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Congressman Gabe Amo @amo.house.gov · 29/09/2026
Trump is spending $1,800,000,000 on a ballroom and his vanity projects. Instead, that money could pay for: 🍎607,000,000 school lunches 💡12,000,000 electric bills for a month 🩺88,000 Veterans medical expenses this year 🥪429,500 Americans’ SNAP benefits for a year Priorities.
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 29/09/2026
9/29 Mainer-slash-historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social on the best way Mainers can influence the Senate election, speaking at a campaign event for Troy Jackson at USM in Portland Monday evening #maine #MEpolitics
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/09/2026
Why is economic sentiment so low when GDP growth is positive? There’s no reasonable explanation, the only possible conclusion is that people are all just doing a mass hysteria (/s)
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 07/09/2026
the biggest “job creator” in america is walmart, a third of whose employees are on public assistance
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A Labor Day reminder: having a job is no longer enough to protect millions of Americans from homelessness. For many workers, the greatest threat isn't losing their job. It's that their job will never pay enough, never provide enough hours, never offer enough stability to keep them housed.
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Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)
The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This just called to my attention: SUPERB @ianbassin.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/protectd...
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The two-branch doom loop
Eight ways to check the Supreme Court's role in the authoritarian project
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Ben Hart @pavlovforgoths.com · 21/06/2025
Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.
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Instead of being in settings its in the google app. Also, google, not chrome. Icon is a G, not the circle thing. Click on your pfp to open a menu

From there, go Settings > Gemini > Digital Assistants > Switch to Google Assistant. This disables Gemini, google's Al assistant, and switches you back to the old one. We aren't done yet.

Go back to Settings. From there, we go Settings > Google Assistant > scroll to find General > Google Assitant on/off > turn it off

They really tried their best to make it a pain, but you can eventually disable it. Holding the power button on your phone still pulls up a menu and asks you to turn it back on, but this is the least intrusive you can make it.

Applies to all non-apple phones afaik. For sure Samsungs and Pixels but idrk about others

Edit: thank you my friend @/teeth-kid for confirming that this also works on Motorola
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/08/2026
JD Vance Places Candle Outside Hooters Where ICE Agents Were Heckled
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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Lindsey's sister must be aware she would not be allowed to vote under her married name under "SAVE" act, cuz she's running on her maiden name. (& #complicitmedia are letting her get away with it.)
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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Reporter: You haven’t heard her name until now. She’s only seventeen years old. But White House intern Crespa Blumbo has been in charge of all nuclear missiles for the last two years and she just ordered the military to enact Project Acheron
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ACLU @aclu.org · 06/08/2026
Syringe service programs, also known as needle exchanges, are proven to reduce disease and overdose. But governments have attempted to ban these harm reduction services. We’re fighting to ensure that people with substance disorder — a disability under federal law — can access this life-saving care.
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The Americans with Disabilities Act Protects Lifesaving Program for People Who Use Illegal Drugs
The ACLU is fighting against bans that limit Syringe Service Programs.
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birdie2019.bsky.social @birdie2019.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Mainer here. I see that Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan will testify they need more funds for security. Understandable. But how about they help the rest of us get these ICE goons with guns off our streets so we can be secure too.
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Timely heat wave reminder that if you have a car, is not expensive to get a 24 pack of supermarket brand bottled water and keep it in your trunk and pull over to offer it to people who look like they are having a hard fucking time. Helping also makes you feel a little less helpless
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❤️💪🏻♀️🇨🇦 @smhebe.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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97 billionaires have donated to re-elect Susan Collins so far
None of them live in Maine.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 12/06/2026
Can’t believe you only have to kill 700,000 Africans to make a trillion dollars
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/05/2026
WASHINGTON—In the latest of a series of escalations in President Donald Trump’s highly publicized war on “woke,” the U.S. Department of Justice reportedly removed all mentions of justice from its website Friday.
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VictorK @victork1862.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
This is so frivolous on its face I would be moving for the grand jury colloquys...just what did the prosecutors tell the grand jury was the applicable First Amendment law here? Sure a motion to dismiss is easy but you've got to make them feel some pain for this.
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birdie2019.bsky.social @birdie2019.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
We are so fucked.
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birdie2019.bsky.social @birdie2019.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Trotting out the specifics of one successful mission fails to meet the moment when the President is so obviously unfit and when the safety, security and economy of the entire world hang in the balance.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
PM of Poland
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 02/04/2026
"There’s nothing that says we can’t do a pay raise next year; however, we didn’t want to lock ourselves into something now that we couldn’t fund," said Mississippi Senate Education Committee Chairman Sen. Dennis DeBar, R-Leakesville, during a Sunday legislative meeting.
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Mississippi Slashes Teacher Pay Raise to Offset Medicaid Cuts in Trump's 'Beautiful Bill'
Mississippi K-12 teachers are set to receive a smaller pay raise than initially expected due to Medicaid funding cuts in Trump’s “Beautiful Bill.”
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 22/03/2026
If there is one thing I’ve learned is that if a project is struggling, adding a bunch of new trainees always helps, especially if they’re being paid and you’re not, and they’re the reason you’re not being paid
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birdie2019.bsky.social @birdie2019.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
WHERE’S COREY??
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Not that Noem would've said or done anything different, but Markwayne is gonna be leading DHS and ICE during the midterms.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Ahead of SOTU tonight, NAACP National President Derrick Johnson:

