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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 1h
POTUS is back on his BS. His grip on power is slipping so he's trying hard to turn out his base by attacking Gov Cook & Minnesota's Somali-American community. It's KKK Grand Wizard politics but it's worked before & he's got nothing positive to run on so he's going hard...
Trump Announces White House Inquiry Into Fed Governor Cook
President Trump said the White House would investigate unsubstantiated claims that Lisa D. Cook committed mortgage fraud and hold a hearing next month.
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 4h
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/penn... “US measles cases now stands at 4,080,according to the CDC. That figure represents the most measles cases in the United States since 1991. And with less than three months left in the year, the nation appears to be easily on track to double last year’s 2,289 cases”🤬
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With Pennsylvania leading the way, US measles cases top 4,000
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 6h
Trump says US to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms apnews.com/article/trum... “Trump’s shocking announcement comes after he signed a sweeping Russia sanctions law last month that aimed at clamping down on Russia’s energy economy” #TraitorTrump
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Trump says US to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms
Trump says U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of US pressure on Moscow to combat prices ahead of midterms
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h
NEW: A judge slammed the Trump administration for corrupting what has long been the DOJ's "crown jewel" — its Civil Rights Division. The ruling, which blocked the department's sweeping hunt for state voter data, rebuked its invocation of laws meant to safeguard minority voting rights.
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Judge rebukes Trump administration for perverting pro-voting mission of DOJ’s ‘crown jewel’
Sooknanan traced the Civil Rights Division’s history from its creation under President Dwight Eisenhower to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1957, calling it the DOJ’s “crown jewel.”
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 6h
Remember when Donald Trump promised his "Big Beautiful Bill" would make your life easier? 5 MILLION Americans got cut off SNAP. 15 MILLION are projected to lose health insurance. Higher costs are making life even harder.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 6h
NEW: The Department of Justice is making it easier for Attorney General Todd Blanche and other Senate-confirmed DOJ appointees to participate in political activities, according to a new internal memo obtained by PBS News. to.pbs.org/3TtThmX
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Trump administration relaxes rules around political events for Blanche, other Senate-approved appointees
The Department of Justice is making it easier for Attorney General Todd Blanche and other Senate-confirmed DOJ appointees to participate in political activities, according to a new internal memo obtai...
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 9h
I can honestly say Ken Paxton is no Jack Kennedy
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Politico @politico.com · 9h
Trump’s beef gamble isn’t paying off politi.co/4dwJIKG
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Trump’s beef gamble isn’t paying off politi.co/4dwJIKG
Trump’s beef gamble isn’t paying off politi.co/4dwJIKG
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 9h
Formerly known as Fascism 🤬🤬🤬
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 9h
Law enforcement officers have been given federal orders and money to find and punish people espousing an assortment of disfavored views — from “anti-Americanism” to “extremism on matters of migration” — under the banner of fighting domestic terrorism. bit.ly/4AZMLoU
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Co-opting Local Police to Suppress Dissent
A presidential order has activated the post-9/11 machinery of federal-state-local law enforcement cooperation to target the administration’s political opponents.
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 10h
Pay per view? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤬
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 10h
Charges: serving while being black and a woman. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤨
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Michael McKee @mckonomy.bsky.social · 11h
*WHITE HOUSE FORMS COMMITTEE TO PROBE FED'S LISA COOK
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Claudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 10h
It’s the prices, stupid. (Michigan Survey, prelim October)
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 23h
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 12h
Michael Kosta Calls Kimberly Guilfoyle a Bad Fit for Bribery www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/a... “Wow, that was not subtle. Usually it’s, ‘Meet me in the parking lot with a suitcase full of bills.’ But Guilfoyle was like, ‘Here is a PDF with instructions for how to send me a bribe.’” — MICHAEL KOSTA 🤦‍♂️🤣🤨
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Michael Kosta Slams Kimberly Guilfoyle Over Reports She Asked Donor to Pay $100,000 Bill
“Man, if the Justice Department still existed, you’d be in so much trouble,” he said on “The Daily Show.”
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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 13h
Donald Trump is going around the country telling a weird madeup story about James Talarico fake-eating meat and then throwing up… My report from the POTUS red-state panic tour: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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The Dumocrats Are Coming for Trump, and All He Can Do Is Call Them Names
A report from the President’s campaign tour through the formerly safe precincts of red America.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 09/10/2026
Federal law enforcement agents shot and wounded a person in New York City on Thursday, city police said. to.pbs.org/4jN8gmo
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Federal agents involved in shooting that wounded person in New York, police say
An FBI spokesperson said an evidence response team was responding to the scene “to support our partners at the Department of Homeland Security,” but offered no other details.
