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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 9h
It’s bed time….
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
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The Mark Twain House & Museum @marktwainhouse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On November 7, The Mark Twain House & Museum will bring together writers, editors, scholars, journalists, and educators for Creative Writing in the Age of AI, a day of conversation about creativity, authorship, copyright, education, and the future of the written word marktwainaward.org/ai-symposium
A digital graphic for the Mark Twain House Creative Writing in the Age of AI symposium on November 7, 2026
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 04/10/2026
🗳️ While Trump has spent his second term pulling teeth to find minute figures of noncitizen voters, a new poll shows the American public has other concerns. Most Americans say the bigger problem isn’t ineligible people voting. It’s eligible voters staying home: demdock.com/4hJCPah
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TX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s Banned Books Week this week. At FReadom Fighters we are beginning our sixth year of supporting the freedom to read and the librarians and students who defend it. We applaud all the small and large acts of courage that it takes to stand up for the right to read. 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Trump administration is intentionally slow-rolling efforts to restrict abortion pill access until after the midterms. Once they’re over, “the gloves will be off,” according to an anti-abortion advocate. One option includes resurrecting the Comstock Act, which would ban all abortion nation-wide.
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Trump White House Told DOJ to Wait Until After Midterms to Push for Abortion Pill Ban | Common Dreams
"They’re trying to pull one over on voters," said one reproductive rights advocate.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
October 3, 2026
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October 3, 2026
On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/10/2026
Pennsylvania health officials brace themselves as measles outbreak expected to spread
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Pennsylvania health officials brace themselves as measles outbreak expected to spread
Most counties don’t have their own health agencies, and some specific population groups have low vaccination rates
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/10/2026
Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
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Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appearing to chat to a gull
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Republican states are asking the Supreme Court to let them extradite abortion providers. Here's what we know so far
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BREAKING: Republicans File Supreme Court Suit to End Shield Laws
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ireland - The Nationoal Women's Councli has called on the Irish Government to use the EU Presidency as an opportunity to champion women’s health at the EU level and address ongoing barriers to abortion care in Ireland.
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Women deserve better – The Power of EU citizens to shape Women’s Rights Debate
NWC to discuss reproductive rights across Europe
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We need AI regulation yesterday. The incentive driving the doom scenario is simply greed. I don't take PAC money from OpenAI, or any AI corporation, or any corporation for that matter.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/09/2026
NEW: GOP Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Mike Collins says he's "fine" with sending federal troops to the polls, and idea floated often by Trump officials. Problem with that is this is illegal and a form of voter intimidation.
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‘Fine with me’: GOP Senate candidate Mike Collins backs federal troops at polls
Rep. Mike Collins (R), the GOP candidate for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat, said he was “fine” with sending federal troops to the polls, though this is illegal.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 26/09/2026
Paid memberships, subscription communities, influencer content, concierge care, exclusive events and information behind paywalls are rapidly turning menopause into a marketplace. Who gains power as the conversation grows?
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Respectability Politics and the Making of a Menopause Justice Movement
Menopause is mainstream. But who gets heard, who gets care and who gets to shape the movement?
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Does it ever feel like this is a metaphor for trying to get by here in America? We work harder and harder to get nowhere at all?
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We can make more jobs and drop the price of electricity while solving the climate crisis, too.
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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My column from Monday. The emerging consensus to drop Alabama’s grocery tax (yes, non-Alabamians, we tax food) is a reminder that Alabama is only a low-tax state if you own a forest or reside in the top federal income tax bracket, and that we need top-to-bottom tax reform.
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Commentary: The grocery tax must go. But Alabama's tax system needs a complete overhaul. | Alabama Reflector
Alabama taxes people based largely on how important the state government views them. And that makes life in this state more expensive.
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Get together with like-minded readers, celebrate banned books, AND get a free audio book from @libro.fm! Join a Banned Books Read In this Banned Books Week, October 4-10! All the info below!!!!
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Banned Books Week Read-In
Join Libro.fm, Silent Book Club, and over 400 bookstores and libraries for a Banned Books Read-In this Banned Books Week.
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Aibo - Zonny @aibo-zonny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🇺🇲.....?...👇
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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Greg Abbott can’t defend the fact that property taxes have gone up 85%. That's why he has to lie about my record and why he refuses to debate me. He knows he’ll finally have to answer for selling out Texas to billionaires and big corporations and sticking us with the bill.
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Democratic Women’s Caucus @demwomencaucus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Pregnant women in ICE detention are being shackled and held under inhumane conditions. ICE has now “lost count” of how many women in its custody have lost their pregnancies. This admin is putting women in harm’s way and refuses to take accountability. www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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ICE Has 'Lost Count' Of Miscarriages Amid Pregnant Detainees, Report Claims
Pregnant women are being detailed at a record rate—but how many lose their pregnancies isn’t being tracked.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 19/09/2026
After three nationwide protest mobilizations, No Kings is turning its attention to voter participation ahead of the midterm elections.
