Holly McBride
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JD, Dog mom. Sometimes I make stuff. PNW lifer
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Andrea LaFlamme
about 14 hours ago
Maine! You have options! Join me in one of my final virtual town halls before the primary. Ask me your questions and hear about my platform and why I believe that I'm the best candidate to beat Susan Collins. See you there!
#mepolitics
andreaformaine.com
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Bobby Allyn
about 16 hours ago
George Santos called me after my story revealing federal investigations into his suspected market manipulation on Kalshi. And he said: "This story is going to get you a gun in your face." Then he lied about it.
www.npr.org/2026/06/04/n...
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I wrote about George Santos. Then he made a violent threat and lied about it
NPR reported on new federal investigations examining the former Congressman's bets on the prediction market site Kalshi. Then he threatened the NPR reporter who broke the story.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5846966/george-santos-kalshi-threats
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Andrea LaFlamme
about 15 hours ago
âThere may be.â FFS. Forget the flags. I have a literal masters degree in public health, Iâm an actual union leader (in my second term as chapter president,) Iâm a college professor, and a reproductive health advocate. And people are quibbling over if he abused his exes enough to be disqualifying.
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@grahamformaine.bsky.social
thought you might want to give this a skim
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Anna Merlan
about 15 hours ago
Itâs a shame no one has ever figured out how to vet a candidate ahead of time
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This is false imprisonment and had she gone to the cops he couldâve potentially been prosecuted. You canât confine someone against their will.
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Heâs making it sound like theyâve been married 20 years, this happened more like 2 years ago when he was a grown adult. How dare people want senators to you know, not be cheaters. How woke.
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Nancy and Lottie
1 day ago
Update: I am reliably informed the tennis ball has rolled under the sofa. I repeat, code red, inaccessible tennis ball.
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ProPublica
1 day ago
NEW: This church teaches that once an abuser is forgiven, anyone who speaks about the wrongdoing can be accused of having an unforgiving heart. The burden of sin would shift from the person who committed the act to the person who wonât let the matter rest. W/
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In This Church, Child Sexual Abuse Has Gone Unchecked for So Long That It Spans Generations
The church's culture of forgiving and forgetting sins has absolved abusers and silenced victims across the country.
https://www.propublica.org/article/old-apostolic-lutheran-church-generational-sexual-abuse?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=06-04
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Marisa Kabas
1 day ago
I waited a while to write this one. The time finally felt right.
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A tale of two media women
On Bari Weiss and me, and what journalists owe this world.
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/bari-weiss-cbs-scott-pelley-marisa-kabas
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Kevin Glew
2 days ago
58 years ago today, 5-foot-5, 140-pound Freddie Patek made his MLB debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates. After the game, he was asked by a reporter how it felt to be the shortest player in MLB. âA helluva lot better than being the shortest player in the minors,â he responded.
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Céspedes Family BBQ
3 days ago
Sarah Langs is Working. For Lou Gehrig Day I talked to and wrote about baseballâs indomitable stat queen, who is producing just as much as ever. âA great note isnât great because it came from someone with ALS â it just is. Thereâs no park adjustments.â
sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/...
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On Lou Gehrig Day, as always, Sarah Langs is working
The MLB researcher extraordinaire, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2021, is both a spokesperson for the disease and "better at the job than she's ever been."
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/on-lou-gehrig-day-as-always-sarah-langs-is-working-161559903.html
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Justin Baragona
2 days ago
I swear to god this is real.
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Christopher W. Jones
2 days ago
"The students who cannot read a 20-pg article today are the voters who will not be able to read a bill or the jurors who cannot follow a closing argument, tomorrow." The most important argument against AI in education is that it's incompatible with a free society.
www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...
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Opinion | My Students Canât Read
The generational collapse in literacy is measurable, persistent, and likely to get worse.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/my-students-cant-read
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Tsveira
3 days ago
This is still an all timer from her tbh
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Andrea Grimes
3 days ago
ATTN: FRUIT LOOPS
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Stan Oklobdzija
3 days ago
It's ridiculous that police departments make up around 30-50% of the average municipality's budget, but those same police look at you like you're stupid if you ever ask them to investigate a crime.
