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George Balbona

@gbalbona.bsky.social
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💙“Get in Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble.” 💙 END CITIZENS UNITED!!! Election Integrity Advocate. END ICE & WAR NOW!!! Sometimes Anti-Social, Always Anti-Fascist!!! EVERY DAY IS NO KINGS DAY!!! Support Ukraine.

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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Georgia, are you paying attention?
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TommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · 1h
🚨 OCTOBER 5 DEADLINE #BlueWaveIn30Days If you live in one of these states, Monday is the voter registration deadline: • Arizona • Arkansas • Florida • Georgia • Indiana • Kentucky • Louisiana • Mississippi • Montana • Ohio • Tennessee • Texas Check your registration. IWillVote.com
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I Will Vote
Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 3h
That's what I'm talking about. Dave Grohl recognized Jack Smith as a hero. 🔥
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 5h
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 2h
Don Henley an avid environmentalist and conservationist has become one of the biggest donors to candidates in Texas this year trying to turn the state back to blue. He has spent over 2 million on elections in Texas & around the country this year. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
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This rock legend is putting big money into turning Texas blue
The Texas native is top donor to several statewide Democratic candidates and a major player in super PACs helping James Talarico.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2h
What an amazing event yesterday! Tom Morello brought together Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, and so many others at the Power to the People festival to speak up against Trump and remind us this country belongs to all of us.
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Terre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 4h
Medical science has long treated Parkinson's purely as a brain disorder. Nagoya University researchers discovered gut microbiome damage from lack of bacterial genes that create vitamins B2 and B7; this damages intestinal barriers, & toxins cause neuroinflammation. en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/article...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h
🚨 OCTOBER 5 DEADLINE #BlueWaveIn30Days If you live in one of these states, Monday is the voter registration deadline: • Arizona • Arkansas • Florida • Georgia • Indiana • Kentucky • Louisiana • Mississippi • Montana • Ohio • Tennessee • Texas Check your registration. IWillVote.com
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7h
I guess it’s just a coincidence that Elon Musk comes out of the woodwork before every major election and gets handed a government position with major consequences for the American people. 🤔
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h
Here’s @votegloriaj.bsky.social reminding us @GovBillLee brought in Strada knowing he had a history of botched executions in Arizona The cruelty is the point
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 3h
Since taking office, Ken Paxton has skipped at least 730 workdays as Attorney General. He has instead traveled to Europe and the Caribbean.
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naugtynonnie.bsky.social @naugtynonnie.bsky.social · 2h
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 11h
Last call….🥃 Check your voter registration! Last day to register TO VOTE — SUNDAY in AK, RI, SC, U.S. Virgin Islands MONDAY in AZ, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, MS, OH, TN, TX. WEDNESDAY in MO 🗳️🗳️🗳️💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼🗳️🗳️🗳️
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Semisonic - Closing Time Music Video Clip
ALT: Semisonic - Closing Time Music Video Clip
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Boehlert Media Busters @mediabusters6.bsky.social · 5h
While Trump could not fill a HS Gym in Vandalia, OH 20K fans came to the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD for a “Power to the People” concert Legends from Joan Baez to Bruce Springsteen performed while Dave Grohl sported a “Hawkeyes” shirt urging everyone to VOTE!
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Serendipity @serendipityinfl.bsky.social · 3h
Power to the People Music concert..Joan Biaz, Jack Black,Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello,Foo Fighters,Dave Mathews,Dave Grohl and tons of others promoting Voter registration and take back our country!
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 3h
💔🕯️💔🕯️💔
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🐝 RiderBabe52🐝 @riderbabe52.bsky.social · 20h
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Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn’t work.
While most GOP-enacted cuts to Medicaid and other safety net programs won’t happen until 2027, Democrats are speaking to the voters already feeling the squeeze.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Again: The problem the fearmongerers have is @NYCMayor @ZohranKMamdani exists. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/o...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Jared Kushner is literally a war profiteer. That’s what we should refer to him as. Peace would be bad for business.” @timmiller.bsky.social & Tommy Vietor react to the CNN story about Ivanka’s husband Jared Kushner’s obvious conflicts of interest with 🇮🇱 companies
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h
Hundreds of protestors are in the streets of downtown Minneapolis to stand up for the Minnesota 15, demanding justice for all victims of ICE terror.
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 21h
"The worst form of injustice is pretended justice." ~ Plato @mluckovich.bsky.social
Mike Luckovich
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 16h
Everything Pedolf Shitler says is bullshit. He couldn’t tell the truth to save his worthless, shitty life.
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2026 9 28 SEB Carolyn Roddy Resolution
On September 28th 2026, SEB Member Carolyn Roddy presented a resolution to the Georgia State Election Board. Her resolution was discussed at length and voted upon.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
CNN: “Trump's net approval rating among voters under 30 has dropped from -7 points in October 2024 to -47… young voters' trust in Trump on the economy has shifted 73 points (!!) to -62 net approval…”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A major win! A federal court in Texas today temporarily blocked the Trump administration from building a border wall and other infrastructure across the state’s Big Bend region. The fight isn’t over, but this is a big step toward protecting Big Bend!
