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The Quantum Magician @thequantummage.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The original photo: hydrangea/20260912 [Taken in Washington Park, Albany, NY, USA] #photography #BloomSky #BloomScrolling 📷 🌱
A frame filled with hydrangea petals.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Dolly Parton gifted more than 300 million books to children with her wealth. trib.al/f8lj3au
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Meet the Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2 Billion Into the Midterms
The leaderboard of the top 20 donors is dominated by the tech industry and ultrawealthy Republicans.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Here’s that “Good Will Dunkin’” #SuperBowl commercial:
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Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Happy Benito Super Bowl Hopeful Think you for including me in this wonderful group of amazing people. Following all Let’s go Bad Bunny
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nlarson1213.bsky.social @nlarson1213.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
It really seems like this administration is trying to eliminate the field of public health. MPHs and DrPHs will no longer be considered "professional degrees" by the DOE and, therefore, will face limits to accessing federal student loans. aspph.org/department-o...
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Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 13/11/2025
"Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein" is a phrase that first appeared in newspapers in March 2011 and appeared regularly from that point onward. it is INCONCEIVABLE to me that this many people were still associating with him!!
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Latin women hoping millennial @wcm1987.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
This!!!!!!!!!!!
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Amendment which strikes section which “allows senators who were legally subpoenaed during the January 6 criminal conspiracy investigation to get millions of dollars deposited into their bank accounts at taxpayer expense” voted down by Republicans
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.” Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Clark: So what are we doing here today? You have already voted to dismantle medicaid, the largest health care program in America. A program that covers 40% of all births in this country. 40% of children in this country. 40% of disabled people in this country.
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BlueCrew community @libertyovergov.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
ICE pours large canister of pepper spray directly into family car, hitting 1-year-old baby. "They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said Matt, who filmed this video. "ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside, where their baby and 16-year-old sister sat." #BlueCrew #ProudBlue
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 09/11/2025
No matter how hard I try, and no matter how long it goes on, I just can't get used to the president of the United States routinely promoting lies of the most imbecilic and easily disprovable nature (or in this case mistaking satire for reality). truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
A screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald Trump dated 9 November 2025 in which he wrote "WOW!" and quote-tweeted a meme saying "Breaking: DOGE halts yearly payment of $2.5 million to Barack Obama for 'royalties linked to Obamacare.' Obama has collected this payment since 2010, for a total of $40 million in taxpayer dollars."
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett @doggett.house.gov · 09/11/2025
Trump’s illegal and erratic actions are creating a mass hunger crisis and an unsustainable burden on Food Banks. Trump’s indifference to the suffering of others is matched only by his personal greed and drive to become all powerful.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamp Benefits
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is 'happier' at the minimum-security Texas facility the Trump administration transferred her to. "The institution is run in an orderly fashion which makes for a safer more comfortable environment." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is 'happier' at minimum-security Texas facility
Maxwell, a convicted sex offender connected to Jeffrey Epstein, was moved to a less restrictive federal prison this summer. Congress is investigating allegations of special treatment.
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Nightmarica @n1ghtmarica.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Here is the written version of today's timeline with Senate Stuff www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
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Government shutdown live updates as Thune plans Senate vote amid rare Sunday session
The government shutdown is now on Day 40 as senators returned to Capitol Hill for a rare Sunday session. Follow live updates here.
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Deputy AG declares "war" on judges, vows to strip bar associations' power www.axios.com/2025/11/09/doj-blanch… www.axios.com/2025/11/09/doj-blanch…
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 09/11/2025
In a reversal, the USDA now tells states that issued full SNAP benefits they should "immediately undo" distributions or potentially face future cuts.
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USDA says states must 'undo' efforts to disburse full November SNAP benefits
The latest guidance from the Trump administration comes after the Supreme Court temporarily blocked a judge's decision that ordered immediate payouts.
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Nancy Lynn @luvarizona.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
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🦋🌿𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕡𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕖🪷🦋 @itsstephanie.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o... "...all Trump has to do is restore the American aid that was estimated to be saving the lives of more than a quarter-million Nigerians each year."
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Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
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Raymond Betts @newrayven.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Frogs! #PortlandWins www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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Judge Permanently Blocks National Guard Deployments to Portland for ICE Protests
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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business. -if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her. -if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet. -instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
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Anrileon @anrileon.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
For everyone wondering. Jackson ruled on the immediate request because she handles emergency appeals arising from the First Circuit by default.
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mpeelrdu @mpeelrdu.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Isnt she blocking the maga judges from helping trump by telling the 1C they have 48 hours to finalize and release their decision? @kenwhite.bsky.social
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CivicSlutJD @shannahd.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Yes, 1st circuit hasn’t ruled
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Robert Hubbell @rbhubbell.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
She wants an order from the First Circuit upholding the trial court. That would give the liberal minority a foothold to argue the Supreme Court should do so as well. a strategic stay to increase chance of restarting SNAP benefits.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected 43 days ago. Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
More:
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‘None of This Is Good for Republicans’
Gerrymandering efforts look different after Election Day.
