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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 10h
Hailed by some as miracle drugs, GLP-1s have surged in popularity in the past few years. But with that rapid expansion, there’s a growing list of questions and skeptics. to.pbs.org/4AUyQAs
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As GLP-1s reshape America, questions and new uses emerge
Hailed by some as miracle drugs, GLP-1s have surged in popularity in the past few years. An estimated one out of every eight Americans is now on some version of them and scientists continue to researc...
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Mitch Jackson ⚖️ @mitch.social · 9h
Tonight Trump stood on a rally stage in Nebraska and said about Iran, "Let 'em take out Los Angeles. Let 'em take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay." The MAGA crowd cheered.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16h
Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity." "ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Deadline Is Monday Texas voter registration closes Monday, Oct 5. Miss it, you sit out November. Texas is the hardest state in America to vote in, and that's no accident. It's 150 years of laws built to keep the list short. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...
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How Texas Turned Voter Registration Into A Political Weapon
150 years of making it hard on purpose. Check your registration before Monday.
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Dr. Dave @drdave1999.bsky.social · 18h
Q: If Project 2025 was a blueprint for destroying America, why did 77M MAGAts vote for Trump?! A: Some didn’t believe he’d do it, many didn’t care if he did, and most didn’t know about Project 2025 at all because FOX News didn’t cover it.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h
So we needed to start another war in Middle East because of a fictitious claim that a country possessed a weapon of mass destruction? At least we’ve never made that mistake before. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner.bsky.social · 12h
BREAKING: In Nebraska rally, Trump just suggested he would be unbothered to see Iran "take out" LA or San Diego: “They could take out a city,” he said. “Let them take—Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. That’s—this is a very small price to pay."
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10h
Calls for court reform have grown louder in recent years as the Supreme Court has delivered several controversial rulings. Justice Samuel Alito says Democrats’ calls to expand the court are a political attempt to influence the justices’ decisions: demdock.com/4hIVLFZ
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🇷🇺An approved Communist Party rally in central Moscow did not go as planned. Protesters chanted “Fair elections,” “We want freedom,” “Freedom for political prisoners” and “Down with the Tsar” — referring to Putin. Police detained around 60 people.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20h
Russian officials say a lab technician died of an unexplained pneumonia and that no accident occurred. The size of the response suggests otherwise. Here's what's confirmed, what isn't, and what pneumonic plague can and can't do. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17h
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 17h
Musician Charles Manson, who led a religious revival in Los Angeles during the counterculture era of the 1960s and later became embroiled in controversy, has died.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 12h
A lack of transparency about the events and conflicting reports about the type of illness and how the young woman was infected have fueled concerns and speculations about a suspected case of pneumonic plague. to.pbs.org/3TENI58
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What to know about a Russian lab worker's death and speculation about pneumonic plague
Local officials have confirmed the illness and death of a lab worker at an anti-plague research institute in Russia.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15h
Around the country, Americans are fighting back to ensure that big polluters pay for the harm they cause. 

SCOTUS should hold polluters accountable & Congress should pass my Polluters Pay bill to make Big Oil pay for their climate mess, not you.  www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Supreme Court grapples with case on holding Big Oil liable for climate change
After more than two hours of argument, it was unclear whether the justices would green-light Boulder, Colorado’s novel lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h
Katie Phang: "Todd Blanche wants to continue to hide the Epstein files from the American people. He wants to allow the existing redactions and withholdings to stand as a matter of law. He's saying what he has done is legally sufficient. And I am here to say, hell no, it is not."
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 14h
The developers behind the sprawl-inducing “Blue Ribbon Projects” bill (to let developers bypass locals when building on big tracts of rural land) are pouring money into #Florida Senate races -- more than $180,000 last month jasongarcia.substack.com/p/the-invest... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social
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The investors behind the “Blue Ribbon Projects” bill are pouring money into state Senate races
The booster of a bill to let developers bypass locals when building on big tracts of rural land made more than $180,000 in donations last month — including in key Senate races in Orlando and Tampa.
