Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays ⦠then youāre part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
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Don Moynihan
6 months ago
One accurate way of understanding this is that online extremists have direct contacts with the head of the FBI, who will fire the FBI agents they identify, even though it is against the law. Any principled agents who resist will also be fired. Same pattern holds broadly across lots of the govt
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The Bulwark
6 months ago
@monacharen.bsky.social
on the Bolton raid: "It is just an obvious attempt to, use the power of the state in a completely corrupt and, and unjustifiable fashion...This is becoming the kind of country that you have to flee from if you're a critic of the government."
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Governor Gavin Newsom
6 months ago
What real leadership looks like. Thank you, President Barack Obama, for standing strong with California, defending our rights, and fighting for the people of this nation.
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I'm excited for numbers untethered by reality. A new era where all are above average and all metrics always exceeded!
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7 months ago
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Marc Maron
7 months ago
My new special āPanickedā premieres tonight on HBO and will be streaming on HBO Max!
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The Bulwark
8 months ago
"Murkowski promised to make sure that 'Alaskans and *people around the country* are not impacted in a negative way' (emphasis ours). That didnāt last."
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-gop...
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Senate GOP to Medicaid Recipients: Drop Dead
The haphazard budget is almost over the finish line.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-gop-medicaid-recipients-lisa-murkowski-alaska-budget-thune-thom-tillis
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Real profile in courage.
#reconciliation
#murkowski
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
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Brendan Pedersen on X: "MURKOWSKI tells reporters she wants the House to send OBBB back to the Senate to continue the work. She voted for it. "My hope is that the House is gonna look at this and recognize that we're not there yet," Murkowski said" / X
MURKOWSKI tells reporters she wants the House to send OBBB back to the Senate to continue the work. She voted for it. "My hope is that the House is gonna look at this and recognize that we're not there yet," Murkowski said
https://x.com/BrendanPedersen/status/1940082580402982978?t=4fr1lyhTY2-DdSXGcjgtFA&s=19
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Solid
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report: "The (Reconciliation) cuts...are designed to reduce spending...to pay for other priorities...not designed to improve Medicaidās efficiency or effectiveness...Given...the impact, policymakers should begin planning now..."
crcmich.org/publications...
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Federal Medicaid Cuts Will Have Big Consequences in Michigan - Citizens Research Council of Michigan
How Medicaid changes could affect Michigan residents and healthcare suppliers
https://crcmich.org/publications/federal-medicaid-cuts-will-have-big-consequences-in-michigan
8 months ago
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Watching
@marcmaron.bsky.social
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#Stick
. Need to see him do another standup. I recommend watching this
#appletv
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8 months ago
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Another solid
@pbsnews.org
article on the Reconciliation bill. I think this is a fair, dispassionate analysis and effective reporting of complex concepts.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
8 months ago
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@pbsnews.org
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www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Rio Grande Valley voters explain why the area shifted support to GOP in last election
The 2024 presidential election saw shifts to the right in counties across the country. After the election, we brought you a story from the southern border in Texas, a heavily Hispanic area that flippe...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/rio-grande-valley-voters-explain-why-the-area-shifted-support-to-gop-in-last-election
8 months ago
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Josh Gondelman
8 months ago
It's so funny to me that Andrew Cuomo was leading in the polls until he started running.
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Kyle Cheney
9 months ago
BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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9 months ago
Oh for the good old days when every editorial board in America LOUDLY demanded the Clintons shut down their charitable organization for fear it would be used to curry favor w/Hillary if she became President š
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Pete Buttigieg
9 months ago
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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Details of the 'BB' reconciliation bill keep shifting, but the deficit and debt impact will be material. Some point soon, the US will need to figure out how to fund its priorities. Shockingly, torching federal employees re DODGE didn't find magical levels of savings.
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Adding Up the House Reconciliation Bill | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
2025-05-14-Update (5/21/2025): CBO released a score of all titles but not a full cost estimate with interactions;
https://www.crfb.org/blogs/adding-house-reconciliation-bill
9 months ago
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
9 months ago
Republicans in Congress really want to take food out of the mouths of hungry children and medicine away from the sick to fund tax cuts for people who don't need them. Tell your Senators: Vote NO on the Trump budget.
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Traverse City, MI is a magical place.
10 months ago
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If only our political classes would wake up, and our voting public tuned in.
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š” Semafor Flagship: Little problem, big beautiful bill | Semafor
Donald Trump has a ālittle problemā with Tim Cook, Chinese startups no longer hide their origin, and a medical first in gene-editing.
https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/05/15/2025/semafor-flagship-little-problem-big-beautiful-bill?utm_source=newslettershare&utm_medium=flagship+asia&utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered3
10 months ago
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
10 months ago
Republicans have just proposed defunding Planned Parenthood nationwide. In doing so, they are telling women and people across the country that our healthcare doesnāt matter and that we are undeserving of care. Itās time to stop this bill in its tracks.
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Upside: plurality of Americans won't care until Weezer's "The World Has Turned And Left Me Here" is America's new economic motto.
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America has become a laughingstock
This is no longer a serious country.
https://open.substack.com/pub/noahpinion/p/america-has-become-a-laughingstock?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7g40
10 months ago
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Report on potential federal
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#Michigan
state economic impacts.
#reconciliation
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/medi...
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https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Inside-MDHHS/Newsroom/ED-2025-3-FINAL.pdf
10 months ago
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