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Trying to leave the world a better place than when I arrived.

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Liz Ahern 🌈🇲🇽🏳️‍⚧️☮️ @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 21h
Texas residents in Bastrop are organizing around a proposed data center and power plant in their backyards. Vikki Goodwin is committed to regulating data centers and protecting our land and water for future generations. #VikkiGoodwin 🗳️ @vikkigoodwintx.bsky.social
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21h
NEW: The Times has obtained the Cornell Title IX investigative documents. :: CONTENT WARNING :: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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How a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Action (Gift Article)
The woman known as “Jane Doe” was initially embarrassed about what happened at a fraternity party in 2024, but soon concluded: “I was assaulted.”
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 22h
When Linus asked me how he could make the world a better place, it made me think: What could the world look like if more adults asked that question every day?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21h
Breaking news: The Trump administration is airing campaign-style TV ads using money Congress approved for border security upgrades, efforts to combat drug trafficking and memorials for officers killed in the line of duty, according to records.
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Campaign-style Trump ads use money meant for border security, memorials
The White House Office of Management and Budget added $20 million to the pot for commemorative events a day before DHS awarded an advertising contract of the same amount.
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All These Cats Feed+Rescue @allthesecats.org · 21h
If you’re able, please consider donating to her medical fund. You can select it in the donation drop down box. Can’t swing a donation right now? Sharing this post helps too. Appreciate you all! 💙 allthesecats.org/how-to-help
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For four years, Sen. Ron Wyden has followed Epstein’s money. Now he’s found an FBI interview with one of Epstein’s bankers that the Trump regime kept out of the Epstein files. My write-up in the link in the comments.
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 22h
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 22h
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration quietly removed resources from a voter assistance guide that previously helped U.S. citizens living abroad determine their voter eligibility in each state. The move could make it harder for these Americans to understand their rights and restrict ballot access.
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Exclusive: Trump administration removes resources to help U.S. citizens born abroad vote
The move could make it harder for a small but significant group of American citizens abroad to understand their voting rights. It’s part of a sweeping attack by the administration on access to the bal...
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Politico @politico.com · 29/09/2026
Trump administration used DHS funds for pro-Trump ads, Dems say
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Trump administration used DHS funds for pro-Trump ads, Dems say
Congressional Democrats said the White House used $20 million for the ad campaign from funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Household debt at a record high. Student loan defaults at a record high. Credit card debt at a near record high. Meanwhile, corporate profits are the highest they’ve ever been. CEOs are paid 325x more than their typical workers. U.S. billionaire wealth is up 30% in a year. It's unsustainable.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. How is that .. number bigger than 100%? Apparently because earlier pledges were withdrawn.” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/p...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
* CARNEY: NEW PIPELINE TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON OIL EXPORTS TO US 🇨🇦 @bloomberg.com
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/10/2026
Donald Trump says that his ICE crackdown is behind falling crime rates—a claim contradicted by his own administration’s data, Jack Rodriquez-Vars and @nickmiroff.bsky.social report.
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The Problem With Trump’s Crime Claims
The president says that his immigration crackdown is behind falling crime rates. The numbers don’t back that up.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ken Paxton offered plea deals to at least 10 students accused of raping their classmates.
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lord, make it make sense! #Pinks #USDemocracy
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WIRED @wired.com · 01/10/2026
The US resurgence of measles is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they thought was in the past. www.wired.com/story/measle...
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Measles Is Forcing Hospitals to Adapt to a New Normal
The US resurgence of measles is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they thought was in the past.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW episode of our Paper Trail podcast just dropped: Who’s the Shadow President?
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Who’s the Shadow President?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
".. When pressed on the limits of his power, Trump left himself ample room: He would not rule out declaring a national emergency or invoking the Insurrection Act around the midterms .. 'I’m not committing to anything,' he says."
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mike Rogers has the audacity to lie to you about his plan like he didn't vote 4 times to stop you from getting cheaper medication from Canada, take $1M from Big Pharma, and vote 19 times to keep prescription drug prices higher. GTFOH.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This morning, the Justice Department went after nearly an entire state's federal bench, all at once. The judges had said the government wasn't following court orders. The response was to try to remove the judges. Here's why every American should be paying attention. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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DenseBreast-info.org @densebreastinfo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
DenseBreast-info.org is a comprehensive, medically sourced educational resource. Our mission: to educate on the importance of appropriate additional testing after a mammogram. 🔗 DenseBreast-info.org/europe #DenseBreasts #FindItEarly #WorldDenseBreastDay
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump says data centers will make the US “very, very happy.” Nationwide, communities are fighting them over water, power bills, pollution and more—as he dismantles barriers to their expansion while his own family has deep financial ties to the industry.
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The AI Land Rush: Who Gets Rich While Data Centres Drain US Water, Power and Land
Donald Trump says data centres will make communities “very, very happy.” But a $700B+ spending boom is colliding with dry wells, rising power bills, unpermitted gas turbines and secret deals. Records ...
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
new: federal authorities tapped into a network of flock license plate readers and surveillance cameras owned by chicagoland police during their failed attempts to prosecute marimar martinez and anthony ruiz for following immigration agents last october.