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br00t4c @br00t4c.bsky.social · 15h
ICE bleeding staff at record rate as firings and resignations soar: report Impunity time's almost over, kidnappers. Resigning won't hide your crimes. www.rawstory.com/ice-employees/
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ICE bleeding staff at record rate as firings and resignations soar: report
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is losing employees faster than at any point in its history, with thousands of recent hires quitting or getting fired shortly after joining, according to federal wo...
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 20h
Hind Rajab’s memory will outlive the occupation. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Nate Head wearing Hind Rajab’s Jersey at Gillette Stadium this week.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Abdul El-Sayed on Fox News: "I think about MLK. He said this thing I always think about -- 'If your coalition is not uncomfortable, it's not big enough.' A lot of people wonder why I'm having this conversation with you. It's because there are people out there who I want to have a conversation with."
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 20h
Two things: A) It's the biggest blessing from party elders that Abdul El-Sayed can get to have Barack Obama campaign with him). B) You bring in Barack Obama when you need the closer. This is bringing on Jordan with the Flu. This is Ben Wallace in Game 5 against the Lakers.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
De Niro: The Trump administration knows that their policies are unpopular. They’re not stupid. Well, okay. They are very fucking stupid. I mean, really stupid. They’re stupider than I ever thought. But they recognize what they’re doing is turning away people.
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 20h
If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
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‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ruffalo: Keep the bastards away from our most vulnerable people, our beloved, beloved immigrants. Because if you ain’t Native American, you’re an immigrant, a beautiful immigrant.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Correct!
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@anjewla90

Failed congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh sits on top of a sign with her friends in Bridgeview, Illinois that calls Jake Lang a pedophile.


@DRSABHAFIERCE video depicting me, her, and Demi sitting atop her truck with a screen showing Jake lang’s texts to minors and the words JAKE LANG IS A PEDO
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h
The Least Surprising News of the Day
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18h
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict over a 2017 Senate race ad funded by a Democratic-aligned super PAC. apnews.com/article/roy-...
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Supreme Court rejects Roy Moore's push to restore $8.2M defamation verdict
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Roy Moore’s push to restore an $8.2 million defamation verdict awarded to him over a 2017 Senate ad.
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bobshaw-28.bsky.social @bobshaw-28.bsky.social · 23h
For U.S. Senate, Texans deserve Talarico's service over Paxton's self-interest www.statesman.com/opinion/edit...
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We'll take Talarico's service over Paxton's self-interest | Endorsement
The next U.S. senator should focus on Texans’ needs. Rep. James Talarico understands that charge; Attorney General Ken Paxton has repeatedly failed it, the Editorial Board writes.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 21h
I do not mean to single out LeBron James, but it feels completely bizarre to me that an active player is allowed to promote "prediction markets" but would get banned for life for using that service to bet ten dollars on their own team to win a game.
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97.9 The Hill WCHL & Chapelboro.com @wchlchapelboro.bsky.social · 19h
Former NBA superstar and UNC alumnus Michael Jordan has made a $10 million donation to the UNC School of Social Work in honor of his mother, Deloris P. Jordan. The university said the donation is the largest in the school of social work’s history. Here are the details:
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Michael Jordan Donates $10 Million to UNC School of Social Work in Honor of His Mother - Chapelboro.com
UNC said the donation is the largest in the school of social work’s history, and said it will use the funds to advance social work innovation.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19h
Losing a parent to Alzheimer's is a double loss and it's bleak as hell. Good people don't joke about things like that. But Archibald Graham long ago gave up on being a decent human being. metro.co.uk/2026/10/04/m...
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Mike Graham filmed making 'hideous' jokes about Andy Burnham's dad's death
His comments were 'the lowest of the low'.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 17h
I'm with Stephen King on this.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 16h
I don't mean to make waves or anything, but as a journalist, I am definitely opposed to the president talking about arresting journalists.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h
👀 the fearmongering is failing
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 15h
Sean Hannity is worried that 'purist' Republicans will stay home during the midterm elections. That sounds familiar.
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LateNighter @latenightercom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Last Frame Tonight: With Kiwibank trying to stop the internet from lusting after its sheep mascot Buck, John Oliver and team gave her the final frame of Sunday night’s #LastWeekTonight open: “Veni”—Latin for “I came.”
