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LizR

@lizrbherenow.bsky.social
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Wife & mom in Oklahoma. Old stage Actor, Film/Book nerd. Hippie mostly in an arthritic sense. Pro Democracy Democrat, kindness/empathy. Fighting Ehlers Danlos & Bronchiectasis. Survive and write everything down. Seek JOY! 💙📚🎭📽️☮️🇺🇦🌈✊🏿🌎😷🫘📎 🚫DMs/Crypto/

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20h
*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20h
In Greg Abbott's Texas, Hispanics have no right to be treated with dignity. This is an axiom. bsky.app/profile/iwil...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h
Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19h
The archdiocese of St Louis has become the eighth American diocese to sue the Trump administration over its repression against Catholics. The gravamen this time focuses on the fact that Markwayne Mullin refuses access of priests to ICE facilities to hear confessions and deliver the sacrament.
thecatholicherald.com
Archdiocese sues Trump administration over sacramental access to detainees
The lawsuit says priests are restricted to four-hour weekly visits and are separated from detainees by a glass partition
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19h
A day after Trump said his super PAC would pay for those propaganda ads that had been funded by taxpayers, White House officials said the group did *not* plan to reimburse the government for the more than $10 million it had already spent on the ads.
nytimes.com
Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads
A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.
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LizR @lizrbherenow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oklahoma Oil Company Plugs Disposal Well That Posed Threat to City’s Drinking Water www.propublica.org/article/enid...
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Oklahoma Oil Company Plugs Disposal Well That Posed Threat to City’s Drinking Water
The Frontier and ProPublica revealed that state regulators had approved the well in Enid, Oklahoma, in violation of rules meant to protect municipal groundwater. Now the well is permanently shut down.
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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yemen has blown up into a full-scale war, Turkey and Pakistan are now involved militarily, and we are likely paying Iran tolls. #OperationClusterF, Part 2!!! www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Saudi-backed Yemeni forces confirm retaking Mocha from Houthis
Turkiye and Pakistan agree to rapidly deploy militaries to bolster Saudi security as part of the Mecca defence pact.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Media that suck up to Trump for business reasons (such as Meta and Google) need to realize that an anti-fascist movement is here and they need to get aboard." Something tells me that if Ds win it won't be widely interpreted as a major verdict on the future direction of US culture, as 2024 was.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here is Megyn Kelly, telling the world that Jane Doe was lucky she got to be raped by seven men and she should be grateful.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026
“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight. HHS will never go back to what it was before.”
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RFK is gloating that his changes to HHS are permanent
“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was.”
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) holding a rally in Fairbanks right now -- with JD Vance soon to join -- and so far his hits on Mary Peltola are 1) she said she'd support Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader 2) she was a mean boss 3) she didn't pass her bills into law in her 1.5 terms in the House.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
HUGE: The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes have both voted to impose a three-year moratorium on data center construction on tribal lands — temporarily banning dara centers on 8,000 square miles. The Cherokee Nation, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and the Kickapoo Tribe have all imposed similar bans.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In the last hours of Kristi Noem's tenure as Homeland Security secretary, her agency delivered a windfall to one of her political donors by buying five airplanes from the man's firm at a substantial markup, documents show.
nytimes.com
Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left
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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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Stay strong
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW EPISODE: When asked earlier this year if he regretted not seizing voting machines and ballots after the 2020 election, Donald Trump said, "Well, I should have." Now he's telling us exactly what he plans to do in this year's midterms, and this time, we should believe him. youtu.be/MBLiMjSXros
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Trump Just Admitted His Post-Election Plans. Believe Him.
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Holy shit I did not know this Incredible insight into Western Higher Education, going back to Oxford and Cambridge and still seen today from @harikondabolu.bsky.social
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
Dial-a-chud
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
These putrid filthmongers.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just how dumb is Trump? Because even if he thinks he can bribe Americans to vote for him (he can’t), does he really believe $100 for Medicare will do anything for seniors Even the illusory promise of $5,000 won’t pay for the increases in food, gas or rent people have suffered due to his policies
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Tech Bros won’t stop with the US & Argentina. This is a global project. Please read the thread. #PaxSilica
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
An all-Republican panel HELD: Musk can flood social media with all the kiddie porn he likes and Minnesota can’t stop him, because he’s Musk.
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US appeals court blocks Minnesota law barring 'nudified' photos in XAI lawsuit
Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban ​on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company ‌pursues a lawsu...
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LizR @lizrbherenow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 03/10/2026
Brutal (and accurate) community note with key context on Trump’s attempted voter bribery for the midterm elections
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/10/2026
Soon you could buy a gun online and have it shipped to your door without ever setting foot in a gun store—if a Trump administration proposal is finalized. Donald Trump Jr. is a shareholder and board member of a company that says it’s “uniquely positioned” to capitalize on the opportunity.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026
Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year. n.pr/4z0FPpq
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'It's a nightmare.' Former refugee, professor on Trump's new Medicaid policy
Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill passed last year.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump campaigns for Ken Paxton in Texas: "He can be a pain in the ass sometimes, I'll be honest. Is he here, by the way? Oh, there he is. I didn't even know if he was here! I don't care."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nick Anderson, Th Contrarian
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Truthout @truthout.org · 02/10/2026
Jalal Shehadeh, a Miami-based attorney and Palestinian rights advocate, was held for several hours for a secondary inspection and had his phone seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after he refused to allow federal agents to search it.
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Border Agents Are Randomly Seizing Phones of US Citizens Who Support Palestine
Miami lawyer Jalal Shehadeh is the latest supporter of Palestinian rights to be hassled after returning from abroad.
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Hypoautonomic, BS @hypoautonomic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The evidence for the origin of the virus that causes COVID-19 goes like this
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In 2014, Marx said there wouldn't be as much domestic violence if women would be happy with "where God has them." It appeared he was suggesting that women were too eager to be in relationships with abusers. Democratic nominee Phil Weiser condemned Marx's comments this week.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m sure it’ll be fine: “Trump's AI-powered America.gov is here. It was built by DOGE alumni and runs on [Elon Musk’s] Grok,” which once called itself “Mecha Hitler”. “America.gov promises passport renewals & Medicare enrollment in 2027.” 9/29/26 … 1/
Trump's Al-powered America.gov is here.
It was built by DOGE alumni and runs on
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America.gov promises passport renewals and Medicare enrollment in
2027. On day one, it backed the 2020 election results.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
More precisely, Kash Patel was paid $25,000—and Rudy Giuliani $100,000—by a pro-Russia propagandist who led a project financially supported by Putin's office. To get the full story, see my new book, "How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." Go to HowRussiaWon.com.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
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UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority The world faces a “narrowing window” to restore forests essential for food security and resistance to the climate emergency, a United Nations report has warned. More than 489m hectares (1.2bn acres) of forests have been cleared since 1990, while an even greater area is degraded, the world body said in a call for governments to make forest restoration a national priority. Continue reading...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 28/09/2026
Eight U.S. Marines were reportedly wounded in an Iranian strike in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month, a new report says after the Pentagon quietly added 37 casualties to its public database last week. This brought the total number of troops wounded during the war to 861.
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Iranian Strike Injured 8 US Marines in Strait of Hormuz, Report Says as Pentagon Continues Obfuscating Casualties
Despite US casualties approaching 900, Trump rejected Iran’s offer for ceasefire talks over the weekend.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
transpires as China is furnishing technical and intelligence assistance to Iran to allow them to strike US troops, as it also aides Russia in its war with Ukraine. And what does the US get in exchange? Absolutely nothing. But the National Zoo did get a panda or two.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
An OpenAI model gained unauthorized access to the internet during training. Timeline: • The monitoring system alerted for a breach in 12 minutes. • Two minutes later a human acknowledged it. • TWO AND A HALF HOURS later the humans in charge stopped the run. (alignment.openai.com/misalignment...)
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Some new misalignment disclosures from OpenAl:
• Last Sunday morning, one of our models was able to gain unauthorized access to the internet during RL training (~ all inference for our most capable models remains stopped until we have hardened our systems further)
• In May, a version of HPIM uploaded a employee's GitHub token to the internet, causing the model to be quarantined for two weeks
• A new research finding, demonstrating that one can construct self-replicating prompt injections
alignment.openai.com/misalignment-r...
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Will international media ever start covering Russia’s ongoing genocide? Ukrainians in Russian occupied Oleshky are eating grass and weeds to survive and the world stays silent 😭
kyivindependent.com
'Nothing left to eat' — Sybiha urges partners to act on Oleshky humanitarian crisis
Oleshky's population has fallen from around 24,000 to approximately 2,000 as of spring 2026, according to the Foreign Ministry.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A lie does not become truth because millions believe it. Wrong does not become right because the majority accepts it. And evil does not become good because enough people choose to look the other way. The masses can make evil normal. It can never make it right.
People Pictured in the Collage

