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The Independent @the-independent.com · 2h
Trump won’t reimburse taxpayers for money already spent on campaign ads, White House says
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Trump won’t reimburse taxpayers for money already spent on campaign ads
Trump’s offer to pay for the ads with PAC money instead ‘was not referring to reimbursement’
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 17h
Newly announced! Hillary Clinton will be the guest moderator at the New York City stop (the first stop) on Rachel's upcoming book tour! Also, Nicolle Wallace will moderate the Boston date! Links, tickets and details are at www.ms.now/department-o...
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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We track them down for fines after they are deported??? "In August, CBP hired ResponseAI as one of four companies to track down deported migrants in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala who the government says owe hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid fines." www.projectsaltbox.com/p/dhs-taps-r...
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DHS Taps ResponseAI, an ICE Skip-Tracing Contractor, to Run Self-Deportation Contract
The company, whose growing ICE portfolio includes locating people for deportation, will now run DHS’s contract for people leaving through the CBP Home app.
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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Murdering four. RIP.
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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ricolaaaaaaa...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 05/10/2026
If House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the base. trib.al/v1k2dxZ
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The Long and Extremely Urgent To-Do List if Democrats Take the House
If House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the base.
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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Not a fan of door knockers, but ... Give political door knockers a short script to read into Ring doorbells when people don't answer. You already paid them to be there. Minimum, they should leave a pamphlet. What a waste of money/effort to have them show up at people's doors and say/leave nothing.
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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Jack Smith -- Power to the People.
Jack Smith in a crowd wearing a Springsteen Land of Hope and Dreams, No Kings t- shirt and carrying a beer.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I won big in the fantasy lottery this week.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/10/2026
Brazil election moves to runoff after Lula and Bolsonaro fail to garner majority vote, electoral court says.
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Brazil heads to runoff election after Bolsonaro, Lula fail to garner majority vote
Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s veteran President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off on Oct. 25 in a runoff for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy.
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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Been a long "two weeks."
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Politico @politico.com · 05/10/2026
US Marine arrested for alleged killing of a woman on Okinawa, triggers outrage from Japan politi.co/4yzWzUS
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US Marine arrested for alleged killing of a woman on Okinawa, triggers outrage from Japan politi.co/4yzWzUS
US Marine arrested for alleged killing of a woman on Okinawa, triggers outrage from Japan politi.co/4yzWzUS
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/10/2026
30 days to go!!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Memorable Presidential Quotes In History From FDR: "The only thing we have to fear... is fear itself." From JFK: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." From our Vulgarian-In-Chief:
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cocchiarella: You said that you do support a moratorium on data centers, but if there were to be one that had to be built, Mar-a-Lago seemed as good a place as any. Nixon: They have a huge golf course that it can be dropped onto.
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NPR @npr.org · 04/10/2026
Trump said Clayton will lead the White House's new "Super Intelligence Force," which will coordinate government engagement with artificial intelligence. n.pr/4y3lu25
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Trump names national intelligence chief Jay Clayton as new AI czar
Trump said Clayton will lead the White House's new "Super Intelligence Force," which will coordinate government engagement with artificial intelligence.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sen. Chris Murphy proposed legislation: “ICE should not operate at daycare centers, they shouldn't operate at children's playgrounds, and that they shouldn't operate at school bus stops.” Republicans blocked the proposed legislation. VOTE. For the kids. www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
Sen. Chris Murphy proposed legislation: “ICE should not operate at daycare centers, they shouldn't operate at children's playgrounds, and that they shouldn't operate at school bus stops.”

Republicans blocked the proposed legislation. 

VOTE. For the kids. 

https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-pushes-for-senate-passage-of-bill-protecting-children-from-ice
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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/10/2026
As ICE arrests increase and the number of people in detention has hit a record high again of over 70,000, immigrant communities can’t wait another second. Constituents can’t wait until Congress is back in session. Urge your representatives to stop this escalation at aclu.org/stop-ice_killings
"Since the second Trump presidency began, ICE has detained 610,000+ people. That’s more than the population of the cities of Atlanta, Baltimore, or Milwaukee. Source: The Marshall Project." ACLU logo. Photo of masked federal agents, some of them armed, standing outdoors.
