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Christy Paxton

@paxmeanspeace.bsky.social
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Ally. Lifelong feminist. Writing sci-fantasy novel series to cope. Masker. Loner. Realist. Still learning. Laughter required daily.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h
What actual DOJ weaponization looks like. We are very far off the cliff.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s residence searched as part of ongoing criminal investigation, DOJ says
A Department of Justice spokesperson said the search was part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
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Christy Paxton @paxmeanspeace.bsky.social · 11h
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Mother's 3-day walk with sick daughter highlights Somalia's child malnutrition emergency
A Somali mother walked for three days carrying her severely malnourished 3-year-old daughter nearly 90 kilometers to a hospital in Kismayo.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Investigate this Horror now☠️
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *432* mass shootings so far in 2026: 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 1 person killed and 3 wounded (including a 14-yr-old left in critical condition), in Detroit, Mich.: www.fox2detroit.com/news/1-dead-...
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1 dead, 14-year-old in critical condition after quadruple shooting in Detroit
Detroit police are searching for a suspect after a quadruple shooting late Saturday night left one person dead and three others injured, including a 14-year-old in critical condition.
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We printed out all 3.5 million Epstein Files and have put them on the road so Americans can read them. The Justice Department responded by calling it a “sham tour.” The coverup isn’t going the way they hoped. TrumpEpsteinReadingRoom.com
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The Reading Room national tour | Upcoming stops
Follow the national Reading Room and Epstein Files Bookmobile tour. See upcoming stops, details, and free RSVP options.
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ISAIAH @isaiahmn.org · 09/10/2026
🚨 Trump keeps attacking Somali Minnesotans to distract from his failures. But Minnesotans aren’t falling for it. Today, neighbors across the state stood watch outside their local mosques during Friday prayers. Enjoy this thread of Minnesotans loving our neighbors, & reply with your own photos! 🧵👇🏾
Multiracial group of people stand outside mosque with signs that read “welcome the stranger” and “human rights are not political”Group of people standing outside mosque with signs about loving our neighbors
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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yikes — abc news has fallen… “outright deleted” a story about the Trump boys getting billions in government contracts 🤔👇🏽
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *428* mass shootings so far in 2026: 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 4 juveniles wounded, in Meridianville, Ala.: www.waff.com/2026/10/08/h...
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4 juveniles injured in Meridianville shooting
Multiple people with apparent gunshot wounds were taken to Huntsville Hospital Wednesday night after an incident in Meridianville.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My oldest daughter, who is also an attorney, has said these things to me as well. When your life is built around the law, all of these blatant criminal acts must be even more frustrating.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 08/10/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 8, 2026 ~ Moloch! "A natural rainforest shouldn’t burn. It’s too wet. So even the fact that we create and see these fires that spread into the Amazon is already some kind of tipping point." insideclimatenews.org/news/0710202...
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Compounding Climate Impacts Drive Tropical Forest Decline - Inside Climate News
Extreme heat, drought and ozone from fire emissions are devastating the Amazon and other rainforests, new research shows.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database.
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ACLU of Texas @aclutx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The ICE agent who shot and killed Houston resident Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was identified last week. Accountability starts now. ICE must: ⚫️ Disclose the names of ALL officers involved. ⚫️ Cooperate with local investigators and public information requests. ⚫️ Return his wallet and phone to his family.
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How the shooting death of a Houston father is igniting Latino politics in Texas
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot on his way to work by an ICE officer, after authorities say Salgado Araujo used his vehicle as a weapon. An outraged community is demanding justice — and change...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wall Street profits and bonuses are poised to hit a record high. CEO pay is up. Corporate profits are skyrocketing. U.S. billionaire wealth is up 30% in a year. Meanwhile, inflation eats up the paychecks of working people as the social safety net is cut out from underneath them. Trumponomics.
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Wall Street Eyes Record Bonuses as Profit Heads Past $90 Billion
A blockbuster year for New York’s trading and investment-banking firms is poised to deliver record earnings for the industry, with profit on pace to exceed $90 billion, and bonuses expected to reach a...
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Add Karen Smith to my list of badasses whose mouthy approach I respect. Actions usually speak louder than words. This is a hero, Y'all. Well done, Ma'am. You're gonna kick ass in your new position. ✊📖
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *427* mass shootings so far in 2026: 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 6 people wounded during a party, in Commerce, Texas: www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/m...
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Commerce party shooting injures multiple people, East Texas A&M release statement
Police say multiple people were hurt in an early morning party shooting in Commerce. Here is what authorities and East Texas A&M said.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
25 years ago today, the U.S. launched its war in Afghanistan. Weeks earlier, Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the 2001 Authorization of Military Force, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.
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Appalachian Blue @republicofcascadia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For months Gabriela Soto has relentlessly advocated for her husband Martin, unlawfully detained by ICE while buying diapers for their baby. Martin played a key role in the Delaney Hall hunger strike this summer. Last night we was RELEASED from ICE custody. ALWAYS FIGHT BACK.
