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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is not the kind of thing you worry about if you're leaving office and accept the other party might win an election in a couple of years.

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/09/2026

A Minnesota Star Tribune analysis shows the state has lost 20 hospital-based obstetrics units in the past dozen years. As a result, roughly 67,000 women of childbearing age now live more than a half-hour from a hospital obstetrics unit, a figure that has increased by more than 30%.

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Minnesota’s disappearing delivery wards leave pregnant patients far from care

As rural hospitals struggle to make childbirth services financially sustainable, doctors warn that mothers and babies are bearing the risk.

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Jordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Across Maine, Republicans are running for office as fake "independents." Not because they changed. Because they know an R can't win where they're running. We need to unmask them. Who’s the one in your district? I'll start in the replies. #mepolitics

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Trump and Republicans are terrified of policies that curb their own wealth and power, and the wealth and power of the oligarchs that bankroll them. That's why they're amping up the fearmongering about "socialism."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/09/2026

We’ve paid down more than $12 billion in debt, eliminated the old bill backlog, and grown our Rainy Day Fund from near zero to more than $2.5 billion. We have given Illinois a stronger financial cushion to protect taxpayers, invest, and grow even during hard times.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.

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Antonia Hylton @ahylton26.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Our exclusive interview on The Assignment with a legal observer in Maine who was able to unmask 2 ICE agents.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Since Trump claims that it was “the military” that requested to use the arch to store sniper ammo & drones, these are the times when a Democratic majority could bring Gen. Dan Caine before Congress to find out from him if that is true & why. As usual, Republicans will do nothing.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026

KARL: Do you support Trump banning news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting? SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen.

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fortredlip.bsky.social @fortredlip.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

at the same time conditions for foodborne illness are ripening, the US government has been sharply cutting its ability to monitor for and respond to these outbreaks.

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

As an expert on this topic, I know of no cases anywhere in which AI was key to preventing a school shooting. In fact, I am 605% sure this is another instance of Kash Patel spouting BS stats on Fox News. (Maybe he should just chug a beer on air? As Trump’s former press sec tries to look serious?) 🤡🤡

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fortredlip.bsky.social @fortredlip.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The MAHA movement’s embrace of corporate sponsorship runs counter to its anti-corporate message: that the food and health care industries have knowingly poisoned Americans’ health, causing obesity, vaccine injuries and chronic disease.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/09/2026

A new book examines the labor of getting chronic illness diagnosed and treated—for those lucky enough to get care.

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The relentless work of being sick

A new book examines the labor of getting chronic illness diagnosed and treated—for those lucky enough to get care.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

cost was never a consideration

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026

RFK Jr. wants people to get sick. He wants them to get sick and he thinks it is a good thing if they die, since those who live will have "natural immunity" and emerge stronger and fitter.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

75% of truckers and 75% of farmers and ranchers voted for Trump. For this. And a ballroom and triumphal arch.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We are a part of this lawsuit

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fortredlip.bsky.social @fortredlip.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

‘I Have a Lot to Say’: Brain Implant Helps a Disabled Patient Speak www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/w... How wonderful when technology works to help people we could do so much more if we weren’t wasting money on the things our government is currently doing

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‘I Have a Lot to Say’: Brain Implant Helps a Disabled Patient Speak

In the latest advance in brain-computer interfaces, a company said its wireless device enabled speech even when a patient just imagined saying words.

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

NYT's lead this morning: "Almost 20 months into Mr. Trump’s second term, his long-running media clashes have grown into a sweeping campaign to control speech in America that stands out for applying so many levers, so fast, all at once." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

There are a number of ways of succinctly defining constitutional democracy. My favorite is “the loser in an election respects the authority of the winner.” This is another.

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Paul Scarpelli @paulscarpelli.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I don't know ANYONE on the Right who fact checks.

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Reveal @revealnews.org · 11/09/2026

“Every single week, we get two or three emails, funeral arrangements for this guy, funeral arrangements for this guy.” It’s been 25 years since 9/11, but some first responders and survivors are still navigating the medical consequences. The program meant to help them has been unstable for decades.

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More People Have Died From 9/11 Than on 9/11 - Reveal

A Long Island doctor once treated 9/11 responders who were dying. Now she’s a reporter and trying to figure out why the illnesses haven’t stopped.

