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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 08/03/2026
Freedom From Religion Foundation asks Ohio school district to stop religious time on school property ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/05/f...
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Freedom From Religion Foundation asks Ohio school district to stop religious time on school property • Ohio Capital Journal
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking a Northwest Ohio school district to stop letting a religious release time program operate on school property.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/03/2026
The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall
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The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall
As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 08/03/2026
“Washington is broken, and it’s not broken because of one party or the other,” said Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Adlakha. “It’s broken because too many politicians have learned how to profit from the system instead of fixing it.” She’s challenging incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.
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Hyde-Smith GOP Opponent Sarah Adlakha Vows to Tackle Corruption if Elected to US Senate
Sarah Adlakha, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, promises to crack down on corruption in Washington, D.C. if elected to serve in Congress.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Congress: Do Your Job, Not What's Politically Safe... superb candidate open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Congress: Do Your Job, Not What's Politically Safe
Mayor Daniel Biss is ready to fight for Illinois' 9th district in Congress.
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Lukas Neville @lukasneville.com · 03/03/2026
“Be careful not to get sucked up in the slime-machine going on here,” [Aaronson's mother] wrote back, adding, “Since you don’t care that much about money, they can’t buy you.”
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KSL.com @ksl.com · 16/02/2026
A new legislative proposal has emerged to tweak the process allowing for creation of preliminary municipalities. ow.ly/mX6y50Ygkt5
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Bill aims to tweak alternative incorporation route; lawsuit calls process unconstitutional
A new bill aims to tweak an alternative process to create cities while a lawsuit charges that the process gives developers too much power and is unconstitutional.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10/10/2025
Thousands of U.S.-bound packages shipped by UPS are trapped at hubs across the country, unable to clear the maze of new customs requirements imposed by the Trump administration.
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UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems
Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10/10/2025
Video shows rescuers pulling a Palestinian boy from the rubble of his home in Gaza City. Israeli forces attacked the house on Thursday after the approval of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 10/10/2025
The Boring Co. violated state environmental regulations nearly 800 times, many of which occurred after signing an agreement saying it would comply.
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Musk's Boring Co. violated environmental regulations nearly 800 times, Nevada alleges | TechCrunch
The Boring Co. violated state environmental regulations nearly 800 times, many of which occurred after signing an agreement saying it would comply.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The Trump admin has announced sweeping measures to expand coal production on public lands. It intends to open 13.1 million acres of public land for coal leasing, significantly loosen the royalty rates that mining companies pay, and allocate large sums toward existing coal-fired power plants.
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Jonathan Corum @13pt.com · 26/09/2025
We visited the Mount Sinai brain bank to understand the long process of preparing brain tissue to diagnose C.T.E. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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A Manhattan Gunman Had C.T.E. Here Is How Doctors Search for It. (Gift Article)
A definitive diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., can only happen posthumously through a weeks-long process of removing, processing and studying brain tissue.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🚨In 2026 Medicare pilot program WISeR (Wasteful & Inappropriate Service Reduction) will TEST in NJ, OH, OK, TX, AZ & WA. Adds 17 prior authorizations & uses AI for determinations. PAs will DELAY & DENY care & the list TARGETS alternate methods for PAIN relief & INCHES Medicare towards PRIVATIZATION.
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Alex Arrelia @alexarrelia.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
If the shooter had killed a leftist podcaster, he would have a multi million dollar Go Fund Me to cover his legal fees tomorrow, and an interview lined up with Charlie Kirk.
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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
it’s like an episode of Three Stooges at the Naval Academy. Except with guns. Which make everything worse.
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Michael Adzema @sillymickel.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
nope. the voter's wishes were thwarted. The election of 2024 was stolen from Kamala Harris. 🧵🧵 🧵 A thread. #TruthWarriors bsky.app/profile/sill... #FBR #resist #resistance #BlueCrew #STrongerTogether #ProudBlue #NoKings also check out #TruthWarriors for tons more on the STOLEN 2024 ELECTION
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Thousands of undocumented immigrant workers helped rebuild New York City in the wake of 9/11. 24 years later, they're at risk of deportation as they still struggle with chronic health issues. A pathway to citizenship is the least these workers deserve. documentedny.com/2025/09/11/u...
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They Helped Rebuild After 9/11. Now They Live in Fear of Deportation.
Nearly 25 years after clearing rubble at ground zero, undocumented workers could gain a pathway to citizenship with a bill from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez being reintroduced today.
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Michael Adzema @sillymickel.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
#TruthWarriors #justsayin #FBR #resist #resistance #BlueCrew #StrongerTogether #TheEpsteinFiles #Epstein #2024ElectionWasRigged
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/08/2025
When will we finally admit: the Gaza death toll is higher than we’ve been told | Arwa Mahdawi
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When will we finally admit: the Gaza death toll is higher than we’ve been told | Arwa Mahdawi
We have no idea how many people have been killed in Gaza but I would bet my own life that the number is far higher than the 60,000 number the media uses
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
"'Please enjoy a 70-minute early exit tomorrow. That way you’ll be rested for my 70th birthday Monday!' Long wrote to IRS staff..." Trump expertly handling US taxes: "It is unclear who will next lead the IRS, which has had 6 different people in charge this year..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
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Trump Is Replacing Billy Long as I.R.S. Commissioner
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely. Here's why.
