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NPR @npr.org · 09/10/2026
If you're using the U.S. Postal Service to return a ballot close to Election Day, officials recommend getting it postmarked at a post office to avoid getting caught up in mail processing changes. n.pr/4AXBftW
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Why mailing a ballot close to Election Day may get it rejected for a late postmark
If you're using the U.S. Postal Service to return a ballot close to Election Day, officials recommend getting it postmarked at a post office to avoid getting caught up in mail processing changes.
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Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hours before Kristi Noem left her job as DHS secretary, her agency bought five planes from a donor at a huge markup. They were supposed to fly deportees but have sat idle. Another symbol of waste and fraud under Trump. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Dr. Dave @likes2grapple.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Dr. Dave @likes2grapple.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Common patterns of fascism include the concentration of political power in a single leader or ruling movement, intense nationalism, the portrayal of political opponents as enemies rather than fellow citizens, the weakening of independent institutions,
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Michael Steele @michaelsteele.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The corruption is stunning. It wasn't just about the Slush Fund. This deal "shields all the Trumps and their businesses not only from ... ‘any and all’ consequences for violating any federal criminal or civil law." And GOP Senators are ok with this. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Blanche order keeps intact immunity deal barring investigation of Trump and his family
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s Sunday night memo formally rescinding the $1.776 “anti-weaponization” fund leaves intact another key provision for President Trump: an order offer…
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Dr. Dave @likes2grapple.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Psychological influence often begins by making something highly visible and emotionally memorable. Once an issue gets attention, people judge it as more common, more dangerous, and more important than statistical reality indicates. It can be used to amplify rare events beyond actual prevalence.
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Dr. Dave @likes2grapple.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“.. his team wanted to test how far the emboldened president’s authority could be pushed, setting off previously unreported internal struggles over where the limits should be.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 14/06/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for June 14, 2026 ~ No phytoplankton for you! "...significant long-term decline in ocean productivity across large parts of the north-east Atlantic, raising concerns about the future of marine food webs, fisheries, and the ocean’s capacity to absorb carbon dioxide."
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Phytoplankton decline hints trouble for north Atlantic food webs - Oceanographic
Two decades of satellite data finds long-term decline in productivity across north-east Atlantic, impacting fisheries and food webs.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/06/2026
Earlier this year, ProPublica received handwritten letters from children who have been held at the Dilley detention center. We'll let their words speak for themselves. (Published February)
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“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
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