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Carol Hoernlein

@carolhoernlein.bsky.social
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Storm water engineer, former food process engineer, founder of food website MSGTruth.org, NJ political blogger, opinion writer, vocalist, documentary narrator, and fan of gluten free baking.

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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 4h
It’s been a decade-plus of this and we’re still marveling at it like a new problem.
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Russia Is Using an Army of Bots to Push Fake US Election Videos
State-backed Matryoshka campaign targeting Democrats inflates view counts of fabricated stories, creating illusion of popularity.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Hong Kong researchers developed an experimental nasal spray that reduced the area of ​​cerebral infarction by more than 80% in animals. It still requires toxicity studies and clinical trials in humans.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h
Career staff at the CFTC were investigating suspiciously timed trades surrounding Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would not bomb Iranian power plants. Then a senior adviser to Trump’s CFTC commissioner told them to back off. Could this administration get any more corrupt?
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CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades
Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3h
Trump is reportedly trying to strip Ilhan Omar of her citizenship over alleged fraud by her father. @weissmann.substack.com tells @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social why the targeting reeks of political retaliation. “It would only be happening because she is who she is, meaning a target of Donald Trump.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: DOJ’s demand that California prevent an unverified list of alleged noncitizens from voting or face legal action “appears to be a plausible threat that DOJ will attempt to engage in warrant-based ballot seizure,” the DNC said in a new court filing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ’s California demand threatens ‘warrant-based ballot seizure,’ Democrats’ court filing warns
DOJ's new demand that California prevent an unverified federal list of alleged noncitizens from voting or face legal action “appears to be a plausible threat that DOJ will attempt to engage in warrant...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21h
NEW on “Paper Trail”: A defense contractor CEO told the FBI that he had bribed politicians — and that Susan Collins was his most important patron. Then Trump shut down an elite FBI anti-corruption unit. So we took it upon ourselves to investigate.
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Podcast: Susan Collins and the Case of the Disappearing FBI Probe
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 18h
Just because the World Cup is over, doesn’t mean soccer season has to end.  We’re hosting the second annual Cost of Living Classic tournament on Sunday, October 25th at Maimonides Park in Coney Island. Sign up to play at organize.nyc.gov/COLC.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7h
ICE’s own confiscation directive only permits officers to keep belongings for a clearly defined reason. But a new lawsuit alleges the agency is refusing to return personal items like employment authorization documents, phones, and a wedding ring.
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ICE sued for refusing to return detainees' papers and property
One plaintiff is jobless after his work authorization was taken. The agency also won't return his wedding ring.
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NPR @npr.org · 20h
Congress and a federal agency are threatening to weaken the country's historic preservation law, fueling a backlash that critics say is as fiery as the one that led to the law's creation 60 years ago. n.pr/3WsNyP3
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America's historic preservation law is in peril, advocates say. Here's what's at stake
Congress and a federal agency are threatening to weaken the country's historic preservation law, fueling a backlash that critics say is as fiery as the one that led to the law's creation 60 years ago.
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NPR @npr.org · 15/10/2026
The Trump administration provided few details about its process for canceling hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act enrollments — even as the next stage of the anti-fraud effort is underway. n.pr/4imV4DH
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After booting 760K off ACA health plans, the Trump administration adds some people back
The Trump administration provided few details about its process for canceling hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act enrollments — even as the next stage of the anti-fraud effort is underway.
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Gabby Giffords @gabbygiffords.bsky.social · 13h
Three little kids and a teacher were shot and killed at their school today in Bend, Oregon. Two more were injured. Our hearts are broken and we’re angry. It’s disgraceful that extremists keep blocking critical, lifesaving laws while kids die in their classrooms. America can do better. It must.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19h
Last year, Trump and 98% of elected GOP enacted the biggest Medicaid cuts in history, bigger even than Reagan's Medicaid cuts. By 2034, 7.5 million people will lose their Medicaid because of the cuts. Clinics are already closing and hospitals are already cutting services, citing OBBBA as a reason.
medicaid cuts from obbba grow to 16% by 2034
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
www.michiganmedicine.org/news-release...
