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@deblavoy.bsky.social
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Founder @RealityTeam11 field work in inoculation and counter disinfo. Be clear, be excellent, be kind. TEDx Talk bit.ly/3AXkdft Most other socials: @deb_lavoy She/her

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2h
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1h
Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.
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Hello, Congress?
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 1h
Look at this picture of a farm field's soils. Notice that the biochar fertilization just plain makes the soil look more productive. That is simple way to determine if your soil would benefit from biochar soil amendment.
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 1h
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Deb @deblavoy.bsky.social · 2h
Apparently the definition of “honest election” is one in which he wins. In spite of how very unpopular he is.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Hegseth: "Project Meridian will be co-led by three of our nation's best minds: Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
this Pete Hegseth speech is indistinguishable from parody. words fail to describe the absurdity. here he's talking about governors coming to the Pentagon to grovel to him and Trump so they can be rewarded with a new military base
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Deb @deblavoy.bsky.social · 4h
What if the US military went from the most professional org in the world to a complete joke?
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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 11h
@pkrugman.bsky.social on the political transformation underway due to AI and data centers. "Even the usual argument for pro-oligarch policies — job creation! — falls flat because hardly any jobs are being created even in the short run." Cites BLS stats on the job category including data centers.
BLS employment figures in the category that includes data centers
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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 10h
College newspapers for the win
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 11h
The 2001 AUMF was not supposed to be a blank check for any president to wage war, writes Wells Dixon. "The only way to ensure greater transparency and restore an appropriate balance of power among co-equal branches of government is for Congress to repeal the AUMF," he writes.
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It's Time to Repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force
Successive administrations have stretched the AUMF beyond any reasonable interpretation to wage worldwide war, without foreseeable end.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 18h
Google and Apple immediately update their maps.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
New in PN: Schmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack Smith "The GOP playbook relies on an absolute lack of shame, so Schmitt dutifully bellied up to the microphone to celebrate his flawless victory with the chuds keeping the grift alive in Charlie Kirk’s old studio."
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Schmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack Smith
When gotchas go disastrously wrong.
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 12h
It’s simple: You shall not knowingly pollute your neighbors’ land, water, or air—nor shall you lie & deceive about doing so—but if you do, you must pay for the damages you have caused. @coveringclimatenow.org @thehill.com @mason4c.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social
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Big Oil can’t hide behind the Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act was designed to shield Americans from harmful pollution. It was not designed to shield fossil fuel companies from legal accountability or to eviscerate states’ authority to protec…
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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 22h
Seriously just enforce normal liability for AI on the owners and so much of this shit goes away AI companies want to be treated like the hired expert when it comes to pocketing any financial flows, but like a cursory Google Search whenever it comes to liability
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
More than 3 MILLION Ohioans rely on Medicaid. That’s roughly 1 in 4 people in the state. That’s the healthcare debate Ohioans are facing. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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CNN @cnn.com · 20h
Millions of taxpayer dollars have already been spent on President Donald Trump’s hagiographic ads, according to estimates by a leading political ad-tracking firm. And a total of $20 million has been allocated for the effort, which watchdog groups have deemed illegal. cnn.it/4z9Lt96
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 23h
I spoke to @usatoday.com about data on sexual violence at Cornell. Victimization rates are increasing and reporting rates are falling. “Together… those two trendlines tell me that all students, including victims and perpetrators, believe that there is impunity for sexual assault at Cornell.”
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Cornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | Exclusive
A third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 22h
After 23 years in Iraq, the U.S. closes its last major military base Wednesday, leaving behind a nation engulfed in armed militants and pushed deeper into peril by America’s open-ended war with Iran.
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The U.S. Military Exits Iraq, Leaving Behind a Nation in Peril
An Iraqi demand that tens of thousands of militants turn in their weapons falls short in a conflict fed by America’s war with Iran.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: SCOTUS allows third-country removals to resume, as lower courts close in on Trump’s lawlessness. A split-screen of the Supreme Court allowing Trump to expand his authoritarian efforts as appeals courts are increasingly supporting district courts’ accountability efforts. Tonight, at Law Dork:
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SCOTUS allows third-country removals to resume, as lower courts close in on Trump’s lawlessness
A split-screen of the Supreme Court allowing Trump to expand his authoritarian efforts as appeals courts are increasingly supporting district courts’ accountability efforts.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Congress has enacted between 40 and 50 distinct public laws that explicitly incorporate the term “artificial intelligence.”
