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Nshrubs

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Ex-Arizonan mostly in Seattle. Don't mess with public schools, the environment, or my goddamned uterus. Find me elsewhere @Nshrubs@mstdn.social

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David Condos @davidcondos.bsky.social · 6h
NPR reporting a huge data center is now planned next to Price, Utah
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Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · 5h
SSA is falling far short of its splashy goal of 200M mySocialSecurity accounts. This raises questions of how well leadership understands the needs of people who use SSA services & how well their tools serve them. Too bad they fired their customer experience staff! www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
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SSA’s lead had set a goal of 200M online accounts this year — experts say that might prove challenging
The Trump administration recently achieved 105 million online accounts, and lawyers are increasingly encouraging clients to make them as more services go digital.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
Rep. Rich McCormick on data centers: "They're not gonna use your water. They're gonna keep your electricity rate low. They're gonna pay for your teachers, schools, roads, most likely your property taxes. You're gonna have more jobs. It's gonna be an amazing thing to have in your neighborhood."
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 5h
If only there was video for Dan Bishop accusing me (during a Homeland Security interrogation) of being some kind of spy due to the gap in my resume (1997-2007). Bishop: “Where were you during that time period?” Me: Looks around the room very confused. “Uh.. playing professional basketball?”
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 14h
When the “censorship industrial complex” myth was just getting started, in Fall 2022, I got a public records request from the AG’s office of Missouri looking for all my emails related to my team’s election rumor research. The Missouri AG at that time? Eric Schmitt. What a tool.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
Rep. Rich McCormick blames OBAMA for high gas prices in the year of our lord 2026
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 7h
This young woman, just 21, has already been driven out of the state. Another guy in this story has young kids who only know him as Dad and can no longer take his son to the men’s room. Sensitive reporting (as always) by @caseyparks.bsky.social
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Alex DiBranco @alexdibranco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why would some women support misogynist movements? I discussed for this article how such women see themselves as different from the women these ideologies demonize. “It gives them status and elevates them over the oppression they would otherwise face.” But this is an imagined distinction.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 6h
christ this infuriates me. ACA bridged the gap between my divorce (with loss of spousal benefits) and medicare eligibility. without it, I would not have had access to health care for eight years.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5h
When Trump opened up Bears Ears, the hobbyists swooped in [via @grist.org]
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When Trump opened up Bears Ears, the hobbyists swooped in
All the new claims appear to be small-scale local miners interested in uranium.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 16h
The most bizarre thing about this idiotic, embarrassing line of questioning by Eric Schmitt is that it’s totally irrelevant Even if Jack Smith went to a basketball game in Atlanta-he didn’t-there isn’t even a scintilla of proof that he met, much less conspired with Fani Willis 35 days
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 19h
She was doxxed by a Chi Phi alum who implored his followers to “help a Chi Phi.” Just in case anyone thought that organization was remotely redeemable.
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 18h
A survey found 82% of Arizonans oppose selling trust land to housing developers, even as GOP lawmakers press the idea story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
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Selling Arizona trust land won't guarantee more housing, land chief tells lawmakers
The state land chief says selling Arizona trust land won't guarantee more housing gets built, as Republican rage about leases for solar farms
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yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 18h
"The timing means Rude’s name will be on the ballot for the Nov. 3 election. Until Tuesday, he had been expected to win a fifth term against a Democratic challenger, Derek Sarley."
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 18h
When it came out I visited my high school (they paid me to it was like reparations) and met w the kids who ran the Consent Club. The culture they described was nearly identical to the one I'd grown up in. 20 years earlier. There's just no recourse. It's the only crime the victim gets punished for.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
when you need to be cut off from the Diet Coke refills (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Trump, looking extremely orange with his eyes barely open, with Zuckerberg today at the WH
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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I want to underscore that there is an ***open and active police investigation*** related to Alpha School’s boot camp. The events in question took place more than a week ago. This is major news. Alpha can refuse to answer my questions. But they cannot refuse to answer the Sheriff’s Department.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"This was surprising to me to learn, that currently applicants need 30 plus permits from eight different departments to build housing in the city." -Seattle Budget Director Aly Pennucci just now
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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KUER @kuer.org · 29/09/2026
Trail trash is a growing problem in #Utah, but that doesn't really explain why the Pliking volunteers once found an abandoned vacuum. 🤯
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Utah’s trails are getting trashy. Going ‘pliking’ helps keep ‘em clean
It’s time to get out on a hike to see Utah’s fall colors pop, but the growing trail trash problem might make it less enjoyable. The best thing you can do to help is set a good example.
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Alerts from NWS Flagstaff AZ (UNOFFICIAL) @fgz.nws-bot.us · 29/09/2026
1 NW Lees Ferry [Coconino Co, AZ] Other Federal reports Flash Flood at 6:45 AM MST -- The gage on the Paria River near Lees Ferry (PLFA3) has reported a 5.6 foot rise in 1 hour. a... at Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:03:38 +0000 via IEMbot Additional Details Here.
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why are the hosts of this show incandescent that Wilson is going through the exact same process as every prior mayor except Harrell, who did no public process before springing Shon Barnes on the city? Wilson Derangement Syndrome has got them!
