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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 12h

Republicans are so flustered about Paxton losing Texas that they’re making up wild rumors about Talarico They claim he sought mental health treatment at the Linder Center of Hope in Ohio But both the facility and Talarico exposed the lie-with the candidate saying he’s never even been to the state

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Jerri Green @jerrigreen4tn.bsky.social · 14h

From Memphis to Bristol, Tennesseans are ready for change. Join the movement today at greenforgovernor.com Early voting starts October 14th.

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EuniceforSC.bsky.social @euniceforsc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Highlighted as a "Champion of Nature" in an article by her friend and colleague Jeanne Malmgren, Eunice walks the walk and is dedicated to preservation of this precious planet 🌎 we call home. Read more jeannemalmgren.substack.com/p/champions-... #EuniceforSC #NewSC #FlipSCBlue

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Clay Middleton For S.C. HD116 @claynmiddleton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Read more about my proposed Data Center Bill of Rights that will ensure transparency, prevent customers from paying higher utility bills, and prevent data centers from being in unwanted areas. #Shaping116Together

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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 16h

Something is happening in South Carolina.

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DeShawn L. Blanding @deshawnlblanding.bsky.social · 15h

Next stop ON THE TRAIL: Anderson County! 🚜 The Growing Together Tour rolls on this Wednesday at 6PM! Come on out, share your thoughts on the future of South Carolina agriculture, and be part of the conversation. We hope to see you there! #RootedForward #GrowingTogether #HealthyFood #OnTheTrail

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Birthday Bob @birthdaybob.bsky.social · 10h

Sherrod Brown cares.

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Jane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 13h

Vote early and vote Sherrod Brown for US Senate and vote blue down ballot, Ohio. Don’t let Elon have his way with our country, because his way will ruin us all.

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 15h

#OH Billionaire Elon Musk is trying to buy your election again. That interference is what got us into the mess we are into begin with. You know Brown & you know your current senator. Brown supports the working class, while your senator supports only Trump-Wars, tariffs, high costs. Vote for Brown!

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16h

Bipartisan group of senators calls on Trump to 'reverse course' on Russian diesel plan. The GOP senators who signed onto the statement are Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Tillis, Curtis. The Dems are Shaheen and Blumenthal www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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Bipartisan group of senators calls on Trump to 'reverse course' on Russian diesel plan

Four Republican senators and two Democratic senators signed onto the statement released Sunday in protesting the deal. They said the administration failed to consult with Congress or submit any explan...

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 12h

It’s unsurprising that Trump sold out America by agreeing to purchase Russian diesel fuel The most tawdry aspect of the deal, though, is how cheap it was to buy him He’s giving Putin billions to help fund Russia’s slaughter of innocent Ukrainian civilians for just a paltry few days of fuel

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In her statement on the ICE shooting in New York, AOC specifically calls out Target. The congresswoman demands that the mega-corporation stop allowing ICE to stage paramilitary raids from its parking lots. migrantinsider.com/p/aoc-to-tar...

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AOC to Target: Stop Lending Your Bronx Parking Lots to ICE

After federal agents fired into a car with a 5-year-old in the back seat, Ocasio-Cortez names the retailer that lawmakers say gave ICE a place to wait.

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 13h

#BoycottTarget

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Ms. Lonnie🦋🩵🫂 @lonsj.bsky.social · 13h

ICE staging it's dangerous raids from Target 🎯 parking lots If you shop 🎯 you need to look into other options

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is so sick. So a Russian blood diesel vessel is on its way to NC set to arrive tomorrow. It left St Petersburg on Sept 22nd. This Trump-Putin plan has been in the works for weeks can’t picture what allies America will have left after this

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Craig Sicknick @jan6risingvoice.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

None. Why partner with the U.S. for anything knowing it is led by an imbecile elected by the people?

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Ms. Lonnie🦋🩵🫂 @lonsj.bsky.social · 14h

Russian blood diesel Has been on its way to America since 9/22/26 Before 47 made his announcement Putin can make 47 do whatever he wants Especially against our former allies Congress is eerily silent 😶

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joneson/dead bird site survivor. @joneson.bsky.social · 9h

Sleeping on the job and getting paid for it thanks to vacation Mikey!

