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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 33m
GREAT NEWS! Gov. Newsom signed a bill into law that creates tax credits to support journalism jobs in CA. This comes after local guild leaders & @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social pressed him to do so. The legislation is a model for every other state and the federal gov. newsguild.org/newsguild-ba...
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NewsGuild-backed bill providing tax credits to California newsrooms becomes law | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
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Rollie 🤬 @architecturenerd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hegseth says national security, military cyber forces will guard US election systems during midterms apnews.com/article/nsa-...
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Hegseth says national security, military cyber forces will guard US election systems during midterms
The U.S. National Security Agency and military intelligence forces are set to guard election systems during the November midterms.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The House has only been in session for 72 days this year
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration has formally rescinded Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students nationwide.
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Kaitlyn Hennessy @kaitlynhennessy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Steve Hilton's paid "journalists", "investigators", and "whistleblowers" that spend their days trashing Xavier Becerra
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
8/ As the @nytimes.com reported, DraftKings uses machine learning and data scientists to entice losing customers with promos to keep them going — even if those are the customers at risk of becoming addicts. The company says it doesn’t unfairly target people.
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How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.
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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 21/09/2026
‘FORGOTTEN ISLAND’ is one of DreamWorks’ finest animated films to date, telling a beautifully rich story about friendship and knowing when to let someone go. Find out more in our review... discussingfilm.net/2026/09/20/f...
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'Forgotten Island' Review - One of DreamWorks' Finest to Date
Directors Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado continue to raise the bar for DreamWorks Animation with their beautiful film Forgotten Island.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump’s Net worth is $7 billion in 2026, 3 times higher than it was in 2024 He is robbing us blind and #TrumpsCorruptCongress doesn’t say a damn word about it. We need to elect as many Democrats as we can to do oversight on this administration. No more rubber stamp Republicans!!🗳️🗳️
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to 5 yrs in prison over a voting error, will end with an acquittal The wife of the current district attorney, who fought to keep her conviction in place, asked Crystal if she would consider voting for him
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Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case
Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
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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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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.statesman.com/news/educati...
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UT cuts all women and gender classes from core curriculum, drops race classes
The provost’s office also eliminated dozens of courses on race from counting toward the core curriculum.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state law when he seized roughly 650,000 ballots from last year’s special redistricting election after pursuing debunked claims of a massive ballot discrepancy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to return seized ballots, affirms state’s power over local law enforcement
The twin rulings stand to make it significantly harder for local law enforcement to create election chaos and use unsubstantiated fraud claims to seize ballots outside California’s established electio...
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sam Altman quickly becoming one of the world's most notorious cybercriminals.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/t...
OpenAI’s systems tried hacking a digital library at the University of New Mexico on May 25 and 26. The A.I. did not appear to succeed.

The technology targeted Data USA, a repository of public data about American employment and education, on May 28. This attempt also appeared to be unsuccessful, researchers said.

On June 18, OpenAI’s A.I. hacked an Australian government website, the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service, and acquired health data. Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, disclosed the episode on Wednesday.

On June 20 and 21, OpenAI’s technology tried breaching the website of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. No private information was obtained, Australian officials said.
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Per Texas media, it’s looking like +100K registrations were affected. Secretary of State is saying that it shouldn’t affect voting.
We reached out to 24 counties today to see the extent of the problem. Here's what we got back:
Collin County - 40,000+
Travis County - 32,000
Brazoria County - 9,000+
Hays County - 8,100
Cameron County - 5,000
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW: Confessions of a Desperate Author. In my OUR LAND, newsletter, the trials and tribulations of promoting my new book: "HOW RUSSIA WON: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." Check out (or buy) the book at HowRussiaWon.com. link.motherjones.com/public/47581...
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As changes to federal food assistance unravel, grocery prices are climbing. KOSU’s Anna Pope visited Oklahoma food banks to hear from people firsthand. "At this point, I can only take it day by day... And I just take everything as a blessing."
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Oklahoma SNAP enrollment has dropped 20%. Here's what it sounds like in local food banks
As changes to federal food assistance unravel, grocery prices are climbing. KOSU’s Anna Pope visited a couple of food banks to hear from people first hand.
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National WIC Association @natwicassoc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‼️ Current FY27 budget proposals would not provide enough funds for #WIC to serve ALL eligible families which means hundreds of thousands of moms and kids could lose access. YOU can still take action for a FULLY FUNDED WIC at bit.ly/fundwic27
“New WIC Funding Projections for Fiscal Year 2027”  Arrow pointing right. Photos of mom both two kids and a toddler eating. 
WIC needs at least $8.55 billion in new funds in FY 27 to serve all eligible families seeking support. Vector image of an open hand with a money coin above it.
But, funding proposals fall short of projected WIC needs. Icons of fruitsNumber of eligible moms, babies, and children who could lose WIC benefits each month under current proposals:
President’s budget: 875,000+ moms and kids
House proposal: 458,000 moms and kids
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Things are spinning out of control. Wars that were supposed to be contained are expanding across borders, drawing new powers into conflicts they cannot easily control. 🧵 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Title of article: Trump Is Dismantling the World America Built