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Histotripsy research center launches to advance sound-wave-based cancer treatment
Expanding use of a non-invasive, ultrasound-based cancer treatment is the ultimate goal of the new University of Michigan Histotripsy Center, a first-of-its-kind facility launched Sept. 10.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17h
This year alone, New Yorkers have reported more than 188,000 incidents of domestic violence. That's 780 incidents every day. Countless others go unreported. If you or someone you love needs help, call 1-800-621-HOPE or visit on.nyc.gov/hotlinechat.
New Yorker sitting around tables raise their hands. The tablecloths are purple and balloons behind them are also purple. Mayor Mamdani speaks at a podium labeled “NYC Go Purple Day.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14h
NEW: The order to throttle Starlink (Starshield) came from the White House to the Pentagon. I still think Elon was involved, though. He’s currently a Pentagon employee as well www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
James Talarico: I was raised by my granddad, a Baptist preacher, to follow the two commandments Jesus gave us: to love God and to love neighbor. There’s no exception to that second commandment. I’m called to love all of my neighbors, not just my Presbyterian or Christian neighbors.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/10/2026
WOW: A federal judge ERUPTED at Trump administration lawyers after hundreds of trees were chopped down for Trump's DC golf course project despite repeated warnings to provide advance notice. Our Scott MacFarlane was inside the courtroom for the extraordinary showdown.
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Trump Admin's Golf Course Scheme Sparks Explosive Courtroom Showdown
“You did your absolute worst!” A federal judge accused the Trump regime of destroying its credibility after hundreds of trees were cut down at a D.C. golf course, triggering an extraordinary courtroom...
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Carol Hoernlein @carolhoernlein.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Life of Brian on TCM right now. Hilarious if you went to 12 yrs of Catholic school. Especially if your Latin teacher also scared you to death in high school. 😆
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I get why people are viewing this as a Culture War thing, but I think it's best to view it as a trial balloon. If they get permission from SCOTUS to deport a US citizen who is a sitting member of Congress, they'll be able to deport any adversary or critic for any reason. And they absolutely will.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This is illegal and (a) it’s not even close to defensible and (b) shouldn’t be tolerated.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/10/2026
The EPA met with oil and gas industry representatives at least three dozen times during Trump’s first year of his second term to discuss methane regulations.
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The EPA is about to hand oil and gas companies a huge methane-related gift
Rolling back regulations will give industry players “exactly what they’ve long wanted.”
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John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Six days after ICE shot him in the Bronx, Oscar Belgal remains in MDC Brooklyn, and still hasn’t gotten surgery to remove the bullet in his neck. “He has experienced a loss of sensation in half of his face, as well as hearing loss in his left ear.” Gift link: www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/14/l...
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ICE never identified themselves during NYC shooting of Oscar Belgal, who still has bullet in neck: lawyers
The Legal Aid Society, which now represents the 28-year-old father, filed a habeas corpus petition in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday, seeking his “immediate release on reasonable conditions.”
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Instead of allowing harrassment of Rep. Omar, impeach Todd Blanche
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 14/10/2026
BREAKING: We just sued Jared Kushner for unlawfully acting as one of the country's top diplomats without undergoing Senate confirmation or filing financial disclosures. It’s abundantly clear that he should be blocked from performing this outsized role: www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action...
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Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Stripping a sitting congressperson of the opposite party of their citizenship and deporting them isn’t something a country comes back from.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump has backed out of a scheduled deposition for his defamation case against the BBC, which is trying to compel Trump to sit for a court-ordered interview. www.washingtonsun.com/legal/trump-...
