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Patrick McCann

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Husband of @eamccann.bsky.social Molecular Biologist/Virologist + Data Scientist 5° black belt in Wa-shin-ryu Karate-do #Geocachers - ShadesOfGray EV only family Secular Humanist DemSoc E Street Belmartian in the FLX linktr.ee/pjmccann3

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Russ Vought: "We fund what we need to fund. I'm not at all shy about we want to spend billions of dollars on a new shipyard. We're up there defending the $1.5t that the Department of War needs. But it's also coming at a ton of reduction on the non-defense side"
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4h
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 4h
russia’s plan to annihilate Ukraine’s critical infrastructure calls for 1000+ missiles, drones, and bombs, according to @nytimes.com.

 Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa are identified as primary targets, threatening access to electricity, water, and heating — in what may be the harshest winter of this war🧵
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 4h
The G-7 agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and other fuel from emergency stocks following President Trump's threat to ban diesel exports.
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G-7 Agrees to Release 100 Million Barrels of Crude and Oil Products
The announcement would seem to end the threat of a U.S. ban on diesel exports, at least for now.
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Jordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 6h
A donor told the man running Susan Collins' super PAC he'd illegally route his money through a shell company. The reply: "Very smart." The donor is in federal prison. The man who wrote that runs her super PAC today.
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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 6h
Huntsville is the one place in Alabama where Democrats have a real chance for growth in the short-term. We’ll see how their enthusiasm fares against a GOP that holds most state and local offices in and around Madison County.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
New in PN: The mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judges "What 'canons' did all but one of MN's district court judges violate? Well, they spoke to the Times and made Trump sad. You won't be surprised to learn this is not in fact a violation, but that isn’t going to stop Blanche, now is it?"
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The mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judges
Blanche created a new rule out of thin air and is mad it’s not being followed.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h
NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school. But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
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Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 7h
They made seven arrests—and earned $14 million. See how local police are cashing in on Trump's immigration crackdown.
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Exclusive | Police Score Big With Little Work in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
The Department of Homeland Security pays local agencies as much as $2 million for each arrest in a nationwide task force.
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SaveAm. @saveam.bsky.social · 11h
Why this longtime Ohio sheriff is endorsing Amy Acton for governor | Opinion www.yahoo.com/news/politic... via @@YahooNews
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Why this longtime Ohio sheriff is endorsing Amy Acton for governor | Opinion
Opinion: I've spent 40 years in public safety. I'm backing Amy Acton for governor.
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Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I am incredibly honored to receive the endorsement of the National Security Leaders for America.
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Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don’t own individual stocks, and I won’t own them as governor. The only thing I am invested in is lowering costs for Ohioans. Vivek Ramaswamy has over $5 million invested in the data center industry and millions more in many other industries that Ohio’s governor would be in charge of regulating.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h
CATO: “.. At the end of August, around one-third of publicly held marketable debt—more than $10 trillion—was scheduled to mature within the next 12 months. Over half matures within three years.” @cato.org www.cato.org/blog/persist...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 8h
Record numbers going hungry in Yemen amid escalating conflict, WFP says reut.rs/4htO6Lq
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Record numbers going hungry in Yemen amid escalating conflict, WFP says
Hunger in Yemen is accelerating, with a record number ​of people unable to meet their food ‌needs as conflict intensifies in the country, the World Food Programme said on Friday.
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Patrick McCann @pjmccann3.bsky.social · 3h
Why are taxpayers subsidizing an industry that is destroying the planet, making enormous profits, and paying their hyper-rich executives outrageous sums of money? Oh right… Republicans.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8h
Latvian officials claim Russia and Belarus are facilitating an elaborate scheme to illegally funnel migrants from the Middle East and Africa across the border into Latvia and other NATO and EU countries. They say Russia’s goal in Latvia is to stir up tensions ahead of parliamentary elections.
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A Front Line at the Border: How Russia Uses Migrants as Weapons Against Europe
The scheme is part of Russia’s larger strategy for sowing discord in the West, if more subtle than other recent operations blamed on the Kremlin.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5h
So Americans pay more taxes in order to get AI centers in their backyards. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing
Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 5h
Putin ordered Russian troops to disregard the rules of war, Zelenskyy tells the FT. ​Ukrainian intelligence intercepted information indicating that in September, Putin ordered the Russian military to intensify strikes on civilian infrastructure. Since then,
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h
Exit polls showed that 75% of truckers voted for Trump in 2024. Now they are struggling to survive.
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Save Ohio Parks @saveohioparks.bsky.social · 5h
ICYMI: Rep. Brian Stewart greased skids for @anduriltech.bsky.social -- turning Ashville into drone manufacturer without discussion or permission. @tkbarnes.bsky.social @inkstickmedia.com: bit.ly/44Q6p7D Ohio GOP's "open for business" model: unsavory, surreptitious. @commoncauseohio.bsky.social
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In Ohio, Who Really Gets a Say in Anduril Weapons Factories?
Residents of a small township in Ohio wanted a vote on a new Anduril weapons factory. Then the state changed the rules.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5h
Sen Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on jobs report: “Trump’s economy has only added 33,000 jobs a month on average, far below the 120,000-a-month average in 2024. At the same time, paychecks are growing at their slowest rate in nearly 7 years”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
CNN on the last jobs report before the midterms: "It came in cold -- surprisingly cold. Job growth weaker than expected, unemployment unexpectedly went up, and paychecks aren't keeping up with prices. This was disappointing all around."
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 4h
Thread.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 4h
Yeah, so what happens with our only job growth when a trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts begin to kick in?
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 4h
