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Donna Meers

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4h
Resistors report arrests and injuries, including being pushed into barbed wire. CBP confirmed that all four cottonwoods marked for removal there are now gone. Centuries of life destroyed for two parallel walls cutting through the borderlands. We’re heartbroken and we’re angry!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4h
A lot of what’s happening doesn’t seem to be spreading anymore by mainstream media. A tree that stood for an estimated 150–250 years was destroyed today to make way for Trump’s border wall.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 4h
The next voter registration deadlines are: Missouri Oct. 7, 2026 Oklahoma Oct. 9, 2026 Delaware Oct. 10, 2026 Kansas Oct. 13, 2026 New Jersey Oct. 13, 2026 Oregon Oct. 13, 2026 West Virginia Oct. 13, 2026 Plan accordingly. 🗳️
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10h
Mike Caruso, Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts, and pedophile said he still intends to win his election for Clerk and Comptroller after being arrested in August for molesting a male relative under the age of 5. He’s been endorsed by the GOP. amp.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Palm Beach GOP endorses candidate accused of child sex abuse
“I maintain my innocence and remain a candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller,” Mike Caruso, facing child sex abuse charges.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12h
Holy shit.
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Jenny with a Green Ribbon Around Her Neck @readingtheend.bsky.social · 17h
Christ, THANK YOU for explaining this. I was questioning if I had like, accidentally installed an all-home VPN in a fugue state. but okay! it's everywhere! cool! I fucking hate it!
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Scott Johnson @scottjohnson.zip · 04/10/2026
Call me crazy, but this merger making ALL of this under one roof is actually pretty bad. That is WAAAAAAY too much.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Putin’s war crimes have always betrayed his callous indifference for the lives of Ukrainian civilians He couldn’t care less about the nation’s citizens. He just wants to exploit the resources-and revel in the conquest
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
More Like Platform From Hell, RepubliKKKans.......
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ukrainian defenders have cleared more of the forest northeast of Lyman and are pushing the russian fascist invaders back to the villages of Zarichne and Tors'ke on the Zherebets' River.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Argentine Economy Minister Luis Caputo “said the idea for the citizenship-for-investment program emerged during Milei's July 2024 visit to Sun Valley, Idaho, when ***tech executives*** expressed interest in obtaining Argentine citizenship.” 10/3/25 … 1/ share.google/N7XP8wxC0vzz...
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Argentina offers citizenship to wealthy foreigners | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentina on Friday announced plans to offer citizenship to wealthy foreigners in exchange for cash contributions or investments in government bonds, as libertarian Presiden...
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Knicks owner Jim Dolan built himself a private surveillance state. Now he's spending millions to give New York a governor who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers. My latest in @wired.com ... www.wired.com/story/madiso...
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Madison Square Garden’s James Dolan Is Spending Big on New York’s Governor Race
James Dolan has put surveillance at the center of his sports and entertainment empire. Now he’s getting involved in GOP politics by backing a candidate who supports Flock, ICE, and AI data centers.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Here’s an article about the Sun Valley Idaho event in 2024 that inspired Argentina’s new investment-for-citizenship plan. Per the article (published b4 the event), tech moguls invited to the event included Peter Thiel (Palantir), Alex Karp, (Palantir), Sam Altman (OpenAI), Zuckerberg (Meta). 1/
Here’s an article about the Sun Valley Idaho event in 2024 that inspired Argentina’s investment-for-citizenship plan. Per the article (published b4 the event), tech moguls invited to the event included Peter Thiel (Palantir), Alex Karp, (Palantir), Sam Altman (OpenAI), & Mark Zuckerberg (Meta). = OBSERVER
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Here's a look at the rest of the moguls invited to the upcoming conference:
Tech
• Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAl
• Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta
• Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft
• Jett Bezos, executive chairman of Amazon
• Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon
• Tim Cook, CEO of Apple
• Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce
• Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber
• Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google
• Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir
• Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir and Founders Fund
• Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb
Media and entertainment
• Shari Redstone, chairwoman of Paramount Global
• Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman x
News Corp
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026
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Trump’s past 24 hours of desperation:

— posts Sen. Tom Cotton’s cellphone number and tells people to call him over daylight saving time
— again tries to scam voters with fraudulent promises $5,000 checks to every adult citizen if Republicans win the House and Senate
— says if Democrats win it will be “a 1929 disaster” and an economic depression, essentially admitting he believes his term will lead to a Great Depression
— tells a Mobile, Alabama rally to close their eyes and “pretend I’m on the ballot”
— says he’s giving $100 checks to 20 million seniors
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just having a quiet laugh to myself that the guy who wrote the "I'm a professor and writing doesn't matter" bullshit op-ed at the Times then had to immediately respond to his own article with more writing addressing the things he didn't get to include in the article. It's the little joys, really.
