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"Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I believe in universal childcare because child care in America costs folks more than college tuition! I’m a mom of 5, so I understand this struggle deeply. Florida families deserve to know that their child won’t go hungry during the school day. #AngieForFlorida
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eddietg51-42.bsky.social @eddietg51-42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Louisiana Illuminator @lailluminator.com · 06/10/2026
Water bills in Louisiana have increased twice as much as household income, according to a new analysis. Kevin Hardy reports for @stateline.org
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Americans’ water bills are growing faster than groceries, overall inflation • Louisiana Illuminator
The analysis projects that costs will rise further as climate-change driven drought and natural disasters threaten water supplies.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
President Lying McLiarface goes back on what he said before, now says he will NOT reimburse the taxpayers for those cray-cray ads about what a great president he is, airs a NEW taxpayer-funded ad. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u... via @nytimes.com
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Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads (Gift Article)
A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Cornell University has retained former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates to lead a "comprehensive independent review" into how the school "prevents and responds to sexual harassment, sexual assault and related misconduct on campus.” abcnews.com/US/cornell-t...
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Cornell taps former deputy AG Sally Yates to lead independent review
Cornell University has retained former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates to lead an independent review of how Cornell responds to sexual assault cases.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Good news from the Badlands! Today, October 6, Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation, a Lakota nonprofit based on the Pine Ridge Reservation, plans to return 50 bison to nearly 40,000 acres in the Stronghold area of Badlands National Park.
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Lakota nonprofit returning bison to 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park to restore native prairie
Thunder Valley CDC will release 50 bison across 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park on Oct. 6, restoring native prairie ecology and Lakota stewardship.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A young Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross on the set of The Legacy (1978) — the film where they met and fell in love. They’re still together 48yrs on.
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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My office seized cash, gold bars, multiple aircraft, luxury items, and more from Yuma doctor Irfan Fazil after he was caught defrauding our state's Medicaid program of $36.5 million. He'll spend 7.5 years in prison and will pay back every dollar he stole from taxpayers. www.azag.gov/press-releas...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: We're asking the DOJ & Interior IGs to investigate Davey Hearn's prosecution They botched a $14M pool job & pinned it on an innocent citizen The judge said they shot first & asked questions later. @democracydefendersfund.org, Steptoe & WLG have questions of our own👇 -TN
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owensefrem.bsky.social @owensefrem.bsky.social · 16h
Black Kos Tuesdays: "Fields of Whispering White Cotton on Brittle Serrated Stalks, Swaying" www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Black Kos Tuesdays: “Fields of Whispering White Cotton on Brittle Serrated Stalks, Swaying”
by Black Kos Editor, Justice Putnam When I finally matured from what I considered my juvenile stage of writing in my early-20’s, I endeavored to practice Form in a more conscious way. While most of my...
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owensefrem.bsky.social @owensefrem.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A Tale of Four Strikes: Part III: The Recurring Failures Behind U.S. Civilian Casualties in Iran: verdict.justia.com/2026/10/06/a...
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A Tale of Four Strikes: Part III: The Recurring Failures Behind U.S. Civilian Casualties in Iran
Illinois Law professor Lesley M. Wexler discusses three U.S. strikes in Iran (Kuhestak, Qeshm, and Lamerd) and new UN and Bloomberg findings on the earlier Minab school strike, examining their Interna...
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owensefrem.bsky.social @owensefrem.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fearing AI, young workers retrain for hands-on jobs  hechingerreport.org/ai-fear-youn...
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Fearing AI, young workers retrain for hands-on jobs
Some people are abandoning office jobs for teaching, health care and the trades. But the new paths can come with trade-offs
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owensefrem.bsky.social @owensefrem.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Malaka Of The Week: Beni Rae Harmony first-draft.com/2026/10/06/m...
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Malaka Of The Week: Beni Rae Harmony
You say Harmony; I say Disharmony. Let’s call the whole thing off. The MAGA malakatude, it burns.
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owensefrem.bsky.social @owensefrem.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mike Johnson Does Not Have One Weird Trick first-draft.com/2026/10/06/m...
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Mike Johnson Does Not Have One Weird Trick
No, the GOP can’t refuse to seat the next Congress if they lose.
