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Katherine Kelly Leon

@katherinekleon.bsky.social
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Survivor of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) heart attack; advocate for women’s healthcare and #SCADheart research; founder/exec dir SCAD Alliance @scadalliance.bsky.social

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Oh No He Didn't @ohnohedidnt24.bsky.social · 5h
"They got a bunch of hall of famers. We got a bunch of gamers" 🔥🔥🔥
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Mark Taylor @emarktaylor.bsky.social · 6h
⚾ #MLB #Baseball Final: Brewers 6 - 4 Dodgers Milwaukee wins the NLCS 4-0 and heads to the World Series
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Katherine Kelly Leon @katherinekleon.bsky.social · 10h
#Michigan #Vote
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h
Career staff at the CFTC were investigating suspiciously timed trades surrounding Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would not bomb Iranian power plants. Then a senior adviser to Trump’s CFTC commissioner told them to back off. Could this administration get any more corrupt?
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CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades
Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 10h
UPDATE: At least 4 people have reportedly died, including 3 children, following a shooting this afternoon at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 19h
So Tether, which is closely tied to Cantor Fitzgerald (aka, Howard Lutnick) successfully lobbied to pass a law that allowed them operate in the US but subject to El Salvadoran compliance, then paid off the Trump staffer who twisted GOP arms to seal the deal. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
He Crafted a Crypto Law for Trump—as His Company Got Millions From a Crypto Giant
Money from Tether flowed to Nxum while Bo Hines worked in the White House on landmark stablecoin legislation. Once the law passed, Tether hired him as its U.S. chief.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h
Paxton is bought and paid for
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 19h
BREAKING: Our grassroots campaign raised $64 million in Q3 — the most of any Senate campaign in American history. All without taking a dime from corporate PACs. Our people-powered movement is going to change this broken, corrupt political system.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15h
Trump has directed his White House counsel to examine explosive allegations: Ex-Trump attorney Alina Habba told Trump that another one of his top advisers — former Kennedy Center leader Ric Grenell — failed to deposit a multimillion-dollar donation that her billionaire husband made to the center.
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Exclusive: White House probes claims of missing Kennedy Center money in "MAGA blood feud"
"If there is missing money, this is a big, big problem," a senior administration official said.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 12h
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky sought Thursday to rally European allies after saying Kyiv would no longer abide by US President Donald Trump's demands not to strike Russian oil refineries. u.afp.com/SCsp
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thefumer.bsky.social @thefumer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Richard Branson shares some thoughts:
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 12h
A federal judge threw out former CIA Director John Brennan’s lawsuit demanding that the DOJ preserve records in its broad investigation into claims that he and other national security officials conspired to undermine President Trump.
washingtonsun.com
Judge Dismisses John Brennan’s Lawsuit Over Criminal Probes
The former CIA director wanted a court to order the Justice Department to preserve records so he could later challenge any criminal charges.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 16h
News without a heart attack. For a change. onestnetwork.com
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NPR @npr.org · 21h
Ukrainian drones attacked a refinery in Russia's Ryazan region early Thursday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a brief truce spurned by Moscow was over. n.pr/4ymirCe
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Ukraine resumes attacks on Russian oil refineries, officials say, after brief truce
Ukrainian drones attacked a refinery in Russia's Ryazan region early Thursday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a brief truce spurned by Moscow was over.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h
Short version: Russia was never a hoax
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NPR @npr.org · 14h
Congress and a federal agency are threatening to weaken the country's historic preservation law, fueling a backlash that critics say is as fiery as the one that led to the law's creation 60 years ago. n.pr/3WsNyP3
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America's historic preservation law is in peril, advocates say. Here's what's at stake
Congress and a federal agency are threatening to weaken the country's historic preservation law, fueling a backlash that critics say is as fiery as the one that led to the law's creation 60 years ago.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 18h
Russian media - watch this.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18h
Nice bit in this WAPO ballroom donor story where FCC boss Brendan Carr launches a bogus investigation into Dish Network then leverages it to force Charlie Ergen to shell out more for Trump's ballroom (the pressure on Ergen was also beneficial to AT&T and Elon Musk)
"Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, wrote Ergen in May to inform him that the agency had begun investigating EchoStar. Carr threatened to yank government licenses that were critical to the survival of the business, accusing EchoStar, owner of Dish Network, of not following through on promises it had made to upgrade its cellphone network.