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Next No Kings: Oct. 17 Day of Action Focused on Early Voting
Organizers of No Kings have announced a fourth nationwide mobilization for Saturday, Oct. 17, focused on early voting and helping voters make a plan for the midterm elections. “Power belongs to the…
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 18/09/2026
Tradwives and Lean–In style, corporate feminism offer opposing visions of womanhood. But both mistake individual choice for freedom and leave the systems constraining women intact.
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What Feminists Can Learn From 'Yesteryear': Tradwives Are the New Girlbosses
Behind the carefully curated images of homemade bread, gingham dresses and backyard chickens, is an economic vision that depends crucially on normalizing women’s secondary status in society.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Two Oklahoma women talk about the trauma they experienced under the state's cruel abortion ban, when they experienced pregnancies with fatal fetal diagsoses and were forced to travel out of state for help.
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Oklahoma Women Sue Over Being Denied Abortions Despite Fatal Fetal Diagnoses | Common Dreams
Two Oklahoma mothers, Sheena Hamlin and Magon Hoffman, and their doctors are suing state officials over abortion bans that denied them care despite fatal fetal diagnoses.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 17/09/2026
At Congress’ first-ever hearing devoted to menopause, lawmakers and experts confronted the nation’s persistent gaps in research, medical training and care.
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Half the Country, a Fraction of the Research
America’s medical legacy was built on incomplete science. At 250, it’s time to make women’s health a permanent priority.
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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
As a teen, S faced a felony charge over a vape pen. 5 years later, that charge—& the routine dehumanization of navigating the criminal legal system—would trap S in her anti-abortion state & force her to give birth. For some groups, abortion travel bans are already here—we just don’t call them that:
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She Wanted An Abortion. The State Wouldn’t Let Her Leave
Travel bans are already here—we just don’t talk about them
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 16/09/2026
From reproductive health chatbots to elder-care robots, the AI industry’s promise of empathy obscures the workers it exploits and the care systems it is helping replace.
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Artificial Feminist Intelligence Is Not Feminism
AI may promise solutions, but artificial feminist intelligence can't replace the relationships, care and systemic change in demand.
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The Wild Hunt News @thewildhunt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In this month’s What the Hounds?: Baalshit, exorcism, and UFO demons. We just… whatever. wildhunt.org/.../what-the.... #paganism #pagancommunity #WeirdNews #weirdnews #witch
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What the Hounds? It’s Not Even a Full Moon - News, Paganism, U.S., What the Hounds, Witchcraft, World
Witchcraft & Pagan News - In this month’s What the Hounds?: Baalshit, exorcism, and UFO demons. We just... whatever. | News, Paganism, U.S., What the Hounds, Witchcraft, World
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 16/09/2026
Tierra Walker’s family has filed a lawsuit alleging the state’s abortion ban and her providers’ refusal to offer an abortion caused her death.
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Tierra Walker’s Family Sues Ken Paxton and Doctors, Saying Texas Abortion Ban Caused Her Death
After 90 Doctors and Months of Crisis, a Texas Mother Tierra Walker Died Without the Abortion That Could Have Saved Her
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Medicare for All means we will no longer be nickeled and dimed by corporations who exist specifically to hold our healthcare dollars and pay out as little as possible.
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The Wild Hunt News @thewildhunt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Lehigh Valley Pagan Pride Day continued despite repeated disruptions by Christian protesters, who reportedly confronted adults and children before security intervened and police ultimately removed them from the event. wildhunt.org/2026/09/paga...
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Pagan Pride Celebration Continues After Protesters Disrupt Lehigh Valley Pagan Pride Day - News, Paganism, U.S., Witchcraft
Witchcraft & Pagan News - Lehigh Valley Pagan Pride Day continued despite repeated disruptions by Christian protesters, who reportedly confronted adults and children before security intervened and pol...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ouch.
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All of Ed Sheeran's Openers Abandon Tour After Macklemore Debacle
Finneas, Lukas Graham, and more have dropped off shows with Ed Sheeran after Macklemore was pressured off the tour after saying, 'Free Palestine.'
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 15/09/2026
Conservative influencers and campus networks are urging Gen Z women to prioritize early marriage and motherhood over education and professional ambition.
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Marry Young, Skip the Career Ladder: Conservatives' Pitch to Gen Z Women
Live Action Young Leaders Summit, Turning Point USA Young Women’s Leadership Summit, Conservative Political Action Conference Women Warriors Summit
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
BREAKING: Our banned interview with Kimmel generated 6 million views on YouTube.
