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PNW~Finally got a Bluesky account (been reading my fav profiles for a while), but Schumer ticked me off. I had to share info about CR (March 2025) www.epi.org/publication/cutting-med…

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A neurosurgeon operates within millimeters of the brainstem, where one wrong move can mean paralysis or worse. Here is why that training takes a decade to build.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 10h
For the first time in 150 years, kiwi have returned to Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Driven by iwi and local communities, the Capital Kiwi Project has translocated over 250 birds following widespread predator control. Learn more on the Mongabay Newscast with @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social.
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Iwi and community-led effort return kiwi to Wellington for first time in over a century
For the first time in 150 years, kiwi once again live in the hills surrounding Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. More than 250 manu (“birds” in the Māori language) were successfully translocated back…
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 15h
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William "Chip" Nagel @cto1usn.bsky.social · 20h
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Aunt Jules @japulver.bsky.social · 11h
#MeanwhileInMichigan We voted! @benpulver.bsky.social #MIVoteMatters
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 11h
Now seems like a good time to say that the more I look at what doge did with USAID the more it looks like a straightforward eugenics project and Elon’s protests that he didnt know anyone might die seem doubly evil
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Jax (the original) @jacqueline321.bsky.social · 15h
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bennythesnitch.bsky.social @bennythesnitch.bsky.social · 13h
Lots of Hegseth corruption sense Exclusive: Major Republican fundraiser winning contracts from Trump administration, emails reveal Palmer Luckey has donated $5.9m to Republicans and bundled more, while reaping billions in Pentagon contracts www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Exclusive: Major Republican fundraiser winning contracts from Trump administration, emails reveal
Palmer Luckey has donated $5.9m to Republicans and bundled more, while reaping billions in Pentagon contracts
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bennythesnitch.bsky.social @bennythesnitch.bsky.social · 13h
Well that makes Hegseth sense Jan. 22, 1997 House Punishes Speaker For Violations It Remains To Be Seen Whether Gingrich Pays $300,000 Fine Out Of Own Pocket Or From Campaign Funds www.spokesman.com/stories/1997...
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House Punishes Speaker For Violations It Remains To Be Seen Whether Gingrich Pays $300,000 Fine Out Of Own Pocket Or From Campaign Funds
Newt Gingrich on Tuesday became the first House speaker in history to be disciplined for ethics violations as members voted overwhelmingly to reprimand the Georgia Republican and assess a $300,000 pen...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14h
After he points to his Collection of Weirdos, Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and 83 year-old Newt Gingrich, it appears that Pretend Patton can't resist throwing up in his mouth. The most understandable thing he did all day.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15h
I thought this guy said no fatties and no weirdos.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15h
I thought at first that this had to be a parody, but it's Hegseth, so I guess not.
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JustVisiting-1123 @chefskiss-1123.bsky.social · 11h
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Hedy Lamarr @chudonew.bsky.social · 11h
Americans For Prosperity is actually Billionaires For Their Own Prosperity at the expense of the middle class. Americans For Prosperity spending $500K on first ad boosting Authoritarian Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 12h
No words.
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 11h
9/30/26 Chicagoland ICE activity update: Reports of ICE vehicles near the Will County Jail in Joliet this a.m., and the Cook County Courthouse in Maywood at ~1 p.m. Rapid responders also report ICE detained 2 people across 2 incidents in Chicago's East Side neighborhood this morning.
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🚨 ALERTA COMUNITARIA – MAYWOOD, IL 🚨
📅 Hoy - 09/30/2026
🕥 12:55 p.m.
📍 1500 Maybrook Drive
🧊 CONFIRMADO : Presencia de ICE en el área. Vehiculo visto enfrente del tribunal de corte
🚗 Vehículos Observados:
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🚨🚨09/30/2026- JOLIET, IL🚨🚨
🕥 8:50 a.m.
📍 Washington St y Ottawa St
🧊CONFIRMADO: Presencia de ICE en el área.
🚗 Vehículos Observados: 
Nissan Pathfinder Negra; Placas GC12085 Illinois 
Nissan Pathfinder Negra; Placas FZ63978 IllinoisA 9/30/2026 alert of 2 ICE abductions in Chicago's East Side neighborhoods.
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OMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 @amsickofpollies.bsky.social · 11h
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 11h
Schmitt for Brains For @rawstory.com Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
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Dr. Tea, Cake, & Revolution. @witwarrior.bsky.social · 11h
Hegseth is combining religious fanaticism with worldly power over our armed forces. The result is that he’s shaping up to say that election interference with force is God’s Will-which transcends human laws.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
"Father, we just thank you for President Trump ... President Trump, I ask the Lord right now to anoint you with the fresh anointing oil so you can move this nation forward in the name of Jesus Christ"
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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 12h
This is not submitting to God's will and being sent on a futile mission of prophecy. This is ordering God to endorse the aggression the speaker has already decided on.
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amerthkj1.bsky.social @amerthkj1.bsky.social · 12h
Orwell wouldn’t be worth reading if the fascists didn’t talk in clichés and doublespeak.
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 13h
Also their Isaiah addiction remains deranged.
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✨StarChick68💫 ➡️🐸 @starchick68.bsky.social · 11h
#Washingtonstate #PNW #Mid-terms #Congress AARP Washington, the League of Women Voters and Northwest Public Broadcasting (NWPB) www.aarp.org/states/washi...
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Washington's 4th Congressional District Forum
Hear directly from the candidates on Wednesday, Sept. 30
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 13h
The Heights Theater has been through it: fires, a tornado, presumably a Zack Snyder movie or two. But a hundred years later, it's still standing tall.
