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Polls are close. Polls can be wrong. People don't always know what they're doing a week from now when talking to pollsters. Don't sit back. Vote.

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The Midterms!

Talking with G. Ellliott Morris and David Nir

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 4h

We need only see the headline to know we must vote as though our lives depend on it. Because they do. "DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say."

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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 4h

the Cornell case should make us question prosecutors and police all the time: the same DA offices discounting college students’ sexual assault cases (the lacking investigations, the disbelief) are happy to jail countless women for far less, day in and day out, when most people aren’t watching

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❀𝕀𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕪𝕞𝕒𝕞𝕒❀ @irmaspikeymama.bsky.social · 20h

As long as Whiskey Pete is in charge of our Military, we're more vulnerable than we have ever been. Our Adversaries are laughing at us.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 11h

you can’t pay for gas or groceries but here’s a few rolls of quarters, don’t forget to vote republican or something

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 15h

What do you call the feeling of melancholy when something that would have been a huge scandal in any other administration breaks on a near daily basis?

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah. I'm allowed to use mail ballot. But i no longer trust the US Postal Service. Just one more thing tRump crapped up. 🤦🏻‍♀️

democracydocket.com

The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?

Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes.

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 16h

Lots of sites ready to help voters. Check your city & state. Watch out for GOP shenanigans moving polling places, breaking stuff to force long lines. But we gotta do our bit!

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When to Vote in Your State

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 18h

tRump hurting our children! His tariffs increased cost of foreign-made instruments. Music helps kids focus, rhythm/patterns help brain categorize many kinds of facts, triggers dopamine/motivation, builds concepts: fractions, patterns, spatial reasoning. End tRump's reign of terror! VOTE!

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Tariffs Are Making Instruments So Expensive, School Music Programs Are at Risk (Gift Article)

When a single cello can cost $1,000 and a tuba $9,000, tariffs are straining meager band and orchestra budgets.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026

LOSS: A court dismissed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s new gerrymander that dismantled the state’s lone majority-Black district. The court said it must presume the legislature acted in good faith when assessing discriminatory intent — a standard that makes proving discrimination near impossible.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21h

"Polarization is Not the Problem" by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social is deservedly getting attention, and a line from it applies here: Telling "everyone to quiet down and be 'civil'... benefits those who are willing to grab as much power as they can without concern for legality or civility."

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Firsk.bsky.social @firsk.bsky.social · 22h

We could have provided Ukrainians with defense, instead Trump squandered our stockpiles in a stupid and counterproductive losing war against Iran. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/w...

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Russia Is Planning Its Most Powerful Blow Yet to Try to Freeze Ukraine (Gift Article)

Ukraine showed European partners what it said were intercepted Russian plans to cut off major cities from power, heat and water this winter.

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Meidas Ian @lordye.bsky.social · 21h

We sing from the same song sheet Jeff!👏

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 21h

White House doesn't want you talking about abortion/ access? Why? They don't want it known how many women are harmed, dying because states/docs more afraid of abortion than motivated to save a woman's life. THAT IS what SHOULD be on voters' minds! #women #AbortionRights #ReproductiveFreedom

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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms

Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

tRump is managed by Project 2025 folks. They want what they want, Constitution, law, morality be damned. Tell narcissistic dear leader what to do & in tRump's addled mind, that's what he wants. NO ONE - no Supreme Court, Congress, or Cabinet to stop tRump. Or them. An October Surprise is coming...

open.substack.com

Not To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is Melted

And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.

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i-had-a-dream.bsky.social @i-had-a-dream.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Forget oil, the next world war will be for water, and data centres suck up the stuff like there's no tomorrow!

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If MAGA Supremes want to let tRump deport people (some here legally) to 3rd countries where they could be TORTURED, Supremes should NOT BE ALLOWED to do that without citing reasons, case law, precedent, AND CONSTITUTION! This is not the same as going on vacation with your best friend billionaire.

stevevladeck.com

254. Four Things That (Really) Bother Me About “D.V.D. III”

“Third-country removals” raise a host of difficult procedural and substantive questions. The Supreme Court should have answered those questions *before* greenlighting deportations to torture.

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The only this ICE is committed to is harming people. Don't let them say otherwise.

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When it comes to voting, the GOP wants to make your life difficult. Don't let them. Use free resources that are not partisan, only helpful.

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think i can guess when tRump goes nuclear. Whenever it most keeps people from voting because really, who thinks about voting when you are worried about the end of the world? Vote anyway.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

another way to divert more resources away from the young (who don't vote) and toward the old (who do)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The President is unable to stay awake during Oval Office press conferences

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Viciously cruel. And it takes hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people to carry out these orders! Someday ALL should face Nuremberg trials. Not only tRump! MAGA SCOTUS justices! RUBIO! Blanche! DoJ! ICE! Detention guards! Nancy Reagan was correct: JUST SAY NO!

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The Supreme Court Just Consigned Migrants to Cruelty Far Beyond Their Crimes

Letting the administration deport them for now to nasty third-country dictatorships should shock our conscience

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is definition of insanity. I would not trust any of these people to walk a dog let alone this.

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AutoWar

The nightmare

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"The task for this generation, he said, is to “make sure we get through that with humanity still in control, & with the disruption — the number of bioterror events, or the number of people whose lives are damaged by job loss — we need to minimize that over... a 20-year-plus transition period.”

nytimes.com

Opinion | 6 Takeaways From Ezra Klein’s Interview With Bill Gates (Gift Article)

The technologist and philanthropist offers a blunt warning on A.I. risks.

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In these midterm elections, we're in for a bumpy ride. Hegseth’s announcement comes AFTER Trump gutted the civilian agency specifically created to safeguard election infrastructure, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Oops. A bumper ride.

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Hegseth says national security, military cyber forces will guard US election systems during midterms

The U.S. National Security Agency and military intelligence forces are set to guard election systems during the November midterms.

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Keith Knight is reminding us that even with all tRump's mayhem, the worst is yet to come. The MAGA big (ugly) bill has a lot left to unleash AFTER the midterms. Who will be blamed, MAGA or new Congress? 🤦🏻‍♀️

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"So let me get this straight. Judges say, out loud, “the government isn’t obeying our orders.” And the government’s answer is... to file charges against the judges. That’s not a rebuttal, friend. That’s a warning shot." That's a call to vote.

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After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botched the execution

SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.

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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's weird how the federal government is constantly being hacked after DOGE gutted the government's cybersecurity agencies.

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WomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Your #Vote is your Voice...Use it... Because your life depends on it!!!! #Midterms

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

AI was developed by humans, with all their flaws, preconceived notions & prejudices, as well as morals/ethics - or lack thereof. The computer engineers are - i hope - not too late to insist on a common set of ethical/moral standards. Yet another reason to keep tRump far away.

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Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)

In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Need help with Voter ID or getting to the polls? voteriders.org/freehelp/

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VoteRiders Helpline - VoteRiders

Eliminating barriers to voting

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AbiGezunt @abigezunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Meidas is doing something unusual. To ensure all have access to news, they've taken down their pay wall until election. Quite impressive, putting voters before profits.

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Wednesday Updates: Record Diesel, Rigged Inflation Math, and Meta's AI Tax Scheme – 9/30/26

Important news. Paywall free.

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