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Kristen S.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"For months, a group of central Louisianans and its growing coalition of allies have come together to thwart the family and child detention facility from taking root in Alexandria..." veritenews.org/2026/09/22/o...
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Opponents of Alexandria ICE detention facility hold community forum - Verite News New Orleans
The England Authority Board of Commissioners is slated to discuss the planned ICE detention facility at a meeting on Thursday.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The horror!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump officially rolled back fuel efficiency standards today. The new target for 2031 is about 34.5 miles per gallon, down from 50.4. That means more gas burned, more pollution, and more money out of drivers’ pockets. So much for making things affordable.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
MTG has really been going after her own.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Step 1: "Tether’s stablecoin has become a primary means of payment for the Iranian regime and a tool for funding terrorist proxy organizations such as Hezbollah..." Step 2: Now google Howard Lutnick and Tether www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
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Exclusive | Senate Investigation Finds Rampant Use of Tether’s Stablecoin by Iranian Regime
Wallets sanctioned over Iran ties overwhelmingly dealt in Tether’s USDT stablecoin, according to Senate Democrats.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The reason I protested in the 1st place was the anti-democratic behavior of Speaker Sexton." Asked if he'd protest in congress as he did in Tennessee (for gun safety laws to protect kids), @justinjpearson.bsky.social reminds NC5 Sexton's authoritarianism necessitated it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🔥 🗳️ 🗣️ Amanda Seyfried: “REGISTER TO VOTE, TENNESSEE.” (By October 5th) www.govotetn.gov
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’re all counting on them following through after the midterms.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/09/2026
The power and responsibility to protect this free press is in the hands of the people it serves: you. In a precarious time for press freedom, the existence of public media isn’t something we can quietly take for granted. Power a free press that is only accountable to the public: n.pr/3VxNBIZ
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Glendy and Nixon's children are now orphans," the archbishop said... "The family was a beloved member of our community; their children received their first sacraments in our parishes..." "This is not a gray area... What is happening is gravely immoral." www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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St. Louis Archdiocese wants end to 'mass deportation,' says immigrant treatment 'sinful'
Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski called for a path to legal status for those without documentation.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Any time. Any place. Anywhere." @justinjpearson.bsky.social tells @newschannel5 he's ready to debate Brent Taylor, but Brent is hiding 🐔and using the time Justin stood up for his brother @keshaunpearson (when Troopers arrested him for no reason other than Speaker's orders) as an excuse.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/09/2026
Pennsylvania measles cases cross 900 as outbreak grows reut.rs/46Oj8sO
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Pennsylvania measles cases cross 900 as outbreak grows
Pennsylvania's measles outbreak continued to worsen, with 68 new infections reported since Wednesday last week, ​bringing the total to 903 on Monday, ‌health department data showed, as the state grapples with the worst measles resurgence in decades.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/09/2026
Min Jin Lee's new novel is the third in a planned four-novel series about the Korean diaspora. Nearly 10 years in the making, this sweeping-but-intimate 600+ page book is overwhelming — in a good way. n.pr/4xKTHDj
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I didn't think 'Pachinko' could be topped. Then I read 'American Hagwon'
Min Jin Lee's new novel is the third in a planned four-novel series about the Korean diaspora. Nearly 10 years in the making, this sweeping-but-intimate 600+ page book is overwhelming — in a good way.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Education Department today removed the Biden-era Title IX rule that addressed discrimination against students based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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U.S. Department of Education Formally Rescinds the Biden Administration’s Illegal Title IX Rewrite, Reinstating the 2020 Regulation
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) formally rescinded the Biden Administration’s illegal regulation implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX).
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump has... -Run blatantly political ads using taxpayer money -Shuttered a longstanding arts & culture institution because he can’t put his name on the building -Hung banners with his face on them from a government building If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/09/2026
Stopping the fascists from sabotaging the midterms is what the next No Kings is all about. On October 17, we need millions of people in the streets putting the regime on notice that We The People won’t accept any of Trump’s bullshit: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
NO KINGS
NO THRONES. NO CROWNS.
VOTE EARLY
OCTOBER 17
NOKINGS.ORG
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/09/2026
It has been eight days since Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez was shot by ICE while making a DoorDash delivery in Austin, Texas. He is currently facing a severe medical emergency. The bullet remains lodged in his back, and he is being held at the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall.
