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Lee Gross

@leegross.bsky.social
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A lifetime supporter of rural America appalled by the Republican voters living there.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 07/10/2026
idk needs work
Picture of hands changing a smoke alarm battery. The text reads: In brightest day. In blackest night. I shall sound with all my might. When there's a fire or when my battery is dead if you forgot to change it. Which you did. Good morning, it's 3AM. Smoke alarms chirp all night! Check the expiration dates on your smoke alarms. Test the batteries. Oath optional.
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 07/10/2026
You will never, ever, ever see one of these articles asking why so many parents disown and estrange their queer children.
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I'm 57 Years Old And My Father Just Disowned Me For Being Gay
"My phone rang. It was my father calling. 'It’s about this homosexuality. ... You are not to contact us in any way ever again,' he said.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No better case for the billionaire tax than how hard they’re working to defeat it
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2026
One thing about Copenhagen is that there's tons of dense housing but you *never* find it fronting a busy road with cars racing past, which describes about 90% of the apartments in the US. They manage to make it feel tucked away, private, cozy. (These are all from Sluseholmen, my dream neighborhood.)
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW: SCOTUS gears up for the First Monday of October/new term by using the shadow shitshow docket as the torture docket! Plus, oil companies argue climate change is a problem too big to solve, so states can't try! + Kelly Lytle Hernández on her book RACIST BY DESIGN crooked.com/podcast/the-...
static.klipy.com
Hello October!
Alt: Hello October!
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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Get Kelly Lytle Hernández's book RACIST BY DESIGN: Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control from our friends at bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/raci...
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Racist by Design: Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control
In Racist by Design, award-winning historian Kelly Lytle Hernández reveals how generations of lawmakers and law enforcers built the American immigration system to encourage white immigrants while targ...
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Deb Cares 4 Iowa @debcares4iowa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I knocked 60 doors, totaling 85 people today. I can't sit back and hope the election has a good outcome. I'm doing my part.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How about a camp to help children who have been abused and/or sexially assaulted?
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James Risen @jamesrisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Above all, I don't think the public has ever understood the degree to which press coverage is driven by the constant search for something new. As a reporter, you are in constant competition with other reporters. You are constantly aware of what other reporters have written or broadcast.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/09/2026
“Upon reviewing the disciplinary action we took toward the seven Chi Phi brothers who allegedly gang-raped a student for over seven hours, we have concluded that the mandated two-page minimum on essays was woefully inadequate.” — Michael Kotlikoff, Cornell president
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Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
ITHACA, NY—Acknowledging serious missteps in their handling of a 2024 campus sexual assault case, administrators at Cornell University vowed Tuesday that, going forward, rapists would be forced to wri...
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Kiera Butler @kieraevebutler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This just in, more from my unlikely foray into sports journalism with @pablo.show www.motherjones.com/politics/202... :
motherjones.com
Tim Tebow “pausing” Christian seminar promotion after our investigation
“I think the allegations are extremely serious."
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Allen Tan @tealtan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
ok we have all been sleeping on the marvel that is internet radio. get yourself a standalone device (ocean digital makes the one I have), and tune into radio stations around the world. magic!!!
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm packing now....
Short description: A photograph of Steve the otter peering through an aquarium window and extending his paw through a circular opening to shake a visitor’s finger.  
Text in image: “There is an aquarium where you can shake hands with otters.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
I said it at the time (and before!), but I truly believe that American voters electing Donald Trump for a second term in 2024 was the dumbest and most self-harming choice made by an electorate in the history of humanity
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey everybody. On the 25-year anniversary, we're reprinting the much revered 9/11 edition of The Onion and sending that free to every member this month. It's been 25 long years. Look back in anger.
The front page of The Onion's September edition from September 2001 featuring the headline "U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It Is We're At War With."
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Sylvia Greenwich @sylviagreenwich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This novel sounds amazing! Can we help a fellow writer out? Even if you can’t buy it, could you please boost it by reposting? Thank you!
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"Juana" is harvesting tomatoes by Los Banos CA. "We keep picking even when temperatures reaches 90° or above. It is very difficult to work in this heat - especially as there's very little shade. But the need of providing for my loved ones helps me get through the day." #WeFeedYou
Workers harvesting tomatoes
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Bruce Woodrow 🇨🇦 (he/him) @bruce-woodrow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You Americans are going to need a crowd-sourced CorruptiPedia to start tracking all the good policies that need to be reinstated and all the bad policies that need to be repealed. The list is endless. Hopefully current and former staff of each Department will help.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Article here. This will be updated as I learn more, especially about any access difficulties. If a question is unanswered in this article, I don't know the answer yet, but I'm working hard to get more info as quickly as possible.
nytimes.com
What to Know About New Covid Vaccines for Fall 2026 (Gift Article)
The shots have been approved for people 65 and older, and for younger people with underlying conditions. Others may be able to get them off label.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 24/08/2026
We've arrived on Bluesky! We hope you will follow along as we share inspiring, motivational and exciting content about the achievements and individuals that have been awarded a Nobel Prize. Stay tuned.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 23/08/2026
Fix health care and make the uber-rich pay some damned taxes, and you’re off to a good start.
washingtonpost.com
After decades of free spending, Washington is facing some unpalatable choices
As the national debt surpasses $40 trillion, lawmakers may soon be compelled to make some long-deferred choices that will leave few Americans unscathed.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 23/08/2026
Today is national flag day for #Ukraine Slava Ukrainii! They will win
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Waving Flag of Ukraine with Trident Emblem
ALT: Waving Flag of Ukraine with Trident Emblem
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
That Trickle We Feel, Is RepubliKKKans Pissing All Over Our American Dreams.......
