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Shaggy Rodgers @themysteryinc.bsky.social · 20h
Please fellow Texans for the love of Texas and for the love of America #VoteForHinojosa #VoteForJohnson #VoteForJohnson #VoteForTalarico
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
NEW: Have you had a prior authorization request delayed or denied by your health insurer? We want to hear from you. Your experiences help us better understand the real-life stakes.
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We’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica Understand Your Health Insurance Denial.
ProPublica is looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization impacts patients. We need your help to figure out if the process is still leading to delayed or missed treatments, tests...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 09/10/2026
Age verification laws that require users to possess a current passport, driver’s license, or similar to prove identity exclude critical populations. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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When No ID Means No Internet: Age Verification and the Right to
Age verification proposals are often presented as a simple tradeoff: sacrifice a little privacy to better safeguard children online. But that framing overlooks a more fundamental question. What
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026
NEW: Election denier Tina Peters reportedly discussed a scheme to wrestle control of the midterms from the states with the White House. But the dubious plan, which involves sweeping changes to voting machines and hand counts of ballots, rests on a little-used regulation that covers...WiFi routers.
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Election deniers say an obscure rule on Wi-Fi routers means Trump can decide how votes are counted. Here’s why they’re wrong
"The Commerce secretary doesn't have more power than the president. The president has zero power over elections in the United States.”
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biologist077.bsky.social @biologist077.bsky.social · 21h
Scientists found gepotidacin, a new oral antibiotic, rapidly improved uUTI symptoms in 90% of women in a Phase 3b trial within 72 hrs. This surprised me! It inhibits bacterial DNA. A novel approach, which is great news for patients as resistance grows.
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Gepotidacin is Safe and Effective for Uncomplicated UTIs in Women, Phase 3b Trial Shows
A recent Phase 3b clinical trial has demonstrated that gepotidacin (Blujepa), a new oral antibiotic, is safe and effective in rapidly improving symptoms for women with uncomplicated urinary tract infe
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Blue Woman Voting 📎 @bluewomanvoting123.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Treason. Disgusting. Zero doubts this was always the plan. Cut off Middle East oil so Putin could supply at record prices to pay for his war. Trump and the GOP doing all they can to help Putin will the war against Ukraine.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h
Yeesh. 👀 (Bloomberg) - The most likely long-term outcome of the AI boom will be massive capital destruction in the US, with market share going to cheaper open-source Chinese models, according to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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biologist077.bsky.social @biologist077.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Amazing! In 197 patients treated for Alzheimer's with lecanemab, 34 specific plasma biomarkers changed significantly, suggesting highly individualized biological responses. For patients, this could lead to more personalized treatment plans.
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New Study Reveals Plasma Biomarkers Highlight Distinct Biological Responses to Lecanemab in Alzheime
A recent study investigated how blood-based biomarkers change in patients undergoing treatment with lecanemab for Alzheimer's disease. Researchers found that specific plasma proteins shifted significa
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 19h
You are not defined by your worst decision, biggest mistake or most embarrassing day. You’re more than your health issues, job status or ability to produce for capitalism. We’re all doing our best to survive… and you are worth it just as you are.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2026
📸 Check out the handwritten application we submitted to found a private school in West Virginia. We were approved as a microschool. A state spokesperson said it “does not approve or deny the operation of microschools for any reason.” Read the full story: propub.li/4AU2wxz
A handwritten note on a ripped out sheet of notebook paper, addressed to the State Superintendent of Schools in West Virginia. The letter is a Notice of Intent for ProPublica and Mountain State Spotlight to register a non-public school.
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Chris Tackett @cjtackett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So I built a bunch of new pages built upon Texas Ethics Commission data that has every contested Statewide, State Senate, and State House race, a bunch of key PACs and billionaires, and a few Tarrant County races. All of it is current through the 30 Day reports. data.seeitnameitfightit.com
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Follow the Money · See It. Name It. Fight It.
Campaign finance for Texas statewide, legislative and Tarrant County races, from public filings.
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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The US is investigating 9 universities over “visa fraud.” On Thursday, JD Vance said J-1 visas for international college students “undercut the wages of American grad students and American researchers.” He also said companies use H-1B visas to “replace” Americans with “foreign indentured servants.”
