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Regina Rae Weiss

@reginagroks.bsky.social
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 1h
Trump is cozying up to Putin while Ukrainians starve. America has become a force for evil in the world. #Ukraine www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/w...
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Trapped in a Kill Zone, a Ukrainian City Is Beginning to Starve (Gift Article)
Evacuation is almost impossible and food is running out in Russian-occupied Oleshky, a city menaced by mines and drones.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just in case Americans need to be reminded where the taxes we pay is going. Not to #healthcare or #research or #infrastructure. Trump is using it to stroke his already outsized ego. #corruption www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency (Gift Article)
The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The #corruption and cozying up to dictators is mind boggling. #trump #midterms www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Love this new poem from my husband. #poetry #god #midrash #judaism shorturl.at/Akrf5
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Todd Friedman: In the Beginning | A Midrash on a Midrash
In the beginning God did lots of test runs— then wiped them from the record like they never happened—
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One more way #Russia and Trump's bestie #Putin are working overtime to help promote fascist political parties and leaders all over the world. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/w...
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A Front Line at the Border: How Russia Uses Migrants as Weapons Against Europe (Gift Article)
The scheme is part of Russia’s larger strategy for sowing discord in the West, if more subtle than other recent operations blamed on the Kremlin.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Trump Launches America.gov, an AI Chatbot That Contradicts Some of His Claims (Gift Article)
Democrats amplified statements from America.gov that frequently contradict the president on tariffs, election fraud and other topics.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The so called supreme court has now enabled states to use this false Trump-DHS database to throw qualified voters off the voter rolls for the #midterms States with republican leadership will be only to happy to do so. #ElectionInterference www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. (Gift Article)
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hegseth is unqualified and deranged. Can you imagine being a self respecting member of the #military and knowing he's in charge. It's a disservice to every single person serving as well as to our country and the entire world. #Iran #Army #Navy #Marines #Airforce www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/o...
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Opinion | What Hegseth Is Hiding (Gift Article)
Soldiers want to tell their stories, and we need to hear them.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Where's Americans' #Healthcare #AffordableHousing #ExcellentPublicSchools #GoodRoads #HighSpeedRail #FoodSafey #AirTrafficControllers #FreeCollege #GreenEnergy ? This is not what ANYONE voted for. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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U.S. Estimates It Spent $43.6 Billion on Iran War. Here's a Breakdown. (Gift Article)
A detailed look at the $43.6 billion the Pentagon has spent so far.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Why should we let this crap further destroy our world? #AI #DataCenters www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/n...
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Data Center’s Spill of 5,000 Gallons of Diesel Forces N.J. River Cleanup (Gift Article)
The fuel poured from a storage tank at a large data center in Secaucus, N.J., into a tributary of the Hackensack River.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The fact that these two are aligned should be a wake up call to every American. #AI www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders Demand Tighter Controls on A.I. (Gift Article)
At an event in Washington, partisanship took a back seat as elected officials, religious leaders, parents and artists called for reining in artificial intelligence.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just because #AI bros are willing to risk the end of the world for their own egos, power and money does that mean our governments should let them, even facilitate them? No. If they want to commit suicide by #technology they don't get to bring the rest of us along. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/t...
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Anthropic Researchers Raise Alarm Over A.I. Acceleration, Warning of Threat to Humanity (Gift Article)
Their warnings echo concerns that other artificial intelligence experts have voiced in recent months, as calls increase for a slowdown in the pace of development.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump is illegally destroying our national parks and other public lands. #BigBend #Texas #NationalParks www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is what trump and vance friend putin is doing to europe. Trump is destabalizing the entire world. #russia #terrorism #ukraine www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/w...
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The Risk of Russian Sabotage in Europe: A Fight That Spirals Out of Control (Gift Article)
Europe’s options are limited in responding to an unnerving series of plots and provocations. But the odds of unpredictable consequences are rising.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Happy to have a story in the new book Resistance: An Anthology of Overcoming. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/resistance...