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The BBC Says Trump Backed Out of a Deposition for His Defamation Case
The president sued the British broadcaster in December over its documentary about the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 15/10/2026
During the 2000s, the company won multiple Pentagon contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to support operations in Iraq, where it was put in charge of coordinating other private contractors. Less than a year after his marriage, Rogers was named chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 15/10/2026
Former US Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate candidate in Michigan, saw his personal wealth soar after he was named chair of the House Intelligence Committee in 2011, thanks in large part to his marriage to the CEO of a powerful military contracting firm.
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Mike Rogers’s Wealth Soared as His Wife’s Firm Won Billion-Dollar Contracts
Despite concerns about conflicts of interest, Rogers was named chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
WSJ: 'The Trump administration’s investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar is aimed at building a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and other people familiar with the probe'
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Ilhan Omar Investigation Aims to Build Case for Stripping Her Citizenship
Authorities have subpoenaed members of the Democratic congresswoman’s family as part of a broader look at their immigration paperwork.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
However, Elon Musk was recently given the role of special adviser to the Department Of Defence, under Pete Hegseth less than three weeks from Trump's complete betrayal of Ukraine; was spotted spreading Russian propaganda to oust President Zelenskyy as well, prior to the disruption.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/10/2026
Musk throws Trump under the bus
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Hear me out. Bidenomics was working and we should go back to that.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
People are claiming that Elon Musk messed with Starlink in Ukraine because Trump asked him. I think a more likely reason is that Ukraine damaging Russian data centers embarrassed Elon by showing how many of his Twitter followers are nonexistent and how much traffic on Twitter is driven by bots.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
If the investigation is out of MN it means it is run by the very same HSI agents who have been lying over and over to judges. If they got a warrant in DC anyway, it's all the more problematic.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
BUTTIGIEG: Inflation today is higher than it was on day one. They have done the exact opposite of what they promised MacCALLUM: Well, it was 9% in the Biden administration BUTTIGIEG: It was 3% on day one of this administration. Now it's higher under Trump
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🦋✿¸¸.•*´`✿ Katie ✿¸¸.•*´`✿🦋 @1forest1.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Republican Tries to Get Journalist Arrested After Disastrous Debate
Representative Andy Harris was furious after the crowd laughed at him in the debate.
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James Caffrey @jamesowencaffrey.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Maryland Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 10-401(13)(i) defines an oral communication as: "Any conversation or words spoken to or by any person in private conversation.” The operative word here is private. Just like the karenservatives to try and have someone arrested for a crime they didn't commit
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 14/10/2026
Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🚜👩‍🌾 Spotted in Iowa, but makes just as much sense in Tennessee 15 years of one-party Republican control has made the rich even richer, but screwed over everyone else. Rotate the crops!
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Carol Hoernlein @carolhoernlein.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
That guy wants to write laws??
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14/10/2026
Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is officially a U.S. citizen.
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Joni Mitchell becomes an American citizen after more than 60 years
Mitchell, 82, was born and raised in Canada before moving to the U.S. with her then-husband in the 1960s.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
ESPN producer Nicole Noren quits over sports broadcasting's increasingly predatory promotion of gambling: “I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.”
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Nicole Noren: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.”
Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: MIT engineers develop a breath test that detects pneumonia in minutes no X-rays, no lab wait. Just a single breath Two MIT engineers, Loza Tadesse and Aditya Garg, have developed a breath test that can detect pneumonia in minutes.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Shame on companies that partner with Elon Musk’s Starlink.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It’s hard to think of a better definition of a traitor to the West than someone who deliberately sabotages a European democracy’s military operation against a barbaric Russian invasion.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
elon musk sabotaged a Ukrainian military operation to help putin.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/10/2026
The raid on Ilhan Omar’s house is dangerous political theater | Moira Donegan
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The raid on Ilhan Omar’s house is dangerous political theater | Moira Donegan
The raid is meant to cast an air of suspicion and criminality over Democratic candidates who, like Omar, are facing the voters in a matter of weeks
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
this is so obviously correct it is deeply bizarre and corrosive how many people who should know better are unwilling to simply say it
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