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Saoirse

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Moving forward in life is knowing when you should lead, knowing when to follow, and knowing when to stand alone with kindness.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In WA State farm workers are harvesting Granny Smith apples. Hector says, "I feel very unhappy about what they're paying us. Last year, we were paid $33/900lb bin. This year they are only paying us $30/bin. It's increasingly difficult to cover my family's expenses. #WeFeedYou
A farm worker hand holding up a granny Smith's Apple
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 08/10/2026
While Trump moves to cut disaster preparedness, California is putting new rescue vehicles, boats, and lifesaving equipment directly into the hands of highly trained firefighters. We're ensuring responders have the tools needed to act quickly, protect communities, and save lives.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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Jack Sprat @jacksprat39.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Biden did that.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🤔
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A much-needed break from anything serious. 🥰
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The direct tie between Brooke Rollins and Republicans in Congress and explosive shit. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
USDA cyclospora research projects shelved amid funding cuts and relocations
The shuttering of three projects is expected to hinder vital research at a time when consumers are increasingly worried about the safety of the food supply.

The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center is seen in Beltsville, Maryland.
The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, which includes the Agriculture Department's agricultural research center and library, is seen Aug. 30, 2016, in Beltsville, Maryland. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP

By Marcia Brown and Rachel Shin
08/30/2026 10:00 AM EDT


The Trump administration is shuttering research projects key to the federal government’s fight against cyclospora, the foodborne parasite sickening thousands of Americans this summer.

