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Just here for the news... (& the editorial cartoons...). Volunteer for Field Team 6, VoteRiders, other voting rights & education groups. Hoping/working to see democracy restored/repaired within my lifetime. Block followers who are here to peddle wares

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brpubs.bsky.social ❌👑 @brpubs.bsky.social · 2h
Government by people with the maturity of poorly socialized four-year-olds and the morality of cockroaches.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Atrazine, banned in 60 countries, polluting rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health
theguardian.com
Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds
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brpubs.bsky.social ❌👑 @brpubs.bsky.social · 6h
No, Trump doesn't deserve credit for the drop in violent crime. Biden—and the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022—appear to have made the difference...funds which Trump is cutting, so we can now expect to see crime increase again.
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Ambassador (ret.) Janet Sanderson @jastucaz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The State Department’s job was never really about diplomats. It was about you – markets that stay open, wars that get prevented, diseases contained before they reach us, Americans overseas who get help in trouble.” Important piece by my colleague Marc Ostfield @thesteadystate.org #holdfast
steadystate1.substack.com
We Built It for 80 Years. We’re Dismantling It in Months.
Diplomatic power took generations to build. The damage being done now could take generations to repair.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 20h
I know this will shock everyone but Eric Schmitt is still wrong — there were *six* NBA games that night, not one. Hawks/Hawkeyes confusion remains the likely explanation. www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/?m...
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Schmitt: We had information Jack Smith was at a basketball game. There was only one NBA game that night which is why I asked him if he was in Atlanta.
That's what these hearings are for. You ask questions, you get answers. Smith has perjured himself before, but... maybe he's a Caitlin Clark fan. We'll accept that.x.com/Acyn/status/21...
BREAKING NEWS
GOR SENATOR'S PERJURY CLAIM AGAINST SMITH FAILS IN HAWKS-HAWKEYES MOUP
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ROPIC CEO DARIO AMODEL, WHO MET PRITELY WITH TRUMP.F
8:23 PM • 9/29/26 • 23K Views
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nothing to see here. Just an orchestrated media campaign built around Sen Schmitt's perjury ploy at the Jack Smith hearing today. It began with the Axios 'he could be VP' piece posted this AM & includes this surely pre-planned spot on the Kirk show with the failed attack sandwiched in the middle.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/09/2026
Donald Trump’s rush to deport as many immigrants as possible is creating a new family-separation crisis, @caitlindickerson.bsky.social writes. She reports on the babies left behind in America:
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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brpubs.bsky.social ❌👑 @brpubs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every person who attends this summit, and certainly everyone involved in planning it, should be blasted on social media for countenancing rape.
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brpubs.bsky.social ❌👑 @brpubs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Arizonans: If you're not registered, do it now!! Deadline is a week from today. In-person absentee voting starts next Wednesday! Vote like your life depends on it... because it does!! It's NEVER been more important to make your voice heard. And BlueVoterGuide.org can help guide your choices. VOTE!!!
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brpubs.bsky.social ❌👑 @brpubs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Now that they’re offering me a $36/year subscription, when I was once happy to pay $160, I was actually weighing resubscribing. I guess not.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“To the victor goes the spoils” Corruption brought down Orban, maybe it will work here? @anntelnaes.bsky.social
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Russia has launched more than 2,100 missiles, including 950 ballistic missiles, and 63,000 attack drones at Ukraine in 2026, From January through August, the UN recorded 15,280 civilian casualties in Ukraine—55% more than the same period last year.
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Russia has fired 2,100 missiles (950 of them ballistic) and 63,000 attack drones at Ukraine this year
At the UN General Assembly on 23 September 2026, Zelensky said Russia had used more than 2,100 missiles (950 of them ballistic) and 63,000 attack drones against Ukraine this year.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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brpubs.bsky.social ❌👑 @brpubs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mississippi: In-person absentee voting has already started!! GO VOTE!! It's NEVER been more important to make your voice heard. BlueVoterGuide.org can help guide your choices.
