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Caitlin Strom-Martin

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Nature enthusiast and knowledge monger. My Holy Trinity: Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, and I Think You Should Leave. Always down to eat a sheet cake. newplayexchange.org/users/69223/cai…

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/10/2026
Following a 47–41 party line vote, Keith Sonderling will take the job on a permanent basis. Dems aren’t wild about his tepid response to AI concerns or the broader “anti-worker” agenda he represents. trib.al/qwZpdsC
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Just How Bad Will Trump’s New Labor Secretary Be?
Following a 47–41 party line vote, Keith Sonderling will take the job on a permanent basis. Dems aren’t wild about his tepid response to AI concerns or the broader “anti-worker” agenda he represents.
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 22/09/2026
Trump administration officials said Tuesday they plan to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges, alleging that the individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program, or simply do not exist.
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Trump administration to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims
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Prism @prismreports.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: Federal judge ruled that being cooked in custody violates the Constitution’s protection against cruel & unusual punishment. In 2024, we published accounts by four people incarcerated in Texas prisons on their daily efforts to evade being cooked in facilities that reached a boiling 120 degrees.
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Cooked in custody
In this collection of testimonials, Kwaneta Harris and others incarcerated in Texas state prisons describe their unsuccessful daily attempts to evade being cooked in custody
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WIRED @wired.com · 21/09/2026
They were denied opportunities because men can “handle the pressure better.” Another popular trope is the man who only seems to hear a good idea when another man says it. www.wired.com/story/women-...
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We Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let Loose
Executives happily automating their days with AI. New hires confronting bro culture. Women in tech have a lot to say—and they told it all to WIRED.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21/09/2026
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE officer in Austin, Texas, is now at a detention center for the agency after he was released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back, according to his attorney's spokesperson.
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Man shot by ICE officer is detained in Texas with a bullet still in his back, attorney's office says
A Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas is being held at a detention center after being released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026
Trump’s attempts to conceal his failures are prolonging a war that the White House seems determined to lose, and that has killed thousands of people across the region.
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What else is the Pentagon hiding from us?
Four more troops have died than Pete Hegseth's DOD has admitted, new reporting reveals.
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Racket @racketmn.com · 18/09/2026
Allen’s narrative, about the dissolution of a marriage between a woman (we’ll call her Lily) and her sexually insatiable husband (we’ll call him Stranger Things star David Harbour), is too taut to Jenga its songs out of their structure. Why not present the album as the musical theater piece it is?
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Proud Cuck Lily Allen Razzles, Dazzles, and Skewers Her Ex at the Armory - Racket
The British pop star performed her latest album, ‘West End Girl,’ in a solo, theatrical setting.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18/09/2026
Republican House members Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson have called for all transgender people to be rounded up and forcibly institutionalized. trib.al/S5fGeof
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The Fascists Want Trans People to Leave. I Left. But Should We All?
I moved north. Polls show many trans Americans would leave if they could. Should Canada make us an offer we can’t refuse?
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The Economist @economist.com · 18/09/2026
The populist-right leader, on her fourth presidential bid, has a commanding lead. Time is running out for France’s centrist politicians to find a convincing candidate to oppose Marine Le Pen
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France’s centre has one question: who can beat Marine Le Pen?
Seven months out, presidential candidates are lacklustre and there are too many of them
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12/09/2026
Exclusive: Months before August’s deadly flash flood in the Grand Canyon, NPS officials urged leaders to close parts of a fire-damaged trail, citing runoff and rock-slide risks. Leaders instead reopened the North Kaibab Trail anyway.
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Park officials pushed for a Grand Canyon trail to remain closed. Then the floods came.
Months before August’s deadly flash flood, current and former officials say they warned that the fire-ravaged North Kaibab Trail posed safety risks. It reopened anyway.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/09/2026
The guy was once booed at a World Series parade, so really this is par for the course
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Ted Cruz pushed his college sports bill on ESPN—and was booed mercilessly
Heckling the Texas senator is one of the only things fans seem to agree on.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/09/2026
The campaign of Senator Jon Husted, Republican of Ohio, said that it had fired its political director after learning that he once posted a photo of Nazi soldiers as his profile picture on Facebook.