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Don't believe #ICE is a bunch of Nazis empowered by a facist president and administration? Read this. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people who were following all the rules are being tortured with our tax dollars in our name. Our government is morally bankrupt. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
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Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE (Gift Article)
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Google is the worst. www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/cwl-...
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Events | MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literature
This page lists the Stony Brook MFA Reading Series and Open House events.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Our so called president is an international embarrassment. #Canada #tarrifs www.wsj.com/world/americ...
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Trump Signs Executive Order to Rename Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’
The move to rename the lake on the U.S.-Canada border comes as the president escalates his dispute with America’s northern neighbor.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Sign to help #StopFlock sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...
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Block Flock and Protect Americans' Privacy and Data!
Communities across the country are organizing against Flock’s mass surveillance. At least 56 municipalities have deactivated, canceled, or rejected Flock contracts this year, from North Carolina to Ca...
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
God I love #Canada and Canadians www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/w...
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Canadians Stand Their Ground Amid New Trump Tariffs and Expanding U.S.-Canada Trade War (Gift Article)
Business owners are preparing for financial pain after the latest U.S.-Canada trade talks collapsed. But many Canadians are embracing a show of resistance.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Would be speaker @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social has to go. #midterms www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...
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Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly (Gift Article)
President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
SCOTUS is illegitimate. #VotingRights www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Trump Plan to Restrict Mail-In Voting, for Now (Gift Article)
The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump’s order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Trump is evil. It's really that simple. #ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts (Gift Article)
The GEO Group has profited from the administration’s mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more than $1.4 million to the president’s super PAC last month.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 21/08/2026
15,903 "illegal ballots" became 185, and they still haven’t shown that those 185 people cast any ballots. Gifted article: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We could save trillions of gallons of water each year if Americans would just stop eating meat or at least stop eating meat they don't hunt. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/c...
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U.S. Cuts Colorado River Water for Arizona, California and Nevada (Gift Article)
Arizona’s share of the river will shrink by a third, likely increasing reliance on groundwater and raising pressure on agriculture.
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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I wish the media wouldn't cover SpaceX as if it were an exciting frontier-pushing scientific endeavour when it's really the vanity project of a megalomaniac Bond villain type www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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'Incredible': SpaceX rocket spotted off Christmas Island coast
A SpaceX rocket that blasted off from Texas in July and crashed into the Indian Ocean hadn't been seen since - but now Christmas Island residents say they have spotted it being towed just off their co...
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justfara @justfara.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
trump doesn't give a shit about the military and never has
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The corruption just stinks! He’s selling US to put billions in his own pocket. Worst president in history!
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I would never want to live under CCP rule but just imagine if the United States took white color #crime seriously enough to punish the #billionaires destroying our country. We need hard and fast limits on #wealth. #capitalism does not serve people or the planet. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/b...
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China Sentences Evergrande Founder to Life in Prison (Gift Article)
Hui Ka Yan’s punishment caps the downfall of a property empire whose collapse set off a prolonged crisis in the Chinese economy.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It's a complete mystery to me why anyone believes extreme #racism and #WhiteSupremacy are not the very heart and soul of #MAGA and Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/u...
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New Evidence Shows Agents Using Slurs, Bolstering Profiling Claims (Gift Article)
Body-camera video and other court evidence capture federal agents using slurs and targeting Latinos while bypassing white bystanders during immigration sweeps in Chicago and Los Angeles
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Need any more evidence the rich are comoletely gross and enabled? #wealth www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/s...
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She Makes the Impossible Happen for Her Ultrarich Clients (Gift Article)
Olivia Ferney grew up a child of schoolteachers in Ontario. Now she’s an expert in private jets, luxury cabanas and champagne-soaked revels.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Shame on Third Way
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The Netanyahu government is pure evil. #Israel www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/w...