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Review? Maybe you meant to write “witch hunt”? 🤨🤨🤨
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
newjerseymonitor.com/2026/10/07/r... “The DOJ has brought a few dozen cases this year, and U.S Attorney General Todd Blanche in late September announced indictments against 10 noncitizens over allegations of unlawfully voting. But the census reports 154 million people voted in the 2024 election.”🤦‍♂️🤨🤨
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Documents show Homeland Security officials probed nonprofits in hunt for noncitizen voters • New Jersey Monitor
The Department of Homeland Security obtained tens of millions of unspecified records as part of a sweeping nationwide effort to find voter fraud, according to internal DHS reports, and weighed using u...
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Michael McKee @mckonomy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
*GOLDMAN'S SPECIAL BONUS FOR TOP BRASS SET TO EXCEED $500 MLN The Democratic campaign ad writes itself...
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
newjerseymonitor.com/2026/10/07/r... “Giffords survived a gunshot to the head during an event in Arizona in 2011. “Words once came easily. Today I struggle to speak. But I’ve not lost my voice. America needs all of us to speak out, even when you have to fight to find the words,” Giffords said”
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Democrat Rebecca Bennett campaigns with Gabby Giffords in push to flip House seat • New Jersey Monitor
Democrat Rebecca Bennett enlisted former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords in her bid to flip the House seat now held by GOP Rep. Tom Kean Jr.
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
How the Trump Administration Is Eroding Airline Passengers’ Rights www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/t... “We’re in new territory with consumer protection regulations,” Paul Hudson, president of FlyersRights.org. “It’s shaping up to be a wholesale reversal of consumer protection for airline passengers.”🤨🤨🤬
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How the Trump Administration Is Eroding Airline Passengers’ Rights
Under Sean Duffy, the Transportation Department has worked to roll back consumer protections. Passenger advocates say the changes favor airlines.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/10/2026
Diesel costs are up 68% since Trump's war of choice in Iran began. I've signed an Executive Order to lower fuel prices for farmers during the fall harvest by allowing them to use dyed diesel in ag vehicles beyond the farm. We want to make sure they can compete and make a living.
25News Headline: Pritzker orders diesel price relief for Illinois farmers, blames Trump policies.
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 08/10/2026
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's administration is working to reach people who could lose coverage under new eligibility and administrative rules that will take effect over the next several months.
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New Medicaid rules could disqualify thousands of Philadelphians. City officials are trying to stem the problem.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: Trump’s DOJ put a convicted election hacker on poll duty. Yes, really.
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Trump’s DOJ Put Convicted Election Hacker on Poll Duty
As Harmeet Dhillon rebuilds the Civil Rights Division after roughly 300 career employees left, Justice Department records place David Michael Levin in the federal election-monitoring operation.
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.cidrap.umn.edu/foodborne-di... “Children account for nearly half of raw milk illnesses. Raw milk can contain several virulent pathogens, including Listeria, Campylobacter, Salmonella, Brucella, and Escherichia coli.” #PublicHealth 🤨🤨🤨
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Raw milk poses serious infection risks with no added health benefits, pediatrician group warns
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.tomshardware.com/laptops/micr... “Nadella described the event as one that would be building the "frontier ecosystem," anchoring it in Agent 365, Microsoft IQ, and Copilot. Davuluri describes Windows 11 as being the most secure platform for AI agents, highlighting containment for agents.”
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Microsoft and Nvidia launch Surface Laptop Ultra with RTX Spark — RTX Spark preorders live now, coinciding with major Windows 11 changes for agentic AI
The company also highlighted "hundreds" of games, including Call of Duty.
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
John Bogle gave everyone that advice. 🤔🤔🤔
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
On average, participants who previously received ACA subsidies are facing a 114% rise in out-of-pocket premium costs, translating to an additional $1,016 annually for medical insurance. So even if the checks ever magically appear, Republicans still cost us a lot of money. Not even counting gas. 🤬🤬
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In Iceland, Rubio Dodges a Diplomatic Flap Over a Trump Map www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u... “There is nothing funny or normal about making fun of the sovereignty of states, especially today when it is not a given,” Iceland’s prime minister, Kristrun Frostadottir, said in response to Trump’s post”🤨🤨🤬
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In Iceland, Rubio Dodges a Diplomatic Flap Over a Trump Map
President Trump had posted a map on his Truth Social account in September depicting Iceland as part of U.S. territory.
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Two Democracy Heroes on America www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o... “For me,” Karman said, “as someone who opposed dictatorship,it all starts when the head of state controls the media, accuses the media of lies and discredits the media —and institutions work only for the benefit of him and his family.”🤨
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Opinion | Two Democracy Heroes on America
Sitting on your hands is not an option when democracy is at stake.
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Airfares Have Spiked. Is the Death of Spirit Airlines to Blame? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/t... Certainly it’s part of the reason. Along with monopolization of the industry. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/o...
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Airfares Have Spiked. Is the Death of Spirit Airlines to Blame?