Joe Cruz, Opinion Guest Essayist: One thread I didn’t have room to pursue in the essay is that writing is itself a technology for cognitive offloading. It lets us put memory and attention and concentration into the world rather than carrying everything in our heads. That is enormously useful, but it might also mean that we exercise some capacities less.

The humanities and social sciences are so lopsided in privileging writing — and I suspect ease of assessment is a major driver — that we have obscured the costs to these other capacities for thought and have become lazy about imagining alternative ways of cultivating them. AI dramatically highlights the same question. 

What kinds of thinking should we be willing to offload, and what kinds do we want students to keep practicing for themselves?
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What comes up when you read this list: · Scam Artist · Con Man · Grifter · Philanderer · Fraudster · Liar · Cheater · Racketeer · Sexist · Racist · Rapist · Child Rapist · Epstein Buddy · Pedophile · Pedophile Protector · Creep · Malignant Narcissist · Prick · War Criminal · Illegitimate
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A lab worker in Siberia has died from “an unspecified form of plague.” Nearly two hundred more people are under observation.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I Teach Gender-Based Policing at Cornell. Here’s How My Campus Police Should Have Responded to Jane Doe. #Slate
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I Teach Gender-Based Policing at Cornell. Here’s How My Campus Police Should Have Responded to Jane Doe.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 02/10/2026
We're pleased to announce that Bellingcat won three awards at the Online Journalism Awards. Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees listed here: awards.journalists.org/2026/10/02/c...
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Congratulations to the Winners of the 2026 Online Journalism Awards! - Online Journalism Awards
As the in-person celebration of the 2026 Online Journalism Awards (#OJA26) comes to a close, we congratulate the winners in the remaining 12 of 28 categories.
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CatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ensuring your voter registration takes 2 minutes and is worth so much more. Deadline to register to vote in AZ, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MS, OH, TN, TX is OCT. 5. Please register. Already registered? Check your registration NOW. #LetsGetVoteReady social.demcast.com/s/m2aWf4tU
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Check Your Voter Registration
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Alan Rosenblatt @drdigipol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ask your friends one question this week: "When are you voting?" Not whether — when. It's the single friendliest productivity hack in politics, and iwillvote.com is where they find their answer. #LetsGetVoteReady
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I Will Vote
Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.
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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A federal judge ordered DOJ to expedite FOIA requests concerning Epstein files, Trump, and senior administration officials. The court cited exceptional media interest and possible government-integrity questions affecting public confidence. meidasnews.com/news/judge-f...
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Judge Forces DOJ’s Hand in Explosive Trump-Epstein Records Fight
A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to fast-track records involving Trump and the administration’s handling of the Epstein files, finding the fight raises “possible questions about the gove...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is Yelyzaveta Devdyuk. She was 26 years old. She had her best years ahead, but russia killed her in an overnight strike on a residential apartment building in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district. 🕯💔
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Vance wants you to believe that Epstein hating Trump is a “great character reference” for Trump. That’s like saying Jeffrey Dahmer was a good chef. 32 days until Election Day. #LetsGetVoteReady
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Do yourself a favor and read this for your local elections before you fill our your ballot. It's really useful now and will be really useful after the election.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We fight for democracy by showing up, not just where winning is easy, but where someone has been told not to even bother. I ran in one of those places, and I lost, but the next Democrat won’t have to start from scratch. Now imagine doing that in every district. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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The Only Race We Can’t Win...