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We need more prominent political figures to talk shit openly about the disgusting, criminal, child-raping president. Have some balls, Y'all. It makes him mad. Hopefully, it causes a heart attack.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Trumpian corruption poses a far greater threat to the credit of the United States and the dollar than the $40 trillion debt deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-40-tri...
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The $40 Trillion Debt and Trump Corruption
A government that ignores the law is a far greater threat than a few more dollars in interest payments
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“[W]e have plenty of money to pay for Social Security. The rich have just taken so much from workers that it is difficult for them to pay the full tab out of their wages. The answer is to take back some of the money we have given the rich over the last half-century.” @deanbaker13.bsky.social
cepr.net
First, They Took Our Wages; Now They Want Our Social Security
Social Security’s funding problem is driven by decades of upward income redistribution, not demographics or overly generous benefits.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
All ICE funding should be transferred to MRNA research and development . www.wsj.com/health/pharm...
wsj.com
Novel Cancer Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning in First for mRNA
Result in high-risk patients validates decades of research into mRNA-based therapeutic cancer vaccines.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 15/08/2026
Now THIS is a beautiful sight. ✈️ Less than 4% of U.S. commercial pilots are Black. Thousands gathered in Chicago to celebrate 50 years of the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals. #SheShed
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Kendyl Hanks @kendylhanks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Dawdling in the middle of the road will likely get you squashed
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YU News Service / Paul Fericano @yunews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
www.yunews.com/memes-to-an-...
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Way too many people have opinions on AOC’s relationship status, and every single one of them needs to shut the fuck up and mind their own business.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/08/2026
SpaceX Rocket Crashes Into Moon theonion.com/spacex-rocket-crashes-…
“No wonder my period’s been so fucked up.”

Luna Blum, Seed Seller
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Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
How many of these guys are going to electrocute their dicks off?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Bluesky should go back to invites, continue aggressive bot bans, create a Craigslist-style marketplace (since you’re more likely to buy/get services from a educated or good person on here than any other social network), and market this place like a walled garden protected from enshittification.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Don’t play in the business of scale, play in the business of quality. Much more fun (and profitable) to be Mercedes than Ford. So sorry, we’ve accidentally created a research lab where you meet your piano teacher and your girlfriend. This is actually a good thing.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Yeah I said “a educated.” That’s Blueskyism baby.
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Good Trouble @twinkb23.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
"But they [all of the rapists] did share one thing: a sense of entitlement. An attitude of complete indifference to whatever anyone said or thought, because power had always been on their side." This book should be required reading. #BookSky
A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot
shame has to change side
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Aaron C. Davis @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
After 18 years at The Washington Post, I’m excited to announce a new chapter. I’ve joined the intrepid team at ProPublica, which is expanding its D.C. newsroom to pursue accountability journalism on national security, including …
propublica.org
ProPublica Hires Four Reporters to Expand Washington and National Security Coverage
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Eugene Day, DSc @eugenedaydsc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I like the vibe here. I posted a couple days ago about submitting my first piece of fiction for publication. It somehow went micro-viral and it has somewhere around 800 likes and dozens of encouraging comments and not a single detractor. Like twitter ca. 2013
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/07/2026
How much money is it going to cost us to restore DC’s former beauty after Trump is gone? I volunteer for demo.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
In 99 days, we will defeat Susan Collins, and we'll reclaim our Senate seat from the billionaires and corporate PACs who have her in their pockets. Let's get to work.
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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Please take a moment out of your day to marvel at the balletic poise, calm elegance and graceful athleticism of the panda.
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Electric bills are way too high — particularly PG&E — and plug-in solar is a great way to lower those bills. I’m authoring legislation to allow Californians to easily use these devices; it’s currently quite hard, if not impossible, for people to do so.
yahoo.com
California bill backs plug-in solar as PG&E rates soar, and renters could save on power
"Anyone can access it to harvest sunshine and generate immediate energy savings."
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"Susana" was harvesting grapes in in Delano CA. She shared this photo with us saying, "It's very hot outside. Temps reach 95° by 11 am this day and it felt even hotter under the grapevines. #WeFeedYou
A farm worker working in the grapes holding up a phone showing it was 95° outside
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Every day this guy does something like this and every day the same people who dress him up as a terrifying commie destroyer of civilization do a dozen things to sabotage the public good, to murder and destroy and hate and kill, and I can't anymore handle those who won't see the clear difference.
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Saint Helena Island Info @shislandinfo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Next time you're scrolling, thank the Socialists who made it possible for ordinary people to learn to read and write.
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Brent/Barb 🏳️‍⚧️ @vibrent.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
CDs don’t make you listen to 10 minutes of gambling ads before playing 3 songs.
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PhuckCulture @phuckculture.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I spoke to him for 17 minutes, I swear. Lol
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Online commenter shuts down FBI agents.
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