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Retired educator, hiker, kayaker, swimmer, iPhone photographer and Cubs fan living in the PNW…

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10h
Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14h
UPDATE: The Trump administration apologized to a judge after DHS’ taxpayer-funded Trump ads aired in hundreds of ad spots after she blocked them. The excuse: DHS’ lawyers missed the email. The judge had flagged that the $20 million for the ads was approved in under two hours.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14h
"The core belief of the MAGA movement is we won the 2020 election," former Trump aide Steve Bannon said in an interview. The alarming statement — in addition to Bannon's admission that he's still trying to get Trump to run for a third term — underscores MAGA's commitment to disrupting the midterms.
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Bannon: Election denial is ‘the core belief of the MAGA movement’
Bannon also said he's "the leader" of getting Trump to a third term, and was willing to do "whatever it takes" for the MAGA movement to win the midterms.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Great News!
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Impossible not to think this is a politically driven probe given Trump's years long attacks on the Congresswoman. Trump has fully weaponized the federal government so be extra careful going forward about any Trump says, DOJ says comments & don't put them in headlines without facts & context.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...
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ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say: VIDEO
Surveillance video shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying ICE agents ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
There was no accountability for DOGE so he is going to keep doing it. Dems should promise to minimize contracts with clearly partisan government contractors and to impose more regulatory scrutiny on Musk. At this point, nothing to lose. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Elon Musk committing election fraud agan. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/10/p...
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Elon Musk’s PAC is spreading inaccurate voting information, election officials say | CNN Politics
Election officials in Colorado and Washington state have issued public warnings about inaccurate information from the group tied to Musk.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12/10/2026
NEW: Former Trump aide Steve Bannon blasted Republican lawmakers for failing to pass the SAVE America Act. The far-right commentator said the party risks losing the Senate this November for not pushing hard enough to pass the massive voter suppression bill.
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Bannon: GOP struggling to hold Senate because it didn't pass SAVE America Act
“To not even push the SAVE America Act, which was absolutely essential, I think, to running this election fairly ... I think shows how weak the Senate was in pushing President Trump’s policies,” Banno...
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Yesterday was the 150th anniversary of the victory over Custer and his army at Little Big Horn. At the Black Hills Pow Wow, indigenous dancers from many nations reenacted the battle. Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day youtu.be/9erBJ2V0lU0?...
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Custer's Last Stand Reenacted in Powwow Dance | Black Hills 2026
YouTube video by Native American's Be Like
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 12/10/2026
Same knee surgery, twice the price: Hospital monopolies push up healthcare costs
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Same knee surgery, twice the price: Hospital monopolies push up healthcare costs
This article first appeared on KFF Health News. More than a million times a year, a U.S. surgeon slices open a knee, strips out worn cartilage, caps the leg bones with metal, and drops in a plastic spacer to allow the new joint to glide. While knee replacement procedures have become standard, however, the prices […]
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11/10/2026
Marc Elias has a prediction for the midterms: “If Democrats win, it is 100% certain that Donald Trump will say they were not honest.” Voting rules are being rewritten right now. Stay a step ahead: demdock.com/4yhBJbZ
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A good summation of David Brooks and "civility" politics generally: no one on the right-wing can ever be described honestly, while everyone who isn't on the right-wing is always portrayed as a radical breaking cherished norms.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/10/2026
New: David Flippo's financial disclosure revealed his stake in an Arizona company, co-founded by a businessman accused of fraud, that cut $50,000 checks to GOP groups that endorsed him ahead of Nevada's primary
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David Flippo has close ties to accused fraudster whose company spent lavishly on his behalf
Arizona Land Reserve, which the Nevada Republican listed as one of his biggest assets on his financial disclosure, cut $50,000 checks to conservative groups that endorsed him.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
Trump has claimed that states are “merely an ‘agent’ for the federal government” and they must do what the president tells them. “Almost nothing in that statement is correct as a matter of law,” Marc Elias says. Keep an eye on the people trying to rewrite the rules: demdock.com/4rSKLdE
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 08/10/2026
ICE's latest investigation target? A mall store known for selling skateboards and hoodies. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Why are Trump’s ICE goons targeting a shopping mall staple?
