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Retired life insurance bot and current low intermediate guitar player.

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CoachN @coachn.bsky.social · 3h
Superb piece, Imani. We need this hate grift exposed again-and-again.
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404 Media @404media.co · 1h
The idea is that, since USPS trucks are constantly traveling anyway, they can be used as a way to collect data, eventually potentially across the nation.
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USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7h
The lawsuit is part of Republicans’ nationwide legal strategy to prevent eligible voters from casting ballots in American elections. Find more details here:
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🚨 RNC v. Evnen
Learn more.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 15h
Know their names: Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Diego Sarabia, Gillio Lopes, Winston Lee, Johnathan Newell and Matthew Ingalls #Cornell7 But also, everyone in the group chat, the administrators, university, and DA. SHAME.
Cornell 7Disgusting chat
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Gus Bova @gusbova.bsky.social · 4h
Criminally charging the shooting victim, criminally charging the protesters... Texas desperately needs a governor who will pull DPS out of this descent into fascism and allow local police and prosecutors to do the same
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 4h
✍🏾 MY LATEST: I wrote about the moral panic Republicans manufactured about trans girls in sports. I decided to turn all my yelling on social media about trans girls in sports into a column.
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The Panic Over Trans Athletes is Fake: Opinion
Republicans have manufactured a crisis in women’s sports, just in time for the midterm elections. Democrats should find the courage to defend trans children—or at the very least, leave them alone.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h
Billionaires are vacuuming up all the wealth, while workers get screwed. They’re laughing in our faces while Trump steals from us and builds a ballroom. (H/T @qasimrashid.com)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h
🇺🇸 US TRAVEL ASSOCIATION: “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation. It’s mind-boggling.” The Trump effect. 🤷🏼 www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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captimes.com @captimes.com · 2h
Editorial: After Tom Tiffany banned the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from media coverage, we looked into the allegedly unfair coverage — it is Tiffany who is being unfair.
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Editorial | Tiffany doesn’t want voters knowing the truth about him
Editorial: After Tom Tiffany banned the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from media coverage, we looked into the allegedly unfair coverage — it is Tiffany who is being unfair.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13h
Buried away and completely hidden out of sight in a dense forest, more than 1,600 immigrants are imprisoned here on any given day in what is the largest immigration detention center in the Northeast.
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Trump’s mass detention machine in Pennsylvania
"ICE is just churning bodies into the detention system."
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 17h
🚨 NEW: Wisconsin’s highest court will hear a case brought by the DNC that could allow courts to extend polling hours when Election Day disruptions threaten voting access. The ruling won’t come before the midterms.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear case on expanded voting hours during Election Day disruptions
The DNC is asking the justices to clarify whether Wisconsin courts can extend voting hours when election-day problems threaten voters’ constitutional right to vote.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026
Norway has solution to this actually, stay at home parents can get their share of the public daycare subsidy as cash, that way parents are not pushed one way or the other. the problem of course is virtually no one on the center or right actually gives a shit about parents
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 20h
This period will go down as one of the greatest moments for Democrat attack ads in history. We're seeing LBJ "Daisy"-level spots daily.
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Carolleisa @carolleisa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sometimes it’s Amazon. Sometimes it’s Google. Sometimes it’s a company you’ve never heard of. They want your land, your water, your power grid, your tax base. #Datacenters are a supercharged corporate attack on the public good. www.theframelab.org/mps-data-cen...
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Data Centers Isuse Hurts Trump—If Democrats Pounce
AI. Crypto. Trump. All three are the same con with different wigs.
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 21h
Gov. Bob Ferguson urged voters Tuesday to reject Initiative 638, which would ban transgender girls from competing in girls’ K-12 sports.
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Ferguson urges voters to reject potential trans girl athletes ban
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Stop Insider Trading Act doesn’t stop members from: ⚪️ Owning stock or making decisions impacting their stock values ⚪️ Profiting off stock ⚪️ Profiting from owning or trading other assets
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, the media, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.
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MissPlaced @missplaced.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@standupforscience.net
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 22h
NEW: Republicans launched a program for Wisconsin election observers to identify discrepancies with voting machines in the swing state. The new program appears to mark an escalation from typical poll watching activities and could lead to longer wait times for voters this fall.
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GOP trained Wisconsin election observers to target voting machines in pivotal swing state
The new RNC program appears to mark an escalation from typical poll watching activities.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h
🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is piloting a training program for Wisconsin election observers to identify discrepancies with voting machines, as the GOP piles additional scrutiny on voting processes in the swing state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP trained Wisconsin election observers to target voting machines in pivotal swing state
The new RNC program appears to mark an escalation from typical poll watching activities.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 29/09/2026
To justify the capital being deployed to build data centers around the world, the global artificial intelligence industry needs to earn $6 trillion in annual revenue by 2031, consulting firm Bain & Co. said.
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AI faces $6 trillion test to justify data centers, Bain says
Consulting firm Bain & Co.’s report highlights the hurdles ahead to make the current pace of artificial intelligence development sustainable.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wait. Which country is he talking about?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 29/09/2026
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday denied asking Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy American weapons, countering his own envoy's claim that Trump made the offer to his Chinese counterpart.
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Trump denies offering to sell arms to China’s Xi
U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue had told Fox News on Sunday that Trump made the extraordinary offer to sell arms to the rival superpower.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No they damn well won't. You rubes, you absolute simps. bsky.app/profile/reut...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nicki Minaj is not a US citizen. She’s a green card holder. Her husband, Kenneth Petty, is a registered sex offender. Her brother, Jelani Maraj, was convicted of repeatedly raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter. So, of course, she’s MAGA.
