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@charissla.bsky.social
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Peace and love, humans. Let's engage in respectful discussion/dialogue. Maybe, just maybe we can form an alliance and compromise that works for all of us. We need to stay engaged. That's what makes it work. If we don't, we get what we have now. NO DMs.

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NPR @npr.org · 5h
Potent sedating medications are often used on agitated people with dementia in long-term care facilities despite federal efforts to discourage them. A clash over whether to drug a Michigan woman illuminates the wrenching decisions families and guardians face. n.pr/4z9hP3K
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Drugs are widely used to sedate dementia patients. Her sons wanted to keep her off them
Potent sedating medications are often used on agitated people with dementia in long-term care facilities despite federal efforts to discourage them. A clash over whether to drug a Michigan woman illuminates the wrenching decisions families and guardians face.
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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 6h
whenever you feel like you’re too small to change anything know that citizens from small towns and cities that speak up against flock and axon cameras in their communities (and sometimes get arrested for it) are fighting and sometimes succeeding against this
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 5h
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Michael Scherer @michaelscherer.bsky.social · 7h
NEW: NEW: John Fetterman's fundraising firm, MissionWired, quit working for him in June. So he started offering right-wing groups like RedMajorities and TrumpTruth a hefty commission to raise him money. Even Sen. Mike Lee has joined the rush for cash. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Right-Wing Groups Are Making Money Off John Fetterman
After losing his Democratic fundraisers, the Pennsylvania senator found a new firm with MAGA-world ties.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 7h
Trump Is Preparing to Auto-Enroll Every Child in a Trump Account www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/t...
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Trump Is Preparing to Auto-Enroll Every Child in a Trump Account
Few Americans have set up Trump Accounts on their own.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 23h
Argentina posts $2.21 billion current account surplus for second quarter reut.rs/4yngdDt
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Argentina posts $2.21 billion current account surplus for second quarter
Argentina's ​government posted ‌a current account surplus of $2.21 ​billion for the ​second quarter of ⁠2026, ​compared to a deficit ​of $2.45 billion recorded a year ​earlier, ​official data showed ‌on ⁠Tuesday.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 23h
ICYMI: Two Navy aviators ejected from their aircraft and four other sailors were injured Monday in a mishap aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower off Virginia's coast. The Navy did not immediately identify the aircraft involved or provide details about the incident.
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2 naval aviators eject, 4 sailors injured in USS Dwight D. Eisenhower mishap
Two naval aviators ejected from their aircraft and were safely recovered after a mishap aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower off Virginia’s coast, the U.S. Navy said.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 22h
Due to retirements and primary defeats, there will be 99 new members of Congress next year. No matter how many seats change party hands, it is already a change election that can open to the door to reform.
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Democracy Constrained
The Supreme Court has helped create an electoral system in which competition is scarce, money is dominant, and voting protections are weaker.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 22h
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck northwest of Gig Harbor Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Western Washington shaken by 4.2 magnitude earthquake
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck northwest of Gig Harbor Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 23h
Yeah, what could our military leaders learn from a bunch of civilians anyway? It's not like they're supposed to be citizen-soldiers with a well-rounded education.
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Amos Toh @amostoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h
This is the book corporate America does not want you to read — which is exactly why you should pick up a copy.
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democracydefendersfund.org @democracydefendersfund.org · 22h
“As illegal as it is heartless” Thousands of families are at risk of foreclosure following HUD’s illegal policy changes & sudden cuts to housing support. We & Jacobson Lawyers Group are fighting this injustice in a new lawsuit on behalf of National Urban League & 9 other nonprofits.
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HUD Hit with Lawsuit After Withholding Tens of Millions of Dollars in Housing Grants
Democracy Defenders Fund and Jacobson Lawyers Group filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Housing and Urban Development on behalf of 10 non-profit organizations that provide housing suppor...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans cried that Trump needed money for the border and then he stole the money to pay for a millions in totally illegal, taxpayer funded campaign ads. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Court Accountability Action @courtacctability.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The usual suspects in the Roberts Court continue to rubber stamp Trump's cruel, authoritarian agenda. No legitimate process. This is politics. As a reminder, this captured Supreme Court greenlights the Trump agenda in over 80% of the cases that involve his administration.
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Supreme Court allows Trump’s ‘third country’ deportation policy
This is the second time the court has rejected lower court rulings that immigrants must be able to object before being sent to countries to which they have no previous connection.
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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"I believe that science derives its authority from something more than mastering the pipeline from data generation to publication." Replacing research w/ AI will leave science recognizable but devoid of human judgment AI Presents Science with a ‘Ship of Theseus’ Problem🧪 undark.org/2026/09/25/o...
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AI Presents Science with a ‘Ship of Theseus’ Problem
Opinion | AI can replace each part of the scientific process, leaving the enterprise recognizable but devoid of human judgment.
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Court Accountability Action @courtacctability.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Read our groundbreaking research here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis shows
Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Receptioniste @receptioniste.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Dawny B @dawnbritten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Morning fellow plebs xx
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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🌍⚠️ A UK intelligence report links climate and nature loss directly to national security. It warns that collapsing ecosystems could increase risks of food shortages, migration, conflict and economic disruption. Showing how climate change is starting to be treated as a security and resilience issue.
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Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?
Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Politico @politico.com · 28/09/2026
John Thune: Taxpayer dollars shouldn't fund Trump ads
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John Thune: Taxpayer dollars shouldn't fund Trump ads
The Senate GOP leader, however, said they have a “great message.”
