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Naomi Lee Bloom

@infullbloomus.bsky.social
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Philanthropist, Traveler, Arts and Culture Advocate, Recovering Enterprise Software Addict, Founder/Managing Partner of Bloom & Wallace -- I used to Blog @ InFullBloom.us but it's dormant for now

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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#Trump/#GOP destroy everything they touch, from the @kennedycenter.bsky.social to free passage through the Strait of Hormuz. apnews.com/article/kenn...
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Interest rates on US Treasury bills are rising and will increase credit card/car loan/education loans/mortgage rates/etc. #GOP/#Trump economy hugely increased national debt and gutted healthcare/social services/education/R&D, but the oligarchs are profiting mightily. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/b...
nytimes.com
Bond Market Rebuffs Treasury’s $6 Billion Plan to Reduce Borrowing Costs
The 10-year yield rose to its highest level in three years, suggesting investors were underwhelmed by the details of a move to buy back government bonds.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
AI development without controls is a threat to humanity. techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/g...
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'Gambling with our lives': Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI  | TechCrunch
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned over AI extinction fears, calling for pacing agreements between labs.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#Trump/#GOP/#Project2025 destroyed US leadership of medical science advancements in and global support for contagious disease prevention/outbreak mitigation/treatment/containment. Now we're all at risk of #EbolaVirus spreading beyond #DRC; death rate is about 50%. theconversation.com/drcs-ebola-o...
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DRC’s Ebola outbreak has the potential to become a global pandemic. How to make sure it doesn’t
Drawing lessons from Sierra Leone and having watched the mid-2026 outbreak in the DRC, I conclude that it risks become a global epidemic.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 09/09/2026
CEO Christian Klein has upended SAP’s structure to put AI at the center of its future. Investors wonder if he can deliver.
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Europe’s Software Giant Fights to Stay Relevant in the AI Era
Christian Klein takes a sweeping turn around his office building in southwestern Germany and hits the brakes of his black electric BMW. The chief executive officer of SAP SE jumps out in an ebullient mood, in spite of the circumstances.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Shame on the #ABA for not standing up against #Trump's racism. Of all people the legal profession should be committed to leveling the playing field.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Should children have to suffer serious diseases with potential long term consequences, even possible death, because their parents are science-denying, #MAGA cult members? Is that statutory child abuse? apnews.com/article/vacc...
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Top US doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion
Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"Europe's gold flex the Nazis; now it's fleeing #Trump. www.thebulwark.com/p/europe-gol...
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Europe’s Gold Fled the Nazis. Now It’s Fleeing Trump.
Our allies once trusted America to safeguard their reserves. Now they worry the president might freeze them.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The mid-terms are the Democrats to lose. Time to stop the internal debates, come together, and vote for sanity. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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The Republican Party’s Midterm Nightmare Is Taking Shape
Democrats see an opening in the states where Trump’s policies are hitting hardest.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
60's data centers weren't automated but were filled w techs mounting tapes/disks, setting up/running jobs, etc. Cloud data centers are highly automated w far fewer techs. Mega-data centers have intense automation and robotic workers. Same for mega-distribution centers. www.wired.com/story/inside...
wired.com
Inside Meta’s Push to Put Robots to Work in Data Centers
The company is testing robots that can swap cables, reset servers, and take on other tasks performed by technicians, fueling concerns among some workers that their jobs could be at risk.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Of course I don't trust a word coming out of the #TrumpAdministration because they are consummate liars. But their lack of transparency about the disastrous and illegal war on Iran is breaking the trust between the American people and our military. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Hegseth's Pentagon is hiding Iran war from the American public | Opinion
Despite claims by Trump administration and Pentagon officials about being the 'most transparent' in history, the facts tell a different story.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Higher prices for diesel fuel mean higher prices for everything that rides a truck, and that is almost everything that you buy. Nothing like a #MAGA/#Trump/#GOP war to screw up our economy. apnews.com/article/gas-...
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US diesel prices hit a record high, pushing up transportation costs for a long list of goods
Diesel has hit a record price in the U.S., soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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What top doctors now recommend for COVID, flu, RSV vaccines
Amid shifting federal vaccine policies, major medical groups released independent guidance on flu, COVID-19 and RSV vaccinations.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
There are many parallels between the history of Chanukah and what Americans face in driving out the rogues gallery of fascists who have so trashed our wonderful country and people and restoring America to a place of respect abroad and democratic principles at home. www.chabad.org/holidays/cha...
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The Hanukkah Story
The events that led to the heroic Maccabean revolt, the battles, the victories, the miracle of the Hanukkah lights and the events that followed...
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Good riddance to this disgraceful, bigoted, dishonest, so-called journalist. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...
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Maria Bartiromo Is Out at Fox News
The host, who appeared on Fox Business and Fox News, had been with the network for more than 12 years.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
America has been the safe haven for European gold and investments -- until now. www.thebulwark.com/p/europe-gol...
