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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 23h

Matt Dunlap’s opponent for this open seat is Paul LePage, who as Governor refused to expand Medicaid for his entire tenure, denying many constituents healthcare, & who has called Social Security “welfare.” EARLY VOTE FOR MATT DUNLAP STARTS TOMORROW!!!

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

High school senior Elder Chavez Carranza is an immigrant living in the US legally under a program for abused or neglected children One day he went to buy food when a cop asked for his papers-which he didn’t have that day. So ICE put him in detention He has been incarcerated for more than 200 days

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time

“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Voting isn't asking for power; it is the power. If you are in AZ, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MS, OH, TN, or TX, the deadline to register is Monday, Oct. 5. Verify your status today and make sure your community is prepared. Let's do this together. 💪 #LetsGetVoteReady #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In one of the gravest scientific injustices I have encountered: herrings use gas to communicate, literally they fart to communicate and the effect is called "fast repetitive ticks" abbreviated "FRTs" And NOT PRONOUNCED FARTS. I'm still mad. www.snexplores.org/article/anim...

snexplores.org

Farting fish and tooting manatees — how some animals use gas

Humans think farts are funny — but some animals rely on farts for flotation, communication and more.

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Alan Wessman @alanwessman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Regardless of the merits of data centers, this is not an appropriate use of public lands, because it monopolizes the land for a single private entity rather than keeping the land as multi-use, defeating the whole idea of public lands. Let Valar purchase its own land if it needs space.

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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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026

I have a college grad son and a daughter currently in college. I told both of them & their friends this: If you’re assaulted on campus, tell the school, but also go to the local police. It’s a criminal matter. The school’s main mission is to protect its own interests. You need to protect yours.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Pete Hegseth removing tenure protections shows precisely why they are needed. He wants to silence dissent by being able to fire anyone who questions his vision of the military. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

militarytimes.com

Hegseth halts tenure appointments for civilian faculty at military academies

Military academies will no longer appoint civilian faculty to tenured positions as Hegseth says it can contribute to “academic stagnation.”

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In court filing, man accused of setting Jan 6 Capitol Hill pipe bombs asks court to suppress his "confession" Defense says agents conducted a "methodical dismantling of a man whose autism spectrum disorder left him unable to withstand the psychologically coercive tactics deployed against him"

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AltSSA @altssa.altgov.info · 30/09/2026

So Trump accounts just went from a stupid thing that SSA was unfortunately roped into being involved with to something that is problematic on a few levels. Auto enrolling kids into an account managed by a private investment company is just putting all our kids info up for sale without consent. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ebola is spreading through Congo faster than it did in West Africa. Trump’s USAID cuts weakened detection systems as the virus spread undetected for weeks. Now 3,924 are dead, health workers are striking, and a politician was beaten to death after urging people to take Ebola seriously.

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Ebola is out of control in Congo after Trump's USAID cuts weakened its early detection system

Congo is facing its deadliest Ebola outbreak as it spreads faster than it did in the W Africa epidemic. Trump’s USAID cuts weakened warning and sample-transport systems that experts say contributed to...

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#ResistanceEarth In the darkness of the deep sea, 80% of organisms use bioluminescence to find food, deter predators and attract mates. Now more plastic debris is sinking into the abyss. When deep-sea organisms ingest it, it can hamper their ability to emit light. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

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More plastic, less glow? Pollution threatens deep sea’s bioluminescent life, experts warn

Scientists are raising concerns that deep sea plastic may be affecting the ability of bioluminescent organisms to find mates and food.

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Indivisible Memphis @indivisiblememphis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Immigrant Pantry Memphis, Tn 75 families. Nearly 400 people. One week. That’s what the need looked like at the Immigrant Pantry this week—and it continues to grow. In just the last six weeks, our volunteers have completed 395 deliveries supporting households with more than 2,000 people. 1/

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One reason the far right authoritarian party is s obsessed with voter fraud is because so many of its elected officials do not legally reside where they say they do

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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

More than half a million Americans registered or updated their registration in 1 day last week. That’s what happens when people refuse to let Trump, his EOs, or voter-suppression games decide who gets a voice. Check your status, make a plan, and vote blue. #BlueWaveIn40Days #USDemocracy

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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Donald Johnson is 81. He has driven over 200,000 miles delivering lost luggage as his wife Josephine has cancer & he needs to pay her medical bills. “It’s the only job that will hire me.” Vote blue for a country where 81-year-olds get to care for their wives. #BlueWaveIn40Days

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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wiley Nickel (D-NC) makes such a valid point here about voting all the way down ballot and not leaving any race without a vote. In 2020 Cherie Beasley lost her election for NC Supreme Court by 401 votes. Let’s get a #BlueWaveIn40Days by voting for every Democrat on the ballot.

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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“When fires burn vegetation and roots that help hold soil in place, hillsides can become more vulnerable to erosion. Some burned soils can also repel water, allowing rainfall to run off more quickly rather than soaking into the ground, which can lead to flash floods and mudslides.”