In the wake of the ultra-low-cost carrier’s closure, and with the cost of fuel and labor rising, domestic fares have become less competitive. But there are ways to parry higher prices.
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For Twin Brothers Abducted in the Oct. 7 Attacks, Adjusting to Freedom Is a New Challenge www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/w... “In the chaos of the attack and their abduction, Gali said he would never forget the cheers he heard in the streets of Gaza. It seemed like everybody was out. “A million people,”
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For Twin Brothers Abducted in the Oct. 7 Attacks, Adjusting to Freedom Is a New Challenge
Gali and Ziv Berman were taken hostage when their kibbutz was attacked on Oct. 7, 2023. They were freed a year ago but are still adjusting to freedom and trying to rebuild their lives.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026
As budget director, Russell Vought has often ignored Congress by … not signing the checks. At other times, he’s been able to take money Congress intended for one thing and use it for something else by justifying it as a “national emergency.” Listen to our latest episode:
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Podcast: Who’s the Shadow President?
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ai-versus-... “Through the tax code, and especially through changes in the tax code in Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, the data center boom is effectively being subsidized by taxpayer dollars.” #RegulateAI 🤬🤬🤬
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AI Versus Everything Else
The hyperscaler boom is crowding out other investment
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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How should a democratic society respond? Our data, our resources > our control and our profits
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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I asked Chat GPT why the buildout of AI requires facism, and it gets it…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'He's not coming back': Months after deadly Iranian attack, families of soldiers struggle to cope apnews.com/article/iran... “We’re all really frustrated and upset and mad,” Michelle Tietjens told the AP. “We’re still waiting for answers and not getting any.”
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'He's not coming back': Months after deadly Iranian attack, families of soldiers struggle to cope
Families of American soldiers killed and wounded in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces during the war with Iran are still grappling with grief and lifelong injuries more than seven months later.
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o... “The Supreme Court has made any kind of regulatory structure or legal action on climate very difficult. Indeed, the Roberts court is the place where climate action goes to die.” #IllegitimateSCOTUS #RobertsSuperPAC 🤨🤨🤬
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Opinion | The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared
However the U.S. Supreme Court rules, the work of holding oil companies accountable for climate change has a bright future.
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I Started a Business Last Year. Now I’m Getting Crushed. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o... “Meta and Amazon control so much of the market they can charge top dollar — recall Jeff Bezos’ gristly bon mot: “Your margin is my opportunity.” Those costs are passed on to small-business owners…” 🤨🤨🤬
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Opinion | Meta Is Crushing Small Online Retailers
Meta is crushing small online businesses by charging more for less effective ads, a sign of its extraordinary grip on the market.
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
robertreich.substack.com/p/the-centra... “the rise of corporate concentration since the 1980s. The biggest firms, their top executives and major shareholders have all done wonderfully well. Consumers and employees,however, have faced higher prices, lower paychecks, and fewer choices…” #Affordability
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The Central Question of Power in America
Can we reverse the power shift that began four decades ago? This is the biggest question lurking behind the midterm campaigns.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026
NEWS: Republican congressional candidate Rick Jackson spent the primary tying himself closely to Trump. After winning the nomination, Trump’s name quietly started disappearing from his campaign website.
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Rick Jackson Quietly Scrubbed Trump's Name From His Campaign Website After Winning the Primary
The Georgia GOP nominee who promised to be "Trump's favorite governor" is now hiding him from voters.
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Leaked audio of Ken Paxton complaining about the Trump team controlling his flailing campaign: "I’ve never been in a race where I felt less control over the campaign. It’s all coming, you know, from DC. I don’t control message or what we’re doing ... I just have to live with whatever I've got"
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-trump-... “The level of corruption that Trump has engaged in and enabled in others is completely unprecedented. America currently has a Republican president who has raked in billions, possibly close to $10 billion in personal gain from office in less than two years” 🤬🤦‍♂️
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The Trump Administration is a Cesspit of Corruption
And fighting it should be at the heart of the Democratic agenda
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Households will pay more for energy because of federal policy changes, think tank says apnews.com/article/clim... ‘The Energy Innovation analysis found households will pay an average of $6,500 more for energy, cumulatively through 2040. Trump is canceling new wind, solar and hydrogen projects’ 🤬🤬🤦‍♂️
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Households will pay more for energy because of federal policy changes, think tank says
Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Donald Trump returned to office, such as canceli...
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What’s in the water? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤨
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Marco Rubio Drinks Water
ALT: Marco Rubio Drinks Water
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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Discoveries in Neuroscience www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h... “The technique provides clues for the treatment of conditions such as blindness, depression, addiction and dementia.” #Science Bravo 👏👏👏
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Discoveries in Neuroscience
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were recognized for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, a technique that uses tiny lights to activate neurons in the brain.
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