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Former Oregon journalist now a copywriter in Salt Lake City. Subscribe to your local newspaper.

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Sorry to be Radical Left but I don't think we should put people who haven't committed a crime, and aren't even accused of committing a crime, into any sort of "Detention"

10.02.2026 06:04 πŸ‘ 12649 πŸ” 2238 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 83

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

05.02.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 15314 πŸ” 4643 πŸ’¬ 445 πŸ“Œ 250
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DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

03.02.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 10020 πŸ” 5141 πŸ’¬ 277 πŸ“Œ 489

the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.

30.01.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 23823 πŸ” 5556 πŸ’¬ 236 πŸ“Œ 129

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

30.01.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 30042 πŸ” 6539 πŸ’¬ 388 πŸ“Œ 308
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The Takeover of Malheur Kicked Off a Decade of Lawlessness The wildlife refuge occupation set the stage for Trump, January 6, and so much more.

If you can believe it, January 1, 2026 marks ten years since the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. For Portland Monthly, I wrote about how the ensuing decade was dominated by anxious men and a culture of lawlessness.

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15.12.2025 16:26 πŸ‘ 343 πŸ” 147 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 24

I've said this before, but Leah is one of my professional heroes. She is a national treasure. It's been such an insane privilege to work with her & learn from her & play even a miniscule role in her work.
This is a huge loss for OPB and for Oregonians. I do not understand it at all.

04.12.2025 02:40 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

25.11.2025 23:07 πŸ‘ 9658 πŸ” 3866 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 143

One of my beliefs is that during a holiday week email shouldn't work at all for anyone

26.11.2025 03:32 πŸ‘ 1518 πŸ” 127 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 8
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Early next year The Salt Lake Tribune will take down its paywall, in part because of subscribers and donors who care about local journalism. Local independent news sources protect the public

Please share and check out @sltrib.com

25.11.2025 16:36 πŸ‘ 168 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them

05.11.2025 04:41 πŸ‘ 9743 πŸ” 2509 πŸ’¬ 130 πŸ“Œ 128
Two glowing jack-o-lanterns inside a dark room. One is carved with the words "Signal Tips" and the ProPublica logo, while the other is carved with ProPublica's Signal tipline: 917-512-0201.

Two glowing jack-o-lanterns inside a dark room. One is carved with the words "Signal Tips" and the ProPublica logo, while the other is carved with ProPublica's Signal tipline: 917-512-0201.

Tip-or-treat πŸŽƒ

This Halloween, a reminder that a great way to scare those abusing their power is to reach out to us on Signal: 917-512-0201.

*You, too, can shine a light on injustice by making your own ProPublica pumpkin: https://propub.li/43AXneD

31.10.2025 20:51 πŸ‘ 657 πŸ” 192 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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Carbon Monoxide From Generators Poisons Thousands of People a Year. The U.S. Has Failed to Force Safety Changes. Portable generators are among the deadliest consumer products. Two decades after the government identified the danger, and as climate change leads to more power outages, people are left vulnerable by ...

If you lose power this winter and use a portable generator to power your home: Be careful.

Preventable carbon monoxide deaths follow every major power outage.

(Published 2021 with @texastribune.org @nbcnews.com)

30.10.2025 03:00 πŸ‘ 346 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 6
He is, instead, a 59-year-old Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio, who merely responded to an email from a journalist seeking his views on Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s policies.

β€œI’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio,” DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida.

β€œI never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor,” DeBlasio told Semafor Wednesday evening. β€œSo I just gave him my opinion.”

He is, instead, a 59-year-old Long Island wine importer named Bill DeBlasio, who merely responded to an email from a journalist seeking his views on Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s policies. β€œI’m Bill DeBlasio. I’ve always been Bill DeBlasio,” DeBlasio said in an interview conducted Wednesday evening through his Ring doorbell in Huntington Station, Long Island, from his current location in Florida. β€œI never once said I was the mayor. He never addressed me as the mayor,” DeBlasio told Semafor Wednesday evening. β€œSo I just gave him my opinion.”