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Sediment is shrinking reservoir storage in the West. Wildfires could make it worse

Reservoirs across the West are slowly losing space to store water as dirt, sand and other sediment pile up behind dams, according to new research.

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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

RFK Jr cut off grants for racial health disparities and put the money toward erectile dysfunction, low sperm count--and his own excessive security apparatus www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

When Kennedy first started, the HHS Office of the Inspector General staffed up to prepare to protect him, but shortly after he opted for protection by the U.S. Marshals Service, people familiar with the matter said. A handful of cabinet-level figures in past decades have received a security detail from the marshals, a division of the Justice Department.

Previous HHS secretaries were protected by agents in the HHS inspector general’s office, and their security cost roughly $5 million a year, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Progress is possible, but not guaranteed. Let's talk about how we keep going—amid setbacks and uncertainty—at a critical moment for the country and the world. Join our conversation at #CGI2026 at 4:30 PM ET: clintonglobal.org/2026

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james, but scary. @abacadabber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They really should be explicit in the headline that the rise in South Asian hate rhetoric is stemming directly from the united states government.

Screenshot from article: “A recent example came last week when the Department of Homeland Security posted an image on social media depicting an Indian man with the words "Get off our roads, you don't know how to drive Mr. Singh."”

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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Census Bureau tells staff not to talk publicly about its new rule, which would dramatically shift how the survey is conducted and redistribute political power from blue states to red ones.

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Exclusive: Census Bureau Directs Staff to Keep Quiet During Comment Period for Controversial New Rule

Leadership at the Census Bureau has ordered staff to halt all external...

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Postcards to Voters @tovoters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We're organizing volunteers across the U.S. to mail handwritten election reminder #PostcardsToVoters for 9 Democrats in 6 states: Cooper (NC) • DeFranco (GA) • Earls (NC) • Lacore (SC) • Ossoff (GA) • Powell (NE) • Pulido (TX) • Shah (AZ) • Talarico (TX) Email: Join@TonyTheDemocrat.org Write on!

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Arizona Star is doing stand-out reporting on the plight of Ahmed Soliman, who grew up in Phoenix (since he was 4). ICE paid $7.5 million to Equatorial Guinea, a repressive dictatorship with a history of torture, to send him and others there. Now he's been tortured. 1/2 tucson.com/news/local/b...

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Six key points on the ‘retaliatory’ arrest of a Phoenix man deported to Africa

The Arizona Daily Star has been reporting on the plight of dozens of people imprisoned at a decommissioned hotel in Equatorial Guinea, including one man who grew up in Phoenix,

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The 51st @51st.news · 15/09/2026

NEW: Looking to lend a hand? Each week, we round up ways to work with our neighbors to build a better D.C. Here's this week's list:

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14 ways to volunteer and organize in D.C. this week

Congressional Black Caucus Week networking, a museum birthday party, and more ways to get involved.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 15/09/2026

Today is National Voter Registration Day. Everyone should check their voter registration status, especially if you've moved, changed your name, or haven't voted in a couple of cycles. And if you're a first-time voter, why not register? It takes two minutes.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 14/09/2026

There's A LOT of ways the Trump admin is currently attacking & decimating American science. Here's a breakdown of what they are doing, and what you can do about it. 🧵

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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#PostcardsToVoters has 8 campaigns! To write with us, start at linktr.ee/postcardstov... Postcards by a friend

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 14/09/2026

Glad folks are appalled by photos of the "phone booth" cage under an awning, but pls understand: This IG report is likely part of a cover-up. Amnesty Int'l interviewed detainees EIGHT MONTHS AGO who said the cage was half this size (couldn't stand up), had no awning, w feet chained to the bottom.

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Steve @tnsteve.com · 12/09/2026

Happy to help translate trump bullshit for you.

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Mohave County Indivisible @mohaveindv.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We saw this on another social media app. Turning Point is placing this false signage around the Phoenix Metro Area. There are versions in both English and Spanish.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Every single person who demanded that people be arrested and their lives ruined because Trump couldn't admit the fuck-up should be sued, arrested, thrown out of their jobs, including Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/c...

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Reflecting Pool Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Damage (Gift Article)

The contractor said the pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

NEW: It's one of the most important elections this fall if you care about voting rights. Anita Earls was a career civil rights attorney before she joined North Carolina’s Supreme Court. Now she faces a Republican who has pushed many of the GOP election laws you’ve no doubt heard about.

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They’ve Long Clashed on Voting Rights. Now They’re Facing Off for a Supreme Court Seat. - Bolts

North Carolina Justice Anita Earls, a former voting rights lawyer, and Sarah Stevens, a longtime legislator, have been on opposite sides of election issues for over a decade.

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Nancy Vogt @mrpeabody323.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Halloo! I'm happy to say I've made a contribution to Niall to support Tina's Hospital ❤️🐶❤️ and I hope that you will too, if you're able. Thank you!

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For those who are new, Joe DiGenova has spent the last 30 years baselessly accusing Democrats of committing crimes. If he is saying publicly the Trump administration pushed him out because he wouldn’t bring cases because there was no evidence, things are really bad.

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