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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Ultimately, Trump’s net approval rating—which is a shocking 23 percentage points underwater as of Friday—is now the lowest for any president at this point in their tenure since modern political polling began in the 1940s." www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Republican efforts to distance themselves from Trump reek of desperation
For about a decade, people have asked me if I thought Republicans would finally break with President Donald Trump. And my response was always the same.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🤣Dropping like flies www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Dropping like flies
A cartoon by Clay Bennett.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
😵 Me Me Me anntelnaes.substack.com/p/me-me-me?r...
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Me Me Me
The White House airs Trump campaign ads paid by you
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As a past collegiate athlete and 4 year lettermen at the University of Oregon I agree with the intent of this law and with some amendments I can support it.😎 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Senate Resoundingly Approves Sweeping College Sports Measure (Gift Article)
The outlook for the legislation, which seeks to stabilize the unsettled collegiate sports landscape, is uncertain in the House. It was one of the last congressional actions before the midterms.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
😡 Trump and Xi Jinping visit the National Archives anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
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Trump and Xi Jinping visit the National Archives
Trump explains to the Chinese president how he’s destroying democracy
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Okay, when do we get our tariff refunds?🤣 www.adn.com/business-eco...
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Costco wins $184M in tariff refunds, with more expected
The retailer said the money was reinvested to “give value back to our members” and was dispersed across everyday products and nonfood goods.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This why Senator Dan Sullivan and Representative Nick Begich need to be voted out of Congress. They keep voting to enable this President and his administration in an ilegal and unjust war. www.adn.com/nation-world...
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Murkowski joins 3 other GOP senators in failed resolution to halt the Iran war
The Senate tally, 49-50, was likely the last chance for lawmakers to go on record about the war ahead of November
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🤣 Court Orders Kennedy Name Removed From RFK Jr. open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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Court Orders Kennedy Name Removed From RFK Jr.
“Henceforth, the former Mr. Kennedy will be known as Robert Francis Trump,” the judge ruled.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"When Mr. Knight called Oregon’s president this year, though, he and his wife, Penny, had a greater gift in mind: the largest known contribution to a public flagship university in the United States." Thank you Uncle Phil and Go Ducks!🦆🦆🦆 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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$1 Billion Donation to University of Oregon Makes History (Gift Article)
The gift from Phil Knight, the Nike co-founder, is the largest known donation to a flagship university. It will fund a new engineering college.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Okay, tear the JFKCPA down and see what this country does to you and your party. I dare you.😡 The Kennedy Center Is Trump’s Most Grotesque Obsession www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o...
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Opinion | The Kennedy Center Is Trump’s Most Grotesque Obsession
Nothing has so thoroughly highlighted his indefatigable petulance.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"It is also as if Trump is self-soothing by celebrating his core identity even as his incompetence and greed have driven the United States, and the world, into crisis." September 16, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 16, 2026
Yesterday U.S.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
😎. So take the frigging scaffolding and tarps down ya big orange baby! www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
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Trump's Name Has To Stay Off Kennedy Center Building, Judge Rules
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This president is a mad man!😡 Trump is using blackmail to get his name on the Kennedy Center anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-is-u...
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Trump is using blackmail to get his name on the Kennedy Center
“Officials at the John F.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Sabotaging the Midterms. The Supreme Court Must Stop Him. (Gift Article)
The country has built a system in which Americans can have confidence. President Trump is trying to wreck it.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🥲 Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/n...
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She Filmed the Towers That Morning. 25 Years Later, She Finally Watched. (Gift Article)
A young college graduate filmed the World Trade Center attack from the fire escape of her Chinatown apartment. For many years, she avoided looking at the footage.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Learning to say aboot and ouut!🤣 Americans Traveling Abroad Attempt Canadian Accents open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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Americans Traveling Abroad Attempt Canadian Accents
Thousands are desperate to sound Canadian while abroad.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🤣 Trump Defends Natalie Harp After She Posts Nuclear Codes on Instagram open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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Trump Defends Natalie Harp After She Posts Nuclear Codes on Instagram
The post featured a clearly legible image of the nuclear codes adorned with heart and smiley-face emojis.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"...In July 2026,...infectious disease modeler Brooke Nichols [that] estimated more than 700,000 people had died from the sudden stop in USAID funding, including more than half a million children in developing countries."🥲 September 8, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 8, 2026
On Sunday, Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (Alternativ für Deutschland, or AfD) party won 43.8% of the vote in a legislative election in the small state of Saxony-Anhalt, formerly part of ...
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🤣 Republicans gather in Dallas for a midterm convention anntelnaes.substack.com/p/republican...
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Republicans gather in Dallas for a midterm convention
and to stroke Trump’s ego
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This president has serious mental issues and needs to be removed from the Oval Office now.😪 September 7, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 7, 2026
Since yesterday, President Donald J.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🥲 Mike Johnson believes in the divine right of kings anntelnaes.substack.com/p/mike-johns...
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Mike Johnson believes in the divine right of kings
The Speaker serves only Trump
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Remember this? Pedophile in Chief wants you to forget.😡 Remember the Epstein files! robertreich.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
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Remember the Epstein files!
They won’t go away, and new legislation seeks fuller disclosure
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🥲Just a little renovating www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Just a little renovating
A cartoon by Jack Ohman.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Great! This should put the final nail in the coffin of Ohio Dan's sycophantic reign! Trump says he’ll campaign for Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
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Trump says he’ll campaign for Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska
The president praised Sullivan from the Oval Office and spent substantial time disparaging the other Dan Sullivan in the race.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
😡 The midterms heist anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-midter...