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 14h

Morgan retired from full-time reporting in 2013, but continued to write regular freelance columns for the Florida Phoenix. She died on Sept. 20, 2023, at age 82, and her memorial service was held inside the chamber of the Florida House of Representatives to honor her impact on state history. /end

Lucy Morgan during her time as a guest contributor to the Florida Phoenix. After she retired from the Tampa Bay Times in 2013, Morgan joined the nonprofit Florida Phoenix as a regular guest columnist, using her decades of institutional memory to critique the evolving landscape of Florida government. She called out growing partisanship and gridlock, arguing that modern lawmakers lacked the independence of previous generations. In February 2023, she wrote a scathing criticism of the state legislature for acting as a rubber stamp for Governor Ron DeSantis. She penned a poignant series paying tribute to the passing of the public-minded Florida leaders. Morgan also used her retirement years to serve as an informal advisor to the Phoenix’s editing staff, which was led by journalists she had previously mentored. The woman who never went to journalism school passed investigative tips to younger reporters and worked behind the scenes to keep local accountability reporting alive.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 14h

Morgan stepped down as Bureau Chief in 2006, but continued working as a correspondent and columnist. In 2010, she broke the “Taj Mahal” courthouse scandal, exposing judges who spent millions in taxpayer money on a lavish new appellate court building. The expose triggered state judicial reforms. /9

Lucy Morgan (left) and Tom Lee, President of the Florida Senate, hold a framed photo of Morgan to commemorate the naming of the Lucy Morgan Senate Press Gallery, 2005. Florida politicians viewed Morgan with a mix of deep dread, profound respect and grudging affection. In a state capital often dominated by intense partisan divides, she was viewed across the political spectrum as an unmovable institution. Her relentless interview style became legendary, and she had an unmatched network of sources. Because she based her stories on verifiable public records and bulletproof facts, even the politicians she exposed could rarely claim bias. The ultimate proof of how Florida’s political class viewed Morgan lies in the unprecedented honors they bestowed upon her. In 2005, the Florida Senate voted to name their press workspace the Lucy Morgan Senate Press Gallery. It was a striking gesture for politicians to honor the woman who made her career exposing their peers.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 14h

The St. Petersburg Times appointed Morgan as its Tallahassee Bureau Chief in 1986, and she spent the next two decades as the state capital’s top political watchdog. In 2005, the Florida Senate took the unprecedented step of naming its capital press gallery the Lucy Morgan Senate Press Gallery. /8

Lucy Morgan wields a news camera while talking on a giant “brick” cell phone, ca. 1985. The photo was staged to highlight the “portable” tools that were beginning to revolutionize field reporting for investigative journalists at the time. However, Morgan remained a traditional “shoe-leather” print reporter who weaponized public records and a legal pad. When she arrived as Tallahassee Bureau Chief, the capital press corps and state committees were dominated by men. She broke through that culture not by conforming to it, but by building a powerhouse operation that lifted others up. She turned the bureau into a masterclass for young reporters, particularly women. She taught her staff how to cajole and chase tight-lipped legislators until they divulged whatever information was being sought. Under her leadership, the bureau became a launching pad for journalists who went on to top leadership roles at major national institutions. Photo credit: Donn Dughi / Tampa Bay Times.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 14h

In 1985, Morgan became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for exposing rampant corruption and illegal target lists within the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. Her reporting led to a grand jury indictment and the removal of Sheriff John Short from office. /7

Lucy Morgan (left) and Jack Reed, who co-won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for their coverage of corruption within the Pasco County Sheriff’s Department. Jack Reed was a multi-award-winning journalist and editor for the St. Petersburg Times. While Morgan was the public face of the investigation, Reed was her co-author and co-investigator. Morgan excelled at cultivating whistleblowers and conducting high-stakes interviews, and Reed specialized in tracking down public data, financial ledgers and court documents. He helped map out the evidence needed to back up the tips Morgan’s anonymous sources were providing. It was dangerous work. Sheriff’s deputies tapped Morgan’s phone, tailed her car and placed threatening late-night phone calls to her home. To break the story without getting her sources fired or herself killed, Morgan used decoy vehicles and exchanged information with the wives of informants in department store dressing rooms.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 14h

Whistleblowers learned that Morgan would choose jail over breaking a promise of confidentiality. Her paper appealed the decision, and on July 30, 1976, the Florida Supreme Court overturned her conviction, ruling that the First Amendment shields journalists from government coercion. /5

