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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 10/10/2026
‘The grid wasn’t designed to accommodate the large loads of data centers. Connecting one to the system can require hundreds of millions worth of new infrastructure. Traditionally, the cost of upgrades has been recovered from all users, adding to everyone’s bills.’ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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How Data Centers Are Pushing Up US Power Costs
Data centers have become a defining political issue in the run-up to the US midterm elections. The giant, windowless warehouses have drawn fierce backlash across the country as people worry about how ...
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social: "I think it's his dark vision of America is really driving most of this Trump regime's policies. It's really stunning how many thousands of lives  that his hate has impacted, from here on American soil to the high seas of the Caribbean."
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 09/10/2026
Missouri Republicans thought a gerrymandered congressional map was a lock.
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GOP's 'dizzying' scheme to rig red state's maps backfires as voters left fuming: report
Missouri Republicans thought a gerrymandered congressional map was a lock. After a weeks-long legal fiasco, Democratic candidate Fred Wellman, who called the effort "monumentally dumb," says the party is left with old districts and an angry electorate, according to a Guardian report.Following Trump'...
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Talked to @justinwolfers.bsky.social youtu.be/uaPJO76DAgo?...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just five giant conglomerates now control 90 percent of the media. The reason this is so dangerous might not be what you think.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Samuel Alito has recused himself from a Supreme Court climate case, after ethics watchdogs uncovered his fossil fuel stockholdings. Instead of relying on the justices to occasionally do the right thing, we need Congress to enact real SCOTUS reform.
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How to Fix a Broken Supreme Court | Robert Reich
Justice Roberts refused to testify in a hearing on SCOTUS ethics.Thomas and Alito accepted luxury vacations from GOP meg
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melindamosheim @melindamosheim.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Acosta today! Always rocks it! @jimacosta.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShL...
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• LIVE: Larry Sabato’s Race Updates & Mayor Bass REBUKES Trump’s ‘Take Out’ LA Comment
YouTube video by Jim Acosta
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 07/10/2026
Russian authorities are keeping a tight lid on information about last week's suspicious death of a lab worker in Siberia that has been surrounded by secrecy and claims that it could have been caused by pneumonic plague. to.pbs.org/4y3M7nl
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Russia keeps tight lid on lab worker's death as global concerns mount
Russian state TV and other national state-controlled media have steered clear of the subject.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 07/10/2026
Thom Tillis with the least reassuring answer we've ever seen regarding the future of America's law and order.
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KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 07/10/2026
Biden-era changes to the Clean Air Act would have tightened regulations for industrial sites, but the Trump administration has given exemptions to hundreds of facilities. People living near the sites are concerned about air quality and their well-being.
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Communities worry for their health after Trump weakens pollution limits: 'It's a kick in the gut'
Biden-era changes to the Clean Air Act would have tightened regulations for industrial sites, but the Trump administrati
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
$6 BILLION. Of taxpayer money. While the Hunter Biden hunters stay silent. Obscene.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Democrats have a good shot at taking control of the House and perhaps even the Senate, Trump’s approval ratings are among the lowest of any president on record, and the 80-year-old president is looking and acting ever more demented. So how long will he last? Let me know your thoughts.
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Office Hours: How Long Will He Last?
And what will cause Trump to leave office?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And if you say this is wrong @MarshaBlackburn calls you a communist
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We didn’t learn anything from Covid. People are already confidently calling the plague a nothingburger. Sure, we have cipro and doxycycline. The obvious concern here is that this strain was modified to be antibiotic resistant or spread more easily. We simply don’t know yet.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 06/10/2026
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is the "biggest regret of my career" and that he also "should've stopped" RFK Jr. from becoming Health and Human Services secretary. to.pbs.org/4i4JblK
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Sen. Tillis says his vote for Hegseth was 'biggest regret of my career' in new book
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career” and that he also “should’ve stopped...
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cartoon by @slyngstad.bsky.social
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 04/10/2026
This year’s Kennedy Center Honors will take place at Washington, D.C.’s Capital One Arena rather than at the famous arts venue. Officials provided no official reason for the change, but it comes amid a legal battle over adding President Donald Trump’s name to the building.
