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Arizonan. Made of stardust. Unashamed to cry easily. Often sincere, sometimes irreverent. Lover of both whimsy and facts. Fan of democracy.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/10/2026
This kind of stuff really shows how anti-trans sports bans and policies meant to segregate trans people really have nothing to do with "competitive advantage." All this trans girl wanted to do was run for homecoming queen. Like the students would still have to vote for her to even win!
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Kiera Butler @kieraevebutler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New from me: Hegseth's new Pentagon initiative is weirdly obsessed with...homeschooling?
motherjones.com
What to know about Hegseth’s new office of religious affairs
"Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God."
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
On Wednesday, Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a new entity within the Pentagon: the Office of Religious Affairs. The office will “sponsor and oversee research, technology, and analytical tools to support and assess spiritual fitness, spiritual readiness, and spiritual resilience.”
motherjones.com
What to know about Hegseth’s new office of religious affairs
"Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God."
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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This story shows how important children having access to mandatory reporters is. Also, what's going on with Texas child protection that moving from one town to another was enough to stop an earlier child abuse investigation?
religionnews.com
Daughter of Heather Thompson Day and Seth Day reported alleged abuse, leading to arrest
(RNS) — The Days, popular Christian authors, were arrested after a teacher reported concerns about abuse. The couple had been reported to Child Protective Services in the past. Police in Keene, Texas,...
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I got a notice that WaFd Bank is merging with EverBank. If they don’t call it WaEver Bank, I’m closing my accounts.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“In addition, giraffes are now tall horses. Because that’s what they are. They’re just tall horses. Everybody knows it, they just don’t say it. I’m not afraid to say these things. And those so-called capybaras will be known as ultimate guinea pigs.”
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this might be the best possible outcome. at least I would much rather see CBP money frittered away on vanity ad campaigns rather than spent on torturing more immigrants
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 29/09/2026
god this is gonna be so good www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ZE...
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Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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Andy Flach @andyfromtucson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hilarious. Trump apparently appeals to men who are insecure about their Testosterone levels
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ooh. This is actually big. BUT… it probably means that this case will be decided on procedural grounds so his vote for the oil companies will not be strictly necessary. I doubt he would have recused if his vote was critical to the Republicans
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential.
Emma Sulkowicz carrying around a mattress on the Columbia campus in 2014 to raise awareness of her alleged rape and the university's inaction.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026
NEW: A Texas woman died after being denied an abortion and her family sued the state and her doctors for violating her right to life. They say the ban should be struck down. It's one of several cases challenging abortion laws under state constitutional rights to life and liberty @autonomynews.co
autonomynews.co
New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life
Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.
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Politics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So fuc*ing infuriating and sad. The CDC used to be the crown jewel of the world's scientific firmament. Other countries came to us for help fighting deadly diseases. Its disease detectives learned what caused illness and helped change practices to prevent them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
nytimes.com
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 24/09/2026
The same aircraft used in Iran and other foreign wars is now surveilling U.S. communities, with no answers on what data it collects story via @jerodmacevoy.com
azmirror.com
War-zone surveillance comes home as Predator drones fly loops over Arizona border towns
Arizona border drone: An Army Predator built for warzones is flying over border towns, alarming privacy advocates
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/09/2026
"Nikole Hannah-Jones and her husband had hoped that by putting their daughter into one of those failing schools, and modeling the kind of involved parenting that such places often lack, they could make a difference. They could not." This might:
lnk.thebulwark.com
Nikole Hannah-Jones Has the Wrong Answers on Schools
. . . but she’s asking the right questions.
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’ve never seen someone who always has such extremely straight posture like Melania does. She must be so disgusted by his slumpy hunchiness.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026
I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW
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Micah @rincewind.run · 24/09/2026
"they're coming for birth control" is not alarmism, that is absolutely next on the agenda I have my doubts on how successful it'll be but they're going to make a real go of it
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The other reality (which I discuss) is that the Trump Administration has embraced policies that have moved people into high-deductible health plans. Trump Admin: We’ll make insurance unaffordable so folks enroll in plans with $7-10k deductibles. Oz: People aren’t using their plans — must be fraud!
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Scoop: The National Security Agency is spending billions this year on testing AI models - far more than previously known Per a classified NSA estimate described by sources Compute costs for AI have exploded - including for taxpayers www.washingtonsun.com/technology/c...
washingtonsun.com
Classified Estimates Show the NSA Paying Billions to Test AI Models
The price tag is significantly higher than previously known.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Never forget (Scott Olson/Getty)
2024 campaign yard signs that says "TRUMP LOW PRICES. KAMALA HIGH PRICES"
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW: Judge tosses Trump lawsuit over outlier Iowa poll Des Moines Register published days before 2024 election. 'Erroneous statements are inevitable in free debate,' Judge Scott Beattie wrote. Trump's side vows appeal to Iowa Supreme Court www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Judge throws out Trump lawsuit over wayward 2024 poll in Iowa
The president vows an appeal as the drive to seek damages for state survey flounders in courts.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When the Cincinnati Post shut down, it oddly had an effect on local elections. Fewer people ran for office, voter turnout fell, and incumbents became more likely to win. That's useful context for Trump's choice to ban 3 news orgs from the White House newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/what-econo...
newsletter.platypuseconomics.com
What Economists Know About Kicking Out Reporters
Trump banned three news organizations from the White House last week — and there’s a research literature on exactly where that leads.