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
Immigrant New Yorkers belong here. ICE does not. If you need help, call our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 or dial 311 and say “Immigration Legal.” Help is here in your native language, no matter your immigration status. More info: nyc.gov/knowyourrights
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Know Your Rights: Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) - MOIA
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The promise of Social Security: work hard, pay into the program, and you can retire with dignity. In Congress, Betty McCollum and I are going to fight to save Social Security and protect the program you’ve paid into your entire life.
Peggy Flanagan and Betty McCollum address senior Minnesotans in St. Paul.Peggy Flanagan greets senior Minnesotans in St. Paul.Peggy Flanagan greets a senior Minnesotan in St. Paul.Peggy Flanagan addresses senior Minnesotans in St. Paul.
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 09/10/2026
Food is too damn expensive, and corporate monopolies are making it worse. The Greedy Few are destroying local food systems, squeezing family farmers, and taking control of what ends up on our dinner tables. It's time to take back control of our food and make it local again.
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Fr. Steven Clark @frstevenclark.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It is right and holy therefore, men and brethren, rather to obey God than to follow those who, through pride and sedition, have become the leaders of a detestable emulation. For we shall incur no slight injury, but rather great danger, if we rashly yield ourselves to th...[more]— St. Clement of Rome
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 23h
Harris County’s Precinct 4 just shut down 61 Flock surveillance cameras! Texans are raising the alarm about AI-powered mass surveillance, and local officials are finally listening. It's time to de-flock the rest of Texas and protect our right to privacy.
FOX 26 Houston news graphic featuring the headline, “Flock cameras in Harris County’s Precinct 4 turned off due to rising privacy concerns.” The graphic reports on the shutdown of Flock surveillance cameras in Harris County Precinct 4, Texas.
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Geneva 🇨🇦 @geneva1111.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pass Medicare for All. Cradle to grave, it's there for you.
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Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 08/10/2026
Layoffs announced in 2026 so far: Volkswagen: 50,000 employees UPS: 30,000 employees Oracle: 21,000 employees Amazon: 17,500 employees Meta: 10,500 employees Heineken: 6,000 employees Microsoft: 5,500 employees PayPal: 4,500 employees Uber: 3,300 employees
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump voters are looking my way because I'm not bought off. I want money out of politics, money in your pocket, and Medicare for All.
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Shaggy Rodgers @themysteryinc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Every time I see a #PutinBot comment BS about Talarico, I'm going to post the truth, he's our only hope, he cares for all Texans, he's pro-LGBTQ+, just like his ultra progressive church, he believes in separation of church and state, he walks the walk, don't believe the #PutinBot comments
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ITEP @itep.org · 08/10/2026
NEW: Americans in nearly every income group are paying more under President Trump's second term in 2026. The overall impact of inflationary policies, OBBBA's top-heavy tax cuts, and expiring health care tax credits have left savings only for the wealthiest Americans.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He makes a good point.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Senator Collins pledged to serve 2 terms in Congress and yet, here we are, 30 years later. Let's retire Susan Collins once and for all.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Fact check: Woman in Anti-Sherrod Brown Trans Ad Wasn't From Ohio, Had Surgery as Adult
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Fact check: Woman in Anti-Brown Trans Ad Wasn't From Ohio, Had Surgery as Adult
YouTube video by News 5 Cleveland
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 08/10/2026
Your electric bill shouldn't go up just so these Corrupt Bigshots can cash in. Billion-dollar AI corporations want massive amounts of electricity and water, while working Texans are left worrying about higher utility bills.
Graphic showing a large server room filled with blue-lit data center equipment. A circular inset in the upper left shows a utility bill, calculator, and pen. Near the center is a small circular photo of Clayton Tucker wearing a cowboy hat. Large yellow and white text reads, “AI data centers can make water and power bills more expensive.” The handle @ClaytonTuckerTX appears in the upper right corner.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
50% of modern medicines come from plants. 70% of cancer treatments come from nature. The Amazon holds 10% of all life on Earth. We've studied <1% of it for medicine. We are cutting down cures faster than we can discover them. Every forest cleared = A cure lost. Source: WHO / NCI
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕟ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 🏳️‍🌈 ✡️ 😸 🌊 @stevefm20.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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NatValCas *Swissmama* @natvalcas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ICE put violent, mentally unstable men on the street without training or vetting them, and now they're afraid of incurring even more liability and bad press. www.rawstory.com/ice-employees/
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ICE bleeding staff at record rate as firings and resignations soar: report
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is losing employees faster than at any point in its history, with thousands of recent hires quitting or getting fired shortly after joining, according to federal wo...
