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knitter spinner reader auntie grandma 💙 Looking to the midterms because I need something to work toward. Sigh. I’m too old to have to keep doing this. 🏒NJ Devils 🏈🦅 ⚾️Phils ⚽️🤾🏽‍♀️🧶📖 NJ #HandsOff

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the Senate's pre-election swan song, they spent a day asking Jack Smith about the techniques of his probe of the Trump election subversion criminal case Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) blasts the GOP for spending precious time on something that doesn't meet the moment
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do you need the MMR vaccine? This, from the Mayo Clinic: If you were born before 1957, you’re considered immune because you likely had the measles as a child (and survived), before a vaccine was available. 1/4
Image of upper arm and hand of adult with measles rash. hand appears to be scratching the arm. Photo from BBC.
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 29/09/2026
Even if attorneys are able to secure the release of someone held out of state, actually getting them back to their families in Utah is hard, too. ICE generally does not move detainees back to where it arrested them and instead “pushes them out the door.”
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‘They disappear’: ICE shuttles Utah detainees all over the country. Finding them can take days.
One person arrested by ICE in Utah had 20 separate detention stays over 499 days in custody before his deportation to Somalia.
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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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Snacks @snacks59.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
theintercept.com/2026/09/29/i.... Open season two.
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Prison That Didn’t Report Sex Abuse Allegation Against Staffer to Reopen as ICE Camp
A whistleblower say the warden didn’t make a federally required disclosure. Now the company is turning the Arizona prison into an ICE jail.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
To be honest, "Idiocracy" understated the kind of threat stupid government poses.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Republicans do not get to call it courage when they distance themselves from Trump only after the polls turn bad. Courage would have been refusing to enable him when it cost something. This is not a moral awakening. It is a campaign calculation. November is coming!
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Donna Dierker @donnadierker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Another database for OpenAI to hack into! Who will vet/QC this database? Who will have access to it? Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Use of Trump Administration’s Expansive Database for Voter Screening (Gift Article)
Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Knittinginny votes up and down the ballot @knittinginny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Knittinginny votes up and down the ballot @knittinginny.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Supreme Court rejects a Trump-backed Missouri congressional map for the third time
The Supreme Court has turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Donald Trump.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/09/2026
You might be surprised to hear me say this, but I think Zohran Mamdani is the future of the Democratic Party. Just not for the reasons you probably think. He has a sharp strategic mind and the credibility to say uncomfortable truths to his own people and be heard rather than exiled.
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Knittinginny votes up and down the ballot @knittinginny.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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CNN, Politico, MS NOW journalists barred from White House after judge blocks Trump’s ban
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the White House to temporarily restore the journalists' credentials and said the ban was probably unconstitutional.
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Knittinginny votes up and down the ballot @knittinginny.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN (Gift Article)
The move was an escalation of President Trump’s showdown with the White House press corps after he moved to bar journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Mike Johnson Is the Most Dangerous House Speaker in American History (The Nation)
His decision to shut the House down at a moment of crisis around AI is the act of a reckless charlatan.The need for congressional oversight and regulation of...
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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Unfortunately, Johnson—astonishingly, a more ignorant and disengaged leader even than Trump—had different ideas. The speaker displayed no sense of urgency or responsibility on AI. Just the opposite:
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/09/2026
POWERFUL: Epstein survivor Dani Bensky gets emotional reading a message left for survivors at the Redacted Reading Room: “‘We believe you.’ Honestly, for so many years, I was like, ‘No one ever will.’” “It’s like a hug… It’s like the world is saying, ‘No, your experience matters and you matter.’”
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
State supreme courts are deciding some of the most important cases involving your individual freedoms, including reproductive & LGBTQ+ rights. But do you know who sits on that court? @brennancenter.org's Chihiro Isozaki joins me for the details of its data compilation: youtu.be/QlI1rC_BfVI?...
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Trump PANICS As SHOCKING Crisis DERAILS His Agenda!!
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning. As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Over and over, ICE has shot people and then lied about what happened. We can see the lies with our own eyes. We will demand truth, transparency and accountability.
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Stella Parton @sweetstella.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The incompetence and corruption coming from this regime is so unbelievable on a daily basis. If we are too cowardly to stand up and call it out we don’t deserve the freedoms we’ve all enjoyed.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/09/2026
Here's a link for updates on the ICE shooting in Austin. The individual story links aren't working at @kvue.bsky.social www.kvue.com
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Austin's Leading Local News: Weather, Traffic, Sports and more | Austin, Texas | kvue.com
KVUE.com is the official website for KVUE-TV, your trusted source for breaking news, weather and sports in Austin, Texas. KVUE.com
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Redacted Reading Room in Dallas showcased the searingly honest artwork of Maria Farmer with the Reflection Wall with its notes of encouragement & condemnation. Epstein Survivors, Dani Bensky & Liz Stein, call the DOJ to demand that it stop protecting the abusers. youtu.be/ahdKLdKcqFA?...
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Trump DOJ SCRAMBLES As Epstein Survivors Blow COVER-UP WIDE OPEN!!
