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ABC @takeandmake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This administration, the plentiful bought and paid for politicians, and the power barrons in the markets are packaging and selling us. The American Dream is no longer, if it ever was.
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Lea Zengage @leazengage.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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God @thegodshow.com · 17/08/2026
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ABC @takeandmake.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
19thnews.org/2026/03/moms...
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The moms risking arrest to protect gender-affirming care for trans youth
The government wants to ban the care nationwide. Hospitals are shutting down treatment. Parents just want it all to stop.
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ABC @takeandmake.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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2026 Youth Media Award Winners | American Libraries Magazine
2026 Youth Media Award winners announced—including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz awards.
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ABC @takeandmake.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Just listened to Bruce Springfield's Streets of Minneapolis. Dude, amen.
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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
. THIS is Donald Trump's America . . . ... the behavior is like that of a schoolyard bully. (Cartoon by @joeheller.bsky.social) 💠 👊 💠
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ABC @takeandmake.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Dear America, Do better. You are fucking this up so hard.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
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ABC @takeandmake.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
AI sux
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Women are watching abusive dynamics play out on the national stage and for many it feels very, very familiar to what they’ve experienced regularly— I hope midterms are a referendum
stinadeee 4h
"The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human rights violation on Earth." - Jimmy Carter

"I am fortunate to have a lot of strong women in my life..." - George W. Bush

"I'm absolutely confident that for two years if every nation on earth was run by women, you would see a significant improvement across the board on just about everything..." - Barack
Obama

