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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 4h
“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 6h
Huh. Former GOP governor Bill Graves on why he's endorsing Democrat @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social for Senate: "I’ve just been terribly disappointed and alarmed at the congressional level in the Republicans’ willingness to yield so easily, so readily, to this executive branch."
By Praveena Somasundaram
Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton, who has unexpectedly turned deep red Kansas into a toss-up, has drawn high-profile Republican supporters as he tries to pull off one of the biggest upsets of the midterms.

Two former GOP governors in Kansas, Mike Hayden and Bill Graves, endorsed Hamilton, writing op-eds, giving interviews and appearing in campaign videos in which they say his opponent, incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall, is no longer the right fit for the state.

“I’ve just been terribly disappointed and alarmed at the congressional level in the Republicans’ willingness to yield so easily, so readily, to this executive branch and yielding to actions that a lot of Americans don’t think make a lot of sense,” Graves said in an interview on Friday.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If that had happened to me, I would have assumed I was being carjacked.
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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“That’s the problem, Mike. It’s not just that you hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office, and you have promoted neo-Nazi content online,” Ossoff said. “It’s that you’re robbing your constituents to subsidize your donors.” talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/s...
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Somehow, Mike Collins Was Completely Unprepared for Questions About His Neo-Nazi Ties During Senate Debate
Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) failed to answer a question about who won...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Republicans gave corporations a huge tax cut. The deficit exploded again. Now they want to blow another massive hole by borrowing billions more for weapons to feed the endless series of Republican wars. The national credit card is maxed out while Republicans enrich themselves.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
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ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What a stupid and intellectually dishonest answer by JD Vance. He defines socialism as anything that's icky. Under that definition, I think lima beans are socialist.
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Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This man is unfit in every possible sense of the word. He is the worst impulses of this nation given physical form, and it is the duty of every single one of us who actually believe in freedom and democracy to make sure he and his followers are banished from power.
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Magpie @magpieofthesea.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 05/10/2026
The Army announced last year that it had enough of a model of armored vehicle and that any more deliveries would be “excess.” But Congress found a way to keep funding alive for the vehicle, and executives at the company found a way to flood key members of Congress with donations. buff.ly/nbAEUVa
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pro Publica’s bombshell report is as detailed a story about government corruption as you’re going to get. And Susan Collins is right in the middle of it.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Vote against all Republicans to stop them from stealing from you.
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left (Gift Article)
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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump: "The one thing we have is oil is a little high, but oil is much lower than it was for Biden" (Energy prices are much higher now than they were when Biden left office)
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mike Rogers has the audacity to lie to you about his plan like he didn't vote 4 times to stop you from getting cheaper medication from Canada, take $1M from Big Pharma, and vote 19 times to keep prescription drug prices higher. GTFOH.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇 👇 👇
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#FDT This dude is a legend!
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘After the incident with Usman, Robb told Muse to stop giving his address. To test the bot, he asked a few friends to see if Muse would still share it. “And it literally gave my address out to five people,” he said.’ 😱 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta’s AI agent Muse gives out user’s home address without permission, sending buyer to his house
The new AI agent, Muse, was released last week and has been downloaded by 3 million users
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Seán MacGabhann @seanmacgabhann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Because it's a consumer product specifically designed to woo Jo and Josephine public, I'm begging people not to use Muse, or any of its likely competitors
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Meta’s AI agent Muse gives out user’s home address without permission, sending buyer to his house
The new AI agent, Muse, was released last week and has been downloaded by 3 million users
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
John Oliver lists off just some of Ken Paxton’s scandals: “Paxton spent nearly 9 years under indictment for securities fraud... He was also accused of bribery and abuse of office by eight of his own top deputies... But wait, because I'm still not done.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here's Trump saying tariff money is the Republicans' "income" and they can do what they want with it. The Republican Party is a Mafia-style gang, not a political organization.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 21/09/2026
I didn’t know Beehiiv had a program to support independent journalists. Members get access to tools, a health insurance stipend, legal protection, and waived hosting fees. Oh, and they don’t proudly host Nazis like Substack. ✌️ [niemanlab.org]
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Beehiiv is the latest platform to try to lure independent journalists with perks
These types of programs are likely to continue to come and go, as the needs of journalists and the platforms’ businesses evolve.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Did Substack post yesterday including plaque from downtown Montgomery AL recognizing civil rights newspaper The Southern Courier. Where I worked for a while. fallows.substack.com/p/running-as... For space reasons had pic only of front side of plaque in original post. That's shown here. (cont..)
