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C Colin Cox

@ccolin.bsky.social

Recovering Twitter user. Raised in Chicagoland. Colleged by the Jesuits in Milwaukee. Living in Minnesota.

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Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · yesterday

Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

Ro Khanna@rokhanna.bsky.social · 2d ago

The Trump Administration is sending billions to Amazon, Apple, Walmart, and other big corporations to refund them for Trump’s tariffs. American households were estimated to lose over $1,000 to tariff price hikes. Here's an idea: refund working families before big business.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2d ago

Republican FCC Commissioners Brendan Carr and Olivia Trusty approved Paramount’s merger with Skydance in July 2025. Months later, as it eyed a merger with Warner Bros., Paramount gifted both commissioners tickets to the Kennedy Center's swanky gala. If that isn’t corruption, I don’t know what is.

Sean Casten@seancasten.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr has no training in any scientific field. He's a history major who got a law degree and worked as an environmental advocate but has never spent any meaningful time doing science, or understanding how science is done. This isn't "an alternative scientific view". It's just kooky opinions.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

BASH: The WSJ reported the president is pressuring you to conduct studies probing the link between vaccines and autism. Is that true? RFK Jr: Did you say 'probing the link'? BASH: I'm just quoting the Wall Street Journal RFK Jr: He certainly does

Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · 5d ago

I questioned Anthony Fauci under oath during COVID. I asked questions. He answered them. That's what congressional oversight is supposed to look like. What Republicans did to him this week wasn't oversight. It was a humiliation ritual. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

I Questioned Anthony Fauci during COVID. What Rand Paul Did To Him This Week Was A Disgrace.

In 2020, I wanted answers. This week, Senate Republicans tried to destroy him for a viral clip.

open.substack.com

MPR News@mprnews.org · last wk.

The Minnesota Vixen captured their first Women's Football Alliance national title over the weekend, defeating the Pittsburgh Passion 42-14 in Ohio. Head coach Connor Jo Lewis joined MPR News to talk about their road to the championship and what it means to have the title back in Minnesota.

'We put in the time:' Minnesota Vixen head coach celebrates national women's football title

The team won their first Women's Football Alliance national title over the weekend, defeating the Pittsburgh Passion 42-14 in Ohio.

mprnews.org

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · last wk.

Here is a full list of every state that DOJ had sued and lost for access to their voter file: Arizona California Connecticut Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

C Colin Cox@ccolin.bsky.social · 7d ago

Even CBS Sunday Mornings seems like it's mostly celebrity interviews and other PR-driven stuff -- compared to when we got postcards from Nebraska and wise, fun and snarky media reviews from John Leonard. Used to record the show--not anymore.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: Under Bari Weiss, CBS News has shifted to the right to try to grab some of Fox News' audience. Not only have they failed to do that, but they've driven off so much of their core audience that CBS Mornings is now perilously close to getting beaten by Fox & Friends. zeteo.com/p/mamdani-de...

Since taking over CBS News last fall, Weiss has actively shifted the network to the right in an apparent effort to capture some of the conservative audience that regularly watches Fox. At the same time, she wants to appeal to the supposed “70% of the audience that identifies themselves as center-left to center-right,” as her boss David Ellison asserted after he purchased her anti-woke blog The Free Press. The problem is that her strategy appears to be driving an increasing number of CBS News’s core audience away while failing to attract any of Fox’s viewers. In fact, according to Nielsen data obtained by Zeteo, the news network’s weekday offerings are in danger of getting passed by Murdoch’s cable news programs head-to-head. During July, ‘CBS Mornings’ averaged just 1.623 million total viewers per day, compared to the 1.436 million that ‘Fox & Friends’ pulled in for the month. The gap between the shows, now at 13%, has narrowed considerably. When Weiss became the head of the network, ‘CBS Mornings’ held a 26% advantage over Fox’s morning program. July was the lowest-rated month in ‘CBS Mornings’ history. And while the summer months typically bring lower ratings for news shows, the gap between ‘CBS Mornings’ and ‘Fox & Friends’ is tighter than it was last July – when the CBS show held a 23% advantage. Additionally, ‘CBS Evening News’ is on track for its worst month since Weiss installed Tony Dokoupil as its anchor, averaging just 3.814 million total viewers a night. It is also the fourth consecutive month that the program has attracted fewer than 4 million viewers. When reached for comment, a CBS News spokesperson shared a Paramount press release boasting that ‘CBS Evening News’ was narrowly up 2% in total viewers compared to last year, which was the program’s worst July in history.
C Colin Cox@ccolin.bsky.social · last wk.

Contemplating a break from BlueSky. I am not digging the political “dialogue” that seems to be more about shaming others and screaming one’s own viewpoints. (I may even be guilty of both).

C Colin Cox@ccolin.bsky.social · last wk.

While the intention might be good, this just gives people permission to shop at Walmart and Amazon, which are so much worse…

Education Minnesota@educationmn.bsky.social · last wk.

As federal attacks on our democracy continue, it's critical that Minnesota-based corporations like Target stand with democracy and protect our freedom to vote this fall. Sign on to boycott Target back-to-school shopping until it signs the Stand Up for Democracy! pledge: https://edmn.me/target

Celeste Headlee@celesteheadlee.bsky.social · last wk.

If DoorDash really wanted to help the "small, independent merchants" they claim to love, they could lower the 15-30% commission, marketing fees, and payment processing fees that prevent restaurants from making money on DoorDash orders. www.qsr.pro/articles/qsr...

QSR Delivery Economics: Why Restaurants Lose Money on Every DoorDash Order | QSR Pro

Third-party delivery platforms charge 15-30% commission per order. After food, labor, and overhead, most restaurants lose money on every DoorDash delivery.

qsr.pro

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2w ago

NEWS: WV GOP Assistant Majority Leader Elliott Pritt has been arrested and charged with enticing a minor after allegedly grooming a 15-year-old through Roblox and Snapchat, then having her meet him in his classroom. GOP leadership won't call for his resignation.

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