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Gardener in Queens, NY. Tree hugger. Cat lover. Parent/grandparent. Baker.

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laineyandsara.bsky.social @laineyandsara.bsky.social · 13h
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atqueens.bsky.social @atqueens.bsky.social · 2h
I didn't know that only 4 states allow family visits.
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 6h
How do conjugal visits work? For starters, most states call them family visits, and not everyone qualifies: only four states still allow them, and access is heavily restricted. Watch the latest episode of Inside Story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0v7...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 6h
Wow. This would be awesome.
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 5h
Nessel files federal antitrust lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
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Nessel files federal antitrust lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed an antitrust lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Mutual Insurance Company Thursday, alleging that the company has violated both state and federal law through agreements with other Blue Cross Blue Shield entities to “eliminate competition for health insurance services to large employers like the State.”
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5h
Breaking news: Arlington County sued to block construction of President Trump’s planned 250-foot triumphal arch, arguing that the administration failed to adequately evaluate potential environmental impacts of the project as required by federal law.
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Virginia county sues to block Trump from building his arch
Arlington County’s all-Democratic board argues that the planned 250-foot-tall arch needs more review.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 5h
THIS SATURDAY: Watch some of the best moments from our biggest community event yet. Rachel Maddow and team joined fans in Texas where some of the country’s biggest political debates are unfolding ahead of the midterms. Tune into “MS NOW Live: Together in Texas” Saturday at 8pm ET!
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New York Daily News @nydailynews.com · 5h
LATEST UPDATE: ICE agents nearly hit child as they open fire on man in NYC clash
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ICE agents nearly hit child as they open fire on man in NYC clash
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 9h
As measles spreads nationwide, hospitals and health officials are pouring more money into efforts to increase vaccinations, testing and surveillance of the disease. The funds include a surprise $100 million infusion in recent weeks to states from the CDC. 🎁 🔗: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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C.D.C. Offers States $100 Million in Measles Support as Cases Climb (Gift Article)
States said the cash infusion will help bolster efforts to increase vaccinations and identify cases.
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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 11h
As Obama’s workers’ rights attorney, former prosecutor, Marni beat special interests. She is running for Congres to stop Trump’s chaos and corruption @marnivonwilpert.bsky.social #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 4h
NEW: The new twists and the one-of-a-kind ad in Texas youtu.be/EvbaijPv27M?...
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Trump DEMANDS Paxton DEBATE in Texas!
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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Sheryl with an S @beachblond52.bsky.social · 9h
#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #GTS We can’t eat pulp or concrete either Susan! I voted for Troy Jackson today! 💙
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Elon Musk's Jet Tracking @elonjet.net · 4h
~ 1,065 gallons (4,031 liters). ~ 7,137 lbs (3,237 kg) of jet fuel used. ~ $8,210 cost of fuel. ~ 11 tons of CO2 emissions.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 5h
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h
Susan Collins claims that our reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the ...
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 6h
BREAKING NEWS: Federal officers have shot a man in New York City.
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Federal Officers Shoot Man in The Bronx, NYPD Says
The person was being conscious and being treated at a nearby hospital, police said.
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 7h
Children detained for long stretches are usually sent to Dilley. But the Trump administration has also held children and families for shorter stints in locations that lawyers say are “black boxes,” where families and lawyers cannot find them. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/10/08/i...
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ICE Is Detaining Children in Hotels Where Families and Lawyers Can’t Find Them
Families described constant surveillance, poor access to food and threats of separation if they told anyone where they were being kept.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h
Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN...
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 9h
"You wake up and you're 70. Looking ahead, you see a black doorway. You begin to notice the black doorway is always there, at the edge, whether you look at it or not.” - 2026 literature laureate Anne Carson reflecting on ageing. Watch full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksH3FIs0eJs
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Writer Anne Carson: Life is Not Fair | Louisiana Channel
YouTube video by Louisiana Channel
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New York Daily News @nydailynews.com · 9h
Patient dies by suicide after ‘insurance issue’ delayed medicine for lung disease flare-ups
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Patient dies by suicide after ‘insurance issue’ delayed medicine for lung disease flare-ups
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 15h
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 9h
TODAY: We’re contacting New Jersey voters to flip two battleground districts! Help us make some calls to defeat Tom Kean Jr. (who was absent from Congress for months as stock trades were made in his name) and Jeff Van Drew (who decided to become a Republican in 2020).
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Indivisible for Zack Mullock and Rebecca Bennett in NJ Phone Bank Series · Indivisible
Join Indivisible as we engage voters across the country to get out the vote and take back Congress in 2026. We’ll make calls into New Jersey to get people to the polls on or before Nov 3rd and share t...
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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 9h
Still pinching myself that I got to talk about my book with @desilydic.bsky.social on @thedailyshow.com. It’s REALLY hard to change minds. As I set out to write I Disagree, I learned the first step to persuasion is showing an alternative vision. That’s what I hope to be for people.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9h
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Arizona, said on Wednesday that she was raped in August while repairing a damaged campaign sign in her district.
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Arizona Congressional Candidate Says She Was Raped While Fixing Sign
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democrat, said the attack in August occurred while she was repairing a damaged campaign sign.
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atqueens.bsky.social @atqueens.bsky.social · 7h
Additional witnesses? Who could that be?
