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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 3h
@msnownews.bsky.social @msnowcomms.bsky.social Are you telling your audience you are so desperate for revenue that allowing a commercial to air on behalf of a single party or individual to push government propaganda, is allowed?! I think the Consolidated Appropriations Act would say otherwise!
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.washingtonsun.com/climate-envi...
washingtonsun.com
Trump Says He Has Reversed Biden-Era Fuel Efficiency Standards
The government’s own analysis of the proposed rule said the move could worsen the country’s ability to weather shocks to oil prices.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.cpr.org/2026/09/18/u...
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USPS sends private guards to watch Colorado’s largest postal sorting facility ahead of mail ballots going out
The postal service says the security is there to secure the mail and make sure employees are safe but union representatives say it is unnecessary.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For 40 yrs, the U.S. Arctic Research Commission has advised Congress & POTUS on what to study in the frigid far north, from the environment to military security. It’s typically done w/out making waves, led by ppl well-versed in science & public policy …until Trump www.propublica.org/article/thom...
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How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser
As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s ag...
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
He details the profound effect of Native American ideas and practices on the American colonists attempting to form a more perfect union in Philadelphia. “That term – ‘We the People’ – comes from us ... www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
csmonitor.com
Native American ideas helped shape the Revolution – and the America of today
The relationship between Native Americans and colonists is often seen as a clash of civilizations during and after the Revolution. But the story is more c…
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump administration is moving to deploy custom #ArtificialIntelligence products to speed up approvals for new applications of toxic chemicals and pesticides. But it has failed to share details of these AI tools with the public. www.csmonitor.com/Environment/...
csmonitor.com
The EPA may deploy AI to regulate toxic chemicals. It’s not telling the public.
Federal law requires U.S. government agencies to disclose how they’re using AI tools in their work. But in the case of the EPA, this doesn’t appear to be…
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#ICE deputizes local law enforcement! U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has expanded its capabilities through agreements that deputize state and local law enforcement! www.csmonitor.com/USA/2026/091...
csmonitor.com
Looking for speeders – and unauthorized immigrants – with Oklahoma troopers
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has expanded its capabilities through agreements that deputize state and local law enforcement.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?... via @YouTube
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Kennedy's department cited seven articles, two of which were apparently made up entirely and three of which did not exist in the journals to which they were attributed..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
ms.now
Judge slams HHS for referencing fake studies generated by misuse of AI
The Department of Health and Human Services has suffered more than its share of AI-related humiliations. The list, alas, is still growing.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#AI While NYC’s ban leaves some room for high school students to explore the tech with vetted programs, LAUSD seems to have shut off access completely. www.pcmag.com/news/la-scho...
pcmag.com
LA Schools Join NYC in Blocking Student Access to Generative AI
The ban applies to district-provided devices, but students can still use AI chatbots on personal devices, so it remains to be seen how effective this will be.
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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is crazy. There’s apparently a Latvia-run operation paying people to turn pro-Republican videos into short clips and make them look like grassroots support. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 01/09/2026
The Tongass #NationalForest is the largest in the US, spanning nearly 17 million acres of rugged coastline and rivers across southeast #Alaska. But the Forest Service just approved a project that would destroy precious old-growth stands in the southern #Tongass. We’re suing to stop it. Join us ⬇️
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Give Now to Save the Wild
Join the fight to protect wildlife and wild places with a gift to the Center for Biological Diversity.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order
Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting ‘we’re not changing it’
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
USPS defies court orders to rush through faulty ballot-tracking portal www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
USPS rush to implement Trump order could cause ‘catastrophic failure’ of mail voting, whistleblower claims
A whistleblower claims in a new report that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has embarked on a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Donald Trump’s mail voting order ahead of the midterms, e...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Alexandria, Louisiana: “'I want the people of central Louisiana and the country and the world to know what’s happening here. I want them to see that we’re fighting, and I want them to help us,' she told the group in an impromptu speech..." veritenews.org/2026/08/25/a...
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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For Most of Its History, the Supreme Court Didn’t Pretend to Be Apolitical
Today’s Supreme Court justices insist that they are not “politicians in robes”...
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
R. I. P. 🕯️ Hayden Panettiere She was 36 years old www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/h...
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
theatlantic.com
Liberals Are Now Fighting a Two-Front War
Leftists like Abdul El-Sayed will take over the Democratic Party unless the center-left adapts to their rise.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
What out for #PhishingScam "...official 𝙈𝙮𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙆𝙞𝙩" Received in email today and wanted to know more about this "kit". Browser search immediately confirmed my suspicions.
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Status @status.news · 26/07/2026
The White House Correspondents' Association sought to reconvene its annual dinner in celebration of press freedom. Instead, it handed Donald Trump a platform to attack the very journalists the organization exists to represent. The story in @status.news www.status.news/p/the-white-...
