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Henry Fitzgerald

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Retired old dude, grew up near Boston, lives there now, but lived in Austin for a while.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12m
Katie Zacharia comes across as the most peevish mean girl in high school, but so dim she can't say hello to her best friend without looking at the notes she wrote in ballpoint pen on her hand.
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Feisty1 @fiesty1.bsky.social · 36m
#ProudBlue #GTS #DemVoice1 I remember people denying they had COVID while they were dying of COVID. MAGA + MAHA = Madness
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 1h
JUST IN: US Supreme Court to hear Trump's fight with watchdog group over DOGE reut.rs/4yQmhEK
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 13h
Since assuming office in 2015, Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a state-funded security detail, costing $3.3 million and a review of travel records could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. www.propublica.org/article/ken-...
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 52m
This is boom goes the dynamite bad.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 59m
this is an SNL cold open come to life. she can barely read
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h
Trump's single most diligent task as president: undermining confidence in democracy and democratic institutions. Trump has cast doubt on elections on 440 days in his second term so far, or more than 70% of the days since he returned to office, repeatedly making false claims
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Trump Has Cast Doubt on Elections on 440 Days in His Second Term
President Trump has attacked the integrity of U.S. elections on more than 70 percent of the days since he returned to office, repeatedly making false claims. Here’s how he does it.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h
Elon Musk hopes his new factory will help AI supplant life on Earth
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Elon Musk hopes his new factory will help AI supplant life on Earth
The GOP's biggest donor sounds fine with humans dying off—after we get "super intelligence to the stars."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h
We don't yet know which Russian oligarchs financed this on Putin's orders. bsky.app/profile/thed...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h
Another typical incident of Trump inciting his mob to violence. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h
The most corrupt and unethical president in US history by far.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 9h
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 3h
Love that they cant actually just interview JK on her trans views cause she is so rabid she wouldnt be able to hold it together and it would just reveal how much of a raging untethered madwoman she’s become
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 3h
Greg Abbott has backed off data centers, but sticks by his equally unpopular policy of funneling money out of public schools to unregulated "alternatives." Why risk re-election over this? I dig into who is funding Abbott: Billionaires who want theocracy. www.salon.com/2026/10/13/w...
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Who really controls Greg Abbott?
The Texas governor’s war on public schools is bankrolled by donors who want a Christian state
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Reuters @reuters.com · 4h
Scientists call for international body to oversee advanced AI reut.rs/47c7kkh
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Scientists call for international body to oversee advanced AI
Around 400 scientists, including AI pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, on Tuesday called for an international body ​to oversee containment standards and incident reporting for advanced cyber-capable ‌AI systems.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23h
Pity
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Melvin 🍁the 🍊💩hating cat -💙🦋🐧-my human is not a fan either . 🇨🇦💙🦋 @vespavixen.bsky.social · 4h
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h
Trump appears to have a creepy homoerotic fixation with Kansas Senator Roger Marshall. www.thedailybeast.com/panicked-tru...
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Panicked Trump Launches 544-Word Rant to Save Flailing MAGA Senator
One senator’s bleeding support is triggering the president.
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 12h
Get these lunatics away from my government
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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 18h
Today on Indigenous People’s Day DHS head Mark Wayne Mullin who claims to be a member of the Cherokee Tribe of Oklahoma celebrates by increasing ICE raids on native lands If Mullin actually is indigenous he would know Native Americans cannot be deported from their own lands #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
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Minerva47874627.bsky.social @minerva47874627.bsky.social · 8h
This👇. Trump and his DOJ have ignored court orders before, so . . . . 🤨🤷‍♀️😠
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 19h
#RepublicanAffordabilityCrisis
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If you can’t be brave, be kind 🚵🏽‍♀️☕️ 📸 🐕🐾🥋⚔️☯️👩🏼‍🎨🖋️✏️ @takemusu.bsky.social · 10h
10/23/26 is the registration deadline for ID, UT, VA. Check your registration, make a voting plan, be an amplifier and bring 3+ more to vote. Problem's? Call 866-OUR-VOTE.
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Register for Next Steps Conference
ALT: Register for Next Steps Conference
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Reuters @reuters.com · 8h
AI models may soon self-replicate without access to data centers, Anthropic warns reut.rs/4dUgiXd
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AI models may soon self-replicate without access to data centers, Anthropic warns
Anthropic said on Monday its experiments suggested small AI models may be months away from being capable enough to ​self-replicate on commercial internet-of-things (IoT) devices, such as smart ‌ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes.
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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 8h
Jesus this is awful.
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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 8h
He truly believes that because Putin and Xi put on a show for him that they are his allies. He's childlike and gullible even as he is unspeakably brutal and corrupt. What a horrifying combination. And such a mark for powerful leaders who are smarter than him. Which would be all of them.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14h
Yes, yes, the authoritarian president is leading a hate-filled rally in which he urges his followers to physically assault protesters but do NOT call any of these people Nazis or you will make David Brooks sad.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15h
This is psychosis. He is profoundly mentally ill. He is not fit to be in any position of power over anyone or anything. He should not control nuclear weapons.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h
I don’t think this is how the world works.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 15h
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Wake Up America @claudiner66.bsky.social · 17h
'Beware': Expert flags 'hallmark' sign of huge energy shock in key midterm states www.rawstory.com/patrick-de-h...
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'Beware': Expert flags 'hallmark' sign of huge energy shock in key midterm states
Patrick De Haan, an oil industry expert who runs Gas Buddy, had an ominous message for people in the Midwest: prepare to pay more at the pump — just before the election begins."We've got the hallmark ...
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 17h
A 29% approval rating is what happens when you promise you'll fix everything and, instead, you make everything worse.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 17h
The world laughs at Trump. He's a feckless fool.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 17h
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U.S. Miltary Archbishop Says Catholic Soldiers Shouldn't Serve On Firing Squad
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees Catholic pastoral services for the U.S. military, is condemning the proposed livestream of Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 19h
Texas health agency proposes eliminating children’s autism program. The proposed elimination of the program, aimed at serving lower-income families, comes as Texas leadership has called on agencies to reduce budgets by 3%.
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Texas proposes eliminating children’s autism program
The proposed elimination of the program, aimed at serving lower-income families, comes as Texas leadership has called on agencies to reduce budgets by 3%.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19h
The sci-fi fantasy that AI hucksters use to fool people into thinking there can be manmade intelligence is that it goes all the way back to 1818, with the publication of "Frankenstein." In the very first version of "AI," Mary Shelley got something fundamental about the desire to believe.
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ElleO 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @ellohhlo.bsky.social · 21h
Tell me this isn't another example of political revenge by the trump regime. The investigation goes back to paperwork filled out by Omar's father from when she was a child! #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #BluskyResistance
Ilhan Omar's D.C. home raided by ICE, sources say


