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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.

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States with the most Catholic hospital beds
Percentage of staffed acute care hospital beds that are in Catholic facilities ranging from
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/10/2025

“Over 170 U.S. Citizens are being arrested. Why? Because they look like me,” Rep. Robert Garcia of California said, referencing our reporting. “Or because they are suspected to not be a U.S. citizen, or because they are suspected of crimes they have not committed.”

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Joint Congressional Investigation Launched in Response to ProPublica’s Revelations on Detained Americans

Senators, House members and even a mayor expressed outrage and demanded accountability after our investigation detailed how at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents this year.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

The U.S. has conducted 10 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing 43 people. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner. This is a danger to us all.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

SNAP benefits expire in one week.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Wow I didn’t realize Santos published an open letter to Trump in some long island right wing rag just this past Monday. “Supporting you wasn’t just a political decision—it was personal. It was rooted in my conviction that you were the only leader who truly put this nation, and her people, first.”

The only way a man can ever find the truth is by having the courage to ask the question. And today, I am asking you respectfully, earnestly, and directly for your understanding and compassion.

Not long ago, you sat down with Rob Finnerty on Newsmax. During that interview, you were asked about me — about whether you might ever consider granting clemency in my case. You responded with the honesty and candor that have always defined you, Sir. As I listened, I couldn’t help but reflect on the journey we’ve shared in this great movement you began the day you came down that golden escalator in Trump Tower.

From that very moment, I was all in. A lifelong Republican and a proud believer in your America First vision, I never wavered. Supporting you wasn’t just a political decision — it was personal. It was rooted in my conviction that you were the only leader who truly put this nation, and her people, first.

During my short tenure in Congress, I stood firmly behind your agenda — 100% of the time. I championed policies that strengthened our economy, defended our borders, and restored America’s standing on the world stage. I did it proudly, Sir, because I believed — and still believe — in the mission you set out to accomplish for the American people.

Today, I find myself in a place I never imagined I would be. Since August 28, 2025, I have been held in complete isolation inside the Special Housing Unit — what most know as “the SHU.” I was placed here, I’m told, due to an alleged death threat brought to light by investigative reporters from Project Veritas.

Life in SHU is unlike anything most Americans could ever comprehend. I am locked inside a small steel cage twenty-four hours a day. My only contact with the outside world is a brief phone call to my family — once every thirty days. While they are unaware of the full reality of my situation, what weighs most heavily on my heart is my inability to protect them, to comfort them, or even to assure them that I am safe.

The facility has informed me that I will remain in this state of solitary confinement until the FBI’s investigation concludes — whenever that may be. Until then, I exist in limbo, caught between uncertainty and silence.

Mr. President, I am not asking for sympathy. I am asking for fairness — for the chance to rebuild. I know I have made mistakes in my past. I have faced my share of consequences, and I take full responsibility for my actions. But no man, no matter his flaws, deserves to be lost in the system, forgotten and unseen, enduring punishment far beyond what justice requires.

Sir, I appeal to your sense of justice and humanity — the same qualities that have inspired millions of Americans to believe in you. I humbly ask that you consider the unusual pain and hardship of this environment and allow me the opportunity to return to my family, my friends, and my community. I want nothing more than to begin again — to contribute, to serve, and to rebuild my life from the ashes of my past.

Mr. President, I have nowhere else to turn. You have always been a man of second chances, a leader who believes in redemption and renewal. I am asking you now, from the depths of my heart, to extend that same belief to me.

With the deepest respect and gratitude,I thank you for taking the time to hear my plea.

Truly yours,George Santos

Former Congressman, New York’s 3rd District

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 12/10/2025

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted: When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

"we are going to murder americans without due process" ~pam bondi, US attorney general

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Mark @richmonddoc.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Thinking of yall this morning and hoping all goes well!

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 17/08/2025

A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵 An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I really don’t have words to describe how incandescently angry I am at Trump’s hosting of Putin. It spits in the face of every American who ever fought against tyranny, it’s an obscene affront to our allies, and the only reason it’s not treason is that we’re not actively at war with Russia.

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Zackary Berger שלום בערגער @drberger.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Raw accomplishments? What the fuck, @axios.com? Go see the people treated like dogs and beaten by this administration. That raw enough for you?

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.

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Chris ❤️‍🔥🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🏴 @brutumfulmen.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣 Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡

A review for a Little Caesar’s somewhere by Kevin S:

Stopped into this Little Caesars just trying to get a $6 pizza and ended up in a full on action movie. Just as I grabbed my order, this furious dude barges in yelling about how I cut him off in traffic earlier.
Before I can even respond, he throws a punch but then out of nowhere the guy behind the counter jumps over it like he's been waiting for this moment his whole life and just beats the living hell out of the guy. The guy ran off and the cashier just dusted himself off. I said "are you ok man" and he looked me dead in the eye and said "B*tch, this is Little Caesars. We always hot and ready."
Five stars. Will absolutely return.

