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Working mom, activist, doing my best to make the world a better place for my kids

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
MTG has really been going after her own.
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/09/2026
OpenAI said it has paused training its most powerful AI models as incidents of agents breaching websites’ security controls or posting to third-party sites continue to pile up. www.wired.com/story/openai...
wired.com
OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government
Sam Altman says the company “have not been as fast as we would have liked” at dealing with security breaches, after news of further incidents over the summer forces another temporary halt.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 28/09/2026
They’re cutting your healthcare, slashing funds for your kids’ education, and telling you there’s no money left for anything else, yet somehow there’s always money left for Trump’s vanity projects.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 28/09/2026
⭕27,500 new teachers or 29,600 firefighters ⭕35+ million tanks of gas ⭕Lower health insurance premiums for 850,000+ people for a year
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 28/09/2026
Do you know what you could do with $1.8 BILLION dollars (the amount Trump is spending on his unauthorized vanity projects)? You could pay for: ⭕600+ million school lunches ⭕12 million people’s electric bills for a month ⭕88,000 veterans’ medical care for a year 🧵
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The U.S. and Russian teams also removed a provision requiring that humans review military targets developed by AI before a strike..." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
washingtonpost.com
U.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pact
The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre...
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Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek.
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Indivisible ReSisters Contra Costa ❌👑 @indivisresistcoco.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thank you @maddow.bsky.social for uplifting our community's call to #bringmaureenhome. They put her on a plane to Cameroon but it was stopped. 🙏🏽 Now she's sleeping on a concrete floor in a concentration camp in Louisiana, far from her family. End her inhumane detention and bring her home!
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Trump’s Biggest Con of All" The president’s alliance with Putin was never a hoax, as author David Corn documents. Meanwhile, the president’s oldest son just had part of his wedding funded by a Putin-aligned Russian oligarch. John Harwood writes for Zeteo:
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Trump’s Biggest Con of All
The president’s alliance with Putin was never a hoax, as author David Corn documents. Meanwhile, the president’s oldest son just had part of his wedding funded by a Putin-aligned Russian oligarch.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/09/2026
ICE shot a DoorDash driver in Austin, then took him from the hospital into federal custody with the bullet still lodged near his spine. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social reports on the latest ICE shooting and what happened to Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez afterward. lnk.thebulwark.com/4jmoPp0?utm_...
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 22/09/2026
Hisham Awartani, one of three Palestinian-American students injured in 2023 by a loan gunman in Vermont, is grateful that his shooter has been convicted of attempted murder for his crime. Yet, Hisham and his mother, Elizabeth Price, express frustration that the case wasn't prosecuted as a hate crime
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nankand.bsky.social @nankand.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Very important to read this and to contact your states AG find out whats up.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/09/2026
🎥 NEW: Marc Elias is often asked two questions: 1. What is Trump going to do next? 2. Is he worried? The first one is easy: Trump himself has said he plans to seize control of vote counting in the midterms. The second one is harder — and it's the one that's been keeping him up at night👇
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Something is Keeping Me Up at Night
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🧊✈️ SAN DIEGO: Observers counted 57 shackled people in street clothes boarding this Eastern 737 (N917XA); the last 9 appeared to be women. 👀 This flight will depart shortly for Villahermosa, Mexico 🇲🇽
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge Kelly has ordered the government to RESPOND to the CNN/MSNOW/Politico TRO by TOMORROW, and a hearing is set on the Temporary Restraining Order motion for WEDNESDAY at 3:30 PM.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The lawyer for the Venezuelan man shot by ICE yesterday says he was discharged from the hospital and transferred to ICE detention while the bullet was still inside of him, and that in Pearsall he's not received any pain meds and was forced to sleep on the floor.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
28 years ago.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
US Intelligence has definitively linked commercial Chinese satellite imagery to the Iranian attack on a Jordan airbase that killed 3 US service members. 1/
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
NEW: The CNN/MSNOW/Politico case has been assigned to Trump appointee Judge Timothy Kelly. You'll recall he presided over the Proud Boy's case, approved domestic terror enhancements, and called Trump out for revisionist history when asked to dismiss the charges against them.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 21/09/2026
Last week, doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia scrambled to protect babies exposed to measles. Meanwhile, the nation’s top health official keeps promoting the movement that helped bring measles roaring back. www.thebulwark.com/p/hhs-secret...
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RFK Jr.’s ‘Medical Freedom’ Comes With a Body Count
Measles showed up at a children’s hospital. The health secretary showed up at an anti-vax conference.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
These are human beings
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026
ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.