Lucy Morgan (right) and Richard Morgan celebrate the Florida Supreme Court decision that overturned Lucy’s jail sentence for refusing to reveal a source. Morgan became the center of a First Amendment battle that established “reporter’s privilege” in Florida. On Nov. 1, 1973, Morgan published a story summarizing a sealed grand jury presentment regarding official corruption in Dade City. Within 12 hours of publication, a local prosecutor demanded she reveal who leaked the document. She refused to break her word to her source. The judge convicted her of criminal contempt and sentenced her to eight months in jail. Unfazed, Morgan prepared to serve her time, buying a book of poetry to read in her cell. However, her paper appealed the decision, keeping her out of jail while the case climbed the legal ladder for three years. On July 30, 1976, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot force a reporter to expose a source just so authorities can “silence the source.”

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 14h

Reporters have to earn the trust of high-stakes sources, and Morgan proved her integrity under fire early in her career. In November 1973, she was convicted of criminal contempt and sentenced to eight months in jail for refusing to reveal the source who leaked a sealed grand jury document. /4

Lucy Morgan (center) talks on the phone in a motel room as fellow reporter Nancy Godfrey looks on, 1974. The two reporters rented the motel room after a telephone cable was severed in the St. Petersburg Times New Port Richey bureau. Morgan and Godfrey kept the makeshift newsroom operating while other staffers worked in the phoneless bureau. Because an investigative newsroom relies on phone lines to track leads and take tips, losing service was an emergency. Rather than waiting around for repairs, Morgan and Godfrey grabbed their notebooks, marched down the street to a nearby motel, and turned the motel room into a chaotic, makeshift newsroom for several hours. They kept lines of communication open with sources, conducted interviews and dictated breaking copy back to the main printing desks. The incident remains a legendary newsroom anecdote about Morgan’s refusal to let anything — even a physically cut phone line—stop her from getting the story out. Photo credit: Tampa Bay Times.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 14h

Morgan got the job covering Citrus County for 20 cents per word. She taught herself reporting and quickly proved to have a natural “bloodhound” instinct. In 1968, her reporting caught the attention of the St. Petersburg Times, which hired her as a roving reporter for Pasco and Hernando counties. /3

Lucy Morgan, ca. 1981. When Morgan moved from the Ocala Star-Banner to the St. Petersburg Times in 1968, her daily work underwent a dramatic shift. Both roles required her to cover rural Florida, but her transition to a resource-backed investigative journalist changed the scope and stakes. Her editors gave her the freedom to pull on threads. She dug into government documents, tracked down unindicted co-conspirators and exposed official misconduct. To navigate a deeply entrenched “good ol’ boy” political system, Morgan used societal biases to her advantage. She spoke with a soft Southern drawl and would sit in public meetings quietly knitting. Corrupt local officials underestimated her until she hit them with devastating questions. By the time she was thrown into the spotlight during her 1973 source-protection jail sentence, she had transitioned from a part-time novice paid by the word into one of the most ruthless investigative reporters in the state.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 14h

Newly divorced Morgan moved to rural Citrus County, Fla., in the mid-1960s to raise her three children. In 1965, an editor for the Ocala Star-Banner was looking for a part-time local “stringer.” The editor asked the local librarian who in town was well-read. The librarian recommended Morgan. /2

Front page of the Sunday edition of the Ocala Star-Banner, Nov. 7, 1965. When Lucy Morgan first started at the Star-Banner in 1965, her assignments were the definition of ordinary community reporting. She covered town council meetings, school board decisions, car crashes and fires, and wrote up community happenings, events and obituaries. Because she was paid 20 cents a word, she had a financial incentive to write as much as possible. However, it didn’t take long for her natural investigative instincts to change the scope of her assignments. With no formal journalism training, she began writing exposés on how local officials were spending public money. Within a few months, her sharp eye and refusal to copy down official press releases proved so valuable that the Star-Banner upgraded her from a part-time stringer to a full-time staff writer. She spent three years in Ocala honing the skills that would catch the attention of the St. Petersburg Times.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 14h

#ResistanceRoots Lucy Morgan was born on this day in 1940 in Memphis, Tenn. She was an investigative reporter with the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times) who was feared and revered by Florida politicians, lobbyists and law enforcement for her dedication to government accountability. /1

