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@grandmawnl.bsky.social
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Retired RN. Army Mom. Army Vet. We must help each other, not point fingers and blame folks that don’t look like us. And I must add that I am a Trekkie. I have been so since 1966.

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the two largest reservoirs in the system, reached historically low combined storage in July, with experts warning that the Colorado River Basin is facing increasingly difficult conditions."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“SHAME ON YOU!” KANSAS Republican Senator Roger Marshall ripped by the crowd after the news he was suing poor OB-GYN patients and having them arrested after they faced outstanding bills from pregnancies. A broken system. #MedicareForAllNOW
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump’s opening act tonight was this guy: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplace
Ulbricht, sentenced to life in prison in 2015, given ‘full and unconditional’ pardon by president
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is the interview Trump’s FCC doesn’t want you to see. We’re not just going up against the most corrupt politician in Texas. We’re going up against this entire corrupt system.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 07/09/2026
A fabricated report has used Euronews' visual likeness to falsely claim a Ukrainian soldier killed three NATO servicemen during a military exercise in Latvia. #TheCube
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Fake Euronews video invents deadly shooting at NATO exercise
A fabricated report has used Euronews' visual likeness to falsely claim a Ukrainian soldier killed three NATO servicemen during a military exercise in Latvia.
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When you take an oath to medicine, you don’t get to suspend it because your political boss wants a different answer.
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grandmawnl.bsky.social @grandmawnl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We are being ruled by idiots. Google this Wakefield vaccination scheme if you don’t remember it. 20 years ago. Done because the company he worked for wanted to make more money by starting the lie to shut down a competing company.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 05/08/2026
@catgyoung.bsky.social #medsky www.ovid.com/jnls/pidj/ab...
One of the largest US studies ever conducted on the MMR vaccine and autism has just been published, analyzing more than 2.5 million children.  Researchers found no association between receiving the first MMR vaccine before age 2 and childhood autism.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Gift link -- no paywall. Stunning reporting here. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
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Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate (Gift Article)
The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A group of Democratic senators urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to rein in prediction market trading on wildfires, expressing concern that individuals could be tempted to commit arson to make their bets pay off New story @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Prediction Market Bets on Wildfires Draw Scrutiny From Senators
A group of Democratic senators urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to rein in prediction market trading on wildfires, expressing concern that individuals could be tempted to commit arson to...
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GreyBruceInfo- Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦 @brucegreyinfo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Archaeologists excavating on Triquet Island—a remote island off the coast of British Columbia, Canada—uncovered a settlement dated to 13,600–14,086 years ago. ​
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Trump announced yesterday he will repurpose huge chunks of federal lands to host AI data centers. This massive giveaway to Big Tech comes despite surging public opposition to data centers— including among Trump's own voters.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Fox Propaganda continues to attack American hero Dr. Fauci by calling him a liar. Fox Propaganda literally had to pay out $787M for lying.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice Lawsuit to compel New Jersey to provide the DOJ with access to its statewide voter registration data. Another victory for voters DOJ is now 0-18 in these cases. ELG remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-je...
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🚨 United States of America v. Caldwell
Learn more here.
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grandmawnl.bsky.social @grandmawnl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
So if a dead military doesn’t meet tr’s standards, what ever they are, he won’t mourn you.
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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sacramento Union, July 15, 1967. Sex Trek for 'Star Trek' On the subject of "Star Trek," Dave Kaufman wonders if it shouldn't now be called "Sex Trek," since Leonard Nimoy—the emotionless, pointy eared half-Vulcan, half-earthling—will have something going for him next season.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/07/2026
OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
It’s “rules for thee, but not for me” when it comes to Texas AG Ken Paxton. He used an address where he hasn’t lived since 2024 while voting in six elections in the past two years! I break down the allegations of how Paxton may have committed a second-degree felony. youtu.be/-5hieL8HRG4?...
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Texas AG Paxton FACES LEGAL NIGHTMARE After His OWN LAW BACKFIRES
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Five facts that you should know about the current Cyclospora outbreak.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Republicans have been using the same old scare tactics about "socialism" for decades. Don't take my word for it. Take Harry Truman's.
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Jam-Covered Corgi 💻📊✡️ @ellenb.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What is WRONG with this guy www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
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Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Posting here just for the community note.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Many of us have been saying this for years.
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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Sharing this poem again because I think the world needs these words now more than ever.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Everything is Joe Biden's fault. Even when it isn't.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.
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Thomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Here’s the video… This is a unique opportunity, and not just in Texas. This is something that will bring in tons of voters, and Democrats need to be saying loudly that we’re going to shut them down and regulate the shit out of them. Every day between now and November. Then we have to do it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/05/2026
Garcia: "We asked Bondi questions about Ghislaine Maxwell and the transfer, and she referred those questions to Todd Blanche and the Bureau of Prisons. So we have many questions for Mr Blanche that Republicans are refusing to ask. Why was she transferred to a less secure facility?"