The following month, Ergen met with Trump and Carr behind closed doors to discuss the investigation, according to Bloomberg. The outlet, citing unnamed sources, said the June 11 discussion included a brief exchange about Ergen’s political donations and whether he gave to candidates in both political parties.

The company referenced a June 11 meeting between Ergen and Carr in a regulatory filing and wrote that Trump “subsequently encouraged the parties involved to reach an amicable resolution.”

Ergen negotiated a deal to sell some of the company’s licenses to AT&T in August, subject to approval of the FCC and Justice Department.

Carr dropped the investigation the following month, thanking Ergen for his responses and for information he had provided.

In December, with the sale still pending, Ergen committed $12.5 million to Trump’s ballroom, according to the donation list. Records indicate Ergen requested that the source of the donation remain anonymous. The donation has not been previously reported.

He committed another $12.5 million in February, according to the list."
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18h
Comcast NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News, gave Trump $7.5 million for his ballroom project. Amazon, whose founder Jeff Bezos also owns the Washington Post, donated $5 million. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 18h
Donors of $333 million to the ballroom include "contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member." From @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4yiUDPx
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Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom
The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.
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WIS News 10 @wistv.com · 17h
4-H and FFA students bring livestock to the SC State Fair #scnews
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4-H and FFA students bring livestock to the SC State Fair
As the South Carolina State Fair officially kicks off, 4-H and FFA students from across the state are moving their animals into the livestock barns.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Real wages are shrinking year-over-year for the sixth month in a row. The Iran War brought an end to three years of real wage growth.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 20h
Damn this lady cooked these Lynchburg City Council members. When you’ve finally had enough, you show up and spit cold hard facts. WOW!!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h
it is fun being in london and seeing everything that virginia is named after (yes i can make all of my travel relate to something about the old dominion)
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 15/10/2026
I can confirm that my Blue26.org Dem fundraising project has seen a noticeable increase in $90 & $500 donations to various candidates the past few days. In some cases the donors are specifically telling me that they’re donating their Trump Bribes to Democrats. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/10...
cleveland.com
Some Ohioans are donating their Trump checks to Democrats
Some Ohioans receiving Trump's $500 ACA refund checks are donating the money to Democratic candidates, with podcast hosts calling the election-season payments a transparent attempt to buy votes.
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 21h
Poll: Hoosiers believe Indiana is on wrong track; concerned about corruption, inflation ahead of midterm election.
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Poll: Hoosiers believe Indiana is on wrong track; concerned about corruption, inflation ahead of midterm election
INDIANAPOLIS — Ahead of November’s midterm election, Hoosiers believe that the state of Indiana is going in the wrong direction, according to the results from a new poll by Free Press I…
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Strong final days vibe.
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 21h
Global medieval trade alert 🚨 “Archaeologists digging in the medieval city of Great Zimbabwe have discovered pieces of jade-green Chinese pottery, suggesting that the enigmatic empire had long-distance connections with East Asia more than 1,000 years ago.” Fab article by Dr. @killgrove.bsky.social
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Chinese pottery discovered in Great Zimbabwe reveals medieval African empire's vast connections spanning thousands of miles
Archaeologists excavating a medieval African kingdom have discovered pottery from eastern China, revealing connections across continents.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This is a sitting member of Congress who called for immigrants to be executed by throwing them to their deaths out of helicopters. Mike Collins personally amplified neo-Nazi propaganda online. It's disqualifying for a member of Congress and for a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
