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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 15h
Reason number 1000 for why he'd make a bad president. apnews.com/article/cali...
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Newsom vetoes measure that would have penalized the use of smart glasses to secretly record people
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have penalized people for using smart glasses to record people without their permission in changing rooms, doctor’s offices and other spaces p...
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 23h
I’m sure it’ll be fine: “Trump's AI-powered America.gov is here. It was built by DOGE alumni and runs on [Elon Musk’s] Grok,” which once called itself “Mecha Hitler”. “America.gov promises passport renewals & Medicare enrollment in 2027.” 9/29/26 … 1/
Trump's Al-powered America.gov is here.
It was built by DOGE alumni and runs on
Grok.
America.gov promises passport renewals and Medicare enrollment in
2027. On day one, it backed the 2020 election results.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not worth whatever paper it may or may not have been printed on www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Says Top Tech Firms Have Signed Accord To 'Self-Police' AI Development
Trump says he and AI company leaders signed a voluntary accord at a White House meeting that includes internal and external reviews of the technology.
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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 29/09/2026
The SPLC’s new "Responding to Hate and Preventing Harm" resources aim to help us understand how youth can be drawn to extremism — and what we can do to prevent radicalization. Read how these tools can help adults build strategies to foster safe, informed online experiences 📲: bit.ly/4yc1TNn
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m genuinely worried that he weakened her civil case with this statement out of petty fury that he’s rightfully getting heat for not pressing charges against rapists. He clearly isn’t interested in seeing her succeed and he basically called her a liar—a huge gift to the civil defense
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: Trevor Lee has been charged with four felonies and has resigned from the Utah House of Representatives effective immediately.
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Breaking: State Rep. Trevor Lee charged with four felonies related to alleged mortgage fraud
State Rep. Trevor Lee was charged Monday with four felony counts related to alleged mortgage fraud and immediately resigned his House seat.
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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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A World From the Inside - The American Prospect
Theo Baker is exposed to the inner sanctum of how Silicon Valley makes its anointed fellow travelers unspeakably rich.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We can spend our lives debating the justifications (I more or less have); but we are wasting our time. What we need is a massive clampdown on the influence of money over politics, including lobbying transparency, campaign finance reform, an end to the revolving door between politics and lobbying.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wish this was better understood in the scientific community, and scientists would stop approaching policymaking as an information deficit problem We don't get the policies we need through more evidence, but by limiting the power of those opposed to them
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Extinction Rebellion Global @xrglobal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brenda the Civil Disobedience Penguin on how El Niño is supersizing… “Are governments finally taking climate change seriously? No!” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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El Niño is supersizing! Are governments finally taking climate change seriously? No! | First Dog on the Moon
Your government will NOT come to save you – we have to do that for each other now
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Aditya M @almostinfamous.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Help young Ziad and Mirna by donating if you can or sharing
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The corruption just goes on and on. It's so brazen because we have no justice department, no enforcement, and no consequences.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 26/09/2026
There are no less than 2,400 contests for sheriff and prosecutor this year, offering voters plenty of stark choices on the criminal legal system. Our new guide walks you through the 25 you should know about:
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The 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - Bolts
Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.
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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Police didn't care that Lindsey Isaacs' car was the wrong color, and wasn't damaged. They still arrested her because of Flock data www.jezebel.com/flock-camera...
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One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days
Police didn't care that Linsey Isaacs' car was the wrong color, and wasn't damaged. They still arrested her because of Flock data.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. (Published Feb. 2025)
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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S.T.O.P.—Surveillance Technology Oversight Project @stopspyingny.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Surveillance is booming with the Trump administration’s unprecedented spending on spyware... This has led to a surge in spyware firms looking to cash in on the erosion of our civil rights and privacy.” -William Owen, STOP Communications Director Read more here: fedscoop.com/dhs-ice-surv...
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ICE awards contested, controversial surveillance contract to Thomson Reuters
Documents shared exclusively with FedScoop offer insight into the initial contract awarded six years ago that acted as a critical building block in DHS’s current surveillance apparatus.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As they should. Genocidal authoritarians don't deseve respect. www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
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UN delegates walk out as Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to address general assembly – video
Dozens of delegates left the room in support of Palestine as the Israeli prime minister walked to the podium on Thursday
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 24/09/2026
Tips for capturing memorable images of Utah's colorful fall leaves, and a few places to look for them.
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Want photos of Utah’s fall colors you’ll actually look at again? Tribune photographers share their tips.
Tips for capturing memorable images of Utah's colorful fall leaves, and a few places to look for them.