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owensefrem.bsky.social @owensefrem.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Federal Agents Have Detained More Than 500 American Citizens in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown - ProPublica projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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owensefrem.bsky.social @owensefrem.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Still undecided about Louisiana’s U.S. Senate election? robertmann.substack.com/p/still-unde...
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Still undecided about Louisiana’s U.S. Senate election?
Let me help you choose between Democrat Jamie Davis and Republican Julia Letlow.
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Florida Chris @chrislongview.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
republican pedophile dies. maybe it will start a trend.
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The Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Decades after a Jacksonville man was sentenced to die, police and prosecutors are facing increasing pressure to produce documents that could undermine the credibility of their key witnesses – and potentially blow up the case. via @nicholemanna.bsky.social floridatrib.org/2026/10/05/j...
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Jacksonville Sheriff's Office failed to produce records in Death Row case, judge writes
Three decades after a Jacksonville man was sentenced to die for killing a teenage drug dealer, the Jacksonville police and prosecutors are facing increasing pressure to produce documents that could un...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The white evangelical movement split in the 1970s so those who hated civil rights, especially for women, could boost right-wing Republicans. Talarico is reclaiming the movement for the others, and it is a very different thing indeed. Jimmy Carter v. Jerry Falwell.
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *424* mass shootings so far in 2026: 💔😡💔#GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 2 men and 2 women wounded, in Trenton, N.J.: petersonsbreakingnewsoftrenton.com/2026/10/03/t...
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Two Men, Two Women Injured in Early Saturday Shooting in Trenton - Peterson’s Breaking News of Trenton
Four people were injured in a Trenton shooting Saturday. Police found victims on Carroll Street and a crime scene in Kersey Alley. All four are stable.
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🦋🐕‍🦺🌺LadyWillow💚🐾🦋 @ladywillow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump mailed in his own ballot while calling mail voting "cheating" Then he tried to run our elections through USPS & the Supreme Court stopped him Now he's telling GOP to vote by mail? His "election security" crusade was only ever about one voter : him -TN
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Trump Urges Republicans to Vote By Mail After Criticizing Practice
It was the latest mixed messaging from President Trump, who regularly votes by mail, but has made baseless claims that the practice is “inherently corrupt.”
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Vintage Jerseys & Hats @polyesterunis.com · 05/10/2026
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 1980 #Dodgers #Baseball
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Palm Beach GOP doesn’t rule out supporting #Florida candidate who's been arrested & accused of child sex abuse www.miamiherald.com/news/politic... via @miamiherald.com
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Palm Beach GOP doesn’t rule out supporting candidate accused of child sex abuse
“I maintain my innocence and remain a candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller,” Mike Caruso, facing child sex abuse charges.
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Louisiana Illuminator @lailluminator.com · 05/10/2026
AI AMBIGUITY: Most Louisiana congressional candidates agree there should be some regulations placed on artificial intelligence. But they are providing few specifics about what limitations they would favor. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social & @eplunk.bsky.social report
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AI apocalypse? Most Louisiana candidates for Congress stay vague on regulation • Louisiana Illuminator
Most candidates running for Congress in Louisiana agree there should be some federal regulations placed on artificial intelligence. But at this point they are mostly offering generalities, without pro...
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Gators Wire @gatorswire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Florida’s offense looked nothing like the unit that overwhelmed Ole Miss. PFF grades show exactly where things fell apart at Missouri. gatorswire.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You can’t cut healthcare for hundreds of thousands of Mississippians and then brag about bringing money home for hospitals. A band-aid won't fix a knife wound.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Experts question how unaccompanied minors without access to attorneys can make decisions about “voluntary departure.” The Trump administration has gutted legal representation for unaccompanied migrant children who are headed to a new ICE facility in Louisiana. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And with a five-year statute of limitations, those who are buying subscriptions risk potential criminal prosecution for insider trading in the next administration.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"An American polity increasingly turning against Trump has started to connect the degradations of his presidency to the Court that enabled many of them."
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Opening Day at a Court That Never Closed
The Justices face sharp public disapproval from identification with Trump’s autocratic rule.
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owensefrem.bsky.social @owensefrem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oil companies face a skeptical SCOTUS in their effort to stop Boulder’s climate change lawsuit open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...
