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US gov't atty; former psychologist; former planning commissioner; low carber me and pets; opinions only mine-civil exchanges welcome; age over 18. No DM solicitations.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h
🚨NEWS: Trump just WAIVED sweeping sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia under the Lindsey Graham Russia and Iran Sanctions Act, which he signed just LAST MONTH. The executive order suspends 500% tariffs on Russian goods and 100% tariffs targeting major buyers of Russian energy.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 5h
Find a way to listen to this. You have to find a way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcDz... And it tells us what the culture is going to be like under Bari Weiss. I try be careful with the superlatives, but here it's difficult.
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LEAKED AUDIO: Inside EXPLOSIVE CBS News Israel Meeting—and Why Lesley Stahl Nearly Quit ‘60 Minutes’
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h
The U.S. Army paid General Dynamics millions for a factory that kept churning out botched artillery shells. A former Army official called it an “absolute disaster” and said the Army “should’ve gone after recovering money from General Dynamics.” (Published August)
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Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...
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Tisiphone @tisiphone.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
💔 www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Live updates: Children are among the victims at Bend, Oregon, school shooting
Follow live coverage as victims are hospitalized in a school shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. The suspect was fatally shot.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/10/2026
🚨 “We're worried actually about Alaskans starving this winter or freezing to death.” In a stunning interview with Ben Meiselas, Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola warns that soaring fuel, grocery, and heating costs are pushing families to the brink “Am I going to heat my home or buy groceries?”
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CrickettGrrrl @crickettgrrrl.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Again: 👇🎯
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This county, an hour from DC, has one of the biggest races for immigrants’ rights in the nation, imo. Make sure people know about it.
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is what Trump/Republicans choose to ignore & don’t care about. If they purchase Russian oil from Putin, this is what they’re buying… Completely & humanely unacceptable!🗳️💙 “In the autumn, we will definitely die,”one resident wrote this summer. “I am already dying. I am getting weaker each day.”
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TJ resists! Bluestormcoming! @tjjohnson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
❗️The EU has adopted its 22nd and largest sanctions package against Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion: the foreign ministers of the member states today formally approved a list of nearly 1,600 individuals and companies targeting Russia’s military-industrial complex,
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airemaddie @airemaddie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@leftynavyseal.bsky.social @tisiphone.bsky.social
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
Once again, an independent watchdog found the Trump admin illegally withheld funds, including ~$80 million intended for the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality here in MD. Congress must re-appropriate these funds & make clear we will not tolerate these illegal cuts.
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Congress’ Watchdog Finds Trump Illegally Withheld More Than $1 Billion in Federal Funds
The White House impounded funds from the EPA and HHS last year, the Government Accountability Office reports.
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Politico @politico.com · 07/10/2026
DNC sues to stop taxpayer-funded Trump ads ahead of midterms politi.co/4jEoFtq
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DNC sues to stop taxpayer-funded Trump ads ahead of midterms politi.co/4jEoFtq
DNC sues to stop taxpayer-funded Trump ads ahead of midterms politi.co/4jEoFtq
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Tisiphone @tisiphone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Consent is beyond the grasp of these men in the cyber realm, too. 😡
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Out In National Security @outinnationalsecurity.org · 05/10/2026
LGBTQ Veterans Day grew again in 2026. Nineteen states, Washington, D.C., King County, and communities across the country recognized the service of LGBTQ veterans and servicemembers.
A map of the US, depicting states recognizing LGBT Vets Day.
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Tisiphone @tisiphone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.wired.com/story/ice-ha...
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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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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨🚨 OVER ON TWITTER Politico.. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito CONFIRMS he is CONSIDERING RETIREMENT 🚨🚨 IF SO. . . REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT YOUR VOTE THIS NOVEMBER IS WE MUST TAKE CONTROL OF THE SENATE
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airemaddie @airemaddie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING WaPo: Major League Baseball has abandoned a proposal to build a ballpark in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park.
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MLB drops proposal to host a baseball game at Grand Teton National Park
After The Washington Post reported on the proposal, local leaders sent letters to the Trump administration and the MLB commissioner expressing strong opposition.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026
Rep. Mike Collins, a GOP U.S. Senate candidate, recently said he was “fine” with the idea of Trump sending federal troops to voting sites. “It may be fine with you,” Marc Elias says, “but it’s not fine with federal law.” Keep watch on the people rewriting the rules: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Tisiphone @tisiphone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
FFS 🤬 Combining this with the 20% reduction of the officer corps tells me that they're really going to try and turn them on us, aren't they?
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Would be comic if it were not vicious. Actually it’s both. Sen Schmitt framed a whole perjury suggestion on the basis of Jack Smith’s attending an Atlanta Hawks game and surreptitiously seeing Fulton County prosecutor. In fact it was Iowa Hawkeyes (Caitlin Clark) in College Park Maryland
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration issued updated guidance on the rollout of a new rule that could shape the future of higher education in the United States — leaving critics dismayed about the potential ramifications.
