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Yep, I’m gay. Out since 1997. My opinions are my own. Likes often just mean "I want to read this later." Screenshots are WAY better than giving “engagement” to nonsense.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 6h
Trump Admin Gears Up for Post-Midterm Crackdown on Abortion Drug talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
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Trump Admin Gears Up for Post-Midterm Crackdown on Abortion Drug
A Calculated Delay The Trump Justice Department has mapped out its coming...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 3h
"Anthropic told police the false tip was generated as the company tested interactions between its AI model and 'randomly selected websites,' according to Gripp." share.inquirer.com/uT8FjH?utm_s...
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Anthropic’s artificial intelligence gave a false homicide tip to Philly police, triggering a meeting with the company
The incident happened on July 18 but was not discovered by the Silicon Valley company until September, authorities say.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20h
Trump Admin Gears Up for Post-Midterm Crackdown on Abortion Drug talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
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Trump Admin Gears Up for Post-Midterm Crackdown on Abortion Drug
A Calculated Delay The Trump Justice Department has mapped out its coming...
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 08/10/2026
🚨🚨🚨 Republican Healthcare Disaster Update: Up to TWELVE MILLION Americans have *already* lost healthcare coverage since Trump returned to power: acasignups.net/26/10/08/rep...
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Republican Healthcare Disaster Update: Up to TWELVE MILLION Americans have already lost healthcare coverage under Trump 2.0
Last month I ran a detailed analysis of the most comprehensive, up-to-date effectuated enrollment data for Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare & ACA exchange healthcare coverage changes since January 2025 (when ...
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Congressman Dwight Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thanks to congressional Republicans and President Trump, changes to Medicaid coverage are starting this month and will affect a significant number of Philadelphians. If you or someone you know is on Medicaid, make sure you stay up to date and prepared ⬇️
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Changes coming to Medicaid: what you need to know | Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services
Official website of the City of Philadelphia, includes information on municipal services, permits, licenses, and records for citizens and businesses.
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Congressman Dwight Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NEW - EXCLU - Trump has considered reigniting the war against Iran after the midterms But now the White House told the Pentagon to draw up plans for a strike *before* Election Day Trump allies hope it could provide GOP with a boost. No final call yet www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Trump Is Considering a Plan to Strike Iran Before the Midterms
Pentagon planners are weighing options though no final decision has been made.
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Congressman Dwight Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Our message to the Trump-Vance administration is simple: Hands off Head Start! This vital resource ensures every child a chance to succeed no matter their zip code or economic status. We should be expanding this program, not enacting cruel back-door cuts.
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Ben @benatlarge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In the “Veep is a documentary” category…
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We’re going to need a new Pulitzer category this year for Best Leaked Audio of a GOP Senate Candidate
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
JD Vance is sizing up a $9 million Virginia estate while preaching to the rest of us that housing is more affordable than ever. No one believes him.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 06/10/2026
The eruption of cases in Pennsylvania is the largest that any single state has experienced since the early 1990s. From @stateline.org
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New York governor declares measles emergency as Pennsylvania records more than 1,000 cases • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Facing a surge of measles cases in New York state’s rural counties, Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an executive order allowing paramedics, pharmacists, midwives and other non-physicians to admini...
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 06/10/2026
The about-face by the president is familiar. Trump encouraged his voters to cast their ballots by mail in 2024 and has repeatedly voted by mail himself, despite a long record of attacking the practice. From @statesnewsroom.com
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Trump drops longtime aversion to mail-in voting with GOP trailing in polls • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
President Donald Trump wants to curtail mail ballots, but with Republicans falling behind in the polls, the president is now urging his supporters to vote in the midterm elections any way they can, in...
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Congressman Dwight Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A ‘small price to pay’ for a war ending 'very soon'?? Philly drivers are currently facing a 37% price hike at the gas pump thanks to Trump’s war of choice. Meanwhile, he's been claiming his war will be over 'soon' for SEVEN MONTHS now...
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If you want to know when Republicans *know* that Trump has done something stupid but aren't quite willing to admit it, look to the folks answering "Not Sure." Do you regret your vote for President in 2024? Harris voters: 97% no 1% yes 2% not sure Trump voters: 85% no 6% yes 9% not sure
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Corporations and billionaires don’t want you to know what political messages they are funding. That’s why they make the info so difficult to find. PaidForBy.info changes the game. It’s 100% free to use. Please check it out and spread the word!
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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Rampant, unchecked corruption. All at the taxpayers' expense.
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Congressman Dwight Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Are you registered to vote? Have you moved since the last election? Did you recently change your name (due to marriage or divorce, for example)? The deadline to register to vote or update your registration in PA is Oct. 19! Don’t wait- check TODAY to see if your voter registration is up to date 👇🏾
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Voter Registration Status
Copyright © 2026 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All Rights Reserved.