Zumiez clothing chain stores were flagged by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency as part of the Trump administration’s witch hunt for purported noncitizen voters…
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 07/10/2026
A new report reveals how the DOJ’s civil rights division has replaced long-time staffers with the worst of the worst. trib.al/941AyTv
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Justice Department Hired Criminals as Veteran Employees Fled
A new report reveals how the DOJ’s civil rights division has replaced longtime staffers with the worst of the worst.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The clear message of Republicans is that this country is owned by white people and everyone else is renting.
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Bobert @bobertonbluesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don't even know what to say. This is horrifying. We all need to wake up and really look at our country with clear eyes. We have a cultural movement and a political party here which glorifies rape & rapists, and we have to push back with EVERYTHING we have. This must end. NOW.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Surging demand from data centers and air conditioners put the US power system through a tough test this summer. But instead of triggering a jump in fossil-fuel use, record renewables output carried much of the extra load and helped keep the lights on." The lies of the oil industry are falling fast
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COMMENTARY: Renewables help US power system survive summer stress test
Surging demand from data centers and air conditioners put the US power system through a tough test this summer. But instead of triggering a jump in fossil-fuel use, record renewables output carried mu...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The thing politically active college students are taught is that you can get paid on one side for doing what the other side does out of conviction
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UC Agriculture & Natural Resources @ucanr.edu · 06/10/2026
Kristin Dobbin, with UC Cooperative Extension at UC Berkeley, who was not involved in the report, called the analysis “extremely important.” The finances behind drinking water are “not something we’ve had a big picture view on across the country before." insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
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Water Bills Surged More Than Other Costs in US Homes Over 10 Years, a ‘Striking’ New Report Shows - Inside Climate News
The price of water increased faster than inflation, grocery prices and median household income, nonprofit Food & Water Watch found in a new analysis.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This money is absolutely meaningless to Elon Musk, but it has the potential to completely rewrite your future. He's spent over $36 million in about 4 weeks, and he's adding millions a day. All to corrupt our government to push his agenda. Let your friends know what's up.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 05/10/2026
LAST CHANCE to speak up to protect the #RoadlessRule. The public comment period closes Tuesday, Oct. 6. ICYMI: The Trump administration is aiming to undo this landmark rule and remove protections from nearly 45 million acres of wild, intact, national forests and 70,000 miles of rivers and streams.
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Protect the Roadless Wild
The Trump administration just released its plan to undo the landmark 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule and strip protections from nearly 45 million acres of wild, national forest and 70,000 miles o...
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The 30-year Treasury is near 5.7%, the highest since 2002. Mortgages are back above 7%. The Fed controls short-term rates. The market sets long-term rates, and that market is getting pretty scary.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 05/10/2026
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the AGs in Arkansas and Alabama filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court, suing California, Massachusetts and New York to invalidate the so-called “shield laws” that have allowed providers to send abortion medication to people in states with abortion bans.
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Republican AGs sue abortion ‘shield law’ states in US Supreme Court • Ohio Capital Journal
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the attorneys general in Arkansas and Alabama filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, suing California, Massachusetts and New…
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 05/10/2026
An Alabama state representative and the former president of the Satsuma City Schools Board of Education were arrested Friday on charges of attempted human trafficking.
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Alabama state representative, school board member charged with attempted human trafficking
An Alabama state representative and the former president of the Satsuma City Schools Board of Education were arrested Friday on charges of attempted human trafficking.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/10/2026
Donald Trump's ballroom is "an enormous separation-of-powers problem that, if left unresolved, essentially renders one of Congress’s major functions meaningless."
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Why You Must Care About the Ballroom
Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
11-yo Andrés lived with his dad in Texas—but was deemed “unaccompanied” by ICE and sent to foster care. “They’re kidnapping people’s kids and keeping them in government custody,” a former Biden official told us. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Reuters @reuters.com · 05/10/2026
Slovenian glacier could disappear in days, researchers say reut.rs/4rKEy3o
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Slovenian glacier could disappear in days, researchers say
Once a magnet for summer skiers and cherished by generations as a symbol of Slovenia's ​Alpine heritage, one of the country's last glaciers has ‌dwindled to a few patches of ice that researchers say could disappear within days.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026
Reports out of the Irkutsk region of Russia reveal a potential public health crisis developing in the area after a lab accident released a “particularly dangerous infection” to a researcher, who later passed away.
