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Linda C Lawrence

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“Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me. I want people to know ‘why’ I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way & some of the roads weren’t paved.” - Will Rogers Art : Alessio-B.com, Arquà Petrarca Italy Photo is mine

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 4h
Over on X, right-wing influencers rolled out audio they said proved Talarico was recently discharged from a mental health facility in Ohio and the story fell apart within hours. Completely humiliating episode for MAGA media and untold levels of cope on the timelines there tonight
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 3h
NEW: How MAGA's attack on James Talarico fell apart imploded. We've got the FULL audio of the call in which a right-winger lied to an Ohio mental health treatment center to try to get them to admit that Talarico was, or had been, there (he hadn't been). www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-james...
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MAGA’s Talarico Mental Breakdown Conspiracy Implodes—Instantly
The holes in this one were evident pretty quickly. Now the big question is will there be lawsuits in response?
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 3h
Fox host: President Trump said you all should have a debate… Is that in the works? Are you requesting one with him? Ken Paxton (lying): Oh well, no, look... We can never quite work out the details.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 3h
Here are the details: literally any time, any place, any network.
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 10h
sorry but seeing men write positive pieces about Shane Gillis' latest run at SNL, where is opening monologue was "women dress like whores now" after the weeks we've had of women yet again pouring a collective trauma about violence at the hands of men that trade on these same sentiments is fucked.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3h
5. Talarico and the institution in Ohio strongly deny that he was ever a patient there, and part of the story spread by influencers isn’t even logistically possible.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3h
3. The objective is to damage the target’s reputation, and Cardone’s own words make clear that he doesn’t care whether the story is true. From the perspective of Scientology and Scientologists, there is nothing worse than conventional mental health care, especially psychiatry and psychiatrists.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 7h
"The government is legally forbidden by a court order from converting the Roxbury site to a detention facility... But an NPR investigation has found signs that the facility is being used. The state's Office of the Attorney General is looking into similar reports..." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 3h
Things that make you go hmmmm!
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18h
Senator Patty Murray Posted This Yesterday, As Well As Before......
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 9h
In planning to publicly execute Nidal Hasan, the Trump administration “continues to undermine our national values,” and gives credence to those who say the U.S. has lost its way, William H. McRaven argues:
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Iran, Afghanistan, America?
The public execution of Nidal Hasan would put America in extremely poor company.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 12h
Few journalists have aged as poorly as Brooks , who gives pomposity a bad name but then I’m biased vs men who dump wives to marry worshipful assistants. Has he written anything for Atlantic you want to read? Zzzzzzzzzz
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 9h
Umar Kremlev, who helped pay for Trump Jr.’s wedding, is tied to a group accused of abducting Ukrainian children and was honored by Vladimir Putin a month before the wedding. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/russian-wh...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 15h
Death threats should not be part of public service. It’s no coincidence that this climate of fear coincides with Trump‘s rhetoric. I’m grateful for the public servants who serve anyway, but there are also good people unwilling to risk the safety of their families.  www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
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Threats of Political Violence Have America’s Elected Officials Living in Fear (Gift Article)
A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now members of Congress are being denied the ability to see the damage at these bases because there's a coverup underway. There's a coverup underway to try to hide the cost of this war and the debacle it has caused in the region."
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 15h
⚡️Trump claims Ukraine, Russia agreed to energy ceasefire — Kyiv has no information about it. Ukraine has no information about an energy ceasefire that U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Oct. 11, a senior Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent.
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Trump claims Ukraine, Russia agreed to energy ceasefire — Kyiv has no information about it
Ukraine has no information about an energy ceasefire that U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Oct. 11, a senior Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15h
As Kash Patel gets on a plane to visit his buddy Vladimir Putin this week, worth reminding that Kash is STILL trying to use a Russian attempt to frame Hillary Clinton from 7/26/16 to prosecute Jim Comey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlSa...
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The Secrets Trump's Spies Share with Putin's Spies
YouTube video by emptywheel
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
KARL: JD Vance called your views 'left wing radicalism dressed in the skin suit of our religion' and said they 'aren't Christianity.' ADAM HAMILTON: I thought it was a sad statement that the VP would come here and attack the faith of the pastor of the largest church in the state of Kansas
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 19h
Political violence is a serious issue. But it’s not a “both sides” issue. The leaders of the Democratic Party do not call for violence, do not elevate violent supporters, do not pardon violent thugs who attack our seat of government and our elections. America is under threat from the right.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 15h
This opening by Bob Smietana is perfection! A must read!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Mamdani: "We are talking a federal agency that is ripping families apart, that's willing to endanger the lives of a 5 year old child as well as any New Yorker in the surrounding area, % then after the fact, seeks to blame the person and the city at large as opposed to reflect upon their own actions"
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 15h
Newsom rejecting the billionaire wealth tax is one thing. Supporting the billionaires' poison pill alternative which would ban taxes on assets permanently, end any chance to fix stepped-up basis, & could be used by an enterprising lawyer to invalidate vehicle fee or other tax changes is another.
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Newsom Backs Measure That Could Invalidate Billionaire Tax
The California governor opposes the proposed levy on ultrawealthy that goes before voters on Nov. 3.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15h
Cancelling a subscription shouldn't be this hard. If you can sign up with a click, you must be able to cancel with one. Head to nyc.gov/click-to-cancel to file a complaint against any business that makes it hard to cancel a subscription.
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Dona Dickinson @donadickinson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
How dare Zelenskyy try to defend his people against Russia’s attacks when Putin and his best pal Trump don’t like it, right?
We the People
Stand with Ukraine
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
The last 100 years of US politics
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Under-radar stakes: Supreme Court elections. Justices who’ve upheld restrictions on abortion are up next month in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Texas. Justices who have sided with abortion access are up in Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Wyoming.
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Your State-by-State Guide to the 2026 Supreme Court Elections - Bolts
Abortion, redistricting, and ballot access remain heated issues as voters face dozens of supreme court races across 32 states this year.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is how you write a headline.
Telegraph headline:

