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🚨BREAKING: Tarrant County voters filed an emergency lawsuit Friday accusing Republican county officials of intentionally making it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote by eliminating dozens of Election Day polling places. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Tarrant County voters sue to block GOP polling site cuts targeting minority voters

The lawsuit comes a month after the GOP-controlled Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved the cuts in a 3-2 vote despite intense opposition from residents and the court’s two Democratic commissio...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10h

I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.

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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 21h

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 01/10/2026

Doctors shouldn’t be punished for providing their patients with legal abortion care—and extremists in Louisiana have no business dictating what doctors in Seattle can and can't do. This was never about states' rights—it was ALWAYS about banning abortion nationwide.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)

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ACLU @aclu.org · 16h

At least 57 people have died in ICE detention since the start of President Trump's second term — more than double the number of deaths recorded from the previous four years combined. ICE must be held accountable before any more lives are lost.

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Deaths in ICE Detention More Than Doubles Under Trump

Death rate could be higher if it includes hidden deaths of people released from detention that ICE is reporting under Trump administration.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wow, these job numbers are TERRIBLE. Many people are saying we must have an “incompetent” president who is “asleep at the wheel”

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 02/10/2026

The right spent hundreds of millions on ads attacking trans people in sport, and the results are... really not that impressive. @alyssaur.bsky.social brings you the story here in this week's TWIBS!

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TWIBS: Is That the Best You’ve Got? - Assigned Media

Try as they might, Republicans aren't making culture war headway quite as handily they envisioned.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18h

🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the Kansas Court of Appeals Friday denied Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again

The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within the following three days, including in the upcoming November elections.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 19h

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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OMG - a politician who actually is doing his best for the betterment of his constituents. Not gonna be popular with the leadership of either party, I fear. #mamdani #leadership #empathy #competency

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19h

Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19h

This story is written by staff journalist S. Baum @transvestigations.bsky.social

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19h

This Wednesday, Elon Musk called for the death sentence for transgender youth care providers. It was in reply to a post calling for full criminalization of all gender-affirming surgery. Musk is becoming even more radicalized in targeting trans people. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Elon Musk Calls For “Death Sentence” for GAC Providers

Musk’s posts are not just inflammatory rhetoric. They have real-life consequences.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 19h

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct ErinReed Elon Musk, whose estranged daughter is trans, calls for the death penalty for pediatric affirming care providers on X. GAC is currently supported by all 27 major US medical professional groups connected in any way with providing it.

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Elon Musk Calls For “Death Sentence” for GAC Providers

Musk’s posts are not just inflammatory rhetoric. They have real-life consequences.

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social

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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

From the story: "A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to fast-track requests for Jeffrey Epstein investigative records that mention President Donald Trump or Mar-a-Lago, along with communications showing how senior DOJ and FBI officials handled the files."

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Judge Orders DOJ to Fast-Track Epstein Files Mentioning Trump and Mar-a-Lago | Law Commentary

A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to fast-track requests for Jeffrey Epstein investigative records that mention President Donald Trump or Mar-a-Lago, along with communications showing...

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 22h

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep Advocate After months-long labor dispute over a huge deficit, A4TE lays off 12 workers with a one-sentence email--which also managed to misspell its acronym: "Dear Employee, Sept 30th, 2026 will be your last day of employment at A4TEEF.” Keep it classy guys :-{

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Workers fought to save jobs at a national trans rights group. Then came a one-sentence layoff email

Advocates for Trans Equality says a $2.4 million deficit forced painful cuts. Its union says management rejected alternatives that could have saved jobs.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 22h

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep LGBTQnation Federal judge rules that a Christian-owned NH machine parts manufacturer can’t dismiss a trans employee’s discrimination lawsuit under a religious exemption claim. But dismissed her claim that refusal to cover her GAC was disability discrimination.

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Federal judge refuses to accept Christian beliefs as excuse for company's anti-trans discrimination - LGBTQ Nation

Lillian Bernier's workplace health insurance plan covered gender-affirming care... until she actually came out as trans.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 22h

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct LGBTQnation After a dogged effort by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and others, HHS has finally been forced to reinstate the LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services hotline for suicide & crisis, after shutting it down a year ago. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/unde...