Two of the three projects that represent nearly all of the Agriculture Department’s study of the parasite were defunded by Congress earlier this year, according to the agency. The third is slated to move from Maryland to Iowa this fall as part of a sweeping USDA reorganization. Even though that project still has money, every scientist working on the parasite has declined to relocate, according to three people familiar with the plans and documents shared with POLITICO, granted anonymity to discuss personnel issues.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 25/08/2026
Zettajoules. Look it up. Your future self will thank you.
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Earth’s oceans just broke a heat record. The implications will be massive
Human-caused global warming and a strong El Niño are adding excess heat to the oceans, threatening marine life and providing storms with more energy and moisture.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"And I would've made it too, if I weren't so busy making America the laughingstock of the world!" #Zoinks youtu.be/GU_ID0asQ3M?...
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Scooby-Doo: The Mystery of the Reflecting Pool | Donald Trump Parody #ScoobyDoo #Satire #DonaldTrump
YouTube video by Midnight Oil Productions (Jason Moore)
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Corruption is out of control in America!!!
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 30/05/2026
Happy to see @airresources.bsky.social approve updates to California's Cap-and-Invest program after the Legislature extended it through 2045. California is slashing emissions, creating jobs, and using funds raised from polluters to improve Californians' lives and health across the state.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 02/05/2026
Thrilled to see Californians of all ages gain valuable skills helping rebuild homes lost in the LA fires. Thousands of Pasadena City College students are signing up for hands-on training to help secure good-paying careers across the state.
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neptune45.bsky.social @neptune45.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
He was ahead of his time
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WHO @who.int · 14/04/2026
The symptoms of #ChagasDisease are most often non-existent or mild & unspecific. The first visible signs can include: 🔸Fever and headache 🔸Muscle pain 🔸Looking pale & difficulty breathing 🔸Swelling & abdominal or chest pain 🔸Skin lesion or purplish swelling of an eyelid Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4cIYv4I
WHO graphic titled “The signs of Chagas disease.” It notes that symptoms are often non-existent or mild and unspecific. Listed early visible signs include fever and headache, muscle pain, pale appearance and difficulty breathing, swelling with abdominal or chest pain, and a skin lesion or purplish swelling of an eyelid.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Reminder: You can watch the DOGE bro depos on YouTube! (I’ve seen a lot of clips compiled by news orgs, but some of them don’t link to the full videos.)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
PAPER PLANET: “While Trump gutted food stamps for the poor and disabled, Hegseth ran up the largest single-month bill in history… $93.4 Billion in September… $6.9 million on lobster tails… they told you there’s no money for health care, there’s plenty.”
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KTLA 5 @ktla.com · 11/03/2026
Dozens of missing kids, some abused and trafficked, rescued in Southern California
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Dozens of missing kids, some abused and trafficked, rescued in Southern California
A sweeping operation by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force, with assistance from multiple other law enforcement agencies led to the rescue…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
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Nana Boricua 🇵🇷 💙🌴🌊 @nana-mary.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Attention NYC. A message about ICE encounters from your Mayor Elect. #Pinks. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue youtube.com/shorts/k5AYL...
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Protect Yourself From ICE
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 10/11/2025
A new start after 60: I found my feet in midlife, became a park ranger at 85 – and retired happily at 100
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A new start after 60: I found my feet in midlife, became a park ranger at 85 – and retired happily at 100
At 104, Betty Reid Soskin has had the most extraordinary life, from protest singing to civil rights activism to meeting the Obamas. She reflects on what it takes to stay strong and keep going
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 10/10/2025
California is about to 100% replace coal from our state's energy supply. The 30,000+ megawatts in new clean energy and storage we've added since 2019 is now powering about half of our peak electricity demand. While Trump bets on the past, California is shaping the future.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 04/10/2025
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/10/2025
They’re baaack. 🤣 Repairs and all…
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
One of the best ads of 2020
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Reuters @reuters.com · 23/09/2025
Bill Nye, the educator and host of Emmy Award-winning 1990s television series "Bill Nye the Science Guy," was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/09/2025
😂😂
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 16/09/2025
I’m launching the California Men’s Service Challenge to inspire service, leadership, and community engagement among Californians. In partnership with @calvolunteers.bsky.social, we're calling on 10,000 men to step up as mentors, coaches, and tutors to serve their communities.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Newsom reacts to Kilmeade’s cold-hearted comments👇🏽
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🚨HUGE: Trump’s destroyed the economy so badly that he inspired an ECONOMIST to run for Congress. Jeff Cohen literally wrote the textbook on how the economy works. He can call out Trump’s bullshit in real time and offer solutions. Here’s how this race could change everything.👇
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
“.. He told POLITICO his experts are “able to reveal a face using AI, if they have 35 percent or more of the face visible.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/08/2025
The second amendment guarantees the right to a militia to guard against federal tyranny. But if a president can use that force against its own state, against the wishes of that state, then it is no militia at all and a clear violation of the second amendment.
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Lucia Romano, MBA @luciaromano.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Holy shit. This legit gave me chills. Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote. WHITE WOMEN, this is the model. We have more power than others. We are the last to be silenced. We have a responsibility to SPEAK so others are HEARD.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/08/2025
This is so important… Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and she’s finding they don’t match the vehicles. In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tactics—just like we suspected. REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency. @governor.ca.gov 🧵
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CAL FIRE @calfire.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
What’s a helitack crew? 🚁 A team of firefighters and their pilot who fly in by helicopter to attack wildfires fast and assist with rescues in rugged, hard-to-reach areas.
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Michael Lowry @michaelrlowry.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
NOAA also confirming with me this morning that the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) will be continuing its distribution of DMSP satellite data, which means our hurricane forecast tools should stay in tact. Crisis averted 🙌
The Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) has announced plans to continue distribution of Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) data beyond July 31, 2025.  As a result, there will be no interruption to DMSP data delivery and NOAA will continue to have access to data from DMSP for the duration of the Program’s life span. Any additional information would have to come from the Department of Defense.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
What absolute superstar did this
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Another one of those violent assaults on poor innocent ICE agents captured on video...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/07/2025
We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol. Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 230+ Venezuelan deportees the Trump administration sent to CECOT matched those on the lists. (Published May)
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Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
🚨 HIDDEN Trump Videos FOUND by Meidas as SECRETS SURFACE twp.ai/4ipipe
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🚨 HIDDEN Trump Videos FOUND by Meidas as SECRETS SURFACE
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Reposting this and a few other things for no particular reason today. Maybe I’ll do it tomorrow and the next day, too.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/07/2025
Through a spectacularly ham-handed series of moves, the Trump administration has ensured that Epstein conspiracy theories will never really end. @annamerlan.bsky.social fills us in on dead billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's remarkable moment of renewed relevance. Read more: bit.ly/40sQURw
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
NEW: Story from @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and me based on interviews with families of the men returned to Venezuela tonight after Trump disappeared them to El Salvador in March. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"We were kidnapped"
On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home. The horror stories are already emerging.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Now THAT's a cease and desist letter
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/07/2025
Nancy Mace gets wrecked by a community note
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (sound up) DAY 11 JULY 2025 THE BEST OF US THE HARDEST WORKING PEOPLE THE WORK THAT VERY FEW WITH WHITE PRIVILEGE WILL DO WE SHOULD BE THANKING THEM RESPECT THEM HELP THEM ICE IS GESTAPO CRUELTY, BRUTALITY, AND DISGUSTING CALL YOUR REPS 202 202 224-3121
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
UTAH… this is not a game…
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