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Reuters @reuters.com · 05/10/2026
Gold gains as October Fed rate hike prospects fade reut.rs/4yA49yO
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Gold gains as October Fed rate hike prospects fade
Gold prices drifted higher on Monday after recent soft economic data ‌sharply lowered expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike in October, increasing the appeal of the non-yielding asset.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 05/10/2026
Week 4 recap: Backups Kyle Monangai and Tyson Bagent lead Chicago Bears to a 23-12 win over New York Jets
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Week 4 recap: Backups Kyle Monangai and Tyson Bagent lead Chicago Bears to a 23-12 win over New York Jets
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
​"Ukraine is the most modern military force that we have in Europe today. It is a buffer zone and an impediment to potential Russian aggression." — Stubb ​I respect Stubb, but never did I imagine myself saying that I'm from a buffer zone for Europe, where we are not people, but a function,
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
“The day after I lost $1,800 on basketball in one night … an email popped into my inbox. ‘Welcome to the DraftKings VIP Showcase,’ the subject line read. I couldn’t believe it. My night of loss chasing was being rewarded.”
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and…
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/10/2026
A GOP schism over the Texas candidate Bo French’s social-media post reveals the limits of the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
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The Mainstreaming of Anti-Indian Bigotry
A Republican schism over a social-media post by a Texas politician revealed that the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy has its limits.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger was officially approved this past week. Corporate concentration means more power for CEOs — and less freedom for everyone else. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
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The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
From your grocery bill to your paycheck, monopolies are making you less financially secure and ultimately less free. For
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 05/10/2026
Hopeless Trump is just a step away from committing the unthinkable
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Hopeless Trump is just a step away from committing the unthinkable
It isn’t catastrophizing to assume that Donald Trump is going to do everything we fear he may do to threaten the midterms, if for no other reason than every one of his actions lately demonstrates his belief that no rule or law applies to him — and losing in Congress obviously threatens his base of a...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We’ve seen that American capitalism is one of the harshest forms of capitalism on the planet. How did it get so bad?
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Geoff Field @geofffield.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The response from right-wing political figures has been grotesque. John Yoo former Justice Department lawyer told Fox News that lethal injection is “the most humane method,” and asked, “Why not use the firing squad?” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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An American horror story: The failed execution of Christa Pike
There are incidents in contemporary American society so barbaric that they shock the sensibilities of anyone who stands for social equality, justice and human decency. The state of Tennessee’s attempt...
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DrJX1555 @drjx1555.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yeah! Born and Raised in Texas. Hopefully the DEMS & INDIES & the Converted-GOP can Flip RED Texas to BLUE TEXAS to improve the Lives of All Texans. youtu.be/jvfxHiRCxZo?...
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Ken Paxton 'dragging down the entire ticket' as election forecaster shifts Texas away from GOP
YouTube video by NBC News
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 04/10/2026
President Donald Trump mourned the loss of his life prior to entering politics during his rally in Ohio Saturday night, telling attendees he "didn't have to" be "working my a-- off" and could have instead opted to live a private life in luxury.
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Cursing Trump mourns lost ‘simple life’: ‘I could have been in Monte Carlo!’
President Donald Trump mourned the loss of his life prior to entering politics during his rally in Ohio Saturday night, telling attendees he “didn’t have to” be “working my a-- off” and could have instead opted to live a private life in luxury.“I had a great life, I had a nice, simple life before th...
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Linda Paul @rangewriterlp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Only in America do we attempt to kill someone one night & the next day put them on life-support. How a Failed #Execution Left Christa Pike Hovering Between Life and Death. The oxymoron of our justice system. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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How a Failed Execution Left Christa Pike Hovering Between Life and Death (Gift Article)
Her legal team had repeatedly warned that her execution could go wrong. On Wednesday, they were proven right.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 04/10/2026
ALDS Game 1: Chicago White Sox use 3-hit shutout and Munetaka Murakami’s blast for 3-0 win
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ALDS Game 1: Chicago White Sox use 3-hit shutout and Munetaka Murakami’s blast for 3-0 win
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 03/10/2026
Tennessee prison chief who oversaw Christina Pike's failed execution resigns
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Tennessee prison chief who oversaw Christina Pike's failed execution resigns
Pike, 50, survived two injections of the normally lethal substance pentobarbital.
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