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Animal lover. Avid reader. Loves the outdoors. Likes to travel, garden. Likes mysteries and visiting places off the beaten path. Love to laugh. Always look for the good. 🚫No Dms 🚫fascists 🚫Christian nationalists. 🚫go fund me. 🚫money to give or help.

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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 16h
I hear #GhislaineMaxwell is looking for a cellmate...
bbc.com
Sean 'Diddy' Combs moves from New Jersey prison to facility in Pennsylvania
The decision to move the rap mogul while he is serving out his 50-month sentence was made with 'safety and security in mind'.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 17h
New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving her job just five days after starting it. #trump said he had just told Zacharia, "If I were you, I'd reconsider." #trump should head his own words.
theguardian.com
Katie Zacharia fired after five days as White House press secretary – reports
Zacharia hosted widely panned first briefing on Tuesday and faced scrutiny after admitting she didn’t pass bar exam
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 17h
Direct quote: #trump said Wednesday that people who leak military information should be shot, calling them the “scum of the earth.” Look no further than #WhiskeyPete.
newrepublic.com
Hegseth Accused of Exposing Troops’ Locations
A new watchdog report reveals how the Pentagon has been ignoring guidance to protect troops’ locations from foreign adversaries.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 17h
A corporate sphere that exists under regulatory scrutiny instead of the other way around will require going head to head with the moneyed & entrenched interests that folded like a cheap suit before a single, wildly unpopular narcissist & his cabal of misfit toys. It can be done. It must be done.
newrepublic.com
How Big Business Lost Its Big Bet on Trump
The captains of industry that many assumed would keep the president in check all turned out to be paper tigers. Democrats, take note.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
New: #KristiNoem is no longer serving as the trump administration's special envoy for the Shield of the Americas initiative though she remains involved in efforts to coordinate security cooperation across the Western Hemisphere. The frightening fact is: #Noem is still serving #trump. #SSDD
thehill.com
Noem out of Shield of America’s role, State Department confirms
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is no longer serving as the Trump administration’s special envoy to the “Shield of the Americas” coalition, a spokesperson confirmed to Ne…
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
In 2017, it took a special counsel to find out what trump and Russia were doing together. In 2026, it might get blown open over an alleged lie about a weather report. The collusion is real. #Putin'sPuppet
alternet.org
Leaker details Trump's track record of 'treason' worthy of 'impeachment'
On Thursday, a whistleblower from President Donald Trump’s first administration laid out the pattern of Russian collusion that has extended across both terms. According to Miles Taylor – who served as...
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Has anyone checked #trump's accounts? #FollowTheMoney #DenOfThieves
alternet.org
Trumpworld erupts with 'MAGA blood feud' over missing money
New reporting revealed that President Donald Trump has directed White House lawyers to look into allegations that his former advisor stole funds intended for the Kennedy Center.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Next time Guilfoyle needs help paying off a six-figure bill, I’d be happy to help launch her GoFundMe. It’ll prove much less messy in the long run.
rawstory.com
Trump built a ticking bomb — and it just blew up in his face
Show of hands: how many of you are surprised that Kimberly Guilfoyle imploded and wound up getting herself fired from her ambassadorship?I didn’t think so.Guilfoyle has had “ticking time bomb” written...
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Grim, appalling, despicable – and that’s before we get to the actual attack. Yet it is entirely what we’ve come to expect from a man who appears to be in a race to the very bottom; from a White House so cruel and so callous that it thinks nothing of sharing footage of a man’s death to farm clicks.
the-independent.com
We thought Trump couldn’t sink any lower. Then he weighed in on the tiger attack
In 2026, we are all living in the US president’s warped outrage factory – in which the death of a vulnerable man is used as cannon fodder for clicks, writes Victoria Richards
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
And as the piece points out, this connection contributed to the vaporous casus belli for our current adventure in the Persian Gulf, it wasn’t going to be powerful enough to fry the entire electric grid and end civilization as we know it. They’d have been better off listening to the cows.
esquire.com
The Ridiculous Tinfoil-Hat Theory That May Have Pushed the Trump Administration to Start the War with Iran
This conspiratorial threat has been a bogeyman for the do-your-own-research techno-right for so long that it dates back to when Newt Gingrich was considered a political visionary.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
#trump does not admit personal defeat or failure, consistently reframing losses, business setbacks, or electoral outcomes as victories, strategic moves, or the result of external unfairness. #trump's motto: Never admit failure. Deflect. Lie. Deflect. Repeat.
