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Scottish Swedish mother of Indigenous, German, & Jewish children, Grandmother of MultiCultural grandchildren, in long-term recovery. Reader of books, Poet, 👩🏼‍🌾,💃🏻♍️😻🐦‍⬛ Creativity. WildWoman. ScarClan. Embracing Wisdom of the Crone. 🎼Faun, Shaboozey, Emancipator

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Terace @teracehope.bsky.social · 1h
Thank You @atrupar.com That was so informative. 🗽🇺🇸🗳️⚖️🦞💪🏼🎯 @troyjackson207.bsky.social 🗳️🦞🗳️🦞🗽⚖️🇺🇸
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Oldrunner @rmoore31415926.bsky.social · 1h
It must be weird for her to finally be in a situation where she's challenged, and her limited playbook of canned responses doesn't work.
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Rep. Jared Huffman @realjaredhuffman.bsky.social · 1h
Now's the time to make your plan to vote, whether by mail, early, or on Election Day. Ballots should be arriving shortly, but if you have not received yours by October 15th, then it is time to contact your local registrar's office and possibly choose to vote in person instead.
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 2h
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NEWS: Trump Faces Calls for Removal, Teases "Big Surprises" for the Midterms, Blocks Election Observers Like Russia and Belarus, and More
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 6h
“While OpenAI admits to agents behaving ‘unpredictably’, they must also acknowledge their responsibility to monitor and prevent these risks,” Wikimedia said. “AI companies are not doing enough to secure their systems and protect the public from the harm they cause.” arstechnica.com/security/202...
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OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic
The reports of OpenAI agents harming third-party sites keep coming.
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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 9h
Amazon 'arrows' in a circle all pointing at the words: FUCK BEZOS
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism.
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 11h
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NEWS: “Treasonous”—Trump Faces Bipartisan Outrage Over California Comments, Calls for Journalists' Arrest, Measles Hits 35-Year High
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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 06/10/2026
CalMatters won first place for immigration reporting for “Agents of Chaos: Tracking Border Patrol Operations Across the US,” a joint project with Evident Media and Bellingcat. CalMatters was also a finalist for a single newsletter for “My Legislator.” cal.news/4AP8X4V
Online Journalism Awards graphic announcing “Agents of Chaos” as a 2026 winner for topical reporting on immigration and “My Legislator” as a 2026 finalist for excellence in newsletters.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
1/ Say hello to our new Local Reporting Network reporters and their newsrooms! 👋 • Eliza Aronson, The Everett Herald • Max Filby, @dispatch.com • Luke Nozicka, @missouriindependent.com
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ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Names Three New Partners for Its 50 State Initiative
Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The used car salesman karp is a danger to others and requires immediate containment thelefthook.substack.com/p/existing-i...
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Existing Inside of Our Self-Inflicted Dystopia
Why Trumpism Is Not an Aberration—It Is the Inevitable End Result of the American Condition
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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NEWS: Trump Loses Latinos and His Temper, Russia Changes Its Plague Story, Cornell Boils Over, GOP Endorses Man Accused of Abusing 3 Year Old
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RNS @rns.org · 05/10/2026
(RNS) — 'I am asking for your courage to love your neighbor, to respect the dignity of every human being, and now, to vote,' Budde says in the new ad, which references her headline-grabbing sermon to President Donald Trump last year.
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Bishop Mariann Budde, in new election ad, urges people to vote
(RNS) — 'I am asking for your courage to love your neighbor, to respect the dignity of every human being, and now, to vote,' Budde says in the new ad, which references her headline-grabbing sermon to President Donald Trump last year.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
RFK Jr. thinks that getting measles is no big deal, and points to the low death rate to support this asinine opinion. Besides the fact that these deaths are preventable, he ignores hospitalizations and immune amnesia, which can erase immunity to other pathogens that people have already built up.
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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Please invest 45 minutes of your life with this important information 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 snyder.substack.com/p/thinking-l...
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Thinking Live with Heather Cox Richardson
My conversation with Heather Cox Richardson
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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NEWS: Major Epstein Whistleblower Dies, Trump Primes His Base to Reject the Midterms, KKK Seeks Comeback, Paxton in Trouble
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What Rhys Parton said.
