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Deb Brand

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 10h
"One of the more common things that the measles virus can do is cause hepatitis or infection of the liver. These children will be sick. Other children are developing severe and irreversible neurological damage because of brain inflammation, or encephalitis." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the country’s largest in three decades
More than 1,000 people have been infected and nearly 200 have been hospitalized as the state struggles to contain the spread of the extremely infectious disease.
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Kenny Booyah! @kennybooyah.bsky.social · 1h
Can we please remove this demented freak from the White House ASAP?! First he threatens to kill every man, woman&child in Iran (93 million people). Now, he’s saying he doesn’t give a damn if Iran kills 16 million AMERICANS who live in LA&San Diego because they live in a state that didn’t vote4him.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 11h
Swell. Plotting their next insurrection.
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 21h
So Ken Paxton in Texas is a puppet - hand-picked by Trump to run against Sen. Cornyn, with his campaign managed out of DC. Why? Because he's a willing tool. He was for Jan 6 too. Paxton was the only state AG who'd agree to front the lawsuit to overturn the election - who'd stoop that low. 1/
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ukraine peace talks are now tied to a multibillion-dollar Russian oil deal benefiting allies of Trump negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. This arrangement undermines Western sanctions leverage, rewarding the Kremlin with economic relief before it makes any territorial concessions.
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Allison Gill has obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Epstein documents containing Donald Trump’s name for supervisory review. The DOJ is still refusing to release the actual videos. 👉 www.youtube.com/live/dYiQOhP...
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
High school senior Elder Chavez Carranza is an immigrant living in the US legally under a program for abused or neglected children One day he went to buy food when a cop asked for his papers-which he didn’t have that day. So ICE put him in detention He has been incarcerated for more than 200 days
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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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💙Matthew U.💙 @match74.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A CNN investigation revealing Jared Kushner, tasked by Trump to negotiate peace in Gaza, owns a company with a major stake in a firm linked to Israel's military.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
First the wedding, now the ballroom — “Trump/Russia” gets smellier and smellier.
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A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Expect more radical abortion restrictions right after the midterms. Todd Blanche is hot to go on this issue, but the White House asked him to hold back until November. Trump knows Americans don't want this, but doesn't care about anything other than the election. www.rawstory.com/department-o...
rawstory.com
White House secretly told DOJ to hold off on one hot-button issue until after vote: report
The White House has told the Justice Department to slow-walk abortion-related actions until after November's midterm elections, according to a new report.Senior White House officials, led by chief of ...
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Margaret G @mls0308.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#RaiseThemRight #Pinks
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oh good grief. I read the @time.com article earlier, and that was bad enough, but check out the transcript of the whole interview. It's like a distracted, mendacious dementia patient with ADHD. Unbelievable that this man is in charge of our country. time.com/article/2026...
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
860,000 miles of rivers and streams in the USA (about 25% of all stream miles in the lower 48 states) exceed the EPA's aquatic-life threshold for atrazine exposure. This is messed up.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: NY Governor, Kathy Hochul, has named NY Attorney General, Letitia James, as the Special Prosecutor to investigate the Cornell rape case. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
nytimes.com
Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They literally think they're fighting a holy war, and this should terrify anyone with a functioning brain.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This will piss Trump off. He hates it when people correct his lies, and considers it a direct attack on Trump.
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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW from me: The resurgence of measles in the US is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they haven't seen in decades. www.wired.com/story/measle...
wired.com
Measles Is Forcing Hospitals to Adapt to a New Normal
The US resurgence of measles is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they thought was in the past.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Keep 'em coming "The 2 lawsuits say Trump admin officials were negligent and violated the civil rights of Good and others in Minneapolis, demanding a jury trial and damages. They are among the first major ​civil actions taken against Trump for his unprecedented deportation sweeps in Minn"
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Guardian (September 30, 2026) reported the Pentagon will study the future of warfare for 120 days with Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey, whose companies hold extensive Pentagon contracts. Asking the vendors what the customer needs is called a sales call. Here it is called Project Meridian.
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Helen @helenmaryme.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well said.
Why do men think they can get away with it? Because you can sexually assault a girl in high school and still become a Supreme Court Justice. Because you can drug and rape a woman in a hotel room, pay her off after she goes to the hospital and reports it to the police, and still become Secretary of Defense. Because you can grope your family's nanny and still become Secretary of Health and Human Services. Because you ca rape a woman in a dressing room and still become President.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Moscow has issued a warning to NATO, threatening the use of nuclear weapons if alliance exercises isolate its Kaliningrad exclave. NATO dismissed it, urging Russia to stop its reckless rhetoric while European defense officials warn escalation reached Cold War levels. www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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Russia sends nuclear warning to NATO as tensions rise in the Baltic
Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear ​weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic Sea.