Beautiful young family outside a detention center.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don't think we'll ever be done with the "I fucking told you so's." The Food Research & Action Center reported that these changes would weaken safety nets and worsen food insecurity for low-income families: frac.org/blog/project...
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *425* mass shootings so far in 2026: 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 4 people wounded, in Portsmouth, Va.: www.wavy.com/news/local-n...
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Four injured in shooting on London Blvd. in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Four people were shot and a suspect is in custody after a shooting on London Boulevard in Portsmouth Monday evening, according to police. Two men and two women were shot in…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not that anyone needs a reminder but this man has the nuclear codes. Far too many people will just shrug this off or find some way to justify it. But Trump is unwell, incoherent, and a danger to us all.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔥 @katiephang.bsky.social (With Deniro behind her): “I’m suing A.G. Todd Blanche — Trump’s cosplaying personal lawyer — for the unredacted Epstein files… as an independent journo 🗣️ I don’t have a corporate oligarch telling me what to say… Trump has been violating federal law every day.”
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ECIU @eciu.net · 05/10/2026
⚠️ 7.4 tonnes an hour Estimated methane emissions from Silivri landfill, Turkey’s largest landfill and its worst landfill super-emitter, according to satellite analysis. An uncomfortable backdrop as Turkey prepares to host COP31 www.theguardian.com/environment...
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Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey
Exclusive: Cop31 leader calling for global curbs on climate-heating gas has landfills producing some of world’s worst plumes
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#FOTW Daily Post 5 Favourite denier myth - volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans Ask me or any other volcanologist — false Volcanoes: ~300 million tonnes CO2/year. Humans: 130 times more Please pass on the truth. Share and tag 2 others #FateOfTheWorld #TogetherUnstoppable
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Australia has just recorded its second-hottest September on record, with the hottest September nights ever recorded. It’s worth thinking about what this should mean for decisions to continue approving new coal mines. How many more warnings will it take? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australia experiences second hottest September on record as El Niño and climate crisis combine
Alpine areas also experience record-breaking heat with snow depth recorded at zero in Kosciuszko national park
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Early voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, I urge you all to... 1) Help get out the vote 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This 👇
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *422* mass shootings so far in 2026: 💔 The latest, with 6 people wounded, in Dallas, Texas: www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/s...
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6 people shot, wounded in Dallas overnight, police say
The gunfire erupted around 3 a.m., the department said.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI isn't reliable enough to get even a hamburger order right, but reckless Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pushing to expand artificial intelligence across the U.S. military, including AI-enabled targeting. "Would you like fries with that obliterated girls' school?"
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." ~ Benjamin Franklin @mwuerker.bsky.social
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Justice Alito is confusing court reform with attacking the court. Many of us simply want the Court to be better. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
NEW: Following our investigation with @readfrontier.bsky.social, an Oklahoma oil company has plugged a well that was potentially leaking toxic waste. We revealed that state regulators had approved the well in violation of rules meant to protect public drinking water.
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Oklahoma Oil Company Plugs Disposal Well That Posed Threat to City’s Drinking Water
The Frontier and ProPublica revealed that state regulators had approved the well in Enid, Oklahoma, in violation of rules meant to protect municipal groundwater. Now the well is permanently shut down.
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God @thegodshow.com · 05/10/2026
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Litsa Dremousis @litsadremousis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I've had to have the AC on all day in Seattle on October 4.
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April Fools Joke: 'It's Fine' Meme
Alt: April Fools Joke: 'It's Fine' Meme
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Not sure if the point of Angela Paxton’s video was to cause people to search Angela Paxton’s name only to find out that she helped facilitate Ken Paxton’s corruption for many years before ultimately filing to divorce him on “biblical grounds”, but that’s what happened.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The planet-warming impact of this single leak is equivalent to 1.5m gas-guzzling SUVs gunning their engines and there are more super-emitting dumps across Turkey. (Guardian)
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Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey
Exclusive: Cop31 leader calling for global curbs on climate-heating gas has landfills producing some of world’s worst plumes
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *423* mass shootings so far in 2026: 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with a 15-yr-old boy and 3 other teens wounded, in Albany, N.Y.: www.news10.com/news/crime/1...
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1 killed, 3 injured in overnight shooting in Albany
A 15-year-old is dead and three other teenagers are injured following a shooting in Albany on Sunday, according to the Albany Police Department.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We have to crush these sociopaths. The problem is that many Democrats take money from them, which means they will get bailed out at our expense in the next 2-4 years.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/10/2026
Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
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Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver Sam Altman says he believes the world should accept “bad things” happening with AI in exchange for the benefits of the technology. The chief executive of OpenAI cited hacks, scams and “other bad things that will happen” in an interview that sparked an instant backlash from critics of the major AI companies. His comments came after one of his company’s safety experts resigned, saying at the weekend that its “culture is broken”. Continue reading...
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just when we think it can’t get worse … it does.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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