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robertaoster.bsky.social
Communications Director at Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy. Mom, dog lover, aspiring painter. Posts are my own.
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Capital Emmy nomination news! Martin Montgomery and I are nominated for our story on the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. I was deeply inspired by the students and teachers there. It aired 2024 on VPM News Focal Point. June 21 Emmy Awards are announced. Link: www.pbs.org/video/a-near...

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Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women Unreal www.science.org/content/arti...

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As @jamellebouie.net has been saying, they are absolutely trying to bring back segregation.

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Days before ICE detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, the State Dept. determined that the Trump administration had not produced evidence showing she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public statements supporting a terrorist organization. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world. A better world is possible.

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Clear, concise, and chilling 7-minute video by Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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I'm so pleased to be working with our new executive director, Rev. Dr. LaKeisha Cook @revlcook.bsky.social, in our fight for economic, social, and racial justice! As the director of communications for @vainterfaith.bsky.social, I'll be keeping you posted about our work as we move forward.

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Timothy Snyder's Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow. Great for listening to. And reflecting on. The question now isn't what THEY should be doing, it's what WE should be doing. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

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Spring !

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This aged well. Or badly, if you are now at the Washington Post. The paperback of Burn Book is coming out in March with a new afterword that is 100 percent burnier and with a new title: Mendacious Fucks I Have Known nymag.com/intelligence...

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@govpritzker.illinois.gov: "The root that tears apart your house's foundation begins as a seed. A seed of distrust and hate and blame...If we don't want to repeat history then for God's sake, in this moment, we'd better be strong enough to learn from it..."

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POIGNANT PODCAST: @abigailspanberger.com talks to @robenfarzad.bsky.social - SPANBERGER IS running for GOVERNOR of Virginia. She's a former 3-term member of Congress and CIA officer. They discuss Trump vs. DC; the war on trans kids; and the Dems' messaging problem. pod.link/903171979/ep...

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Brilliant!!!

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My daughter sings “drift away” at an open mic in NYC. Way cool. www.facebook.com/share/r/1BGR...

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