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cartoon by @davewhamond.bsky.social
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t remember anyone giving Jerome Powell a check for $100 million. Who gave it to Kevin Warsh, days before he was confirmed and why?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
McDonald's is now reportedly pressuring franchisees to use AI to price food. Its CEO raked in $20.6M last year, over 1,000x the median McDonald's worker pay of $19,020. And they remain one of the largest employers of Medicaid and SNAP recipients. I'm not lovin' it.
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Laura Packard @laurapackard.com · 02/10/2026
Going on the road with @protectourcare.org on a nationwide bus tour, starting next week! Because we're sick of the attacks on our health care, and it's time to hold elected officials accountable for it. Join us: www.sickofitcampaign.com#tour
I'm hitting the road with Protect Our Care and Care Force One on a nationwide bus tour.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
elifesciences.org/articles/08347
Dengue
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Immigration has been a major influence on population growth in the U.S. For the first time in a long, long time, it's nearly stagnant. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW by me -- Christa Pike survived lethal injection. How your state carries out executions
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Christa Pike survived lethal injection. How your state carries out executions
Lethal injections are used in all death penalty states.
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National Review @nationalreview.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If prosecutors really believed Comey had threatened to kill the president, would they agree to postpone the trial for eight months while he's free on bail? | Andrew C. McCarthy www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump…
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Trump DOJ Voices No Objection to Another Long Postponement of Comey Trial | National Review
If prosecutors really believed Comey had threatened to kill the president, would they agree to postpone the trial for eight months while he’s free on bail?
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/10/2026
President Donald Trump is hitting the campaign trail to support Republican candidates in toss-up races that will determine which party controls Congress for the final two years of his presidency. (via @politifact.bsky.social) to.pbs.org/4s24mbL
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A fact-checked guide to Trump's talking points and falsehoods at midterm rallies
President Donald Trump is hitting the campaign trail to support Republican candidates in toss-up races that will determine which party controls Congress for the final two years of his presidency. Here...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/10/2026
Efforts to reshape the military include modernizing the technology soldiers will use on the battlefield and the further integration of AI. Some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley are working with the Pentagon and cashing in. to.pbs.org/3TkXjhn
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'Valley of Death' reveals how tech companies are replacing traditional defense contractors
Efforts to reshape the military include modernizing the technology soldiers will use on the battlefield and the further integration of artificial intelligence. Some of the biggest names in Silicon Val...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 01/10/2026
The Trump administration's scare tactics ahead of the midterms have hit a usual refrain: "migrant caravan." In reality, it's about 600 people (mostly families) who are 1,000 miles from the border. Just when gas prices keep climbing, Trump world is looking for a distraction. This is their attempt.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CSPAN: “We should mention that Senator Schmitt was supposed to appear on this program with Sen. Coons but he pulled out the day after that hearing.”
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 01/10/2026
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) was warned that texts he used to accuse former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury were unvetted.
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Eric Schmitt was warned about unvetted Jack Smith 'gotcha' texts before blunder: report
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) was warned that texts he used to accuse former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury were unvetted.Republican staff on the Senate Judiciary Committee cautioned Schmitt ahead of Smith's testimony Tuesday that the Justice Department texts had not been verified, a source with d...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous such a declaration would be for American democracy. It would mean a president is attempting to sidestep the Constitution, which empowers states to run elections, in order to prevent his party from losing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?
Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless.
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Axios @axios.com · 29/09/2026
SCOOP: Trump warms to Jay Clayton as AI czar
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"I have somebody in mind": Trump considers DNI Jay Clayton for AI czar.
They will be the Trump administration's point person on AI as calls for oversight get louder.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 28/09/2026
Malls and other physical third spaces have been on the decline for years. We’re finally beginning to understand the implications for today’s youth.
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Teens need more places to meet IRL — their future success may depend on it
Malls and other physical third spaces have been on the decline for years. We’re finally beginning to understand the implications for today’s youth.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We must “recognize the evil that is being carried out in our name and fight it…We must recognize that in abandoning the words of Deuteronomy and the Statue of Liberty, we are losing our soul as a nation.” — Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
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On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy Indicts Trump’s War on Immigrants
Preaching on the Good Samaritan for World Day of Migrants, Washington’s archbishop named Minneapolis, a five-year-old used as bait, and a nation that “passed on by.” He told Catholics to fight every d...