Lucy Morgan talks on the phone surrounded by notepads, ca. 1978. Morgan was the ultimate, uncompromising watchdog of Florida journalism. Over a trailblazing 50-year career, she transformed from a rural mother writing for 20 cents per word into one of the most respected investigative forces in American political history. She proved that meticulous, records-driven “shoe-leather” journalism could dismantle corrupt political machines, rogue sheriff departments and dangerous drug cartels. She valued the truth above partisan points, commanding equal parts terror and profound respect from both political parties. Ultimately, Morgan created a blueprint for fearless local journalism. She proved that a reporter armed with absolute accuracy, unyielding integrity and deep empathy for everyday citizens can singlehandedly check the abuses of the most powerful institutions in government.

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WingChick🐸❌👑 @wingchick49.bsky.social · 14h

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Dawna and RealMonkeyCat @dawna9.bsky.social · 11h

All decent, honest & brave men & women know President Zelenskyy is a portrait of courage, decency & respect. History will be kind & long remember this great man. He stepped up & exceeded all expectations & hopes. His priorities are true & honorable. #IStandWithUkraine #Voices4Victory #Pinks

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Roxine King @roxineking.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Friends, Sad news! Our dear friend #MajorJasonWatson will face a historic general court-martial, the military's most severe trial! He remains in pretrial confinement. His attorney told @cnn.com the conditions amount to "cruel and unusual" solitary confinement. Want to help? Keep posting about him!

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Attorney: US moving forward with general court martial of airman | CNN Politics

Air Force Major Jason Watson will face a historic general court-martial—the military’s most severe trial—following his high-profile July arrest for calling for President Trump’s impeachment in uniform...

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 11h

That’s not the only reason Mike Lawler is rattled. He’s terrified because he knows Cait Conley is going to take his seat

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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 11h

Ukraine took out 2 huge data centers, and just like that--POOF! Pro-Trump/MAGA posts on US social media plummeted. Same happened to posts boosting Germany's far-right AfD. The primary function of those Bots is to boost groups Putin believes will destabilize the west. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Russia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers — Ukraine intensifies bombing of Yandex data centers in response ...

The world is getting a break from Russian bots thanks to Kyiv.

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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 10h

Democratic Congress Has Power Of Oversight And Purse. They both work.

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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 16h

🛢What the Iran war has done to the world’s energy supply, in charts. Fossil fuels produce 81% of global energy. Visual explainer - where the world’s energy comes from, how much is produced in the Middle East and which countries have strategic reserves to fall back on 👇

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What the Iran war has done to the world’s energy supply, in charts

Fossil fuels produce 81 percent of global energy. We look at Middle East’s role and what happens when supplies are cut.

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Lu's True Blue💙🗳️💯 @luannasheridan.bsky.social · 16h

Paxton did most of his traveling during the time that he was suspended, awaiting his impeachment by the Republicans in the Texas legislature! He visited many of his dozens of properties & even bought more during his travels, where he was escorted by his protection team. Vote better Texas‼️

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joneson/dead bird site survivor. @joneson.bsky.social · 15h

Just like the current regime, he abuses taxpayer dollars!

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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 17h

Paxton took over 1000 trips during his term. Taxpayers were charged over $3.3 million for security, yet only 338 were actual business trips. Paxton is robbing taxpayers just like Trump. Vote better Texas. #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory #OneV1 apple.news/AffV1d_7LQVi...

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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. — ProPublica

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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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 17h

#Michigan Vote Blue!

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Dawna and RealMonkeyCat @dawna9.bsky.social · 18h

Listen to Abdul El-Sayed speak gratefully, eloquently & thoughtfully about President Barack Obama. MICHIGAN please elect El-Sayed as your next U.S. Senator #Pinks #Voices4Victory www.threads.com/share/_1hxFn...

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Meaghan Wilson Anastasios (@writtenbymeaghan) on Threads

I fucking love this guy. Can we clone him, please? His response to a question about his relationship with Obama.

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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 16h

I'm ready.

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 16h

#Georgia Vote for Keisha Lance Bottoms for Governor! Enough is enough! Republicans have decimated our healthcare system, stripped away coverage, & caused hospitals to close. Choose carefully. Choose the candidate that is listening to you! Vote for Keisha! #ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks

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