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Ody
3 days ago
Scott Pelley can write his own ticket to any job he wants with this move. Nick Bilton will be scrubbing toilets at a Washington Free Beacon knockoff in twelve months.
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Rachel Maddow
5 days ago
Gift article. Very much worth your time:
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/o...
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Opinion | This Is the Formula That Defeated Orban. It Would Defeat Trump, Too.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/opinion/hungary-win-election-viktor-orban.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mlA.DXHi.rDKOxFxxkTF3&smid=bs-share
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Adam Harris
5 days ago
I was reading a little while back and looking at this picture I took of my granddad and thinking about warmer weather and wrote this a poem about the things we remember. It published at
@theatlantic.com
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Joshua Erlich
6 days ago
the thing about Plantner is that he seems to be an idiot with no impulse control. I donât think heâs a literal nazi and Iâd rather have him win than Collins, but heâs still a dangerous clown.
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Peter Sagal
6 days ago
Alex Jonesâ oft-told origin story is that he discovered a conspiracy in the local police and had to change schools.
@jonronson.bsky.social
discovered the truth- he was a violent bully, and eventually his victims beat him up, so he had to move.
www.thisamericanlife.org/670/beware-t...
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Could someone do a clip of how many hands he shakes in a day cause tbh I donât think itâs enough to cause corpse hands but what do I know.
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Rebecca Tushnet
7 days ago
I'm sorry, what? "Democratic lawmakers questioned the presence of Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, at Pam Bondiâs side in her interview before the House Oversight Committee on Friday.... She has said she is appearing as Bondiâs private attorney."
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Update from Glenn Thrush
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/29/us/trump-news/8d581b88-d1cf-58c9-84f0-cb6a1f6ee13a?smid=url-share
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darthâąïž
7 days ago
isnât this the dog car from dumb and dumber
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Anna Bower
7 days ago
iâll admit i did not think the retired judgesâ motion to re-open the Trump v. IRS case would succeed. but now that is hasâŠlfg? at a minimum, DOJ will be forced to justify its conduct in writing
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ProPublica
8 days ago
đ§ Listen now on Apple Podcasts:
apple.co/3PIlXXq
On Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/2Sqr...
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How to Fight a Health Insurance Denial With a Little-Known Tool
Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · May 28 · 39m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-fight-a-health-insurance-denial-with-a/id1896058335?i=1000769974410
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Andy Craig
9 days ago
A one-room studio apartment on this same block is currently listed for $3000.
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ProPublica
9 days ago
Oklahomaâs social studies standards, written with the help of the right-wing group behind Project 2025, now include roughly 40 points about Christianity that students should learn as well as skepticism about the 2020 election and COVID-19âs origins. (Published Oct. 2025)
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This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools
Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in Americaâs history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its âAmerica Fi...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-education-department-oklahoma-public-schools?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1779926760&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Andrea Grimes
10 days ago
ok my light, not-truly-drunk-hollering-yet take on the texas GOP senate primary is that Talarico will fare better against KPax than he would have against Cornyn i suspect KPax took it because many otherwise GOP voters who dislike Trump/KPax felt something like capitulation/resignation
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s. e. smith
10 days ago
Hey did you know I have a book coming out in TWO MONTHS about grief, mourning, and the cultural conditions in the US that make grieving so much harder than it needs to be? Please preorder it! Tell a friend! Tell your library! Ask your bookstore to invite me for an event!
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All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning
https://bookshop.org/a/118950/9780063445994
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Attention
@joshgondelman.bsky.social
, Faygo, now available in firework flavor.
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Playboy
11 days ago
âYou donât really have any friends, do you, Dad?â âI just donât see them, but I know theyâre there." Loneliness may seem like a strange problem for Andrew McCarthy to have. After a road trip, he learned that men are starving for conversation and almost never get the chance to have it.
