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@becauseigiveadamn.bsky.social
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Colorado grandmother for: democracy,freedom from gun violence,bodily autonomy for women&girls, equal justice/rights, freedom from bigotry,racism& misogyny, separation of church&state, a sustainable &livable earth, and peace.

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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 3h
Now, SCOTUS is considering whether to block a lawsuit by the city and county of Boulder, Colorado against two oil giants for their years of deceiving the public.​ The Court has no business stopping Boulder’s case from proceeding before a jury can hear it.​
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16h
Lula (president of Brazil) “asked the court to investigate possible support from the Rockbridge Network, a [Peter Thiel-backed] conservative U.S. donor network co-founded by…JD Vance. It said a political organizer tied to the group works at Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign headquarters...” 10/4/26 …1/
courthousenews.com
Lula seeks probe into possible US election interference
Lula’s coalition asked Brazil’s top electoral court to investigate actions benefiting Flávio Bolsonaro, while the Workers’ Party sought a Federal Police inquiry from the Supreme Court.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 02/10/2026
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band's Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour: Philadelphia Freedom Cut Part 3 is coming soon.
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BIGAD @becauseigiveadamn.bsky.social · 3h
Rock on!!
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MartyParty @martyparty75023.bsky.social · 15h
Dave Matthews has been 45 his entire life.
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Votebeat @votebeat.org · 4h
In Texas, TODAY is the voter registration deadline. If you'd like to register, go in person to your voter registrars’ office. Mailed applications must be postmarked by Oct. 5. You can request the postmark at your local post office. More on how to vote in Texas: www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...
votebeat.org
Here’s how to cast your ballot in Texas for the midterms
Voters will weigh in on dozens of races, including U.S. senator, governor, and many other offices.
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BIGAD @becauseigiveadamn.bsky.social · 3h
Unfortunately for us , they’re actually *choosing* not to keep our food safe.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 5h
This is happening all over rural America. We need to wake up, people. There's no Greg Bovino in his Nazi coat to blow whistles it. It's daily Gestapo-type terror, aided by the banality of evil local cops www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10...
sltrib.com
ICE enforcement in a small Utah town sent a community into fear. Local police played a key role.
ICE enforcement in a small central Utah town has residents afraid to leave home, avoiding main roads and keeping their children home from school, one resident said.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h
"You might be tempted to think his big ballroom project doesn’t rate high on the scale of his most authoritarian offenses....No." @amandacarpenter.bsky.social on why Trump's ballroom is serious:
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Why You Must Care About the Ballroom
Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 4h
Today, October 5 is the last day to register to vote in Georgia. You can use this resource to check your voter registration status and more:
aclu.org
Are You Registered To Vote? | American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU is always working to protect Americans' right to vote and access to the polls. As a critical election season begins, make sure you know if you're registered to vote: click on your state in the map below below to find your voter registration site, or view a complete list of registration sites by clicking "view data."
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 03/10/2026
“If the Supreme Court gives Big Oil a hall pass, which industry will be clamoring to be next? AI companies? Pharmaceutical giants?” “The rule of law works best when it’s applied to everyone equally. This case will be a good test of whether the Justices believe that.” @samsankar.bsky.social
thehill.com
SCOTUS must show oil companies they aren’t above local accountability
If you think people should be able to hold corporations accountable in court, you should pay attention.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 04/10/2026
On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Big Oil’s “desperate” arguments to escape Boulder, Colorado’s climate deception lawsuit. “It’s clear the fossil fuel industry doesn’t want the damning evidence of their climate lies to be presented at trial,” CCI’s Corey Riday-White explains.
denverpost.com
The U.S. Supreme Court will open its term with the Boulder climate lawsuit. Here’s how it could affect other similar complaints.
The U.S. Supreme Court will open its next term on Monday morning by hearing arguments about whether Boulder can sue two oil and gas companies over climate change in a case that is garnering national a...
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BIGAD @becauseigiveadamn.bsky.social · 4h
Suncor is a blight on our environment and health hazard to all exposed to it.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 4h
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing Suncor v. Boulder — a case that could decide whether communities can put Big Oil companies on trial for deceiving the public about the climate harms of fossil fuels. We're in front of the Court to send a message: Stand with communities, not Big Oil.
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BIGAD @becauseigiveadamn.bsky.social · 7h
The utter misogyny. Infuriating.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 13h
💥 Alabama lawmaker (Rep. Brett Easterbrook), school board president (Kory Wesley) charged with human trafficking 10/26
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#FOTW Daily Post 4 Dinner-table science: Carbon and CO2 are not the same Multiply CO2 by 0.27 to get Carbon value In 2023 we emitted ~40bn tonnes CO2 = ~11bn tonnes carbon Knowing this is how you catch a misleading stat Please share + tag 2 #FateOfTheWorld #TogetherUnstoppable
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 8h
#FOTW Daily Post 5 Favourite denier myth - volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans Ask me or any other volcanologist — false Volcanoes: ~300 million tonnes CO2/year. Humans: 130 times more Please pass on the truth. Share and tag 2 others #FateOfTheWorld #TogetherUnstoppable
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 10h
From Reykjavík to The Hague, European governments are starting to prepare for a literal sea change that would end life as we know it on the continent.
politico.eu
A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22h
NEW: I have obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Trump's name in the Epstein files for supervisory review. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
muellershewrote.com
EXCLUSIVE: MSW Media has Obtained Descriptions of NINE Epstein Files Redaction Training Videos in FOIA Lawsuit
Sources confirm that two videos instructed agents to flag documents including Trump’s name for supervisory review.