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America at a Crossroads @crossroadstalks.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Dictators Become Obsessed With This One Thing "They are obsessed with bunkers, with palaces..." Author and historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat explains a classic symptom of the autocrat's decline: the "bunker stage." @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🔥 SPRINGSTEEN: "I’m here to support Stephen Colbert, the first guy who lost his show because a president can't take a joke - and the Ellisons feel they need to kiss his ass… small-minded people with no idea what freedoms of this beautiful country are supposed to be about." 🇺🇸
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/05/2026
NEW: We just launched a new podcast! It’s called “Paper Trail,” and for our first episode, we’re taking you behind the scenes of a Pulitzer finalist investigation. This is what the FDA won’t tell you about the generic drugs in your medicine cabinet. Listen now 👇
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What the FDA Won’t Tell You About Your Medications
For years, the FDA said generics are just as safe as brand-name medications. ProPublica found that this isn’t always true.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/05/2026
I’m not saying the person on the right deserves the same fate as the person on the left, but maybe you are?
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grandmawnl.bsky.social @grandmawnl.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Yeah. But let’s build the multi-million dollar ball room.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 23/04/2026
OpenAI’s ChatGPT produced insults and swear words as it responded to tense human conflicts, a study has found.
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ChatGPT mirrors abusive language in heated conversations, study finds
OpenAI’s ChatGPT produced insults and swear words as it responded to tense human conflicts, a study has found.
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Kolshack @redsun76.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
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His Grace, the Duke of Ankh, CDR Sir Samuel Vimes @bklynmichael42.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Let me just take a big sip of coffee and see what the New York Times had to say back during the run up to WWII….
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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene @repdelbene.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
In January, Trump’s Health Department started allowing private companies to use AI to delay & deny care for seniors. Read my op-ed on how this program is frustrating patients & making conditions worse.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 12/04/2026
this is why there’s been mass revolt and opposition to data centers being built in communities. it is genuinely a health hazard to live this close to something emitting this much sound. these need to stop being built
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Reuters @reuters.com · 04/04/2026
Trump administration can't make colleges provide race-related data, judge rules reut.rs/4c6ChZ5
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Trump administration can't make colleges provide race-related data, judge rules
The Trump ​administration cannot force public universities in 17 U.S. states to turn over sweeping amounts ‌of data so it can examine whether they have ceased considering race as an admissions factor, a federal judge ruled on Friday.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 03/04/2026
White House seeks $5.6 billion cut to NASA budget in 2027 reut.rs/4bQP6Ic
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White House seeks $5.6 billion cut to NASA budget in 2027
The White ​House on ‌Friday proposed a $5.6 billion ​cut ​to NASA's budget ⁠for 2027, ​including a $3.4 ​billion cut to the space ​agency's ​science unit, a 23% ‌cut ⁠as NASA's new chief plans ​an ​array ⁠of new ​missions under ​the ⁠flagship U.S. moon ⁠program.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The. Rise. Of. Cognitive. Surrender. Study finds that people who use GenAI chatbots rely on them 80% of the time, and develop almost no capacity to recognize when a chatbot is feeding them faulty information. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 31/03/2026
"ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps."
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ICE agents will be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events in South Carolina
As the U.S. continues to fight the war in Iran, the Marine Corps has boosted protection measures on bases, requiring everyone to present REAL IDs, passports or birth certificates to access any sites.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
In three months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by fast food and delivery companies -Cracked down on bad landlords -Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program -Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets This is what leadership looks like.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/03/2026
Kevin Moncla, who pleaded guilty to a voyeurism charge and was ordered to pay more than $3 million for secretly filming guests in his home bathroom, has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. (Published Feb.)
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The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia
Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the fede...
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
SCOOP. From my OUR LAND newsletter: Trump's DOJ is helping to get a convicted FBI informant tied to Russian intelligence out of prison. The lie this guy told the FBI—Joe Biden took a $5m bribe from Burisma—was the main evidence for the GOP impeachment drive. 1/2 link.motherjones.com/public/44694...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Send ICE agents to Iran. They already have the outfits.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/02/2026
Kristi Noem lied about an immigrant being a cannibal. Of course it was all made up nonsense. Normal people didn’t believe it, just like we didn’t believe Haitians were eating pets. This is part of dehumanization of immigrants playbook. Fear and hate is the point.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Nancy Pelosi: "With Trump, all roads lead back to Putin."
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Tammy @tammybleck.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
#Epstein
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