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Republican Campaign Aide Is Fired Over Nazi Photo
Senator Jon Husted, running in a high-stakes race in Ohio, dismissed his political director because of social media activity displaying a “complete lack” of judgment, a spokeswoman said.
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Vox @vox.com · 11/09/2026
Why ABC won't air an interview with a Democratic Senate candidate. www.vox.com/the-logoff-n...
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The interview Trump doesn’t want you to see
Why ABC won’t air an interview with a Democratic Senate candidate.
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RNS @rns.org · 11/09/2026
(RNS) — Journalist Rozina Ali argues that there has been little reckoning with the War on Terror and the lasting effects of post- 9/11 surveillance policies targeting American Muslims, in 'Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America.'
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Islamophobia goes back decades, before 9/11, a new book argues
(RNS) — Journalist Rozina Ali argues that there has been little reckoning with the War on Terror and the lasting effects of post- 9/11 surveillance policies targeting American Muslims, in 'Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America.'
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 11/09/2026
Speaking in Dallas, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas said: “When did pedophilia become a partisan issue? When did holding sexual abusers accountable become controversial?”
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James Talarico accuses Ken Paxton of ‘ignoring’ Epstein survivors
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CNN @cnn.com · 11/09/2026
Jimmy Kimmel announced that his planned interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico will air on YouTube, not "Jimmy Kimmel Live," after threats from the FCC. CNN's Brian Stelter reports.
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ashley (birthday week) 🕸️ @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
remove him from the senate democratic caucus. if he does this tonight, the removal must happen tomorrow. you don’t get to call yourself a Democrat and do shit like this.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is what the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool looks like nearly $17M later. A perfect representation of what the criminal MAGA regime has done to this country.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/09/2026
NEW: An armed individual lunged at Democratic candidate for Ohio governor Dr. Amy Acton while she was at the Canfield Fair in Mahoning County, resulting in the injuries of multiple people who were nearby. A suspect is in custody. www.wlwt.com/article/amy-...
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Amy Acton attacked at campaign event near Youngstown; multiple people reportedly injured
Amy Acton was reportedly attacked at a campaign event near Youngstown on Sunday.
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026
It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.
The mayor’s office says that it does not pay the influencers. Still, their proximity and access to a figure as popular as Mr. Mamdani can help increase their own social media following and, by extension, potentially put them in a position to attract paid content sponsorships from commercial brands. Some influencers said that when they feature Mr. Mamdani, the videos get more likes and viewers watch longer.
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SweetWitch2697🔮🎱🪄-MY OPINIONS ARE MY OWN BEASTLY CONCOCTIONS! @sweetwitch2697.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
James Talarico is tackling corruption head-on. His day-one bill aims to overturn Citizens United, ban corporate and super PACs, and stop members of Congress from trading stocks. It is time to dismantle the corrupt system. Watch now.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is why you can't have healthcare. www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigratio…
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ICE plans to buy robot ‘dogs’ for some immigration enforcement operations
The doglike robots are equipped with cameras and sensors that can detect chemicals and would be used in situations that
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
John Roberts and the SCOTUS Republicans have allowed Trump to proceed with his egregious mail-in voting restrictions. 21 years ago, I warned at Roberts' confirmation hearing he would be a dangerously right-wing Chief Justice. I have sadly been proven right, over and over.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/08/2026
That’s $2,800 per pair.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
BREAKING: we are going back to court in the Kennedy Center case to STOP the flagrant violation of the courts order preventing renaming @democracydefendersaction.org & Washington Litigation Group are proud to represent @repbeatty.bsky.social to protect this treasured memorial  Our brief is here 👇
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
BREAKING: The USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home after our reporting exposing the horrific conditions soldiers faced overseas. We did it. You did it. This is the power of independent media. Subscribe to support my work: www.youtube.com/@aaronparnas1
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Navy may change the name of a warship to honor a brave black man who served honorably in the Pearl Harbor attack to the name of a cowardly draft dodger who is so ignorant he didn’t even know what happened at Pearl Harbor, according to his then Chief of Staff accompanying him on the visit
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
How it's going
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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“The problem with the Senate is that it is filled with fossilized white people.” — Spokesman for the Diatomaceous Earth Club
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Mexican researcher Eva Ramón Gallegos achieved a milestone that puts Latin American science at the center of the world medical debate: she managed to completely eliminate the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in controlled clinical studies.
