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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Trump Is Building an Election Trap, and Millions of Americans May Not See It Until It's Too Late
From missing mail to armed federal agents and sweeping voter investigations, the warning signs suggest a democracy being squeezed before Americans even reach the ballot box…
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Social Security ends alternative work schedules on Nov. 16 Source: Cleveland.com share.newsbreak.com/jt0rlu2y
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Cleveland OH Local News, Breaking News, Sports & Weather
Get the latest Cleveland, OH local news, sports, weather, entertainment and breaking updates on cleveland.com
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Ex-husband’s petty list of ‘marriage sacrifices’ infuriates friends, strangers. ‘How can I also divorce him?’
In the middle of her divorce, an Atlanta mom named Riley Madison was handed a long list of “sacrifices” that her ex had made in the course of their doomed marriage — including, apparently, boinking wi...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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No major gains projected for count of women in Congress after midterms • Missouri Independent
The number of women in the U.S. Senate is unlikely to increase and may decline following the November midterm elections, though there are still opportunities for candidates to make history in the uppe...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Voting rights advocates organize volunteers to track potential intimidation at the polls • Missouri Independent
On Tuesday, several groups — including the Save America Movement, the American Federation of Teachers labor union and the National Action Network — launched Vote Safe, an initiative that will put loca...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Top Democratic US Senate PAC commits to 9 states, eyes more Republican targets • Missouri Independent
A leading Democratic campaign committee is projecting confidence in U.S. Senate toss-up races four weeks before Election Day, though it has yet to commit resources to the reddest states that have rece...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Americans’ water bills are growing faster than groceries, overall inflation • Missouri Independent
Household water bills are increasing faster than inflation and income, according to a new analysis. The environmental advocacy nonprofit Food and Water Watch analyzed water bill data among the nation’...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Commentary: As Trump pushes to deregulate AI, Missouri must weigh innovation, risks and cost • Missouri Independent
For most people, the AI debate began with tools such as ChatGPT and questions about jobs, academic integrity, misinformation, and privacy. But AI is increasingly becoming a physical presence as well, ...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Former Missouri AG Andrew Bailey makes appearance in Columbia after leaving FBI post • Missouri Independent
Andrew Bailey, the former Missouri attorney general who left his post at the FBI last week, told fellow Republicans Tuesday night that he vowed to continue holding wrongdoers, whether criminal or poli...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Lincoln University students, alumni sue Missouri over unequal funding • Missouri Independent
Students and alumni of Lincoln University are suing the state of Missouri over decades of underfunding and unequal treatment.
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Transgender care takes center stage in Missouri campaign to reinstate abortion ban • Missouri Independent
If Amendment 3 passes, Missouri would again ban abortion. It would also be the first state to ban gender-affirming care for minors in its constitution.
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Sullydawg (@sullydawg2)
What would a 5% tax on billionaire wealth actually look like? There are 938 billionaires in America with more than $8 trillion in combined wealth. So Ben and I decided to make the numbers visible—and...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Don Knight (@themidnightmanuscripts)
Trump is putting pressure on European countries to release their diesel reserves—right when Russia is threatening to attack them… First he stopped selling them weapons, then he removed troops, and n...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Will Pattiz (@willpattiz)
For the past six months we’ve been working on a comprehensive system to track every major data center project in America - today we’re taking it live. It’s been a Herculean task. These things are inc...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Withdrawal
On Our Exit From Iraq
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Justice Department indicts 10 noncitizens in quest to prove Trump claims of election fraud • Missouri Independent
A federal grand jury indicted 10 noncitizens for unlawfully voting in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday, highlighting President Donald Trump's effort to keep election securi...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find • Missouri Independent
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call ...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Congressional watchdog says Trump administration can’t defy lawmakers to revoke $810M • Missouri Independent
The Trump administration must spend the $810 million that it said last week it planned to cancel, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations outside immigrants’ home countries • Missouri Independent
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportation of immigrants to countries not their own.
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Commentary: Republican attacks on the Missouri Supreme Court may just be the beginning  • Missouri Independent
I was baffled when I saw that Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, represented by Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, had asked a federal district court for an injunction against the Supreme Cou...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Missouri doesn’t require asking pregnant patients about their mental health. New moms keep dying • Missouri Independent
When a doctor starts asking a new mother about feelings of depression, therapist Haley Walker said the patient may be thinking about more than her actual symptoms. “[It] can feel scary as a new mom,” ...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Free All Humans (@peoplemustbefree)
This is a good summary 👇 of the US (and UK) history of interfering in Iran and frankly folks, our foreign policy has been a policy of evil
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Brian Resists (@brianresists)
This man is an American hero. Fuck MAGA. Fuck them all.