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The detention system in the United States has grown faster than anyone planned for it. Since January 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, has driven its capacity up at a pace that basic order could not keep up with.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
On September 9 or 10, someone staged this protest at the Dallas Fort Worth airport ahead of the GOP midterm convention. Does anyone know which organization was behind it? We would love to speak with them. Please share widely!
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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SweetWitch2697🔮🎱🪄-MY OPINIONS ARE MY OWN BEASTLY CONCOCTIONS! @sweetwitch2697.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CUBA IS NEXT? From the NO WARS President! VOTE EARLY!🚨 #VoteBlueAllTheWay Leaked Army plans show another military invasion likely by end of year: report www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
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Leaked Army plans show another military invasion likely by end of year: report
The U.S. Army Reserve is looking into whether it can supply military police, medical teams and other support units to U.S. Southern Command within the next four months in an apparent buildup to milita...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ABC: “A 36yo immigrant from Costa Rica died last week in ICE custody… Carlos Josue Marchena-Marchena marks the 55th such case during Trump’s second term… second person to die at the detention facility in Louisiana this year.”
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Costa Rican immigrant died while in ICE custody, agency says
A 36-year-old immigrant from Costa Rica died last week in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to an agency notification sent to lawmakers on Monday.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"In 2016, Trump’s goal was to control the media. In 2026, it is to destroy the media. He recognizes it as a depreciated asset. Trump is a corporate raider doing what corporate raiders do. He seeks to destroy the media as he seeks to destroy the US itself." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th...
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Gutting the Fourth Estate
The US media were willing cogs in Trump’s machine. Now he’s tearing it down.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 23/09/2026
A new poll finds most voters support impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Iran war. It follows recent UN reports that accused the US of war crimes and named Hegseth as bearing responsibility.
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Most Voters Support Impeaching Hegseth Over Iran War, Poll Finds
Recent UN reports accusing the US of war crimes specifically called out Hegseth as bearing responsibility.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“.. Put your hand behind your computer and you feel the heat coming off that fan,” said Sailor. “Now, imagine if you had 1,000 computer [fan] blades in your office — 10,000, 100,000, several hundred thousand .. that’s the amount of heat that we’re talking about.” www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA etc
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It all started with the Libertarians Reporter Mark Ames documents how, back in the 1940s, a real estate lobbying group came up with the idea of creating a new political party to justify deregulating the real estate and finance industries so they could make more money.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Let me get this straight, not only are we angry when people are heavy utilizers -- whether because of bad health or moral hazard -- but now we're also angry about low utilizers who are just paying into the system and not using resources?
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This reminds me of Stanislav Petrov, the Soviet colonel who disobeyed orders when a technological warning system told him that the US had fired nuclear missiles. He distrusted the machines, waited, and investigated. As a result, he prevented nuclear war. AI makes rash, deadly mistakes more likely.
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 19/09/2026
It should be illegal to buy a company with debt and then sell it off to a foreign owner, but that fight was lost long ago. Anyway, now the Saudis own a truly distressing portion of American entertainment, from Hollywood to Video Games to Sports. This is not neutral behavior. Anyway.
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FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Tusk told Polish MPs that Russian plans included strikes by drones and missiles on countries supporting Ukraine. He said there was a ‘real risk’ of such strikes on the territory of Nato countries, with Moscow then claiming that they were ‘accidental,’ in an attempt to split the alliance.”
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Russian hybrid attacks against Europe intensifying, says Macron
The French president says he has tasked the government with protecting critical infrastructure and defence industry sites.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A significant crowd is outside the Kennedy Center for a “Hands Off the Arts” protest, as the nation’s memorial to former President John F. Kennedy remains closed. Just today, another dozen Kennedy Center employees were laid off.
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ted Cruz warned that a Democratic Congress would stop Trump’s agenda. Yes, Ted. That is called checks and balances. Congress is not supposed to be a fan club, a pardon factory, or a vending machine for billionaire tax breaks! #momsky #sheshed
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Rebecca E ❌👑 @spoutiblegirl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
CA FOLKS....YES on Prop 40 - the Billionaire Tax. NO on Props 41 & 42 which would invalidate Prop 40!!!! Spread the word. Gift link @jesscraven101.bsky.social @rbhubbell.bsky.social @dworkin.bsky.social #VoteEarlyCA #VoteYESOnProp40 #VoteNOProp41&42 #SheShed www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/15/p...
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Poll: California voters back billionaire tax — and measures that could block it
A majority of likely voters would support the Proposition 40 tax on billionaires, but also competing measures intended to thwart it.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When the public finally learns the full accounting of the damage done in this war, it’ll probably be too late to hold anyone in the Trump administration accountable. But this is insane. And they’re lying to the American people.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A minor detail is missing from the headline.
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Nostalgia Nerd @nostalgianerd.com · 15/09/2026
Free Palestine doesn't mean you're anti-Semitic. It means you're anti-murder.
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