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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 9h
In light of that Atlantic article going around featuring the traumatized truck driver who hit Pierre Damas Bel, I'll re-up what I wrote a month ago. craigcalcaterra.com/blog/there-i...
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Blood on J.D. Vance’s hands
A young Haitian man walked in front of a truck. His blood is on J.D. Vance’s hands
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
7/ Indiana is one of six Republican-led states refusing to let people initially self-attest that they are medically frail, even though federal transitional policy allows it. Arkansas, Idaho, New Hampshire, North Carolina & Ohio join it. Dems are not racing to kick ppl off. apnews.com/article/012e...
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As work requirements kick in for Medicaid, some states are taking a tougher stance
At least six states will require documentation that individuals are too sick to meet Medicaid work requirements kicking in next year.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If the lessons Democrats (& democrats) draw from DOGE is “right idea, wrong implementation,” we are doomed. Everyone involved in the unprecedented crime that was DOGE needs to go to jail forever, & Democrats need to rebuild all of the programs & agencies first, not do digital management consulting 🤦‍♂️
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 04/10/2026
Hi government employee here, who has visibility into how things worked before 2025 and since: This is correct. Rebuild government, prosecute DOGE and Trump officials, and think about contracting reform later.
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
From Monte Carlo tantrums to calling the guy he just hugged a pain in the ass. Watching this rambling live genuinely feels like a cruel and unusual penalty. @atrupar.com ‘s endurance is superhuman. Buy him a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/atrupar
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
EXACTLY! For those of us with supplemental health insurance to pay the 20% Medicare part B does not, you can tack on an ADDITIONAL average between $3000 to $5000 depending on your plan and location. $90 is a joke!
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/10/2026
Children's brain tumor research, PTSD research in veterans, pesticide/agriculture research, and cancer research doesn't need to be funded according to the Trump administration.
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Mango’s mom @mango4334.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This!
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For people unfamiliar with this list of schools Hegseth claims are essential to America's defense, Liberty and Hillsdale are small religious colleges. Hillsdale is the pet project of the DeVos/Prince families, and its whole admin helped Trump with his fake elector scheme, organizing MI electors. 1/
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Mango’s mom @mango4334.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here’s some good news about #Ohio
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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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Mango’s mom @mango4334.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What could go wrong? 🥕🤑
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“If I become FDA-commissioner I’ll let you know what Trump tells me to say”….
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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ohio has now had 202 Measles cases so far this year. They are on pace to be anther Pennsylvania as are many states.
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Absolutely crazy just how out of his depth Ramaswamy is. Guy is running for governor and he may very well win but he literally has no idea how state government works and has shown zero interest in learning.
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Allowing the most powerful segment of society to opt out of public services inevitably makes public services worse. This is why the existence of private schools inevitably makes public schools worse. A simple fact that seems hard for many to admit. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/private-sc...
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Private Schools Are Bad for Society
The starting point for any honest discussion.
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Mango’s mom @mango4334.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yes please.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Treat enemies like enemies. Crypto is an enemy.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
“In a scientific sense, this is a total loss.” US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants
The decision will hinder lawsuits against grant terminations, legal specialists say.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2026
DOGGETT: Doesn't your budget propose another 12% cut for NIH? VOUGHT: Most of what you said is untrue. NIH was not cut at all-- D: My Q is don't you propose another 12% cut? VOUGHT: We propose a cut D: Is it your feeling that we just can't afford to invest more in doing something about cancer?
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
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Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"He said the individual refused to provide identification, was detained for fingerprinting, and resisted detention. Agents later determined he was not the person they were seeking and learned that he was a U.S. citizen. He was released."
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Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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nickforbrains 🏳️‍🌈 @nickforbrains.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It really is remarkable (derogatory) that somehow we have a roving masked government paramilitary shooting citizens on the regular and not one Republican sees this as problematic.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Last year, one day after a radicalized anti-vaxxer shot up the CDC campus over mRNA vaccines, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya called to end use of the platform. www.importantcontext.news/nih-director...
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NIH Director Spreads Vaccine Misinformation One Day After CDC Shooting
Jay Bhattacharya called to end the mRNA platform on Steve Bannon’s War Room.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 19/09/2026
This miracle is the fruit of generations of enormous and bipartisan investments of public research support for our universities. Future versions of this miracle are what we are currently losing, due to the US Administration’s decision to shatter the public’s partnership with our universities. 
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praying mantis @gentlem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.scientificamerican.com/article/what... BS arbitrary, unapproved, hastily mandated vanity name changes pull an already depleted & stressed workforce from their actual, essential scientific work which includes public safety.