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 9h
Weiser, speaking with reporters after the forum, confirms that the candidates were provided with the verbatim questions in advance. Weiser says they did not request the questions in advance and no other debate/forum during the campaign has done that.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 9h
NEW: A source familiar with the Colorado Chamber of Commerce Gov forum says the candidates were provided with moderator Ed Sealover’s questions, word for word, in advance. GOP candidate Victor Marx is reading prepared answers, word for word, from a notebook on his lap.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 8h
I lost my mom to Alzheimer's, and this infuriates me.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 10h
Phil Weiser (D) and Victor Marx (R) share a stage for what is likely to be the only time in the CO Gov campaign. The Colorado Chamber’s VP of Strategic Initiatives Ed Sealover, a longtime journalist, is moderating the Chamber’s forum. (photobomb by Fmr Speaker Alec Garnett)
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 10h
Moderator Ed Sealover says only business topics allowed at this forum. Marx has struggled to articulate policy, often deferring to staff or surrogates to discuss details. Today, Marx appears to be reading full-sentence talking points from an iPad/notebook on his lap.
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atqueens.bsky.social @atqueens.bsky.social · 7h
And yet there are union members, all over the country, who voted for #drumpf. Union members have been voting red since Reagan broke Patco, the air traffic controllers union. It is dumbfounding.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 8h
When Jon Husted voted against the release of the Epstein files, he chose to protect predators and enablers instead of fighting for survivors like Annie Farmer, Sharlene Rochard, and Wendy Pesante. I’m honored to be joined by these women in our fight to hold pedophiles and their enablers accountable.
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Nebraska Democratic Party @nebraskadems.bsky.social · 8h
Democrats welcome voters from all backgrounds, including those who have served their sentences after felony convictions. If all requirements are met, you can register to vote immediately. There is no waiting period. #NebDems Scan the QR codes or this link: sos.nebraska.gov/elections/fe...
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New York Daily News @nydailynews.com · 8h
NYC college students leave class to rally in support of Cornell University’s ‘Jane Doe’
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NYC college students leave class to rally in support of Cornell University’s ‘Jane Doe’
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8h
anybody know where Angela Paxton was at the time of this fundraiser?
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Nebraska Democratic Party @nebraskadems.bsky.social · 8h
This evening in North Omaha! Do not miss the candidate forum in North Omaha hosted by the @nebraskadems.bsky.social and the NDP Black Caucus! Their special guest will be @repbeatty.bsky.social from Ohio! Doors open at 5 PM. Sign up here: www.mobilize.us/nebdems/even...
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joycecaroloates.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social · 7h
so many prisons & detention centers--"concentration camps"--are being established the US in before our eyes. better hurry to the midterms before a sizable number (of us) are "detained."
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 7h
Lazy drivers in Prospect Heights lose chance for 1 less day of alternate-side parking gothamist.com/news/lazy-dr...
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Lazy drivers in Prospect Heights lose chance for 1 less day of alternate-side parking
A pilot found that drivers actually complied with alternate-side less when fewer days were in effect.
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joycecaroloates.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social · 7h
translation: number of MAGAs in Minnesota is minuscule.
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 9h
Now that phase one of @hcrichardson.bsky.social's wonderful "250 to 250" project has wrapped, I'll share all videos (one per day) for which I wrote scripts. Some were recorded nearly word for word; others underwent much-needed editing for clarity and brevity. Today: the 1970 shooting at Kent State.
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Kent State Killings, Narrated by Rosanne Cash
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 7h
About 26,500 New Yorkers have lost food benefits under new federal work requirements, raising concerns about the financial toll on neighborhood bodegas. (via @HealthbeatUS)
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‘Why Are They Doing This?’: SNAP Cuts Pose Financial Threat to NYC's Bodegas
About 26,500 New Yorkers have lost food benefits under new federal work requirements, raising concerns about the financial toll on neighborhood bodegas.
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 7h
Constitutional: The amendment that could safeguard same-sex marriage in Virginia
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Constitutional: The amendment that could safeguard same-sex marriage in Virginia
Rachel Leyco had to adopt her biological sons. As she and her wife Jenn Jackson Leyco sat in their Chesterfield County living room recently, the couple recalled how their marriage and parenthood journey was complicated by state and federal legal landscapes. Their love story is why they are backing an effort to enshrine same-sex marriage protections into Virginia’s constitution.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11h
It’s easier to add seats to SCOTUS than it is to pass a constitutional amendment :)
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 13h
Michele Tafoya is all in for Donald Trump. I'm all in for Minnesota.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h
A U.S. diplomat in Jerusalem suppressed and altered reports critical of Israel, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The New York Times.
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How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel
A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 11h
Utah had championed universal mail voting for many years. However, with voting under greater national scrutiny, Utah legislators rolled back universal mail voting. This week, we will address this with Democratic Salt Lake County Clerk Lannie Chapman. www.newsfromthestates.com/podcast/stor...
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Stories From The States | News From The States
Stories From The States is a weekly podcast that explores, through personal stories, how people and communities across America are being affected by government decisions. Each episode examines a…
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MS NOW @ms.now · 11h
The mothers say they haven’t seen their loved ones, who disappeared from a school for students with severe disabilities, since the early months of Russia's invasion. Last month, they took a series of meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Read more from Nick McCool:
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These Ukrainian moms believe Russia took their kids 4 years ago. Now they seek Congress’ help.
A new report traces people allegedly removed by Russia from southern Ukraine in 2022.
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New York Daily News @nydailynews.com · 11h
A woman known as Cornell’s Jane Doe is “terrified” for her safety amid increasing threats of violence and a recent swatting incident, which saw officers point their weapons at her loved ones.
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Jane Doe in Cornell gang rape case victim of swatting, death threats
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