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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h
Since Roe’s overturning, grassroots groups have sent abortion meds—for free—to tens of thousands of women who struggle to access care through mainstream channels.
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Inside the clandestine network of abortion-pill mules
“There may come a time where we are one of the only, if not the only, option for the nation.”
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1h
House lawmakers spent $6.7 million of taxpayer money on meals and lodging last year — a 21 percent increase over 2024 — under a reimbursement program that doesn’t require them to provide receipts, a Post analysis found. See who spent the most:
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The House reimburses lawmakers for D.C. expenses. See who spent the most.
Taxpayers spent 21 percent more last year on the program, which helps cover the costs of food and lodging in Washington, a Post analysis found.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 12h
Minnesota home insurance rates rose steeply in the first six months of 2026, up 13% from the end of 2025. Minnesotans continue to see the biggest rate increase in the country, with some counties seeing a spike of 20% in just six months.
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Report: Minnesota’s home insurance rate rose more than any other state in first half of 2026 • Minnesota Reformer
Minnesota home insurance rates rose steeply in the first six months of 2026, up 13% from the end of 2025, according to a report from insurance comparison website Insurify. Minnesotans continue to see ...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12h
We’re going to flip a Senate seat in Florida! Join us tomorrow to meet @angieforfl.bsky.social and learn about her people-powered campaign. RSVP: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12h
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Sailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good advice!! Make noise. It's long. Read it!
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Minnesota Senate DFL @senatedfl.bsky.social · 13h
The Trump Administration is manipulating the federal student loan process once again, but the goal is still the same. Republicans are intent on limiting access to education and bankrupting students that dare to bet on themselves. #studentloans #mnleg
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The Politics Chicks @thepoliticschicks.bsky.social · 21h
Amy Klobuchar is our senator, is soon to be our governor, knows more about basketball than Senator Schmitt, and kicked some Republican ass today.
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Eden Prairie Local News @eplocalnews.bsky.social · 17h
#eplocalnews #epln #edenprairie
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‘We’ve moved the needle’: How a citizen group is shaping cleanup efforts on the Minnesota River - Eden Prairie Local News
In 1992, when Gov. Arne Carlson set a goal of improving water quality in the Minnesota River, Tom Crawford hadn’t been born. David Minge, a former judge and lawmaker, had just been elected to his firs...
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💙 This is a company with integrity 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Official monthly data is in, and US solar power generation hit a new record high, up 21% compared to this time last year!
a graph of US monthly solar generation
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think I'm getting the hang of this.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have engineered a virus that invades and destroys glioblastoma one of the deadliest brain cancers while turning the immune system into a relentless tumor-killing force. This could be a historic shift in cancer treatment.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 30/09/2026
On October 17, we’re taking to the streets again to stop the fascists’ election sabotage. Find (or organize) your No Kings event: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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S.J.💙🩵💙🦋🦓 @glimmers2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A study in valor. Imagine testifying against the most powerful criminal on the planet?
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I can’t wait for this day.
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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Eden Prairie Local News @eplocalnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#eplocalnews #epln #edenprairie
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When cars collide with light rail trains - Eden Prairie Local News
Firefighters from Eden Prairie, Minnetonka and Hopkins joined Metro Transit for emergency drills along the Green Line Extension, which opens June 12, 2027.
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Mishell Baker @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just remembering when I was a teen and I asked my mom (may she rest in peace) how to tell if it was True Love. I was looking for, like, symptoms. Her answer, not even a beat of hesitation: "Time."
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tick tock! If you haven't yet participated in any voter mobilization efforts, time's running out. We win when we show up - & we've lost, in the past, b/c folks thought that was a fait accompli. It's *not.* Don't wait for others to get this done. Contact a group below to donate a couple of hours!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lol. America’s “super intelligence” is fun. The answers seem to depend on how you ask the question. 😂 Ask, “Is Trump in the Epstein files?” Get nothing. Ask, “How many times is Trump mentioned in the Epstein files?”