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Judge temporarily blocks border wall construction in Texas’ Big Bend region
A federal court in Texas has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from building a border wall in the Big Bend region.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18h
We're one month out from Election Day. Listen to Willie. Vote for change this year.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18h
You can’t drive to John Roberts’ Maine retreat, but they can’t stop protesting kayakers. Holding signs: “Roberts Benched the Constitution,” a local columnist is urging residents to openly shun him, writing, “May you never feel welcome here again.” Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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MS NOW @ms.now · 22h
“POWER TO THE PEOPLE” IS LIVE! at MS.NOW/POWERTOTHEPEOPLE Approximate stage times: Dave Matthews — 7:45 p.m. ET Foo Fighters — 9:25 p.m. ET Bruce Springsteen — 10 p.m. ET Special performance — 10:30 p.m. ET Don’t miss the livestream—the event will not be available to watch once it ends.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h
There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ha! Yes, I wholeheartedly agree. And let’s hope Trump brings JD Vance and Stephen Miller with him! 🤣🤣
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20h
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Apple is changing macOS permissions because AI agents make broad access more dangerous. This is a mundane security problem with familiar solutions; least privilege, explicit authorization and strong access controls. Don’t give an agent broad access then rely only on “alignment” to make it behave.
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Apple says it's tightening macOS 'Full Disk Access' controls due to new risks from AI agents | TechCrunch
Apple says it will add new controls around macOS’s Full Disk Access permission, warning that increasingly capable AI agents make broad access to users’ files, messages, mail, and browsing history risk...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22h
Alito weighs retirement. We MUST win the Senate so we can block any Trump judicial nominee. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23h
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
NEW: The Tompkins County DA refused to consider additional evidence in the Cornell case. It's the whole damn system. I'm glad Letitia James is on it now. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/n...
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D.A. in Cornell Rape Inquiry Declined to Review Additional Evidence
Records show that campus police officers informed Tompkins County prosecutors that they had conducted additional interviews beyond taking a statement from the woman who said she was raped.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 22h
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Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
Milt Windler, one of the leaders of Mission Control who directed the effort to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts back to Earth safely, has died.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As Trump and Republicans strip health coverage from millions (for tax cuts for the rich), Dems plan to expand Medicare. #MedicareForAllNOW www.newsweek.com/medicare-upd...
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 23h
We cannot let this miserable uneducated administration destroy America VOTE
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 23h
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22h
Pennsylvania’s reported measles cases are almost at 1,000 for the year.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h
Georgia’s election board asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate a leading nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program, potentially adding yet another probe based on hyper-partisan conspiracy theories to the department’s portfolio. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Georgia’s GOP-controlled election board wants DOJ to investigate nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program
Despite his request for a federal investigation into ERIC, the board's executive director appeared to know very little about the organization during a meeting earlier this week.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mishandling appropriated funds in this manner is a felony.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23h
Just talked with a lifelong Republican in the Delta Sky Club at LaGuardia who was heading home to Dallas. He told me he’s voting for James Talarico in November. His words about Ken Paxton: “He’s corrupt as all fuck.” And he said he’s “ashamed” Paxton is the GOP nominee.
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Dr Len Blue @llblue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Political Cartoon of the Day 3, Oct 2026, by @mluckovich.bsky.social
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/10/2026
Not one bit of good news for Republicans in Texas, and Fox News brings the receipts. Fox News!
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htxcoalition.bsky.social @htxcoalition.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Texans Check/Register/Update your #Texas county voter registration as soon as possible! The deadline to submit is Monday October 5, 2025, 5:00p.m. CT. If you are mailing your #TX county voter registration application/update form, it must be postmarked by 5:00p.m. #MidtermElection #MidtermElections
TX. QRCode shortcut + link to VOTETEXAS.GOV REGISTER TO VOTE BY OCTOBER 5, 2026, 5PM. Check your voter registration status as soon as possible. Register or update your voter registration before the deadline.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Omg…did you read the ProPublica reporting on private schools?
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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Federal judge reappoints fired US Attorney. "A federal judge in Seattle has reinstated Roger Rogoff as U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, and prohibited the Trump administration from removing him until it has a Senate-confirmed replacement." www.kuow.org/law/2026-10-...
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Federal judge in Seattle reinstates fired U.S. attorney in rebuke to Trump administration
A district court judge in Seattle has reinstated Roger Rogoff as U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, and prohibited the Trump administration from removing him until they have a Senate-confirmed repl...
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Silver Spring Progressive Action @sspaction1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
One month left until the election and let’s flip this seat blue. How? On 10/5 at 7:00 pm ET, phonebank to elect Rebecca Cooke to the House. This is a tossup election in an important state - help get her over the top! We'll train you if you're new or want a refresher. Sign up ⬇️
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Phonebank for a Blue Majority: Elect Rebecca Cooke (WI-03) to the House! · Mobilize
Join us to call Wisconsin voters, using an auto-dialer, to help elect Rebecca Cooke to the House. Cooke is in one of a handful of particularly close House races that are critical to our success and hi...
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