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Excellent appraisal of trumb around the 15 minute mark, among other things 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 harrylitman.substack.com/p/ukraines-r...
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Ukraine’s Resilience and Trump’s Reckoning – Live with Timothy Snyder
The view from one of Ukraine’s frontline cities and a look at what lies beyond the midterms.
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Highly recommend 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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How Can the US Remove Itself From Israel's Violent End Game?
A majority of voters, young people around the world, and even some European leaders are challenging the status quo on Israel and demanding accountability and reform. How come US leaders won’t listen?
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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SNL Destroys Trump In Brutal Midterms Cold Open — Full Video And Transcript
The RNC cuts desperate last-minute midterm ads in this week’s SNL cold open. TBH, Trump’s actual desperation is even funnier.This Substack is reader-supported.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 04/10/2026
I track every death in ICE detention and write up what the records show as each one is announced. If you want these when they come out, you can subscribe for free. austinkocher.substack.com/subscribe
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M 💓🇺🇸🗽🌊🌈✨🧘‍♀️ @liveadivinelife.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If only there was a super power to help keep them in line.
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Bruce Coffman @brucecoffman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tomorrow, October 5th, is the last day to register online in Kentucky. Register to vote right now.
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"'Ply' moves beyond both classical physics and realist fiction to point toward the possibility of transcending capitalism itself." M. Keith Booker reviews Hernan Diaz's third novel, "Ply": lareviewofbooks.org/article/hernan-…
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The Slow Apocalypse of Capitalist Decay | Los Angeles Review of Books
Hernan Diaz completes his hopeful trilogy following the rise and fall of American capitalism.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/10/2026
NEW: I have obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Trump's name in the Epstein files for supervisory review. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
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EXCLUSIVE: MSW Media has Obtained Descriptions of NINE Epstein Files Redaction Training Videos in FOIA Lawsuit
Sources confirm that two videos instructed agents to flag documents including Trump’s name for supervisory review.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whistleblower and former banker Simon Andriesz, 57, has died by suicide, The Banker reports. Andriesz exposed US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s past links to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Any suggestions for middle grade books with arab protagonists? My kid just said they dont like being arab because "we're always the bad guys."
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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NEWS: Trump Enters ‘Desperation Mode,’ Texas is a ‘Five-Alarm Fire,’ Administration Clears Way to Institutionalize Disabled Americans
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Hellishchildren @hellishchildren.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
April 25, 2026 England Airpark is a former military facility in Louisiana where Pfas levels in the groundwater have been found at at least 41m parts per trillion (ppt) Federal drinking water limits for Pfas compounds range from 4 to 10ppt, meaning the levels are 575,000 times higher than the lim
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ICE planning facility for children and families on Pfas-contaminated site
High concentration of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in groundwater at former military facility in Louisiana
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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NEWS: Trump Took Money Meant for Fallen Officers' Memorials to Air Ads Worshipping Himself, Rushes Out Checks as GOP Worries
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David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Excellent piece here on AI as well.
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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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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 03/10/2026
This is about violent threats. Recently, I received another anonymous threat—even posting what they believed is my home address. Turns out, these calls aren’t random. And my data being online isn’t an accident, it’s often sold by data brokers for profit. www.qasimrashid.com/p/protecting...
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Protecting Yourself Against Violent Threats From the Internet
I've reported this threat to the FBI, and I am also sharing it with you for a very important reason
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the Kansas Court of Appeals Friday denied Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again
The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within the following three days, including in the upcoming November elections.
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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A federal district court just held that police use of Flock cameras without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
constitutionally collect this information about one car-and its driver-by
following that vehicle on public roadways over a month. But this leaves the
question of why is it the government's business where everyone goes all the
time? The government cannot go snooping through our personal lives and
business without an adequate basis to do so. That is what the Supreme Court
has said since its decision in Katz through its decision in Chatrie this year,
nearly sixty years later. It is not too much to draw the line at indiscriminate
mass surveillance.
