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Rekha Murthy

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Podcast strategist + story editor. I help people make good podcasts for good reasons. Passions include: Storytelling, journalism, climate, and ways for media makers to thrive. http://www.rmurthy.com

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Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change

Denying climate change and it's causes is no different than denying gravity. It is an argument made by idiots. It does not change the laws of nature, but when used to change the laws of the country, people will die. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...

12.02.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 296 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 4
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Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds The spouses and children of billionaires inherited more wealth in 2025 than in any previous year since reporting began in 2015, according to UBS's Billionaire Ambitions Report published on Thursday.

There are 8.3 billion people in the world. Let this sink in: "In the 12 months to April [2025], 91 people became billionaires through inheritance"
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12.02.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Everytime I think I couldn't love her more, she proves me wrong.
Muy linda, Mayor Wu.

09.02.2026 10:50 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

And if you don’t think that was explicitly political you were maybe not watching things like… the sugar cane fields? Electric poles? The men grinding on each other? The little boy? The americas shout out? What moooore do you want?

09.02.2026 01:51 πŸ‘ 1209 πŸ” 80 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 5
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Holding us accountable for the shameful failure to restore power to PR

09.02.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 770 πŸ” 163 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 13

trump almost certainly trying to figure out if he can deport people back to puerto rico right now lol

09.02.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 168 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I think one of the best things about Bad Bunny’s performance is that it was so *specific*. It so clearly had a point of view coming from real lived experience and actual emotion, actual heart, not cynical calculation. Just beautiful.

09.02.2026 01:36 πŸ‘ 1789 πŸ” 198 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 10

It doesn’t seem like Epstein is a hoax after all.

31.01.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 17135 πŸ” 3402 πŸ’¬ 412 πŸ“Œ 90
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Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest

I thought this was fake, but apparently, they've arrested Don Lemon for reporting from Minneapolis.

I'm not a huge Don Lemon fan, but this is totalitarian nonsense meant to threaten anyone who reports on the regime's horrors.

30.01.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 917 πŸ” 259 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 33

Actually, since we're well before the Nuremberg/accountability phase, this is important information.

Sure, she's deflecting blame... but intentionally or not she's also reminding everyone that this is coming from the top. That firing Bovino and possibly her will not change the fascist reality.

28.01.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate Payment - Star Tribune Company DonateDonate Now Donate Thank You for Supporting the Minnesota Star Tribune Thank You for Supporting the Minnesota Star Tribune See Other Ways to Give We Value Your Privacy The Minneapolis…

I just donated. Thank you for suggesting. Now I will go donate to MPR as well.
www.startribunecompany.com/donate-payme...

28.01.2026 12:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am thrilled that @mprnews.org is doing a live call-in. But the rightwing guy who was just on made me feel physically ill. ICE is saving abandoned children, people confronting ICE are to blame for their own hurt, MPR is telling lies, etc. I forgot to breathe. Such hate and gaslighting.

28.01.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.

27.01.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 34552 πŸ” 8085 πŸ’¬ 1084 πŸ“Œ 374

part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis

26.01.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 10695 πŸ” 2496 πŸ’¬ 218 πŸ“Œ 79

Ha! Well, that was fast.

27.01.2026 02:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Get this guy a rage room and maybe he'll leave us alone.

26.01.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.

Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a β€œmassacre.”

26.01.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 14676 πŸ” 7328 πŸ’¬ 1031 πŸ“Œ 643
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

25.01.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 28794 πŸ” 10724 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 981
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

25.01.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 50329 πŸ” 14728 πŸ’¬ 885 πŸ“Œ 611

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

24.01.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 60632 πŸ” 18877 πŸ’¬ 1404 πŸ“Œ 741

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

24.01.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 47134 πŸ” 13483 πŸ’¬ 6117 πŸ“Œ 1901

There is video circulating on social media of a group of ICE agents beating a man near 26th and Nicollet in south Minneapolis, then one of the ICE agents shoots the man while he's on the ground numerous times. A witness can be heard yelling that the victim is dead.

24.01.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 11819 πŸ” 4973 πŸ’¬ 860 πŸ“Œ 447
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New report: Gas utilities spent record amount replacing leaky pipes in 2024 - CommonWealth Beacon The latest data on utilities’ work to replace leaky pipes paints an even more damning picture of GSEP as costs balloon with fewΒ additionalΒ results β€” driving up ratepayer bills β€” and places recent refo...

Gas leaks are so dangerous. We are losing the game of Whack-a-Mole and paying a lot for the privilege. 😬 commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/new-r...

12.01.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not on TikTok - watching a few links from Bsky would make my day.

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NEW: It appears billionaire Bill Ackman has donated $10k to a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good.

Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.

11.01.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 3140 πŸ” 1276 πŸ’¬ 228 πŸ“Œ 338

Very glad to hear @pauloffit.bsky.social on CSPAN this morning. The new vaccine schedule is terrifying. As is the occasional conspiracy theorist caller.

10.01.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.

09.01.2026 00:15 πŸ‘ 35337 πŸ” 9071 πŸ’¬ 1148 πŸ“Œ 525

I genuinely admire your courage and strength to move beyond that horrible tragedy and through your own your personal, physical toll to remain a public figure and leader.

08.01.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0