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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I hope Susan Collins is finally given the boot! www.ms.now/opinion/susa...
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Opinion | Susan Collins’ brush with an FBI probe shows how Trump has enabled public corruption
But there are clear ways for future presidents and lawmakers to end this era of graft.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seattle just became the first city to pass a ban on surveillance pricing by grocery stores. The City Council passed a proposal stopping large grocery stores and online grocery retailers from using race, gender, browsing history, employment, or AI software to change prices from consumer to consumer.
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Chris Walker @thatchriswalker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump claimed that "nobody" has died from the effects of climate change. Millions, in fact, have died due to the crisis. truthout.org/articles/tru...
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Trump Compares AI Warnings to Past Climate Fears He Wrongly Says Were a “Hoax”
Millions of people have died as a direct result of the climate crisis.
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 22/09/2026
A new poll shows Utahns are souring on both President Donald Trump and Gov. Spencer Cox, with the approval ratings of both tumbling by double digits in the past year.
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Trump’s popularity in Utah takes a dive over economic issues, while Cox’s approval also plummets
A new poll shows Utahns are souring on both President Donald Trump and Gov. Spencer Cox, with the approval ratings of both tumbling by double digits in the past year.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 22/09/2026
“The same people that said, ‘We’ll all be dead in twelve years because of Global Warming’ … are the people that are now saying that AI is going to kill us,” Trump said ignoring the millions of people who have died as a direct result of the climate crisis.
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Trump Compares AI Warnings to Past Climate Fears He Wrongly Says Were a “Hoax”
Millions of people have died as a direct result of the climate crisis.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 21/09/2026
People deported by the U.S. to Equatorial Guinea under third-country agreements report indefinite confinement, violence, poor food and medical care, and cut-off contact with families and lawyers. Two men were reportedly beaten and detained after speaking out.
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US Deportees Sent to Equatorial Guinea Decry Inhumane Conditions, Imprisonment
Individuals deported there under “third-country agreements” have been denied the ability to contact their families.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
some people replying and saying ed sheeran can’t take the same risks as an established legend like david byrne, but then you look at olivia rodrigo who is 12 years younger than sheeran and just organized an entire festival to support ABORTION. bravery has little to do with age/experience.
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 20/09/2026
New boat strike tonight. 4 more killed in the Caribbean. The utter degradation of the United States of America continues. www.southcom.mil/News/PressRe...
234 reported people killed (including 23 unrecovered survivors).
67 reported attack events.
71 reported boats struck.
3 reported survivors recovered.
45 reported events in the Eastern Pacific. 20 reported events in the Caribbean. 2 reported events in unspecified locations.
32 events ordered by Southern Command Commander Gen. Francis Donovan (101 reported killed). 19 events ordered by President Donald Trump (76 reported killed). 14 events ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (50 reported killed). 2 events listed as “under the direction of U.S. Southern Command” (7 reported killed).
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Israeli attacks on Gaza since 2023 killed at least 73,795 people, wounded more than 174,800. More than 20,000 children killed, 44,000 injured. Thousands of children have lost limbs, while roughly 17,000 have been left unaccompanied or orphaned. The US is directly complicit in this atrocity.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/09/2026
The Trump administration granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules. All they had to do was send an email. (Published May)
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Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.
In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering...
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 17/09/2026
Data through August were released yesterday. After a year of lethal boat strikes (230 dead) in seas south of the US, are authorities finding less cocaine reaching US borders? No. Sorry. - 12 months before strikes began: 70,387 lbs seized - 12 months since: 69,703 lbs seized A 1% drop.
Monthly CBP Cocaine Seizures Since Fiscal Year 2024

	Sep-24	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Apr-25	May-25	Jun-25	Jul-25	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jul-26	Aug-26
Coastal/Interior	4263	3193	557	6719	2122	741	1335	288	2595	1942	673	1106	3043	2236	2106	1995	3059	4756	1567	1058	333	1485	538	568
Northern Border	0	0	1	1156	8	246	117	535	564	354	516	273	1053	0	395	45	0	26	14	0	0	388	0	2
Southwest Border	3503	2799	2143	2822	3042	3065	3887	4110	2713	4411	4615	3973	3369	3507	5283	1805	2492	2952	3829	2901	3325	4690	4727	6156
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 16/09/2026
Letter: The For Our Freedom Amendment would restore to Congress and the states the power to set reasonable limits on election spending. Contact your House rep and tell them to support it.