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'I'm speechless, my God!' Dismay as Trump admin rolls out 'worthy' student rule
The Trump administration issued updated guidance on the rollout of a new rule that could shape the future of higher education in the United States — leaving critics dismayed about the potential ramifications.“I’m speechless. My God!” wrote Gabrielle A. Perry, a criminal justice advocate and founder ...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“.. Very good one sentence summary of the economy.” - Kyra Scanlon
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Jaye @jaybird54.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thank you, @ladybug014.bsky.social #WeStandWithJason #SayHisName
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“.. China's trade position has never been stronger. .. some supply chains are now moving back INTO China. German firms are boosting their China investments .. And polls find China is viewed more favorably than the US in numerous countries for the first time.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Re-upping this post because Trump keeps sinking further into mental illness and major media keep pretending the mad pilot isn’t flying us into the side of a mountain.
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Chris Jones @jonesforar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Banks rake in billions from overdraft fees. French Hill voted to let those fees rise instead of capping them at $5. Arkansas families deserve a representative who stands with them—not the banks. No more #FrenchFees. #ChrisJonesforCongress #AR02 #AffordabilityAccountabilityforAll
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
A blockbuster Susan Collins scandal, GOP panic as the midterm map shifts, a Trump-loving Republican scrubs Trump from his site, Trump threatens to “annihilate” Iran at the UN, a GOP senator calls for an investigation into Don Jr., Trump TV flops, and AOC talks 2028. And that’s just the start.
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 465. 9/22/26
… A blockbuster new story from the amazing investigative journalists at ProPublica detailing blatant corruption by Sen.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🥹😍🤩✊🏽👏🏽👏🏽👀🗣️🫦✌🏽🔥💟💙💟💙💟💙
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
America is free only when the media is competitive, independent, and accountable to the people. apnews.com/article/warn...
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States settle lawsuit over Paramount-Warner merger, clearing key hurdle for $81 billion deal
Twelve states and Hollywood writers challenging Paramount’s buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to settle their lawsuits against the mega merger.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans, North Carolina Asian Americans Together, Down Home North Carolina and individual voters, Elias Law Group has SUED North Carolina over its last-minute restrictions on absentee ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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North Carolina mail ballot restrictions will cause ‘arbitrary disenfranchisement,’ new lawsuit warns
The suit follows the State Board of Elections' vote to pass new absentee ballot memos — skirting legislative review and ignoring significant public dissent — the same day the state started sending out...
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Jaye @jaybird54.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#BoycottWalmart #GoodTroubleSquadron
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
Ashley Hinson voted repeatedly against efforts to end U.S. hostilities with Iran while taking more than $217,000 from oil and gas interests, including $38,500 since the war began. Meanwhile, Iowa gas prices have surged 60% since the start of the war as major oil companies report soaring profits.
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Ashley Hinson Got Big Money From Oil Companies After Repeatedly Voting For the Iran War
The price of gas for her Iowa constituents has risen by 60% since the start of the war, while oil companies are making record profits
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...
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GOP Senator CAUGHT RED-HANDED In MASSIVE BRIBERY SCHEME Probe!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Tisiphone @tisiphone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

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The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.Mayor Mamdani signs a giant check.Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.
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stp85.bsky.social @stp85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It appears that Trump’s claim last week that he negotiated a deal between Putin and Zelenskyy to stop bombing energy infrastructure was just another lie to manipulate markets. Every hour of every day, Trump lies about everything.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ossoff: Did you see this business about Don Jr.‘s wedding in the Bahamas? Where he received, apparently, a cash gift from a Russian oligarch connected to the Kremlin? This man, Kremlev, was apparently in China with Putin two days before he flew to the Bahamas for Don Jr.’s wedding…
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airemaddie @airemaddie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
After recent events in Arkansas involving secret agreements between ENTERGY and Google that ENTERGY went to court to try to protect, this seems like a much better approach.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For 33 years, McConnell has voted against family and medical leave for working Americans. Then he disappears from the Senate for 92 days and keeps collecting his full paycheck. Apparently, paid leave is only a problem when someone else gets it.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026
Look outside. Do you see snow? No?  Well, you will soon. You might also see $30/hr more in your pocket if you become an emergency snow shoveler.  Registration begins Saturday, September 19th. Sign up by November 30th for access to paid orientation and expedited payment processing.
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Emergency Snow Shovelers - DSNY
Emergency Snow Shovelers are called on after heavy snowfalls to remove snow and ice citywide from public areas like bus stops, crosswalks, fire hydrants, and step streets.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 17/09/2026
ICE agent charged with assault, lying about shooting, arrested in Minnesota reut.rs/474beve
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ICE agent charged with assault, lying about shooting, arrested in Minnesota
A federal immigration officer wanted on assault charges for shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis was arrested ​there on Wednesday, eight months after a confrontation that became a flashpoint over U.S. President Donald Trump's deportation sweeps.
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When my son was 5 he had a sartorial flair To go to arts delicatessen he wore a midnight blue cape, top hat &monocle As we were leaving an older gent stopped him saying “young man, i like your style” Meant the world to our son that man was Bob Mackie RIP
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