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Emily Darling @radicaldreamer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
just to confirm, there didn't used to be THIS many recalls and health risks on food products, right?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/08/2026
Oh gosh. Almost like the whole thing is a front for money laundering. But no one in the Trump administration would do that, would they?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/08/2026
A 29-year-old mother of four was found dead hanging from a tree in Mississippi. Now her family is demanding answers. And her case is far from the only one raising alarm. Suri Crowe examines the disturbing deaths of Black Americans fueling demands for investigations, transparency, and justice.
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DEEPLY DISTURBING News Quickly PILES UP in…MISSISSIPPI
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Starting September 2026. Mayor Mamdani, Spending The People's Money, On The People.......
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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Let me get this right? There’s been a massive number of lynchings in the US over the past year and we are not hearing about this from the NYT, WaPo, LA Times, or any other major outlet? Can we get @propublica.org to cover this?
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 19/08/2026
Jon Ossoff found the one button in Washington labeled DO NOT PRESS and immediately leaned on it with both elbows.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My crack at Natalie Harp mania. She's obviously a stone cold weirdo, but what's more telling is how the White House is hyper-defensive about she clings to Trump like a barnacle. Having a full-time babysitter draws attention to Trump's age. www.salon.com/2026/08/19/t...
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Trump aide Natalie Harp nurses his decline
The president's defensive reaction to rampant speculation reveals his fear of aging
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Pretty smart move
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/08/2026
Darlene Graham just bumbled through one of the worst responses to a question during a political debate you'll ever see
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/08/2026
Tapper: What is your husband saying about conditions on the ship? Wife of Service Member Aboard USS Lincoln: My husband is appalled at the conditions on this ship. This is not his first deployment. And he is saying that it is the worst deployment that he's ever been on. His shipmates say the same.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/08/2026
"Ultimately, the gadflies don’t seem to actually understand how being a transgender athlete works. The idea that cisgender men like Enes and Royce would voluntarily undergo chemical castration to try to join the WNBA and make a minuscule rookie salary is farcical on its face."
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Transgender athletes are a red herring
It's a non-problem meant to exclude people from public life.
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Blue Woman Voting 📎 @bluewomanvoting123.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Not even days in office and already violating the useless Hatch Act.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
January 6 was only 5 and a half years ago, and we’ve already cycled through investigation, indictment, conviction, pardon, and now gleeful promises to do it again only with actual hanging rather than just chants about it. Nice job GOP.
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They're still doing it because we didn't hang them
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/08/2026
JUST IN: Amy Klobuchar will win the Democratic primary for Minnesota Governor, per projections.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2026
Peggy Flanagan: "We need to rip ICE apart and stop from them from terrorizing our communities"
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11/08/2026
Lake Mead lowest ever. Siberia hits 90. Vienna 105. Northwest on fire. Ocean heat record. Nothing to see here folks.
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Lake Mead, the nation’s biggest reservoir, hits lowest level on record
The milestone is yet another sign of the escalating water crisis on the Colorado River, which scientists say is worsened by climate change.
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Colleen Jenny (she/her)🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸 @cjenny2.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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ICE to spend up to $20m on gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
According to manufacturer, shock ‘is usually effective in bringing individuals into compliance in less than three seconds’
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