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Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s
An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.
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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
House Speaker Mike Johnson has been accused of using campaign money to pay his rent in what the government watchdog group Campaign Legal Center described as a “clear-cut violation of federal campaign finance laws,” newly filed complaints allege. www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
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Mike Johnson hit with new accusation showing ‘clear-cut violation’ of federal law
House Speaker Mike Johnson has been accused of using campaign money to pay his rent in what the government watchdog group Campaign Legal Center described as a “clear-cut violation of federal campaign ...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Congress members have a legal right to conduct oversight at ICE facilities. This is the regime hiding its blatant abuses.
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Bonnie Ross-Forrest (She/her) @bonniemforrest.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Cutting your health care, and funding ICE raids and gulags with it.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections “It’s very concerning that ICE is targeting people who actually put their lives on the line for U.S. service members," Zakaria said. www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
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Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says | Houston Public Media
The soldier is one of at least 20,000 Afghans seeking asylum nationwide, having fled Afghanistan after aiding the U.S. military during the two-decades-long war there.
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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 07/06/2025
YES. Madeleine Jubilee Saito nailed it.
Comic that says "oligarchs don't create anything! We create everything!" With nine boxes showing workers in different occupations, like farmworkers, doctors, delivery drivers, construction workers and more. Each one says what they do that oligarchs don't. For example, the bus driver says, "They don't drive buses. We do that."
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
He called for a ‘democratisation of society’ in order to “create an economy that works for all of us.” Read more: unusualwhales.com/news/bernie-...
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Bernie Sanders said: "I would say that in the United States we should not have billionaires"
Bernie Sanders says it’s possible to eliminate poverty altogether—if society is willing to heavily tax billionaires, a group he argues shouldn't even exist. In an interview with PoliticsJOE, the Verm...
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Obsolete Dogma @obsoletedogma.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
For some reason, I was just thinking about how Trump’s former chief of staff tried to warn us right before the election that Trump was a fascist who wanted to rule us like a dictator … and the New York Times put that story on page A12
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This type of data base that can build a surveillance state should be of concern for every American.
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Built by Palantir. Sanctioned by Trump. Target: You.
When they know everything, they can do anything.
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58george.bsky.social @58george.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Trump’s close ties to the convicted sex trafficker go way back.
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Everything Trump Has Said About Why He Broke Up With Epstein
The late, disgraced sex trafficker and the Republican nominee for president go way back.
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MaggieintheBigLittleCity @maggieatx.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
This is pretty amazing
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/06/2025
Donald Trump keeps promising “hundreds” of trade deals. He was supposed to have them by now. Reality check: ZERO Not one deal signed. Not even a clear definition of what he thinks a trade deal is.
Trump and Xi Jinping shown beside Politico headline: “The president is obsessed” with a call amid faltering trade talks.
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NPR @npr.org · 03/06/2025
Many in Virginia's Culpeper County are unhappy with the president's pardon of a sheriff convicted of bribery. Trump called him a victim "persecuted by the Radical Left 'monsters' and 'left for dead.'"
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Trump voters call president's pardon of corrupt Virginia sheriff 'a terrific mistake'
Many in Virginia's Culpeper County are unhappy with the president's pardon of a sheriff convicted of bribery. Trump called him a victim "persecuted by the Radical Left 'monsters' and 'left for dead.'"
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Vagabonding 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇸🇪🇺🇸 @vagabonding.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Brave man and a brave television station.
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imtheproblem69.bsky.social @imtheproblem69.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
It’s time
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Inequality Media Civic Action @imcivicaction.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Thanks to DOGE: -NASA employees need multiple rounds of emails to buy basic materials -FDA food tests are delayed over approval for simple expenses -FAA staffers can't easily pay for air traffic control tower window washing DOGE is making government LESS efficient.
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remi007.bsky.social @remi007.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Why does the word bimbo come to mind lol
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Are we great yet?
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WaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦 @waterblusky.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Russia-aligned actors are amplifying anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Poland before June 1 vote through coordinated campaigns across X, Bluesky, Facebook, and Telegram, according to a new investigation by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue kyivindependent.com/russia-align...
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Russia-linked disinfo campaign stokes anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Poland before June 1 vote, investigation finds
Russia-aligned actors are amplifying anti-Ukrainian sentiment through coordinated campaigns across platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), Bluesky, Facebook, and Telegram, according to a new investiga...
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
These men were building us homes. The violence is being committed by ICE — masked men, no ID, no warrants. Don’t believe the rhetoric being pushed by violent criminals about ‘violent criminals’ cause it’s all BS. Call your Reps and demand they hold hearings, sanctioned or not. This needs to stop.
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Heather Thomas @heatherthomasaf.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
I keep hearing comments like “I plan to ignore it for the next four years”. This Billionaire Bill shuts down democracy. Look away at your peril.
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