Trump backstabs Zelensky for five minutes of midterm relief
Deal with Putin for Russia’s oil might soften the markets but Ukraine will pay the price
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Daily Reminder: SOCIAL SECURITY IS OUR MONEY!
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Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump has been hiding his Russian diesel deal for over a month: the deal was announced yesterday, but it was likely agreed when Witkoff and Kushner visited the Kremlin on 5th September. While Trump was signing the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 on 18th September,…
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Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
…, a Greek tanker was loading sanctioned Russian diesel in St Petersburg’s Peterburgskiy Neftyanoy Terminal. It sailed for the US on September 23rd and will arrive to the East Coast in one week, likely the Port of Wilmington
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jaimi.bsky.social @jaimi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Scott Bessent started the “Blame Ukraine, not Trump’s War” Big Lie on Sept 5th, it looks like—Trump and other cabinet members doubling down three days later is when & why I started my Refinery Wars spreadsheet and graphing to debunking it
Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries against Brent Crude and US diesel prices by month, January 2021 - August 2026
Data sources: Ukrainian refinery strikes collected by Kostiantyn Hoholenko on Bluesky Brent Crude daily prices from Business Insider Markets
US diesel weekly prices from US Federal Reserve Database (FRED)

(Oil and fuel prices spike when Russia invades Ukraine in late February 2022, trend steadily down again as Ukraine sends drones against Russian refineries in increasing numbers, then spike once more when the US attacks Iran in late February 2026)Pie chart showing days of US Average Diesel Prices as a Percentage of Brent
Crude Highs Jan 1, 2019 - Sept 30, 2026 (2812 consecutive days) from US Federal Reserve & Business Insider data

5% ratio = 66.7% 
4 & 6 % = 30.8%
3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11% combined = 2.4%

