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🏳️‍🌈Love is much greater than hate. Advocate for human rights. Stay alert to changing conditions. Think freely and choose wisely. ✈️US Air Force Veteran. Dogs and cats lover.

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NPR @npr.org · 10/07/2025
Flash floods can start suddenly and become dangerous quickly. But there are steps you can take to protect yourself, both in the moment and well in advance.
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What should you do in a flash flood? Expert safety tips for before, during and after
Flash floods can start suddenly and become dangerous quickly. But there are steps you can take to protect yourself, both in the moment and well in advance.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Today proves that Republicans were serious about one promise: to cut taxes for the wealthy. All the rest was bullshit.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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NPR @npr.org · 30/06/2025
Andrew Roth survived the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Jack Moran helped liberate the camp while serving in the U.S. Army. Decades after liberation, the two met and shared their stories. n.pr/3ZUKlXC
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80 years later, a Holocaust survivor meets an American soldier who helped free him
Andrew Roth survived the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald. Jack Moran helped liberate the camp while serving in the U.S. Army. Decades after liberation, the two met and shared their stories.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
This bill would kick millions off their health insurance, and thousands will even lose their lives - unless we stop it in its tracks. Some Republicans are breaking ranks, showing it's not too late. Time to speak up!
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 03/05/2025
This May 22 dinner is a high crime and misdemeanor. A president of the United States can’t use the office to enrich himself in this way, from potentially anonymous donors for whom he might do favors. This is as textbook as corruption gets.
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Trump Just Did the Most Corrupt Thing Any President Has Ever Done
He’s using the White House to get rich from anonymous investors—and it’s hardly even a news story.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
May Day is a day where we celebrate workers. On this day, we mobilize with unions and grassroots organizations accords the country: We stand with Immigrants, we stand with workers. We stand united. #50501movement #mayday #maydaystrong
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
So, which is it? If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained. And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Bright Star ✨💙 @brightstar33.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Thousands protest against Trump at Colorado Capitol on Presidents Day coloradonewsline.com/briefs/thous...
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Thousands protest against Trump at Colorado Capitol on Presidents Day • Colorado Newsline
Nearly 3,000 people spent their Presidents Day holiday at the Colorado Capitol protesting the administration of President Donald Trump.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 04/02/2025
Republicans, who control both chambers of Congress and previously railed against executive overreach by Democratic presidents, have sat on the sidelines as Trump carries out controversial — and sometimes legally questionable — executive actions and orders.
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Republicans take a back seat as Trump steamrolls Congress with flurry of unilateral moves
Trump is moving at breakneck speed to disrupt and reshape the federal government, challenging oversight powers reserved for lawmakers.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
What the hell just happened w/ tariffs? Trump put Mexico tariffs on hold after Sheinbaum promised to send 10K troops to crack down on fentanyl; FYI Mexican military has >400K members. Realistically, I think the bully backed down when his target wouldn’t roll over. Let’s see what happens w/ Canada.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/02/2025
The Musk-rats think all public sector jobs are “low-productivity.” Tell that to the air traffic controllers who keep a whole industry flying. Tell that to USDA inspectors who keep our food safe. Tell that to crime-fighting police and prosecutors.
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Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency
Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources ...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/02/2025
The creepy billionaires at the inauguration live on data, and Trump’s Musk-rats just got access to huge federal data sets. Watch out for the Great Thievery to go after your data. In a battle between your privacy and their profit, who likely wins?
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
What this story doesn’t mention is how @marisakabas.bsky.social also organized a huge coalition of Substack users to take our newsletters to new platforms, including me — she’s a respected leader of a whole new crop of truly independent journalists!
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/02/2025
NEW: Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
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The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
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John Dettling @johndettling.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
This is spectacular writing. I've been wondering when someone would do this right. Could also read like a US State Department dispatch about a failing democratic ally.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
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Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 01/02/2025
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
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Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
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Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 02/02/2025
Musk's cronies tried to to gain access to classified USAID data. USAID Director of Security John Voorhees security said no. The Musk people threatened to call in the US Marshals and take the data at gunpoint. They still said no. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
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Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 01/02/2025
Fear, anger and confusion have overwhelmed government workers as they grapple with a deluge of orders from President Trump that they see as an effort to “scare” them out of their jobs. nbcnews.to/40GQE0q
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 30/01/2025
RFK Jr.'s statements at Wednesday's confirmation hearing bore little resemblance to the years of documented stances he took on vaccines. The dissonance did little to blunt the excitement in the anti-vaccine movement.