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The White House Correspondents’ Disgrace
The WHCA sought to reconvene its annual dinner in celebration of press freedom. Instead, it handed Donald Trump a platform to attack the very journalists the organization exists to represent.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 25/07/2026
Not content with just draining or contaminating water, this @microsoft.com contracted data center is also FLOODING nearby homes. #GreenSky
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Mason County data center construction site floods again; locals concerned
POINT PLEASANT — A Mason County resident said recent construction and flooding in their neighborhood has left them in a state of grief.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
@fishsqueezer.bsky.social How can anyone who comes across this handle, not immediately follow? < •}}}}><{
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Slate @slate.com · 20/07/2026
The current Supreme Court majority twists the knife by embracing a methodology that inherently rejects the current citizenry’s voice. slate.trib.al/0NOB1iW
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How the Supreme Court Swiped the Constitution From We the People
This project was decades in the making.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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A Miracle Drug for Me, Not for Thee
My doctor prescribed a medication that works. My insurance said no. The reason why has less to do with medicine than with which box gets checked on the form.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Misleading headline. Politico's own article indicated DHS 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 find evidence that a single non-citizen —actually cast a ballot.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Thank you #ABC @nbcnews.com @cnn.com Will not carry Trump's propaganda speech tonight deadline.com/2026/07/trum...
deadline.com
ABC, NBC And CNN Won't Carry Trump's Speech On Their Linear Networks
President Trump is expected to focus on election security in a primetime speech July 16, but networks appear reluctant to give him a platform.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 15/07/2026
Trump fires judges' pick for top federal prosecutor in Seattle reut.rs/4fqByUq
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Trump fires judges' pick for top federal prosecutor in Seattle
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday swiftly fired the new court-appointed top federal prosecutor in Seattle, setting up a potential legal battle over his power to terminate judges' picks to serve as U.S. Attorneys.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
State Department's campaign under Rubio seeks not simply to reject ICC (International Criminal Court) jurisdiction, but to dismantle an institution created to hold perpetrators of the gravest crimes accountable. Instead bully our allies into joining that effort. www.state.gov/releases/off...
state.gov
State Department Launches Campaign to Dismantle International Criminal Court’s Threat to American Sovereignty - United States Department of State
Today, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a sweeping campaign to dismantle the threat posed by the International Criminal Court to U.S. sovereignty. The campaign will feature a whole-of-governme...
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Judge Kathleen Williams slams Trump’s IRS lawsuit as ‘improper,’ refers both acting AG Todd Blanche and Trump's lawyer, Alejandro Brito to the bar for disciplinary action. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Judge slams Trump’s IRS lawsuit as ‘improper,’ refers acting AG Blanche to bar
The judge characterized Trump's suit as an unparalleled expression of self-dealing.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.npr.org/2026/07/10/n...
npr.org
A major housing bill is set to become law at midnight — even though Trump says he won't sign
President Trump says he is refusing to sign the bill without Congress first passing his sweeping voter ID bill.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Judges deny request to return Trump's name to Kennedy Center pending an appeal
A three-judge panel has denied a request from the Kennedy Center's board to restore President Donald Trump's name to the institution while they appeal an earlier ruling that dubbed the name change ill...
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
theatlantic.com
The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
theatlantic.com
'Rush Project at Request of POTUS': Trump Is Draining the National Parks to Pay for His Projects
Money once used for crucial national-park repairs is now financing Trump’s redecorating projects.
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Climate.us @climate.us · 23/06/2026
Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#Affordability #Housing 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act www.cbsnews.com/news/road-to...
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
#SummerSolstice 🌞
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
apnews.com/article/anth...
apnews.com
Actor Anthony Head, known for ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' has died at 72
Actor Anthony Head, known for his roles in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Ted Lasso,” has died at 72.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
theatlantic.com
What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat
For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Pope Leo and other Christian thinkers have captured the gravity of the #AIrevolution in a way many secular thinkers have not www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
theatlantic.com
There Is Already a Word for the Deep Moral Failures of AI
It’s sin.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
theatlantic.com
Why the Worst Get on Top
Trump’s choice of Bill Pulte for acting director of national intelligence is both terrifying and predictable.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
#California #Iowa #NewJersey #NewMexico #SouthDakota #Montana #VoteBlue26
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Pope Leo and other Christian thinkers have captured the gravity of the #AIrevolution in a way many secular thinkers have not www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
theatlantic.com
There Is Already a Word for the Deep Moral Failures of AI
It’s sin.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Weissmann proposes a Truth in Elections Act, built on existing law. The Stolen Valor Act of 2005, which criminalizes lying about military honors “with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit”, survived a US supreme court challenge. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Former prosecutor pursued by Trump calls for crackdown on election lies: ‘Lying can be held to account’
Andrew Weissmann argues for new law to hold political liars like US president accountable for harming democracy
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
#ChrstianNationalism #Project2025 The threat was manufactured because the threat was useful - it named a frightening foreign version of theocracy while the people raising the alarm were quietly building a domestic one. open.substack.com/pub/micyoung...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/05/2026
There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
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Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
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izzydew 🐈‍⬛ @izzydew.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
#CitizensUnited #Hawaii state legislature voted to change the powers of corporations doing business in the state and no longer grant them the ability to spend on most political causes. "How can a creation of the state have inalienable rights?" www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
theatlantic.com
Hawaii vs. Citizens United
State lawmakers want to change the terms of personhood for corporations.
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