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DementedCalliope @dementedcalliope.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Some days volunteer community radio means spending much of the weekend before your birthday trying to sort out budget information while simultaneously promoting WRIR’s Capital Campaign GoFundMe. Because somebody has to do it. #DoItLady #AllOfIt #AtOnce #Chit @wrir973fm.bsky.social

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a man sitting in front of a computer with the words " do it lady " written on the bottom

Alt: Chit, a character from TikTok created by Jay Renshaw, sitting in front of a computer with the words " do it lady " written on the bottom

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God @thegodshow.com · 19/06/2025

It should be illegal for law enforcement to wear masks and not show ID. This makes it too easy to impersonate law enforcement and murder people in their homes.

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DementedCalliope @dementedcalliope.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I love that @wrir973fm.bsky.social is so connected with our local visual arts community. It makes me happy to be able to air WRIR station IDs by talented Richmond artists like @sillygenius.bsky.social and @stachesquatch.bsky.social #teamwork #communityradio #independentradio

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

George Floyd was murdered on this day five years ago. Despite massive protests over racial injustice, police killings are sadly on the rise. Instead of pouring more funds into our brutal system of policing, let's invest in communities. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

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Since George Floyd’s Murder, Police Killings Keep Rising, Not Falling

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Rep. Jennifer McClellan @mcclellan.house.gov · 25/05/2025

Five years ago today, the world watched in horror as Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck and back for over nine minutes, killing him as he called out for his mother. This forced the nation to reckon with the systemic racism and police brutality that Black Americans have endured for centuries.

Photo of George Floyd’s face projected onto Richmond Confederate statue.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice. Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice. Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice. Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP are choosing to do this.

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DementedCalliope @dementedcalliope.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

If you like nontraditional musical programming that includes stuff like @flaminglips.bsky.social covering Madonna, then please share this and toss a few dollars to help us finish our permanent studio and move so we can stop paying rent AND mortgage all at once. gofund.me/6f4d2edc

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Donate to Urgent: Help WRIR-LP 97.3FM Richmond Relocate!, organized by Melissa Vaughn

We are WRIR-LP 97.3FM, the City of Richmond's one and only community rad… Melissa Vaughn needs your support for Urgent: Help WRIR-LP 97.3FM Richmond Relocate!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/05/2025

The new version of the House reconciliation bill expands the medicaid and chip ban on coverage for gender affirming care to ALL AGES. This will decimated access to care for tens of thousands of trans people. amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/R...

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

A story about why Democrats are losers, in four parts.

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DementedCalliope @dementedcalliope.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

📣WRIR 97.3 FM needs to raise $400,000 by July! 📻 Between WRIRCampaign.org & our GFM, we are 14% of the way to our goal, but we urgently need your help! Please DONATE & SHARE so we get as many eyes & dollars on this as possible! We are your community radio station in RVA since 2005.

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Mark @richmonddoc.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It’s never about individual choice. It’s about their control.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20/05/2025

The FDA has unveiled plans to narrow its approval for updated coronavirus vaccines to older adults and people with at least one health condition that puts them at high risk for severe disease, marking a significant shift in the agency’s approach to green-lighting the shots.

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FDA to limit covid shot approval to elderly, those with medical conditions

The agency will narrow its approval for updated coronavirus vaccines, marking a significant shift in the agency’s approach to green-lighting shots that have been recommended broadly to the public.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/05/2025

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

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chuck 🐦💐 @chuckdrawsthings.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

share the money pigeon for 10,000 years good luck 💸🍀🤞

a drawing of a pigeon holding a $20 bill in its beak. the background is a bunch of dollars. purple text says "yeah can i get a uhhhhhhhhh crumb"

a photo of a pigeon holding a $20 bill in its beak

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Dylan Williams @dylanwilliams.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

As Israel starves Gaza via blockade, food that could feed 3.5 million people for a month sits unused and rotting due to Trump slashing USAID funds and programs. The food was intended for emergency distribution in famine-stricken areas including Gaza and Sudan. www.thedailybeast.com/food-for-mil...

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Food For Millions Rots in Storage After Trump’s USAID Cuts

Over 60,000 tons of U.S. food is going to waste in warehouses while millions starve and children die.

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Chris Hauck @chrishauck.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

I don't know who the guy speaking is, but he is correct.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

an obscenely Orwellian headline — what the NYT calls forgiveness is: screw political liberties & civil & human rights & rule of law, let savage corruption reign

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Mark @richmonddoc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

While also letting in 17 members of a cartel leader’s family…

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Elon's efforts to alter the algorithm of his AI to suit his needs appears to have completely broken Grok, as it currently cannot stop talking about "white genocide" www.wired.com/story/grok-w...

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Elon Musk’s Grok AI Can’t Stop Talking About ‘White Genocide’

In response to X user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts, the xAI chatbot inserted unrelated information about “white genocide” in South Africa.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

An X USER, to Grok: “Why are you launching into conversations about white genocide, unprompted?” 🤡

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

elon now deleting all the posts where grok denies that white genocide is real

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DementedCalliope @dementedcalliope.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

👩🏻‍💻🧑‍💻👩🏻‍💻Still diligently working on spreadsheets to make sure everybody gets their Spring Fund Drive Thank You Gifts from @wrir973fm.bsky.social

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 14/05/2025

Please enjoy these shelter pups reacting to getting a kiss. Some are bashful, some have butterflies, and all deserve approximately 10 million more. 14/10 for all

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