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An Actor's Road Trip Through the Male Loneliness Crisis
The actor and director Andrew McCarthy turns his lens on male lonelinessânamely, his own.
https://www.playboy.com/read/entertainment-culture/he-had-no-friends-so-he-went-on-a-road-trip
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Marisa Kabas
11 days ago
New â I talked with
@katmabu.bsky.social
the morning after a judge dismissed all charges against her and her co-defendants thanks to extreme government fuckery about what comes next, the crazy rumor mill and setting a precedent for telling ICE to fuck off. Our convo here:
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Kat Abughazaleh shows us how to fight fascists
Q+A with one of the Broadview Six, who had all charges dropped against them after grand jury misconduct.
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/kat-abughazaleh-broadview-six-grand-jury-charges-dropped
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ProPublica
12 days ago
Philadelphia lawyers appointed to help people challenge their convictions can instead urge judges to rule against them, and often do so without ever speaking to their clients. How? By filing a letter arguing that the case has âno merit.â With
@inquirer.com
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With a Chance at Freedom, They Faced an Unexpected Obstacle: Their Own Lawyers
Pennsylvania courts allow attorneys to argue against their convicted clientsâ bid for justice. It has resulted in people spending years or decades in prison before being freed based on issues lawyers ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/conviction-challenges-philadelphia-law?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1779652805&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Stefan E. Jones
13 days ago
Turn them into artillery shells and fire them from period field artillery to demolish Stone Mountain.
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Hello, it's Dan McDaid
13 days ago
I had no idea this is what the battle hymn of the republic was all about.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
13 days ago
An audience member asked me about leftist pronatalism.
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Bolts
13 days ago
Balls & Strikes reports on a Tennessee man who is set to be executed, despite no physical evidence tying him to the murders for which he was convicted.
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Tony Carruthers Was Forced to Represent Himself at Trial. Tennessee Is About to Execute Him
In the years since his 1996 conviction, the stateâs case against Tony Carruthers has collapsed. But he still can't get a new trial.
https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/tony-carruthers-tennessee-execution/
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I come from a pretty blue collar background and I deeply and fully reject the concept of working class people not enjoying fun new food. Like he doesnât see how insulting that premise is?
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The New York Times
13 days ago
"They were chic and elevated, and they felt crisp and cooling on my skin, even when the air was hot and damp." Our Wirecutter styles writer went on the hunt for the perfect summer pants:
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These Are Basically the Only Pants Iâll Wear This Summer
My all-time favorite summer pants are from a small Los Angeles clothing brand. Theyâre comfortable, cooling, chic, and especially versatile style-wise.
https://nyti.ms/3PUQf9i
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soleil ho
14 days ago
"So many more people of all ages are becoming radicalized now, and looking for ways to change things.... People are inspired by optimism. So much of the art that has come out recently that does show some sort of struggle going on, usually itâs nihilistic."
www.coyotemedia.org/boots-riley-...
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Boots Riley Is Here to Recruit You
First, heâd like you to go see âI Love Boostersâ in theaters May 22. Then please consider joining the revolution.
https://www.coyotemedia.org/boots-riley-keke-palmer-i-love-boosters/
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TPM
14 days ago
Their Loved Ones Died for the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Courtâs Ruling Is a New Injustice.
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Their Loved Ones Died for the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Courtâs Ruling Is a New Injustice.
Dennis Dahmer was 12 years old in January 1966 when Klansmen stormed...
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/their-loved-ones-died-for-the-voting-rights-act-the-supreme-courts-ruling-is-a-new-injustice
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Hildur KnĂștsdĂłttir
14 days ago
DEAD WEIGHT comes out next Tuesday!
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The Popehat Fits Fine
15 days ago
Some notes now that Iâve seen the transcript of the hearing, thanks to
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Contractors and employees legally are treated quite differently in terms of employer liability if someone commits a tortious act while at work. I was personally curious to actually see this litigated and that distinction made.
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Matt Pearce
16 days ago
great now all the candidates are going to want their own Giant Election Geode
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Molly Jong-Fast
16 days ago
I continue to be in awe of the stupid
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Matthew Cortland (they)
16 days ago
If you're someone who relies on Medicaid or you have family members/loved ones who rely on Medicaid, and you're interested in the most effective ways to talk about the vital program? This is also for you
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