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Feds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions - Chicago Reader
During their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump is pushing a massive data-center boom. But there’s another part of the story: his own family has money tied to the industry. Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. launched a data-center company that became part of American Bitcoin.
This image appears to show Donald Trump Jr. (left) and Eric Trump (right).
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot by ICE 10 days ago. The bullet is still lodged in his back. He’s been forced to sleep on the floor and hasn’t been given medication, according to his attorney. Now DHS is claiming he assaulted an agent. Can we trust anything DHS says given its track record?
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump cares about one person: Donald Trump. Bribes from industry. Buildings with his name. Gold coins with his face. Americans are paying the price for a president who's completely consumed by his own vanity.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 MICHIGAN: Over 130,000 ACA enrollees had already lost healthcare coverage as of February. The remaining ~400,000 are facing additional average rate hikes of 14.5% next year for unsubsidized enrollees. That's over $1,100 more per person in 2027. acasignups.net/rate_changes...
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2027 Rate Changes - Michigan: +14.5% indy market; +10.0% sm. group market (FINAL)
Originally posted 07/17/2026 Before I begin, it's important to note that as in most states, ACA exchange enrollment has plummeted in Michigan since Congressional Republicans allowed the enhanced feder...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026
“I kept begging for a divorce, and he’d threaten to kill my children.” “I was in a very abusive, sick relationship.” These women were imprisoned for crimes that stemmed from their abuse. A new law offered them a second chance. (Published Feb. w/ @nytimes.com)
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They Were Convicted of Killing Their Abusers. A New Law Offered a Second Chance at Freedom.
An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026
The possibility of losing a 3-mile loop of road has stirred fears among the runners, cyclists, fishermen, birders and others who use it. Lawmakers are beginning to raise concerns about Ohio Drive in East Potomac Park, too.
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Trump’s upscale golf plan could destroy a D.C. haven for cyclists, runners
The president wants to eliminate the public road that loops around the Hains Point peninsula, allowing the golf course to stretch to the water’s edge.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
Trump is now running pro-Iran War propaganda commercials on Fox News paid by for taxpayer dollars
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MicheleMuse 💙🌈🦋🇺🇦 @michelemuse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u... w/ Ben Weiser
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Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes
The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 30/09/2026
Trump’s new AI chatbot wasn’t hallucinating, he lost the 2020 election. But when the newest rollout from the White House contradicted Trump’s rhetoric, they pulled the plug. Now when asked about it, the AI tool says “I do not offer political commentary on elections” and dismisses the question...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 30/09/2026
Pennsylvania reports fifth measles-associated death as outbreak grows reut.rs/4z7PydB
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Pennsylvania reports fifth measles-associated death as outbreak grows
Pennsylvania health officials said on Wednesday an unvaccinated person in Lancaster County died after contracting measles, raising the state's death toll from ​the disease this year to five.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Abel" is weeding and thinning in the beets in the Cuyama CA area. "We earn CA minimum wage of $16.70/hr. This is exhausting work as we are bent over all day long so our backs ache. There isn't shade in the fields, so the sun beats down upon us and makes it even harder." #WeFeedYou
Workers weeding in the beets
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Senator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
Yesterday, I forced a Senate vote to prevent 2 million Americans from having their health care terminated and millions of others from having their health care costs jacked up. Republicans killed it.
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pedernales.bsky.social @pedernales.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wonder who is bankrolling him?
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pedernales.bsky.social @pedernales.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Needed this laugh!
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
75% of Americans don’t want a data center in their neighborhood, but Trump’s EPA is greenlighting data center construction at the expense of our health. My new report details how Lee Zeldin is bending a knee to Big Tech by rolling back protections and failing the public.
Screenshot of report cover. Full text of report linked in reply.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maybe Natalie Harp isn’t actually his lover but his undercover palliative care provider?
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 30/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.” (Published Oct. 2025)
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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The company running ICE ‘Dilley 2’ kids prison camp in Louisiana is Anovaeon. You can share your thoughts with them on LinkedIn: lnkd.in/p/g5aVbJyp
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#immigration | Nancy Levine Stearns
🚨 Eric Fritz is CEO of Anovaeon, LLC, a private company running a new ICE facility for unaccompanied kids about to open in Alexandria, Louisiana. ICE is opening the facility within an airport, intendi...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
✖️211,000 Michigan households will suffer from SNAP cuts. Nearly 121,000 Michiganders have already lost their SNAP benefits. ✖️Energy bills across Michigan will go up by a total of $8.7 billion by 2034.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
✖️The changes in this bill will eliminate tens of thousands of energy and manufacturing jobs in Michigan due to lost investment. ✖️Michigan hospitals will lose $6 billion in Medicaid payments by 2036. ✖️Over 200K Michiganders are set to lose healthcare.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
To name some of the worst... ✖️Medicaid and SNAP have been cut to deliver $4.5 trillion in tax cuts primarily for billionaires and corporations. ✖️Michigan is set to lose $2-3 billion annually in federal Medicaid and SNAP funding.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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