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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“.. a previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice ..” @wsj.com #TXsen www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Chicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Ms Rachel from the top ropes
From Ms Rachel's account on Threads, she writes, "CORECIVIC, a company that makes hundreds of millions locking up KIDS in immigration detention
has a PAC that's sending campaign checks to Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
Susan Collins chairs the Senate committee that writes ICE's budget.
ICE is CoreCivic's customer.
The company gets paid out of a budget she controls, and it pays into her campaign."
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13/10/2026
More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife on.wsj.com/4yKLe4d
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More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
SCOOP Internal ICE emails show the agency has been discussing the use of a Palantir-supported tool to track noncitizen voters www.wired.com/story/ice-em...
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ICE Emails Discuss Using Palantir-Supported Tool to Investigate Voter Fraud
Documents obtained by Democracy Forward show that ICE looked into feeding voter roll data into the ELITE tool, normally used to identify targets for deportation.
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Capitol News Illinois @capitolnewsil.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
For the third time in Trump's second term, the federal government has denied Illinois' request for disaster relief after severe weather. @benszalinski.bsky.social reports. buff.ly/hdFaq4F
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Trump administration denies Illinois' request for disaster relief — again
Trump administration denies Illinois FEMA disaster relief after August storms, leaving eight counties without federal aid.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A Texas pediatrician has already paid $15k in legal fees to counter requests from Ken Paxton's office about her vaccine policy. She spoke to the NYT on background after prosecutors threatened this: "You are requested NOT to inform other entities of this request" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Texas is in play-and my friend Gina Hinojosa can WIN. She's leading Abbott in the polls. But polls don't win elections. Investment and organizing do! Now's the time to go ALL IN on Gina. Let's give her the resources to finish the job and flip Texas! GIVE HERE: secure.actblue.com/donate/ads_m...
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Donate to Gina Hinojosa
Gina Hinojosa is the Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas to take on Greg Abbott and his corruption. Will you join me today in supporting her campaign?
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Restaurants are warning that the tariffs Ken Paxton supports could end free chips and salsa.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Today on House Hunters, Ken Paxton is shopping for a new house. Will he buy the three-story luxury lodge in Oklahoma? The condos at a wellness resort in Utah? The ocean-view property in Hawaii? (Spoiler alert: He won’t take one — he’ll take 15.)
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Chris Conaton @conatonc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”
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Texas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.
Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable.
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NPR @npr.org · 24/09/2026
Education staff are being scattered across several other federal agencies. Despite the Trump administration's claims, employees say it's adding bureaucracy and making it harder to serve students. n.pr/3TS9SAR
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The Education Dept. hasn't been dismantled. It's become more inefficient, staff say
Education staff are being scattered across several other federal agencies. Despite the Trump administration's claims, employees say it's adding bureaucracy and making it harder to serve students.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
2/ Link: www.thedailybeast.com/wife-of-jame...
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Wife of Judge on Mifepristone Case Was Paid by Anti-Abortion Group
The wife of James Ho, one of the circuit judges who banned mifepristone last year, took multiple payments from the group that brought it to court.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It can get a little overwhelming deciding which Democrats need your grassroots donations the most, so here are the most competitive Senate races and how I will be donating: shero.substack.com/publish/post...
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Help Flip the Senate Blue
As we head into the last few weeks before this monumental November election, there are some Democratic campaigns for Senate that could really use some thoughtful and strategic grassroots donations.
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...
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Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin Chronicle
Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms
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suzannezk.bsky.social @suzannezk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Russell Vought has been deleting some of your comments on the proposed OMB rule to politicize grantmaking. Particularly ones that mention him by name and that his daughter was treated for CF with an NIH-funded therapeutic.
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Comments on OMB research rule mysteriously removed from federal website
Some comments on a proposed OMB research rule have been mysteriously removed from a public-facing government webpage.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.
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Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 09/08/2026
MS NOW journalist Jacob Soboroff issued a stark warning Saturday about the number of election deniers running for offices that would give them direct control over how future elections are run and certified.
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‘Scary’ midterm development has journalist raising alarm: ‘This is a mayday situation’
MS NOW journalist Jacob Soboroff issued a stark warning Saturday about the number of election deniers running for offices that would give them direct control over how future elections are run and certified.Soboroff, citing data from the nonpartisan Voting Rights Lab, said at least 25 election denier...
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Tales of everyday corruption. Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned. Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!
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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Two security researchers shipped me a pink plastic kid's smartwatch from Amazon. When I wore it, they tracked my movements, surreptitiously took photos of me, even listened to my conversations. The same backend they hacked is used by 30+ watch brands for kids. 🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/hacker...
wired.com
Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids
Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It’s just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
“Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.” MTV goes live 45 years ago today. 🤘🏼 🎸 $VIAC $TWX $PARA
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
While you were over here trying to figure out how you were going to cover the rent and food—this guy was over there using $5.1 million in taxpayer money YOU paid into the system to cover these statues in 23 karat gold. Yeah, he did that.
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Paul Alcocer @paul28730.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This is the latest one that I can't believe doesn't have legs. They listed all the grants by whether the states they were in went for Harris or Trump and whether they had at least one republican Senator. All grants in Harris states w/o a republican Senator were canceled.
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
man I cannot overemphasize how many people I know fell into some form of madness because they could not accept that their kid got an autism diagnosis and that maybe that was just how life was going to be
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Texas GOP wants to ban IVF and surrogacy. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTAYyvJQU/
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The Texas GOP is hoping to ban IVF and surrogacy, despite a poll finding that most voters in the state oppose banning the procedures. Katy Tur shares more details. #politics #news
TikTok video by Katy Tur
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/07/2026
When asked about the Microsoft arrangement ProPublica uncovered — which allowed China-based engineers to maintain the Pentagon’s computer systems — national security experts saw a major vulnerability for the U.S. ➡️ Listen to the full episode: propub.li/4faXlAz
"I would look at [the Microsoft program] as an avenue ... to extremely valuable access if I were an operative. ... We would love to have had access like that." - Harry Coker, former senior executive at the CIA and the National Security Agency
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/07/2026
Texas AG Ken Paxton vowed to “stop at nothing to uncover and stop any illegal voting activity.” But experts say he may have violated state law by using an address where he no longer appears to live to vote in six elections in two years. w/ @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/07/2026
President Trump wants to soften one of the strongest legal protections American workers have: the right to hold an employer accountable when retirement savings are mishandled. Here's what you need to know 👇
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Wall Street Wants to Change the Rules for Your 401(k). It Could Put Your Retirement at Risk.
Financial firms want a bigger piece of the $10 trillion in America’s 401(k) plans, and the Trump administration is planning a regulatory rollback to encourage  less-regulated — and often riskier — inv...
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“… Ken Paxton released Adam Hoffman — a self-admitted child sex abuser — from jail after one of Paxton’s wealthy lawyer friends got involved in the case.” “Paxton even kept him off the sex offender registry. Now Hoffman is back on our streets because of Ken Paxton’s corruption.”
jamestalarico.substack.com
Meet our opponent: Ken Paxton
He is the most corrupt politician in America, and it isn’t even close.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Jeffries: It was in the Oval Office. And the guy—the president—was literally falling asleep. I couldn’t believe it. Now, we’ve seen this happen in Cabinet meetings before, but the cameras are rolling, this Cabinet secretary is talking, and he’s falling asleep. Something is really wrong right now.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
May 24, 2026
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May 24, 2026
For a while now, I’ve been hinting that my team was up to something.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 20/05/2026
Today on "News No One Should Find Surprising"
TESLA

