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Advocate for Empowering Main St. Over Wall St. Lifelong learner, traveler, advocate dedicated to making a country that works for all.

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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 53m
KWQC looks behind the curtain and finds that he steel plant announced to great fanfare in the Oval Office, supposedly already being built-- has no public record: www.kwqc.com/2026/09/29/t...
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Done deal? Despite White House claims, major hurdles remain for Iowa’s $15B steel plant
The Iowa Legislature will meet Friday in a special session to debate incentives for the company to build in Iowa.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 27m
British police say no explosives found after arrests near a US-run military base #AssociatedPress
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British police say no explosives found after arrests near a US-run military base
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h
Another prominent Trump loyalist working on the 'grand conspiracy' investigation into Trump's perceived political foes has abruptly left the probe. Election denier Kurt Olsen's departure follows the abrupt quitting of Trump ally Joe diGenova earlier this month.
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DOJ probe into Trump foes sees another prominent departure
Kurt Olsen, who previously worked as Trump’s election security czar, resigned from the so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation Monday.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11h
Our response to the State Department using Smokey last night.
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 41m
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Scruffy from Futurama: Seconded
ALT: Scruffy from Futurama: Seconded
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 3h
Lol. 😂
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 3h
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 48m
Key data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report finds
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Key data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report finds
Over half of 260 workplace child fatalities between 2013 and 2023 lacked data on cause of death or the industry worked
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 29m
Award-winning Danish Afghan journalist and filmmaker Nagieb Khaja’s documentary "Winning Heart and Minds" looks at on how Western forces made the Afghan people vulnerable to physical and sexual violence during the war in Afghanistan.
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Afghans “Have Been the Victims” of U.S. Military, Taliban, Cartels & More for Decades: Nagieb Khaja
Award-winning Danish Afghan journalist and filmmaker Nagieb Khaja’s most recent documentary, Winning Heart and Minds, is an investigation into what went wrong in the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. In th...
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 1h
An initial examination of the vans led police to suspect they carried explosive materials. After the suspects’ release, it emerged that no explosive material had been found. #RAFFairford www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Five UK nationals arrested near RAF Fairford released on bail
Police say alleged offences could have been committed ‘knowingly or unknowingly’ on behalf of a foreign state
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 2h
The agreement, which Trump suggested would allow the companies to perform “tremendous self-policing” of their products and technologies, outlines a vague framework for how #AI firms would establish safety standards as they test out new products. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump announces vague ‘morally binding’ AI deal among tech CEOs for ‘tremendous self-policing’
US president also issued executive order officially rebranding ‘artificial intelligence’ as ‘superintelligence’
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 6h
In the brief unsigned order, SCOTUS set oral arguments for December to lead to a definitive ruling . Since January 2025, thousands of people have been sent to third countries, including South Sudan, Eswatini and Rwanda. #ICE www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Supreme Court allows Trump’s ‘third country’ deportation policy
This is the second time the court has rejected lower court rulings that immigrants must be able to object before being sent to countries where they have no connections.
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 10h
#ICE has sharply ramped up its enforcement with $100 billion from Congress. A similar surge last year resulted in undervetted officers initially being let in and then removed as the agency skipped basic checks for new recruits. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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ICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Help With Deportation Drive
A similar surge last year resulted in undervetted officers initially being let in and then removed as the agency skipped basic checks for new recruits.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 21h
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 15h
My Building a Healthier America Policy Agenda. 🌱🧑‍🌾🍏💧
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 12h
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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Rockin’ Robin 🎶 🐦🪺 🎼 @rjow.bsky.social · 11h
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Trump looks at dictators like Putin and admires everything that they do. Stand with veterans and Country First to keep our elections free. #countryfirst #reveilleandrally #elections #ukraine #voting
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 13h
NC’s involuntary commitment system faces scrutiny for leaning on emergency rooms, law enforcement and court orders in #mentalhealth crises. State leaders seek to cut unnecessary commitments, expand voluntary treatment and improve follow-up. www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/09/29/t...
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‘The story is always the same’: NC officials confront broken involuntary commitment system
State leaders are pursuing reforms to cut unnecessary commitments, expand voluntary treatment and improve follow-up mental health care.
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 13h
States must implement new #Medicaid work rules by Jan. 1, but advocates worry that the quick adoption in Montana, Nebraska, and Arkansas will cost thousands of eligible people coverage because of confusion over the new rules. kffhealthnews.org/medicaid/med...