Lead: The MAGA revolution set out to dismantle a global order it believes weakens the U.S. Instead, it’s creating a vacuum that Russia, China, and others are rushing to fill

By Mac William Bishop
September 20, 2026

Donald Trump on Aug. 20, 2026 in Washington, D.C.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Big Tech companies are rapidly expanding their use of guarantees to back debt for AI data centres and chips, issuing up to $300bn in commitments in less than a year while recording little of that exposure on their balance sheets."
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Big Tech uses guarantees to keep $300bn of AI exposure off balance sheets
Wall Street finds new way to turn tech giants’ credit strength into cheaper funding for AI build-out
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 19/09/2026
🔗 Read more about how we're strengthening California's defenses against any attempts by federal officials or anyone else to undermine our elections:
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Governor Newsom signs new laws to protect California elections from Trump interference | Governor of California
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 19/09/2026
BREAKING: @governor.ca.gov signed a bill (#SB1354) that would prohibit other state militaries from entering CA without the Governor’s explicit permission This new law closes a legal loophole where other states could have deployed their military under Title 32 — even at the President’s suggestion
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We’re not being governed, we’re being looted! 👇 👇 👇 👇
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Daboo 🧐 @daboo23.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
1️⃣ US foreign policy has undergone a radical transformation into an engine for private gain and partisan retribution. @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu warns that transactional "MAGA" diplomacy is dismantling institutional alliances to shield ideological allies from legal accountability. 🌐
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MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
😬 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/t...
Iran, China and groups in Israel used artificial intelligence in novel ways in recent months to create first-of-their-kind influence campaigns on social media, ratcheting up concerns among U.S. officials and security researchers about the fast-evolving technology.

The countries and groups combined A.I. tactics to ramp up the speed and scale of online campaigns beyond what people could easily achieve and with minimal human interaction, U.S. officials and security researchers with knowledge of the efforts said.

First, the countries and groups turned to Chinese “open-source” A.I. models, which are increasingly powerful systems that are freely available to download and modify. Then they used those A.I. models to create “agents,” which are bots that can operate software and complete tasks on their own.
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petra de asis @petradeasis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Voters punish Dems for inadequate response to issues while rewarding the cruel & corrupt & racist GOP for not being Dems. Preferring malevolence to imperfection gets us fascism.
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Jennifer Harris @jwharris.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds (Gift Article)
The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Americans may not get results of Alzheimer’s study due to Trump cuts: Shutdown of study is latest for Trump administration, which has canceled, frozen and otherwise disrupted more than 5,700 medical research grants over two years www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #Project2025 #science #Blues
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Hundreds of ageing Americans may not get results of Alzheimer’s study due to Trump cuts
Shutdown of study is latest for Trump administration, which has canceled, frozen and otherwise disrupted more than 5,700 medical research grants over two years
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Missed this. 🤯 www.washingtonsun.com/health-scien...
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HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED
Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
One of my favorite quotes about politics comes from Soviet dissident literature.
I was always complaining about the absence of a future for me as a writer. Lena would say, “Write two thousand stories. They have to publish one of them.”

I would think, What’s she talking about? What’s the use of getting one story published? And I even got offended, though for no reason. We saw scale differently: I put the emphasis on the unit, Lena on the mass. And she was right. You can only conquer with quantity. All of world history bears this out.