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Reports of a plague outbreak in Russia follow the death of a researcher
Several hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been shut down and up to 200 workers have been quarantined.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Gasoline-only cars fell below 50% of global new vehicle sales for the first time, as the Hormuz crisis and record fuel prices accelerated the shift toward EVs."
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Fuel Price Shock Pushes Global Gas Car Sales Below 50% for First Time | OilPrice.com
The share of gasoline cars in global vehicle sales fell below 50% for the first time ever as the Hormuz shock and the resulting record-high fuel prices accelerated the previously sluggish shift toward...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New Fox poll shows Trump coalition collapsing in Texas. GOP is sinking money into Iowa and Kansas. The horrors of Late-Stage Trumpism are creating space for a new anti-corruption, anti-cruelty politics to emerge. On the pod, @aselrod.bsky.social is brilliant on this: newrepublic.com/article/2161...
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Fox Drops Brutal Poll on Trump as Leaks Reveal MAGA Panic: “Wake Up!”
As the Trump-GOP position worsens, political theorist explains why Trump-MAGA’s corrupt and depraved misrule has created space for a new, values-based liberal-Democratic politics to emerge.
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S.L. Johnson @riennedetoute.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Rewarding Putin for his constant slaughter of Ukrainian civilians, the theft of tens of thousands of children, and an unrepentant war of aggression won’t just immiserate all of Europe. It will destroy what’s left of any goodwill any decent person or country has for America.”
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A whole political movement should be stood up against this arrogant and sociopathic bullshit www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
Of all the politicians Navatek’s CEO courted, Susan Collins was its most important patron. The senator’s office steered federal contracts worth millions toward the company while her campaign was pumping its CEO and his network for donations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg
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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins
YouTube video by ProPublica
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ugh. The amount of people losing their jobs right now is not okay.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Republican Congressman Mike Collins signals his intent to end Social Security: "[Old people need to] get off of Social Security [and] get back into the workforce."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
The American Bar Association laid out the receipts. Big donors get appointments. Big money flows in, investigations disappear, pardons follow, regulations loosen and foreign governments get favorable treatment. The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.” #PayToPlayPresident
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026
Weeks after Russell Vought told Congress that Bilt had fixed its problems without the need of CFPB enforcement, nearly 1,900 Bilt customers received mistaken debt collection notices saying they owed hundreds or even thousands of dollars on their cards.
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The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.
Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Custo...
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Donald Trump is using the U.S. treasury and our tax dollars like it’s his personal piggy bank. And just like he squandered hundreds of millions given to him by dear old dad, he’s squandering our money now.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 01/10/2026
A judge in the nation's capital agreed to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a move that could prevent federal prosecutors from reviving the case under pressure from President Trump. to.pbs.org/4rJP8I6
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Judge permanently dismisses Trump administration's case charging ex-Olympian with Reflecting Pool vandalism
A judge in the nation’s capital agreed on Thursday to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a move that could prevent fe...
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Talia al Ghoul 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
... what www.al.com/news/2026/10...
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A poll meant to question PBS found Trump underwater in Alabama, instead
Trump's support in Alabama doesn't mirror the intensity of disapproval.
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
However complicated you think the immune system is, it's more complicated than that. A whole new branch seems to be responsible for inflammation related to insect stings, poison ivy, and other skin conditions. Huh! www.science.org/content/arti...
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Little-known arm of immune system could be key to better vaccines, cancer therapies
The CD1 system responds to lipids, not proteins, driving reactions to bee stings, bacteria, and possibly poison ivy
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every single member of this administration sees themselves, first and foremost, as a Content Creator™ It's like they staffed an administration with homeschooled aliens who learned about humanity through mainlining TikTok accounts. Just unbelievable levels of sweaty dorkiness.
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