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Jason Beets @jasonbeets.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy · 21h

Hooray for all the new voter registrations! Let's pay attention to whether they are allowed to do this important work. #Texasprogress

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Republican Greg Abbott's lead in the Texas Governor's Race has fallen from R+2.3 to R+2.0 in the Real Clear Politics polling average. 22/x #Texas #Governor #Politics #USPol #News #Florida #Kansas #Georgia

A table showing Republicans leading polling averages in Governor's Races in Florida, Kansas, Texas, and Georgia.

Mine Eyes Dazzle Despises AI @evedazzle.bsky.social · 19h

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How the shooting death of a Houston father is igniting Latino politics in Texas "More Latino registered voters than ever — 72% — rated their interest in the upcoming election as 10 out of 10 in the NBC News/Telemundo poll." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

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How the shooting death of a Houston father is igniting Latino politics in Texas

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed on his way to work by ICE agents, who said he used his vehicle as a weapon. An outraged community is demanding justice — and change.

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You're wrong. Stop demotivating people, komrad.

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I believe John Henry Faulk actually sued and went to court in the early 60s, and the defendant was a group called AWARE that was paid by "McCarthyites" still in government (McCarthy himself was dead) to dig up the past of all creatives, especially entertainers because they feared their influence.

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American Archive of Public Broadcasting

Well there are some things to celebrate from America's 250th, like this digitized archive of John Henry Faulk's KUT Austin radio show of the 1960s & 70s. americanarchive.org/catalog?f%5B...

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Boy, how low do you have to fall to take a job being a host on LindellTV?

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Yeah. Tarring & feathering. Vigilante justice has worked so well in the past.

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Oh. okay. So it's just "trans people" that need to be safe. Here's a wildly radical idea: What about a world where laws protect all people, justice is pursued, and the culture supports upholding the laws and pursuing justice for all people?

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That's because he's not "a believer" just a wildly-successful; opportunist.

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Fair. But I think we can be a little more specific. Cancel culture is what happens when sensitive teens in echo chambers on Tumblr suddenly have the heroin of Twitter algorithms; while for the right it's just about grievance and propaganda, not believing the Russians are manipulating them.

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Yes. Having "the right to choose who we want to support" is a fundamental cornerstone of a democracy, enshrined in the U.S. Constitutions and its many Amendments. It does not mean that dogpiling/calling out/trolling is a virtuous demand of that "right." That needs to go out of fashion.

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That's why some grounded activists are reframing it as "call-out" culture. If you can't get past the paywall, look for the book: Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel by Loretta Ross www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Loss of Dolly Parton, Gloria Steinem might usher in new era for cancel culture

The aftermath of the deaths of Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem marked a social media shift. Columnist Naomi Ishisaka hopes it is the beginning of a sea change.

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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/10/2026

Joel David Ridley, 39 years old and a member of the Lummi Nation, was arrested in February after being found with a dead bald eagle in his vehicle.

WA man pleads guilty to shooting two bald eagles

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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/10/2026

For more than 50 years, every Washington state lawmaker chosen to represent Chelan County has been a Republican. That might change in this November's election.

Blue surge could breach Cascades in this Washington race

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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026

A public records officer hired by the King County Regional Homelessness Authority said that the agency's leadership made it impossible for her to do her job.

Homelessness agency’s public records officer quit, says she couldn’t do job

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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026

There is no risk-based or pragmatic thinking in the current Seattle administration.

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RANT to the bus-only lanes on Aurora! I can understand the restriction during rush hours, but enforcing it 24/7/365 is counterproductive to addressing traffic congestion. RAVE to the six individuals riding their bicycles on Leary Way in Ballard, celebrating the...

Rant and Rave: Reader frustrated by bus lanes

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Check out this Seattle Times article framing the topic of the book to recent events. We must "question the wisdom of demanding ideological orthodoxies that prohibit diversity of thought" as "a type of authoritarianism or puritanism." www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Loss of Dolly Parton, Gloria Steinem might usher in new era for cancel culture

The aftermath of the deaths of Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem marked a social media shift. Columnist Naomi Ishisaka hopes it is the beginning of a sea change.

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Kevin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺💚 #VoteGreen #BackZack @kevbro1969.bsky.social · 18h

Dude. It's called political immaturity. Unfortunately, some people just can't seem to grow up. Glad to see you are starting to see the problem.

