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Teacher? Actress? Restaurant manager? Or faerie trapped in a jar...

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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
At the risk of aging myself, I'm going to start this with... Back in my day... This brand of blatant, up-front corruption would have been a major news story. He's literally buying votes. Where have you gone, Woodward and Bernstein?
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
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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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Because my Chicago White Sox are playing the Cleveland Guardians in the playoffs, I was subjected to a dishonest anti-trans TV ad that Republicans are running in Ohio to distract from their vandalism of the economy. There are no limits to what Republicans will do for money and power.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This part
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fair Q
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NPR @npr.org · 02/10/2026
Democratic lawmakers, veterans and concerned citizens gathered in Memorial Circle to protest the arch Trump wants to build there. Their hopes lie primarily in a lawsuit and next month's midterms. n.pr/472XAIX
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As Trump's proposed arch looms over D.C., protesters pin their hopes on the midterms
Democratic lawmakers, veterans and concerned citizens gathered in Memorial Circle to protest the arch Trump wants to build there. Their hopes lie primarily in a lawsuit and next month's midterms.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tucker: “I never understood why 🇬🇧 fought World War 2?” 😕 Rees-Mogg: “It was good vs. evil…We did the right thing…” Tucker: “Has 🇬🇧 benefitted?” RM: “We defeated Hitler… We’d all be speaking German…” Tucker: “Who cares?” 🤔
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Dems getting better at this
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Welcome to "Stress Test," a new video podcast cohosted by @garrisonhayes.bsky.social & me that's focused on the all the midterm madness. Why this title? Because in this election American democracy is under pressure. First episode just dropped. Check it out. Subscribe at youtube.com/motherjones.
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"Cheat Like Hell": Can Trump Actually Rig the 2026 Midterms?
YouTube video by Mother Jones
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NPR @npr.org · 02/10/2026
Florida is updating its science standards with evolution and climate change almost entirely absent from a new proposal.  The state will now seek public input on the revision. (via @cfpublicmedia.bsky.social) n.pr/4iW2Kh4
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Florida’s proposed science standards sideline evolution and climate change
The Florida Department of Education released its first comprehensive rewrite of science learning standards in nearly two decades, with the last one adopted in 2008.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our federal judiciary knows how—and is wiling—to check Trump. It’s the SCOTUS six who are deeply partisan and compromised. Link: buff.ly/dDYhehV
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Renee Good’s family is suing the officials who sent the ICE agent who killed her, using a law Congress wrote to stop the Klan. Their real goal may be discovery, and the Trump regime will fight hard to deny it. My write-up in the link in the comments.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Seriously, unless you're going to call me a "scientist" for helping my son with his class volcano project and call me a "physician" because I applied a band-aid successfully, please please PLEASE stop calling any random crank who shits out a book about the past a "historian"
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SABUCH @sabuch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When you think your vote doesn’t count remember this story. #VoteForTurek he drags his wheelchair up stairs to talk to his constituents.  He won his previous vote by… 6 votes. So get your asses out there and #VOTE!  youtube.com/watch?v=pk9z...
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Blue Wave On the Prairie? w/ Josh Turek | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
People outraged by the Cornell rape case should direct some of their energy to reforming the horribly antiquated NY laws that make it especially hard to successfully prosecute the vast majority of rapes. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The loophole that likely doomed the Cornell rape case before it even started
Accusers who voluntarily drink have little protection under an antiquated law many see as "victim-blaming."
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For four years, Sen. Ron Wyden has followed Epstein’s money. Now he’s found an FBI interview with one of Epstein’s bankers that the Trump regime kept out of the Epstein files. My write-up in the link in the comments.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great ad.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
“You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.” How ChatGPT fueled the violent fantasies of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter, according to our new investigation. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scott Colom’s campaign for Senate is picking up momentum in Mississippi. He’s one of the folks redefining the Democratic Party. He’s great, and his opponent Cindy Hyde-Smith is just a rubber stamp for Trump. @scolom.bsky.social Colom joined @hcrichardson.bsky.social in April to chat: https:/
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tone-deaf AI slop from the White House, data center pushback dismissed as a "Chinese psyop," a predator's sweetheart deal, and GOP breaks with Trump over Iran. A party that won't answer for its choices. With 35 days to go, how far will that strategy take them?
