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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If NFL owners want to censor who performs in stadiums, they shouldn't ask taxpayers to help build them. You can't take public subsidies for stadiums then use them as your personal editorial board. Pay for it all out of your own pocket and hold as many Kid Rock concerts as you want to.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Gina Hinojosa: "I have called on Greg Abbott to issue a moratorium and call an emergency special session so that we can pass laws to protect Texans. Right now, we have the wild west of data centers in Texas ... Greg Abbott is all talk ... he's received $20 million from data center interests."
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 17/09/2026
The Trump admin has decimated American science budgets, taking away life saving opportunities, and the potential for groundbreaking discoveries. This is how you destroy American innovation. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis shows
An analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 14/09/2026
A former top elections official is accusing Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins of changing local election results, trying to deceive a federal judge in a voting administration case and illegally using state funds to influence a St. Louis County election. #moleg #mogov
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Former elections official accuses Missouri secretary of state of altering results, misleading judge • Missouri Independent
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is a used of changing local election results, trying to deceive a federal judge in a voting administration case and illegally using state funds to influence a...
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We Stand United Missouri @we-stand-united-mo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Have you RSVP'd yet for the People's Hearing on A.I. Data Centers in Jefferson City? Join us at 1:00 PM on September 16th as we gather from around the state and pack the rotunda to let lawmakers know we're not just watching- we're standing up and speaking out. RSVP here: bit.ly/Peoples-Hear...
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Ghostbird @moghostbird.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is how we lose citizen power. No more We the people. missouriindependent.com/2026/08/19/j...
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Judge blocks referendum on gerrymandered Missouri redistricting plan • Missouri Independent
A Missouri judge on Wednesday promised to rule “quickly” on whether the state can have a referendum on congressional redistriting.
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Mark Sumner 🌒 @devilstower.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Remembering that time ten years ago when Republicans did their best to kill the First Amendment, including introducing legislation in seven states designed to protect drivers who ran down protesters. …
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Across the Country, a Republican Push to Rein In Protesters (Published 2017)
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We Stand United Missouri @we-stand-united-mo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A new pro-Amendment 5 ad tells a DRAMATIC STORY about data centers, “big tech,” and a “1917 tax code” that supposedly lets them “get away tax free.” NEWS FLASH: 1917 has NOTHING to do with data centers. 1917 is when Missouri adopted the state income tax. ⬇️🔴⬇️⚪️⬇️🔵⬇️
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We Stand United Missouri @we-stand-united-mo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🚨 Amendment 4 is on the August 4 primary ballot. For more than 100 years, Missourians have had the power to use the citizen initiative process to put constitutional amendments before voters. ⬇️🔴⬇️⚪️⬇️🔵⬇️
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did on J6 🩸🩸🩸
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The Supreme Court hears arguments tomorrow in Monsanto v. Durnell a case that could gut the ability of Americans to sue pesticide makers for cancer.
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National Wildlife Federation @nwf.org · 15/04/2026
🚨 The National Wildlife Federation and three affiliates filed a lawsuit against the administration’s attempt to allow oil and gas companies to bypass protections for wildlife in the Gulf. 🚨 Read the press release 📲: ow.ly/PRJ550YJWAZ
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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 15/04/2026
If current cuts to the Federal Science Budget proposed by the White House are approved by Congress, that will far-and-away be the largest cut to science since the United States began funding it. Republicans & Democrats alike know there’s no surer path to Making America Not-Great.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
THE SENATE IS VOTING ON THE BOUNDARY WATERS RIGHT NOW! Tonight, while most people are watching TV or putting their kids to bed, the U.S. Senate is taking a vote that could permanently end protections for one of the most beloved wilderness areas in America.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“I have no intention of bringing it back.” Rep. Rusty Grills insists HE won’t bring his pesticide corporation protection bill back, dismissing those against it as “left-wing radicals.”🤔 (Republicans oppose it, incl. @tennesseestands ) Does he mean another rep might?
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 12/04/2026
Latest details on the largest wind farm in the world – to power 3.3 million homes – as it prepares to connect to the grid. As renewables saved the UK £1bn in gas imports in March, Reform UK is still saying it wants to scrap Net Zero.
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World’s largest wind farm is getting plugged in
Hornsea 3 – a vast, offshore, wind farm project – has reached Norfolk, as renewables cut costs and reduce reliance on gas
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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Abt 2.5 million lbs of nitrate-nitrogen will pass by the town of Wapello in the Iowa River today. About 1.6 million lbs will pass through keosauqua in the Des Moines River. 2 rivers, 1 day, 4.1 million lbs. That’s equal to contents of 1200 anhydrous ammonia nurse tanks that you see in fields now.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/04/2026
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” (Published Oct. 2025)
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Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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National Wildlife Federation @nwf.org · 02/02/2026
Healthy waters are essential for wildlife and our way of life. 🌍 But recent federal rollbacks have left most streams and nearly all wetlands unprotected. This #WorldWetlandsDay, speak up for the waters we all depend on. ⏬ From our friends at the NWF Action Fund 📲: ow.ly/lc2B50Y6x2z
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“It’s like call of duty! So cool huh?” Trump’s goons treat shooting at and tear gassing protestors like a video game, caught on national TV on a hot mic One even clapped after Alex Pretti was killed abolish ICE
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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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No, Seriously. Some Rural Communities Want to Die.
How to kill a town in one easy vote.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Baldwin: Without that extension, people are seeing shocking increases in their premiums. I spoke with a small business owner in Milwaukee named Nancy. Nancy is a cancer survivor. She cannot afford to be without health care because she has special medical needs. But her premiums are tripling…
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@KeepItBlueDems.bsky.social @keepitbluedems.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
New Mexico begins cleanup on four abandoned uranium mines sourcenm.com/2025/12/08/n...