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Confusion and Angst Follow State's Early Rollout of Medicaid Work Rules - KFF Health News
In most states, people with Medicaid coverage will have to prove they’re working, volunteering, or studying starting Jan. 1. But Montana put the rules into effect early, and they’re sowing…
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 14h
Why the Midterms Matter to Older Americans. The next Congress will shape the future of #SocialSecurity, #Medicare, health care costs, prescription drug affordability and state policies affecting #caregivers and retirement security. www.aarp.org/government-e...
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Why the Midterms Matter to Older Americans
Your vote for members of Congress is critical in these low-turnout years
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 14h
"Gouged: The End of a Fair Price" proposes a “shoppers’ bill of rights” to ban firms from using shared software to coordinate prices and require AI “shopping assistants” to help consumers, not steer them to higher-price items, among other moves.
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Gouged: why Americans are being ripped off – and what to do about it
How can we fix our pricing crisis? Economic sociologist Lindsay Owens urges tough new rules – and a consumer uprising
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 14h
Experts found little association between #testosterone and claims of widespread aggression, risk-taking or athletic prowess – whether because scientists measured it inconsistently or because studies focused on T levels rather than the complex way T acts.
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Trump and Hegseth want men to take risky testosterone boosters. It’s all based on shoddy science
Hoping to win back male voters, the Trump White House is pushing the regressive idea that one hormone could be a magic elixir of masculinity
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 16h
Trump has ordered six closing #coal plants to keep operating . Some orders are over the protests of plantt owners and are expected to cost ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/c...
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The expansion ‌puts the size ​of Russia’s armed forces at ⁠2,441,630. There are 1,550,000 ​active ​servicemen, up 15,500. Zelenskyy said ‌there are 8,000 ‌North Koreans on ⁠Russian territory ​and plans under way ​to ‌deploy ​another ​10,000. #Ukraine www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Ukraine war briefing: Putin orders army expansion as Zelenskyy says more North Koreans to be deployed in Russia
Putin’s order comes as both Russian and Ukrainian forces suffer mounting casualties. What we know on day 1,679
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration cannot leverage grants meant to help prevent terrorist attacks to force states and local governments to adopt a slate of new anti-voting measures, a federal judge ruled Monday in a major win for voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge strikes down Trump’s bid to cut states’ anti-terror funds unless they impose new voting restrictions
The judge ruled that FEMA had no “authority to extract unfunded reforms from states in exchange for grants.”
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/09/2026
Stopping the fascists from sabotaging the midterms is what the next No Kings is all about. On October 17, we need millions of people in the streets putting the regime on notice that We The People won’t accept any of Trump’s bullshit: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
NO KINGS
NO THRONES. NO CROWNS.
VOTE EARLY
OCTOBER 17
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In the slurred, confused talk, Trump seemed like he was struggling . He made tired-sounding insults aimed at “communist lunatic socialists” that just didn’t sound like he cared. At the border, there are “no people coming in, zero, which is hard to believe www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump’s slurred, confused Oval Office announcement really should concern Republicans
The president seemed like he was struggling, writes Holly Baxter, and through the struggle he forgot to claim that the Iran war isn’t a war and that the $5,000 midterms payment isn’t a mass voter…
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The total of children with deported parents is about 205,000—71% of whom are U.S. citizens. Most cases involve the loss of one parent. But Brookings researchers believe that in 35,000 cases, a child is left with no parent at all. #ICE www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 28/09/2026
Ukraine’s army pushed back Russian forces in a key part of the eastern front with Russia and captured more than 250 prisoners, a senior Ukrainian general announced today.
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Ukraine regains territory and captures POWs in frontline push
Operation Vivaldi has seen Ukraine make progress against Russian forces, which had been threatening a key fortress city.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Total Active Cases: 197 Active Voting Rights Cases: 160 Active Redistricting Cases:  37 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 78 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 82 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 29 www.democracydocket.com
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Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From 1978–2025, top CEO compensation skyrocketed 1,316% while typical workers’ compensation increased only 28%. Policymakers can rein in excessive CEO pay by more progressive taxes, corporate governance reforms, and strengthened labor standards.
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CEO pay surged in 2025: CEOs are paid 325 times as much as the typical worker
Key findings: CEO pay at the top 350 U.S. firms rose 14.0% in 2025 to an average of $27.9 million. CEOs made 325 times as much as the typical worker in 2025. It hasn’t always been this way. In 1965,…
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Contra-ICE Vol. 1: ICE OUT, will be released Oct. 2 by Build Art Make Change. The 30 artists include Kathleen Hanna, Fred Armisen and Tom Morello, with the cover art taking inspiration from Lozano's paletero cart, retrofitted with a booming sound system.