Big Tech companies like Flock Safety have built a mass surveillance system to harvest Americans’ private and personal data without their consent. I’m proud to introduce the Ban Flock Act with @sanders.senate.gov to enforce our constitutional right to privacy.
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Kyle Pfannenstiel @pfannyyy.bsky.social · 4h
Idaho Democratic AG candidate Lori Hickman receives endorsement from state’s longest-serving attorney general, Lawrence Wasden, a Republican. #idpol
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Former Republican Idaho attorneys general endorse Democrat in attempt to unseat Raúl Labrador • Idaho Capital Sun
Two former Idaho Republican attorneys general — and many former lawyers — endorsed Lori Hickman, a Democrat, to be the state's top attorney.
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The Halfway Post @halfwaypost.bsky.social · 4h
BREAKING: A liberal billionaire is reportedly buying 25 billboards in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Texas through all of October that say, “Donald Trump won't stop ruining everything until gas prices are higher than the age of his and Epstein's victims."
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 22h
Today I joined veterans, preservationists, and concerned citizens demanding that the Administration stop construction of Trump's vanity arch. No one but Trump wants this, so I will not stop fighting against this selfish, dangerous, and illegal proposal until it's gone. youtube.com/shorts/0bx0D...
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Beyer Joins Call to Stop Trump’s Vanity Arch
YouTube video by Congressman Don Beyer
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17h
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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
CSPAN: “We should mention that Senator Schmitt was supposed to appear on this program with Sen. Coons but he pulled out the day after that hearing.”
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Senator Heidi Campbell @campbell4tn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Buckleup36 @buckleup36.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The decline in visitors travelling to the U.S. would have been much bigger without the World Cup this year (1.24 million international World Cup visitors). Without the World Cup, the decline in international visitors would have been 3+ million. bsky.app/profile/sema...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17h
BREAKING WaPo: Major League Baseball has abandoned a proposal to build a ballpark in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park.
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MLB drops proposal to host a baseball game at Grand Teton National Park
After The Washington Post reported on the proposal, local leaders sent letters to the Trump administration and the MLB commissioner expressing strong opposition.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22h
The Trump administration's scare tactics ahead of the midterms have hit a usual refrain: "migrant caravan." In reality, it's about 600 people (mostly families) who are 1,000 miles from the border. Just when gas prices keep climbing, Trump world is looking for a distraction. This is their attempt.
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LadyCat311🇺🇲 @coffeecat311.bsky.social · 16h
Poindexter for Congress! #BrianPoindexter4OH7th 🥾KICK OUT VIOLENT MAX MILLER! Brian Poindexter is a father, union ironworker, and Brook Park city councilman, running for Congress because working people deserve real representation — not empty promises. poindexterforcongress.com
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Brian Poindexter for Congress | Ready to Work for Working Families
Union ironworker Brian Poindexter is running for Congress to stand up for working families and deliver real representation—not empty promises.
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Lpeterp @lpeterp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NOTE: these positions are now CENTER in the US...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16h
During a sworn deposition on Monday, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) declined to answer repeated questions from one of his ex-wife’s lawyers about whether he pushed a girl down a staircase during high school.
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In a sworn deposition, Rep. Max Miller was silent on staircase assault allegation
"If the incident never occurred, why are you afraid of answering the question?" asked his ex-wife's lawyer.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17h
We need to take our country back from the fascists and make it a civilized place to live.
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Claire McCaskill @clairecmc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wanna get excited about a candidate running in a red state? This entire interview will do it. His discussion of abortion access is important and personal. Plus you get my recipe for smoked brisket! www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_st...
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KS Democratic Candidate for Senate on how to get the Democratic Party to “a better place.”
YouTube video by MS NOW
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20h
The Trump administration has moved to cripple Title IX protections against sexual assault and harassment on the same day New York prosecutors reopened the investigation into heinous allegations of a fraternity gang rape at Cornell University. trib.al/QewniBV
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Trump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape Investigation
The Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools.
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 20h
it continues to absolutely boggle my mind how few people realize that refineries in the US Rockies, Plains, Midwest/Great Lakes rely so heavily on millions of barrels of Canadian crude oil *every day* and have since the 1950s
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks Reagan 😕 The Republican agenda for the past 45 years in one chart 👇🏽
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Sarah @spressto.bsky.social · 23h
And @democracybookclub.bsky.social has launched! On Tyranny is this month, with The Nerd Reich by @gilduran.com, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times @skyeperryman.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social on the docket for future months. Anyone want to be a book club lead? Let me know. #booktok
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026
A little over a year after leaving government service, Elon Musk is set to return in a limited capacity, co-directing a Pentagon initiative known as Project Meridian, focused on the future of warfare, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced. wapo.st/4ytVaiG
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 01/10/2026
The young crypto investors who fell in love with Donald Trump's embrace of the industry when he ran for president are now furious that he used them to enrich himself and his family.
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'How much more money does he need?' Crypto bros furious at Trump over his 'cash grab'
The young crypto investors who fell in love with Donald Trump's embrace of the industry when he ran for president are now furious that he used them to enrich himself and his family.Trump's personal venture into crypto revived the industry's image as a "scam," and crypto investors and enthusiasts are...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h
🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 22h
$20 million represents the total income tax payments of 1,053 households. A thousand American families worked full time for a whole year just to pay for Trump’s campaign ads.
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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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Trump: "The one thing we have is oil is a little high, but oil is much lower than it was for Biden" (Energy prices are much higher now than they were when Biden left office)
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