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New Mexico begins cleanup on four abandoned uranium mines • Source New Mexico
The four abandoned mines are among an estimated 1,100 that dot the landscape in New Mexico, including about 500 on or near the Navajo Nation.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/12/2025
A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers. The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
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Science journal retracts widely cited study that claimed Roundup is safe
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
my.lwv.org/wisconsin/ev... Thursday
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WEBINAR: From Fields to the Gulf: How Agriculture Shapes the Mississippi River
What's really flowing down the Mississippi? From midwestern farm fields to the Gulf of Mexico, the story of water, agriculture, and the River's health affects us all. Join us for a lunch-hour conversa...
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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Antibiotics sprayed on crops. PFAS approved for commerce. Carcinogens kept on the market. The EPA isn’t protecting the public. It’s protecting the industries driving both a public-health crisis and an insect apocalypse. apple.news/AoVwrXNDwTBa...
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EPA urged to ban spraying of antibiotics on US food crops amid resistance fears — Guardian US
Use of 8m pounds of antibiotics and antifungals a year leads to superbugs and damages human health, lawsuit claims
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Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
word on the street is I'm in the running for best supporting actor here: youtu.be/0Xqa0B9r7Y8?...
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What's Eating Iowa: Episode 1 - Water
YouTube video by Iowans for Stronger Communities
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 09/11/2025
This is so deeply cruel and unjust.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 07/11/2025
"Under Gov. Hochul’s leadership, New Yorkers’ voices were silenced to appease President Trump’s fossil fuel priorities," said one critic.
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Hochul Draws Fury Over Fracked Gas Pipeline Approval
"Under Gov. Hochul’s leadership, New Yorkers’ voices were silenced to appease President Trump’s fossil fuel priorities," said one critic.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 05/11/2025
In compliance with Trump's sanctions, YouTube has deleted the accounts of three Palestinian human rights groups, removing hundreds of videos that documented Israel's human rights violations.
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YouTube Removed Hundreds of Videos of Israeli Human Rights Violations to Comply With Trump Sanctions
"YouTube is being complicit in silencing the voices of Palestinian victims,” said a spokesperson for the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, whose channel was deleted.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/11/2025
Our analysis of EPA air monitoring data shows that companies have far underestimated the pollution caused by their facilities. At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions. @lisalsong.bsky.social, 📸: @annie-flanagan.bsky.social
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Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/11/2025
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers: “We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
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How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
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Ghostbird @moghostbird.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
We need to overhaul our food system. investigatemidwest.org/2025/04/30/u...
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Underage workers, millions of dollars and trucks full of dead chickens — inside the business of killing in response to bird flu - Investigate Midwest
When a poultry farm tests positive for bird flu, the clock starts. Within the first 72 hours, farmers start depopulating, an industry term for killing contaminated flocks. Despite the sweltering heat ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/11/2025
An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems. The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.
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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 30/10/2025
A North Carolina GOP official tried to use Trump to scare a ProPublica journalist into killing a critical story: ​“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump administration,” he said. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
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North Carolina GOP Official Uses 'Connections With the Trump Admin' to Threaten ProPublica Journalist
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump administration,” said the North Carolina GOP's communications director. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food. He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
Rep. Clay Higgins: 

There are 22 million American households receiving SNAP benefits for groceries, at $4200 per year on average. 
 Try to get your head wrapped around how many pantries you can stock with $4200 dollars in properly shopped groceries. 
  Any American who has been receiving $4200 dollars per year of free groceries and does NOT have at least 1 month of groceries stocked should never again receive SNAP, because wow, stop smoking crack.
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Ā. Sömmer @midmapdadenergy.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
In the book 1984, which I don’t believe most people who say they have read it have actually read it, the government has an entire agency that just goes back and edits documents to match the current needs. This is precisely that.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🔥 COACH SULLY: “Let’s see what $4.3 TRILLION looks like when each party gets their hands on it… the oligarchs are laughing all the way to the bank (with Republicans)…”
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 26/10/2025
Uncovering the role of chemical pollutants in shaping biological invasions buff.ly/On0nuux | #ProcB #Ecology #EnvironmentalScience
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 20/10/2025
The GOP is trying to con Americans into accepting a deal that will make their health care more expensive by fearmongering about health care for undocumented immigrants. Undocumented people aren’t eligible to enroll in Medicare and Medicaid. Don’t fall for their scam.
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Ghostbird @moghostbird.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Industrial Ag, oil and gas don’t care about this country. It’s all a grift. Wake up farmers. Row croppers and ranchers are bound to be serfs with this administration. They’ll keep spending your checkoff dollars on this and Ag groups will keep bootlicking the GOP #farming
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jacksimon.bsky.social @jacksimon.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
The Bluesky government accounts want unhinged engagement with their accounts to screenshot and provide to Fox News to justify their authoritarianism and I’m not going to do their work for them it’s my day off.
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 13/10/2025
This week’s main story is about Paramount’s decision to name Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS News, the future of U.S. journalism, and why we think she shouldn’t describe her endeavors as “punk.” Bari, look at us: You are not punk. Joe Strummer would’ve hated your fancy Substack, Bari!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
“Fascism is a political system built on control, fear, and loyalty to a strong leader. Fascism attacks democracy.” A quick primer on fascism and anti-fascism:
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 26/09/2025
🤩 Love seeing our volunteers on the news!! 🤩 from @kmbc9.bsky.social #kcmo #missouri #moleg
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Respect Missouri Voters gathers signatures to protect citizen petition process from new restrictions
Respect Missouri Voters is collecting signatures for a constitutional amendment to protect the citizen petition process from new restrictions.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
JUST NOW: @aoc on the Republican Charlie Kirk resolution Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DOym49N...
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