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A new anti-ICE compilation album benefits immigrants rights organizations
The Contra-ICE Vol. 1: ICE OUT album features contributions from over 30 artists, including Kathleen Hanna, Fred Armisen and Tom Morello to create a historical and artistic record of this moment.
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In #EndTimesFascism, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor identify groups of religious extremists, technofascists, and ethnonationalists who believe they are part of an elite destined to survive the coming apocalypse.
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'End Times Fascism' looks at supremacist groups uniting around end-of-the-world ideas
Authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor identify supremacists that have, despite ideological differences, converged around the conviction that they are part of an elite destined to survive an apocalypse.
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The NC legislature set $57.5 million for #PropelNC, a pioneering model to train college students for in-demand jobs. Some schools also seek to use federal Workforce Pell Grants to help low-income students pay for college. #communitycolleges
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This N.C. College Leader Thinks Two-Year Schools Can Save the Middle Class
Monty Sullivan, the new president of the N.C. Community College System, thinks the schools can get more North Carolinians into jobs.
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever. After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, #ICE is everywhere
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#PBMs were seen as a way to manage prescriptions and control costs.But the middlemen are accused of sucking up profits at the cost of employers, governments, and patients
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Republicans and Democrats Find a Unifying Target: Pharmacy Benefit Managers - KFF Health News
Some states have considered barring companies that own a PBM from also owning brick-and-mortar pharmacies, as CVS does. Two states have followed through. A similar proposal at the federal level has…
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The 400 wealthiest people in the US are worth a record $8 trillion up from last years $6.6 trillion. This year, 34 newbies have made it into the ranks despite the minimum net worth soaring to $4.4 billion, up from $3.8 billion.
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Wealth gap grows as Forbes 400 hits record levels
The wealth gap is widening as the Forbes 400 reach a record 8 trillion. See who made the list from New Jersey.
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The pocket rescission is illegal, according to the Government Accountability Office, an independent, non-partisan watchdog agency charged with providing federal agencies fact-based information
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What to know about the $810 million in spending canceled by President Trump
President Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in Congressionally approved spending, a move that some in his own party are calling illegal.
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NC directs $10.7M to #crisispregnancy centers. Funding for these ~100 nonprofit, mostly Christian-led centers has risen recently. They urge women to continue their pregnancies.
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NC directs more than $10.7M to crisis pregnancy centers
The state has significantly increased funding for the centers over the past decade, though questions remain about oversight and how the money is used.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘Zombified’ #CDC Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission. The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as #RFK Jr. and associates have tightened control. #publichealth www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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philsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Opinion: ‘The weaker he gets, the more dangerous he gets’: Trump lashes out as his power wanes. Trump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans stray from the script
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‘The weaker he gets, the more dangerous he gets’: Trump lashes out as his power wanes
Trump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans distance themselves from him
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The truth behind Donald Trump’s ‘biggest oil deal in world history.’ The US’s oil deal with #Venezuela faces multiple legal and logistical problems, including questions about whether it can be implemented
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The truth behind Donald Trump’s ‘biggest oil deal in world history’
The US’s oil deal with Venezuela faces multiple legal and logistical problems, including questions about whether it can be implemented
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There's good evidence that medically-tailored meals could save money and improve health. Yet such programs could be cut as states tighten spending under Trump budget cuts, even as federal officials argue that food is a critical component of health. www.npr.org/2026/09/26/n...
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Meal deliveries can save money and improve health. Will they survive Medicaid cuts?
Some states deliver meals to Medicaid patients that address their dietary needs. Evidence shows it aids recovery and saves healthcare costs, but federal budget cuts may lead some states to cancel it.
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
DoirDash driver shot by #ICE in Austin needs surgery to avoid losing feeling in body, supporters say. Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez has bullet lodged in back as accounts differ over events leading to traffic-stop shooting
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Venezuelan shot by ICE in Austin needs surgery to avoid losing feeling in body, supporters say
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez has bullet lodged in back as accounts differ over events leading to traffic-stop shooting
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Empowering Main St. Before Wall St. @rchady.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After Much Political Ado, #EdSheeran Boston Concerts Are Canceled for Weather . The cancellations come after the Gillette Stadium owner pressured Mr. Sheeran to remove an act who made pro-Palestine statements.
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After Much Political Ado, Ed Sheeran’s Boston Concerts Are Canceled for Weather
The cancellations come after the Gillette Stadium owner pressured Mr. Sheeran to remove an act who made pro-Palestine statements.
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