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@mmyers2016.bsky.social
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Retired public school SLP. Be inclusive and imagine a better world. We don’t have to accept cruelty in leadership or policy…ever. 🚫DM’s, finance or charity solicitation please.

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 8h
Of course it was all lies. All the fuckers do is lie
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Eric Feltman @chefericfeltman.bsky.social · 12h
🥟 Through Turkey, poğaça appear everywhere, soft oval breakfast breads dating to the Ottomans. These are the classic kind, stuffed with feta and parsley, their sesame‑topped crusts still warm from the bake. #TheOutpost #Cooking #Cooksky #Foodsky #Baking #Bakesky #Recipe Click here for recipe 🍽️🍜👨‍🍳🐝🦋
Golden, oval Turkish poğaça pastries on a cooling rack, brushed with egg wash and topped with black sesame seeds, filled with feta and parsley.
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 8h
Close the loopholes.
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 8h
This should be hammered on repeat. And the reason for it...an entire political party that is too afraid to show up for a vote.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16h
Again, you can always detect some faint embarrassment from Democrats when they talk about the ballroom, but “the president demolished a big part of the White House to build himself a palace with bribes from enemy powers” is, by an order of magnitude, the worst corruption scandal in US history
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A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 11h
There is no reality where $100 is a significant amount of money. He should be hanging his head in shame, not bragging about it.
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 13h
We were always going to end up here. Unregulated, unaccountable education promoted by Republicans as the only solution to failing public schools which actually accelerates failure through defunding. A theft of resources on an unimaginable level.
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 13h
"crime spree" is the perfect description
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 19h
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 13h
Yeah, nothing says amiable environment as much as ongoing skeletal pain from simply showing up to work and knowing your employer is gonna then blame you for not meeting some arbitrary fitness goal (so it's your fault, not theirs). Lots of people will be clamoring for that job I bet.
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 23h
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Well, this is good but I honestly never believed we were capable of this level of cruelty. What purpose did this serve other than malicious power and gloating?
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Jermaine Fowler @thehumanityarchive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
He called them "roadblocks to orders that are given by a commander in chief." A lawyer who says an order is illegal is a roadblock. A general who listens to that lawyer is a roadblock. A soldier who refuses is a roadblock. Purging the officers who might refuse is how coups begin
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Jermaine Fowler @thehumanityarchive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pete Hegseth announced yesterday that the U.S. military will cut 20 percent of its generals and admirals by January 1, 2027. In February 2025 he fired the top lawyers for the Army and Air Force, the officers who advise commanders on whether an order is legal.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/10/2026
Americans: you are not outraged enough about this. Christians: this is absolute blasphemy www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/p...
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‘God made Trump’ ad and at least 12 others are part of controversial taxpayer-funded ad campaign | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has created at least 13 campaign-style ads as part of its controversial taxpayer-funded, multi-million-dollar effort to promote President Donald Trump and his policies.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
McDonald's is now reportedly pressuring franchisees to use AI to price food. Its CEO raked in $20.6M last year, over 1,000x the median McDonald's worker pay of $19,020. And they remain one of the largest employers of Medicaid and SNAP recipients. I'm not lovin' it.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
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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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Women...imagine the worst
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump needs to stop with the "Tsar" shit. Does he really want me to feel like I'm living in Russia?
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
THIS is what they've decided is their best message for the elections? Make them pay dearly I say. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The GOP’s Culture-War Hail Mary
Will it work?
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Nothing to lose." Read that again. It's the most dangerous phrase in business, in negotiation, and in war. Per US officials…Trump is reportedly weighing boots on the ground in Iran after the midterms. When a man stops counting the cost….we damn sure better be.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And so it continues... Our economic debates seem utterly disconnected from the reality. That reality: This is an economy mostly creating healthcare jobs, and it does so month after month, and everything else is just noise.
Line chart titled "Effectively all of the net job creation has been in healthcare and social assistance, and jobs are shrinking in the rest of the economy" showing change in non-farm payrolls since January 2025 through September 2026. Healthcare and social assistance added 998,000 jobs with consistent growth throughout the period, while the rest of the economy lost 222,000 jobs, meaning all net job creation came from healthcare. The rest of the economy showed particular weakness from May through August 2025 when losses reached 218,000 jobs. This striking divergence reveals an unusual concentration where one sector's growth of roughly 48,000 jobs per month has offset persistent contraction across all other industries combined.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm not sure who saw this coming, but so far nearly all the jobs created during the second Trump administration have gone to women.
Line chart titled "So far during Trump's second term, just 8% of all job growth has gone to men" showing change in employment by gender since January 2025. Total nonfarm employment grew by 776,000 jobs through September 2026, with women gaining 711,000 positions (92% of growth) while men added only 65,000 jobs (8% of growth). Women's employment gains accelerated sharply through 2026, reaching 711,000 by September, while men's employment growth remained flat with brief periods of decline, including a drop of 96,000 jobs in February 2026.
