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Sandynightsky

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Bookseller, Oregon, former desert dweller

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 57m
Trump corrupted America's most innovative institution, the National Science Foundation, by stealing $1.4B mandated by Congress for research. 🧪 🧵
A photo of Trump in front of the U.S. National Science Foundation entrance, overlaid headline that reads "Trump admin stole $1.4B for world changing science against the will of congress", with a Stand Up for Science logo beneath it.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 22m
Doug Burgum was once seen as a conservationist. Reality shows otherwise. buff.ly/7dUlUuV
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How the Interior secretary has let down public lands and the nation - High Country News
Doug Burgum was once seen as a conservationist. Reality shows otherwise.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 35m
www.sacurrent.com/news/politic...
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Karl Rove says Republican Party is being taken over by 'Nazis'
The Bush-era GOP political operative also said Republicans would be winning the battle for Texas' U.S. Senate seat if John Cornyn was the nominee.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h
Endless corruption.
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Lea Leander @lealeander.bsky.social · 24m
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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3 Billionaires Have Largely Funded Republican Nominee for Wisconsin Governor (Gift Article)
Under its current rules, Wisconsin has not had a race in which a small number of donors have made up such a large share of a campaign’s funding.
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Sandynightsky @sandynightsky.bsky.social · 18m
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies 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
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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Sandynightsky @sandynightsky.bsky.social · 10h
Tennessee Prison Chief Was Hired Despite a Trail of Troubled Executions www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Tennessee Prison Chief Was Hired Despite a Trail of Troubled Executions
The failed execution of Christa Pike has prompted new scrutiny of Frank Strada, the state’s top prison official, and his past role overseeing executions in Arizona.
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Team Ilhan @teamilhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Deal with it. 🕶️
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 16h
The impacts will reverberate through recreation, river ecology and local tribes. buff.ly/tqQF9UY
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What will happen to the Grand Canyon as water levels drop? - High Country News
Everything from sand to summer vacations is projected to change in the Grand Canyon as the river’s flows are reduced.
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Sandynightsky @sandynightsky.bsky.social · 16h
Agency Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Sandynightsky @sandynightsky.bsky.social · 16h
Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency
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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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 02/10/2026
"Since late September, the Daily Wire has quietly been shooting a pro-ICE action film in Montana that dramatizes the raids and protests around last winter’s Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis—including the fatal shooting of protester Renée Good." www.thebulwark.com/p/daily-wire...
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The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script.
Locals aren’t happy about the film’s take on the ICE shooting of Renée Good.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
https://www.lelievrecartoons.com/
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most ordinary man imaginable came to my home state to tell me to ‘get out of America’ while he & Absent Ashley enjoyed the comfort of buildings my ancestors helped build. Imagine standing on the shoulders of the ppl who built this country & then telling their descendants they don’t belong here/2
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Putin ordered Russian troops to disregard the rules of war, Zelenskyy tells the FT. ​Ukrainian intelligence intercepted information indicating that in September, Putin ordered the Russian military to intensify strikes on civilian infrastructure. Since then,
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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As hard as it is to believe, that is the actual position of the so-called law and order party.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So Americans pay more taxes in order to get AI centers in their backyards. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 02/10/2026
They made seven arrests—and earned $14 million. See how local police are cashing in on Trump's immigration crackdown.
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Exclusive | Police Score Big With Little Work in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
The Department of Homeland Security pays local agencies as much as $2 million for each arrest in a nationwide task force.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fun facts: Chris Rufo’s grandmother was an Italian immigrant who, I’ve heard from a reliable source, never learned to speak English fluently. Rufo’s wife meanwhile is an immigrant from Thailand. And the director of the Manhattan Institute who employs him? The son of Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today's jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy. What's required is investment in working people — and better wages. When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs. Remember this.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h
Hard to disagree with this.
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SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I see Drazan is meeting with the wealthy class down in Eugene and the ultra-rich, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-abortion, fundamentalist Christian MAGA governor of Montana. Get a load of Governor Gianforte's wiki page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Gi...
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Image of people siting around a conference table.