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Congressman Dwight Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I voted against these disastrous cuts and will keep fighting to reverse them because, in one of the richest countries in the world, families shouldn’t struggle to put food on the table. (2/2)
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Congressman Dwight Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Last week, cuts to SNAP in congressional Republicans' Big Ugly Law went into effect. Since last July, 234,000 Pennsylvanians — including nearly 70,000 kids— already lost access to this vital lifeline. (1/2)
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As states shoulder more costs, more SNAP recipients continue to lose benefits. Here’s the latest.
A change went into effect in October requiring states to fund 75% of the costs of administering SNAP.
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Ben @benatlarge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines via @mrwilliamsprek.bsky.social
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Ben @benatlarge.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The rare exception to “Yard signs don’t vote”?
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is very true. A huge theme in a lot of recent coverage that AI is a bit like Saving Private Ryan. Everybody's gotta step up and adopt AI to get it across the goal line.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/10/2026
When the Trump administration started dismantling a $368 million ocean monitoring system earlier this year, scientists, fishermen and Congress fought back. On Saturday, a 238-foot ship set sail to reinstall the first batch of monitors in the waters of the Pacific.
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After Outcry, Monitors the Trump Administration Tried to Scrap Return to Sea
Under pressure from Congress, a network of ocean monitors that provides vital data to meteorologists, climate scientists, oceanographers and the fishing industry is being restored.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In her last hours as DHS Secy, Noem's agency bought 5 planes from a donor at markups. In all, DHS gave $900M in contracts to that donor’s companies during her term. One plane had electronic bidets, 2 bedrooms, bar, wine chiller, a manta-ray skin table. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This “$5,000” thing is fooling no one. But it has made one thing clear: Republican desperation at the 1-month-out mark.
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Rep. Joanna McClinton @repmcclinton.com · 03/10/2026
Check your status at vote.pa.gov. 🩷 #PAHouse
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Rep. Joanna McClinton @repmcclinton.com · 03/10/2026
It’s October 3rd 💗Check your voter registration and remind a friend. Because voting? That’s so fetch. #MadameSpeaker #PAHouse #Votingmatters
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 03/10/2026
“What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing.” Yikes. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Mike Johnson promises more failure if GOP wins midterms
“What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already.”…
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Ben @benatlarge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy Mean Girls Day and please remember to vote!
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"This is what they asked for. Republicans have had so many opportunities to turn this thing around - there have been 20 war powers votes in the House and Senate since the war started in February - and they’ve just blown past every single off ramp.“
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Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Self-Promotion Just Backfired
An ad promoting the Iran War only serves to remind voters just how much of a disaster the war is, a baffling strategy just a month out from midterms.
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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: Susan Collins team bragging in its canvassing materials about her having "delivered" the conservative Supreme Court majority that overturned Roe. tinyurl.com/3mxnybe7 #MEpolitics
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Congressman Dwight Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This year, game-day staples are more expensive thanks to President Trump’s blanket tariff-taxes and war of choice. And most of the House Republican majority keeps going along with both!
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Congressman Dwight Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is great news! The Trump-Vance administration’s closure of this hotline was unconscionable. I was proud to work alongside my @equality.house.gov colleagues to restore this vital lifeline for LGBTQ+ youth in crisis.
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Ben @benatlarge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They meant Atlanta Hawks, obviously.
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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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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Ways and Means Committee Democrats @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump campaigned on being a businessman who would grow the economy, but he’s governing as a grifter determined to destroy it while he enriches himself and his billionaire friends. It’s leaving everyday people with fewer opportunities and paychecks that aren’t keeping up.
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Congressman Dwight Evans @repdwightevans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Trump-Vance administration apparently hasn't given up on anti-choice extremism — they're just delaying it until after Election Day!
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Ben @benatlarge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This week’s #TedLasso episode.. Why Why Why Why Why would they end it that way? Not going to spoil it. But … just…. no.
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 02/10/2026
Trump was 10.7 points underwater at this point in 2018. Today? He’s 22.3 points underwater. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Why this year’s polling is different from past waves
Let’s compare apples to apples.
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Ben @benatlarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An 18% loan?! #kssen
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 01/10/2026
This investigation alone is not enough. Congress must act to protect the American people and close any gaps that leave consumers vulnerable. AI is advancing rapidly, and our laws need to keep pace.
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 01/10/2026
Did you hear about the massive data breach currently rocking the Trump administration? Read more here: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There was a lot of chatter about Sarah Huckabee's ad using a white gamer loser in her ad about "work requirements," but the lede, to me, was that they were about *Medicaid* work requirements. IE, the gamer wasn't getting a welfare check. He just had health care!
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PA House Majority Policy Committee @padempolicy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“We need to cut off that exploitable loophole before it takes root." - @reppielli.com on new legislation to reign in data center development. www.dailyitem.com/cnhi_network...
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Pa. legislators advance ban on data center NDAs, restrict public utility status
HARRISBURG — Lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House and Senate on Tuesday backed separate proposals concerning data centers, one that would bar non-disclosure agreements for public agencies on the local ...
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 01/10/2026
Comic ✍️: Tank and a half by Drew Sheneman Get more comics in your inbox 👉️: signup.dailykos.com
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