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Retired tv journalist, but forever a news junkie.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4h
Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
So in the past few days Trump has taken sanctions off Russia’s energy, asked to buy diesel from Russia, restricted SpaceX Starlink, stopped sharing intel on incoming missiles, & asked Europe to unfreeze Russian assets to give to Russia. Hope Americans aren’t confused on who he works for
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US floats unfreezing some Russian assets to restart Ukraine peace talks
European officials balked at proposal made by Donald Trump’s negotiators during meeting in Miami
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Zelensky speaking the truth. The US is now a Russian ally, and the Starlink decision is a massive benefit for the Russian military (and it has nothing to do with Ukraine attacking Russian refineries). The US is literally riding to Putin’s rescue.
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The Big Picture @readthebigpicture.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Riley Gaines, on people who can’t move past a loss.
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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The thing about this is that as a Paxton campaign gambit it's incredibly stupid and more likely to backfire than help...but as a play within GOP-aligned media it's surely a big success. The GOP has many problems, but a key one is that way too many party actors aren't driven by electoral incentives.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Jax is 18. She should be focused on college. Instead, she's battling depression because her father is stuck in an ICE detention center. Episode 5 of Fractured, a docuseries exposing the human consequences of ICE enforcement, tells her story. Watch the full episode here: act.link/gi-MSO1ui
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Fractured: The Human Toll of Trump's Deportation Regime
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Here is what you can do to help me: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Eagles legend Don Henley is putting big money into turning Texas blue He’s become the number one donor to Democratic candidates for lt. governor, ag commissioner and the Railroad Commission, and is a major force behind Lone Star Rising PAC for @jamestalarico.bsky.social U.S. Senate campaign.
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This rock legend is putting big money into turning Texas blue
The Texas native is top donor to several statewide Democratic candidates and a major player in super PACs helping James Talarico.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I see some folks asking: what motivates RFK Jr to tell such horrific, dangerous, repulsive lies about the HPV vaccine? Well, he has made $856,559 from suing the HPV vaccine maker (his vaccine adviser, Dr Kulldorff, also got rich the same way) Always follow the 🤑! www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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RFK Jr. plans to keep a financial stake in lawsuits against the drugmaker Merck
RFK Jr. plans to keep collecting referral fees in lawsuits against the drug company Merck even if confirmed as HHS secretary, according to new filings with the Office of Government Ethics.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
literally in the next 48 hours! be aware!
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wile E Coyote had better luck with his ACME purchases
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
Texas peeps You may have recently registered and think it’s a done deal. Read the below. Urgently double check that you’re actually registered to vote. 👉🏾 Iwillvote.com 
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
texastribune.org
DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
im confused how was propublica able to do journalism without having daily access to donald trump in the oval office where he calls everyone stupid
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Susie Time @susietime777.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Statement from the Radio Television Digital News Association:
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Bullshit Markwayne Mullin. Absolute bullshit.👇
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💙🇺🇸DWally🇺🇸💙 @dkwally.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You know who really did show up? Canadian police officers, firefighters, and medical personnel came to NYC, on and off duty, traveling independently or in groups to stand with Americans and help shoulder the enormous burden of recovery and cleanup at Ground Zero. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yuuuuup…
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TeeKay @teekayinusa.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Perfect. John Fugelsang is my hero.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ken Paxton’s former top cop: What motivates someone like Ken Paxton? I’ve been around him enough. He has two motivations in life: Money and power. I cannot accurately describe the amount of commitment Ken Paxton had to continue to participate in this criminal enterprise. He was obsessed with it.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
LOOK AT THEIR FACES. THEN TELL US THIS IS MAKING AMERICA GREAT. Every face was a person. Every family deserves answers. Deaths in ICE custody demand accountability. Know your rights: PAXIS.app. Record safely. Help keep PAXIS free: GoFundMe.com/PAXIS.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I have often said that Donald Trump’s plan is to make it harder for you to vote and easier for him to cheat. Now we know what that will look like in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/here...
democracydocket.com
Here is Trump's blueprint to rig the 2026 midterms
We are less than two months until Election Day for the most important midterms of our lifetime.
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Baltic Takes @baltictakes.com · 09/09/2026
But Teodoro just read it all out, eviscerated it line by line, and called the Chinese official out on their disrespect - both to international law and their Korean hosts.
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lwags59.bsky.social @lwags59.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As a Missourian, thank you!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/09/2026
"Marshall, a Republican seeking re-election this fall, filed lawsuits against more than 700 patients with outstanding bills ... Marshall's lawyers garnished patients’ paychecks and bank accounts. They routinely charged patients an 18% annual interest rate."
nytimes.com
Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. (Gift Article)
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
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Jay @jaylboh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is what we’re dealing with.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The title really says it all.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The overriding motivation of this administration is fear. Fear of questions, fear of transparency, fear of the American people.
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lwags59.bsky.social @lwags59.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Did this once belong to John Y Brown, former governor of Kentucky?
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Gonna' have to figure out a way to process the rage. Because these stories are going to continue. And we can't ignore them.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 31/08/2026
Amazing number of people lately who are willing to stand up and say I’m the villain, you should hate me
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 30/08/2026
My. God.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Quite a list 🤷🏼
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Texans, if you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it! trib.al/OP3mVj5
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Ethics experts said the timing of the new banking venture is significant because the expansion of Trump’s business relationship with a foreign government official is taking place while he is a sitting president—and at a time when his administration was actively negotiating with the U.A.E…”
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Mystery solved? Planed hauled Ratcliffe. It still looks extremely strange bsky.app/profile/prun...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/08/2026
NEWS: Two unvaccinated people in Pennsylvania have died from measles, according to state health officials. They are Pennsylvania’s first measles-related deaths in 35 years and the first reported measles deaths in the U.S. this year.
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calliesue.bsky.social @calliesue.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Corruption is running rampant with Trump and his administration.
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ᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026
16 months ago: Never forget how it started.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hey, if Trump can call every Democrat to the left of John Fetterman a communist, seems fair game to ask if Natalie is a Russian asset.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/08/2026
Missouri's Amendment 3 would restore an abortion ban with limited exceptions, but its advertising is focused on a different provision: banning gender transition care for minors. The campaign never explicitly states it would repeal the constitutional right to abortion voters approved 2 years ago.
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Missouri Republicans Are Trying to Repeal Abortion Rights by Leaning Into Anti-Trans Sentiment
Two years after falsely linking reproductive rights to gender transition care for minors, GOP lawmakers have packaged the two issues into one amendment in an effort to strip away the right to abortion...
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