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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Facebook group is racist as evidence by the comments on their secret account. Not legitimate trained police, but racists who were given license to be violent. #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #DV1 Court Tosses Immigrant’s Conviction Over Agents’ Secret Facebook Group www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Court Tosses Immigrant’s Conviction Over Agents’ Secret Facebook Group
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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Free link at Fight the Fire: Ever the sensitive and well-spoken fellow, Trump recently opined that the Iran War is “not a big thing.” “I call it a military conflict because it’s small potatoes for us,” he told reporters, defending shillbilly JD Vance’s refusal to use the word “war.”
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Iran War is ‘small potatoes,’ according to Trump
The loved ones of the 18 dead and 750 wounded Americans would likely disagree
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CatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center has been an institution for decades in Washington DC. I have gone there many times to enjoy music, plays, the NSO—it’s truly an iconic, beautiful building. It’s no wonder people are here protesting to save the building from destruction by a toddler who can’t put his name on it.
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Knittinginny votes up and down the ballot @knittinginny.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Because they won’t report his version of the truth, most likely. wapo.st/4riVG0b
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Trump says he’s banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House
The president has a history of feuding with news organizations and has at times tried to ban them and their journalists.
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Eliana @otrodia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Call them what they are already! CONCENTRATION CAMPS
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naugtynonnie.bsky.social @naugtynonnie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The AI president www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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The AI president
A cartoon by Pedro Molina.
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Knittinginny votes up and down the ballot @knittinginny.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Cylons, probably. wapo.st/3TCPyTZ
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Anthropic says its chatbot Claude is taking over the work of building its own successor
The company said Claude leads 26 percent of its research and development, an indicator of progress toward AI that builds itself without human help.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"What a sad state of affairs. What a tragedy. How small-minded, narcissistic." Maria Shriver reacts to the narcissist-in-chief shutting down the Kennedy Center (and potentially demolishing it) because he can't get his name on it like a giant toddler.
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Knittinginny votes up and down the ballot @knittinginny.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hmmmm wapo.st/3UWz75d
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Trump slams his own Supreme Court appointees over mail ballot ruling
“These are not the people I interviewed,” the president fumed on social media, portraying the ruling as a personal betrayal.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Why would you even get into beastiality?” Trump’s FBI Director Kash Patel attempts to explain why he’s relaxing the beastiality rules against FBI agents 😬
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Is it newsworthy that the President of the United States publicly led his supporters in a pledge to cheat like hell in an upcoming election?
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kvconner.bsky.social @kvconner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Troubling questions about the U.S. response to 9/11 as Saudi Arabia again seeks to escape victims’ multi-billion-dollar lawsuit www.floridabulldog.org/2026/09/trou...
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Troubling questions about the U.S. response to 9/11
By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org - Troubling questions about U.S. response to 9/11 as Saudi Arabia seeks to escape victims' huge lawsuit
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So X has done nothing to suspend these accounts, but Bluesky took action: A Russian disinfo campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms. The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party & vote Republican.
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A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms
The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 11/09/2026
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro found after an investigation last month the pool’s renovation “indicated a rushed and flawed installation process.”
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Reflecting Pool Contractor Says Issues Were Linked To Its Own Work, Not Vandals, Report Says
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro found after an investigation last month the pool’s renovation “indicated a rushed and flawed installation process.”
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Friskiedgrrl 🏳️‍🌈 💙🍁 🌊🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @friskiedgrrl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Once again, Hunter Biden telling it like it is.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 11/09/2026
"CSI: Reflecting Pool - The Usual Suspect: Incompetence."
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Rob @robbie231.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Justice is truth in action. -Benjamin Disraell The lid of my ice tea told me this. Thanks #justicetea
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh hey look, another Trump LIE everyone knew was a LIE is confirmed to be a LIE. (But not before he tried to destroy a man’s life over it 🤷🏼)
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Reflecting Pool Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Damage
The contractor said the pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.
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Knittinginny votes up and down the ballot @knittinginny.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just granted an emergency appeal from Missouri organizers barring the use of the Republican-backed congressional maps in the midterms. The order marks the second time this week the court has denied the use of the gerrymandered maps.
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Rural Freedom Network @ruralfreedomnet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
RICK WILSON ON TRUMPALOOZA It was not, of course, a masterpiece of rhetoric, persuasion, or leadership. But it deserves a place in the archive as a specimen of end-stage dictator dementia, a final splatter of primate feces flung from the golden cage of the White House adult memory care center.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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ICE Moved Hundreds of Detainees from Delaney Hall as Protests Raged Outside
According to new data, more than 700 people were transferred out of the Newark detention facility in what advocates say was an attempt to break a strike by detainees.
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
TRUMP OFFERS TO BRIBE AMERICA TO VOTE REPUBLICAN: $5,000 to each adult if GOP keeps House and Senate. Paying for votes is a crime: one year in jail per conviction. Plus: he's offered "dividends" to voters before and reneged Podcast: tinyurl.com/3crc5uus YouTube Full Video: youtu.be/URgX_UoL8pw?...
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BULLETIN: TRUMP OFFERS EVERY ADULT $5,000 BRIBE IF GOP WINS MIDTERMS - 9.10.26 - Countdown with Keith Olbermann
COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN - BULLETIN, SEPTEMBER 10 2026 An hour into his typical delusional speech at the Republican "Midterm Convention" in Texas last night Trump actually said something differ...
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