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Experts Question the White House’s Defense of Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The White House has defended three taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump by comparing them to ads that were paid for by past presidential administrations.
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Commentary: Eric Schmitt’s Hawks-Hawkeyes blunder and the politician he’s become • Missouri Independent
Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over a Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up, highlighting how his political style has changed.
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Eric Schmitt bungles accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith in heated hearing • Missouri Independent
Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump’s possession of classified documents and alleged role in attempts to ...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Why some abortion opponents are fighting Missouri’s Amendment 3 • Missouri Independent
Inside the split over abortion, transgender health care and the multimillion-dollar campaign shaping Missouri’s November vote.
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Anti-abortion divide could complicate Missouri Amendment 3 campaign • Missouri Independent
Some anti-abortion conservatives argue Missouri's Amendment 3, a ban on abortion with some exceptions, should be defeated because it does not go far enough.
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The Economist @economist.com · 24/09/2026
The lopsided pageantry of Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington reflects Donald Trump’s eagerness to preserve stable ties with China. It also stood in contrast to the paucity of the agenda
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What Donald Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping has—and hasn’t—achieved
A lavish welcome in Washington won’t ease tensions
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
Yep! You can watch the whole event here:
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Climate Desk Live: AI, Energy, and Our Fight for Democracy and a Healthy, Affordable Future
YouTube video by Free Speech TV
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Politico @politico.com · 24/09/2026
Why Missouri election officials are telling people not to vote (yet)
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Why Missouri election officials are telling people not to vote (yet)
The advisories come as the Supreme Court is weighing another appeal to block a GOP-friendly House map.
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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BREAKING: Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Press Ban, MAGA Podcasters Move On From Trump, Senate Map Swings Toward Democrats, and more...
Top Stories for September 24, 2026.
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Mitch Jackson (@mitchthelawyer)
Congress made it a federal crime in 1865 to bring armed federal agents to a polling place. On September 1 the man who runs ICE said his agents will walk into one this November if they decide they need...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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How Status Quo Democrats Could Create Another Trump
When I look back on all of my work over the last 30 years, one of the projects I’m most proud of is Meltdown, an audio series I did in 2021 with acclaimed director Alex Gibney that reveals the untold ...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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The South at a Demographic Tipping Point
New data from the Census Bureau shows a South at the edge of extraordinary demographic shifts, including sharply falling numbers of people moving to the region and a white population that is beginning...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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“The Final Battle for America’s Democracy.”
On Thursday, in The New Republic, conservative judge J. Michael Luttig published a dire warning to the Republican Party…and to all Americans. In the piece, Luttig outlined how Republicans could refuse...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Where Hatred Lies
Reviewed:On Antisemitism: A Word in Historyby Mark MazowerPenguin Press, 333 pp., $29.00
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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‘Bombshell’ Report Says UAE Explicitly Warned Netanyahu of October 7 Attack
Policy experts in the US and Middle East on Tuesday were among those responding to an “astonishing” new investigation from Haaretz, which detailed how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin N
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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It’s Not Just the West Bank Settlers. It’s Israel
Of all the fronts on which Israel is exerting force, the West Bank is where the Jewish state is the most invested, exerts the most control and has received the least American pushback. It is also wher...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Israel’s Elimination Project – the Truth About My Country Can’t Be Told in Its Own Language
About a year ago, at B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights organization I lead, we realized we were struggling to explain what was happening in the West Bank. The problem was not a lack of information. Q...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Are the UK Sanctions on Israel Real Progress, or More Illusion?
The United Kingdom, joined by Canada and France, announced this week that they are taking action against Israeli settlements in the West Bank. It’s an announcement that is at once groundbreaking and i...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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First Principles for a New Progressive Foreign Policy
For many years, progressive movements and activists have longed for the moment when we could imagine a real foreign policy rooted in true internationalism and solidarity. But in our efforts to influen...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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US Diesel Prices Hit a Record High
Because diesel is used for many freight and delivery networks, higher diesel prices mean higher transportation costs for a long list of everyday goods. Some businesses have already passed on costs to ...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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United Steelworker Talks Test Reach of Trump ‘Golden Share’ Deal
A novel national security agreement between US Steel and the Trump administration complicates labor relations for the company and competitor Cleveland-Cliffs as they race to negotiate new contracts wi...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Trump’s Fraudulent Forced Labor Tariffs
The Trump administration has deployed tariffs, the most beautiful word in the dictionary according to President Donald Trump, to combat the scourge of forced labor in the global economy. But their sta...
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Frank Lawrence @franklawrence.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Thom Hartmann (@thomhartmann)
The bond market is warning that 45 years of Republican tax cuts and exploding debt may finally force ordinary Americans to pay for a party the wealthy already enjoyed... https://hartmannreport.com/p...
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