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A cranky desert critter that lives under your bed.

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Indivisible Arizona❌👑 @indivisiblearizona.org · 7h
I'm voting because my little brother can't yet. We are America. And we vote. Early voting is open. Make your plan: andwevote.org/p/indi... #WeAreAmericaAndWeVote #VoteEarly
A smiling person wearing a white head covering and a light-colored shirt stands in front of a red and white background. Overlaid text reads, “I’m voting because my little brother can’t yet.” Below it says, “We are America and we vote.”
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 7h
Russel Vought continues to undermine peer review of NIH grants. We can’t allow this to happen. The deadline to comment on this is tomorrow, Oct 13. The fight ain’t over. A good read by the illustrious @joshuasweitz.bsky.social 🧪 joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/what-else-...
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What is NIH Leadership Trying to Hide from Researchers & the Public?
A NIH proposal to conceal reviewer rankings of investigator-initiated research grants is ripe for misuse & demands a collective response (by October 13).
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 7h
According to a new NYT investigation, at least 44 governors, 70 US senators, and 185 House members have faced violent threats over the past two years. Their staff and families as well. A key source of this danger is Donald Trump, as I documented earlier this year. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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How Trump is using violent tragedies to divide America
ICE shootings, assassinations, mass attacks, and other traumas all serve as ammo for the demagogue in chief.
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 7h
As the Trump government again targets Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, it's also worth recalling the horrific response from Trump himself when Omar was violently accosted last January—disparaging her as "a fraud" and falsely suggesting the attack was staged. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 3/x
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The attack on Ilhan Omar and Trump’s destructive politics of violence
The president's rhetoric portends worse to come.
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 16h
(Free article) Turning Point USA’s production arm, Frontlines, was present when Border Patrol violently raided the tree-sit protest camp in Lochiel, AZ. They had been informed ahead of time the raid would be occurring and also filmed the camp the day before with a drone. This is who they are:
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These are the TPUSA Agitators Who Joined Border Patrol in Lochiel | Arizona Right Watch
In the early Monday morning on October 5, dozens of Border Patrol agents flooded the land surrounding the last 200-year ‘Grandmother’ Fremon
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h
Instead of an energy ceasefire, Putin has launched a massive campaign across Ukraine targeting six different energy sites. This is known in international law as perfidy, and it's a signature Putin move. In this case enabled by Trump.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8h
China’s passenger car exports surged 64% in September from the same month in 2025, an industry association reported Monday, as Chinese automakers increasingly focus on exports to drive growth at a time of sluggish domestic sales.
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Chinese carmakers increasingly rely on overseas markets as September exports surge
A Chinese industry association says passenger car exports surged 64% in September compared to the same month last year.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I'm all in on lowering costs for working families. My opponent is all in for the tariffs and trade war that got us here. I'm proud to stand alongside fighters like @seiu.org President April Verrett and @keithellison.bsky.social to make sure Minnesotans can actually afford their lives.
Peggy Flanagan, April Verrett, and Keith Ellison stand with Minnesotans.Peggy Flanagan greets a Minnesotan.Peggy Flanagan speaks with a Minnesotan.Peggy Flanagan speaks with Minnesotans.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 13h
NEW: With just weeks to go before the midterms, far-right groups have a new target: nursing homes www.wired.com/story/republ...
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Far-Right Election Groups Are Now Targeting Nursing Homes
Inspired by new guidance from the Trump administration, right-wing election groups are targeting nursing homes, baselessly claiming that left-wing groups are stealing residents’ votes.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 11h
Big Tech has spent years resisting accountability. As the federal government adopts its own evasion tactics—locking out the press, and now investigating news networks—it’s worth remembering journalism’s essential democratic function, writes Jem Bartholomew. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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Democracy, now.
Big Tech has spent years resisting accountability. As the federal government adopts its own evasion tactics—locking out the press, and now investigating news networks—it’s worth remembering journalism...
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AZLD4dems @azld4dems.bsky.social · 21h
A casually misleading ballot measure This article gives a complete history of the proposition and how it made it onto our ballot. www.arizonaagenda.com/p/a-casually... LD4 Dems: Recommendation: VOTE NO 1. No Dems supported the Proposition 2. Bypasses local control
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A casually misleading ballot measure
Prop 320 should’ve been a bill.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 21h
A reminder that Christian nationalists sound exactly like ISIS www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa3f...
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Christian Nationalists Sound Like ISIS
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
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ryandevereaux.bsky.social @ryandevereaux.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In July, I took a ride through the Arizona desert with Verlon Jose, chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation, a sprawling reservation on the U.S.-Mexico border that may soon be changed forever. It was the beginning of an investigation that ProPublica is publishing today. THREAD ⬇️
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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A new NPR investigation found that despite a court order, ICE is still holding immigrants in a warehouse in New Jersey www.jezebel.com/ice-illegall...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/10/2026
Rhodesia is a now-defunct white supremacist state in southern Africa. It's where James Earl Ray attempted to flee after assassinating MLK. It's the flag a white supremacist mass shooter wore in a photo on his manifesto website. Now Donald Trump Jr. is peddling Rhodesian lifestyle apparel.