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Blue Turquoise @bluet-urquoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How do we really feel? This is the time we all need to speak out the elections are up ahead and anyone that reads our comments will benefit.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 29/09/2026
New from Jesús @jankcurbelo.bsky.social: @violetalvarezphoto.bsky.social, an experienced music photographer, turns her camera inward toward her own roots. Born in Texas to Mexican parents, she set out to explore the experiences that connect immigrant families, starting with her own family.
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Houston's 'Living Archive' of Migration
At Fresh Arts, photographer Violeta Álvarez created a space where immigrant families in Houston can see their own histories reflected back to them.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From the newsletter: - More encouraging national/battleground state polls - Evidence of Trump's decay is everywhere you look - OpenAI is delaying the release of it's next model due to safety concerns - Mass deportation has turned Americans into monsters 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/more-encou...
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More Encouraging Polls, Signs Of Trumpian Decay Are Everywhere, Monsters They Are - Monsters
Cait Conley (NY-17) joins us live at 1pm ET today, Josh Turek (IA-Sen) tomorrow at 3pm. Tomorrow is the last day of the quarter - let’s close strong everyone!
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you for standing up for what's right, Luanne.
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Heroic Tennessee Librarian Sues After Being Fired For Refusing To Hide LGBTQ+ Books From Kids
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
You’re telling me the guy who said “LET DATA REIGN” just poured cold water on the only bipartisan AI safety talks that seem promising?
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OMG what a idiotic dirtbag Eric Schmitt is.....
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Get vaxxed. Gift link: wapo.st/4yhGIKn
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Column | ‘Long flu’ can linger for months. Here’s how to reduce your risk.
Persistent symptoms can harm the lungs and other organs, including the brain.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Karl DEFEND DEMOCRACY Bunday 🇺🇸 🗽 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 @45xiatai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's worthwhile to listen to parents on what governmental policies benefit parents and which do not.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Puerto Rico is in a water crisis, as a US board slashes the island's social/infrastructure spend to protect corporate bondholders, and a developer tries to build a $2.5B private city on acres of untouched coastline. As one councilmember explains, much of this exploitation can be traced back to NYC.
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How Do You Protect Puerto Rico From NYC's Vulture Capitalists?
City Councilmember Alexa Avilés is urging the state government to rein in New York's "vulture funds" and opportunistic developers, while calling on Congress to dismantle the island's financial oversig...
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 29/09/2026
Summer intern @bayaburgess.bsky.social profiled eight Leavenworth community members who spoke out against CoreCivic opening an ICE detention facility, and are continuing to advocate for immigrants #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/09/29/p...
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Profiles in resistance: Residents of this Kansas town unite in opposition to ICE and CoreCivic • Kansas Reflector
Kansas Reflector is telling the personal stories of eight Leavenworth commuity members who gather volunteers, raise money and host meetings for the sake of those in detainment. They don’t share the sa...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Education Minnesota @educationmn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Educators shouldn't have to choose between caring for themselves and paying the bills. Be a voter this fall for candidates who will help lower healthcare costs by passing our bill creating a statewide educator health insurance pool! edmn.me/guide
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇 👇 👇
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 28/09/2026
Trump wanted his voter database. The Supreme Court obliged. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Supreme Court conservatives ensure midterm chaos
Here comes the Supreme Court’s faithful conservatives, riding to President Donald Trump’s rescue. They’re eager to remind us all that democracy doesn’t matter, laws don’t matter, the balance of…
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 28/09/2026
Just in case it wasn’t clear, when they say the U.S. Government’s paying for this, that’s YOUR taxpayer dollars they’re using. I’ll say this as many times as I need to: it is ILLEGAL to use American taxpayer dollars from the government to pay for candidates’ or parties’ political ads.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
During the offensive in Lyman direction, a large number of Russian military units surrendered in their entirety. Under Operation Vivaldi alone, more than 250 Russian soldiers have been taken prisoner. - 3rd Army Corps
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Why Can’t the Mainstream Media Say “Psychopathic Narcissist”? www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/25/w...
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Why Can’t the Mainstream Media Say “Psychopathic Narcissist”?
Narcissism: Marked by grandiosity, pride, arrogance, and a constant need for attention and admiration. Psychopathy: Characterized by high impulsivity,
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