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#1 Lifelong Houston Cougs Fan Brandi 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
It's happening...
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Coffee and Fingernails @coffeenfingernails.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Wait, it's not Biden anymore?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I had to listen to it twice... yes, Gummy Davis,Jr. said this.... "I want to make sure the next generation can grow up like I did -- maybe in poverty."
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Amanda Becker @amandabecker.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Ahead of the midterms, Meta has paid at least 29 anti-LGBTQ accounts for their posts 19thnews.org/2026/10/meta... via @19thnews.org
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Ahead of the midterms, Meta has paid at least 29 anti-LGBTQ accounts for their posts
The company’s invite-only program for content creators has accounts promoting white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideologies and histories of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"I'm a pro-choice Republican," Minnesota GOP Senate nominee Michele Tafoya claims in a new ad... ...except she's hailed the demise of Roe v. Wade, vowed to confirm conservative judges, routinely backed a 12-week abortion ban and gaslighting anyone, what? www.huffpost.com/entry/michel...
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'I’m A Pro-Choice Republican,' Says Minnesota Senate Nominee Who Backs Abortion Bans
Michele Tafoya, who called herself a “first trimester gal” and hailed Roe v. Wade’s demise, seems to be gaslighting voters on her abortion stance.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
JD Vance: "You ask Ken Paxton a simple question and you will get a direct answer" NARRATOR: Paxton has refused to answer Qs about why he won't debate, why he went to England on July 4 w/ his mistress, why he went to Dubai with his mistress, his 15 homes, or how his net worth has increased 7,000%...
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
NEW: After Trump abruptly fired FEMA chief financial officer Mary Comans based on false accusations that she paid millions to house undocumented immigrants, a federal judge formally cleared her name on Tuesday. Judge said it was a “premeditated campaign." www.huffpost.com/entry/mary-c...
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Former FEMA Chief Illegally Fired By Trump Gets ‘Name Clearing’
It was a formalized rebuke to the unjust firing and a chance for Mary Comans to have the record set straight.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 13/10/2026
I'll have to get back to you on whether the United States is allied with Russia in its terror attack campaign on Ukrainian children. Katie Zacharia, Esq.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration wants to livestream a firing squad execution for this holiday season. Pete Hegseth wants the public to see the Dec. 3 scheduled killing of Nidal Hasan. Tonight, at Law Dork:
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The Trump administration wants to livestream a firing squad execution for this holiday season
Pete Hegseth wants the public to see the Dec. 3 scheduled killing of Nidal Hasan. Also: A Navy board made clear in a recent action that it disagrees with the trans military ban.
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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's subtle, but I think John Cornyn and friends are enjoying this. (www.semafor.com/article/10/0...)
“Paxton has always relied on his base and a strong statewide ticket to carry him across the finish line. He’s never played anywhere near this level and doesn’t understand the magnitude of effort being expended on his behalf to try to win this race,” Steven Law, former leader of the Senate Leadership Fund super PAC, told Semafor.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said of Paxton: “Got to be more careful when you run with the big dogs.”
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Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal.com · 08/10/2026
Dell is investing in Trump Accounts. Sen. John Fetterman is investing in Dell. New from @washingtonsun.com: www.washingtonsun.com/influence/jo...
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Sen. John Fetterman Personally Invested in a Company Powering ‘Trump Accounts’
The Pennsylvania Democrat purchased up to $30,000 in Dell corporate bonds, according to a new congressional disclosure.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think in reality what socialism actually means in the American context is that trillionaire Elon Musk got $38 billion from the U.S. government and you got rejected trying to buy a $1 soda on SNAP benefits.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Nobody other than me, that is"
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
AED has been tracking this every step of the way—and won’t stop now. I'll have more on the sham review, GOP stalling tactics, and the anti-abortion response soon. In the meantime, Abortion, Every Day will continue to keep a close eye. You can support our work and read more at AbortionEveryDay.com
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Abortion, Every Day | Jessica Valenti | Substack
All things abortion. Feminist commentary & community. Click to read Abortion, Every Day, a Substack publication.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The FDA just announced they won’t release their “safety review” of abortion pills until March of next year. In other words: They’re stalling until after the midterms.
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FDA says it will complete safety review of abortion pill in March
A federal judge in Louisiana ordered the FDA to provide an update on its safety study as part of a lawsuit seeking to overturn a provision allowing mifepristone to be delivered by mail.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ballroom for the elites, crumbs for the rest of us peasants.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
"What will it take for you to admit you are ever wrong?" -- Troy Jackson nails Susan Collins on her vote to confirm Kavanaugh, 8 years to the day after Collins cast the vote that doomed Roe v Wade
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"We can't eat road salt." What more needs to be said? Thank you @troyjackson207.bsky.social
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
From 2016: abcnews.com/US/megyn-kel...
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Megyn Kelly Reportedly Accuses Roger Ailes of Sexual Harassment in Upcoming Memoir
The book is slated for release Nov. 15, but an excerpt has reportedly leaked.
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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Justice Alito may have lost some friends. Women in this country have lost their lives.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🧵"Lasalle Corrections is the privately held prison company that has contracted with ICE" for new kids facility in Louisiana. "Hunterbrook Media describes Lasalle Corrections as a 'liability moat—a sprawling, multimillion dollar private prison enterprise hidden...'" www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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‘Shrouded in secrecy’: Louisiana's new ICE facility raises more questions than answers
Under the Trump administration's deportation blitz, ICE's new 'staging center' in Alexandria, Louisiana is run by the operators of Lasalle Corrections, a private, for-profit company with a history of ...
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acabylon 👻👻 BOO 👻👻 @acabylonbee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
if you were wondering how he only served 13 months in prison after raping multiple minors, it's because he served zero jail time for raping multiple minors. the only jail time he served was for financial crimes covering up sexually abusing children. he kept his congressional pension up to now
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
The press will do stories on Republican sex creeps, but it will never, ever point out -- much less make an ongoing narrative out of -- the fact that the GOP has been *ridden* with sex creeps for decades. You have to be blind not to see the pattern.
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Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
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Big John @dcbigjohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Trump regime is opening a new concentration camp for children in Alexandria, Louisiana that's operated by secretive private prison company Lasalle Corrections, which has a long history of human rights problems at its facilties. www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
nola.com
‘Shrouded in secrecy’: Louisiana's new ICE facility raises more questions than answers
Under the Trump administration's deportation blitz, ICE's new 'staging center' in Alexandria, Louisiana is run by the operators of Lasalle Corrections, a private, for-profit company with a history of ...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 03/10/2026
my dude you flew a stop the steal flag outside your house
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 29/09/2026
I asked America.gov whether Donald Trump is an adjudicated rapist and it responded: basically, yes so that clears that up at least
Andrea's prompt for America.gov reads "is donald trump an adjudicated rapist" and the bot response is:

