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Hopeful person. Strongly believe government should help everyone toward the Common Good.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h
Breaking: WNBA credits Caitlin Clark with Assist of the Year.
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 5h
If you're having trouble visualizing 57 men ignored an attack on another human, this might help. 57 people is 11 basketball teams + 2 5 football teams + 2 A school bus full of children Four 12-person felony juries, plus nine people. That's how many men failed to help this poor woman. #Cornell7
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 2h
A federal judge ORDERED the Trump admin to privately show him the memo purporting to justify boat strikes that have killed 234 people in the Caribbean and Pacific. Judge Engelmayer rejected several rationales for withholding the memo from the public and will determine whether to release it.
The Court directs defendants to file the declaration(s), and to arrange for the Memo to be available for in camera review, within two weeks of this decision. See ACLU II, 2016 WL 889739, at *6 (ordering Government, within five days, to produce document at issue and “advise the court who has received [it] (including persons who received it from its original recipients) and for what purpose”); Elec. Frontier Found. v. U.S. Dep’t of Just., 826 F. Supp. 2d 157, 172 (D.D.C. 2011) (directing agency to “provide further explanation regarding whether it shared with non-Executive Branch entities the responsive documents that it withheld from the plaintiff”). Defendants are authorized to make appropriate redactions in the declaration as publicly filed, while filing the unredacted declaration under seal. Upon review of these materials, the Court will determine whether to commission supplemental briefing.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h
NEW: California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But that’s not what happened.
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Ever since we’ve posted the secondary coverage as well as the editorial, there’s been an absolute outpour of similar stories hitting my inbox and the sexual-misconduct tip line.”
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Scout @bsbduck.bsky.social · 1h
These AI business owners are shipping unsafe products. Why are they not held accountable?
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 3h
One word makes this argument fall flat on its face: “Why?” Why God? Why your God? Why does God exist? Why does God need no creator, but the universe does? Calling the mystery “God” isn’t an explanation. It’s giving the mystery a name and pretending you solved it.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3h
But also this heroine: "Cereese Qusba, 22, a senior and reporter for The Sun, couldn’t shake her concerned curiosity about the case. This month...Ms. Qusba was ready to hit publish on her investigation, which was 23 months in the making."
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Since PTSD is being invoked to excuse any and all abuse and misconduct, let us acknowledge where it is most common. .... From my book Recollections of My Nonexistence.
The former Marine David J. Morris, author of a book on ­ post-
­ traumatic stress disorder, notes that the disorder is far more com-
mon and far more rarely addressed among rape survivors than
combat veterans. He wrote me, “The science on the subject is pretty
clear: according to the New England Journal of Medicine, rape is about
four times more likely to result in diagnosable PTSD than combat.
Think about that for a ­ moment— being raped is four times more psy-
chologically disturbing than going off to a war and being shot at and
blown up. And because there are currently no enduring cultural nar-
ratives that allow women to look upon their survival as somehow he-
roic or honorable, the potential for enduring damage is even greater.”
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h
Hahahahahahahaha this ad is awesome
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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KAMALA NATION @kamalanation.bsky.social · 16h
Caitlin Clark for the assist and Amy Klobuchar for the slam dunk on Schmitt!
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 7h
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 5h
Pathetic…..
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 15h
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 8h
People saying Schmidt “destroyed his career” seem to think the modern GOP base is put off by lies, stupidity and incompetency.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Ann @lifeinthepnw.bsky.social · 7h
Dear Eric Schmitt: Other places where Jack Smith was not on February 3 — Skateboarding with Tony Hawk Watching a Howard Hawks film Visiting Ethan Hawke Jamming with Hamish Hawk At a Seattle Seahawks game At a Chicago Blackhawks game Birdwatching Cooper’s hawks …but now he’s watching you like a hawk
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 10h
Go For It Ladies.......
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Jess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social · 6h
Pez Add @admirablewomen.bsky.social 👠 @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social @morgfair.bsky.social @harttandsoul.bsky.social @sheilaharris.bsky.social @tizzywoman.bsky.social @roray1010.bsky.social @fireeyebooks.bsky.social @j1j2.bsky.social @mlipsitt.bsky.social @jaybird54.bsky.social @lyndapole.bsky.social
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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 19h
They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h
I hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career.
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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 17h
If there were no gerrymandering in America, I think Democrats would pick up 100 House seats in November. That’s how baked in Republican failure is at this point. They have NOTHING but lies to run on.