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The midterms heist
Trump wants restrictions on voting by mail
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🥲 We are all Canadians now anntelnaes.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
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We are all Canadians now
Trump alienates one of our closest allies and neighbor
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Yes, it is my Ducks! Maybe this is the year!😁 What is the best college football program without a national title in the past 50 years? www.nytimes.com/athletic/752...
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What is the best college football program without a national title in the past 50 years? (Gift Article)
Indiana was the first first-time college football national champion since Florida won the 1996 title. Who will be next?
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
He Really IS Stark-Raving Mad robertreich.substack.com/p/he-really-...
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He Really IS Stark-Raving Mad
This proves it
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The State of Historic Preservation Today As It Relates To Our Democracy & Supreme Court Chief Justice Allows Atrocious Ballroom Construction To Continue www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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The State of Historic Preservation Today As It Relates To Our Democracy & Supreme Court Chief Justice Allows Atrocious Ballroom Construction To Continue
To say the state of historic preservation today as it relates to our democracy is under threat from Trump and his administration would be an understatement at best. With the plan to demolish Section…
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
😡 Trump’s View of Everything in the World robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...
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Trump’s View of Everything in the World
Vassals, Mooches, and Thugs (oh my)
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🤣 August 19, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-19-...
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August 19, 2026
The political world has been consumed over the past few days with a Republican meltdown about Trump’s aide Natalie Harp.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Another example of a MAGA Moron believing that Trump would only go after someone else and not them and loved ones. So sad, you voted for this, moron, and you are reaping the results.😡 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...
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Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport. (Gift Article)
The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🥲 Americans are paying for Trump’s vanity projects anntelnaes.substack.com/p/americans-...
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Americans are paying for Trump’s vanity projects
Your tax dollars for his peacocking
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The current methodology for disaster preparedness is to stick our heads between our knees and kiss our asses goodbye!😪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkop...
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Are We Ready for Hurricane Trump?
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🤣 21 months later ... www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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21 months later …
A cartoon by Clay Bennett.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Oh, Don John you just have to keep trying to pee on everything and mark your territory! Get over it moron!!🤣 www.adn.com/nation-world...
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Kennedy Center board votes to inscribe Trump’s name on the building
The decisions would place an inscription honoring Trump below the venue’s sign and would close it for renovations, setting up a challenge to a judge’s order.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🤣Deflecting pool www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Deflecting pool
A cartoon by Nick Anderson.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What could go wrong?!😡 www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
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ICE Plans To Spend $20 Million To Give Officers Electric Shock Gloves
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🥲 Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/o...
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Opinion | It Won’t Stop at the Arc de Trump. It Won’t Stop at Washington. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration’s proposed changes to the review process will allow it to take a wrecking ball to historic sites across the country.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🤣 Experts Say Pentagon Has Used Up Its Entire Stockpile of Mascara open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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Experts Say Pentagon Has Used Up Its Entire Stockpile of Mascara
Defense Department burned through ninety percent of its existing stockpiles of concealer, blush, and lip gloss in the first five days of the war with Iran.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🤣 The continued Trumptrashification of DC anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-contin...
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The continued Trumptrashification of DC
Another no-bid Trump contract
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I've worked for this for 10 months to stop this out-of-scale, out-of-place and out-of-time ballroom replacement of the immorally and illegally destroyed East Wing of our People's House. We've had enough of this! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u...
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Appeals Court Upholds Block on Trump Ballroom Construction (Gift Article)
A federal appeals court panel backed a lower court’s ruling, and made it likely that the Supreme Court will decide the case. But the decision does not mean construction will halt immediately.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Guess who made the list?! Go Ducks!!😎🦆🦆🦆 What is college football’s toughest stadium to play in? Bruce Feldman ranks LSU No. 1 www.nytimes.com/athletic/559...
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Bruce Feldman ranks college football's 10 toughest stadiums to play in (Published 2024)
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Another Trump voter thought this would only happen to others! Wake up America and stop this regime! I do something every day to protect our history and our historic buildings. Figure out what you can do and do it! www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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'Totally Betrayed': Lifelong Republican Turns On Trump After ICE Detains Fiancée
“That’s not what I voted for,” John Gannon said.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We all know who is responsible and here's hoping for Nuremberg type trial after we're done with them and can't take any more of their crap!😡 Who's Responsible for This Mess? robertreich.substack.com/p/whos-respo...
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Who's Responsible for This Mess?
The media must name names
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🥲Stupid and gullible www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Stupid and gullible
A cartoon by Clay Jones.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
One person's trash is another's treasure!😎 Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/r...
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To Save Japan’s Heritage Homes, People Are Shipping Them Across the World (Gift Article)
Millions of abandoned kominka are scattered across Japan. Now, teams of enthusiasts are dismantling and rebuilding them overseas.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Did voters that voted for this regime not remember the Covid 19 pandemic and how Trump's administration handled it?😡 Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/w...
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Two Deaths Linked to Cyclospora Outbreak in Michigan (Gift Article)
The patients had “significant underlying health conditions” that may have contributed to their deaths, health officials said.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This idiot president will not stop his marking of his assumed territory in DC and throughout the United States!😡 Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
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Park Service Finds Trump’s Arch Could Detract From Dozens of Historic Places (Gift Article)
The 250-foot-tall edifice would alter views across Washington and Arlington Cemetery.
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samcombs.bsky.social @samcombs.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
😡 Trump's golden parachute open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
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Trump's golden parachute
If he actually leaves office voluntarily
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