Is the one we don’t run
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Michigan Jill @whitchmi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Let's call this desperate move what it is. A pathetic taxpayer-funded bribe for votes in a midterm that's about to ruin his fascist funfest. I may get the $500. But it doesn't cover what I lost thanks to the GOP. Biden had nothing to do with it. My vote isn't for sale. www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/09/...
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Trump administration starts sending $500 Obamacare refund checks — who stands to benefit
The refunds come after millions of people lost premium subsidies for their health insurance and right before the midterm elections.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 01/10/2026
No Going Back, the Trump PAC, just reported to the FEC another huge ad buy in this R+15 district in Kentucky. They’ve now spent over $1M on ads to hold onto a seat that Republicans won by 27 points (!) just two years ago. #ky06
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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month we honor survivors, stand with those bravely fighting for their lives and support research.   Early detection saves lives. Let this month serve as a reminder to schedule your early screening or remind a loved one to get theirs.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“I'm not worried the Democrats will lose the midterms. I'm worried they'll win and use their normal ploy of installing a rotating villain to torpedo the vote as soon as something good and productive is about to happen.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=zswl...
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Trump Created a CRISIS that Half the Country Doesn't Know About! (feat. Sarah Kendzior)
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The White House continues to decline to answer these questions about Trump's taxpayer-funded TV commercials
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
White christian nationalist, huge Trump supporter, and all around terrible human being Franklin Graham sounds like he’s still on the Trump train on Trump’s war of choice.
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House Judiciary Dems @democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: RM @raskin.house.gov and @georgewhitesides.bsky.social demand watchdog probes into taxpayer-funded Trump campaign ads. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...
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Ranking Member Raskin, Rep. Whitesides Demand Watchdog Probes into Taxpayer-Funded Trump Campaign Ads
Washington, D.C. (October 1, 2026)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. George Whitesides called on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the U.S. Off...
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Rabbi Jill Zimmerman @rabbijill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Separation of church & state. Just another way of abusing the constitution.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: The DA in Cornell case did NOT include this line from the victim in his recent press release on what she reported: "I can say with 100 percent confidence I was raped.” This was a COVER up. The DA should be removed, prosecuted and disbarred!! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped (Gift Article)
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Federal scholarship tax credit regs are out. Working through them. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-20277.pdf
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
John Roberts ruled that presidents are above the law. We are 578 letters away from 33,000 demanding his impeachment. Help us get there: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One thing I also wrote in The Privateers though, re what some call the “woke Left”: public school advocacy is very fragmented—you’re seeing this now re: the federal tax credit too. You have supts, labor, afterschool, tutoring, disability and civil right, social justice organizers etc 1/3
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just despicable by MS NOW, which has accepted stolen taxpayers dollars for 38 illegal ads. Give me a break with this bullshit statement too. So your hosts are on air all day saying this is illegal while you are taking the money and running the ads? Just gross.
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Slate @slate.com · 30/09/2026
Kash Patel is bad at his job. That’s a problem for all of us. slate.trib.al/Uskej2q
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The Trump Administration’s Most Dangerous Man
He’s in charge of the agency tasked with keeping you safe. He doesn’t seem to be very good at his job.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m spitballing here, but: “Petrol thieves” sent to scout base and get information on surveillance/response times. Trump’s “they wanted to do big damage” comment could be a lie, but could be a leak of a classified assessment referring to the actual would-be attackers, not the recon element.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
this guy can barely talk, folks
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's disgusting the way people look past someone refusing to stand up for trans people or women or people of color or immigrants or victims of genocide. It is an ethical and moral line and once you stand on the wrong side you have revealed yourself to either be a coward or undeserving of power.
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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sobering but good thread about those of you who think it will be allover after election day.
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Daniel GHOUL-am @dgill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"It's got a weather station, and it's got an antenna and light bar on the roof and LED pods that are facing backwards," he said of his truck. "I storm chase, so I've got it set up for that. There's no truck in this city that looks remotely anything like this truck."
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 30/09/2026
Worst candidate in the country is calling out Donald Trump.
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