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Europe’s Gold Fled the Nazis. Now It’s Fleeing Trump.
Our allies once trusted America to safeguard their reserves. Now they worry the president might freeze them.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is obscene and not at all surprising for the dialing and bombing for dollars #TrumpAdministration. apnews.com/article/vene...
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US oil giant Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela
Oil giant Chevron is confirming that it is expanding its operations in Venezuela, just days after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation’s oil reserves and give the P...
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
50% death rate in #Ebola outbreak, gutted US virology research and prevention/treatment infrastructure, and defunded US disease fighting international donations. Please join me in praying for the people in the #Ebola zone; G-d forbid it gets loose in the USA. apnews.com/article/cong...
apnews.com
Congo's Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing as deaths top 3,000
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of more than 6,100 confirmed cases. That's according to the latest government statistics from Wednesday.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is why #Trump/#GOP took us to war against #iran -- grift, pure grift, without giving a damn about the damage to #america or #iran. fortune.com/2026/08/30/i...
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Six months into the Iran war, the global economy has pulled off a ‘Mission Impossible’ scene, and the Trump family is among the winners | Fortune
The direst predictions haven’t come true even if no corner of the world's economy has been untouched.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/08/2026
Staffing “was always bad. And now it’s at a breaking point,” a VA psychologist said. They described being stretched so thin that one-on-one appointments were cut down to 16 minutes or replaced with group sessions with as many as 35 veterans. (Published March)
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Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 26/08/2026
President Donald Trump’s latest trade upheaval is threatening to deepen Republicans’ peril in November’s midterm elections, saddling Senate GOP candidates with another economic headache as the party fights to hold onto its majority.
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Trump’s Canada, Beef Trade Actions Add to GOP Midterm Worries
President Donald Trump’s latest trade upheaval is threatening to deepen Republicans’ peril in November’s midterm elections, saddling Senate GOP candidates with another economic headache as the party fights to hold onto its majority.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
CONRAD BLACK: “.. Since Canada has not historically been an assertive country, President Trump apparently assumes that it is not a resilient one. He will discover that this is not true.” @financialtimes.com 🇨🇦 www.ft.com/content/615a...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
BREAKING: we filed our Kennedy Center brief demolishing Trump's ridiculous position that he may tear down the building if he can't get his way on renaming it This one is simple: keep Trump’s name & hands OFF. Hearing 2pm ET Thurs. @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG are proud to rep Rep. Beatty👇
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Amid a flurry of litigation, the pro-voters’ challenge marks the next chapter for groups that will now move past procedural woes to arguing how the Postal Service’s rule would logistically harm voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Voting rights groups challenge USPS rule on Trump’s anti-voting order in next chapter of litigation
“The Final rule attempts to disguise as a technical procedure what is really granting itself authority to enforce state election laws,” the plaintiffs wrote.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
NEW EPISODE: Just over 70 days before the midterms, Donald Trump's Postal Service quietly issued a final rule on mail-in voting late Friday night. Buried inside it, USPS compares your mail ballot to cremated human remains and fake explosives. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCR9...
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USPS Compares Mail-in Ballots to Fake Bombs and Pet Remains to Appease Trump
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
With pre-Trump public health, virus fighting resources, we could protect ourselves from this dreadful disease by helping Congo to contain it. With current state of our public health capabilities, it's only a matter of time before #Ebola reaches America and spreads here. apnews.com/article/cong...
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Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes the country's worst with over 2,300 dead
Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people. That toll released overnight makes it the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever recorded in the Central African nation.
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WIRED @wired.com · 10/08/2026
At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies—and did it all right under the company’s nose.
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OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree
At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies—and did it all right under the company’s nose.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
As experienced a traveler as I am, this article had some news for me -- and for many of you. travelbucketlist.xyz/15-things-ts...
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15 Things TSA Agents Instantly Notice About Travelers Over 65 (And Why They Watch)
Read all the way to the end – we reveal one little-known TSA move that frequent flyers over 65 almost never make, but that can cut your checkpoint time in half.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Meta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogue
In recent weeks OpenAI and Anthropic also have described instances of AI models going beyond humans’ instructions to access the web and find ways around other companies’ digital security.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Maybe you shouldn't swim in warm coastal seawater with any open sore/cut/wound? abcnews.com/US/louisiana...
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Louisiana reporting at least 5 deaths from flesh-eating bacteria in seawater
Louisiana health officials on Thursday urged residents to take precautions following an uptick in cases of the dangerous flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
So #MAGA bought #Trump/#GOP/#TrumpAdministration BS and stopped getting proven vaccines, e.g. against Measles, and Measles bounced back big time. Now public health wackadoodle-in-chief tells us to get vaccinated. #MAGA needs to build more critical thinking skills. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak
Health secretary, longtime vaccination skeptic, spent years boosting misinformation about vaccines including MMR
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If #ToddBlanche lied to Congress in-person, why on earth would anyone believe anything he says or writes. But perhaps the #GOP Senators now backing him only needed a cover story. What a sleazy cast of characters. www.ms.now/news/cornyn-...
