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Leery Snail 🐌

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Proud U.S. Citizen - Registered Voter - Taxpayer - Progressive! All political roads lead to tax policy $$$$$ TAX THE RICH 🤑 $$$$$

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 2h
The Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline is now receiving thousands of voicemails. Listen to what they’re saying: “Ken Paxton is corrupt.” “I’m voting for James Talarico!” Texans are tired of corruption — and ready for something new.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h
Slander is spoken; libel is written. But this isn't either of those. It's detailed reporting from a respected outlet with damning evidence. And "most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history" is as impressive as "shortest NBA player from Luxembourg"
Speaking on behalf of Lutnick, the White House said: "The BBC's pathetic and desperate attempt to slander Secretary Lutnick will do nothing to change the fact that he has been the most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history."
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 5h
British banker who exposed Howard Lutnick's ties to Epstein has died, allegedly from suicide.
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How US commerce secretary's Epstein links were uncovered by British whistleblower
Simon Andriesz made the discovery about Howard Lutnick in publicly released Epstein files.
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carmenlynn.bsky.social @carmenlynn.bsky.social · 10h
The bills came earlier than expected “Republicans’ signature legislation from Trump 2.0 — 2025’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act — ensured that its tax cuts were immediate while its controversial cuts to Medicaid and other health care programs wouldn’t take effect until after the midterm elections.”
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Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn’t work.
While most GOP-enacted cuts to Medicaid and other safety net programs won’t happen until 2027, Democrats are speaking to the voters already feeling the squeeze.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4h
Don’t be kidnapping our neighbors today.
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 5h
4 men in plain clothes kidnap a woman—they claim to be ICE. Woman's name is Angel Zhao. She lives in Huntington Beach, California—originally Shanghai, China.
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 5h
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h
Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2h
Cool, cool. Lots of reporting that theres a suspected pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia, and several hospitals are under forced quarantine. Obviously, it’s Russia, so accurate information is scarce.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 6h
Sen Jon Ossoff (D-GA) just gets it, if you’re tired of the high costs, chaos and corruption we can’t allow despair to make us not want to vote. Check your registration, vote early and vote all the way down the ballot to get a #BlueWaveIn30Days
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h
The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger was officially approved this past week. Corporate concentration means more power for CEOs — and less freedom for everyone else. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
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The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
From your grocery bill to your paycheck, monopolies are making you less financially secure and ultimately less free. For
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 7h
Over 15,000 civilian casualties in 2026, and those are only the numbers we know about, the direct result of Russian strikes on Ukrainian-controlled territory. But then there are the grey zones. The occupied lands. Places like Oleshky. No one reports from places like these.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 8h
This Film often has the piss taken out of it for being a rather sedentary piece about 2 people just talking a lot — BUT — it has one of the most brilliantly prescient monologues imho. MY DINNER WITH ANDRE (1981) Have a listen.
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 5h
Partial power outage in Kyiv: Lavina Mall and several other areas of the city are currently without electricity. This comes after Russia’s overnight attacks on the capital.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6h
Texas-based Dynamic Frontier Holdings, linked to Konstantin Sokolov, RU-US businessman who was a private donor to Trump’s $350M WH ballroom, received authorization from the Treasury Dep to complete an acquisition of Teghut, one of Armenia’s largest copper mines, involving sanctioned Russian bank.
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 7h
A Senegalese basketball player for Kentucky State University was detained on August 7 at an airport while traveling with her team and has been in ICE custody ever since, despite her removal order being rescinded by an immigration judge.
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Moon-Watcher @bobsmyusername.bsky.social · 6h
So anyway being undocumented in the United States is a civil violation of the law not a criminal one
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 9h
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
If Trump just takes money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose & seizes it to use it for an entirely different purpose, what is the point of having a Congress or appropriating money for anything? I’m sure the Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins must be concerned.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h
BTIG: “.. the $SOX continues to track extremely close to the boom/bust cycle of the 2000 peak. .. it’s quite striking .. .. This would imply we are about at the peak of this counter-trend rally and embarking on a slower drawn-out decline over the next several months.”
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6h
Several hospitals were closed in Irkutsk for quarantine and a mask regime was introduced at an aluminum plant due to the plague ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/04/v...
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 5h
Tucker Carlson’s frustrated bafflement when confronted with basic things like “the UK’s GDP is larger than Russia’s” and “in 1994, Ukraine, Russia, US, and UK signed a treaty called the Budapest Memorandum” shows the state of Putin apologetics. Without lies and conspiracy theories, it falls apart.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 6h
If you're in these 3 states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Alaska Rhode Island South Carolina Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check everything is in order. Do it now. And there's a lot to vote for across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
First Lady Natalie Harp returns to the White House late last night after traveling all day with the president #TravelWithNatalie (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty)
pic of Natalie walking, bag in hand
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 12h
Amazing voice on the subway
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
MUSKEGON. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 11.
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Muskegon Town Hall with Abdul | MUSKEGON · Abdul for U.S. Senate
Please join us at our MUSKEGON stop for the Shouldn't Be This Hard TOWN HALL TOUR. RSVP IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY AND THE EVENT WILL BE FIRST COME FIRST. MUST PRESENT GOVERNMENT ID AND FOLLOW NO BAGS AND...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Speaking of Kushner… cc: 🇺🇸 media
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Sara Spector @miriam2626.bsky.social · 7h
Gina Hinojosa now leads Greg Abbott by 4 points in Texas! She's done with grassroots money. Texans are investing in their future!
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ken Paxton has taken over 275 out-of-state trips since taking office. Texans have spent $1.9 million in taxpayer funds on his luxury vacations.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 13h
Germany's Merz visits Kyiv as Russia steps up attacks on Ukrainian cities
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Germany's Merz visits Kyiv as Russia steps up attacks on Ukrainian cities
The German chancellor was visiting Kyiv as Moscow has intensified attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 9h
Some folks were wondering why I posted a graph showing the total number of days over 16.0C for each year when this year is not yet over. Hopefully this graph answers the question:
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 9h
Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 90° on CAs coast and 105° in the valleys continue until 8 pm PDT Thursday. Farm workers are toiling in the fields in this dangerously hot weather working to put food on our tables 1/
Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 90° on CAs coast and 105° in the valleys continue until 8 pm PDT Thursday.