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Becky Masson @easyrecipesdash.com · 01/10/2026
Best 7 Cucumber Salad Recipes for Refreshing and Delicious Flavors A little homemade inspiration for your kitchen today! 🍜🍽️👨‍🍳🔥 #recipes #recipe #food #foodsky #cooking #lifestyle #wellness #fitness #health #gardening #photography 🥩🍰🍲🥤🥦🍑🍋🌿🌱🌾📸😻  
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Best 7 Cucumber Salad Recipes for Refreshing and Delicious Flavors
When the temperature rises and I’m craving something light, crisp, and full of flavor, a fresh Cucumber Salad is always at the top of my list. Whether you’re looking for an easy cucumber salad for a quick lunch, a refreshing Healthy Side Dish for family dinners, or one of the best BBQ Side Dishes fo
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And not one person said, "Wait just a minute. Hold on there." or "Hell no, that's illegal." This is why I blame all of the GOP.
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So is this how sheriff/ police depts in FL plan to make up lost revenue if Amendment 3 passes here? apple.news/AlQxULbBtTCS...
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How Local Police Get Paid Big Money for Just a Few Immigration Arrests — The Wall Street Journal
Department of Homeland Security gives local agencies as much as $2 million for each arrest in a nationwide task force
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
G7 leaders swallowing a poison pill. And I seriously doubt it will make any difference in Trump's thinking or Nov. trajectory. He'll dislike them even more if he's dependent on them so don't expect a "thank you" from him any time soon. ground.news/article/g7-l...
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G7 leaders agree to release up to 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil
Member countries in the Group of Seven agreed on Friday to release tens of millions of barrels of diesel fuel and crude oil, the latest move by industrial economies around the world to cap soaring gas...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Similarly, people keep asking me if immigration will get much better if Democrats retake Congress and the answer is "probably not." ICE is largely insulated from Congressional pushback (the 2026 budget reconciliation bill funded them through 2029) and hearings and subpoenas can only do so much.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
Weeks after Russell Vought told Congress that Bilt had fixed its problems without the need of CFPB enforcement, nearly 1,900 Bilt customers received mistaken debt collection notices saying they owed hundreds or even thousands of dollars on their cards.
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The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.
Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Custo...
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lol. Xi Jinping & Donald Trump agreed for China to buy 10m tonnes of US coal in 2027 and 2028. But in 2024, we exported 12m tonnes to China. When Trump put tariffs on China it dropped to zero. So Trump breaks something and then claims success when he fixes it. www.carbonbrief.org/china-briefi...
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China Briefing 1 October 2026: Xi-Trump summit | ‘Trade war’ plea | ‘Strongest’ El Niño - Carbon Brief
The summit between Chinese president and US yielded an agreement on buying coal, and more news related to climate change and China from this fortnight.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Unlike the unscientific and fantastical claims of OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs and those who uncritically repeat their talking points, the harmful, and well-documented, impacts of these companies’ products have arisen because people believe that the products are superintelligent, not because they actually are.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump’s tax cuts – and botched tariffs – will add $1.2 trillion to federal deficits over the next 5 years. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Notably, the GOP's preferred solution is vouchers which is among the "highest cost, least effective" options. GOP education reforms were never about improvement, they were always about enriching themselves or their cronies. Byron Donalds in FL is a prime example. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts (Gift Article)
Math and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around?
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’ll be interesting to see how the majority deals with this after reasoning that abortion was a “states” issue in their Dobbs decision. Will they try to overturn Dobbs essentially?
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Florida's not getting this reimbursed, are we?(which the GOP assured us we were). Can you say '"waste, fraud, and abuse"? apple.news/AHDaUNLPRTy6...
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New federal report raises concerns about Alligator Alcatraz costs — Tampa Bay Times
The GAO report said the DeSantis administration ran the site without proper authorization from federal immigration officials.
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Spew alert...🤮
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A.I. companies will need to find at least $4.2 trillion a year in new revenue by 2031 to pay for their data center buildout, per Bain.
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How will we ever move past this abject cruelty? www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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ICE Deportees Are Vanishing Into Salvadoran Prisons
The world moved on after Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but people continue to disappear.
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Florida Phoenix @floridaphoenix.com · 29/09/2026
The two political committees opposing Amendment 3, Floridians for Shared Prosperity and Vote No on 3 Florida, have raised a combined $537,357. That’s a ratio of more than 33:1 that the pro-Amendment 3 forces have raised so far over the opposition. floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/29/t...
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The pro-Amendment 3 campaign is outspending the opposition by a 33-1 ratio • Florida Phoenix
A report shows that the campaign working to see Amendment 3 on the statewide ballot win approval in November is vastly outspending opponents of the measure. The campaign to fund the measure raised $18...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He’s a Destroyer. And who is he helping ‘cuz his chaos sure isn’t helping American industries?
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A good reason why we need to regain control of both chambers of Congress in Nov. Americans deserve answers which we’ll never get if GOP retains control of even one.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Imagine being the worst Senator from Missouri when your only competition is Josh Hawley…
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 29/09/2026
Don’t ask an elected official if they “believe” in climate change, it’s not a religion. Don’t ask if they think it’s serious: it is. Ask them what matters most: what are they doing about it? Excellent application here, 10/10 no notes 👏⬇️👏
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mmyers @mmyers2016.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm just gonna assume this was always part of the plan.
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