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Watchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bad.... very, very bad. 👇
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
IMPORTANT: There are 15 states that require in-person registration 28–30 days before an election, meaning this maybe your last week to register. Check your registration at Vote.gov.
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Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here’s the full investigation — part 4, the latest in a series that we’ve been publishing since April. This was picked up as a very big story in Canada late last week… but it’s been oddly quiet in other media here in the US www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Canada is maybe the best country. I love Canada so much that when I listen to Sloan I don’t even skip the drummer’s songs.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In March, Washington State passed a tax on millionaires to fund public education, childcare, and expand its earned income tax credit. Now, special interest groups backed by the rich are trying to trick voters into repealing the tax by claiming it will apply to non-millionaires. Don't fall for it.
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Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed.
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
But if trans girls are "cheating" by playing women's sports, what else are the sneaky trans people cheating about. They're also coming for Title IX. They don't care about women in sports. They want women out of sports. Please, I am begging you, stop falling for this shit.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026
Tread on me, daddy.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds
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Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds
Atrazine, banned in 60 countries, polluting rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health
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Jordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Across Maine, Republicans are running for office as fake "independents." Not because they changed. Because they know an R can't win where they're running. We need to unmask them. Who’s the one in your district? I'll start in the replies. #mepolitics
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Don’t take your eyes off of him” is something u say about a guy who is going to try to steal your wallet or put something in your drink lol
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 28/09/2026
$24.49 a gallon for gas in Noatak. I don’t know how anyone can afford that. Alaska families are being crushed by the unaffordable cost of living, and Dan Sullivan keeps on voting for the war that’s making everything more expensive. Alaska needs change.
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✨🌟 ⭐️ LoveKat ⭐️🌟✨🟦♿️🧬🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🌎☮️🕊️🟪 @lovekat41.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Miramar, Florida Concentration camp has footage that leaked out from inside, by a whistle blower. This is inhumane, disgusting, and heartbreaking.🤢🤬 youtube.com/shorts/wcqyU...
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Maddow on WHISTLEBLOWER images from inside ICE 'prison camp'
YouTube video by MS NOW
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Btw: I'm now trying to track Musk's most public spending through his America PAC
Where the money is landing
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Against LURIA, ELAINE
H, VA · via America PAC
2026-09-25
$26,161
Against MCCANN, SEAN
H, MI · via America PAC
2026-09-25
$1,134
Against CONLEY, CAIT
H, NY · via America PAC
2026-09-25
$12,443
Against BROWN, SHERROD
S, OH · via America PAC
2026-09-25
$12,443
For HUSTED, JON
S, OH · via America PAC
2026-09-25
$16,035
Against PAPPAS, CHRIS
S, NH · via America PAC
2026-09-25
$16,035
For SUNUNU, JOHN E
S, NH · via America PAC
2026-09-25
$13,007
Against EL-SAYED, ABDUL
S, MI · via America PAC
2026-09-25
$13,007
For ROGERS, MICHAEL J
S, MI · via America PAC
2026-09-25
$5,633
Against JACKSON, TROY DALE
S, ME · via America PAC
2026-09-25
$5,633
For COLLINS, SUSAN M.
S, ME · via America PAC
2026-09-25
$6,532
Against TUREK, JOSHUA
S, IA · via America PAC
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/09/2026
In November 2022, Michele Tafoya published an open letter urging Trump not to run again. By August 2024, Tafoya reversed course, declaring, “I have come to like Trump so much more through the years.”
startribune.com
From ‘difficult to accept’ to ‘he’s got a backbone’: Tafoya’s evolution on Trump
The Republican Senate candidate’s podcast shows her shift from discouraging Trump from running to praising his leadership.
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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"On 9/24, the...Advisory Council on Historic Preservation terminated the Section 106 review process for the proposed Monumental or Triumphal Arch..., before consultation was finished. We urge you to raise your voice in opposition." Deadline: 11:59 pm ET 9/29/26. savingplaces.org/monumental-a...
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Monumental Arch | National Trust for Historic Preservation
Members of the public have the opportunity to provide input on a proposed Monumental Arch at Memorial Circle on the George Washington Memorial Parkway, near Arlington National Cemetery and along the P...
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Jim Witkins @jimwitkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wisconsin. They’re begging you to fire them. They’re looking you in the face and saying, we don’t give a shit about what you want. We’re siding with trump. That’s a complete failure. Do not vote for Van Orden or Tom Tiffany or any of the trump is my guy republicans. Fire them all. 🗳️🌊
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Are people who don’t listen to modern pop country better than people who do listen to modern pop country? Yes, obviously.
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Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I really would love it if Democrats would spend more time saying “if Trump tells you to do a crime it is still a crime and we will do our best to have you punished for it”
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Curt Hogg @cyrthogg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Most 100+ mph pitches by team across MLB this year 30. DET - 5 29. HOU -7 28. NYM - 9 27. TEX - 14 ... 4. PIT - 370 3. LAD - 573 2. SD - 753 1. Jacob Misiorowski - 1,115
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem?
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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Milwaukee #Brewers beat #Cardinals 6-4 to close regular season with franchise-record 103 wins shorturl.at/lUhhQ
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Misiorowski continues Cy Young Award push and Turang gets 100th RBI as Brewers beat Cardinals 6-4
Jacob Misiorowski allowed two hits in 5 1/3 shutout innings to cap his brilliant season as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
inquirer.com
We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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