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Ayana @astin52.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@jimacosta.bsky.social youtu.be/Ng__csySUUs?...
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Daily Update: Trump’s Press Mess, Let Them Eat Sea Bass, Martial Law Alert, And More
YouTube video by Jim Acosta
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A Nursing Home Owner Stole Workers' Social Security and Medicare Money He was sentenced to 18 months and $4.4M restitution. His mother bought a Pardon at Mar-a-Lago. Trump is selling pardons for $1 Million. Congress won't stop him. VOTE Out All Republicans #TrumpsCorruptCongress
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/09/2026
Breaking News: The White House barred CNN from accompanying President Trump on a Saturday trip to Tennessee.
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White House Blocks CNN From Air Force One
CNN won’t be able to join President Trump on a Saturday trip to Tennessee. He had banned CNN and two other news outlets from the White House, but a court order on Thursday restored their access.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The other reality (which I discuss) is that the Trump Administration has embraced policies that have moved people into high-deductible health plans. Trump Admin: We’ll make insurance unaffordable so folks enroll in plans with $7-10k deductibles. Oz: People aren’t using their plans — must be fraud!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
MS NOW: "Breaking as we speak -- MS NOW and CNN have just been blocked from attending yet another White House event ... I was told to reach out to Steven Cheung"
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 24/09/2026
A pro-Trump ad that said it was paid for by the U.S. government aired on Fox News in major TV markets. Ethics experts said it could violate federal law. on.wsj.com/4hm6XYW
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A pro-Trump ad that said it was paid for by the U.S. government aired on Fox News in major TV markets. Ethics experts said it could violate federal law.
The unusual ad, which said it was paid for by the U.S. government, aired on Fox News in major TV markets.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 24/09/2026
"The Republicans are starting to see very clearly that they're running out of time to do a course correction to save themselves," former Kansas Gov. Bill Graves says. "The president doesn't seem to be too interested in or focused on the problems they might be having." to.pbs.org/4yc13Rd
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Former Kansas GOP governor explains why he's backing Democrat Adam Hamilton for Senate
Former Kansas Gov. Bill Graves, a Republican, crossed party lines to endorse Democrat Adam Hamilton in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Roger Marshall. Graves said the country is facing “increasing p...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
⛽️🧑‍🌾FARMER: “It’s crazy… we’re paying $75000 more per month for diesel… the economy can’t handle another year of this, or 2-3 months… I wish they’d get that (war) settled…” Republicans stay silent as Trump’s pointless war of choice crushes farmers.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 24/09/2026
For generations, the family farm has been central to the American story. But these days, farmers are struggling with sharply higher costs and crushing debt on top of the same economic pressures the rest of the country feels. to.pbs.org/4xIh1S6
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What's making it harder for American family farms to survive
For generations, the family farm has been central to the American story. But these days, farmers are struggling with sharply higher costs and crushing debt on top of the same economic pressures the re...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Awkward — “VP JD Vance has been exposed as the source of a story whose supposed leak was used by the White House in court to justify the termination of Politico's access to the press pool.” 😬
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JD Vance unmasked as leaker for story White House used to justify press ban: report
Vice President JD Vance has been exposed as the source of a story whose supposed leak was used by the White House in court to justify the termination of Politico's access to the press pool, Oliver Dar...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A free press is supposed to hold our leaders accountable, not serve those in power. I saw what happened to independent media in Russia. I don’t want America to follow that path.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration is considering data center-related projects across at least 17,600 acres of public land — far more than previously reported. Reminder: 70% of Americans oppose data centers, but Trump is heavily invested in the corporations pushing AI. Always follow the money.
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Trump Is Considering More Data Centers on Public Lands Than Previously Known
The data center proposals cover at least 17,600 acres of public lands across six Western states.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 21/09/2026
A top Federal Reserve official said Monday that the central bank may have to cause economic pain in the form of higher unemployment to combat stubbornly high inflation. to.pbs.org/4yUci0W
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Fighting inflation likely to be 'painful,' Chicago Fed president says
A top Federal Reserve official said Monday that the central bank may have to cause economic pain in the form of higher unemployment to combat stubbornly high inflation.
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