CBS NEWS

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Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C. home searched by Homeland Security investigators

By Nicole Sganga

Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home was the target of a raid early Monday morning by ICE's investigations unit.
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Yarwanaw @yarwanaw.bsky.social · 19h
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h
For both Elon Musk and Donald Trump, blocking all efforts to rein in malicious Russian bots on the internet was a high priority from the start. We should ask why.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 20h
historically high spend and this is how much of his net worth it is
google search showing that $276 million is 0.0276% of $1 trillion and proving why we so desperately need a wealth tax
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h
Why all available indicators make clear that the actions against Ilhan Omar are (1) baseless, (2) politically motivated, and (3) designed to corruptly influence the 2026 midterm elections.
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Federal Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar
The search takes place within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when the Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative steps related to political candidates.
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The Lever @levernews.com · 20h
Walmart says it prices products, not people. But one of its patents describes technology that could raise the price of mayonnaise after you put tuna in your cart — because its system predicts you’re making tuna salad.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22h
"It’s not naive... to believe in our national sense of honor; and to expect our leaders to behave with dignity, integrity, civility, and humility." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Admiral McRaven: Public Execution Is Shameless and Ignoble
A government livestream of Nidal Hasan’s killing would put America in extremely poor company.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h
Christopher Hale: Here is the dream team behind the fake story that Talarico secretly went to an Ohio mental health center. Nick Sortor has an open warrant for his arrest back home in Kentucky for violating probation. He was convicted of driving while intoxicated, harassing a police officer,
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If they’re admitting 81 planes, drones and helicopters worth $3.3 billion have been lost in Iran, imagine what they’re not telling us. The real cost is likely far higher, and our grandchildren will be paying for this unnecessary war and his reckless spending. www.businesstoday.in/amp/world/st...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23h
Instead of an energy ceasefire, Putin has launched a massive campaign across Ukraine targeting six different energy sites. This is known in international law as perfidy, and it's a signature Putin move. In this case enabled by Trump.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 22h
Texas appeals order requiring prison air conditioning, saying it puts operations at risk. TDCJ, which estimates climate control will cost $1.5 billion, said the federal judge’s order imposes “chaos and confusion” on the country’s largest prison system.
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Texas appeals order to cool all prisons by end of 2029
TDCJ, which estimates climate control will cost $1.5 billion, said the federal judge’s order imposes “chaos and confusion” on the country’s largest prison system.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23h
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Ant @agramuglia.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
So Danny Trejo was manipulated and tricked into being in Ben Shapiro's newest film. Holy shit.
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