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
TRUMP will meet Anthropic’s Dario Amodei for one on one dinner tonight, per person familiar and confirming Axios
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Richard Primus @richardprimus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who could have guessed that a scofflaw administration that has suffered few consequences for lawbreaking would openly break more and more laws to serve its political interests? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Johnny 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Elect a convicted felon, you get a criminal government.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Loved being at @waynelawschool.bsky.social in Detroit on Friday for the Wayne Law Review Symposium to Examine Oligarchy, Power, and the Rule of Law Knowledge is power & the more we learn, the better prepared we are for the battle!
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/09/2026
AMD to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs in $8.2 billion deal reut.rs/4xUrFVT
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AMD to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs in $8.2 billion deal
Advanced Micro Devices said on ​Monday that it had ‌entered an agreement to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs startup ​in a deal ​valued at $8.2 billion.
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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our NRA World: 3-year-old Georgia toddler shot and killed while playing with a gun with their two siblings. It happens.
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3-year-old shot, killed in middle Georgia, police say
Investigators believe the child and their two siblings, 5 and 7, “gained access” to a gun.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 28/09/2026
Just in case it wasn’t clear, when they say the U.S. Government’s paying for this, that’s YOUR taxpayer dollars they’re using. I’ll say this as many times as I need to: it is ILLEGAL to use American taxpayer dollars from the government to pay for candidates’ or parties’ political ads.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 28/09/2026
While President Donald Trump's executive order won't take effect, the U.S. Postal Service will still play a critical role in this year's elections. to.pbs.org/47kh9MW
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Postal Service leader tested by Trump's mail voting crackdown
Critics accuse Steiner of allowing political interference in the Postal Service. Despite the backlash, Steiner insists he's not political and remains committed to his role.
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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well, surprise, surprise! Justice Alito recuses himself from SCOTUS Suncor v. Boulder climate case.
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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Michiganders tell me they feel like tech is being forced on them, that it no longer feels like a tool for them but it’s using them. We’re bombarded by AI, Flock cameras, Amazon drones, and billionaires pushing for massive data centers with no public input or protections. Who is it all for?
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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In 2020, Ken Paxton stole Texas for Trump by blocking 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Harris County [Houston]. And he can do it again. The attack on mail-in ballots and drop boxes, unseen by the media, will determine the midterms nationwide. gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/how-paxton...
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How Paxton Will Steal Texas
The Senate candidate stole it for Trump, he can do it again.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
👏 🔥 👏 🔥 👏
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton National Park this week and looked at three potential locations for a baseball park within the park’s boundaries” WTF 🤬 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Your taxpayer dollars are being illegally spent to air a literal Trump 2024 campaign ad.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“This is a disease that can be eliminated through vaccination of domestic pets.” “This single case should not be of great concern because it is an infrequent occurrence in domestic pets,” Mitchell said. “However, this should be a reminder of why it’s so important to have dogs and cats vaccinated.”
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Louisiana confirms first rabies case in a dog since 2014
The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the first case of rabies in a Louisiana dog since 2014. It is the fifth rabies diagnosis in a Louisiana dog in the past 20 years.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unsurprisingly, there are almost no Russian-made components in Russia's new Geran-4 drone. While Chinese parts surprise no one, how a Texas Instruments onboard computer got there is a major question. #cdnpoli
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God @thegodshow.com · 27/09/2026
ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News are resuming their coverage of Trump without CNN. It’s bullshit.
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Damn The Networks For Caving To Donald
Picket crossing traitors.
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sylviseb 💙🌈☮️🌊💙💛Maga➡️blocked💛💙🌎🌻✌️🦋 @sylviseb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Less than a human being is just one of the things he'll be remembered for.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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🍁 Dan McNeil @danmcneilwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"This is all just propaganda," Venezuelan legal expert Jose Ignacio Hernandez told The Guardian. "It cannot be implemented as announced by the administration..." www.rawstory.com/trump-venezu...
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Trump's 'biggest oil deal' doomed to collapse as investigation exposes legal flaws
President Donald Trump's touted "biggest oil deal in world history" with Venezuela faces legal and logistical problems likely to sink it.The Guardian reported Saturday that nearly every major claim th...
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard were Republicans
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Janai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
DOJ’s decision to end its involvement in more than 50 longstanding school desegregation cases is an indefensible retreat from federal govt responsibility to ensure the promise of Brown v. Board of Education is realized in classrooms across the country. www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...
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LDF Decries U.S. Department of Justice Dismissal of Over Fifty Federal School Desegregation Cases
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a misleading announcement, claiming that it had “ended” more than 50 federal school desegregation cases. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) decried the...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
The Supreme Court’s willingness to use the 14th Amendment to emancipate white people from Black elected officials—but not to help Black people elect officials—signals its fundamentally racist priorities.
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump is raging at news orgs for refusing to cover his reception of Xi after he banned three from the White House. The real lesson here: When institutions join together to resist his abuses of power it actually works, sending him into a helpless fury. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2158...
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Trump’s Angry Tirade Over Failing Press Ban Reveals His Achilles’ Heel
Trump is furious that news organizations are fighting back against his vile efforts to punish their colleagues—because collective resistance to his authoritarianism actually works.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CNN says its journalists have been barred from joining the press pool traveling with Trump this weekend. CNN reporters were scheduled to board Air Force One today to cover Trump’s trip to Knoxville for a college football game, but they’ve now been denied a spot in the traveling pool.
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