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Cornyn, Tillis throw their support behind Blanche for attorney general
The news virtually assures Blanche’s confirmation to lead the Department of Justice on a permanent basis.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This may well be thrown out by the courts, but in the meantime people will die, suffer from dreadful conditions, be terrorized and traumatized, all in the name of Christianity and the ongoing Presidential power grab. www.wired.com/story/ices-n...
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ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’
One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This tells you everything wrong w #TrumpAdministration. Too ignorant to do anything right. Too arrogant to admit their ignorance and use available resources to educate themselves. Too self-absorbed to consider the impact of their ignorance and arrogance on others. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I hope someone brilliant, intellectually influential, and with a powerful political/judicial career ahead will write liberal/progressive equivalent of 1971 Powell memo, that we'll build an effective network of liberal/progressive institutions/individuals to drive America in that direction.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Bad hiring decisions cost organizations lost productivity/revenue/customers/clients and increased financial liabilities -- just for starters. Bad #ICE hiring decisions are costing lives, destroying families and communities, and making all of us a lot less safe. www.wgcu.org/2026-07-23/a...
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Amid a big hiring push, police experts question ICE officer vetting
The recent fatal shootings by ICE officers in Texas and Maine come at a time when the federal agency has hired a huge number of officers quickly. Some law enforcement experts worry that this kind of a...
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Rather than stigmatizing GLP-1 drugs, perhaps our obese President should be taking them. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump's Latest Name For GLP-1s Has Doctors And Patients Raising An Important Concern
Despite the president’s comments, patients say these medications have been life-changing, and their effectiveness cannot be ignored.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Don't look away. #Trump/#GOP are using every dirty trick to limiting voting by those who lean toward democracy, equal voting rights, access to all eligible voters without voter suppression barriers. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump DOJ asks Supreme Court to greenlight anti-mail voting order before midterms
Read more here.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
www.wired.com/story/border...
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Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown
A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I've been voting by mail for decades; business travel, progressive mobility limitations, and the indignities of being an elderly, handicapped woman make voting by mail essential. And that's exactly why #Trump and the #GOP want to eliminate it. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow order targeting mail-in voting before midterms
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow for now an executive order targeting mail-in voting.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court order that blocks the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from executing the president’s March executive order attacking mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump’s anti-mail voting order gets blocked again, this time by federal appeals court
Trump's sweeping assault on mail voting won’t be carried out in 23 states and D.C. ahead of November's midterms.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Have been a member of the @whca.bsky.social almost continuously since the 1990s. Our mission is to defend the First Amendment rights of White House correspondents to report on the president without fear or favor. Unfortunately last night did not advance that cause. Time to rethink the dinner.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 25/07/2026
Tanzania's main opposition party says 51 of its officials have been arrested and charged with terrorism, accusing the government of using law enforcement to intimidate critics.
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51 officials arrested and charged with terrorism over planned July protests, opposition says
Tanzania’s main opposition party says 51 of its officials have been arrested and charged with terrorism, accusing the government of using law enforcement to intimidate critics.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I would never eat dinner with Donald Trump. I would never clap or laugh at his jokes. I would never shake his hand. When he attacks me, I wear his scorn as a badge of honor. I founded Democracy Docket to never back down or obey. Subscribe now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
When AI is able to hack into operational systems without human guidance or intervention, we're in deep sh$t, and it has already happened. If regulation/enforcement/penalties don't get in front of us STAT, we won't be able to catch up. www.cnn.com/2026/07/22/t...
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An OpenAI test model escaped and broke into a real company’s servers | CNN Business
OpenAI says some of its experimental AI models left a test environment with no human direction and hacked their way onto a different company’s real production systems while trying to “cheat” on a cybe...
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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Inside Trump’s Stealth Trick to Rig the Census—and Congress
The administration’s latest power grab is disguised as boring technical guidance.
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Taxing and regulating polluters (environmental/light/noise/space) isn't enough, and #TrumpAdministration isn't even doing that. Now the worst of the worst are proposing data centers in space and will be bribing their way to #TrumpAdministration approvals. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Space datacenters proposed by Musk and Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn
New US petition demands review of plans from tech companies amid fears of environmental destruction
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Naomi Lee Bloom @infullbloomus.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#GOP/#Trump/#TrumpAdmin have so disrespected our fallen service members that they all deserve to be dumped immediately. And it's obscene to be giving these bastards more money to wage an illegal war, support #ICE's thuggery, suppress voting rights and access, deny healthcare, starve children, etc.
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Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The Pentagon removed the names of 4 servicemembers who died in Jordan from their official list of Iran war casualties. They explain that this is because "their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire in the war in April." Free gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...
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Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website (Gift Article)
Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.
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