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What changing ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ means for weather forecasts
The National Weather Service is speeding ahead with changing the name of the Great Lake
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Imagine a job where, faced with a difficult decision, you could just stop going to work www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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House to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November elections
House Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/09/2026
lol -- Rep. Beatty says Trump is blatantly lying about the language that Kennedy Center board members actually voted for today, and adds that the Center it's actually open
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 12/09/2026
Jon Husted played a pivotal role in bringing data centers to Ohio, giving Big Tech companies billions in tax breaks. He also championed the HB6 bailout bill at the center of a major corruption scandal that caused Ohioans’ electric bills to skyrocket. Ohio deserves better. #DirtyDozen
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55% increase in Ohio electric bills since 2021
$663 increase in annual Ohio electric bills from HB6 bailout
3% 2025 LCV score
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Mango’s mom @mango4334.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Gaslighting 101
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Measles
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
mRNA vaccines are the next gen therapeutics for individualized medicine. Currently, there are 120 clinical trials for mRNA vaccines against cancers. Breast cancer will get one as well. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Personalized mRNA vaccine induces strong, durable immunity in hard-to-treat breast cancer
T cells targeting cancer-specific mutant proteins remained in treated individuals years after vaccination.
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 05/09/2026
there's also a new doc on Netflix called Generation 9/11 and it explicitly connects the reaction to 9/11 to ICE killing people in Minneapolis this year, so that's...unexpected.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 11/03/2026
Commentary: If you are one of Ohio’s nearly 8 million registered voters, Sec. of State Frank LaRose just gave your full name, address, date of birth, driver’s license and partial Social Security number, to Trump's Justice Department ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/11/s...
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Secretary of State Frank LaRose gives info of 8 million Ohio voters to Trump Justice Department • Ohio Capital Journal
If you are one of Ohio’s nearly 8 million registered voters, your personally identifiable information like full name, address, date of birth, driver’s license and partial Social Security numbers may…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/09/2026
Vote early. Election Day is the end of the election, not the beginning. With everything this regime is going to do to suppress our votes, it’s imperative that we leave plenty of time to correct any issues.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A former Republican operative, previously charged with sex offenses, donated $10,000 to Ramaswamy. Amy Acton-called it out. So the operative’s brother, armed with guns and a taser, tried to attack Acton-hurting bystanders Rather than back down, Acton-a doctor-went to treat the injured victims Hero
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WKBN 27 First News @wkbn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
One in custody after altercation during Amy Acton's fair appearance
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One in custody after altercation during Amy Acton’s fair appearance
One person has been arrested after allegedly attempting to assault Democratic gubernatorial candidate Doctor Amy Acton at the Canfield Fair.
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Valley girl @thatvalleygirl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
also see: oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/how-vivek-...
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How Vivek Ramaswamy’s mom manipulated Alzheimer’s data and made her son rich
Vivek Ramaswamy, a billionaire and the Republican nominee in Ohio’s gubernatorial race, served as the frontman for a dubious pharmaceutical company and then cashed out weeks before its dramatic crash.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Imagine speaking to attendees at a county fair, as your party has spiked gas and food prices through its own stupidity, and bragging that you “called out the epidemic of woke capitalism” Put a corn dog in your pie hole and STFU
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In 1988, Sesame Street mocked a greedy real estate tycoon named Ronald Grump who wanted to bulldoze the neighborhood for luxury towers. Sound familiar?
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Greater Lafayette Indivisible ❌ 👑 @lafayetteindivisible.com · 04/09/2026
Saturday in #Indianapolis. Noon at the ISAP Immigration office at 5652 W 73rd St. Pass it on. @woodenstares.bsky.social @jesseforindy.bsky.social @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social
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Mango’s mom @mango4334.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Empty cars. Left behind tools. A shattered door. ICE mobilization spreads through Indy
Photos and videos capture ICE arrests as families search for loved ones.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🧊✈️ Follow the status of today's ICE Air flights at the Habeas Flight Watch dashboard ⤵️ 🔗 habeasflightwatch.org/dashboard-v5/
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ICE goons have been on the move in Indianapolis and around Indiana making arrests.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
Only ONE Democrat voted yes on the House resolution proposing an amendment to keep SCOTUS at 9 justices. It was Don Davis of North Carolina. Keeping court expansion on the table is definitely mainstream.
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Mango’s mom @mango4334.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is key. Sorry if you moved or got married and changed your name or 🤷🤷‍♀️
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Watch Jon Husted vote 13 times against ending the Iran War while gas prices in Ohio climb higher and higher.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/09/2026
Every. day. Everyday one of these ICE charter planes has to abort takeoff, or do an emergency return, or has a decompression, or gets stuck somewhere for 20+ hours with shackled immigrant passengers trapped onboard. And we never find out why. There is no transparency.
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Mango’s mom @mango4334.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#Ohio Blackwell for Auditor! general election is Nov. 3, early voting scheduled from Oct. 6 to Nov. 1. Voter registration deadline for the November election is Oct. 5. Requests for absentee ballots must be received by the boards of elections by Oct. 27. Absentee ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 2
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