thedailybeast.com
Jaw-Dropping Scale of Trump’s Reflecting Pool Fiasco Exposed
An inspection has uncovered at least 85 failures in Trump’s $14.7 Reflecting Pool.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The disruption really is some kind of political intervention, this is only further proof that Europeans—or really, anyone in the world—cannot rely on any of Musk’s products, as they will be at the whims of the billionaire technocrat that still finds himself at #trump’s beck and call. #Putin'sPuppet
newrepublic.com
Ukraine Loses Starlink Access as Musk Says Zelenskiy Went “Too Far”
SpaceX suddenly throttled access to Starlink with no warning, Ukraine says.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This acute crisis is happening just weeks after the White House declared a national emergency regarding the bulk-power system, explicitly citing the rapid growth of #ArtificialIntelligence and #DataCenters as a major factor compounding the grid's vulnerabilities. #trump's #MakeAmericaGreatAgain
popularmechanics.com
America’s Power Grid Is Now in a State of Emergency in 13 States—and Here’s Where It Could Fail Next
Transmission, not generation, is the bottleneck—and missing high-voltage arteries spell blackouts.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Inflation has nearly wiped out all wage gains since January 2025. That's how big of gamechanger the war in Iran has been on Americans' finances. Since January 2025: CPI Inflation has grown +5.4% Wages (average hourly earnings) +5.5%
finance.yahoo.com
New Numbers Show Just How Badly Trump Wrecked the Economy
Inflation and gas prices are up — and they're not coming down anytime soon
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Simple. Rather than address the issues facing most Americans,the #TexasGOP and national #Republicans are fixated on James Talarico's diet to use it as a cultural wedge issue in the 2026 U.S. Senate race. Deflect. Lie. Deflect. Repeat.
salon.com
James Talarico isn't vegan. So why is the GOP so fixated?
Trump and Paxton have turned a false claim about his diet into a masculinity test. Why does eating meat matter?
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#trump played to an embarrassingly sparse crowd in Youngstown, Ohio, Monday night. Parts of the Covelli Center were tarped off, and other sections had rows of empty seats as #trump made his way to the stage.
newrepublic.com
Trump Humiliated With Half-Empty Rally in Middle of Rust Belt
Republicans should be concerned that this a warning sign ahead of the midterm elections.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“This is a president who’s about spectacle and that’s, I think, precisely the message that he intends to deliver.”
theguardian.com
‘Medieval’ and ‘disturbing’: US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnation
Pentagon said execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be broadcast live
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The incoming White House press secretary has made a name for herself as an on-air legal expert, claiming she’s an attorney. But is she? There is no public record or evidence that White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is a licensed attorney in the US or has ever passed a U.S. state bar exam.
newrepublic.com
Did Trump’s New Press Secretary Lie About Being a Lawyer?
There is no evidence that Katie Zacharia was admitted to practice law in a single state or Washington, D.C.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#trump is a convicted felon. Herein lies the answer.
newrepublic.com
Ken Paxton Caught Partying With U.S. Fugitives in Dubai
Why was the Texas attorney general hanging out with wanted fugitives?
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Well, it’s really essential that Democrats try to lay out that big case, because in two years they’re going to be very likely running against the avatar of all this right-wing authoritarianism, JD Vance himself.
newrepublic.com
Transcript: MAGA Voters Wreck Trump in Focus Group: “Nothing But Lies”
As Trump voters savage him in a new focus group, a political theorist explains why a broader-than-usual coalition against corruption and authoritarianism now appears plausible.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The Taliban’s beatings of Halimi’s family, for which Cavanaugh and Musk are directly responsible, attest further to “the spirit of DOGE” in the health care field. They also indicate an indifference to detail that should worry any special investor. God damn them to hell.
newrepublic.com
Why Did DOGE Exist? Now We Know.
Turns out, Elon Musk’s pimply minions didn’t actually want to cut government spending. They wanted to get a piece of it for themselves.
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freefran.bsky.social @freefran.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Does a bear 💩 in the woods?
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freefran.bsky.social @freefran.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
They're all in bed together. The Mail reported that when #trump picked Zacharia to replace Karoline Leavitt, the "vetting was so thin" that he didn’t know "she was a protégé of #CoreyLewandowski," the longtime adviser to former Homeland Security Secretary #KristiNoem. #TheOrangePlague strikes again.
rawstory.com
White House insider has 'head on the chopping block' with arrival of new hire: report
One high-profile White House official may need to start looking for a new job with the arrival of new press secretary Katie Zacharia.According to the Daily Mail, the press secretary hire has put one o...