No doubt, ALPR technology comes with remarkable benefits that the
Court cannot ignore. But the Fourth Amendment requires courts to draw a line when the cost is too great. Alaniz's search in just the ALPR system
provided him with more than 50 individual records of Kyle's whereabouts
across the country for an entire month. The Court finds that because the
ALPR systems Alaniz used to search Kyle's historical location information
intruded on her reasonable expectation of privacy in the whole of her physical
movements, it was a search under the Fourth Amendment. Based on the
information in the record, the only reason Alaniz conducted that search was
because he saw her license plate was from California. That search was not
supported by probable cause, and it was done without a warrant in violation
of Kyle's Fourth Amendment rights. That search also has a nexus to the
remainder of the traffic stop because Alaniz began following Kyle's car while
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There is a dangerous ignorant treasonous unstable corrupt criminal in the People’s House. Containment required IMMEDIATELY. All those supporting this sociopath are complicit in destroying the United States of America. Never forget. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/an-immedia...
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An Immediate Calamity
To read this letter, click here:
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Important Friday Night Update
32 days out, the GOP map is collapsing into red states, while Trump's tariffs threaten free chips and salsa and Benny Johnson gets sued for calling protesters "terrorists."
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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NEWS: Trump Tries to Buy Votes With $500 Checks, GOP Senator Tells Trump "I Don't Take This Bullsh*t," Final Jobs Report Tanks, and More
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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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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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The turn against Turnitin in UK HE is gaining momentum, with Cambridge U the latest to cancel its contract over its proposal to use student essays to train AI. I imagine more unis will now follow. TII will surely be going into crisis management now. Good piece on it here wonkhe.com/blogs/a-supp...
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A supplier shouldn’t be able to rewrite who owns students’ essays
Sam Dickinson looks at Turnitin’s paused plan to put student essays to work on AI – and finds that neither anonymisation nor university regulations answer the copyright question
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Tim Reierson @holdspacefree.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Do we really want #988Lifeline #Vibrant & its 100s of contractors & subcontractors to be storing crisis conversations & making them available for #AI model calibration? Thats a sickening abuse & exploit of vulnerable persons, including those who answer Needs to stop. Organize #CrisisLines workers
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Tim Reierson @holdspacefree.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Article on cyberattack risks to #988Lifeline. Concern is also needed about the ongoing DATA EXPLOITS FROM WITHIN 988 Lifeline #SAMHSA is allowing perpetual storage of crisis conversations, allowing "AI" tech company product use & testing, & more see my pinned essay www.gao.gov/blog/protect...
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Protecting the 988 Crisis Lifeline from Cyberattacks that Could Disrupt Lifesaving Support
Each year, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, a national suicide prevention helpline, gets millions of calls, texts, and chats from people in crisis. When people face hard times, the crisis line can...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow!
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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NEWS: Trump Floats Insurrection Act Before Midterms, DOJ Moves to Clear Nixon, Asked Grok Before Seizing Maduro, Florida is in Play
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In loving memory, rest in love♥️ October 1, 2017
Hannah Ahlers, Heatger Warino Alvarado, Dorene Anderson, Carrie Barnette, Jack Beaton, Steve Berger, Candice Bowers, Denise Salman Burditus, Sandra Casey, Andrea Castilla, Denise Cohen, Austin Davis, Thomas Day Jr, Christiana Duarte, Stacee Etcheber, Brian Fraser, Ken Galvan, Dana Gardner, Angela Gomez, Rocio Guillen Rocha, Charleston Hartfield, Chris Hazencomb, Jennifer Irvine, Nicole Kimura, Jessica Klymchuk, Carly Kreibaum, Rhonda LeRocque, Victor Link, Jordan Mcildoon, Kelsey Meadows, Calla Medig, James “Sonny” Melton, Pati Mestas, Austin Meyer, Adrian Murfitt, Rachael Parler, Jennifer Parks, Carrie Parsons, Lisa Patterson, John Phippen, Melissa Ramirez, Jordyn Rivera, Quinton Robbins, Cameron Robinson, Lisa Romero-Muniz, Christopher Roybal, Brett Schwanbeck, Bailey Schweitzer, Laura Shipp, Erick Silva, Susan Smith, Tara Roe Smith, Brennan Stewart, Derrick “Bo” Taylor, Neysa Tanks, Michelle Vo, Kurt Von Tillow, and Bill Wolfe Jr.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You really can’t make this shit up.
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sk8rbelle.bsky.social @sk8rbelle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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NEWS: Democratic Turnout Surges, Trump Snaps at Reporters, Hegseth Purges Military, Renee Good’s Family Sues Trump, Botched Execution
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