"Quiet! Quiet Piggy!" - Donald Trump
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Not many people are talking about the children being harmed by #ICELawlessness but it's important to talk about. What's happening to these kids is being paid for by our tax dollars. We're paying for the torture of children. I know this is beyond grim, but we must let people know about this!
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ABC @takeandmake.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
America has always had its hurts. Hell, it sometimes stood silent while her citizens were in pain, and sometimes looked the other way while witnessing others inflict pain. But these days America is actively, knowingly inflicting hurt, and codifing injustice. Fuck Donald Trump.
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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
A penny in a dryer makes a surprisingly huge amount of noise; we have to be the pennies in this scenario
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
“.. The Ukranian conflict .. would not have happened if I were President. .. They have to respect your leadership. If they don’t respect your leadership, they’re gonna walk all over you.” - 9/20/22 @barrons.com www.barrons.com/news/russian...
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Bushra Amiwala @bushraamiwala.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Halloween is supposed to be about candy and costumes — not kids watching their neighbors thrown to the ground by federal agents. What happened in Evanston was violent and unacceptable.
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ABC @takeandmake.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Getting EXCITED for tomorrow!!!!!
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ABC @takeandmake.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Don't forget that we, most of us here, are pissed the fuck off. You are not alone. Keep watching, keep talking. This is not ok, and we need to keep our collective eyes open, and our collective response loud. Also, go get a ding dang library card.
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God @thegodshow.com · 28/08/2025
Thou shalt not listen to a damn thing that RFK Jr. says.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 25/08/2025
“I will not interfere with access to vaccines.” 💣 Fires entire ACIP panel and appoints nutters 💣 Works to disband USPSTF 💣 Removes kids from COVID guidelines 💣 Threatens pediatricians who vaccinate children according to AAP guidelines It’s time for him to go. FIRE RFK JR #firerfkjr #savehhs
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RFK Jr. Warns Docs of Liability if They Stray From CDC on Vaccines
'Misleading,' expert says
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MoveOn @moveon.org · 16/08/2025
The Life of a Showgirl:
JD Vance is going on a luxury vacation in the Cotswolds at a sprawling manor with two cellars, a tennis court, rose garden, basement gym, and a Georgian orangery. This is after his skiing trip in Vermont, Colosseum trip in Rome, trip to Disneyland, Nantucket, and kayaking trip.
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ABC @takeandmake.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Trans rights are human rights. Bon weekend ya'll!
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 11/08/2025
The only way to satisfy this terrorist is to deny objective reality. 👇
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Hannah Recht @hannahrecht.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
🚀 I made a tracker that shows when the Census Bureau adds or removes datasets from their APIs. Dashboard at www.hrecht.com/census-api-d... and follow @censusapitracker.bsky.social for major updates. I've been wanting to build this for years but now seemed an especially important time to keep track.
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Tracking Census Dataset Changes
See when the U.S. Census Bureau adds or removes datasets.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Ok this is my laugh for the night.
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ABC @takeandmake.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Radicalized Republicans- heard that the other day and it just hit.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
"Our camera was rolling when a white, odd-looking Avelo plane without any branding landed at Tweed Airport in East Haven in July. Using a hex code unique to each plane, tracking software showed us it’s one of 3 aircraft operated by Avelo for deportations..." www.nbcconnecticut.com/investigatio...
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Avelo Airlines deportation flights hard to track
On the heels of protests, NBC Connecticut Investigates has been digging into Avelo’s role in deportation flights. Our camera was rolling when a white, odd-looking Avelo plane without any branding land...
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CNN @cnn.com · 26/07/2025
The girl – Zeinab Abu Halib – died Friday as her mother tried to get her to a hospital in southern Gaza.
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Five-month-old baby dies in mother’s arms in Gaza, a new victim of escalating starvation crisis | CNN
A 5-month-old Palestinian baby suffering from severe malnutrition died in her mother’s arms in Gaza Friday, one of the latest victims of a starvation crisis that has generated international outrage bu...
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CNN @cnn.com · 07/07/2025
American children's health has declined profoundly over the past few decades, a new study shows, and the issues are so serious that children in the US are dying at a much higher rate than those in similar high-income countries.
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US children are much more likely to die than kids in similar countries, study finds | CNN
American children’s health has declined profoundly over the past few decades, a new study shows, and the issues are so serious that children in the US are dying at a much higher rate than those in sim...
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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Happy 4th of July, Batman.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 04/07/2025
A moment of silence please for #USAID, which is officially shuttered after months of dismantling. Why a moment of silence? Not only for the employees. But also for the estimated 14 MILLION deaths by 2030 predicted without the agency. @altusaid.altgov.info www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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ABC @takeandmake.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Signs at Utah's national parks urge visitors to report anti-American views share.google/vilueuTOjevy...
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Signs posted at Utah's national parks, monuments urge visitors to report anti-American views
Visitors to Utah's national parks, monuments and recreation areas might be drawn to the views, but a sheet of paper posted at locations across the state has received a large amount of attention.
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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 12/06/2025
Gun deaths among children rise in states with lax firearm laws, new study finds.
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Gun deaths among children rise in states with lax firearm laws, new study finds
Children's deaths by gun-related homicide and suicide rose in states that had the most permissive firearm laws following a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision, a new study found.
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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
I’m going to be super clear. No child should be zip tied. Ever! Fuck ICE for traumatizing children. This is child abuse. Every agent that abuses children this way belongs in prison. There’s no justification for this depraved behavior #UnmaskICE www.tpr.org/border-immig...
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ICE agents arrest migrants at San Antonio immigration court
Zip ties were used to detain at least one individual, possibly a minor, during the operation.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
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AshleyStevens @The_Acumen
Truth is, if you want society to be better for your child, you have to make society better for every child. Just focusing on yours alone won't do them any good. It certainly won't give them the type of society you want. All children are our children.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
This is how fascists behave.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 05/05/2025
As a truly heartbreaking aside, EID, a flagship CDC journals and one of few scientific journals that does not charge publication fees, was slated to be axed in CDC's proposed re-org.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/05/2025
A DOGE staffer involved in dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau holds as much as $365,000 worth of shares of companies that the CFPB can regulate. Ethics experts say his actions are a potential violation of federal ethics laws.
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A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts
Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency — a…
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God @thegodshow.com · 30/04/2025
Hi, I’m God. Jesus and I are very much against the defunding of childhood cancer research.
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ABC @takeandmake.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Welp.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative. A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
"Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was included, the newly revealed one was created by Hegseth. Named “Defense | Team Huddle,” it included his wife and about a dozen other people.... He used his private phone, not his government one, to access the Signal chat." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
If one quote from a insurance exec ever summed up the American healthcare experience, this might be that quote: www.propublica.org/article/blue...
"Let me be clear: The authorization never says we're going to pay you. That's why there's a disclaimer." - Steven Udvarhelyi, former Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana CEO
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 18/04/2025
The IHSA this week stood by its policy of allowing transgender athletes in high school sports, despite demands from the Trump administration and Illinois Republicans to ban them.
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For trans athletes in high schools sports, IHSA says it will follow state law not Trump executive order
The high school sports organization said the attorney general and the Illinois Department of Human Rights told the agency the inclusive policy is required by state law.
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ABC @takeandmake.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
How did they know?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/04/2025
Blue Cross Blue Shield Louisiana authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay a hospital's full bills. A jury found the insurer liable for fraud and awarded the hospital $421 million. Watch @tchristianmiller.bsky.social break down his investigation 👇
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Reuters @reuters.com · 16/04/2025
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was illegally deported to El Salvador asks for the U.S. government to return him outside a court hearing on the matter.
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