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brpubs.bsky.social ❌👑 @brpubs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Michigan: It's time to vote!!!! Check the dates below to decide when you want to vote, and check BlueVoterGuide.org to be sure who you want to vote for!!! It's NEVER been more important to make your voice heard.
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brpubs.bsky.social ❌👑 @brpubs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Vote as if your health depends on it... because it does. BlueVoterGuide.org can help you determine which candidates will prioritize Americans' health, so that you can prioritize voting for them!!
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every. F*cking. Time. The. Same. Story. Make a big fraud claim that doesn't hold up on inspection. The goal is to create doubt, not provide truth www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
nytimes.com
From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Michael Whatley and his family hold up to $690,000 in stock with companies connected to North Carolina data centers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
NEW: Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped publishing the narratives.
propublica.org
The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move
Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped pu...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/09/2026
Paxton won’t agree to debate Talarico, and we all know why. He doesn’t want to answer these questions: “Why did you give an Epstein-style sweetheart deal to an admitted child predator? Why were you impeached… by your own party? Why do you own 15 homes on a government salary?” James Talarico
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
nytimes.com
8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says (Gift Article)
The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
These allegations are a bombshell: the FBI informant claims Collins was in a pay-to-play scheme where donors to her Super-PAC were rewarded with government contracts. Trump stopped the investigation when he came into his office second term. As Collins would say, "concerning"
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/09/2026
As Trump administration officials are attempting to deport 1 million people a year, ICE is erasing immigrants with deportation orders from an online database, leaving families and lawyers in the dark as they try to find out where someone has been taken. wapo.st/3VogfME
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 23/09/2026
Trump decision to extend the National Guard's deployment in DC until January 2029 will cost taxpayers roughly $1.4 BILLION. This is a blatant misuse of the military and a startling escalation of federal overreach. We sued 12 federal agencies for answers.
citizensforethics.org
CREW sues for DC takeover records - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CREW is suing twelve federal agencies for failing to produce records about President Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C.
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Dawn Ocean Harmony🎶🌴☀️♿️🐕‍🦺🦮👩‍🦽🚶🏻‍♂️ @dawnoceanharmony.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Last week, images of metal cages for single prisoners at the Everglades concentration camp known as Alligator Alcatraz made the rounds …from Amnesty International & elsewhere, that “the box” was not a glorified time-out room, but a site of torture & abuse‼️ degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/there-is-a...
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
There is always a box
And authoritarians will put everyone they can inside it.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This seems like a pretty big deal: donors made illegal contributions to Susan Collins and then were awarded lucrative contracts after her office intervened with the Navy. An FBI investigation was dropped under Trump. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
To skirt campaign finance laws and conceal the source of the funds, Navatek planned to funnel the donation through a shell company. The CEO wanted assurance that Collins would know where
the money came from. Reed confirmed that she would, the executive said - and that Navatek would get its government contracts.
After the Corner Bakery meeting, Navatek's CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts, according to an internal company email reviewed by ProPublica.
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brpubs.bsky.social ❌👑 @brpubs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Alabama: If you haven't voted already, GO VOTE!!! BlueVoterGuide.org can help guide your choices. It's NEVER been more important to make your voice heard.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
The outright refusal to treat white supremacy as an ideology which motivates action and treat it as generally objectionable is what allows this strategy to be viable for Elon Musk.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I don’t know, this just doesn’t sound like the Republican propaganda that they are fiscal conservatives, does it?