NEWS

A Texas Drainage District Walked Its Ditch on a
Routine Inspection. They Found a Pipe They Didn't
Recognize Discharging Black Liquid From Tesla's $1
Billion Lithium Refinery

By: Luis Reyes
Published: May 18, at 11:13am ET
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NPR @npr.org · 14/05/2026
U.S. school districts worry it could get even more expensive to prepare a meal under new federal dietary guidelines, as they also contend with cuts to programs that helped them buy local food. n.pr/4dGWW7U
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The MAHA movement is coming to school cafeterias. Here's what that means for kids
U.S. school districts worry it could get even more expensive to prepare a meal under new federal dietary guidelines, as they also contend with cuts to programs that helped them buy local food.
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 11/05/2026
new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...
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Everlee Has Disappeared
Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I love a good road trip, but this is brutally out of touch: a Trump Cabinet member making a documentary about himself while regular families can’t afford road trips anymore, because Trump and his war put gas prices through the roof.
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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
this is the closest I've ever come to actually suggesting a "one neat trick" suggestion for anything, but I'm so serious here. the Virginia Constitution gives the legislature the power to set retirement ages for judges "REGARDLESS OF THE TERM TO WHICH ELECTED OR APPOINTED." make it 54 right now.
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How Virginia Democrats can overturn the redistricting ruling: Retire the Supreme Court
The state Constitution gives lawmakers complete latitude to set the judicial retirement age. They should use it.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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The Next Coup Attempt
And How to Stop It
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
BREAKING: For the first time ever, GasBuddy data showing average diesel prices have risen above $8 per gallon in San Francisco, CA- the first ever U.S. city to reach the $8 mark ever.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.” www.ft.com/content/744e...
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
hello what did i miss tell me every thing
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/03/2026
President Trump, who is in the midst of pressuring senators to curb the use of mail-in voting, voted by mail ballot in Tuesday’s special election in Palm Beach County, Florida.
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Trump just voted by a method he calls ‘mail-in cheating’
The president’s decision to vote by mail comes as he pushes a sweeping bill to reform balloting nationwide, including restrictions on mail-in voting.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 24/03/2026
Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method 'cheating'
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Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method 'cheating'
The president cast a mail ballot in an upcoming Florida special election, according to county records.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Always always always read Blair Braverman ‘Their Power Feels Like Mine’: A Dog Sled Racer Says Goodbye to Her Pack www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/m...
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‘Their Power Feels Like Mine’: A Dog Sled Racer Says Goodbye to Her Pack
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Megan Wachspress @meganwachspress.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
If he's going to get a national profile on the strength of a younger woman's campaign, I'm going to come out and say it: during his short-lived tenure as a math professor, Biss had an inappropriate romantic relationship with one of his undergraduate students. I was that student.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Donald Trump letting you know how the authoritarian capture of the media is going, in case you missed it. Unlike other authoritarians in places like Hungary and Poland he has no worries about advertising his authoritarian take over of the media.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
“The woman is awaiting her next court hearing later this month. She is afraid to attend in person due to a rise in ICE arrests at immigration courts across the country, and is wary of leaving her house, even to go grocery shopping or go to work.”
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
excellent deep dive into all of the ways that the Trump administration has used the federal budget to keep punishing critics and trying to bend them to his will. FWIW, this is precisely how Viktor Orban crushed the opposition in Hungary 15 years ago. The national budget is a powerful weapon.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Wounded Knee. Tulsa. My Lai. Abu Ghraib And now, Minab We need to talk about the horror when 180 little schoolgirls, boys and teachers were obliterated by U.S. Tomahawk missiles last week. And tell Congress: Not one more dime for these war crimes My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...
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AI error or not, Iran school bombing is a permanent stain on America’s soul | Will Bunch
A debate on AI in warfare obscures the truth about an Iran school bombing. U.S. humans are to blame for this war crime.
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