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The Wild Hunt News @thewildhunt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We begin by remembering the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. And there’s more. Much more: EarthSpirit events, a Voodoo Spiritual Temple announcement, Susan Levitt’s New Moon astrology, Pharo-Nox, Spiral Moon Media, and, as always, Star’s Tarot of the Week. wildhunt.org/2026/09/paga... #pagan
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Pagan Community Notes: Week of September 10, 2026 - News, Pagan Community Notes, Religion, The Wild Hunt, TWH Features, U.S., World
Witchcraft & Pagan News - In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: We begin by remembering the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. And there’s more. Much more. Got a stick? Go get it, because there’s m...
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Almost 200 American women died after an ectopic pregnancy from 2020 to 2025, compared with about 100 in the previous six years. Abortion bans may contribute because of delays in care. But the Dept of Health & Human Services has drastically cut maternal health staffers and grant funding.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"The Brooklyn Public Library will launch its first-ever craft library on Wednesday, allowing library cardholders to borrow art supplies for a variety of activities, including screen printing, bookbinding, metal stamping and hand embroidery." gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
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Brooklyn Public Library launches first ever craft library
Cardholders can borrow tools and kits.
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justfara @justfara.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
No American Taliban here, #VOTEBLUE
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The Wild Hunt News @thewildhunt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“As a nation,” writes Clio Ajana, “the bicentennial was the American attempt to enjoy a blissful harmonic period as emphasized in music with singles and albums that praised our ability to reach two centuries of existence without killing each other.” wildhunt.org/2026/09/reme...
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Remembering the Music of 1976 - Arts & Culture, Culture, Living, Music Reviews, Paganism, Perspectives, Politics, Reviews, TWH Features, U.S.
Witchcraft & Pagan News - "As a nation," writes Clio Ajana, "the bicentennial was the American attempt to enjoy a blissful harmonic period as emphasized in music with singles and albums that  praised ...
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem, the journalist, organizer and co-founder of Ms. whose name became inseparable from the modern movement for women’s equality, died Wednesday at her home in New York City.
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Rest in Power: Gloria Steinem, Ms. Cofounder and Feminist Visionary
Gloria Steinem, the journalist, organizer and co-founder of <em>Ms.</em> whose name became inseparable from the modern movement for women’s equality, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, at her home in New York C...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem's essays, organizing, and institutions like Ms. magazine reshaped American life for women. She understood that progress would provoke resistance, because, as she so eloquently put it... "The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off."
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Feminist Movement, Dies at 92
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 03/09/2026
"If you asked me 50 years ago, when we started Ms. magazine, if this first woman-controlled magazine would still be alive half a century later, I would have said absolutely not," wrote Gloria Steinem in 2023. Revisit her foreword for 50 Years of Ms.:
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‘At Last, We Know We Are Not Alone’: Gloria Steinem on Ms., the Feminist Movement and the Work Still Ahead
Gloria Steinem helped bring feminist ideas, voices and movements into the mainstream through journalism, organizing and activism—and helped build <em>Ms.</em> into what it remains today: not simply a ...
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💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
8 Democrats and 1 Independent joined every House Republican to pass a resolution “condemning socialism in all its forms,” bundled with a call to pass the SAVE Act. If Congress is looking for something to condemn, there are plenty of systems actively failing people right now Call your REPS! #Pinks
8 Democrats and 1 Independent joined every House Republican to pass a resolution “condemning socialism in all its forms,” bundled with a call to pass the SAVE Act.

If Congress is looking for something to condemn, there are plenty of systems actively failing people right now

Call your REPS! 


Katy Castor (D-FL)
Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Marie G. Perez (D-WA)
Donald Davis (D-NC)
Gabe Vasquez (D-NM)
Jared Golden (D-ME) 
Kevin Kiley (I-CA)
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Flock cameras have no place in Texas. They can piece together an exact map of your behavior — the places you went and how long you were there. Flock calls this “pattern-of-life” mapping. Texans call it something else: government overreach.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 01/09/2026
While Kai Trump’s platform emphasizes family and femininity and Usha Vance’s promotes education, the administration’s record tells a different story.
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MAGA Is Using Kai Trump and Usha Vance to Soften Trump’s Anti-Woman Image. Don’t Be Fooled.
MAGA femininity is evolving, but Kai Trump and Usha Vance still help soften an anti-woman political agenda.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
WATCH: “I’m a Dem because the other party doesn’t believe people like me deserve anything, but I want my party to be better… we lost the thread on working people’s issues.”
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Moderation isn’t the answer — progressive populism is. I don’t understand how some members of my party hate the DSA and Hasan Piker more than literal white supremacists in our government. Especially if Democrats actually want to win.
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