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’m getting to see a friend today, which is a rare occasion for me. Now to decide if I will bring up all the things I’ve been wishing I had someone to talk to talk with about, or bottle it up and just say I’m great so I don’t ruin the mood!
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 22/09/2026
A federal grand jury indicted a Tennessee Bluesky user for allegedly threatening ICE agents. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As I’ve said before, they can’t afford to. Maybe we get eight years of normal government after this, but you can’t rely on long-term alliances with an electorate that’s demonstrated they’ll happily install a maniac the next time the economy hits a speedbump.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
EPA allowed pesticide giant Bayer to pick from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive weedkiller dicamba. Dicamba is drift prone and kills vegetation and crops for miles around fields where it is sprayed, and is linked to liver cancer and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
theguardian.com
US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why do white men become white nationalists? Interesting new empirical results in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
ere we show with three national surveys of non-Hispanic white adults (conducted from 2021 to 2025) that support for white nationalism is (1) higher among white people encountering personal hardship and local social distress, consistent with strain theories3,16; (2) unrelated to local racial composition or recent demographic change, complicating status threat accounts4,17,18; and (3) elevated among white people with close friendships primarily online, consistent with theories of extremism driven by online mobilization7,10,19.
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m now very confused on how large this silly arch was planned to be. I pictured it being like 5 ft deep. Was it always going to be building sized?
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@covie_93

Good thing Congress isn't alive to see this.
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Mr. President, I have an idea that will blow your mind!" *hands the president a drawing of the Kennedy Center with robot arms holding Gatling guns*
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Jesus Christ, this article will enrage you like nothing else
kron4.com
Tesla driver charged with murdering 2 in San Jose shows no remorse, prosecutors say
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — When Ivana Balistreri and her baby were trapped inside a “fireball,” a Tesla driver who had just crashed into the victims’ car on Highway 87 in San…
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My teen daughter had a bunch of friends spend the night. They were extremely loud & stayed up extremely late. I woke up to this weird cake in the kitchen. I have no idea what’s going on here.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Heads up: The Russian government has been targeting Americans with covert online disinformation operations seeking to undermine public confidence the midterms — using a familiar playbook in an attempt to inject chaos into the voting season, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
nytimes.com
Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds
The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.
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Stephanie 🍉 @ageofoddish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
mmygod
the slut gnomes of false berlin jeopardy bluesky posttoday's jeopardy categories. the last 2 are "false berlin" and "bizarre little men"
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Andy Flach @andyfromtucson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
America is led by a coalition of crooks & dingbats, but many Democrats are running on “affordability” as if the only thing wrong with this situation is that the crooks & dingbats failed to deliver a deep recession
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I just found out that my dad, a 79yo man who has never before today had any kind of social media, has joined Threads. I am speechless and confused.
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 17/09/2026
Exactly. “We the People.” Not “We the Christians.” Not “We the Believers.” And not “We the People, under God.” Our Constitution derives its authority from the people, not a deity. That’s a founding principle worth celebrating.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or Amoc, which brings vast amounts of warm water from the tropics to northern regions and makes them remarkably more habitable than they would otherwise be at such latitudes, is weakening. www.ft.com/content/4870...
ft.com
We need an observatory for the cooling north Atlantic
The UK should convene a coalition of concerned states if rising emissions lead to the collapse of the Amoc that brings warm water to northern regions
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
theatlantic.com
Pennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous
The two latest deaths suggest that the true number of infections is much larger than reported.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/09/2026
Pete Hegseth wants to remake America's military into his idea of "biblical masculinity." Just look at his mentor, Doug Wilson.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026
Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop. You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it.
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Dana of the desert🌵 @danaofthedesert.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
AZ judge info coming tomorrow!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Looking forward to the Ed Sheeran Open Mic Night
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BlogForArizona @blogforarizona.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Insight Arizona Podcast: Reaction, Analysis & Fact-Checking Jo V. Juan Debate Andrew and I were joined by former CD 6 Democratic primary candidate Chris Donat for a podcast episode taking apart the JoAnna Mendoza v Juan Ciscomani Clean Elections debate. Please like and subscribe to feed the algo!…
blogforarizona.net
Insight Arizona Podcast: Reaction, Analysis & Fact-Checking Jo V. Juan Debate
Andrew and I were joined by former CD 6 Democratic primary candidate Chris Donat for a podcast episode taking apart the JoAnna Mendoza v Juan Ciscomani Clean Elections debate. Please like and subscribe to feed the algo! Just a word of warning: if you just want to watch the debate straight through without frequent stops for context, fact-checks, and criticism, you should probably first watch the debate itself:
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 14/09/2026
A deepening selloff in U.S. government bonds drove the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note to 5% for just the second time since 2007, a major milestone that threatens to push borrowing costs higher across the economy.
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Yield on 10-Year Treasury Hits 5%
A deepening selloff in U.S. government bonds drove the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note to 5% for just the second time since 2007, a major milestone that threatens to push borrowing costs highe...
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 14/09/2026
Nothing says “America First” like having Moscow sponsor the open bar.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
The Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority didn't happen overnight. This is the inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that reshaped the American judiciary and legal system. (Published Oct. 2023)
propublica.org
We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority
The inside story of how Leonard Leo built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This.
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