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Letter: Now’s our chance to give the people, not the war chests, the final say in elections
Letter: The For Our Freedom Amendment would restore to Congress and the states the power to set reasonable limits on election spending. Contact your House rep and tell them to support it.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 14/09/2026
We know Trump's taxes were being audited when he got the corrupt deal with IRS to drop audits. We know he owed at least $100 million in underpaid taxes on one property alone. So, yes, we know Trump's IRS audit deal is a constitutional violation.
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Trump’s IRS deal violates the Domestic Emoluments Clause - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The collusive IRS deal that President Trump entered constitutes a violation of the Constitution’s Domestic Emoluments Clause.
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Chris Walker @thatchriswalker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As more Americans and experts agree that the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies should slow down and deserve some regulation, Trump doubles down against the idea, calling those advocating for safeguards "treasonous." truthout.org/articles/tru...
truthout.org
Trump Claims the Only AI “Guardrail” Needed Is Himself
The president characterized those warning of AI’s potential harms as “treasonous” and “traitors.”…
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 14/09/2026
Pete Hegseth’s propaganda push is failing. No matter how many journalists he bans from the Pentagon, the press is still finding scoops. But that could change, unless politicians stop supporting crackdowns on leaks and restrictions on the open internet.
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Hegseth is a propaganda flop. Don’t let Congress throw him a lifeline
Whistleblowers and the open internet are key to undermining official half-truths, but lawmakers keep trying to weaken both
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14/09/2026
Some Dems are running away from trans people. Abdul El-Sayed, Dem Senate Candidate in Michigan, is running towards them. When asked, he fully and unequivocally support trans youth care as a matter between parents, patients, and doctors. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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"The Decision Ought To Be Between A Patient And Their Doctor," Says Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed On Trans Care
Even conservatives “agree that the decision about healthcare ought to be between a person and their provider,” El-Sayed said.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 14/09/2026
Hegseth’s fix for an unpopular war? Pretend the problems don’t exist. When military leaders warned the Iran campaign is draining readiness, the Pentagon cut off access to planning files, forced staffers into lie detector tests, and hid public research.
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The Iran war is unpopular. Hegseth thinks more secrecy will help
Plus: It’s time to declassify the 9/11 records
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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
underlining that sam altman reinstated chatgpt 4o which is the subject of multiple lawsuits where family says their love one died by suicide
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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The only ones describing this situation accurately ⬇️
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today, the Heritage Foundation, the org behind Project2025, took credit for driving Lonnie Bunch out the Smithsonian Institution. Bunch was the first African American and first historian to serve as head of the Smithsonian. But sure, tell me again how it’s not about racism.
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
ICE got permission to cut open a Cuban hunger striker’s stomach and insert a gastric tube to make him easier to forcefeed Nuremberg trials are too merciful for these monsters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube
Exclusive: court orders seen by Guardian show agency given approval to fit Texas detainee with tube without his consent
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FCNL @fcnl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This week, we joined dozens of advocacy organizations calling on Congress to reject a proposal to expand U.S. military ties with Israel. ⬇️ Congress must not further deepen U.S. complicity in the war crimes and genocide being carried out by the Israeli government. buff.ly/REUPOtc
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 05/09/2026
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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Under Trump, protected wild horses are going to slaughter
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
But beef and pork also contained E.coli that was linked to infections—14% and 12%, respectively. web.archive.org/web/20251028...
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The Surprising Cause of Nearly 20% of UTIs
New research ties this common infection to what you eat.
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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
pashaw! things don't exist simply because you believe in them. thus sayeth the all mighty creature in the sky!
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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
US down to 64th place in the index and fuelling a decline across the American continents. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...
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Press freedom at lowest level in 25 years amid growing authoritarian pressure
World Press Freedom Index, which assessed 180 countries, finds established journalism is ‘being asphyxiated’
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The Cramps Staysik @staysik @staysik.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Shugunou @shugunou.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"Our home in Gaza was destroyed. We have nowhere to live, and I urgently need medical and dental treatment. Please help me care for my children. 🙏 Donate or share. Every bit helps." www.gofundme.com/f/save-my-fa...
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FCNL @fcnl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Enough is enough. From the horrific U.S. strike on a girls' school to this latest attack on a wedding party, the Trump administration's killings of Iranian civilians are unacceptable. Congress must demand accountability and an immediate end to this unauthorized, disastrous war. #WarIsNotTheAnswer
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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A Postal Service whistleblower said the USPS was ignoring court orders to follow along with Trump's blocked executive order on mail ballots www.jezebel.com/usps-whistle...
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