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A century of cinema: The Heights Theater to celebrate 100 years with a film for each decade
The one-screen theater in Columbia Heights has been running for 100 years. It will celebrate its legacy starting Thursday, Oct. 1.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 15h
"Abel" is weeding and thinning in the beets in the Cuyama CA area. "We earn CA minimum wage of $16.70/hr. This is exhausting work as we are bent over all day long so our backs ache. There isn't shade in the fields, so the sun beats down upon us and makes it even harder." #WeFeedYou
Workers weeding in the beets
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 13h
www.jezebel.com/susan-sarand...
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Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder Show Ed Sheeran How To Have Morals
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 13h
Skipped the Nazis, huh.
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Kim @kimoco.bsky.social · 14h
This is a MAGA coup over our military.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14h
‘No beardos, no weirdos, no wimps’: Hegseth says he will cut number of US generals by 20% in anti-diversity speech – live
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‘No beardos, no weirdos, no wimps’: Hegseth says he will cut number of US generals by 20% in anti-diversity speech – live
Defense secretary summons military leaders for speech railing against diversity policies * Sign up for the Breaking News US email Rachel Leingang and Riley Messer Some of the biggest food and agriculture corporations in the US are funding a campaign that pays social media influencers to combat elements of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s Make America Healthy Again platform, according to an investigation by the Guardian and Documented, an investigative watchdog and journalism project. Continue reading...
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 12h
Drunkard rapist fox host war criminal Pete Hegseth says he’s establishing the Office of Religious Affairs at the Pentagon. Nothing says good Christian like an immoral despicable piece of shit using religion to promote fascism and hate. He should be behind bars, not quoting scripture.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 16h
Translation: the bullshit has stopped working.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h
UPDATE: The day after ducking 🦆 Jack Smith’s appearance before a committee she was supposed to be on — to go to a photo op at TVA — @MarshaBlackburn is now suing Jack Smith (for doing his job)
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Blackburn sues Jack Smith for obtaining her phone records
The Republican senator brought the suit one day after the former special counsel testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Cub Green @cubtrader.bsky.social · 11h
Humana D going from $274.80 to $398.40. 🤬
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 12h
Trump is fully intending for the Kennedy Center to be his 7th bankruptcy. This isn't mismanagement, this is deliberate destruction in revenge for Trump not being able to make it a tribute to himself. www.rawstory.com/trump-kenned...
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Kennedy Center 'in free fall' as Trump allies max out credit and spend opera funds: WaPo
President Donald Trump took control of the Kennedy Center 19 months ago. Since then, the center has used up nearly every financial cushion it had, and one arts management expert says it now appears to...
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ElizabethC 💙🐸 @econklin44.bsky.social · 16h
"Forget about befitting ordinary citizens, we have our priorities." Another version of "what's good for General Bull Moose is good for America," for those who remember. #ProudBlue
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Green Hombre @greenhombre.bsky.social · 12h
The Enshittification of democracy.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h
"For decades, we've provided election coverage that's based on in-depth political reporting by an experienced team of journalists backed by commentary from political leaders. But now we're throwing that aside so we can tell you what some of the most irredeemable uninformed gamblers are guessing."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h
😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ now 0-26 after judge rejects demand for Georgia voter rolls
The judge said the Civil Rights Act does not authorize DOJ's demands for the Peach State’s unredacted voter roll.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 11h
Juan Barnett, former senator for Mississippi Senate District 34, suffered a stroke earlier this year that forced an absence for a large part of the 2026 legislative session, though he returned in April. Barnett resigned his seat and retired on Aug. 31, creating a vacancy.
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Mississippi Governor Sets Special Election After State Senator Retires
Forest, Jasper and Jones county voters will have a special election on Dec. 22 to fill a vacancy in Mississippi Senate District 34.
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lafleur10.bsky.social @lafleur10.bsky.social · 11h
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GeClef @geclef12.bsky.social · 12h
Most states (or I should say many states) offer something for people 65 and over that gives a help to pay for meds. In New York State, we have the Epic plan. And a very few people do not qualify. www.health.ny.gov/health_care/...
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Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) Program
Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) Program
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 15h
James Talarico walks out to a standing ovation from 50,000 Texans at the State Fair Classic.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 11h
The Cornell Sun is filling the void left by the Cornell administration’s “response” to the sexual assault complaint & Jane Doe’s lawsuit. Students are right to be outraged by the admin's inability to keep students safe - a baseline precondition for learning. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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Student Assembly to Host Public Hearing on Sexual Violence Amid Chi Phi Lawsuit, Expresses ‘Outrage’ at Cornell
The Student Assembly released a statement condemning the University’s response to the alleged 2024 Chi Phi gang rape in a Tuesday Instagram post.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 12h
Democratic Women’s Caucus blasts Trump over Title IX rollback after Cornell rape allegations #TheHill
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Democratic Women’s Caucus blasts Trump over Title IX rollback after Cornell rape allegations
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KYW Newsradio on 103.9 FM @kywnewsradio.bsky.social · 12h
Legislation to permanently ban the sale of Chinese vehicles in the U.S. has stalled out as senators struggled to seal an agreement, virtually guaranteeing that the bill will have to wait until after the November elections.
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Senate punts bill to permanently ban Chinese cars until after midterm elections
A bill aiming to permanently ban the sale of Chinese vehicles in the United States stalled in the Senate as lawmakers headed for the exits until after the November midterm elections | KYW Newsradio
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ACLU @aclu.org · 06/06/2026
Nearly 1/3 of disabled voters face barriers to casting their ballots. President Trump's executive order attacking mail-in voting threatens one of the few accessible ways to participate in our democracy for millions of disabled voters. We're suing to block the executive order.
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Mail-In Voting is a Lifeline for Voters with Disabilities
Trump’s executive order against mail-in ballots limits voting accessibility and keeps voters with disabilities out of the election process.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
this guy can barely talk, folks
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