James Talarico: Both political parties have failed us on the border. I am a border security Democrat. A comprehensive immigration reform package should include border security, legal pathways for hardworking immigrants, and a pathway to citizenship for our neighbors who have been here for years.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I’m tired of being divided into teams. Do you want a safe neighborhood? Do you want a good job with good benefits? Do you want a high quality, well funded public school? So do I. We’re far more the same than we are different. As one team, we’re unstoppable.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 15/10/2026
well, YIKES
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 14/10/2026
California’s secretary of state received a letter and a password-protected thumb drive on Tuesday from the DOJ, with a 48-hour countdown to cross-reference a list of names against state voter rolls, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Sun.
washingtonsun.com
DOJ Gives California Election Officials a Thumb Drive and an Ultimatum
The state was given a 48-hour window to comply with the DOJ’s request to segregate the ballots of voters on a list it provided.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
MS NOW analyzed Trump Justice Department data and found Kash Patel is making false statements about FBI crime stats. The FBI under Patel has brought thousands fewer criminal cases than previous administrations. The findings rebut Patel's claims that he has led a crackdown on violent crime.
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Crime stats touted by Kash Patel are bolstered by arrests made by state and local agencies, not FBI
An analysis of publicly available data from the Justice Department shows repeated claims made by the FBI director are false or misleading.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 14/10/2026
BREAKING: We just sued Jared Kushner for unlawfully acting as one of the country's top diplomats without undergoing Senate confirmation or filing financial disclosures. It’s abundantly clear that he should be blocked from performing this outsized role: www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action...
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 14/10/2026
I'm demanding that Darline Graham cut her family's business ties to China and recuse herself from any Senate votes involving trade with China or policy toward the Chinese Military. South Carolinians deserve full disclosure.
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 14/10/2026
🚇 If you're going to ride Metro this weekend in Northern Virginia, plan ahead. Three Metro stations are set to be closed.
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3 Arlington Metro stations to be closed this weekend
The Arlington National Cemetery, Courthouse and Rosslyn stations will be closed Saturday, Oct. 17, and Sunday, Oct. 18, for scheduled maintenance.
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
old enough to remember when people owned gold for an inflation hedge
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
BREAKING: A complaint has been filed with the California Bar against White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, citing Popular Information’s reporting, for “the Unauthorized Practice of Law and for Holding Herself Out as Entitled to Practice Law.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Four days after Musk wrote, “Zelensky has gone too far.” @financialtimes.com #ukraine www.ft.com/content/3708...
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I'm going to listen to these here SCOTUS arguments on video privacy because I *deeply* want the plaintiff suing Paramount to win. He's probably *not* going to win, of course... but I don't *know* that yet.
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Beaufort County Democratic Party @beaufortcountydems.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
DEMOCRACY DEFENDERS CANDIDATE SPOTLIGHT! Get to know your candidate for Congress (SC District 1), Nancy Lacore! www.nancylacore.com Check your sample ballot and voting locations: scvotes.gov Share this with someone who wants a new SC! Early voting starts Oct 19! #DemocracyDefenders
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump and Musk are doing everything they can to try and force Ukraine to surrender to Putin while Musk spends over $300 million to try and buy the midterm elections to maintain total power. The American government under Republicans are on the side of evil. Vote them out.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
OpenAI: Files leaked by employee also include manufacturing data about devices - OpenAI brief in Apple vs OpenAI lawsuit $AAPL
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 14/10/2026
Scoop: "More than half of the top holders listed as competing for seats at President Trump's next meme coin dinner have used cryptocurrency exchanges that prohibit U.S. customers" @gabekaminsky.bsky.social, Madeline May,Steve Reilly for @cbsnews.com
cbsnews.com
Top bidders to attend Trump meme coin dinner appear to be based in foreign countries
At least 52 $TRUMP holders moved funds through crypto exchanges that bar U.S. customers.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Seems Musk is helping Putin, too.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“I think we did have an agreement to stop Iran from having nukes before Trump tore it up… only one of us up here has been accused of fraud by the fbi…” 🔥 @troyjackson207 brings the thunder to Susan Collins
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