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Nashville resident and dog owner Was the fall of Rome this stupid?

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h
The Trump family runs the government, and the government pays the Trump family. This is not a coincidence – it's deep corruption that never would have been tolerated before a convicted felon took over the White House. Vote against all Republicans.
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Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election
The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h
With our money. Playing in our faces. 🤷🏼 ✈️
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19h
Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 21h
Nothing to worry about all good
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 23h
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The white evangelical movement split in the 1970s so those who hated civil rights, especially for women, could boost right-wing Republicans. Talarico is reclaiming the movement for the others, and it is a very different thing indeed. Jimmy Carter v. Jerry Falwell.
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Luke Russell @lukerussell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What in the actual fuck...
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Trump approves firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon says
Nidal Hasan sentenced to death by military jury in 2013 for carrying out deadly shooting attack at army base in Texas
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CNN @cnn.com · 06/10/2026
The Senate battleground map is shifting after signs of improvement for Democrats in several red-leaning states. CNN’s Arlette Saenz breaks down what races made the list, including a new state to watch emerging in the final stretch. Read more: cnn.it/47ANXBn
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ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My god MEGYN KELLY: “No one will even consider the possibility that this woman made a decision to get it on with four men total, not seven, and enjoyed it because — I'm just going to be honest, she's not the most attractive gal. She's extremely beefy in her arms and her legs.”
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ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Great work by ProPublica!
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Megan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How @propublica.org Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required. / by @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith at last night’s Power to the People concert, wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt.
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ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“This dehumanising language, talking about immigrants as vermin, and this racial purity language, like they’re ‘poisoning the blood of our country’. What does that mean? If they’re poisoning the blood, what’s the pure blood? We know where that story goes”(
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ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o... addressing a mostly white crowd in MN, [Trump] declared: “You have good genes, you know that, right? You have good genes. A lot of it is about the genes, isn’t it, don’t you believe? The racehorse theory, you think we’re so different? You have good genes in MN.”
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When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now
Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A suggestion for the Bulwark Pope: If the Chicago White Sox make the World Series, how could His Holiness not go to their first home game on Monday, Oct. 26. And the day before, on Sunday, he could celebrate Mass in Springfield, OH, to show support for the persecuted Haitians.
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Clem H. Fandango @sferroni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“For $45 you can start a school and charge $7000 per student — no background checks, they weren’t teachers — and taxpayers foot the bill… SCHOOL VOUCHERS ARE A SCAM.” @GovBillLee (H/T @piper_for_missouri) Pro Publica’s expose: www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Shorter Trump administration: Data centers good. Homes bad.
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In light of we've learned about the execution team's struggle to establish IV access before Christa Pike's failed lethal injection, here's a story I wrote in June after Carruthers. The new protocol TN adopted in 2025 reduced training in IV placement. nashvillebanner.com/2026/06/30/t...
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Lethal injection protocol likely led to botched execution - Nashville Banner
Tennessee's current lethal injection protocol includes reduced training on IV placement, an issue that caused the state to halt Tony Carruthers' execution.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Monsters, all.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WILLIAMSON COUNTY’s Pastor Kevin Riggs: “There’s nothing Christian about @MarshaBlackburn’s statement.” (He says he will be voting for @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social for governor)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump and Ronny Jackson have a chuckle about the botched execution in Tennessee: "The medication didn't exactly work. He [Jackson] would answer it better than anybody. How does that happen? It shouldn't be very difficult."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/10/2026
Death row inmate Christa Pike is in critical condition after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her, her lawyers said. Follow live updates:
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Live Updates: Christa Pike in Critical Condition After Botched Tennessee Execution
The inmate, Christa Pike, was “alive right now” after surviving an attempt to execute her by lethal injection, her lawyer said. He called on Gov. Bill Lee to reduce her sentence to life in prison.
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 01/10/2026
I would have *so* much fun spamming this with niche theological questions.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nashville Banner reporter Steven Hale, describing how prison officials kept drawing the curtain to hide how badly they were botching this: “A lot of this execution — or attempted execution, whatever it was — happened when we could not see what was going on.”
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
RIP peace Jaimie 🙏 😞 A young sailor died by suicide. Her family blames health care gaps and long deployment. | NPR www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n...
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A young sailor died by suicide. Her family blames health care gaps and long deployment
Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June.
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Catherine Sweeney @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Health care professionals who... take part in Tennessee’s executions are those willing to set aside their professional ethics. The problems that we have seen, such as in Mr. Carruthers’s case, are the predictable result of working with such unscrupulous actors.” kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...
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After Failed Execution, Health Workers Say State’s Rules Flout Medical Ethics - KFF Health News
The death penalty is legal in 27 states, and lethal injection is the primary method. That means involving medical professionals to store, test, and inject the drugs. After a botched execution in Tenne...