Top Left: Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Middle Left: Donald Trump shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Bottom Left: Donald Trump standing alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Right Side: Donald Trump posing with Jeffrey Epstein at an event during the 1990s or early 2000s
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LizR @lizrbherenow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hell, no.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
Gov. Gavin Newsom has blocked Democratic efforts to enshrine one of the most important protections for blue-state abortion providers—a ban on extraditions.
motherjones.com
Newsom vetoes bill that would ban extraditions for abortion and gender-affirming care
California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
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Police are spending opioid settlement funds on Flock cameras
Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.
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LizR @lizrbherenow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm attending Cyndi Munson for Oklahoma's event, “OKC Gubernatorial Debate Watch Party!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/cyndimunson/...
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OKC Gubernatorial Debate Watch Party! · Cyndi Munson for Oklahoma
Join Team Cyndi as we watch the Gubernatorial Debate on OETA, October 1st at 7:00PM! We will cheer her on, and she will join us after the debate.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS SHOULDN’T EVEN BE IN QUESTION AT THIS POINT And we definitely need more reporting on this issue: HEAT Data centers devour electricity and water, dump heat into communities, and Big Tech is building them faster than lawmakers are dealing with the consequences.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
It was a rare federal dataset that captured human emotions. Consumers could have their complaints about American businesses published for all to see. For years, corporations have critiqued the system. Now the narratives are no longer being published.
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The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move
Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped pu...
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Israel and the RW media eco system have desperately tried to portray Muslims as radical jihadists but what Americans are quickly learning, Muslims are very thoughtful and bright people and not to be feared. Choose Hope over Hate every day. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.
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Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress's appropriations powers.
OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨 JUST IN: #TrumpsCorruptCongress & Corrupt SCOTUS are conspiring to rig the midterms in his favor. The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks www.npr.org/2026/09/25/nx-s1-597680…
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The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks
The Supreme Court is allowing use of a data system that Trump officials overhauled. The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The government is not "hiding skyrocketing COVID levels," it relabeled the categories on an existing measure that is still available to the public. www.cdc.gov/wastewater/r...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/09/2026
While absolutely embarrassing America in front of China, one thing became crystal clear: Trump has false teeth.
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