Judy Rybak
@judyrybak.bsky.social
Award winning journalist, producer and podcaster, Syracuse Newhouse grad, theater geek and wanderer.
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On Saturday evening, as Vice President JD Vance took a podium in Pakistan and said no deal had been reached to end the war in Iran, President Trump was in Miami watching a mixed martial arts fight.
Trump Was Watching a U.F.C. Fight in Miami While Iran Talks Collapsed
On his way to Florida, President Trump said it did not matter to him if a deal with Iran was reached or not: “We win, regardless,” he said.
nyti.ms
April 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
On Saturday evening, as Vice President JD Vance took a podium in Pakistan and said no deal had been reached to end the war in Iran, President Trump was in Miami watching a mixed martial arts fight.
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Meta is worth $1.6 TRILLION.
March 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Meta is worth $1.6 TRILLION.
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The lawsuit concerned allegations that Meta covered up its platforms’ impact on children's mental health and its knowledge of child exploitation online.
Meta Must Pay $375 Million Over Allegedly Enabling Child Exploitation
The lawsuit concerned allegations that Meta covered up its platforms’ impact on children's mental health and its knowledge of child exploitation online.
www.forbes.com
March 24, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The lawsuit concerned allegations that Meta covered up its platforms’ impact on children's mental health and its knowledge of child exploitation online.
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NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back
An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
They Were Convicted of Killing Their Abusers. A New Law Offered a Second Chance at Freedom.
An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
www.propublica.org
February 22, 2026 at 1:28 PM
NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back
An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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Sharing this amazing poem with the kind permission of the author. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
If They Call Me A Domestic Terrorist
This morning, I stumbled across an amazing poem by a wonderful man named Michael F.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Sharing this amazing poem with the kind permission of the author. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Another shooting involving federal agents reported in Minneapolis
Another shooting involving federal agents reported in Minneapolis
Shooting comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was killed by federal immigration agent in city
Minneapolis officials on Saturday morning said they are aware of reports of another shooting involving federal law enforcement officers in the city.
The shooting comes less than three weeks after Renee Good, an American citizen, was shot and killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis while she tried driving away from a confrontation, sparking protests nationwide. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Another shooting involving federal agents reported in Minneapolis
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President Trump has justified many significant moves of his second term with false claims and overstated boasts. Here's a fact check. nyti.ms/4sOBpQp
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 AM
President Trump has justified many significant moves of his second term with false claims and overstated boasts. Here's a fact check. nyti.ms/4sOBpQp
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New: Bezos Abandons His Post
Inside the Washington Post newsroom, after the FBI raided reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, where shock has given way to mounting frustration over the billionaire owner’s silence
www.status.news/p/washington...
Inside the Washington Post newsroom, after the FBI raided reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, where shock has given way to mounting frustration over the billionaire owner’s silence
www.status.news/p/washington...
Bezos Abandons His Post
The FBI’s disturbing raid on a Washington Post reporter ignited widespread outrage across journalism, but Jeff Bezos stayed conspicuously silent—angering some inside the newsroom, Status has learned.
www.status.news
January 15, 2026 at 2:45 AM
New: Bezos Abandons His Post
Inside the Washington Post newsroom, after the FBI raided reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, where shock has given way to mounting frustration over the billionaire owner’s silence
www.status.news/p/washington...
Inside the Washington Post newsroom, after the FBI raided reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, where shock has given way to mounting frustration over the billionaire owner’s silence
www.status.news/p/washington...
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For decades, the FDA made it impossible to know which factory your prescription drugs were manufactured in.
ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
How We Created a Tool That Tells You Where Your Generic Drugs Were Made
For decades, the FDA made it nearly impossible to know which factories were manufacturing your generic medications. ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
For decades, the FDA made it impossible to know which factory your prescription drugs were manufactured in.
ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
ProPublica built a tool to show you. Here’s how we did it.
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In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home.
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It’s not unthinkable. It keeps happening again & again. At schools. Shopping centers. Etc etc etc
It will keep happening until we as a country stand up together to say enough.
Until we do, it will continue to happen & traumatize our children. How dare we not protect them?
It will keep happening until we as a country stand up together to say enough.
Until we do, it will continue to happen & traumatize our children. How dare we not protect them?
December 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
It’s not unthinkable. It keeps happening again & again. At schools. Shopping centers. Etc etc etc
It will keep happening until we as a country stand up together to say enough.
Until we do, it will continue to happen & traumatize our children. How dare we not protect them?
It will keep happening until we as a country stand up together to say enough.
Until we do, it will continue to happen & traumatize our children. How dare we not protect them?
I am so proud to be producing and hosting a new podcast series for #48Hours called, "Killer Conversation. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much I enjoyed creating it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...
Killer Conversation: Jerry Jones
Podcast Episode · 48 Hours · 06/10/2025 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I am so proud to be producing and hosting a new podcast series for #48Hours called, "Killer Conversation. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much I enjoyed creating it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...
