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Scott Crawford

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Sober dad living on the shore of Lake Erie

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/10/2026
nationalize everything Elon Musk owns.
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
America has become an authoritarian state.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Quotas all but ensure that ICE will skip the investigative work it takes to identify the undocumented immigrants who are genuine risks to public safety in favor of quick-hit arrests. www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/p...
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Exclusive: ICE agents told to ramp up daily immigration arrests despite GOP unease as midterms near | CNN Politics
Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership told agents nationwide on Tuesday to increase immigration arrests by 1,000 more people daily, returning to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests, accord...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is psychosis. The president of the United States is psychotic. Is the media going to start talking about this, or continue to normalize it?
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This isn’t just about NIH grants. It’s about whose health gets studied—and whose gets ignored. Defund research on women and minority communities. Weaken the safety net. Politicize which science gets funded. Different policies. Same consequence: the people who already have the least lose the most.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every bit of this 👇
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. 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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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 02/10/2026
I strongly encourage Republicans to run on this message!
Screen shot of a Fox News clip with Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett saying: "The higher mortgage rates are actually a good sign for the economy because corporations are borrowing money to build things like data centers instead of lending to homeowners."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Donald Trump praises North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un who routinely threatens to wipe out Japan and South Korea; is currently exporting weapons and personnel to help Russia invade Ukraine.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 01/10/2026
Republicans’ OBBBA specifically targeted New York by stripping 450,000 New Yorkers of their health insurance. I'm proud to introduce the Restoring Essential Plan Coverage Act with @schumer.senate.gov to reinstate federal funding for the Essential Plan and protect our communities.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And on it went, with Hegseth spinning one bad idea after another, and managing to insult any number of Americans in the process. A bad idea hamster www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy
His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.
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PhillipUSA @phillipusa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This…
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This might be the best one they've ever done. Flawless.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Two absolute lunatics
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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The USPS has installed over 100 dash cameras in their vehicles to leverage its massive daily footprint to collect valuable community and infrastructure data. Like, a surveillance state? #ProudBlue #DeFlockAmerica www.404media.co/usps-to-put-...
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USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.
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Paulette Feeney ❌️👑 @pauletteparis1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Man. Woman. Person. Camera. Hoax.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a Christian Nationalist revival meeting masquerading as a defense department speech...
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Lie Detector 8647 @lie-detector.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
journos: pick the *right* words to describe felon47's failing mental health. @willbunch.bsky.social nails the issue MSM and TV networks miss, writing "We need fewer 'think pieces' and more 'this man cannot think' articles. sharing free link to Will's latest, too poignant to hide behind a firewall.
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WSJ lead headline acts as if Trump had an economic strategy that "backfired." No, Stupid's Economy is entirely his fault without a plan and it all was predicted. The Moves That Backfired on Trump and Drove Interest Rates and Inflation Higher www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
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The Moves That Backfired on Trump and Drove Interest Rates and Inflation Higher
The president’s own agenda has helped undermine promises to fix the economy and get the deficit under control.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please remember this when Trump or anyone else from his regime talks about "waste, fraud, and abuse."
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Heather4JeffersonCounty6 @bblueheather.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
JFC are you people paying attention???? MEDICARE FOR ALL! NOW. #Pinks
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 21/09/2026
If European countries & other signatories to the International Criminal Court have any self-respect, they'd sanction Rubio & Trump for obstructing investigations of Netanyahu's war crimes.
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Exclusive | Trump Ramps Up Bid to Dismantle International Criminal Court
The U.S. administration is preparing sweeping sanctions that would cut the court off from much of the global financial system.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Die so billionaires can make more money. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
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White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
British Museum chair George Osborne ‘thought Peter Thiel’s Bayeux tapestry visit would be secret’ & no one would know www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Teflon Thiel is a fascist-funding FBI informant who invested with Epstein. maybe the public should require egalitarianism at public institutions?
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George Osborne ‘thought Peter Thiel’s Bayeux tapestry visit would be secret’
British Museum chair tells Big Brue festival he thought no one would find out about the private viewing
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Sober Today @3rdstep.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And we just let it happen... #ThisIsWhatFascismLooksLike FIGHT BACK HARD
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joneson/dead bird site survivor. @joneson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#NC voters, repubs like Michael Whatley aren't interested in Americans having affordable healthcare. They would rather waste taxpayer money with strange robotic dogs terrorizing immigrants & citizens. Elect Dem Roy Cooper @roycoopernc.bsky.social to protect democracy & bring sanity to the US Senate
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Man, I wonder why there aren't more headlines about this imaginary thing that does not happen?