“I’m sure Trump will claim that the state of our union is stronger than ever, and he’ll be half right - it’s strong for the billionaire class. For everyone else, the state of our union is unrecognizable. A federal secret police is unlawfully detaining and killing citizens, and the president is suggesting shredding the Constitution by “nationalizing” elections. On top of that, elected officials at all levels of government who swore an oath to the United States are now pledging fealty to one man instead of the people. It’s horrifying and un-American. Beyond the corruption and cruelty, there is something even more alarming - behavior so erratic and reckless that it raises serious questions about Donald Trump’s mental acuity. If Congress had the courage to defend the Constitution instead of their careers, this madness could end. The state of our union could be strong. But for now and until they do so, the state of our union will continue to darken, and the state of fascism will continue to rise.”
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The White House is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an architect of the government overhaul that has cut thousands of federal jobs. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
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birdie2019.bsky.social @birdie2019.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Send more Buddhist monks. And their dogs.
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
the sort of information environment where you wish the FAA was not run by a contestant on the Real World, the Department of Defense by a Fox and Friends drunk, and DHS by Corey Lewandowski
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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birdie2019.bsky.social @birdie2019.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
About fucking time @thedemocratsmv.bsky.social
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
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birdie2019.bsky.social @birdie2019.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
“He destroys and he redistributes to the rich.” Everybody knows who this is, right?
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
We have unlimited money for paramilitary forces that kidnap people off the streets but also have something called "school lunch debt" what are we doing here
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birdie2019.bsky.social @birdie2019.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
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Opinion | One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 11/01/2026
This weekend, Americans are standing up for our communities that are being terrorized by Trump’s fascist death squads. Join us to demand accountability for ICE’s killing of Renee Nicole Good: mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913... #ICEOutForGood
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
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From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
In a few months, we've progressed from snuff films of the US military killing civilians at sea to a snuff film of paramilitary secret police killing a mom in Minnesota—in both situations bogusly invoking "terrorism."
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Tomorrow we are going to have USA and Iran each telling the other to stop shooting citizens who protest.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Are Trump officials correct that child poverty programs are America’s leading source of waste, fraud, and abuse? We asked three defense contractors in the Mar-a-Lago dining room.
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Langdon Grant @langdongrant.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him. Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Minnesota House DFL @mnhousedfl.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:
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birdie2019.bsky.social @birdie2019.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Kristi Noem will conduct a puppy beheading of 12 virgin puppies today in front of the Kennedy Center at 4PM as part of the renaming celebration.
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birdie2019.bsky.social @birdie2019.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
A Powerful New Drug Is Creating a ‘Withdrawal Crisis’ in Philadelphia www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/h...
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A Powerful New Drug Is Creating a ‘Withdrawal Crisis’ in Philadelphia
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Corporate Media is going to pretend that Trump is heartbroken about the two West Virginian National Guardsmen being shot in DC, but the entire point of moving a standing army into a peaceful city was to induce violence by The People to justify more violence by Trump on The People in retaliation.
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