I’m crying

www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

30.10.2025 02:46 πŸ‘ 7269 πŸ” 1310 πŸ’¬ 118 πŸ“Œ 375

If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support:

β€’Β 404 Media
β€’ Defector
β€’Β The Flytrap
β€’Β Flaming Hydra
β€’Β The Appeal
β€’Β Aftermath
β€’ Racket
β€’Β Hell Gate
β€’Β The 51st
β€’ The Colorado Sun
β€’ Range Media
β€’ Discourse Blog
β€’ Pop Heist

19.09.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 2595 πŸ” 1019 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 93

As a copywriter who does a lot of long form writing for clients' websites it's so depressing knowing that I'm mostly writing to give AI bots something to summarize instead of people actually clicking on the site and reading the article.

14.08.2025 01:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The adamant elite refusal to call bullshit is a big part of How We Got Here.

The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.

13.08.2025 14:07 πŸ‘ 4991 πŸ” 1403 πŸ’¬ 104 πŸ“Œ 103

This is again a reminder that college isn’t supposed to just teach you a job but is supposed to teach you how to think, because that job you’re training for might not exist when you graduate

10.08.2025 13:48 πŸ‘ 527 πŸ” 168 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 12
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Utah’s Senate president prompted law change that helped a teen charged with child rape An 18-year-old high schooler was facing potential prison time and having to register as a sex offender until help came from a powerful ally β€” Senate President J. Stuart Adams.

Wow. Stuart was upset his 18-year-old relative was facing years in prison for sex with a 13-year-old and now the 18 yo is just getting house arrest and community service (no sex offender registry) thanks to a law the legislature "just happened" to pass on his watch.

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07.08.2025 05:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve discovered a literal miracle with almost unlimited potential and it’s being scrapped for *no reason whatsoever*. This isn’t even nihilism, it’s outright worship of death and human suffering.

05.08.2025 23:09 πŸ‘ 10384 πŸ” 3314 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 157

We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death

05.08.2025 23:04 πŸ‘ 7707 πŸ” 2421 πŸ’¬ 181 πŸ“Œ 83

I am so stressed out over waiting for my 4-month-old niece to be old enough to finish all her vaccinations so she doesn't catch anything from all the dummies in Utah who don't vaccinate.

04.08.2025 13:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey fellow male high school teachers: let’s really go out of our way to model positive behavior for our male students this year, and also correct them quickly when they say demeaning things about their female peers and teachers.

This has been my contribution to the manosphere discourse.

02.08.2025 02:30 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

i think the correct way to think about the lonely boy question is not "how do we reach out to incels?" but "how do we make sure that a teenage boy looking for romantic advice isn't flooded with right-wing propaganda?"

01.08.2025 20:25 πŸ‘ 10718 πŸ” 1774 πŸ’¬ 266 πŸ“Œ 144
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D.C. Correspondent - The Seattle Times - Career Page We’re seeking a a D.C.-based correspondent to uncover how federal power touches lives in the Pacific Northwest!

Extremely cool opportunity: The Seattle Times is hiring a DC correspondent. Rare these days for a local paper. seattletimes.applytojob.com/apply/oVo010...

29.07.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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25.07.2025 15:32 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t stop thinking about how the Access Hollywood tape came out before the election even happened, yet suddenly we have people concerned that the President might have lied about being a sexual predator who were totally fine with it when he told the truth about being a sexual predator

very grim

23.07.2025 23:57 πŸ‘ 24948 πŸ” 4726 πŸ’¬ 686 πŸ“Œ 203
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We just translated a wave of our ICE coverage into Spanish. No paywall, no email signup necessary. From leaks about Palantir's work with ICE to ICE's new facial recognition app, we think there is a massive public interest in this info. Read why and support us here: www.404media.co/were-publish...

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