DOORDASH IS ABANDONING ITS DRIVERS
URGENT UPDATE:
8 days after ICE shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in the back while he was making a DoorDash delivery, the bullet remains in his body. Wilber is in agonizing pain inside a TX concentration camp, and the silence from DoorDash is deafening. A photo of Wilber smiling, before ICE shot him, is shown.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Even as profits soar, corporate tax payments are down 25% this year thanks to Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill. One of the main beneficiaries? Big Tech — which is using the tax breaks to help fuel its AI boom as it spends a fortune on the midterm elections. Remember this...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wait, was rolling out the red carpet for Xi a Chinese psyop too? I'm really confused about the GOP stance on China.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When authoritarians get backed into a corner, they lash out and resort to fear-mongering. This is why Trump is running ominous taxpayer funded ads. But we’re going to organize our friends and neighbors, turn out to vote in November, and deliver a resounding blue wave. Spread the word.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/09/2026
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Get out and vote! He literally had people raise their hands and pledge to cheat two weeks ago in Dallas.
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Antonia Hylton @ahylton26.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Our exclusive interview on The Assignment with a legal observer in Maine who was able to unmask 2 ICE agents.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"A woman leaving the facility 'dropped to her knees. She did the sign of the cross in extreme relief. As if coming out of a nightmare,' he said... “May we never become so accustomed to suffering that we stop seeing the humanity of those experiencing it.” www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Amid whistleblower claims, advocates ask lawmakers to visit ICE office in Miramar
Community leaders demand Florida lawmakers investigate Miramar ICE facility amid whistleblower allegations of severe overcrowding and filthy facilities
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The kids these days will hardly believe it, but a mere two years ago, the mental & physical (lack of) acuity of Elderly Presidents was the Great Issue of Our Time. Someone should tell Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson, so they can write a book on it.
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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When was the last time our Secretary of State for Culture displayed anything approaching this degree of public enthusiasm for our world-class arts industry? Has she been seen anywhere? Given impending charter renewal... did she even bother to visit a single prom?
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
FRANKLIN— “Outrage brewing in Williamson County over the Factory hosting a conference feat. Christian Nationalist speakers… Fight Laugh Feast to discuss what organizers call their “Christian Crusade Holy War” Oct. 1-3 (Incl. Hegseth’s pastor Doug Wilson)
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Factory at Franklin faces pushback for hosting controversial conference
The conference is called Fight Laugh Feast and is to set discuss what organizers call their “Christian Crusade Holy War.” The event set for Oct. 1-3.
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Mark Hurst @markhurst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
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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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NPR @npr.org · 27/09/2026
Lung cancer is still the top cancer killer, but new developments are shifting what the future might hold for patients. n.pr/4rCRCYL
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From professor to patient: One man's journey on the frontier of lung cancer treatment
Lung cancer is still the top cancer killer, but new developments are shifting what the future might hold for patients.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 27/09/2026
It doesn’t matter where you live, how much time you’ve got, or if you’ve never volunteered before — you can take action to help win the midterms!
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Home - Indivisible's 2026 General Election Program
Join Indivisible's largest-ever midterm election in history–to empower volunteers to talk with voters about the issues that really matter, whether they live next door or across the country. Only by working together can we elect leaders who will put a stop to fascism and deliver for working people.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good news: a federal judge just paused Wilber's deportation. The government shouldn’t be allowed to shoot you from an unmarked vehicle and then cover it up by deporting you. Keep speaking out, it's working.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Mike Rogers was a leading advocate for boosting opioid prescriptions. He took over $1M from Big Pharma. He has always prioritized personal profit over the health and safety of Michiganders. That's not public safety. Watch our new ad, "Safe."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TALARICO: “The richest 1% now owns more wealth than the entire middle class. 3 dudes (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos) now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined… they aren’t just buying yachts and jets anymore. They’re now buying power.” 🇺🇸 (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We go through the indictment of a defense contractor that helped ProPublica come up with a story that looks really bad for Maine Senator Susan Collins & assess the evidnece joycevance.substack.com/p/a-bad-tues...
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A Bad Tuesday in Maine if Your Name is Susan Collins
And a new order in Katie Phang’s Epstein Files case
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
USPS in Utah dumped 300 mail-in ballots into a parking lot garbage bin. USPS’s current defense? “Laziness.”
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Utah postal worker accused of throwing away 300 mail-in ballots in church parking lot
Over 95% of Utah voters rely on mail-in ballots, making destroyed ballots critical loss.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICYMI — UN Special Rapporteur @profbensaul calls Hegseth & Trump’s boat bombings “Crimes against humanity” His briefing: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nailed it 👇🏽 🎯 #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Alert ⚠️ An ICE officer shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in North Austin today after a traffic stop. He was shot in the torso and hospitalized in serious but stable condition. His attorney says Perez, a Venezuelan national, entered the U.S. legally and had a valid work permit.
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