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Attorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash delivery
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Alert ⚠️ An ICE officer shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in North Austin today after a traffic stop. He was shot in the torso and hospitalized in serious but stable condition. His attorney says Perez, a Venezuelan national, entered the U.S. legally and had a valid work permit.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Universal Pictures, owned by Comcast, appears to be moving toward canceling the upcoming international release of the Musk documentary, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The documentary’s director, Alex Gibney, recently told the AP that the Musk doc left those who know Elon terrified. /1
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A final decision has not been made, reportedly, but after Amazon dropped the OpenAI movie there appears to be a trend of companies bowing to tech oligarchs and refusing to air films about them.
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 17/09/2026
Democrat Eliott Rodriguez, the former local TV anchor challenging GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, responds to her ad: "She owns all of these deportations, ICE harassment and racial profiling. She voted for all this. She gave Trump the money and the tools to do this." #FL27
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 17/09/2026
Yesterday, Speaker Johnson sent the House home. There is absolutely NO reason why Congress shouldn’t be working right now. We are a nation at war, gas and diesel prices are through the roof, we desperately need to be regulating AI.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
No shit, 100% agree here.
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404 Media @404media.co · 15/09/2026
Cops are putting gibberish, jokes, or other nonsense into Flock’s “reason” box, highlighting the casualness and lack of care some cops have when searching an incredibly powerful surveillance system. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Read now: www.404media.co/cops-search-...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory self-regulated.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/09/2026
"Democrats don’t have to call for a total and complete shutdown of AI in the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on. But they can be forceful and direct."
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Trump Learns You Can’t Spell Mail Without an L
The Supreme Court nailed a layup. Well, most of them did.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We're losing guardrails on the BLS, Census, and BEA numbers. I'm not alarmed yet, but if they give us reasons to not trust them, then the US joins a club with Russia, Argentina, and Venezuela. Great crowd platypuseconomics.substack.com/p/th…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump’s EPA will no longer limit pollution from gas and coal-burning power plants. Reminder: Trump took millions of dollars in donations from Big Oil, and his EPA chief Lee Zeldin is cozy with the coal industry. Is there anything this regime won’t destroy to please its bankrollers?
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Trump's EPA repeals pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants
The Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
James Talarico meeting every Texan at his community event in Houston🤩
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm serious when I say I've lost track of all the recent revelations of literal Nazis working in high-level positions in Republican congressional campaigns and I would very much appreciate a journalist who took the time to detail as many of them as can fit into an article.
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Scoop: The EPA is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. Tag team with @bloomberg.com’s Ari Natter and Jen Dlouhy. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
EPA Poised to Repeal Carbon Standards for Coal, Gas Power Plants
The US Environmental Protection Agency is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Exactly.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/09/2026
The crowd erupts in chants of "Shame on you!" as Roger Marshall tries to explain why he sued 700 of his patients, leading to 81 arrests:
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers voted against legislation guaranteeing health care for first responders sickened by the Sept. 11 attacks. On 9 separate votes or legislative actions between 2003-2010, he opposed, tried to block, or sought to restrict federal health care funding for 9/11 responders.
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Mike Rogers opposed 9/11 responder health care not twice, but nine times - Detroit Metro Times
Newly uncovered record shows Mike Rogers repeatedly opposed efforts to establish, advance, or fund medical care for people sickened after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ireland understood the assignment! ✊💚
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Wolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level - I mean the wages of decent living." .. (Franklin. D. Roosevelt) ..(cartoon Nick Anderson)
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ted Cruz is aggressively booed in Austin, Texas: “Ted, you suck!”
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
After Pretti was killed, Savageford, who is Asian-American, said she was taken to a warehouse near the Whipple detention center where immigrants were being detained. She was strip-searched, including by male agents who Cook told HuffPost on Friday were “touching her privates.”
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Europeans investigating Epstein say DOJ has not agreed to requests for help
Some European law enforcement agencies chasing leads spurred by information in the so-called Epstein Files say the U.S. Justice Department has not responded to their requests.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: In a win for voters, a federal court refused to pause its order blocking an Ohio law requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Nearly 30% of Ohio voters register to vote through the BMV, making it a critical access point.
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NPR @npr.org · 09/09/2026
The leader of the Education Department's special education office told employees she is resigning less than four months in the role and as the agency overall is morphing and shrinking. n.pr/4igxbOJ
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Special education head at Education Department abruptly resigns
The leader of the Education Department's special education office told employees she is resigning less than four months in the role and as the agency overall is morphing and shrinking.
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