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Oil companies face a skeptical SCOTUS in their effort to stop Boulder’s climate change lawsuit
With Justice Alito recused, eight justices questioned if they should be hearing the case and pushed back on Suncor Energy and Exxon Mobil’s broad constitutional arguments.
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owensefrem.bsky.social @owensefrem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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A Third of Americans Can’t Name the Three Branches of Government. Here’s Why That Affects Your Rights. - FindLaw
One-third of Americans can’t name the three branches of government. Learn how this gap can affect your rights and get a quick civics refresh at FindLaw.
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owensefrem.bsky.social @owensefrem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop theintercept.com/2026/10/01/o...
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Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
Eugene-based Double Sided Media requested police officer Justin Peckels’s records. The city slapped the publication with an exorbitant fee.
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owensefrem.bsky.social @owensefrem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Irked In October first-draft.com/2026/10/05/i...
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Irked In October
Our monthly exercise in vexatious venting about irksome things.
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owensefrem.bsky.social @owensefrem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Byron Donalds's financial disclosure forms have been significantly inaccurate entire time he's been in Congress www.floridabulldog.org/2026/10/u-s-...
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U.S. Rep. Donalds filed inaccurate FD forms during his entire time in Congress
By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org - U.S. Rep. Donalds filed inaccurate financial disclosure forms during his entire time in Congress.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#Florida man dressed as ICE agent shows up at Miami Dade College voting site for Brazilian election & picked arguments with voters. He's been charged with voter intimidation, conspiracy to commit bribery & unlawful use of a police badge. www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/m... via @nbcmiami.com
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Man dressed as ICE agent at election venue at MDC, arrested, police say
A man who was wearing U.S. Customs and Border Enforcement attire at Miami-Dade College while voting for Brazil's general election was underway was arrested on Sunday, deputies said.
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owensefrem.bsky.social @owensefrem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
October 4, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-4-...
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October 4, 2026
On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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WNBA @wnba.com · 05/10/2026
Join us in wishing Happy Birthday to 3x WNBA Champ, 6x All-Star, 2023 Scoring Champ and 2015 Rookie of the Year, Jewell Loyd 🎉 #WNBABday
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
HEY ORLANDO, SEE YOU THIS THURSDAY! Join me at the SW Branch of the Orlando-Orange Library at 2 pm when I'll be yakking about my newest book WELCOME TO #FLORIDA! Admission is free but there's a small charge if you bring your emotional support emu with no leash.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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owensefrem.bsky.social @owensefrem.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Christa Pike’s Botched Execution Is Unlikely to Bring an End to Lethal Injection: verdict.justia.com/2026/10/05/c...
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Christa Pike’s Botched Execution Is Unlikely to Bring an End to Lethal Injection
Amherst professor Austin Sarat discusses the botched lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee in the context of America’s long history of failed executions and court rulings allowing states to tr...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Scott @scolom.bsky.social is the real deal.
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Politics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If SCOTUS decides this one the way you and I know they will, a Democratic Caucus could pass new legislation to fight #GlobalWarming www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...
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Supreme Court to Hear Major Environmental Lawsuit (Gift Article)
The justices will begin their new term with a landmark case about whether local governments can sue oil companies over damages caused by climate change.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What will the Court do to us this term? It’s already taken away Roe v. Wade, given Trump a pass from prosecution for January 6, and permitted partisan gerrymanders. How much worse can it get? This term, there are some distinctly unpleasant possibilities. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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The Week Ahead
October 4, 2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For the folks who are still in my mentions telling me this was a hoax: The military doesn’t move strategic bombers for funsies. There was clearly specific intelligence that necessitated emptying Fairford of B-1s.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 04/10/2026
Palestinian researcher @muhammadshehad2 reviewed the list of 170 journalists killed in Gaza that the IDF claimed were "terrorists." He found the list to be "the most sloppy, shameless fraud possible."
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Palestinian Researcher Dismantles Israel's List of So-Called 'Terrorist' Journalists Slain in Gaza
Researcher Muhammad Shehada reviewed all 170 names on the IDF's list of supposed militants posing as journalists and found it to be "the most sloppy shameless fraud possible."
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Your vote matters, so pick the method that works best for you & make a plan to vote before the deadlines hit! If you need help finding Florida voting information, visit AngieNixon.com/vote! It’s time for a change in Florida! #AngieForFlorida
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