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Utah’s Spencer Cox on NPR:
“We keep thinking if we just win this election, we’ll never have to work with those people. And the Constitution says that we will always have to work with those people. That’s that’s how this gets done. We have to build coalitions.”
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Here’s the NPR video with Spencer Cox:
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In an NPR interview, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says he’d like to work with progressives in the “abundance” movement who talk of a more active and effective government.
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On Spencer Cox, civility and political coalitions:
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“Republicans were traditionally a narrower party, but broadened their coalition, gaining in the Latino vote, the tech industry, and more.
“Now Republicans are in power and they are the ones imposing purity tests and pushing out potential allies. We’ll see what happens!”
“When I wrote the book, leading up to the 2024 election, it was clear that whichever party built the broader coalition was going to win. Democrats were traditionally the broader party—but had been imposing purity tests, ostracizing people and driving away potential allies.”
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Tuesday on NPR: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Charlie Kirk, Trump, pragmatism, forgiveness, and the role of faith in politics.
In an NPR video interview, he also addresses using nuclear power to drive AI—along with the dangers of AI.
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun. n.pr/48nQMqI
19.11.2025 15:37 — 👍 474 🔁 228 💬 23 📌 28Shocked, I tell you. Shocked! FFS
17.11.2025 00:30 — 👍 1070 🔁 159 💬 31 📌 7Thanks. Several people have said this! You need to take it up with Obama, who decided more than a decade ago to take over the term, own it and even campaign on it.
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We asked Jonathan Greenblatt of the ADL: Why set up a tip line as part of their “Mamdani Monitor”?
Has the ADL ever done this for a single official?
“We've certainly never had an elected official like this before,” he said.
Hear his answers at length:
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On Bannon promoting a Trump third term to the Economist:
He’s said this for some time. On NPR in May, I mentioned a Trump remark, and Bannon said it “means he’s running again.” We then had this exchange, according to the transcript:
I was working at an independent bookstore in 1972;we listened to NPR all day long in the back room. I just now listened to the bit with Ira & Susan in a closet testing the “green flash” theory of wintergreen lifesavers. I heard that one live 😊. She was a goddess among women. ❤️
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Susan formally retired in September:
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Incredible images of NPR’s Susan Stamberg, who has died at 87.
The next post has an audio story that will tell you something about her.
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A few weeks ago, as the military imposed the policy that eventually caused almost all reporters to turn in their press passes and leave the Pentagon, I wrote “Censorship Makes You Dumber.”
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Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
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A powerful personal testament from Tom Bowman of NPR about the Pentagon attempt to exert complete control over all information. Protecting classified is of course fine. But when neither Fox News nor NY Times sign up to your policy, you should ask yourself if you are getting something very wrong.
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On NPR, the son of an Israeli hostage on the peace deal: “It's President Trump. It didn't happen because of something the Israeli government did or the prime minister. It's happened despite what the prime minister did."
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Steve Inskeep with Supermoon at NPR HQ.
Supermoon, NPR HQ this morning.
07.10.2025 13:27 — 👍 84 🔁 0 💬 5 📌 1Went on this for a Pittsburgh story I did with @steveinskeep.bsky.social some years back. I'm afraid of heights, but it was stunning and worth it for the sound!
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This post names five realities Democrats face as they try to find their way out of the wilderness.
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After the 2008 election, Democrats had Senate seats in these 9 states: AK, MT, MO, SD, IA, AR, LA, WV, NC.
After the 2024 election, they had zero seats in those states. If they held just a few, everything would be different.
How have they lost their rural game?
You didn’t block me so I deleted mine. As you were.
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In his debate with Ta-Nehisi Coates, @ezraklein.bsky.social was on the right track. Here are some reasons why.
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Watch Beshear’s NPR interview here:
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On NPR, Beshear addresses his party’s collapse in rural areas. As recently as 2008, D’s had senators from Iowa, Montana, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Dakota, Alaska, West Virginia.
If D’s had a few of those seats now, everything would be different. 2/3
In an NPR video interview, Kentucky’s Democratic governor and presidential prospect Andy Beshear @govandybeshear.bsky.social says the government shutdown is only worth it because Democrats focused on an issue of direct interest to millions of voters. 1/3
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