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WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio @wpln.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say wpln.org/post/tenness...
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Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say
Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday, media witnesses said, after the lethal injection was halted for hours as courts consider...
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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 01/10/2026
Via the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social: Christa Pike is the state’s second death row inmate in a matter of months subjected to an unsuccessful attempt at a lethal injection.
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Christa Pike Transported to Hospital Following Two Failed Lethal Injection Attempts
Christa Pike was set to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years. Instead, she is the state’s second death row inmate in a matter of months subjected to an unsuccessful attempt ...
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ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What are we doing?! Abolish the death penalty
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What the actual fuck
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The judges said they want to review whether her allegations of sexual abuse and rape as a child were fully considered before she was sentenced to death."
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
abolish the death penalty
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been covering the death penalty in depth for a dozen years now, and few nights have been as disturbing and dispiriting as tonight. This was a moral, ethical, and legal failure on several different fronts from many different actors. It wasn't *just* SCOTUS, though they sure were a key part.
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After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botched the execution
SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I got back home a bit ago from Tennessee's execution of Christa Pike. We sat in the witness room for nearly 2 and a half hours as she received two rounds of pentobarbital. She was taken away in an ambulance shortly after that and I can't say for sure if she is dead or alive at this moment.
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ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Before Wednesday’s last-minute pause, the nation’s highest court and Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, had declined to intervene to stop Pike’s execution.”
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 01/10/2026
Death row inmate Christa Pike is receiving medical care after her execution was halted nearly two hours of the State of Tennessee began. "I’ve witnessed, I believe, five executions in Tennessee,” said Tori Gessner with WKRN News 2 in Nashville. “Nothing about today was normal, typical at all."
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Death row inmate Pike's execution halted after nearly two hours • Tennessee Lookout
A three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee on Wednesday.
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ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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No Kings: Vote Early Bellevue, TN, 37221 · No Kings
Join us at Red Caboose Park on Highway 70 in Bellevue, TN, from 10am-12pm. March to vote early at 12pm. **We decide who represents us. We decide what comes next.** For more than a year, millions of ...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
A resurfaced video shows Republican congressional candidate Brandon Herrera sexualizing moms who put stick-figure family decals on their cars. What he said about them is now getting fresh attention.
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Brandon Herrera Sexualized Moms Who Have Stick Figure Family Decals
GOP candidate: "You know she doesn’t need protection either."
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ekinggill @ekinggill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Why is there a Donald Trump ad during an NFL game when he’s not running for office and why is the US government paying for a political ad[?]”
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We must “recognize the evil that is being carried out in our name and fight it…We must recognize that in abandoning the words of Deuteronomy and the Statue of Liberty, we are losing our soul as a nation.” — Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
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On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy Indicts Trump’s War on Immigrants
Preaching on the Good Samaritan for World Day of Migrants, Washington’s archbishop named Minneapolis, a five-year-old used as bait, and a nation that “passed on by.” He told Catholics to fight every d...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NBC: “Eight U.S. Marines were injured two weeks ago when an Iranian cruise missile attacked the ship they were operating on in the Strait of Hormuz, according to three U.S. officials…”
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U.S. Marines injured in recent Iranian attack
The previously unreported attack occurred Sept. 14 when Iran struck a ship U.S. forces were on in the Strait of Hormuz, sources say.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 28/09/2026
There were no handshakes between Ireland and Israel players before their contentious Nations League match, with the Irish team wearing black armbands for its 3-0 win.
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Ireland players wear black armbands and refrain from handshakes in soccer game against Israel
There were no handshakes between Ireland and Israel players before their contentious Nations League match, with the Irish team wearing black armbands for its 3-0 win.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27/09/2026
Pursued by ICE, some Haitians in the U.S. are fleeing across the northern border to seek safety in Canada, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports. He traveled the secret routes through forests that some are taking to escape deportation.
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The Northern Passage
Hunted by ICE, Haitians flee across the border to hide in Canada.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Another horrific category Tennessee is *leading* in under this GOP supermajority: YOUTH PRISONS “In contrast, Tennessee’s Dept of Children’s Services budgeted $360 MILLION to build 2 new facilities” (We can’t afford school lunches for all tho😕)
propublica.org
Across the Country, Youth Prisons Are Closing. This State Is Building More.
Tennessee officials say they need more high-security facilities for kids who commit crimes. Experts say this approach flies in the face of crime data and research that shows youth prisons are not reha...
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every once in a while I am struck by the absolutely miraculous nature of the fact that we all exist, the complexity of the unfathomable twists and turns of luck that brought us all here, and how stupid it is that we don’t live in such a way that appreciates our shared humanity. This is one.
A medical chart of all the intricacies of the human brain from numerous angles. Awestuck.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News. He didn’t pick up.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 18/09/2026
He fucked it up so badly they had to explain it with crayons.
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