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NEW: For years, the Education Department was the only agency that could ensure states would improve conditions for disabled children.
Now, Trump’s cuts threaten to hamper its oversight.
With @idahostatesman.com
Now, Trump’s cuts threaten to hamper its oversight.
With @idahostatesman.com
The Department of Education Forced Idaho to Stop Denying Disabled Students an Education. Then Trump Gutted Its Staff.
For years, the Education Department was the only agency that could ensure states would improve conditions for disabled children. Now, Trump’s cuts threaten to hamper its oversight.
www.propublica.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: For years, the Education Department was the only agency that could ensure states would improve conditions for disabled children.
Now, Trump’s cuts threaten to hamper its oversight.
With @idahostatesman.com
Now, Trump’s cuts threaten to hamper its oversight.
With @idahostatesman.com
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This isn't how gov't is supposed to work: The acting commissioner of Social Security admitted “I was ticked at the governor of Maine for not being real cordial to the president,” so I ended a program in Maine. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/25/s...
Social Security official ended program for Maine newborns because he was ‘ticked’ at Mills
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said the rationale given by Lee Dudek, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, is 'infuriating and absurd.'
www.pressherald.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This isn't how gov't is supposed to work: The acting commissioner of Social Security admitted “I was ticked at the governor of Maine for not being real cordial to the president,” so I ended a program in Maine. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/25/s...
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I've been protesting, but I decided to do something different. I made an ad. I've given a lot of thought as to how to communicate without confrontation to Republican voters, non-voters, or Trumpers who are beginning to be concerned. I hope you'll watch - it's only 30 seconds. youtu.be/bp6XUjteeV4
It's All TV To Trump
YouTube video by Anne Mitchell
youtu.be
March 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I've been protesting, but I decided to do something different. I made an ad. I've given a lot of thought as to how to communicate without confrontation to Republican voters, non-voters, or Trumpers who are beginning to be concerned. I hope you'll watch - it's only 30 seconds. youtu.be/bp6XUjteeV4
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A key jailhouse informant was revealed to have implicated Jimmie Duncan in exchange for “help in other areas.”
He later admitted Duncan “never said he was guilty” and mostly spent time with his “head down … mumbling and crying to himself.”
With @veritenews.org
He later admitted Duncan “never said he was guilty” and mostly spent time with his “head down … mumbling and crying to himself.”
With @veritenews.org
He Was Convicted Based on Allegedly Fabricated Bite Mark Analysis. Louisiana Wants to Execute Him Anyway.
Nine prisoners have walked free after evidence presented by members of a forensics team turned out to be wrong — yet one man still awaits execution based on their testimony.
propub.li
March 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A key jailhouse informant was revealed to have implicated Jimmie Duncan in exchange for “help in other areas.”
He later admitted Duncan “never said he was guilty” and mostly spent time with his “head down … mumbling and crying to himself.”
With @veritenews.org
He later admitted Duncan “never said he was guilty” and mostly spent time with his “head down … mumbling and crying to himself.”
With @veritenews.org
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In case you haven’t heard it, Israelis are in the streets- protesting Netanyahu & the resumption of the war on Gaza:
from Haaretz: “An estimated 40,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv's Habima Square for the opening protest of a series of mass demonstrations planned across the country.”
from Haaretz: “An estimated 40,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv's Habima Square for the opening protest of a series of mass demonstrations planned across the country.”
March 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
In case you haven’t heard it, Israelis are in the streets- protesting Netanyahu & the resumption of the war on Gaza:
from Haaretz: “An estimated 40,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv's Habima Square for the opening protest of a series of mass demonstrations planned across the country.”
from Haaretz: “An estimated 40,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv's Habima Square for the opening protest of a series of mass demonstrations planned across the country.”
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A raging measles outbreak in West Texas, which has so far killed one child and sickened over 200 people, may have taken root in New Mexico, state health officials reported on Friday.
As Measles Continues to Spread in Texas, Cases Jump in New Mexico
The outbreak has sickened nearly 200 people in Gaines County, Texas. A neighboring county in New Mexico has seen 21 new cases since Tuesday.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A raging measles outbreak in West Texas, which has so far killed one child and sickened over 200 people, may have taken root in New Mexico, state health officials reported on Friday.
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Economic forecasts have recently deteriorated under President Trump, reflecting the upheaval from federal layoffs, tariff moves and immigration roundups.
Trump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook
Economic forecasts have deteriorated in recent weeks, reflecting the upheaval from federal layoffs, tariff moves and immigration roundups.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Economic forecasts have recently deteriorated under President Trump, reflecting the upheaval from federal layoffs, tariff moves and immigration roundups.
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It’s Holocaust Remembrance Day-80 years. www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/w...
In pictures: The liberation of Auschwitz | CNN
The Soviet Army liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland on January 27, 1945.
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It’s Holocaust Remembrance Day-80 years. www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/w...