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Paige Bowers

@paigebowers.bsky.social

Journalist and author of OVERNIGHT CODE, a biography of Raye J. Montague. Mom to art school student and crazy rescue pup. Wine drinker, soccer lover, rabbit hole enthusiast.

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🚨NEW: This is what all networks should do!

MSNBC fact checks Trump live during his press conference.

The REAL crime stats are put on screen as he reads out his made up figures.

11.08.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2520    πŸ” 837    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 64

It's profoundly saddening to read that AP will no longer be assigning or running book reviews because readers don't engage with them enough and they take too much effort to plan and assign. People complain about critics as gatekeepers; wait until all that's left is marketing.

10.08.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4053    πŸ” 846    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 85

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

10.08.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 12352    πŸ” 9787    πŸ’¬ 617    πŸ“Œ 1610

We will be publishing cultural criticism every day at The Rumpus. We hope to fill some of this egregious void being created by the mainstream media. Relaunch is in October but we are also publishing between now and then.

10.08.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 528    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

10.08.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3758    πŸ” 2426    πŸ’¬ 143    πŸ“Œ 299

The other journalists killed: reporter Mohammed Qreiqeh, videographers Moamen Aliwa and Ibrahim Zaher and operator Mohammed Noufal.
The Israeli murder of Palestinian journalists is always intentional, always met with silence. And that's why it keeps happening. don't look away

10.08.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 965    πŸ” 592    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

Thank you!

10.08.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Meta helped itself to my two books tooβ€¦πŸ˜‘

21.03.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Trump Promised Retribution. Turns Out He Had a Very Big Target in Mind. It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.

i am going to keep coming back to this piece i think. trump is fighting a retribution campaign against the entire american people. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...

20.03.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5434    πŸ” 1231    πŸ’¬ 230    πŸ“Œ 98
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Farewell to the US Postal Service - more than 10,000 employees will be laid off following the agreement signed with DOGE A season full of twists is coming to the United States, as the United States Postal Service (USPS) has confirmed that more than 10,000 employees will be laid

post office jobs have been a route to the middle class for so many black communities. unionrayo.com/en/usps-job-...

20.03.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Western Bluebird in the rain
#westernbluebird #birds #birding

19.03.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3236    πŸ” 222    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 9
An image of Jackie Robinson's face with a headline above it: "Defense Department webpage on Jackie Robinson's military service suddenly missing amid DEI purge"

An image of Jackie Robinson's face with a headline above it: "Defense Department webpage on Jackie Robinson's military service suddenly missing amid DEI purge"

Just the most morally brokeass pathetic cowards. Don't hesitate to stand up to them. They're afraid of the ghost of Jackie Robinson.

19.03.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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West Ada teacher stands firm after she’s told to remove β€˜Everyone is welcome here’ signs Sarah Inama said she was told by administrators that her signs β€œdon’t allow people to express differing opinions.”

A teacher in Idaho has been told to remove posters reading "Everyone is welcome here" - specifically because it features different skin tones. As I wrote last week, this is a global political movement that has explicitly set the goal of eradicating the very concept of equality.

15.03.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7742    πŸ” 2930    πŸ’¬ 303    πŸ“Œ 365
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Elon Musk Shared, Then Removed a Post Absolving Dictators for Genocide The post falsely claimed that Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong were not responsible for the murders of millions of people, but rather public sector workers were.

Not sure when the penny is going to drop that this dude means what he tweets, does and sig heils www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...

15.03.2025 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7074    πŸ” 1885    πŸ’¬ 435    πŸ“Œ 116

KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.

☎️: (202) 224-3121

Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.

The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.

Call retiring Senators too!

14.03.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 66597    πŸ” 19635    πŸ’¬ 2986    πŸ“Œ 1094
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Expect the Unexpected: Memoirs of Surprising Discoveries in Genetic Genealogy | The New York Public Library Memoirs offer a glimpse into the unpredictable world of genetic genealogy testing. 

I love the New York Public Library, and am so grateful to history and genealogy librarian Serena Dresslar for recommending my book, ANCESTOR TROUBLE, in such outstanding company. www.nypl.org/blog/2025/03...

11.03.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes β€” and added new ones An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

02.03.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 14234    πŸ” 4815    πŸ’¬ 555    πŸ“Œ 323

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.

Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.

We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

28.02.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 73865    πŸ” 14775    πŸ’¬ 1622    πŸ“Œ 706
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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

02.02.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 124919    πŸ” 34469    πŸ’¬ 3181    πŸ“Œ 2510

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

03.02.2025 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 32815    πŸ” 8521    πŸ’¬ 998    πŸ“Œ 588
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That Sinking Feeling "The thread of family history has always intrigued me. It’s probably the most complex, layered narrative we can tell." -- Elizabeth Rynecki

I recently did a Q&A with @paigebowers.bsky.social She asked me about storytellers, storytelling in different media, and thread of family history found throughout my work. Read it here: www.paigebowers.com/that-sinking...

02.02.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Project 2025 was the absolute baseline the Democratic leadership should have been preparing for. Instead they're somehow surprised? And the lack of objection to Musk's role ahead of time leaves our coffers wide open and the public only hazily aware.

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The administration didn’t backtrack because of a single thing our representatives did. They backtracked because the public revolted. Get loud. Stay loud. The disobedience is the point.

29.01.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

People are seeking books to teach their kids about diversity & belonging. What I hear: They're looking for books from a plethora of perspectives! Here are a few books, you & your kids may already be reading them ☺️
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I’m really looking forward to it!

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Thank you!

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Let’s go.πŸ’™ Fall 2025.

21.01.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 421    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

I did too.

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