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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 29/09/2026
At this point they're basically inventing reasons to be mad at Katie Wilson
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Pilots and air traffic controllers operate under immense stress—and yet, they are far too often penalized for seeking the mental health care they need.   The Senate just passed two bipartisan bills led by myself and Sen. John Hoeven to help fix that. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Senate approves mental health legislation for US pilots, air traffic controllers
The US Senate approved bipartisan legislation ​to modernize regulations on mental health guidance for pilots and air traffic controllers to encourage early disclosure ‌and treatment.
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There's a new twist in New York's wildest real estate fight. The Saudi businessman recruited by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to buy the iconic Pierre Hotel was supposed to put down a $100 million deposit weeks ago. But the money is M.I.A. www.vanityfair.com/story/pierre...
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A New Twist in the Battle for the Billionaires’ Hotel
Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Dell, and the King of Morocco were all approached to buy The Pierre, according to recently released documents reviewed by Vanity Fair. But it was Saudi businessman Motasem Kha...
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is where having a Secretary of Education who cares and is knowledgeable about education would be an advantage
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29/09/2026
While the Trump administration is framing the policy as “accountability” for higher education, and some are welcoming the move, others see it as an attack on those whose work is important regardless of salary. trib.al/Jb4Efl9
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I said this a lot in 2024, which is, media were completely terrified of asking Trump basic factual questions that he obviously didn't know the answer to because it would have seemed "gauche". All we got was horse race conversations that pretended Trump had any inkling of how anything at all worked.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Warren: "This has been their argument every time -- they cut taxes and say, 'Ultimately it's really going to pay off for you.' What's happened every time? The academics study it very carefully and say, 'What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.'"
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You know what's messed up is this is like the fourth time in twenty years I've read this exact headline
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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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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here's a clip where Mike Minogue calls protecting reproductive rights a "distraction" because he's an anti-abortion right-winger. Minogue is just like every other Republican, no matter how much he tries to act like he's different.
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Joshua Tait @joshuatait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Vance once appeared to be a beacon of a reform-oriented center right. Since then he has systematically rebuilt himself into the dream candidate of the five families of the MAGA New Right. Should he become president, he'll be the most ideological ever. www.thebulwark.com/p/jd-vance-m...
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The Man Who Would Inherit MAGA
JD Vance has spent years sucking up to the “five families” of the New Right. But does the vice president actually believe anything?
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Protecting child predators, facilitating extra-judicial murders, jacking up everyone's prices through tariffs and military misadventures all so that Donald Trump can get rich and he doesn't yell at you is a hell of a closing message. But totally on brand for Mr. Johnson.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans know the key to their power is getting people to disengage from participation in democracy.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New Democratic candidate talking point just dropped.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last night Trump filed his DC Circuit appeal seeking to rename the Kennedy Center. "[W]ithout appropriate recognition [for Trump], the Kennedy Center will" continue its "race toward physical & financial ruin. The stakes are existential." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
In short, without appropriate recognition, the Kennedy Center will be
back where it was at the beginning-a financially insolvent facility and a
decrepit, dilapidated, crumbling building, that is bleeding hundreds of millions of dollars in losses and that continues to race toward physical and financial ruin.
The stakes are existential.
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Jackson highlighted the Court’s shadow docket orders allowing Trump to slash the Dept of Ed’s workforce, cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in government grants, and, as she put it, authorize “roving ICE patrols to conduct race-based searches and seizures of Latino residents in Los Angeles.””
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026
One family, after the capture of a loved one, found out about it from activists and took steps to move other loved ones to non-287(g) jurisdictions. Another family still had no idea about why their loved one was captured until I told them about this and took steps to protect others that day.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026
Talking recently to family members of people snatched up and expelled to third countries by ICE, I learned: 1) All of those captured were in 287(g) jurisdictions; 2) None of the family members had known what 287(g) was and had erroneously thought people with no arrests were safe.
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Nshrubs @nshrubs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's been a pretty windy night. Had a few thumps on the roof as branches fell down. Not currently raining, but it looks like it's about to start up soon. #wawx
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
NEW: A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.
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This White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote
A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Michael Tracey is actively attempting to dox Jane Doe in the Cornell 7 rape case
Michael Tracey : If you happen to know who this Cornell "Jane Doe" is, get in touch and I would be happy to publish her name and identifying information. And yes -- this is 100% permitted under the First Amendment, whatever threats or emotional blackmail people might want to deploy"Report" me for what, exactly? Save your breath, scumbag. Sorry you hate the First Amendment so much. Her identity is obviously newsworthy at this point, and I will take extreme pleasure in reporting it. (Not "doxing" -- that's a total canard)
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
An Oklahoma family was forced to abandon their home after it filled with slick, black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite ample evidence of oil and gas pollution, state regulators say they cannot help. (Published May)
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Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.
The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act li...
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Nshrubs @nshrubs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When you've lost the turd blossom...
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rufo did a live play-by-play of how he was going to manipulate the NYT with the Claudine Gay story as a way to discredit academics of color broadly. He has never believed in colorblindness! Not once!
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This also sums up the American healthcare experience pretty well. American healthcare is a travesty. This is the bad place.
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