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We don't hate Jews. We hate #Netanyahu & his vile murdering army for the genocide inflicted on the #Palestinian people. We hate the fact that #Labour are arming them & are complicit. We hate that countries worldwide are not sanctioning #Israel. We hate racism, full stop.

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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 18h

zionism as a form of racism and racial discrimination: Resolution 3379 passed by the UN General Assembly on 10 November 1975 as part of the UN Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (Decade against Racism). www.un.org/unispal/docu...

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Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination: Zionism as racism - GA resolution - Question of Palestine

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Third Committee (A/10320)] 3379 (XXX). Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination The General Assembly, Recalling its resoluti...

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 23h

Michael Danby says he’s furious Shoebridge is leader of The Greens bcoz he calls out Jillian Segal, opposed Israeli Pres Herzog’s visit & gives prominent Jewish Aussies Louise Adler & Sarah Schwartz a voice. The genocide-complicit Zionists really are panicking over Shoebridge.💥

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The problem is the inaccurate conflation that being Jewish means being Zionist; it does not. There are a lot of Jews that (have always or) are now coming to reject the misrepresented philosophy they were fed as kids.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 05/10/2026

The pitch of trying to justify atrocities by a government because they are from a previously-targeted religion/group is not wearing well. This type of posturing is actually endangering the very people you seem to want to protect...or do you?

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The Army announced last year that it had enough of a model of armored vehicle and that any more deliveries would be “excess.” But Congress found a way to keep funding alive for the vehicle, and executives at the company found a way to flood key members of Congress with donations. buff.ly/nbAEUVa

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 05/10/2026

In the weeks after this year’s appropriations bill passed, employees of AM General or its parent company donated tens of thousands to key appropriations committee members in both chambers, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif. buff.ly/nbAEUVa

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Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.

Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 05/10/2026

If the disaster declaration is approved, fire victims will be able to apply for up to $42,500 from FEMA’s Individual Assistance Program. Over the past 5 years, the president has taken an average of 43 days to approve a request for aid from WA, according to a RANGE analysis.

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How long will it take for Washington fire victims to get FEMA relief?

Gov. Bob Ferguson submitted a letter to Trump asking him to unlock up to $42,500 for individuals.

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Wow, stooping pretty low, Angela Paxton. She wants Texans to vote for Ken who she's dumping for adultery. Impeached by Texas House, he's managed to dodge convictions for: theft, kickbacks, bribery, abuse of office, obstruction, securities fraud, State Bar sanctions (supporting 2020 overturn)

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Florida woman used Claude as a diary, then Anthropic reported an entry to police

AI ethics divergence? - Woman wrote of plans to "shoot up" the Sheriff's office; Anthropic safety systems flagged and escalated to a human reviewer, who reported to police. - Province of BC suing Open AI/Altman: could've prevented a mass shooting, FL suing over 2025 FSU shooting. t.ly/QN-3w

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According to the arrest report, Carli Michelle Heller, of Bonita Springs, Florida, wrote on September 26 that she would attack the Sheriff's office. She later said that...

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#thereckoning will flip the House and Senate in Election 2026. 🫐🦋🫐 As long as there are free and fair elections in Red States―and that remains an open question right now... Get off the couch! 🛋️ You can help! 💪 Check out great resources below. 👇

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THIS is the problem that all the politicians and their corporate donors want to distract us from. Especially MAGA.

Letsfixit @emerald27.bsky.social · 21h

We need journalists [not on the right] to step up and investigate this. What is behind the impression? Is the sentiment shared by seasoned politicians? Why the 'code of silence?' What is this the Progressive Cosa Nostra? Seattle isn't standing up for #transparency #accountabiity #goodgovernance.

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Letsfixit @emerald27.bsky.social · 21h

Let's get this party going! 🎉 Actually, there will be a lot of work needed to adequately regulate AI, but got to get started first.

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Lisa Rawlinson @lisarawlinsonart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I came across white nationalist recruiting stickers in a park in San Antonio, TX & removed them & notified police, the mayor's office, @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social 's office, my state rep's office, & all local news outlets. Please be on the lookout for this activity & report it so it can be tracked.

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Stewart Tan @sstan99.bsky.social · 23h

Here's Mayor Mamdani's presser that he announced this program. I think the reason why Mayor Mamdani is popular is he is a great communicator and also a problem solver. It works for potholes and works for childcare. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IynO... #MayorMamdani

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani Holds Press Conference to Make Child Care Announcement

YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office

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