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How a defunct white supremacist state became a cult favorite on the right
From battleground candidates to Elon Musk, Republicans can’t stop posting wistfully about Rhodesia.
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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Who would have thought there might be a correlation between wide-ranging book bans and new lows in basic student literacy? www.jezebel.com/book-bans-st...
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New documents reveal Ken Paxton has grown his net worth up to $27 million since taking office. His yearly salary is just $153,000.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Remarkable: As of now, Latino early vote is outpacing where it was at same time in 2024 in both percentages of vote share and in RAW VOTE TOTALS. That's big. Presidential turnout is usually higher than midterms. I obtained new analysis from Dem firm TargetSmart: newrepublic.com/article/2164...
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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hegseth is doing everything he can to make you forget about the war he is losing.
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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ah, yet another "go f-ck yourself Trump" ad from a Republican nominee who is too afraid to actually mention the President by name www.jezebel.com/mike-rogers-...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 09/10/2026
A new analysis by a Democratic data firm shows that Latino turnout in early voting is outpacing 2024—a presidential year. That could be a big problem for Trump and the GOP. trib.al/Wt7scf5
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If Dems Win, Inscribe This Chart on Trump-MAGA’s Political Gravestone
A new analysis by a Democratic data firm shows that Latino turnout in early voting is outpacing 2024—a presidential year. That could be a big problem for Trump and the GOP.
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The World @theworld.org · 09/10/2026
On The World 🌍 today: 🌐 @hannahchanatry.bsky.social: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to former ICC judge 🌐 Honor killings continue to dishonor Syria as it seeks to modernize 🌐 Keeping Afghanistan's musical tradition alive Tune in 📻: bit.ly/4sUJYYF
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 09/10/2026
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon and Jon Stewart discuss the tech industry's nihilistic attitudes about AI's impact on society, and how AI CEOs are using their immense wealth to amass political power
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 09/10/2026
Ahead of the midterms, survivors are demanding the full Epstein files, investigations into modeling industry, and laws that would give victims a path to justice. Part 4 of our 'Pipeline to Predators' series:
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What Accountability for Epstein’s Network Would Require
[The final installment of <strong>The Pipeline to Predators</strong>, a four-part <em>Ms.</em> investigation into the modeling industry’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein and survivors’ fight for accoun...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Rarely has a person been so enmeshed in the workings (or one might say, dysfunctions) of our current political-economic-media-influence system as Kimberly Guilfoyle. Let me explain...https://robertreich.substack.com/p/pay-to-play-to-play-to-pay
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
“Arrest as many people that touch you as you want to," Gregory Bovino told Border Patrol officers in 2025. But our review of hundreds of such arrests shows that charges brought against protesters and bystanders repeatedly fell apart under scrutiny. (Published April w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social)
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Caught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled
ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who were arrested on charges like assaulting an immigration agent or interfering with law enforcement. Over and over, the accusat...
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The US is joining these countries in public executions: Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 09/10/2026
Judge dismisses US agency worker's lawsuit, citing AI hallmarks reut.rs/4jNuS6f
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Judge dismisses US agency worker's lawsuit, citing AI hallmarks
A federal judge in Arizona has dismissed a lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture and taken the unusual step of barring the plaintiff from using AI to draft an ​amended complaint.
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Phoenix New Times @phoenixnewtimes.com · 09/10/2026
The men called the assault on Bernadette Greene-Placentia a “hoax” and part of some politically motivated “Hail Mary.” www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/turnin…
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/10/2026
ICE shot Oscar Bergal. They could have killed the child in his car. Enough. ICE out of New York, and all our communities, now.
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AFT @aft.org · 09/10/2026
The U.S. is facing its worst year for measles in decades, with outbreaks in multiple states and children and teenagers accounting for most of the cases. Be sure you're keeping up with the latest public health guidance and vaccination recommendations to keep yourself and your family healthy.
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Measles is surging in the US. These graphics show how bad it has gotten
The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991. Since the beginning of last year, large outbreaks have been reported in several states, including Texas, Utah, South Carolina and, now, Penn...
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Abortion Access Front @abortionfront.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Be THIS guy at a party, not THAT guy. The Cornell 7 has ripped the lid off the convo around r*pe culture again, so let’s remember: anti-abortion ideology's built on the rapey-ass premise that your wishes for your body can be cornholed into oblivion by any man, from the frat house to the state house
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Sar Crespi @boron110.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This week on the @science.org podcast, Japan's mission to a martian moon w/ @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social www.science.org/content/podc...
