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Just a Puerto Rican lady collecting relevant news. A hobby I guess. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"One U.S. strike hit a home hosting a wedding, killing five people and wounding dozens, local officials said." apnews.com/article/iran...
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US military completes latest strikes against Iran, while Trump vows more for Tehran's retaliation
The U.S. military has hit targets in Iran, and Tehran has fired missiles and drones in response. Iranian officials say the latest U.S. attacks hit a house hosting a wedding, killing five people.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/08/2026
Spotted outside The Penthouse Nightclub in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. REUTERS/Chris Helgren.
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 01/09/2026
"I am in strong agreement with the President" *is not* the sentence you should hear from a Democratic senator in the year of our Lord 2026.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 01/09/2026
Bari Weiss is a cancer on journalism.
To most people, El-Sayed's social media posts were likely innocuous. In fact, top politicians, including then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and mainstream news organizations, including CBS News itself, had pointed out at the time that the pandemic was killing more Americans than 9/11. But in Weiss' eyes, the news organization had apparently uncovered a scandal worthy of attention from a national news outlet.

Indeed, Status has learned that Weiss praised the story during the network's daily editorial meeting Monday, signaling her support for the piece to the entire network. In fact, I’m told that Weiss even personally directed that the headline be tweaked to specifically mention that El-Sayed had deleted tweets referencing the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Elsewhere inside CBS News, the story was not received so well. According to people familiar with the matter, many employees inside the David Ellison-owned newsroom viewed the story with disdain, believing it served as yet another blemish calling into question the organization's objectivity under new ownership.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/09/2026
More mail-in ballots were tossed in 2026 & 2025 than in years prior. This November, the U.S. Postal Service’s capability could be what decides the elections. trib.al/Kh41qdi
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Polymarket needs to be understood as part of the right-aligned info ecosystem. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/b...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Firm Leads $1 Billion Funding Round for Polymarket
The new round values the prediction market at $21 billion, up from $15 billion. Mr. Trump’s firm, 1789 Capital, will invest around $300 million.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Loreto Javar, a green card holder who’s lived in the United States for over three decades and is being treated for Stage 4 prostate cancer, has been held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma for more than two months. 

A 76-year-old retired hotel worker who lives in Fife with his wife and daughter, Javar was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials June 23 during an interview for his U.S. citizenship application in Tukwila. He was receiving ongoing cancer treatment when he was taken into ICE custody, his family said, and has missed several medical appointments since his arrest.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This was written by Thomas Anderson, a retired colonel and attorney who posts under the online moniker "CynicalPublius” on Elon’s toxic waste site. He is one of Pete Hegseth’s influencers hired to spread propaganda. Just a coincidence that he’s covering up for Donald Trump’s pedophilia . . .
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
ABC NEWS: “ICE set to deploy a fleet of robot dogs to track and apprehend undocumented migrants…” Deranged. Dystopian. Nightmare fuel.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
WATCH — @chefjoseandres : “The IDF knows there was no excuse. Enough with the odious smears, excuses, shifting blame… we want an independent investigation.” The Israeli commander who ordered the bombing of 7 @wckitchen workers says he is “not sorry”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Fox Reporter Jen Griffin reports Trump’s ARMY SECRETARY Dan Driscoll just RESIGNED over Hegseth ignoring warnings about military readiness re: the Iran War and firing generals responsible Disgraceful and dangerous www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
More Mail Ballots Are Arriving Late This Year, and They’re Getting Tossed www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...
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More Mail Ballots Are Arriving Late This Year, and They’re Getting Tossed
State officials say they worry about the Postal Service’s ability to deliver votes this fall. They are urging voters to mail their ballots early or use drop boxes so their votes count.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
For those keeping score at home, the United States is now without an Army Secretary, Army Deputy Secretary, and Senate-confirmed Army Chief of Staff -- all in the midst of an ongoing War with Iran that everyone in D.C. has quietly conceded Trump already lost.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
El-Sayed: JD Vance couch joke Vance : How dare you talk about my wife
El-Sayed: Why would you invite JD Vance? We don't have more couches here than they do in Ohio.
C-SPAN!JD Vance: "Keep my wife's name the hell out of your mouth, Abdul, because she's way out of your league"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Of course Bari did CBS News(max) is a disgrace
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 01/09/2026
this stuff loses a lot of regular people like me, wins no one on the right, and undermines efforts to build unity in a coalition that go back to AOC backing biden. with elections right around the corner, does the dem party have a toxic centrist problem?
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The corporate media is obsessed with Hasan Piker (and so are moderate Democrats.) But the other side is giving racists, Nazi and Klan cosplayers and online trolls direct access to the Pentagon and the White House. Why won't major media ask Republicans about that? www.youtube.com/live/DSZh0Lj...
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Strange Fruit | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
YouTube video by The Joy Reid Show
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The correct Democratic position on every issue is “I will undo everything Donald Trump has done, I will destroy everything he has built, and I will impose consequences on him and everyone who helped him do it.” No negotiation. Rip it all down.
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Andy Barr's campaign has removed Trump's name from his website, making him the *second* Kentucky Republican to do so after Ralph Alvarado in KY-06 Them internals must be brutal...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Liz Sanders: PBS News obtained a letter from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine sent to Senator Elissa Slotkin - he writes, "The Joint Force has no plans to send Federal military personnel or Federalized members of the National Guard to polling places during the 2026 elections.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.
Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A lot of people have spent more time talking about a lefty podcaster who no one has voted for than the actual GOP nominee for governor in Colorado
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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The gig is up in the very first sentence of the Supreme Court's per curiam opinion on the Trump ballroom (emphasis added): "In October 2025, the *federal government* started a project to replace the East Wing of the White House." They've collapsed the legislative branch into the unitary executive.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I know this is “no shit” to you, but:
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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Rural hospitals closing or shutting down key departments like obstetrics will be one of the biggest stories of 2027. Democrats need to make it one of the biggest stories of the next two months.
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Republicans Built a Medicaid Time Bomb. It Goes Off After the Election.
It's Democrats' job to explain what's coming and who must be blamed by November.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Food so good you grow an extra finger!
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Jay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Kurt Schlicter once told a disabled veteran to off himself. I know because I was that veteran.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I don't think it should be controversial to say, "we will not provide financial or military assistance to a country where the Minister of National Security brags about popping people's dreams of 'food' and 'education' then sending them to a prison where they are starved."
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 31/08/2026
This is awesome. And friendly reminder that the whales have been back in NYC for over a decade now and you can take whale watching tours in sight of the rockaways.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Milo stuff is the perfect picture of fascism. You think you're protected because you go as big as you can on racism, you spend years harassing the movement's perceived enemies, you even disavow your own sexuality. They'll still throw you in a cage over the tiniest disagreement already forgotten.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We are cutting USAID supports for African countries and SNAP benefits at home, but there is one group of foreigners that is getting more benefits
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
JUST IN: The Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit has rejected ICE's unprecedented expansion of mandatory detention — the eighth straight appeals court to reject the Trump administration's approach as the issue hurtles toward SCOTUS. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"To be a Trump Republican you have to dare to be stupid" - Jamelle Bouie bluevirginia.us/2026/08/frid...
Screenshot of Jamelle Bouie's new video, "To be a Trump Republican you have to dare to be stupid"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eoanXKDICU
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Daniel @escargotpro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
No matter what you think of Hasan this is a great time to see which politicians are incapable of staying on their message. Imagine being asked about a streamer & answering directly instead of bulldozing & talking about what you wanted to talk about on tv anyways
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 28/08/2026
A state board Thursday agreed to borrow almost $200 million to build a new 4,000 bed prison in Escambia County. via @alabamareflector.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/alab...
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Alabama to borrow $200 million to build new Escambia prison
A state board Thursday agreed to borrow almost $200 million to build a new 4,000 bed prison in Escambia County.The decision by the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority increases the…
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
So here's the deal: the "mainstream" media ONLY cares about certain things - the deficit/debt, the 80-year-old president mixing up names and mangling facts, etc. - if a DEMOCRAT is in the White House. If a Republican is president, the "mainstream" media doesn't GAF. bluevirginia.us/2026/08/frid...
"Don't worry Peter, Republicans will suddenly become very concerned about the debt the moment they lose power and you and your colleagues at THE PAPER OF RECORD will turn it into a thing to choke out any Democratic priorities. We've seen this movie, several times." - scarylawyerguy