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Seized on Their Way to Gaza, Activists Tell of Abuse in Israeli Custody (Gift Article)
In interviews, more than 20 people who tried to break an Israeli blockade described beatings, electric shocks and other abuse after being captured. Israel denied the accusations.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The #butterflies love the phlox in my #Brooklyn #garden
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James Neal - will know what will happen when it does. @jameswneal.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Americans take it for granted that the war between the Confederate states and the Union was always called the Civil War, but it was not. During the war and in its aftermath, it was primarily called an “insurrection” or a “rebellion.” Its current name is a result of decades of lobbying . . .
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Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Election fraud by non-citizens is not a real problem. Period. And yet, how much time, money and grief will be spent in the months ahead combatting the incessant lies to deny the voters’ will?
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The legal profession was once widely viewed as defenders of justice and #democracy. Now the large lawfirms are just corporate profit seekers. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
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Trump, Paul Weiss and the Capitulation of Big Law: 5 Takeaways (Gift Article)
The law firm Paul Weiss led the legal resistance against President Trump. Then it led a sudden retreat across the legal industry. A Times investigation examined how it caved to White House pressure.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Despite our country's many flaws, as an American I used to be proud that people fleeing persecution and authoritarian governments could seek #asylum here with some hope. Trump has destroyed that too. I have never been so ashamed of my country. #immigration www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/w...
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The U.S. Deported Him to Jail in Russia. Then He Escaped. (Gift Article)
Facing a long prison sentence or a forced trip to the front line of a war he opposes, Artyom Vovchenko believed it was worth taking a risk.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Just one more way trump's government makes our country look foolish on the world stage. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
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U.S. Government Mislabels Map of African Countries at AIDS Conference
Nigeria, a coastal country in western Africa, was landlocked in the Sahara, among other errors. The department said it had been “hastily altered.”
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Trump's role model www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/w...
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Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, Says He Plans to Abolish Elections
Daniel Ortega has been accused of rigging recent elections in Nicaragua. Now, the authoritarian leader says the nation won’t even hold a vote.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
One more example of how trump is literally murdering people and turning the United States into a force for evil. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/h...
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1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Aid Cuts, a Study Finds
New research also shows that children and high-risk adult populations have been particularly affected.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The fossil fuel promoter in chief is threatening #Canada over #wildfires. #Climate www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Video: Trump Threatens Canada With Tariffs Over Wildfires
President Trump threatened on Friday to charge Canada tariffs for harms caused by the wildfire smoke in the U.S.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
How can this possibly be legal? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/b...
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Truth Social Parent to Sell Faster Access to Trump’s Posts
The product, Truth API, could give Wall Street trading firms an edge in seeing President Trump’s posts on the social media platform he partly owns.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Republicans completely support the fossil fuel industry responsible for overheating our planet. Trump is relentlessly undoing the clean air act, clean water act and 50 years of environmental regulations. #AirQuality #ClimateArmageddeon #Smoke #Canada #Wildfires www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/w...
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Republicans Blame Canada for Wildfire Smoke ‘Suffocating’ the U.S. (Published 2025)
Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce the haze billowing south.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Last year Trump cut back the testing that tracked #food borne illnesses and the majority of funds for states to do this work. He and the #Republicans really don't care about Americans at all. Please wake up #MAGA #FoodSafety www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/w...
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Cyclospora Cases Rise Rapidly, With No Source Yet Confirmed
The parasite, which has sickened thousands across the U.S., is notoriously difficult to track. Funding cuts haven’t made the job easier.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Still think unregulated #AI is good for Americans? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/b...
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Data Centers to Add Billions in Power Costs in 13 States
A power auction conducted by a giant grid operator is expected to add $6.3 billion in additional charges to consumers and businesses because of electricity needs of data centers.
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Regina Rae Weiss @reginagroks.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Just one more example of why @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social has to go. He refuses to represent the majority of democrats who want #Israel defunded.
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Miko.The.Cat @mikothecat2025.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Nobody deserves to get paid millions in damages by Trump more than E. Jean Carroll. NOBODY.
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Trump just had to pay one of his victims $6million because judicial appeal after judicial appeal after judicial appeal still found that he’s a rapist
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