I’m grateful to the Eugene-area business owners who spoke candidly yesterday about what it’s like trying to grow, create jobs and invest in Oregon. They build our infrastructure, provide healthcare, run hotels and restaurants, fill prescriptions and employ hundreds of Oregonians. Despite their different industries, they shared the same frustration with a governor who is working against them.
Governor Gianforte brought a simple message from Montana: things can get better with the right leadership.
He’s had a little too much success recruiting Oregon businesses to Montana. I plan to put an end to that. When I’m governor, Oregon will be open for business again. See less
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SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Christofascist Gov Gianforte was convicted of assault. www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/politic...
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Judge releases Congressman Gianforte's mugshot
A judge released U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte’s mugshot on Wednesday after multiple news organizations asked for the photo.
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How awful was it? Even the most cynical longtime observers of performative senatorial idiocy were gobsmacked. And the remarkable thing is that it was even viler and dumber than it looked. So let’s break it down… charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-gops-s...
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The GOP’s Schmitt Show: A Blunder Wrapped in a Debacle, Inside a Fiasco
The Jack Smith “gotcha” was a Faceplant for the Ages.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
At least 56 people have died in ICE custody during Trump’s second term. According to ICE’s internal reviews, detention staff did not provide sufficient medical care to at least six of those detainees. ICE has now taken down those reviews from its website. What other cruelty is ICE trying to hide?
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ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care
Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of il
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Before people make up lies about the common law, aliens in England had the right to not be detained indefinitely and could challenge their imprisonment.
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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump and Ronny Jackson have a chuckle about the botched execution in Tennessee: "The medication didn't exactly work. He [Jackson] would answer it better than anybody. How does that happen? It shouldn't be very difficult."
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 01/10/2026
what the (not surprised)
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New: Republican Candidate: “The Country Went to Shit After” Women Got Voting Rights Brandon Herrera made the remark in 2023, but now hopes women will vote him into office. meidasnews.com/news/republi...
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Republican Candidate: “The Country Went to Shit After” Women Got Voting Rights
Brandon Herrera made the remark in 2023, but now hopes women will vote him into office.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s extremely down to the wire here. If you know of a FOIA attorney in Idaho, please connect us. The Boise airport has told me they do not have any video of an ICE detainment that I know for a fact happened.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump: "The one thing we have is oil is a little high, but oil is much lower than it was for Biden" (Energy prices are much higher now than they were when Biden left office)
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LucyLuLu @pschlinger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Schmitt: 202-224-5721 Kennedy: 202-224-4623
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
While I'm enjoying the humiliation justifiably being heaped on Senator Eric Schmitt, I don't don't think enough mockery is being directed at his accomplice, Senator Kennedy, the Cornpone Clown, with this stupidly victorious expression as he smugly holds up the ridiculous "evidence."
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An unannounced change took effect on September 15, adding another layer of difficulty for thousands of families and lawyers trying to locate detained loved ones. Read more: lataco.com/final-remova... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares, Izzy Ramirez, and Jaylyn Preslicka
Two masked immigration agents detaining a man and walking him toward a car. 

Headline reads "Read This If Your Loved One Has a Final ‘Removal Order’"
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Democracy Defenders Action @democracydefendersaction.org · 01/10/2026
The White House calls Trump’s taxpayer-funded TV ad “education.” Education about what? That a president can use government money to put himself on TV while people are trying to cover rent, groceries, and gas? That arrogance costs all of us. #PayToPlayPresident
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A Congress Doing Its Duty Would Halt Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda Ads | Democracy Defenders Action
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Got your Super Intelligence right here at the origins of the Iran War. AI also implicated in the signature war crime the US committed.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
58 deaths. Outrageous. Should never happen in America.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 01/10/2026
Good. This is the bare minimum. calmatters.org/justice/2026...
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They fought wildfires while serving time. A new law gives them a shot at Cal Fire jobs
Gov. Newsom signs a new law will give incarcerated firefighters a leg up when applying to entry-level jobs with Cal Fire.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New reports reveal Meta has been classifying gigantic data centers as "pilot models" in order to secure a tax credit from the 1980s. The loophole has allowed Meta to avoid paying nearly $4,000,000,000 in taxes last year alone.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Michael Tracey is actively attempting to dox Jane Doe in the Cornell 7 rape case
Michael Tracey : If you happen to know who this Cornell "Jane Doe" is, get in touch and I would be happy to publish her name and identifying information. And yes -- this is 100% permitted under the First Amendment, whatever threats or emotional blackmail people might want to deploy"Report" me for what, exactly? Save your breath, scumbag. Sorry you hate the First Amendment so much. Her identity is obviously newsworthy at this point, and I will take extreme pleasure in reporting it. (Not "doxing" -- that's a total canard)
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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