"The collective shrug in Washington to news that the national debt has passed $40 trillion demonstrates how drastically the politics of deficit spending has changed in recent years." - Peter Baker of the NY Times
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 28/08/2026
St. Paul City Council President Rebecca Noecker said the city made a deal with Flock without notifying the council. “Flock was passed last February, and we did not see that contract. I still haven’t seen that contract as of today,” she said after Wednesday’s public hearing.
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St. Paul mayor, police chief announce removal of Flock cameras
St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and Police chief Axel Henry said they “understand and share the concerns raised by our community about other jurisdictions accessing data during Operation Metro Surge.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“.. One Pentagon memo about navy funding seen by the Guardian warns that there are ‘shortfalls in payroll’ accounts due to the department ‘raiding’ them to fund combat operations.” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
ICYMI - We're doing an educational know-your-rights series - here on your rights not to answer or follow commands of law enforcement. Check it out!
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Scripps News @scrippsnews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“Steel Magnolias” and “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” will return to about 200 AMC theaters nationwide Friday.
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AMC Theatres bringing back Dolly Parton films after her death
“Steel Magnolias” and “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” will return to about 200 AMC theaters nationwide Friday.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“It was aggressive, unexpected, disruptive — certainly didn’t seem to show respect for the state,” Republican Gov. Mark Gordon of Wyoming said in an interview on Thursday. “We’re going to get to the bottom of it as best we can.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
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Wyoming Governor Objects to ‘Very Odd’ D.O.J. Election Monitoring
Governor Mark Gordon, a Republican, said he was concerned by the behavior of election observers who visited a polling station in Cheyenne.
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This math works for Mexico too.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
weird how you never hear about police department layoffs
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A racist regime delighting in the pain of Black and Brown people in the country legally It was never just about illegal immigration
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“The majority of Americans are open to living car-free even after decades of car-centric planning, a new survey finds…A stunning 18% of car-owning U.S. residents indicated that they were ‘strongly interested’ in living car-free, and another 40% said that they were ‘open’ to it.” @usa.streetsblog.org
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Survey: Most Americans Are Open To Ditching Their Cars — Streetsblog USA
Automakers have spent a century and countless trillions of dollars making car-dependent living the American norm. But U.S. resident still aren't sold, a new survey suggests.
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