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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What a terrible experience. You might consider developing and using an interview ground rules document in the future.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto @cortezmasto.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Betting on whether a wildfire will devastate a community – our neighbors and friends – is truly wrong and dangerous. We need to crack down on the prediction markets that allow wagers on natural disasters before someone gets hurt.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As Trump and Republicans strip health coverage from millions (for tax cuts for the rich), Dems plan to expand Medicare. #MedicareForAllNOW www.newsweek.com/medicare-upd...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“All of this led to a clear reporting question: If the hurdles to open a private school are so low, could we do it? And what would we learn along the way?”
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Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Friday night noir, Bogart at his best. Great direction, acting, dialogue, set design. Press consolidation, corruption, murder, scandal, gossip, romance -- some things never change. youtu.be/g-SVgoxjYfg?...
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Deadline USA (1952) Classic English Film, Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore & Kim Hunter | Full Movie
YouTube video by Maya Freya
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?
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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"“New information has raised serious questions about how this case was handled, and I’ve lost faith in the Tompkins County D.A.’s ability to fairly oversee it,” Ms. Hochul said." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case (Gift Article)
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the state attorney general to investigate a former Cornell University student’s allegation of rape. The woman has sued seven men in connection with the alleged assault.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We Keep Failing Women... brilliant, timely and infuriating open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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We Keep Failing Women
It is the badge of a degraded democracy that certain men will not be held to account.
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Even Starbucks shareholders are sick of this shit. Investors holding nearly $270M in Starbucks stock are pushing to restore its labor-relations committee. Why? Nearly 5 years after the first store unionized, Starbucks still has no contract with its union. No contract. No coffee.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 01/10/2026
OpenAI alerts more than 100 groups about rogue AI agent activity reut.rs/471akQi
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OpenAI alerts more than 100 groups about rogue AI agent activity
OpenAI has informed more than 100 organizations about incidents involving unauthorized activity tied to its ​AI agents, according to a blog post by ‌the ChatGPT maker, as AI labs face mounting scrutiny over rogue AI agent activity.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 01/10/2026
Musk returns to Trump administration to co-lead Pentagon war study
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Musk returns to Trump administration to co-lead Pentagon war study
Musk, who in 2024 threw his support behind Trump and helped his return to the White House, served as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), where he spearheaded sweeping job cuts across the US federal government.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 01/10/2026
The family of Renee Good has filed two civil lawsuits in the wake of her killing by a federal agent during Operation Metro Surge.
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Renee Good's family files civil lawsuits against U.S., federal agents
The family of Renee Good has filed two civil lawsuits against the United States, a federal agent and officials for the January shooting and death of Renee Good. Her family is expected to speak later T...
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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hmm... We'll see where this goes. youtube.com/shorts/eJtuH...
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Bring on the facts.
YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026
NEW / HUGE: Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama sued nearly three dozen abortion pill providers + a pharmacy and The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Dear Mr. Cayce:
I write to notify the panel of two legal developments material to the
panel’s resolution of this case.
First, today Louisiana—joined by Arkansas and Alabama—filed a
lawsuit in the Western District of Louisiana against nearly three dozen
individuals and entities responsible for remotely dispensing FDA-
approved mifepristone in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama. See
Louisiana v. Nouhavandi, No. 2:26-cv-03836 (W.D. La.) (attached). As
the complaint in that case illustrates, none of those individuals and
entities could carry out their current operations without the 2023
REMS’s removal of the in-person dispensing requirement.
Second, also today Louisiana—joined by Arkansas and Alabama—
filed a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint (attached), Louisiana v.
New York, in the United States Supreme Court against New York,
Massachusetts, and California. The bill of complaint challenges the
telehealth shield laws of those states on various legal grounds.
Both complaints explain how Louisiana’s success in Louisiana v.
