Writers for Democratic Action MN

Writers for Democratic Action MN

@writersfordemocraticactionmn.org

Writers For Democratic Action stands for democracy and freedom for all. The domestic threats are obvious. The peril, especially to those most vulnerable, is everywhere. Now more than ever, writers resist. https://WritersForDemocraticActionMN.org

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Writers for Democratic Action MN
@writersfordemocraticactionmn.org

"In her closing pages, she warns that chatbots have been distracting and pacifying us when we need to be ever more engaged in civic life. A.I. has encouraged our descent into “passivity and post-truth,” she says." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/b...

nytimes.comWhy Confiding Your Woes to a Robot Isn’t Going to Help (Gift Article)In “Artificial Intimacy,” Sherry Turkle warns that we seek comfort from A.I. devices at the peril of our well-being and even our democracy.

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Sean Lim
@seanlimmn.bsky.social

Minnesota stands with @ilhanmn.bsky.social 🩵 No president should be able to weaponize the federal government against his political enemies. 📍 New Rally Location 📣 Join us at 4:00pm today at Powderhorn Park Rec Center to stand with @repilhan.bsky.social and all Somali Minnesotans. #IStandWithIlhan

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Senator Elissa Slotkin
@slotkin.senate.gov

The TV ads that President Trump was running during football games were airing across the country, and there are serious questions about the use of taxpayer dollars to pay for them.

Writers for Democratic Action MN
@writersfordemocraticactionmn.org

Minnesota BIPOC Writers Series' first event will be on October 5: www.mnhum.org/event/st-pau...

mnhum.orgSt. Paul - In Our Words: MN BIPOC Writers Series Launch with David Mura, Carolyn Holbrook, Danez Smith, & Anthony Ceballos - Minnesota Humanities CenterCelebrate the launch of In Our Words: MN BIPOC Writers, a new radio series highlighting Minnesota’s Black, Indigenous, and people of color writers, thinkers, and activists. Join hosts and acclaimed au...

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The Politics Chicks
@thepoliticschicks.bsky.social

Tonight was a well-timed reminder of how much good remains in a world that seems increasingly shrouded in darkness. Activism is important work, but it is hard work, and sometimes I find myself unable to see the light even while trying to be the light.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.

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Matterist Books
@matteristbooks.bsky.social

The feel good stat of the day from @bookshop.org... "In 1995, a year after Amazon opened, there were 5,500 stores in the American Bookseller Association. By 2019, there were only 1,887. Today there are over 3,200.” That’s advocacy. Thank you for supporting independent bookstores. You rock!

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Writers for Democratic Action MN
@writersfordemocraticactionmn.org

Saunders said, “I think the way that readers connect is pretty good training for activism..."

Mpls.St.Paul Magazine@mspmag.bsky.social

At Northrop, the author George Saunders joins novelist Julie Schumacher for a conversation between two of America’s greatest living writers. mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...

mspmag.comGeorge Saunders Is Very Impressed with MinnesotaAt Northrop, the author joins novelist Julie Schumacher for a conversation between two of America’s greatest living writers.

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients. (Published Oct. 2024 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)

propublica.orgInside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for TreatmentsWhen companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.

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WIRED
@wired.com

Trump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate.

wired.comA US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty ConclusionsTrump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate.
Writers for Democratic Action MN
@writersfordemocraticactionmn.org

About his writings, Wendell Berry said, “if you subtracted the Gospels and the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence from my work, there wouldn’t be very much left.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...

nytimes.comWendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.

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Beacon Press
@beaconpress.bsky.social

Happy 104th birthday to the OG people’s historian Howard Zinn! 🎂 Like @keeanga.bsky.social puts it, his optimism and hope for a better world weren’t about blind faith or religiosity. They were grounded in his deep historical knowledge and personal experiences. buff.ly/u0iAyhg

beaconbroadside.comHoward Zinn, the Hope in the Dark We’ll Always Need to Transform the WorldBy Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor | Howard Zinn wrote one of the most popular books on American history ever. A People’s History of the United States has sold an astonishing two million copies since its f…