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RFK Jr. tries (again) to distance himself from the anti-vaccine movement
Kennedy's statements at his confirmation hearing bore little resemblance to the years of documented stances he took on vaccines. The dissonance did little to blunt the excitement in the anti-vaccine m...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 29/01/2025
RFK Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, stumbled multiple times during his first Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday when lawmakers pressed him about potential changes to Medicaid.
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RFK Jr. stumbles on Medicaid at Senate confirmation hearing
Kennedy faced difficult questions about the program from a key Republican on the Finance Committee.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/01/2025
Victims of deadly Hawaii wildfire agree deal over how to split $4bn payout
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Victims of deadly Hawaii wildfire agree deal over how to split $4bn payout
Lawyers avert trial after reaching agreement on how money should be disbursed, two years after devastating fire A last-minute deal reached between lawyers representing victims of a deadly Hawaii wildfire has averted the need for a trial to determine how…
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 23/01/2025
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, has died at age 104.
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has died
Known as “Lefty,” Leftenant-Colon was one of six siblings who served in the military, including a brother who was a famed Tuskegee Airmen pilot.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/01/2025
“I had a feeling that there were people watching what was happening and wondering, Was anyone going to say anything?” Bishop Mariann Budde explained. “Was anyone going to say anything about the turn the country’s taking?” So, she took a breath, and spoke.
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The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?’
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The story the media tried to ignore on Inauguration Day is that Trump's rapid mental decline was on full display -- from rambling, slurred digressions about wall building materials to paranoid conspiracy and revenge fantasies And there's 4 years to go. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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Four years? Trump struggles through the first hour. | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, the 1966 film classic that’s a mood for 2025.
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NPR @npr.org · 26/12/2024
The sanctuary in Washington state said it was working with officials to determine the cause of the outbreak, which has killed over half of its cats in recent weeks.
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Bird flu has killed 20 big cats including cougars at a U.S. wildlife sanctuary
The sanctuary in Washington state said it was working with officials to determine the cause of the outbreak, which has killed over half of its cats in recent weeks.
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Robert Hove @roberthove.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Congratulations to Mike Johnson for trying to pressure the House Ethics Committee into burying a report that found the then-nominee for attorney general had engaged in sexual activity with a minor. Party of Family Values, am I right?
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Woke Nora @realnorac.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
He had a #Trump labeled Hotel in Panama City that he was using to #launder Russian & other Mob's money. Panama finally got tired of his crap & raided the place, kicking him out. He lost a LOT of money when they stopped his scam. www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
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Narco-a-lago: Money Laundering at the Trump Ocean Club, Panama | Global Witness
We investigate how profits from Colombian cartels’ narcotics trafficking were laundered through a development that bore Donald Trump’s name
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 21/12/2024
Homemade caramel popcorn.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 19/12/2024
Hear musicians from the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard sing and perform "Carol of the Bells." (from 2017)
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Christmas is here and these military musicians are bringing good cheer
The NewsHour continues a Christmas tradition by asking members of the U.S. military to sing and perform a holiday song. This year, musicians from the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast…
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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
We stopped extreme MAGA Republicans from shutting down the government and crashing the economy. The American people have won this round. Far right billionaires have lost. The struggle continues in the new year.
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Klosterwoman @klosterwoman.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I like seeing @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social holding the line and not playing nice.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
A good thing to keep in mind.
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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
There will be no immunity in Trump’s hush money fraud case. Do you hear that maga?…. He is a convicted felon and will always be a convicted felon. A big thank you to Judge Merchan for not ‘obeying in advance’ like turncoat ABC did.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Shout-out to the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, who’s not taking ANY crap from Trump.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
THIS is how it’s done, folks.
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𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 10/12/2024
Any Minnesotans on here?
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That Photo Guy @thatphotoguy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Good morning #Bluesky friends. I hope you all have a fantastic day. I need to get out under the stars again when time allows, I miss it.
The Milky Way over Lake Vrynwy in Wales UK.
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