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Michael Piccorossi

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Digital at @kff.org. Formerly @pewresearch.org - Dad, Philly fan. I like cats ...

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Nobody told LAX

07.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 1247 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 11
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Had to doublecheck the date on this

07.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 11697 πŸ” 3313 πŸ’¬ 363 πŸ“Œ 230
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Gas Prices Continue to Surge in U.S., Rising 14% in a Week

Trump’s war agenda outflanks his affordability and peace agendas
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/b...

07.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

When Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week in retaliation for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran bit.ly/4r2EFp5

03.03.2026 04:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

01.03.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 23242 πŸ” 7890 πŸ’¬ 695 πŸ“Œ 322
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Remember how Trump's SOTU included a line about how he'd stopped eight wars, including Israel v. Iran?

28.02.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 1106 πŸ” 281 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 20

War with Iran is just a distraction from war with Anthropic.

28.02.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 194 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quiz - How Well Do You Understand Your Health Insurance? | KFF Health insurance is often complicated, but understanding the basics helps you make better decisions about your coverage and care. This 10-question quiz touches on some terms you may encounter.

Quiz – How Well Do You Understand Your Health Insurance? Take this 10-question quiz to test your knowledge of common health insurance terminology, concepts and jargon
www.kff.org/private-insu...

24.02.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hard G thank you very much …

23.02.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief AND Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief – #779 in United States v. Trump (S.D. Fla., 9:23-cr-80101) – CourtListener.com Order on Unopposed Motions Seeking Prohibition on Release of Volume II 772 774 . Signed by Judge Aileen M. Cannon on 2/23/2026. See attached document for full details. (Entered: 02/23/2026)

Catch & Kill:
Judge Cannon bars release of Jack Smith's Volume II report about the classified docs case.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

23.02.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 148 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 6

Only the Lord Saves more than Connor Hellebyuck - congrats USA Hockey

22.02.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Email Newsletters as a Source of News Three-in-ten U.S. adults say they at least sometimes get news from newsletters, but many don’t read most of the newsletters they get.

Interesting findings from @pewresearch.org – even in a post Substack universe, just 3% of Americans name newsletters as the platform they prefer for getting news, far behind TV (34%), news websites/apps (21%) and other pathways. And many don’t read most of the newsletters they get buff.ly/ie65cEC

20.02.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump is about to receive a coal industry award you won’t believe exists The Washington Coal Club will honor the president as his administration prepares to eliminate federal greenhouse-gas emission standards.

As he rolls back clean-energy initiatives, Trump is getting another trophy today
www.nj.com/politics/202...

11.02.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dow was at ~43,500 when Trump took office ...

11.02.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
2007 SB Press Conference/Performance
2007 SB Press Conference/Performance YouTube video by Steven Nieves

Prince, 2007: Best. Press Conference. Ever. youtu.be/LjxHZ5Od7zs?...

08.02.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You do not, under any circumstances, for any reason whatsoever, in any possible scenario, bring American food TO Milan.

07.02.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 584 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 18

When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it

07.02.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 7414 πŸ” 2336 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 107
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In largest missile attack of winter, Russia targets Ukraine's power plants amid brutal freeze Russian forces launched a mass ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight on Feb. 3, striking multiple residential buildings across the city and injuring at least three people, officials sai...

⚑️Update: Russia launches 'most severe' mass attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since start of 2026.

Local authorities in Kharkiv classified the consequences of the Russian strikes as a local-level, man-made emergency.

03.02.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 360 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 12

"The center’s ambition, articulated by JFK and emblazoned on the wall of the building, was to symbolize a nation β€œwhich commands respect throughout the world not only for its strength but for its civilization as well.” wapo.st/4r1V9Pk

03.02.2026 05:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

β€˜I shouted out….who killed the Kennedy Center…’

02.02.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 516 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search

i'm afraid i'm going to exhaust my allotment of gift articles pretty soon. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

02.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 5
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Trump Says Kennedy Center Will Close for 2-Year Reconstruction Project The president’s announcement came after the center has been rocked by cancellations and boycotts by performers, contributors and audience members.

As the once proud institution is battered by cancellations and boycotts, Trump retreats and announces the Kennedy Center will close for two years for "renovations" buff.ly/UXkenU9

02.02.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Quiet. We’re busy rebuilding Venezuelan infrastructure. And the Kennedy Center. 🀑

02.02.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 4607 πŸ” 1467 πŸ’¬ 218 πŸ“Œ 40
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Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins solidly red Texas Senate seat in stunning special election upset. With ballots tallied from all but a handful of voting centers, Rehmet led Wambsganss 57% to 43% tpf.news/6nwno

01.02.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Like most of the House, Mike Johnson has only been there in the Trump era. It’s not simply that he’s abdicating his power as a coequal branch, it’s that he doesn’t seem to understand that it *is* a coequal branch.

01.02.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 3079 πŸ” 673 πŸ’¬ 125 πŸ“Œ 32

AKA three heavily armed, masked men in an unmarked vehicle attack a motorist …

31.01.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Investigative Reporters and Editors strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, who covered a Jan. 18 protest against immigration enforcement at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Read IRE's statement: https://bit.ly/4rhavyW

30.01.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Retakes World’s No. 3 Richest Title From Sergey Brin The two billionaires have swapped places multiple times in recent weeks.

The cost of properly funding The Post would have been a rounding error to Bezos β€“β€œBezos’ net worth increased by $4.8 billion to $254 billion, ranking him the third-wealthiest person in the world, ahead of Brin ($253.1 billion), according to Forbes’ Billionaires list” www.forbes.com/sites/tylerr...

29.01.2026 16:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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National Guard deployments cost taxpayers almost half a billion dollars A new estimate from Congress’s nonpartisan bookkeeper tallied up last year’s expenses.

Continuing the deployment (political stunt) for the next year could cost the nation over $1 billion, the estimate found.
wapo.st/4k3Uydf

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