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Erie

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Eternally hopeful Love will win the day. Looking to find joyful warriors to work with to make it happen 💜🦋🪶🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h
Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here's a graphic that does a better job of conveying the point than my original post: even by the (insane) standards of the first Trump administration, #SCOTUS is receiving—and granting—a truly unprecedented number of applications for emergency relief from the federal government:
A chart that shows the number of emergency applications filed and granted by the Supreme Court during each presidency dating back to George W. Bush, with the data annualized to show the far-higher frequencies since 2017, but especially during the Trump I and Trump II administrations.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
NEW: ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My good friend @rickwilson.bsky.social and I have teamed up by forming a PAC that—we promise, and I think he and I are pretty credible on things like this—will cause a great deal of (very good) trouble. Hope you'll take a look, follow, and help.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
> @techcrunch.com @mapquest.com techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/m...
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Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Horse Meat
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“You have to stop thinking about [AI] as the all-powerful panacea or the all-powerful threat,” @doctorow.pluralistic.net said.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
standard. SCOTUS allows Trump to continue to create literal facts on the ground while they 'consider' his his meritless challenge. nothing is more important than reforming the court and ending its corruption.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s pardons have cost crime victims a staggering $1.7 billion in restitution while wiping away penalties for wealthy fraudsters and political allies, according to a new congressional review. The full findings are damning:
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EXCLUSIVE: Committee Review Finds Trump Pardons Have Cost Crime Victims $1.7 Billion and Enriched Trump Allies
A Scathing Report from House Judiciary Committee Finds Cost of Trump Pardons Continues to Soar
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Apparently, some folks still want to do business in California. 👀 @wsj.com www.wsj.com/tech/ai/cali...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“.. The number of people worth at least $100 million whom the Republican president has appointed to his administration is more than four times the combined total under the three previous presidents ..” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/trum...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Nick Anderson:
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One other thing: The three major pillars of Trumpism/MAGA/right wing populism are tariffs, cruelty toward immigrants, and America First/destruction of international alliances. All three have proven utterly catastrophic and have been roundly rejected by the public. This is the story of the moment.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Internal National Park Service records shared with us: 2024 - $7 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades 2026 - $323 million allotted for White House grounds projects and upgrades ===>
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 04/08/2026
It's too late for Cornyn and Tillis to save their legacy. They will be remembered as Trump-enablers. Watch Stuart Stevenson on MSNOW
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 04/08/2026
Our average of polls at FiftyPlusOne gives Trump a roughly 36% approval rating and 61% disapproval rating — a net -25 — among all adults, and he’s rapidly losing ground. The president set a new record low six days in a row just in the last week: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-08-04...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
43-time Club Champion.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“.. The Cybertruck sold one-sixth of Musk's 250,000-unit annual projection and posted the steepest sales decline of any U.S. EV nameplate in 2025.” @yahoofinance.com $TSLA 247wallst.com/investing/20...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Pool report from @svdate.bsky.social, who is at the World Cup ceremony: "The president walked onto the field at 1826 to a sustained chorus of boos. Ambient crowd noise was about 78 decibels. Booing brought it to 84."
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“Testosterone deficiency” is not a medical diagnosis and there is no evidence that supplemental testosterone for arbitrary testosterone values has any therapeutic benefits. But I’m glad he’s allowed to feel like a real boy. Everyone should be allowed to feel like the gender they want to be.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The size of a blue whale compared to a full grown humpback whale. Original post
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/07/2026
The family of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is asking for help with funeral and burial costs, legal expenses, everyday living costs, and the wife’s needs, who has lost her lifelong companion and sole provider.
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Donate to In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52 Years Old, organized by LULAC Institute, Inc.
On the morning of July 7, 2026, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was ta… LULAC Institute, Inc. needs your support for In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52 Years Old
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
UPDATE: CNBC responds, says it only includes the disclosure of their financial relationship with Kalshi when it is "directly relevant to the story" These are examples of stories where CNBC determined it wasn't "relevant" to disclose that the company invests in Kalshi and gets paid for new customers
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Trump claimed that he was going to personally pay for the new polished African granite walkway carved in Italy he had installed at the WH. But in fact taxpayers paid all $689,232 for Trump’s vanity project.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 25/06/2026
Our new poll: A clear majority of voters think there are grounds to impeach President Trump, 53% to 39%. Read what they said in their own words: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-06-25...
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Poll: 53% of Americans see grounds to impeach Trump
Most name corruption and abuse of power as his top offenses — and one in five say the war in Iran is impeachment-worthy
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14/06/2026
Sunday fact: Russia has sustained at least 1.4 million casualties in the war with Ukraine. In fact, that’s 50 percent more than the US in all of WW2 on two fronts liberating and occupying the world. Russia now controls less land than they had one month into the invasion. Slava Ukrainii!
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"The Court’s behavior in the Louisiana and Alabama cases over the past six weeks can’t be reconciled with or explained by any coherent understanding of what Purcell supposedly stands for. ... The overall pattern reveals justices behaving in a way that has no obvious explanation other than politics."
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231. The Death of Purcell's "Principle"
There is no coherent defense of the "Purcell principle" that can be rationalized with the Supreme Court's recent behavior in the AL and LA redistricting cases.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Mangroves, vital for protecting coastlines and storing carbon, are making an unexpected comeback due to increased legal protections and public awareness of their importance. Since 2010, the rate of mangrove loss has slowed down, with more forests being restored than destroyed.
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Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction
Swampy mangrove forests are staging a surprise comeback - which is good news for coastal communities and the climate.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Welp. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic
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Doug Jones @dougjones.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
With the help of the Supreme Court continuing to show their partisan colors, Alabama has officially re-joined the Old Confederacy. But make no mistake, we intend to build a better Alabama where everyone has a seat at the table.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
To be clear: the lower court said the map intentionally discriminates against black people in violation of the *constitution* (not just the VRA) and the MAGA Majority of SCOTUS is saying "that's ok now."
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This is truly one of the worst things the court has done — both in terms of legitimacy and in terms of the law — since I have been covering the court.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia: I don’t want it to be lost how courageous Kilmar has been and how he’s made some very hard decisions in the course of this litigation. He didn’t have to go down this path of fighting and exposing the administration for what they’re doing.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The front page of the newspaper in ........... Enterprise, Alabama =====>
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 25/05/2026
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery and for failing to condemn it for centuries.
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Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery
Pope Leo XIV has made a historic apology for the role the Holy See itself played in legitimizing slavery.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“.. the document will likely become a benchmark in the debate over AI, a point of reference for policymakers, researchers and ordinary folk alike.” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/pope...
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...
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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/05/2026
Trump is literally out here saying random words and calling it a commencement address. Get a load of this gibberish.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We have never seen anything in American history remotely like Trump's $1.8 billion slush fund It will be engulfed in bipartisan opposition We filed our first legal objection before it was launched--& WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED We document that & much more corruption @contrariannews.org
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UPDATED: Trump & Cronies’ Top 10 Corruption Scandals
Trump’s illegal $1.7 billion cash grab and other corruption scandals
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Even Trump appointees know how disgustingly corrupt this is, and it still has not received 10% of the coverage and attention it deserves as media moves on to other things.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Trump issues executive orders to promote the fusion industry, he creates an Office of Fusion, prepares to deregulate it, all while Trump Media announces a merger with … you will never guess … a fusion company.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Clear and overwhelming evidence that Trump has been buying stock in companies and then promoting them to enrich himself. Even for Trump this is a shocking level of naked, in your face corruption.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/05/2026
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Cartoon of the month
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Incredible organizing in Wisconsin. Check out this story.
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