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The US rejected the UN declaration for preparing for future pandemics. You wanna know why? The declaration mentioned "equity, solidarity & Universal access to sexual & reproductive healthcare services." And Erica Schwartz, as predicted, went along with Trump ideology. archive.today/aFUpX
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U.S. Rejects U.N. Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics
Most member nations spoke in support of the declaration, but some rich countries had strong objections.
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Deb @deblavoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Self regulation by known robber barons, several of whom are known to have committed a series of human rights violations.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RFK Jr. alleges that he wants to focus on chronic disease and sideline infectious disease research, but the big dummy doesn’t care about the interplay between the two. A new study estimates that 12% of all cancer cases in 2024 were caused by infections, including H. pylori, HPV, HBV, and EBV.
thelancet.com
Global burden of cancer attributable to infections in 2024: a worldwide incidence analysis
Our findings highlight the importance of infection control to achieve cancer prevention. Scientifically proven, but often underused, approaches include HPV and HBV vaccination; testing and treatment o...
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Deb @deblavoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eek!
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt just kept doubling down on his Jack Smith conspiracy even after that painful moment in the hearing. Now, we have concrete evidence he misunderstood his own evidence. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/eric-sc...
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New Evidence Shows Just How Badly One Republican Senator Beclowned Himself in the Jack Smith Hearing
TPM has found fairly definitive evidence proving Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) misread...
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Deb @deblavoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They are condoning human trafficking. Is that ok?
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Israel snatched an American teen from his West Bank home in the middle of the night — just days before his birthday and during his critical national exams. He's now been held for 3 months, with no charges. Netanyahu just came to the US for the *eighth* time since Trump took office.
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First Draft: Israel Has Kidnapped Another American Teenager
Abdalkareem Issa Ahmed Safi has Texas roots but languishes in a notorious jail, one more victim of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cruel impunity. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is losing some of his most ardent fans.
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Spudmonkey @spudmonkey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1956, Dartmouth home.dartmouth.edu/about/artifi...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Coined at Dartmouth | Dartmouth
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is the problem: When an honest person faces a false accusation, they often seem confused, hesitant, uncertain, because they are genuinely trying to figure out what the accuser is talking about and why they seem so certain.
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Deb @deblavoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.nature.com/articles/d41... Audience
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Vaping in childhood has bigger health risks than we’d thought
Use of e-cigarettes makes it more likely that young people will experience mental-health disorders and take up smoking. Governments must act.
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Deb @deblavoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I bet he didn’t Man Shot by ICE Agent in Austin Is Charged With Assault www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Body Camera Captured Incident Between ICE Agent and Driver in Austin
Prosecutors say the man who was shot, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, struck an agent with his car’s mirror before another agent shot him.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
CHARLIE KIRK SHOW: Dang! So you had texts from Smith's team confirming he was going to a Hawks game, and he acted dumbfounded? ERIC SCHMITT: It was the only NBA game going on in Atlanta. He claimed later he was at another game. My job is to ask the questions (All of Schmitt's "facts" were wrong!)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar eviscerates Schmitt: "For a U.S. Senator to have false information and imply based on a confusion … and imply you're in another city that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia and then call you a dirt bag is something that deserves an apology."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith says he stands by his decision to bring charges against Trump in the classified documents case. "If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
New in PN: Will Dems offer a New New Deal? "Today's situation — in which the economy continues to grow but working Americans have an ever-shrinking share — has been a long time coming. But Trump’s nihilistic policies have put the lie to the Reaganite promise of prosperity through assaulting govt."
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Will Democrats offer Americans a New New Deal?
A new social pact will be needed in the wake of Trump’s trail of ruin.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 29/09/2026
Exclusive: Donald Trump supports a new plan to offer Russia sanctions relief in exchange for the release of political prisoners—a move likely to outrage Ukraine, Europe, and even some of his allies in Congress, @shustry.bsky.social reports.
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A Most Trumpian Plan to Make Nice With Russia
Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump’s weakness after his defeat in the Iran War is evident in how the Iranians feel comfortable ramping up their demands. Today an IRGC spokesperson said the US “must admit defeat” and withdraw from the region.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The frickin’ non-existent Election-Time-Caravans. Sad.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 29/09/2026
The polls consistently say that Keisha Lance Bottoms is running roughly 8-10 points behind Jon Ossoff and that is Not Good for Georgia Democrats
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