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shared some thoughts on the Trump administration’s boat strikes: “In the absence of an armed conflict,” Finucane said, “the term for premeditated killing is generally murder.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to … the Opposite of Trump
The world is watching a split screen: In one panel, humanity sees jurists such as Navi Pillay of South Africa, who just won the Nobel Peace Prize for her decades of struggling for international law, i...
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Let’s all show up to vote early if we haven’t already by this date.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
"Our president is helping rich donors offload overvalued stocks onto children, who are forced to hold the stocks for five years whether they want to or not." And this is about one of his *good* ideas. The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social:
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Trump Accounts Were a GOOD Idea. He Just Made It an Icky One.
What started as a bipartisan savings concept now comes with stocks you can’t reject, a five-year lockup, and some very happy billionaires.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Trump admin announced that winter oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve will be exempt from environmental reviews. That includes seismic surveys, building temporary roads, and drilling exploration wells. Our public lands keep paying the price…
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
He claimed he was going to pay for those grossly partisan ads using non-taxpayer funds, but MAGA, Inc. hasn’t done so yet. No surprise there. So Democrats sued. Story: buff.ly/ah0p0SE
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 09/10/2026
My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️

"Today in Marble Hill, ICE agents fired multiple shots at a man in his vehicle while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat.
ICE's already unwelcome presence in our city has been growing more escalatory and dangerous by the day. Today's shooting is a grave development that requires a swift and immediate response to protect the safety of all New Yorkers.
First, we must have a full and independent investigation of this incident.
"There must also be a full and immediate release of all body camera footage of the incident.
In addition, the Target Corporation must stop offering their Bronx properties as private staging sites for ICE, in compliance with requests from New York officials. Target opening up large, active retail parking lots for paramilitary activity is unacceptable and places the entire community at risk.
ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency.
It does not belong in New York City and it should not exist in the United States of America. Abolish ICE.”
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Soulless ghoul, Stephen Miller, has ordered DHS officials to have “inhumane” & "cruel" detention facilities. ICE is still on our streets terrorizing men, women, & children. I share one of the latest horrors in NJ & explain how ICE may be violating yet another court order: youtu.be/aA8UE8DDmPw?...
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Trump’s ICE SPIRALS After COURT ORDER VIOLATION EXPOSED!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
President Trump has spent taxpayer dollars on a luxury ballroom, UFC fight, gold statues and a costly war with Iran. Republicans make sure there will always be money to spend on Trump’s vanity but $0 to protect your healthcare.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Last night in Lochiel, Arizona, heavily armed Border Patrol agents fired tear gas and pepper balls at protesters trying to stop a double border wall from cutting through the San Rafael Valley. Melissa del Bosque reports on what witnesses say happened next. Read full story🔗🦂:
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Border Patrol Deploys Tactical Unit Against Protesters Blocking Arizona Border Wall – The Border Chronicle
“I said, with due respect, sir, they are standing here with pepper spray artillery and gas masks on. They are not talking to us; they are assaulting us.”
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 09/10/2026
US 10-year Treasury yields risk hitting 6% for first time since 2000, Pimco says ft.trib.al/EegwPNh
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US 10-year Treasury yields risk hitting 6% for first time since 2000, Pimco says
Bond giant’s investment chief warns that further sharp rise in borrowing costs is ‘feasible’ as market participants are forced to unwind losing bets
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Boise Autonomous Solidarity Hub @bigbash.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The police pointed guns at the victims' family at the direction of supporters of the rapists.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And 175 years later, remains one of the most powerful forces in modern American politics.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 08/10/2026
Lawmakers raise alarm at Google plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data for AI models reut.rs/4dWhWr6
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Lawmakers raise alarm at Google plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data for AI models
More than 120 US ​lawmakers raised concerns ‌on Thursday about Alphabet's Google unit ​acquiring defunct ​carrier Spirit Airlines' internal ⁠data for $10 million ​to train artificial intelligence ​systems.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/10/2026
Most Americans worry about AI's rapid development, but few trust either party to handle it, an AP-NORC poll finds.
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Most Americans think artificial intelligence is developing too fast, a new AP-NORC poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans think artificial intelligence is developing too fast. And the vast majority of U.S. adults say it's highly important for the government to ensure that AI stays under human control and that U.S. workers are protected.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/10/2026
🧵 1/ Some GOOD public health news! 🎉 A new study estimates that 1.3 MILLION cervical cancer deaths have been averted across 48 countries since their historical mortality peaks. That's an extraordinary public health achievement. www.medpagetoday.com/reading-room...
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Big Drop in Cervical Cancer Mortality Worldwide
'Data show the incredible feat of public health'
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