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/09/2026
ICE is erasing immigrants with final deportation orders from a searchable online database, leaving families and attorneys in the dark. “It is truly a forced disappearance,” said Atenas Burrola Estrada of the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights.
washingtonpost.com
Immigrants with final deportation orders disappear from ICE detainee locator
The change will make it harder for many families and attorneys to determine where an immigrant is being held after being taken into ICE custody.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
That means the transfer could move forward while the larger lawsuit continues. Transferring these protected public lands to SpaceX will further fragment critical wildlife habitat and threaten species including ocelots, shorebirds, and northern aplomado falcons.
law.justia.com
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY et al v. NESVIK et al, 1:2026cv02053 - Document 35 (D.D.C. 2026)
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY et al v. NESVIK et al, 1:2026cv02053 - Document 35 (D.D.C. 2026) case opinion from the District of Columbia U.S. Federal District Court
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 21/09/2026
More grotesque shenanigans involving Vought, Trump’s OMB director and a key Project 2025 architect . The admin reportedly wants a board including Vought to veto NIH grants that don’t align with Trump’s agenda. That’s a terrible way to fund science.
theguardian.com
Trump reportedly to form health funding board that could veto ‘woke’ initiatives
President’s latest order expected to bring NIH funding under control of Trump administration to align with agenda
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/09/2026
Saturday, Newsom signed 13 bills designed to keep Trump and anyone else from screwing with California’s elections. 🗳️ Seize ballots or machines - Felony 🗳️Interfere w/mail ballots - Felony 🗳️Use law enforcement to disrupt polls - New restrictions 🗳️Target election records - The state gets notified
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Not really the point, but I'd suggest that if you own 20 "family farms," they probably aren't "family farms."
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South Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 20/09/2026
A secret report shows which Florida insurers claimed losses as affiliates made billions. The state Senate demanded the Orlando Sentinel and Sun Sentinel destroy the report or face legal action.
sun-sentinel.com
How Florida fights to hide insurers’ finances
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brpubs.bsky.social ❌👑 @brpubs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Minnesota: it's time to vote!! In-person/absentee voting is already open, and BlueVoterGuide.org can help you be confident of your choices. Go vote: it's NEVER been more important!!!
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 19/09/2026
For decades people have used the phrase “dick measuring contest” metaphorically. I never thought we'd have an administraton which would take it literally.
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brpubs.bsky.social ❌👑 @brpubs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Continuing the regime’s efforts to destroy everything beautiful that belongs to the American public…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It just never ends.
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brpubs.bsky.social ❌👑 @brpubs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Better idea: don’t build/trash anything else, and spend the money on things people actually need and want. Like food and healthcare…
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
theatlantic.com
What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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Flingjore @flingjore.com · 19/09/2026
CBP pushes deeper into the Texas wilderness to fulfill a key Trump campaign promise. Cranes are now hoisting 30-foot steel panels across the rugged Big Bend region, marking the first major structural installation in a remote area fiercely defended by local landowners and environmentalists.
apnews.com
Trump administration begins building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region
The Trump administration has started building the border wall through a west Texas section of the Big Bend region, marking the first major construction in an area of the U.S.-Mexico border where the administration’s plans have met with heavy opposition.
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Did you know ICE is detaining 12 Somalis at Guantanamo Bay? One of them has two traffic tickets. The worst of the worst. Take a look at Substack: open.substack.com/pub/thefrank...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm in love.
youtube.com
2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
usually men are not this obsessed with the state of other men’s cranks unless they’re in movies with names like Captain Americock
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
KNOXVILLE: “Their pregnancy excitement turned into their worst nightmare… Tennessee (Republicans’) law, enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, complicated an already heartbreaking pregnancy.” “We were forced to travel to save Amanda’s life” www.wbir.com/article/news...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Heads up: The Russian government has been targeting Americans with covert online disinformation operations seeking to undermine public confidence the midterms — using a familiar playbook in an attempt to inject chaos into the voting season, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
nytimes.com
Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds
The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/09/2026
Men deported from US bound and beaten in Equatorial Guinea detention hotel, lawyers say
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Men deported from US bound and beaten in Equatorial Guinea detention hotel, lawyers say
Group trapped at Hotel Bamy after US removal as rights groups sound alarm over poor conditions and violence
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