— The Colonel Says I Love You, Sergei Dovlatov
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democrats better not confuse gas price fury with thinking they figured out how to defeat Trumpism.
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The Information Void Doesn’t Care What’s True
Democrats better not confuse gas price fury with thinking they figured out how to defeat Trumpism.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump is dead serious. See this chart from March: www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Chart showing that prior presidents including Trump’s first term grant disaster requests from blue and red states roughly equally before Trump 2 started rejecting most requests from blue states
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BlackJew 🏳️‍⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
When no one believes a country can pay back its debts, people stop buying its bonds. And if that happens, it starts to mean the currency or money is worthless because the markets stop believing it has value. The belief that the US was a stable country meant we could basically spend what we want.
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The bond market is signaling trouble ahead. This is why you should pay attention
Many people don't pay attention to bond markets, but they should — especially now. This is why they matter and why the drop in bond prices is signaling investor concerns about the U.S. economy.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: The EPA is eliminating a rule that limits planet-warming pollution from coal and gas-fired power plants.
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EPA is set to eliminate rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action the agency said would remove more than $300 billion in costs for the industry and help “unleash” American energy.
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NPR @npr.org · 11/09/2026
The worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades is growing and flu season is imminent. Experts are fretting about federal health data reliability after the CDC questioned two Pennsylvania measles deaths. n.pr/4cH3JOe
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As diseases loom, CDC's response to measles deaths stirs fears about agency's reliability
The worst U.S. measles outbreak in decades is growing and flu season is imminent. Experts are fretting about federal health data reliability after the CDC questioned two Pennsylvania measles deaths.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Trump can't run for president again, so why in the name of God does he have a political slush fund of $850M and growing -- that's he's still hoarding even as the GOP is poised to lose control of Congress? Does he have a scheme to take it with him? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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We don’t talk enough about Trump’s $850M pay-to-play slush fund | Will Bunch
Why does a POTUS barred from running again have nearly $1B in campaign funds? What will he do with the money?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/09/2026
Auditors observed election mail at 14 processing facilities and 73 delivery units and found significant flaws in the handling of ballots. In some locations, management wasn’t familiar with ballot processing requirements.
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U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots During This Year’s Primary Elections, Audit Finds
An inspector general’s audit found a lack of training for post office staff, deficiencies in how ballots were tracked and errors leading to delays. Experts say it raises questions ahead of the midterm...
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 12/09/2026
"Canadian boycott of US products pushes grocers to adapt, explore new supply sources. Produce from Morocco, South Africa, Spain, Brazil and Honduras replacing US produce, grocery store owner says." www.reuters.com/business/ret...
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Canadian boycott of US products pushes grocers to adapt, explore new supply sources
A growing consumer push to buy Canadian and boycott U.S. products is reshaping supermarket shelves in Canada, forcing grocers to improve country-of-origin ​labeling and secure new sources of supply.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Climate hazards disrupted school for more than 171 million students in 2025, says UNICEF #climatecrisis HT @carbonbrief.org www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
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Climate hazards disrupted school for 1 in 10 students in 2025: UNICEF
More than 171 million students affected globally with girls disproportionately impacted.
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I wrote about Trump’s Wednesday night speech in Dallas. My main takeaway: this is a man who doesn’t want his followers or the country to outlive him. www.liberalcurrents.com/donald-trump...
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Donald Trump Wants to Bury America With Him
His speech at the GOP's midterm convention came off like a Jim Jones sermon.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 11/09/2026
High diesel prices are likely to have an indirect impact on American consumers by raising the cost of things like agriculture, construction and transportation.
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Diesel Prices Hit Record $6 Per Gallon—It Could Worsen Inflation
High diesel prices are likely to have an indirect impact on American consumers by raising the cost of things like agriculture, construction and transportation.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A dire warning, billionaire criminal Musk has set up a scheme in the form of a website votesafe.org in order to steal voter information. Never click on the link and please share this everywhere so others won’t fall prey to it like so many others.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's hot. After last month's historic heat wave, many CA temps will be in the 100's again. Remember the farm workers out harvesting the chilled snack you're enjoying. #WeFeedYou
Mixed berries close-up above a farm worker harvesting fruit in the sun, text highlights extreme heat in Coachella, CA at 118°F and labor behind fruit harvest during a heat wave.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: Trump admin proposes major #2030Census changes that would reshape voting maps, including no race & ethnicity questions and excluding non-U.S. citizens without a green card from a count that 14th Amendment says must include “whole number of persons in each state” www.npr.org/2026/09/09/n...
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Trump officials propose sweeping changes to the census that would reshape voting maps
A Trump census proposal would stop asking about race and exclude millions of U.S. residents from a count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Those in the comms space: this is the basis of the assertion that you are generally aiming for—i.e. your median target is a—sixth grade level of comprehension.
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