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 17/09/2026
Work requirements … for … (*checks notes*) Social Security. M'kay.
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Paulette Feeney ❌️👑 @pauletteparis1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Invisible Hand needs to slap someone silly.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026
We really can't let ourselves get accustomed to this. He's telling the people of NC that he's going to let them die if they don't vote how he wants.
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𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I completely agree with Bono. 💯
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Moved? Married? Changed your name? Your registration may already be out of date—and an outdated registration is the same as no registration. Fix it today. Takes 2 minutes. Do it now. #GetReadyToVote
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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The board's proposal flatly states that "without such appropriate recognition" it's unlikely that Trump will financially support what the board says are desperately needed renovations. Cooper, in his Tuesday ruling, tartly notes "the government plays word games."
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Kennedy Center board votes to close over Trump naming dispute and financial trouble, AP sources say
The board of the Kennedy Center voted on Tuesday to close the center over financial issues and a dispute over putting President Donald Trump’s name on the iconic performing arts venue, according to pe...
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💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Understand this. The US has at least 200 Concentration Camps. #FDT #Pinks
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More than 70,000 people are currently in more than 200 concentration camps in the United States.
What? You say: We don't have concentration camps in the US.
Ah, but we do. Historians define concentration camps as sites of mass civilian detention without trial, based on group identity. Our "detention" centers ARE concentration camps.
We need to shut them down.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Sherry Lee @bella-andme.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The absolute best description I’ve ever heard of Bessent. “What Scotty B has been doing is bellowing loudly… and carrying a wet noodle.” With thanks to @justinwolfers.bsky.social
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
GOP information warfare game — distract, deflect, divide. I don’t like what Hasan Piker has said either, but the most important issue this Nov is electing a Congress that will fulfill its duty to check a corrupt president.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE TOO......
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13/09/2026
Weija Jiang should clearly be grilled at every single moment about her close relationship with notorious racist and adjudicated rapist Donald Trump. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
Weija Jiang leans close to Trump, chatting with him at the White House Correspondents dinner. Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images
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Lynn ❌👑 @tnblue.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
WTAF??? Please make sure you share this. It IS the republican party. @indivisibletn.org
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Buttigieg: "I was shocked to hear Speaker Johnson just now saying 'we shouldn't be rushing, shouldn't be moving too quickly on this.' You know what is moving quickly? AI. For Congress to sit on its hands is deeply dangerous it to the American people ... what have they been doing this entire time?"
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 13/09/2026
Name one thing Donald Trump improved as president other than his family’s net worth.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Congrats, MAGA www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Trump Approves Landmark Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia in Big Win for Kingdom
The deal could mean large profits for American companies but also is likely to raise concerns about nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.
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Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Witkoff says he brought “new ideas” from Moscow to Kyiv and insists “both sides” must compromise. But only one side invaded, occupied and murdered its way across the other. Sounds like he wants to force Ukraine to just accept Putin’s demands t.co/BMPHwzE9bp
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kristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I can’t grasp a billion much less a trillion. We don’t hate Elon Musk enough.
How Much is a Billion? (compared to a million)
• 1 million seconds = about 12 days
• 1 billion seconds = about 32 years
• 1 million minutes ago was approximately 2 years ago
• 1 billion minutes ago was the year 114AD
• 1 million hours ago it was the dawn of the 20th century
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• 1 billion hours ago was around the time we think the first modern humans walked (141k ya)
• 1 million days ago it was about 700BC
• 1 billion days ago was 2.7 million years BCScaling the Time
To put a trillion days into perspective compared to smaller numbers:
• 1 million days ago: About 2,738 years ago (around 738 BC, during the rise of early classical civilizations and the Iron Age).
• 1 billion days ago: About 2.74 million years ago (the time of early human ancestors like Australopithecus walking the Earth).
• 1 trillion days ago: About 2.74 billion years ago (more than half the age of the entire planet).
What Earth Looked Like
• No land plants or animals: There was no complex multi-cellular life yet.
• Microbial life: The planet was inhabited only by single-celled organisms like bacteria and early cyanobacteria.
• Toxic atmosphere: The air lacked free oxygen; the Great Oxidation Event had not yet occurred to change the skies and oceans.
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