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h
I hope Michiganders elect Abdul El-Sayed to the Senate. He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States. robertreich.substack.com/p/senator-…
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Senator Abdul El-Sayed
He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17h
“Local newspapers are dying, and I don’t think we’re prepared for a world without them…” tulsaflyer.org/2026/09/29/c...
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Battle in McCurtain County at the center of new Peacock documentary
McCurtain County Sheriff’s officials wanted a family-run newspaper dead — literally. A new Peacock documentary explores the years-long battle and what it means for press freedoms.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16h
The jackals are out, as they usually are for a woman who speaks up in a way that challenges patriarchy. (And a lot of why victims don't come forward or withdraw--as a Weinstein victim did--is because the misogynist public and legal system launch their own punitive assaults.)
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16h
Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. (Published May)
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16h
Time for this classic again.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 16h
“Donald Trump and MAGA sold the American people a false bill of goods.” Voters have made it clear that they want Congress to address the high cost of living. Instead, the GOP held a sham hearing trying to trap Jack Smith. “I think the American people can see through it,” says Rep. Joe Neguse.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 23h
How is it possible that we’re still here twelve years later
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Scout @bsbduck.bsky.social · 20h
Good ad!!!
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 22h
NEW AD: Today on House Hunters, Ken Paxton is shopping for a new house. Will he buy the three-story luxury lodge in Oklahoma? The condos at a wellness resort in Utah? The ocean-view property in Hawaii? (Spoiler alert: He won’t take one — he’ll take 15.)
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22h
I got one of those. Do not get into their greedy maw. Just sorting out my Anthropic settlement stuff now. (It's complicated, at least if you're me.)
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Jason Meisner @jmetr22b.bsky.social · 22h
Lawyers for the "Broadview Six" have submitted Sheri Mecklenburg's resignation letter to Judge Perry in advance of Thursday's hearing, saying it contains "additional facts that directly and materially implicate" issues pending before the court. 👇
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Home of the Brave is proud to join @votevets.org and The Cultural Landscape Foundation in the effort to educate Americans about the controversy surrounding Trump's proposed 250-ft arch at Memorial Circle and give a voice to the veterans, Gold Star families, historians, and others opposed to it.
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 22h
Reports from Cornell, LSU, and United Airlines demonstrate a crisis of misogyny in this country. Universities protect the star athlete. Fraternities protect their own. Corporations protect their bottom line. Women and girls deserve accountability.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 22h
On the papal plane Monday, Pope Leo XIV said the mix of far-right politics “with a certain kind of religion” is “not an authentic expression of Christianity.” The values of the Gospel, he said, “are not about hatred and division.”
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“It Is Not True That Those Who Seek Revenge Are Stronger” — Pope Leo XIV Ends His France Journey in Metz
Hours after preaching against revenge, the first American pope pushed back on Nvidia’s chief over AI regulation and called Germany’s far-right religion “not an authentic expression of Christianity.”
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22h
Even America.gov agrees: Donald Trump drove up your gas prices.
In one Word, did Donald Trump's war in Iran drive up gas and diesel prices for Americans?

America.gov: yes
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h
Peter Navarro launches incendiary attack against Canada and Canadians, accusing them of "election interference" for daring to talk about the trade war Trump is waging against them. This man is a psychopath. And he has an office in the West Wing.
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Navarro warns Canada against election interference
Trump's trade adviser also told Canadians lobbying on K Street to "get the hell out of our country" during an event in Washington on Tuesday morning.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h
Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims
Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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Amos Toh @amostoh.bsky.social · 23h
@nytimes.com found that OpenAI executives pressured employees to fast-track model testing despite safety concerns. All the more reason for Congress to investigate how decisions to prioritize speed over safety contributed to the hacking incidents. Here's how 👇 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models
Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21h
“This is about stepping up where the federal government has failed.” On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law banning law enforcement officers in the state from using electrical shock gloves.
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California bans ICE's favorite shock gloves
A DHS spokesperson has said that the agency "will not abide" by any state ban.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21h
“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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David Frank DeLuca @davidfrankdeluca.bsky.social · 21h
I called Sen. Eric Schmitt's office and asked the staffer who answered if the senator was a war hawk or a chicken hawk, or both. I told her I would hold until she got an answer from the senator. I encourage you to do it too. Here's his number in Washington DC: (202) 224-5721.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21h
No one is contesting whether third-country removals are *ever* permitted; the litigation is over whether individuals are entitled to notice & an opportunity to prove that they face torture or other mistreatment in that country before they can be removed. Good luck figuring that out from the tweet.
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