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The GOP Crisis: Five Separate Stories, One Looming Disaster
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Where did Donald Trump's money come from? For real!
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Where Did Trump's Money Come From?
YouTube video by Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian
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Audrey Hendricks @audreyhendricks.com · 28/09/2026
More news highlighting the importance of gathering systematic menopause and reproductive health data in electronic health records to improve research and women's healthcare! doi.org/10.64628/AAI... @theconversation.com🧪
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Menopause is a major health milestone, yet health records barely track it - new research
Capturing data about the timing and symptoms of menopause could help address many unanswered questions about this common yet ignored experience.
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The White House press bans aren’t about ethics in journalism. They're about what Trump wants from the press: servile propaganda that parrots only what he and his allies say about his administration.
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Trump’s press grievances are based in their refusal to do propaganda
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Every single claim by DHS of non-citizen voting in Nevada, each and every 16K of them, was wrong. Story: buff.ly/zdQ2c5e
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The empathetic folks at Mar-a-Lago react to hearing you lost your healthcare, your child has measles, and you can't afford to gas up your truck:
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No wonder he’s mad at Politico’s reporting. It exposes what he’s up to, as the press ought to. Story: buff.ly/KTQvAPm
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🤷🏼
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An important follow up to the original bombshell reporting. Link: buff.ly/UEL8tLM
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Censorship is alive and well in the American tech oligarchy. 🇺🇸 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s always been a huge grift.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY!!! Join the MAGA Resistance & make your voices heard. Accountability. Is. Coming.
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WIRED @wired.com · 26/09/2026
Executives happily automating their days with AI. New hires confronting bro culture. Women in tech have a lot to say—and they told it all to WIRED.
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We Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let Loose
Executives happily automating their days with AI. New hires confronting bro culture. Women in tech have a lot to say—and they told it all to WIRED.
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NPR @npr.org · 26/09/2026
The disclosure is the latest in a string of incidents in which the AI platform has been caught going rogue. OpenAI says it is reviewing the findings. n.pr/4hrlYc6
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OpenAI says its models engaged with US government websites in misbehavior disclosure
The disclosure is the latest in a string of incidents in which the AI platform has been caught going rogue. OpenAI says it is reviewing the findings.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Grassley has repeatedly made clear to Iowa GOP grandees that in the event of his death in office, he expects his grandson and designated heir, Pat Grassley, speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives, to succeed to his senate seat. Applying the principle of dynastic succession.
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not good guys
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 26/09/2026
Trump’s summit with Xi left too many questions unanswered. This is one of them.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The internet is forever, Michele. Your senate ambitions, not so much. Video: buff.ly/dPmLkdY
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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 21/09/2026
Forests on our public lands are under attack. The U.S. Forest Service took action to rescind the Roadless Rule, one of the most important land and forest protection measures of our lifetime, but we have a chance to stop them. There's a public comment period open now until October 6. Take action! ⬇️​
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Protect forests from massive expansion of logging
Protect forests from massive expansion of logging
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We need to talk about the abortion problem we have in this country.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
John Roberts has spent his entire career trying to kill the Voting Rights Act. Now his Republican-appointed majority is dusting off arguments once used to destroy Reconstruction to roll back the gains made during the civil rights era. The latest from @AriBerman & @pemalevy: tinyurl.com/3m6nawpj
Mother Jones magazine cover linking the Roberts Supreme Court to a revival of Jim Crow: a black judicial robe hangs next to a white KKK hooded robe with a hand reaching toward it; headline "The Southern Strategy" and subhead "Jim Crow was dead and buried. Then came the Roberts court."
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Politico @politico.com · 26/09/2026
Rogue OpenAI agents accessed US government websites
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Rogue OpenAI agents accessed US government websites
It’s the latest instance of “misaligned” activity confirmed by the company as concerns about AI risks grow.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
The White House is burning public funds on political advertising—which even Republicans are condemning.
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You're paying for Donald Trump's new ad
Love me, love me, love me.
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oligarch solidarity www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
The SCOTUS decision increases the likelihood that eligible voters will be wrongly labeled as noncitizens due to faulty data and removed from the rolls.
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Supreme Court allows Trump to use flawed database to vet voter citizenship
While the impact on the midterms might be minimal, Justice Jackson warns some eligible voters could be disenfranchised.
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