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creativepower.bsky.social @creativepower.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

@hcrichardson.bsky.social Great details on how next January 3 the Republicans will surely try to stop seating the newly elected Democrats: January 3, 2027 - The Final Battle for America’s Democracy judgeluttig327269.substack.com/p/the-final-... Suggestions for all the ways we can stop it: ?

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The Final Battle for America's Democracy

January 3, When the Republican House Refuses to Seat the Democrat Majority-Elect to the 120th Congress

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/09/2026

"No more Muslims." "We need more Islamophobia, not less." "Muslims don’t belong in American society." Briefly, this kind of Islamophobia receded in salience a bit on the right. That changed with Trump, who consolidated power while embracing Islamophobia like no one of his stature had before.

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I’ve covered Islamophobia for years. Trump’s GOP has taken it to a new level.

The shocking vilification of Muslims is one of the most troubling storylines of the midterms.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Halfway through Trumpz-A-Loser, and the empty seats are clearly the most enthusiastic attendees.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/09/2026

Lie after lie

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...

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fortredlip.bsky.social @fortredlip.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

three major hospital systems in progressive Massachusetts—Fenway Health, Outer Cape Health Services, and Baystate Health—have cancelled all gender-affirming care appointments for patients under 19

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/09/2026

Imagine you’re the victim of a crime or are witnessing a medical emergency. You call 911 in a fit of panic…only to be placed on hold. This is the reality for hundreds of thousands of people in the US as an underfunding and staffing crisis affects the country’s dispatch centers.

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America's 911 system is facing its own emergency

Across the country, callers in life-or-death situations are routinely left on hold.

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fortredlip.bsky.social @fortredlip.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

forward.com/culture/8486... As one snarky Catholic commenter put it, Vance’s apocalypse-heavy discussion of his Catholicism sounded like “three evangelicals in a trench coat.”

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Why is JD Vance talking about the Antichrist?

In a podcast episode, the vice president implied that the 'End Times' might be near

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“People talk about this admin as authoritarian or fascist, and I'm not saying they're wrong,” @barbmcquade.bsky.social told me. “But what I see is much more of a street criminal, a mob boss, an organized crime enterprise, a con man, a corrupt public official.” www.americaamerica.news/p/donald-tru...

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Donald Trump Is a Criminal Mob Boss

How to Overcome the Wanton Corruption of the Trump regime: ‘Six Questions’ for legal expert Barb McQuade

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/09/2026

Two-thirds of NYC’s income growth since the pandemic went to the top 1%. The richest 0.001% — about 50 families — saw their average income soar from $315 million in 2019 to nearly $600 million a year. It’s time to build a city that works for everyone.

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fortredlip.bsky.social @fortredlip.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This Is the Biggest Obstacle to New Cancer Cures www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/o... For the first time, patients in America will no longer be among the first to benefit from the latest biomedical discoveries,”

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Opinion | The Search for New Cures Is Broken

It is too hard for medical researchers to start clinical trials.

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fortredlip.bsky.social @fortredlip.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u... ICE official said that “systemic breakdowns” had allowed applicants to receive job offers before they had passed basic fingerprint, identity or credit checks in a preliminary vetting process

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ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says

An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge.

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fortredlip.bsky.social @fortredlip.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Trump Moves to Strip Tax Exemption From Schools That Aid Minority Students www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b... This is blatantly racist political coercion intended to deny minority students reparative opportunities to further their education.”

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Trump Moves to Strip Tax Exemption From Schools That Aid Minority Students

The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.

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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon @scanlon.house.gov · 02/09/2026

The Secretary of the Army has resigned in protest over Hegseth's mismanagement of the DOD. Our national security is reportedly at risk, and the Commander in Chief was unaware of the issue. abcnews.com/Politics/arm...

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Army secretary frequently warned White House about Hegseth before his departure: Sources

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned early last week at one of the busiest moments for the service since the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/09/2026

Trump this month announced plans to rescind a landmark rule that has protected old-growth forests in the US for 25 years. If finalized, the rollback is expected to benefit the companies that Tom Schultz, chief of the US Forest Service, represented in his previous role as a timber industry lobbyist.

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US Forest Service chief with industry ties pushed for more logging on public lands

Trump's plan to open up protected woodlands will benefit firms Tom Schultz once lobbied for.

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