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
She died covering war for Fox News. Her parents blame a Fox News star. So do two former Fox high risk security consultants. My story: www.npr.org/2026/10/04/n...
npr.org
She died covering war for Fox News. Her parents blame the network — and a star reporter
The family members of two Fox News journalists killed while covering the war in Ukraine are suing the network, saying it put getting the story ahead of its people.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20h
1. Russia has an active bioweapons programme 2. Russia has a history of chemical attacks, including in Europe 3. Most EU countries have, in recent weeks, warned at the increased risk of Russian attacks in Europe. 4. Russia has a history of covering up biological accidents.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 17h
Power To The People Festival. October 3, 2026. 📸: Liz Baummer
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 16h
We will never again be a democracy if we don't get the big money out of American politics. There should not be any higher priority. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/one-priori...
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One Priority Above All Others
We Must Drain the Poison Out of Our Body Politic If There Is to Be a Better World After Trump
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 04/10/2026
Trump inherited an economy The Economist called “The Envy of the World" and ran it into the ground, just like everything else he inherited.
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BIGAD @becauseigiveadamn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Except that republican leadership could refuse to seat them? See: Adelita Grijalva..
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/10/2026
This week we saw an astonishing amount of blasphemy come from MAGA world. If only they'd practice the Word they preach. You don’t get to spend tax dollars telling the country God handpicked the president and then run an immigration system that tears families apart. Full video link in comments.
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BIGAD @becauseigiveadamn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Our hero!
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🧵 ICE is fleecing taxpayers. Follow the money. Merkley: Americans "are sick and tired of everything from gas to groceries to health care and child care being unaffordable while this Republican Congress continues to throw billions at more chaos and corruption." www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
budget.senate.gov
ICE, CBP Now Sitting on $152 Billion After Republican Funding Bills | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"America's two largest private prison companies, CoreCivic and GEO Group, are reporting a combined $1.4 billion in quarterly revenue over the spring as immigration detention closes in on record levels." www.npr.org/2026/08/08/n...
npr.org
Private prisons announce $1.4 billion in revenue as immigration detentions climb
That revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security.
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BIGAD @becauseigiveadamn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
All of the young fathers I know have committed to being there as a 50% parent, are proud to be a “girl dad” if given the chance, are raising their boys to respect girls and women as equals in every way, and focus on emotional intelligence daily. And I couldn’t be more proud of them. 
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BIGAD @becauseigiveadamn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The prison leader hired to fix Tennessee’s protocol previously oversaw Arizona executions plagued by the same catheter problems…
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We know why diesel prices are up:
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GC Rust @gcrust.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Her controlling the social media and thereby directing international policy and diplomacy (Nevermind the 'exclusive access' grift going on in regards to Social Media) is honestly the biggest one in my mind. We've got an unelected hospice nurse shitposting international incidents at 1 in the morning
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
America is literally deporting people to countries they have no connection with, countries they’ve never been to. This is wildly unlawful. It’s cruel. It’s un-American. It’s evil.
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BIGAD @becauseigiveadamn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Horrific
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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
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BIGAD @becauseigiveadamn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Monsters. Despicable sociopaths.
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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...
thequeenzone.com
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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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
An all-Republican panel HELD: Musk can flood social media with all the kiddie porn he likes and Minnesota can’t stop him, because he’s Musk.
reuters.com
US appeals court blocks Minnesota law barring 'nudified' photos in XAI lawsuit
Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban ​on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company ‌pursues a lawsu...
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 03/10/2026
"The only winners in America’s burgeoning gambling crisis are the companies and the already super-rich athletes willing to leverage their status as heroes to millions of fans to hook a generation of young men on a devastating habit." www.liberalcurrents.com/portraits-of...
liberalcurrents.com
Portraits of an American Dopamine Eater
Our attention economy incentivizes the profane degradations of fame-seeking and celebrity culture.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Call the Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline at 844-WHOS-KEN. Learn about his record and leave him a voicemail. (It’s a real number.)
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Local community activists and faith leaders from Louisiana and beyond marched and prayed Thursday at the fenced-off barracks and trailers at the airpark site where the Trump Administration is preparing to open a privately-run facility to hold children..." religionnews.com/2026/10/02/a...
religionnews.com
As ICE readies Louisiana facility for children and families, faith leaders hold vigil
ALEXANDRIA, La. (RNS and Verite News) — Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up deportations, the facility — which will hold unaccompanied minors and families — is situated beside an air...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“For $45 you can start a school and charge $7000 per student — no background checks, they weren’t teachers — and taxpayers foot the bill… SCHOOL VOUCHERS ARE A SCAM.” @GovBillLee (H/T @piper_for_missouri) Pro Publica’s expose: www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/09/2026
(That may sound like a crazy suggestion, but every immigrant rights groups will tell you they’ve heard from immigrants that they’ll be left overnight on buses for 10, 15, 24 whole hours, often at an airport, and often with no bathroom. I’ve heard this myself many times.)
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 03/10/2026
On Monday (10/5), the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Big Oil’s arguments to escape trial in one of the dozens of state and local lawsuits seeking to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate deception. People across Colorado are coming together to send a message: We deserve our day in court.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
The Trump administration’s talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The last Trump-Kushner-Witkoff “peace plan” for Russia-Ukraine had more on data center construction opportunities than on security guarantees that could make peace last. This time it’s an oil deal. The whole effort has been trying to sell out Ukraine for personal profit and neo-fascist solidarity.
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Alex Kale @kalealex.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The article focuses on speed of development in a way that seems to miss a huge part of the actual culture issue in frontier labs. He only alludes to it at the end when he talks about how they treat humanity. Maybe he’s too polite to call them sociopaths? Too complicit to condemn theft of IP?
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