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Under pressure, Trump admin restores LGBTQ+ youth helpline. But will it help trans kids? - LGBTQ Nation

Out Sen. Tammy Baldwin led the effort to bring the dedicated "Press 3" service back.

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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history.

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CosmicHomicide @cosmichomicide.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"We gave billions of dollars to 40 year old nepobaby whose daddy has funded his Hollywood fantasies. How could this have gone so wrong?" Dolts.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026

New York's economy grew by 4% in Q2 — more than any other state. Want to get your business off the ground? Hire only the best? There's one place to do it: New York. www.newsweek.com/new-york-lea...

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Map shows which state economies are growing and shrinking ahead of midterms

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MingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And he didn't do it alone.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026

For the Tompkins County DA to go from "I recognize the reality that it can take years of therapy & healing for victims of sexual assaults to fully process & understand what happened to them" to "the evidence did not support the filing of criminal charges was legally correct" makes my blood boil. 1/

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This morning, the Justice Department went after nearly an entire state's federal bench, all at once. The judges had said the government wasn't following court orders. The response was to try to remove the judges. Here's why every American should be paying attention. www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

Enten: "Congratulations to Ken Paxton. You are the least popular Texas Senate GOP nominee this century. No one was even in the negative, and you're at -16."

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Finally a president who solved our age old problem of being a country where people wanted to be

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Basically, with that hearing he just locked down the Attorney General job in 2029. Me in 2029...🍿🍿🍿

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Michael Little @tomcatjock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We have normalized Trump's behavior to the point that every day we ignore something that would have instantly ended any other politician's career.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mike Rogers wants to put a data center in your backyard because he's getting rich off of them.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Local HERO in Kansas gets arrested for slashing ICE agent's tires. In an effort to deescalate the surrounding crowd, the cop arresting him yelled that the Kansas man is being arrested for slashing tires. The crowd cheered in response to that and basically gave the man a standing ovation.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No bad trade deals. End dumb tariffs. Stop the wars. Invest here. Build things in Michigan. Watch our latest ad:

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is just despicable by MS NOW, which has accepted stolen taxpayers dollars for 38 illegal ads. Give me a break with this bullshit statement too. So your hosts are on air all day saying this is illegal while you are taking the money and running the ads? Just gross.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/10/2026

The ACLU is suing a a Minnesota school district that has banned every sticker in an attempt to rid its campuses of rainbow ones. The school district is Detroit Lakes School District, and locals are up in arms at the sticker ban. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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ACLU Sues Minnesota School District That Banned All Stickers To Get Rid Of Rainbow Ones

“You created all of this disruption over a 2-by-3 inch sticker.”

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Jacob S. Rugh @jakerugh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For the record, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social called this: The rage against the AI data center machine will fuel many upset wins this fall. Already in Utah, the sitting State Senate President was ousted in the primary for his role in the Stratos hyperscale data center. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/o...

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Opinion | This Could Be the Winning Issue for Democrats

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ken Paxton offered plea deals to at least 10 students accused of raping their classmates.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New reporting reveals three more instances where Ken Paxton offered plea deals to people accused of sexual assault or trafficking.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026

Man, imagine you're minding your own business, getting kind of drunk with your friends at a picturesque brewery in Maine, when suddenly John Roberts walks by and you get to start heckling him. Must have felt incredible. That's the dream. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

The chief justice used to preside over a Supreme Court whose members were afforded more privacy and freedom than many other public officials. Once, years ago, Mr. Lipson and the chief justice found themselves up the peninsula from Port Clyde without a car, Mr. Lipson recalled in an interview. So he stuck out his thumb by the side of the road and a pickup truck pulled over. He and the nation’s top jurist hopped in the back and hitchhiked back to town.

Now, Mr. Lipson said, he is cautious about introducing his friend to strangers. This year, on an outing to nearby Monhegan Island, people recognized the chief justice as he walked by a brewery and started to chant: You should be ashamed.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 01/10/2026

‘Just hours after Paramount Skydance issued $52B of debt to fund the biggest Hollywood buyout ever, investors were nursing hundreds of millions in losses, triggering a flurry of angry calls from money managers to Wall Street banks that underwrote the debt.’ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Angry Bondholders Flood Wall Street With Complaints on Paramount Losses

Just hours after Paramount Skydance Corp. issued $52 billion of debt to fund the biggest Hollywood buyout ever, investors were nursing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, triggering a flurry of...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.

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