FDA will eliminate the flood of FDA-approved mifepristone into the
State. Louisiana’s success in Louisiana v. Nouhavandi will eliminate the
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ability of nearly three dozen of the most prominent actors to illegally send
any abortion drugs into the State. And Louisiana’s success in Louisiana
v. New York will strip all shield-law state residents—regardless of any
back-up drugs they may try to use—of the claimed authority to violate
Louisiana’s laws with impunity.
espectfully,
/s/J. Benjamin Aguiñaga
J. Benjamin Aguiñaga
Solicitor General
Counsel for Louisiana
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
The DOJ indicted “Bitcoin Jesus” Roger Ver in one of the largest-ever crypto tax fraud cases. Those familiar with the case said the evidence was “rock solid” and that prosecutors were confident of a conviction. Then Donald Trump won a second term. (Published January)
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How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump”
Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver was facing federal criminal charges until he sought the services of a select club of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorneys who have easy access to top Justi...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On another platform, @pjaicomo.bsky.social asks a good question. Anyone seen SCOTUS give one party an open-ended, one-sided opportunity to name their own "question presented"?
This seems like a very uncommon QP from the Supreme Court in today's cert. grant in DHS v. DVD.
Is anyone aware of a similarly open-ended and one-sided QP like this in another case?
CERTIORARI GRANTED
DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL.
The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and
by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026
order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed.
The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of
certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are
directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether
the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents' claims.
(2) Whether the district court had authority to enter classwide
declaratory relief and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252(f) (1).
(3) Whether the Government's Guidance on third-country removals is unlawful under 8 U. S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or FARRA/CAT and its implementing regulations.
*(4) Such other
questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the
proper disposition of the case.* The Clerk is directed to
establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be
argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall
terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would
deny the application
for stay.
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 29/09/2026
Dinners for Democracy can come in many forms: coffee conversations, cooking with family, or a meal out with friends. Learn how to host your own event and get your community involved in the fight for democracy: democracyforward.org/dinnersfordemocracy/
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ASK THE ATTORNEY: "If my commander issues me an unlawful order, do I have to obey it?" The short answer is no. Let's break it down: www.stripes.com/living/2026-... #Flashes
Soldiers move in formation toward a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in preparation for an air movement operation during a field training exercise at Fort Carson, Colorado, on April 14, 2026. (Tyler Ewing/U.S. Army)
White text: COLUMN | Read the words of Tully Rinckey PLLC's Heather Tenney: QAsk the attorney: Do I have to obey an unlawful order?; White Stars and Stripes logo; white Tully Rinckey PLLC logo; photo of Heather Tenney
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 29/09/2026
Morocco's King Mohammed VI names Urban Planning Minister Fatima Zahra Mansouri as the country's prime minister.
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Morocco's king appoints the country's first woman prime minister
Morocco's King Mohammed VI names Urban Planning Minister Fatima Zahra Mansouri as the country's prime minister.
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The latest on Facebook: “In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to.” Via Apple Insider
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Meta Muse AI reportedly read Mac Messages without consent
In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
John Oliver lists off just some of Ken Paxton’s scandals: “Paxton spent nearly 9 years under indictment for securities fraud... He was also accused of bribery and abuse of office by eight of his own top deputies... But wait, because I'm still not done.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In March, Washington State passed a tax on millionaires to fund public education, childcare, and expand its earned income tax credit. Now, special interest groups backed by the rich are trying to trick voters into repealing the tax by claiming it will apply to non-millionaires. Don't fall for it.
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Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed.
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Exactly right.
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Tina Fey Playfully Touches Her Nose
Alt: Tina Fey Playfully Touches Her Nose to indicate "On the nose."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The U.S. owes $40 trillion in debt. Everyone has an opinion about why. But there’s one question you almost never hear asked: Who’s actually getting paid?
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 27/09/2026
Talking about my struggles with being overweight still makes me uncomfortable, since weight can carry moral judgment in ways that other health challenges don't. But that fear stops too many struggling from getting treatment that could extend their lives.
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Gov. JB Pritzker Reveals He’s Lost 80 Lbs. with GLP-1 After Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis (Exclusive)
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tells PEOPLE that a GLP-1 has contributed to his 80-Lb. weight loss, but that he initially started taking it after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem?
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Secular Jen 🫘 @secularjen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Whyyyyyyyy?! Stop the insanity!
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