Historical plaque honoring The Southern Courier, in Alabama, which operated 1965-1968.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ken Paxton deletes his tweet referring to Cypress, Texas as “Cyprus” after James Talarico calls him out.
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r/protectUSelections @protectuselections.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Each of them knew it, and knew that Trump was terrible. Download this video and share on your social accounts. Musk pulled it down on X - let’s flood the internet, and his feed with this…
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Each of them knew it, and knew that Trump was terrible. Download this video and share on your social accounts. Musk pulled it down on X - let’s flood the internet, and his feed with this…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
😂 there were more people behind JD (for the camera shot) than in front of him
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My mom had polio when she was five. She was living on a US military base in Japan (1947). Four kids on the base died. She was the only survivor.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My grandfather, who is 102 and a medical doctor, has told me about the times before polio was cured. Most years, upon returning to school after summer’s break, there would be some children would didn’t make it back to school because of polio.
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A Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My 95 year old grandma cried when she heard people weren't vaccinating their kids against polio.
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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 16/09/2026
the hardest thing for the politician-bureaucrats to understand -- but which NSF staff *absolutely do* understand and always have -- is that you actually make scientific progress by giving young people money and promising not to bother them
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Yep. If El-Sayed frames his appeal this way, it's harder for JD Vance to pretend to be outraged about it.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I don't understand why more people don't connect Trump calling Somalis "garbage" with the Hutus calling the Tutsis "cockroaches" and the Nazis calling the Jews "vermin." We know where it starts, and we know where it ends.
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Mike Golic Jr @mikegolicjr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
full review 🫶🏻
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Next week, billionaire donors and their puppet politicians will gather at a convention in Dallas to toast their own corruption. In the shadow of this Billionaire Ball, we’ll be collecting food to help Texans struggling with rising grocery prices. JOIN: bit.ly/GroceryDriveTX
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What a list. Imagine if Obama did even one of these things. www.meidasplus.com/p/the-75-mos...
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Tom Comerford @tomcomerford.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"do whatever it takes to make sure you vote and your vote gets counted"
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The facts you need to know to explain that what Trump is doing has nothing to do with supposed noncitizen voting and everything to do with preventing eligible Americans from casting their ballots. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
After decades of service to our country, starting as a Navy pilot & finishing as a 3-star admiral, Nancy Lacore was removed from her position without cause. She's running for Congress in #SC01 to put her experience, values & voice to work for you. #BlueWaveIn60Days #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Trump’s best business insight is realizing there’s a huge market of people who want to let everyone around them know that they’re a giant asshole.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Not a cult
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026
In the face of threats, Sen. Mark Kelly continues to stand up to this incompetent regime. Full interview: www.meidasplus.com/p/sen-mark-k...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
You can’t say you weren’t warned
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Respect, Kacey Musgraves 🫡 @theyoungcenter.bsky.social —> www.theyoungcenter.org
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 30/08/2026
The GOP captured the Supreme Court in response to decades of progress — but it doesn't have to be this way.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/08/2026
Broken swing sets? Missing basketball nets? Have no fear, Renew Crew is here. Neighborhood parks are meant for recreation — not frustration. If it’s broken, this crew will fix it. If it’s run-down, they’ll renew it. Renew Crew: Coming soon to a park near you.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A racist regime delighting in the pain of Black and Brown people in the country legally It was never just about illegal immigration
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