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Chris Roa @chrisroa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Chicago Eight (later Seven) conspiracy trial United States v. Dellinger et al. opened on September 28, 1969, and lasted five months. It was called "the political trial of the century."

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Chris Roa @chrisroa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

September 25, 1961 · Liberty, Mississippi Herbert Lee, who worked with civil rights leader Bob Moses to help register Black voters, was killed by a state legislator who claimed self-defense and was never arrested. Louis Allen, a Black man who witnessed the murder, was later also killed.

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Chris Roa @chrisroa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's been nearly 7 months since the Trump administration began its reckless war with Iran, and Americans at home are paying the price at the pump.

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Chris Roa @chrisroa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In the episode of Batman: The Animated Series "Joker's Wild," the real estate tycoon arrested for insurance fraud is partially based on Donald Trump. He probably ended up doing more jail time for his crimes too.

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Chris Roa @chrisroa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The U.S. war against Iran has cost the Department of Defense more than $38 billion through Aug. 1, and will continue costing up to $3 billion a month or more depending on the intensity of the conflict, according to an assessment released by the Congressional Budget Office. to.pbs.org/4cPCO2V

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Iran war has cost the U.S. more than $38 billion so far, budget office says

The estimates come largely from replacing munitions and equipment lost in battle, the CBO said, and do not include costs related to U.S. military personnel killed or injured in the conflict or longer ...

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Chris Roa @chrisroa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today is Constitution Day. Constitution Day recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787.

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Chris Roa @chrisroa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The report also suggested that rising grocery and housing costs were linked to a loss of immigrant workers across the US.

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Chris Roa @chrisroa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happy National Voter Registration Day. Register to vote so you can be the Margin of Victory for Democrats. And request an absentee ballot. Absentee voters are sixty-five percent more likely to vote. iwillvote.com

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I Will Vote

Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.

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Chris Roa @chrisroa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

September 15, 1963 · Birmingham, Alabama Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley were getting ready for church when a bomb exploded at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church killing all four girls and wounding others. The church had been a center for civil rights meetings.

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Chris Roa @chrisroa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’ve Covered Islamophobia for Years. Trump’s GOP Has Taken It to a New Level. The shocking vilification of Muslims is one of the most troubling storylines of the midterms www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Chris Roa @chrisroa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

On the last episode of his show before he was killed Kirk told "his audience, falsely, that "one in 22 Black men will be a murderer in their lifetime" and that "by age of 23, half of all Black males have been arrested and not enough of them have been arrested."

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Chris Roa @chrisroa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Today is the beginning of Rosh Hashanah. L'Shana Tova to all who celebrate.

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Chris Roa @chrisroa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Today we remember those lost on September 11, 2001, and stand with those that still mourn.

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Chris Roa @chrisroa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The guy who insighted a mob of Confederate flag-bearing domestic terrorists to storm the US Capitol says the mayor of New York should be banned from attending events recognizing the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

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