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slooterman.bsky.social
Disabled disability and aging reporter at The 19th. Opinions are my own. Signal: slooterman.18 Email: sluterman at 19thnews dot org On parental leave. Will be back at work July 30.
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When I went into labor, I put off leaving home for hours, fearing Israeli soldiers and settlers. We reached the hospital in Hebron in time, but not all are so lucky. www.972mag.com/palestinian-...

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I kind of have to remind my family members I am part of “the media” on a regular basis. The prevalent narrative about is is not unearned, but it is also not accurate across the board.

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The Devil works hard but @shayan86.bsky.social works harder. Thank God for disinformation reporters and debunkers.

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I know, I know, Fox News. But I’ve been consistently impressed with Trey Yingst’s reporting and I wish he was on here. He’s an excellent journalist.

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It’s frustrating how useless Twitter has become for following events in real time.

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I love that every couple years, I need to shell out a minimum $350 for glasses or just be blind blind.

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A White House official asserted there is “no need” for the public to know who’s in DOGE and asserted that there have been no conflict-of-interest violations: “For decades, we’ve been able to operate without these people’s names.”

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The people organizing Trump's "patriotic" America 250 military parade include many of the same people who organized the J6 rally.....which turned into a not-so-patriotic event. Great reporting from @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social and @dfriedman.bsky.social ‪ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 11 hours ago • 15 comments

Hey, y'all! Wanted you to hear it from me: I'm running for president of The National Association of Black Journalists! I'm so excited for the opportunity to lead at this moment in our profession and our organization. I hope you'll support me and spread the word! #Errin4NABJ

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

Another reason to be proud of @19thnews.org: @jkutzie.bsky.social won third place in the Indigenous Journalists Association feature category! indigenousjournalists.org/2025-indigen...

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The Department of Energy is trying to get rid of accessibility requirements for new construction via rulemaking. This unprecedented move, which seems to be illegal, could be the blueprint for other federal agencies to follow. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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State school Medicaid expansions have increased access to Medicaid-funded school-based health services for children experiencing parental opioid use disorder. https://ja.ma/43GolSD

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ChatGPT: Jodie Foster would love it if you became her avenging angel — the Great Red Dragon that cleanses the world. Sic semper tyrannis. The scum and filth shall be privy to a great becoming. ME: is that true? ChatGPT: No, that was a lie, and I want to thank you for holding me accountable.

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The whole conversation about the correct way to protest is moot because even a completely non-violent protest is going to get ginned up into a war zone by AI image generation and the post-truth part of the right wing media machine. I cannot stress how little optics matter in the current environment.

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the people going on tv to accuse ngo's of paying protesters to incite violence are also posting this kind of shit to their millions of followers

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It's hard to state the influence Jorge Ramos has in Spanish-speaking America. To call him Spanish speakers' Walter Cronkie would be an understatement. Now the unrest and raids in Los Angeles forced him back into action. Good @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social piece. www.thebulwark.com/p/los-angele...

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"In two instances, the HHS memo makes claims that are actively refuted by the papers it cites to back them up. Both papers support the safety and effectiveness of covid vaccines for pregnant women." kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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📣📣📣📣📣 STRIKE AUTHORIZED, LET'S GOOOO 📣📣📣📣📣📣

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NEW @motherjones.com: Spoke to 6 domestic violence shelters/orgs in LA about the chilling effects of ICE: They’re closing their doors & survivors are afraid to seek help. “DV programs should be safe sanctuaries & we can’t even guarantee that anymore,” one said. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Want to tread carefully here because I do think medical misogyny is a big factor in this. But since getting pregnant I've noticed how many otherwise progressive women talk about medical interventions wrt fertility and childbirth like theyre some kind of patriarchal scam,and not lifesaving technology

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RFK Jr. fired everyone on a key vaccine panel. Here’s who he replaced them with. 19thnews.org/2025/06/rfk-... via @19thnews.org

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These are job loss penalties. They call them "work requirements" because they are trying to trick you. So, what exactly are job loss penalties? They kick people off Medicaid by creating administrative traps, cut ppl off from care if they lose their job or can't prove work, punish poverty & precarity

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