In civil litigation brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, a federal jury found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation, awarding damages.

Regarding the specific legal term:

The jury did not find him liable for "rape" under the narrow legal definition used in New York penal law at the time, but instead found him liable for "sexual abuse".
The presiding judge later clarified in post-trial rulings that the jury's verdict established that Trump had forcibly sexually assaulted and digitally penetrated her, which meets common understandings of rape even though it did not match the specific statutory elements required for that charge under New York criminal law.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m genuinely worried that he weakened her civil case with this statement out of petty fury that he’s rightfully getting heat for not pressing charges against rapists. He clearly isn’t interested in seeing her succeed and he basically called her a liar—a huge gift to the civil defense
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Truly no limit to how low this administration will go
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Look at the record,” Ken Paxton today urged undecided voters in his Senate race when weighing who to support. “It’s people’s behavior that you need to look at & say, ‘Are they for real?’” Paxton was indicted on 3 felony charges + impeached by his own party in 2023. www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
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Indicted On 3 Felony Counts, Ken Paxton Urges Voters To ‘Look At The Record’ Of Candidates
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They tell us a million bullshit things we can do to avoid being raped without telling predators to just not rape us.
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New: FBI in internal memo says it believes ShinyHunters may have stolen private data on all employees. Fears of longterm consequences of breach magnify as hackers threaten to leak everything online by end of Tuesday. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees (Gift Article)
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
wat
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Katie Phang breaks down one of the most disturbing pieces of evidence in the new Cornell sex assault lawsuit: an alleged fraternity Snapchat message referring to the plaintiff as “free p***y upstairs.” Phang zeroes in on another detail: someone apparently photographed the Snapchat from another phone
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here’s your periodic reminder that Howard Lutnick is still Commerce secretary despite blatantly lying to the public about his personal and business ties with child molester Jeffrey Epstein.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These people have no idea what’s happening in America right now. And, they don’t care. White House Deputy Chief of Staff post last night ⬇️
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Want the truth about measles? Listen to the doctors treating it. Voices breaking as they describe suffering that did not have to happen. More than 165 hospitalizations and rising. Their testimonials are the clearest answers to the fed’s rhetoric.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Maine Republican Paul LePage **then**: “The enemy right now, the overwhelming majority of people coming in, are people of color, or people of Hispanic origin.” www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/u... Paul LePage *now*: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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Paul LePage, a Trump Ally, Says a Family Member Is Being Deported
The former Maine governor, a Republican running for Congress, said the Trump administration is seeking to wrongly deport his son’s father-in-law, who has a work permit.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 25/09/2026
"[The supreme court is] 'simply not part of the political process.'" - Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., May 6, 2026
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John Roberts insists supreme court not ‘political’ after Trump-friendly rulings
The chief justice defends court’s impartiality after decisions on abortion, presidential immunity and voting rights
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The questions posed to Dr Heidi Overton yesterday aren’t sources of great confusion. Is mail-order Mifepristone safe? Yes. Is an IUD a form of abortion? Clearly No. Does MMR need to be split into 3 for safety reasons? No. If you can’t answer those 3 questions clearly…
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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