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Fr. Steven Clark @frstevenclark.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Here is what we seek: a compassion that can stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than stand in judgement at how they carry it. — Greg Boyle SJ
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
Despite knowing Clint Massie was abusing girls for years, church leaders never reported him to police. It felt like “a group of people who are not just trying to protect someone — but something,” the DA said. “They have enabled something awful here.” (Published Nov. 2025 w/ @startribune.com)
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Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When they indict Cassidy Hutchinson it will be a great opportunity for her and her legal team to find a way to put in the public record all the powerful 50-, 60-, and 70-year-old Republican members of Congress who secretly propositioned her sexually when she was college-age (20) Way to go Trump
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Republican Lawmakers Were Sexting Cassidy Hutchinson When She Worked at the White House
I think I speak for the entire congregation when I say, “Ewwwww!”
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 09/10/2026
Oh wow. This is the sort of thing which voters absolutely HATE (well, except for Trump who gets away with it all the time). And the contrast with Marshall suing & arresting his patients for similar amounts of past-due invoices is absolutely perfect.
BREAKING: Roger Marshall stiffed a local Kansas business who baked cookies for his campaign, refusing to pay a $678 bill - a bill larger than debts for which Roger Marshall had patients sued, arrested, and jailed, which ran as low as $114.49!Screenshot of Kansas baker post
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Witnessing someone be publicly executed will take a toll on society, whether people support the death penalty or not. We are not supposed to watch people be murdered. We aren’t meant to endure this much bloodlust, violence and trauma. An eye for an eye doesn’t work.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” (Published Dec. 2025)
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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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ICE Goons Tracker @icegoons.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A man was shot at through his car windshield multiple times by ICE goons despite having his 5-year-old son in the vehicle. Despicable.
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ICE agent shoots man in New York City with five-year-old in car, mayor says
Police say man taken to hospital and mayor says child physically unharmed as he condemns ‘unconscionable’ act
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: World’s First Vaccine Targeting the Entire SARS Coronavirus Family Begins Human Testing GBP511, developed by UW Medicine and tested by SK Bioscience, aims to protect against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses before they spark the next pandemic.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Welcome to the Trump regime’s October surprise: Go After Anybody”: ICE Gets Terrifying Marching Orders in California ICE has launched a new crackdown just weeks before the midterms. | TNR newrepublic.com/post/216405/...
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“Go After Anybody”: ICE Gets Terrifying Marching Orders in California
ICE has launched a new crackdown just weeks before the midterms.
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 08/10/2026
Texas is running out of water, and the Greedy Few want to drain us even faster. Our aquifers are shrinking while billionaire tech corporations push massive AI data centers into communities already struggling with water shortages. We can't afford to let them drain Texas dry for another payday.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 09/10/2026
I’ve found the schematics.
Slave ship
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Tom Emmer refers to Somali-Americans as "enemy combatants" and says they should be "rounded up and put in jail"
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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 07/10/2026
Happy 100th birthday to the dedicated, driven, and dynamic Dr. Opal Lee! Thank you for your resilience, your strength, and for refusing to let this country ignore its history. You’ve poured so much love into this world. May your birthday be filled with the same love and joy you’ve given so many!❤️
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 07/10/2026
For years, even Democrats who liked Medicare for All assumed it was too unpopular to endorse. It’s time for them to reassess: The latest KFF poll found 66% public support for Medicare for All, an all-time high. (It’s even increasingly popular among Republicans) www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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National poll shows unprecedented public support for Medicare for All
For years, Democrats feared that the reform lacked public support. A new survey suggests it’s time to reassess those assumptions.
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GodlessPrimate @godlessprimate.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is maga. A pro pedo party.
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