5% = 1,876 days
6% = 475 days
4% = 391 days 
8% = 19 days
7% = 15 days
10 % = 15 days
11% = 9 days
9 % = 7 days
3 % = 5 days

Created with Datawrapper
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
So Trump has been planning to stitch up Ukraine for weeks.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
Map of tanker’s route
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
TOLD YA! TACO incoming: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump says he will ‘make a decision’ on Hegseth plan to live-stream execution
The Pentagon has said a firing squad for the Fort Hood shooter is scheduled for Dec. 3. “By showing it, maybe other people won’t be doing what he did,” the president said.
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Radio Free America @radiofreeameri.ca · 10/10/2026
PSA, Colorado voters: Elon Musk’s America PAC has been sending misleading texts saying, “Your ballot request is in,” and asking voters to confirm where and when to return it. The messages have prompted confused residents to ...
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PSA, Colorado voters: Elon Musk’s America PAC has been sending misleading texts saying, “Your ballot request is in,” and asking voters to confirm where and when to return it. The messages have prompted confused residents to contact county election offices.
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David Nir @davidnir.com · 10/10/2026
Roger Marshall charged his patients 18% annual interest on their unpaid bills. His bakery bill for $678.75 was due six years ago. At 18% interest compounded annually, the total he'd owe would be at least $1,800. Marshall just paid the bakery $1,300—far less than what his patients would owe.
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The Economist @economist.com · 10/10/2026
More than 90% of Americans want guardrails on the AI industry. Donald Trump is having none of it bit.ly/4jNCG8a Photo: Getty Images
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/10/2026
An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false tip to Philadelphia police about an unsolved homicide case, authorities and Anthropic said.
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Anthropic's Claude AI submits a false tip on a Philadelphia unsolved homicide case
An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false tip to Philadelphia police about an unsolved homicide case, authorities and Anthropic said.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Just Ted Cruz recirculating racist far right propaganda from a French white nationalist and disseminator of the great replacement bullshit theory.
Ted Cruz * @tedcruz• 1h
Wow. Everyone should WATCH this
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American an European friends,
I'm so ashamed, but you need to see what France has become....
eco-friendly, au lycee nelson
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WIRED @wired.com · 09/10/2026
More than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN
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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
ABC News' lawyer told a judge the network is tempering its election coverage because of government threats. The Trump Censorship Industrial Complex is real...and expanding.
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Opinion | The Trump Censorship Industrial Complex is real. This ABC lawyer just admitted it.
Anthony L. Fisher: ABC’s lawyer says the network is tempering its coverage of the government because of the administration’s threats.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇
Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump’s decision to buy billions of dollars of Russian diesel is a gift to Putin. It won’t solve America’s high gas prices, but it will put more money in Putin’s pockets to fund his war against Ukraine. Why does Trump keep siding with dictators instead of democracies?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
Trump thanked Putin for a few hours’ worth of diesel, then told Ukraine it’s “time to get a new president.” Hours after Russia killed 12 people in Zaporizhzhia, including 3 children. Today’s update:
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Saturday Updates: Trump Just Lashed Out at Zelenskyy After Thanking Putin – 10/10/26
Important updates. Paywall-free.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump’s plan to save the midterms is…help Russia. The Trump-Vance-Kushner-Witkoff approach to the war has always been weaken Ukraine so they bow down to Putin. It hasn’t worked. With nearly two years of this, Ukraine has shown it can thwart ground offensives and strike Russian oil without US help.
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US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing
Donald Trump’s administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Democracy Docket does not sponsor events with Trump. We don't shake his hand, laugh at his jokes or make small talk with his cronies. Instead, we provide pro-democracy news information and analysis of what is happening to democracy in court. If that interests you, subscribe now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
this is literally why you have uniforms and badges every member of the media pretending that any of this is due to anything else should be frogmarched out of public life
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