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Air travel will be 'really rough,' warns guy in charge of that www.dailykos.com/story/2025/11/6/23…
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Air travel will be 'really rough,' warns guy in charge of that
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy appeared on Fox News Thursday, following the Federal Aviation Administration announcement that it will be reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 “high volume” ...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Mockler: Throughout my youth, I've watched Donald Trump normalize a type of extremist rhetoric that the U.S. has never seen before. Now, that is manifesting in the GOP…
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suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (@repjasminecrockett)
Nancy Pelosi’s career has been a masterclass on leadership. The first woman to ever hold the Speaker’s gavel—and she did it better than most who came before her. From passing the Affordable Care Act t...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Mockler: The way that Donald Trump speaks about the democratic party, the way that Donald Trump speaks about people who disagree with him, has normalized his extremist rhetoric. He said that we were gnats who need to be taken care of in front of the military.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Last night was a thumping from coast to coast. Across the country, voters rejected chaos and cynicism – and chose leaders who are focused on the cost of everyday life.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 05/11/2025
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How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2
A new major Windows 11 release means a new guide for cleaning up the OS.
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The study looked at electronic health records from about 130,000 adults with insomnia over five years. It found that people who had used melatonin for at least a year were more likely to later be diagnosed with heart failure or die from any cause. Sounds worrying, right? But here’s the catch 👇
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
You may have seen scary headlines linking melatonin and a higher risk of heart failure. But when you look closely at the research behind those headlines, it’s much less alarming. Let’s break down what the study actually did, and what it didn’t. 🧵
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Jersey Blue Dot @cskoorb.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Reminder - this guy is NOT a doctor, NOT a scientist and had had part of his brain eaten by a worm … can we not!! people.com/cheryl-hines...
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Cheryl Hines Clarifies That Husband RFK Jr.'s Brain Worm Only Ate 'a Little Bit' of His Brain Before Dying, 'So Don't Worry'
Cheryl Hines says her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is no longer the host of a parasitic, brain-eating worm. The actress made the remarks during an appearance on 'The View' Tuesday, Oct. 14.
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MeidasGuy @meidasguy.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
It’s also worth noting that so many SNAP recipients are veterans, with the national guard and reserves, and active duty U.S. military members.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/10/2025
"The Trumpist revolution seems to be following the common and destructive path of its authoritarian predecessors. The radicalization is as obvious as it is striking." www.thebulwark.com/p/il-duce-ha...
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Il Duce Ha Sempre Ragione
Trump’s Mussolini moment.
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CNN @cnn.com · 29/10/2025
The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency charged with advising the president, Congress and the city of Washington, DC, on “matters of design and aesthetics,” according to a source familiar with the matter. cnn.it/47uhZGK
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CNN @cnn.com · 29/10/2025
Hurricane Melissa restrengthens to a Category 4 storm as it churns toward Cuba, Jamaica begins assessing the damage. Follow live updates: cnn.it/4hDJimG
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Half the country is suing Trump for breaking the law to starve families www.dailykos.com/story/2025/10/28/2…
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Half the country is suing Trump for breaking the law to starve families
Democratic officials from 25 states and Washington, D.C., sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to suspend payments to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Pregnant women detained by ICE report horrifying treatment: shackling, solitary confinement, no prenatal vitamins, inadequate food. ICE's own directives and regulations require the agency to avoid detention of pregnant people in the first place. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say
The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.
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Hoosier Black Sheep @hoosierblacksheep.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Again proving she’s a great human being. Good timing, considering Jamaica at the moment. Powers that be, help them. apnews.com/article/mack...
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MacKenzie Scott gives $60 million to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy
MacKenzie Scott has donated $60 million to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. The nonprofit announced the gift on Tuesday, calling it a transformative investment.
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Marie 💙 @merrirrro.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Ken Paxton has his head so far up Trump’s a$$ a colonoscopy would give him a headache. This is absurd. We know it and they know it. Just more of criminal, lying cheating Paxton trying to get in the WH. 🎁 article wapo.st/47xEKtf
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Texas AG Paxton files Tylenol lawsuit, taking cues from Trump, Kennedy
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican seeking election to the U.S. Senate, filed suit against Tylenol’s maker and its former parent company barely a month after President Donald Trump warned...
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
“The research so far—including one of the largest studies yet on the topic—suggests that Tylenol use during pregnancy does not cause autism.” - Johns Hopkins scientists. Texas AG Ken Paxton: I believe the guy who swims in a creek filled with raw sewage. publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-evi...
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The Evidence on Tylenol and Autism | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
The research so far—including one of the largest studies yet on the topic—suggests that Tylenol use during pregnancy does not cause autism.
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Ok Sports Fans @oksportsfans.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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A Donor-Funded Army Wouldn’t Just Be Illegal—It Would be Dangerous
You don’t need a political-science degree to understand why wealthy individuals cutting secret checks to the president to pay the military is a bad idea.
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1abio.bsky.social @1abio.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Trump’s China Deal May Avert a Crisis of His Own Making www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
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Trump’s China Deal May Avert a Crisis of His Own Making
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ACLU of Northern California @aclu-norcal.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The Trump administration continues to abuse its power by attempting to silence anyone who criticizes the role of Israel in Gaza. The detention of British journalist Sami Hamdi is an attack on the constitutional right to free speech which protects everyone regardless of their citizenship status.
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Sami Hamdi, British Muslim journalist, detained by ICE at SFO after visa revoked
The political commentator was on a speaking tour of the U.S. when he was detained by immigration authorities at San Francisco International Airport.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 27/10/2025
At first glance, it might look like the US has exited the climate fight. But don’t be confused: America is still in the arena; it’s just fighting for the other side.
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How Trump Pressures the World Into Burning More Oil and Gas
As COP30 nears, the US’s pressure to keep fossil fuels relevant may empower petrostates, potentially giving them more leverage at the UN talks.
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