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I told @washingtonpost.com that this case should be a slam dunk — there’s no legal gray area when it comes to punishing the press for word choices. But this shouldn’t need to go to court. In a healthy democracy, politicians wouldn’t try this kind of stunt because the public wouldn’t stand for it.

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Me waking up this morning and feeling a tickle in my throat less than a month after my last cold.

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NEW: University of Louisville begins hiring freeze, citing uncertainty around Trump cuts

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Things hurting the US economy: -mass layoffs of federal workers -funding cuts to every federal dept -corporate layoffs -measles and tuberculosis outbreaks -high flu rates -$8/dozen eggs -new tariffs raising the cost of everything -Canada boycotts US travel and goods -concerns about airplane safety

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Just a reminder that fascists, authoritarians, dictators of all stripes destroy archives— books, museums, databases, &c— because those things provide windows onto a plurality of other ways we might organize the world. And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.

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major props to the associated press for not capitulating to trump. they're setting the standard for what news should be - independent, committed to the truth, and ready to stand against authoritarian governments.

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I used to pray for times like this 🙂‍↕️

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The University Of Cincinnati is replacing all of it's restroom signs with ones that designate use to only biological sex.

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arguably the biggest trans actress in hollywood has been detransed by our govt. where is the outcry

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A Mississippi judge ordered a local newspaper to take down an editorial criticizing its mayor and city council, in a move that has alarmed free-speech advocates across the country and aggravated a years-long feud between the paper and the city’s mayor.

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I'm THRILLED to share that Anna DeShawn and @lumcalzada.bsky.social have signed on as @windycitytimes.com's newsletter coordinators for BLACKlines and En La Vida! Join me in sending them a big congrats 👏

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Right now Leor is the only music journalist in Chicago with a full-time newspaper job. Chicago!! The city with so much music history and music stories to tell!! Not to mention that the Chicago Reader has always covered issues that the big newspapers wouldn't. Please donate, if you can.

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BREAKING: Nonprofits sue over Trump's anti-diversity, anti-trans executive orders, alleging they violate the First Amendment & equal protection guarantees, are void for vagueness, exceed the president's authority, & violate the Administrative Procedure Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Semicolon Bookstore is fundraising to keep its West Town location open. A great way to support a Black business during Black History Month ✨ thetriibe.com/2025/02/semi...

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They screwed this all up.

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Anne Marie Hochhalter, who spoke publicly about the long-lasting effects of gun violence after she was paralyzed in the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, was found dead on Sunday at her home. She was 43. nyti.ms/3X8xaB0

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Hey this is why Trump and the AG said they are the sole arbiters of law btw.

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Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.

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Look, I know statistically I’m still far more likely to die or be seriously injured every time I get in a car (which is almost daily), especially with the way Cali drivers are out here. But my pre-existing fear of flying? Let’s just say Benadryl and I are gonna be besties when I fly in two weeks.

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📢 App Version 1.98 is rolling out now, including: (1/5) • a new option for who can reply to your posts • search posts by a user • lots of little improvements to make the app feel better!

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chicago: it's gonna be cold as shit this week but the @chicagoreader.com fundraiser at thalia hall on sunday will be HOT!! we're watching decline of western civilization 1 & 2 to keep the paper 🆓 & 😜 vendors, music vids, photos, prizes, raffles - all for $20🔥 www.ticketweb.com/event/the-de...

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Now: a few hundred protesters lining Wacker Drive across the river from Trump Tower in Chicago. Two groups marched from two different locations (The Bean, Fed Plaza) here. Somewhere around 500 folks chanting "Trump and Musk have got to go!"

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You are joking. Another plane crash??

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Black bookstores saw a surge in interest after 2020’s social justice movement. But that support has waned.

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See you at Seneca Park in an hour, Chicago, to tell Lurie Children's Hospital to resume lifesaving surgeries for trans kids and youth, and to stop trying to compromise with Nazis!

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I don't think anyone is demanding that every person needs stacks of film, VHS, DVDs and Blurays but the fact is, owning physical media is the only way to guarantee access to what you wish to see in the future. We are seeing streaming getting yanked on a whim and it's only going to get worse.

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This Valentine’s Day, treat her to something rare and valuable

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"Per my previous email"

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Look this sucks but news outlets need to start realizing there's limited journalistic value in sitting in a room and letting a person behind a podium lie to you. You're not holding anyone to account when you do that.

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Oh I don’t know what will become of this country but love is real and infinite!

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Here's to pulling more funky looks this whole year of 30! I'm trying to level up!

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At least I looked cute 🥰

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