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How Montgomery County schools are responding to the immigration crackdown County school leaders say they are trying to give children from immigrant families the help they need, but lack the resources to meet demand.

‘Crisis-level’: How Montgomery County schools are responding to the immigration crackdown www.thebanner.com/education/k-...

Is It Actually Possible to Control Kids’ Screen Time? by Terms of Service with Clare Duffy

The audio version features @cnn.com #Podcasts honcho @slickteig.bsky.social shaking his fist at the futility of controlling his own kids' phone use: megaphone.link/WMHY4938673919
So good, @beccahope.bsky.social @goatrodeo.bsky.social

Is it actually possible to control kids’ screen time? | Terms of Service YouTube video by CNN

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📺 Is it actually possible to control kids’ screen time? | Terms of Service #podcast with @claresduffy.bsky.social from @cnn.com

"Foreign-born workers are the lifeblood of paid caregiving in the United States."

The backlash presidency - Niskanen Center Julia Azari finds that backlash presidents like Trump tend to follow transformative presidents like Barack Obama who represent changes to the American racial order.

The Backlash Presidency

Why Trump followed Obama & got impeached, in historical perspective with comparisons to Nixon after LBJ & Johnson after Lincoln

New #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript with @juliaazari.bsky.social
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Deal to end government shutdown in reach At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a key procedural motion.

BREAKING: Deal to end government shutdown in reach

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Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
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Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members
🖊️ @adamcancryn.bsky.social
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What You Need to Know for Open Enrollment by Chasing Life

😱Open Enrollment is scary, but
💡Knowledge is power!
💪The ins & outs of your health insurance options with Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal of @kffhealthnews.org and @cnn.com’s @drsanjaygupta.bsky.social: megaphone.link/WMHY6026503042

A Sunday morning in America: A family ripped apart by ICE before a birthday celebration | CNN The Sunday morning dawned clear and blue, a perfect day for a birthday celebration. The Enciso family split up in their Chicago suburb – the parents and the eldest son were stopping at a store and the...

‘They often mention their parents at the dinner table and then become sad and quiet. “They’re not the same,” Yurithsi said. As the days without their parents pass, their worries grow.’
🖥️ @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/u...

Opinion | Teapot Dome. Watergate. They’re Nothing Compared to This.

“It’s an open door to a form of corruption, at the highest level, that Americans have never had to confront. But we must confront the dark possibilities it presents.”
🖊️ @jacobsilverman.com 📰 @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/o...

Why It Costs So Much to Get Sick by Chasing Life

🤒American healthcare is sick. With premiums rising, cuts loom, and millions risk losing coverage. And just in time for open enrollment, the government is shut down. 🙃
🗒 Elisabeth Rosenthal, author of 'An American Sickness' joins 🥼 @drsanjaygupta.bsky.social: megaphone.link/WMHY6862461350

Are the Plastic Straws in Water Bottles Safe? by Chasing Life

This was such a smart listener question to answer...
🥤Even if we're drinking from metal or glass, are the PLASTIC STRAWS in reusable water bottles safe?
🥼Paging @drsanjaygupta.bsky.social:
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I wonder if Leader Schumer expected this moment when he agreed to fund President Trump’s government in March. It’s like waving a red cape in a bullfight. You either tire the bull out or you end up gored.

This smart @meredithshiner.com piece explains the zoomed out perspective Democrats are using to justify their shutdown fight despite lacking a clear off-ramp.

🗣️ @janemayer.bsky.social: It's not just Russell Vought. There's a group of conservative thinkers and legal thinkers that rejected Watergate.
@eosnos.bsky.social: Meaning what?
JM: They felt that Nixon was unfairly brought down.
🎧 @newyorker.com
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I remember one:

‘If You Don’t Want This Consequence, Don’t Vote for Republicans’ Podcast Episode · The Opinions · 10/04/2025 · 38m

“We are in a time that demands political creativity and a willingness to take risks…pick fights.”
🗣️ @jamellebouie.net
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📰 @nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com

How Rupert Murdoch remade the world Podcast Episode · Today, Explained · 09/29/2025 · 27m

Episodes I wish I'd made: "How Rupert Murdoch remade the world"
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🎧 Today, Explained @voxdotcom.bsky.social

The Democrats' Plan to Win the Shutdown - CNN Political Briefing - Podcast on CNN Podcasts With Washington bracing for a government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans are already trying to pin the blame on each other. As Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee,…

Thanks to David Chalian for having me on to talk about how Democrats are fighting to protect affordable health care - despite GOP refusals to come to the table and get a deal done.
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As Chair of the DCCC (@electdemocrats.bsky.social) it's Rep. @suzandelbene.bsky.social's job to win back the House for Democrats. She tells @davidchalian.bsky.social her plan for the impending shutdown. Full pod: megaphone.link/WMHY7335667391

had a ton of fun working on this poll with @today.yougov.com about the songs that everybody knows the lyrics to, the generational anthems are super neat

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New Jersey may have the sleeper political race of 2025. Sunday, David @wildstein.bsky.social of @newjerseyglobe.bsky.social co-hosts the first gubernatorial debate b/w @mikiesherrill.bsky.social & Jack Cittarelli.
@davidchalian.bsky.social hosts him on @cnn.com Political Briefing 🎧 apple.co/4gA225V

Breaking news: Thirty-one journalists were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a newspaper complex in Yemen last week, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

They say it was “the deadliest strike on journalists in the Middle East.”

Israel’s killing of 31 Yemeni journalists marks deadliest global attack in 16 years - Committee to Protect Journalists Washington, D.C., September 19, 2025—Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers on September 10, signal that it...

Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital is the second deadliest single attack on the press ever recorded by CPJ, following the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines. Read more: cpj.org?p=522184