Kristin A. Shamas

If you cave and lose the ACA, I will do nothing to ever help elect a Democrat again. None of us will.

'Teen Vogue' is moving under Vogue.com — and staffers are being laid off Teen Vogue covered fashion and celebrity, but also took in-depth looks at politics and social justice issues. The union representing workers at Condé Nast said six staffers are losing their jobs.

Teen Vogue covered fashion and celebrity, but also took in-depth looks at politics and social justice issues. The union representing workers at Condé Nast said six staffers are losing their jobs.

Teen Vogue Is Folding Into Vogue.com According to Condé Nast’s announcement, the outlet will keep its “unique editorial identity and mission.”

Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section.

www.thecut.com/article/teen...

House speaker: Only a criminal act by Oklahoma state superintendent will prompt impeachment action • Oklahoma Voice OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s House speaker on Thursday shut down impeachment speculations surrounding state Superintendent Ryan Walters. Speaker Charles McCall said his chamber would not pursue impeachm...

Just a few months before McCall was shown the federally illegal misdirection of funds. oklahomavoice.com/2023/09/14/o...

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

Because they demonstrated gross negligence with lack or protocol or safety precautions, and thus they lost the right to "take care" of other peoples' children?

Also that there is no acknowledgement by the Eastlands of the gross neglect of safety and protocol that led to the preventable deaths of so many kids. They can just glibly move on and return to business as usual, but this summer demonstrated children's lives cannot be entrusted to them.

over time I believe this will end up being one of the most unpopular things the administration ever does

a death sentence for many hobbies and all the average consumer sees is that you’re taking away all their bargains

one of the few policies that has a direct negative effect on almost everyone

Education Department Forced to Release Key Card Data for Matt Langston - Oklahoma Watch During his time as chief policy advisor for the state Education Department, Matt Langston has only badged into the office 42 days since Jan. 2023. His political consulting work has continued.

Education Department Forced to Release Key Card Data for Matt Langston oklahomawatch.org/2025/09/03/e...

Ryan Walters is ripping off Oklahoma taxpayers worse than we knew. Many of his senior advisers live out of state, do no work for us, and get bonuses higher than a starting teacher’s annual pay.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

St. Patrick’s Cathedral to Unveil Mural Celebrating City’s Immigrants

I hope to get back to NYC to see this in future! What a tribute to the immigrants who give the city its richness. My grandparents were among those arriving in the early 20th century. (gift article, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/a...

Ryan Walters has previously distributed sexual images through social media, against OK Dept of Ed policy.

You're mistaking correlation with causation.

Hell, all they had to do was have a legit nomination process and acknowledge the anti-genocide block of the party. But instead we got the palm, "I'm talking."

People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug

Look, I’m not particularly a Harvard booster, but this is the start of a damn cure for type one diabetes.

This is the kind of research Trump has killed.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/h...

too little, too late. Shouldn't have confirmed the nominations.

Arab Immigration and the French Art Scene While France is rediscovering its relationship with Arab artists of the 20th century, the latest generation of French Arab contributors to the country’s world-class art scene is exploring their own se...

Arab Immigration and the French Art Scene

www.aramcoworld.com/articles/202...

Celebrating the Life and Work of Robert W. McChesney (1952-2025) | Common Dreams From radio to the internet, a reading of his body of work offers a grand and inglorious tour of media history, and how we got to the horrific era of disinfotainment we’re in today.

Celebrating the Life and Work of Robert W. McChesney (1952-2025) www.commondreams.org/opinion/robe...

Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.

As a dear friend, comrade, mentor, and hero, Bob McChesney has meant the world to me. I am heartbroken by this irreplaceable loss, but Bob's vision for a truly democratic media system lives on. To honor him, we must continue the struggle.

Here's a wonderful tribute by @nicholsuprising.bsky.social

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog hanging over the New York skyline

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows damaged oil drums piled high at an Exxon refinery.

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows cars driving down a road as smoke spews from factories in the distance and air pollution hangs over everything.

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog in Los Angeles taken from a high vantage point.

Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed

Two pronghorn fawns with their doe watching over them in a field of spring grass and sage.

Something to remind you
It's a world worth saving.

Plant libraries hold essential clues about climate change, but they're vulnerable to funding cuts Scientists say amid climate change and biodiversity loss, the world’s herbaria could hold the keys to overcoming the crises in their folders of dried plant specimens. But their future is in question a...

Scientists say amid climate change and biodiversity loss, the world’s herbaria could hold the keys to overcoming the crises in their folders of dried plant specimens. But their future is in question amid cuts to research and education funding.

www.kosu.org/2025-02-24/p...

📚 New member book! "Critical Communication: A Memoir" was completed just before IAMCR member Vincent Mosco’s sudden death. It chronicles the last half century of research, activism and teaching in critical communication, technology and society.
iamcr.org/books-mosco-...

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I like to celebrate & remember Black History Month reminiscing the achievements & tribulations of Black Americans from OK.
Born in OKC, Ralph Ellison wrote Invisible Man, Shadow and Act, & Juneteenth. He worked at the Skirvin Hotel in OKC as a bell hop & elevator operator.