This warning may be extended
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 11h
Pro-Europe Latvian PM wins poll dominated by Russia, social worries
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Pro-Europe Latvian PM wins poll dominated by Russia, social worries
Andris Kulbergs' United List party won 42 seats in the 100-seat parliament, but Latvia's parliamentary election also saw gains for populist parties, boosted by support from Latvia's Russian-speaking minority.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The House and Senate needs to submit STAND ALONE BILLS. None of this bullshit that sneaks in other bills that they KNOW would never pass if it was a STAND ALONE BILL.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 9h
Security forces began detaining protesters at a KPRF rally in Moscow attended by around 2,000 people. Arrests reportedly began after protesters chanted, “Down with the Tsar!"👑 ✅️Follow us for the latest updates
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Dizzy @barondizzaster.bsky.social · 19h
Government shouldn't be run like a corporation, government should protect us from the corporations
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 14h
The norms we miss aren’t gone, they’re waiting for us at the ballot box.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 11h
Latvian PM Kulbergs' party achieves a historic victory, pushing populists to the margins
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Latvian PM Kulbergs' party achieves a historic victory, pushing populists to the margins
With 35.3% of the vote, an unprecedented result for any political party since 1990 in the country, the centrist, pro-European and pro-Ukrainian leader can now form a coalition without the populists.
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GoBlue @blu2b4u.bsky.social · 19h
When we vote trump loses VOTE
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7h
NEW: This week we reported how USPS has slowed down mail pickup/delivery times, boosting risks that ballots could reach election offices too late to be counted. USPS also shrunk the period for "extraordinary measures" to ensure timely election mail delivery from 15 days before election day to 10.
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This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s citizenship lists could be in effect for the midterm
We’re waiting for a federal court to rule on a third prong of Trump’s voter suppression scheme — one you might not have heard much about.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 8h
I believe in Medicare for All like I believe in public schools. There for you no matter what.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes, the president leaked Tom Cotton's cell phone number, but you should not sign Tom Cotton up for Act Blue donation requests or testosterone pill scams or other things like that, because that would be very funny.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Folks have insulted:  My Southern drawl.  My loc’d hair.  My clothes.  My shoes.  My intelligence.  I’ve been called a ghetto Black b!t€h. Now @JDVance says I don’t belong and should leave the very country my ancestors helped build. This is a lot y’all. It is. #AngieForFlorida
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 21h
Dobropillia. Over 28 thousand people used to live here. They worked, loved, built homes, dreamed, raised children... Now it's all gone. It's just another Ukrainian town Russia erased.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 18h
‘And they are one reason why Bos, 30, plans to spend the final weeks before the November election canvassing votes for Democrats. Asked how many times he had voted for Trump, Bos held up three tattooed fingers. But he said he's done with the president.’ www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
This year’s election is a test for the working-class coalition that lifted Trump into the White House and gave majorities to Republicans in the House and Senate.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 03/10/2026
US midterms serve as a test for democracy
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US midterms serve as a test for democracy
At the November 3 midterm elections, Americans have the chance to weigh in on the authoritarian drift of the Trump presidency. Yet a resurgence of civic engagement may be slow to emerge, due to a political landscape marked by the weakening of the two main parties and the manipulation of electoral districts.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Georgia’s election board asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate a leading nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program, potentially adding yet another probe based on hyper-partisan conspiracy theories to the department’s portfolio. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Georgia’s GOP-controlled election board wants DOJ to investigate nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program
Despite his request for a federal investigation into ERIC, the board's executive director appeared to know very little about the organization during a meeting earlier this week.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21h
Equal rights for all, period. I’ll spend every last breath defending that, and raising the next generation to raise even more hell.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20h
Trump keeps saying that a 1929-style Great Depression is likely during the second half of his term. Quite the midterm message.
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