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#KellyJohnson's prayers have been answered. Financial disclosures show the nonprofit paid her $50,000 in 2024 for roughly #10Hours of work a week, and her salary makes up almost #90Percent of everything the group has spent since it was founded in 2019. #FollowTheMoney
rawstory.com
Mystery swirls as Mike Johnson’s wife won’t name who’s bankrolling her ministry
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s wife is collecting a salary from a religious nonprofit that ministers to young congressional staffers, but she won’t say who's bankrolling it.Kelly Johnson, a faith-based ...
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
No surprises here. “There was a moment actually in the earlier stages of her relationship with Don, Jr. when she went around saying that Trump had made a pass at her,” said Wolff. So Guilfoyle’s dirt was likely prolific, endless and very entertaining. #LowHangingFruit
alternet.org
Trump biographer knows the 'real reason' Guilfoyle’s out — and it's not corruption
Corruption, he said, is the lifeblood of the Trump administration — so it’s not that.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The president’s personal approval ratings are hovering somewhere between Osama Bin Laden and Satan. The response has been denial of various degrees of plausibility. Did anyone think Zacharia sounded convincing when she described the rapidly approaching train wreck of the election as “exciting”?
yahoo.com
Trump’s new press secretary is unbearable
“I am soooo honoured to work for President Trump.” Katie Zacharia, the long-awaited new press secretary, began her first conference as she meant to go on: by gushing about her boss. “I want to thank P...
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 12/10/2026
The Defense Casualty Analysis System website now lists 21 service members killed, up from 18.
democracynow.org
Pentagon Quietly Raises Count of U.S. Troops Killed in Iran War
The Pentagon has once again raised its count of U.S. troops killed and wounded in operations tied to the U.S. war on Iran. The Pentagon quietly updated the figures without a public announcement on Fri...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/10/2026
Over the past half-century, populations of thousands of vertebrate species across the globe have decreased in size by 73 percent on average, according to a new report.
motherjones.com
Wildlife populations have plunged globally, but some buck the trend
A report finds thousands of vertebrate species declining 73 percent on average from 1970 to 2022.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“The share of that annual loss due to the Trump immigration policy would be $2,152 [per person on average]. Thus, the Trump immigration policies, if continued, would reduce projected average annual Social Security benefits by 8.6% in 2034, & every year thereafter.” #trump's Make America Great Again
theguardian.com
Trump immigrant purge could cut social security for Americans by $2,000 a year
New report on economic cost of anti-immigration campaign projects 8.6% reduction in retirement payments by 2034
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It did not get a glorious last recital, because it had already stopped working. What it got was a second life abroad that has not started yet, & one final act of use at home that nobody planned & nobody could have arranged: by leaving, it gave the church back a wall, a set of windows, and a way in.
bbc.com
Beverley Church dismantles a huge pipe organ and finds history
Medieval and Tudor treasures were hidden behind the old organ at St Mary's church in Beverley.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hutchinson's account of what Ornato told her has gained credibility as the second administration has unfolded. Presidential tantrums are now a regular beat, and that's not counting the mother of all tantrums now ongoing in the Persian Gulf.
esquire.com
In Trump’s America, Those Who Tell the Truth Are Punished
Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson is under fire for the testimony she gave during the January 6 investigation which, to my ears, sounds pretty damn credible.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Just the tip of the iceberg. #trump faces a scandal involving a top official, with Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle under scrutiny for allegedly soliciting debt relief in exchange for political access. #KimberlyGuilfoyle #JaredKushner #Trump #Republicans #TrumpAdministration
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And...? So did #trump and NOTHING is being done about it. Why would anyone expect anything different from a #trumper #GOP #MAGA? No accountability. Blame a "disgruntled employee." Next question...
rawstory.com
‘Breathtaking’ texts suggest GOP senator tapped tax money to power his campaign: experts
A joint investigation by Kansas Reflector and MS NOW suggests Sen. Roger Marshall's office blurred the line between official work and his 2020 Senate campaign, according to records and experts.The out...
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#trump has his own 'clean up crew.' Here is a group of people that actually get things done. In a good way. The Half Dome project was part of a larger annual trash-pickup in the park called Yosemite Facelift, a five-day event in which volunteers fan out & remove as much litter as they can find.
sfchronicle.com
Yosemite rangers just cleaned Half Dome. Here’s what they found
People who hike Half Dome’s famous cables drop and lose all kinds of stuff. So each year, rangers and volunteers plan a day to go and remove it.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#TBT Lanny Wiles, the husband of Florida Trump Campaign Chair Susie Wiles, saved a seat for a Russian lawyer at the heart of the current scandal involving Russia (July 16, 2017) and now the #IceMaiden's daughter works for Russian-linked group. Coincidence? I think not. #AllInTheFamily
floridapolitics.com
Former Florida Trump campaign chair Susie Wiles talks Russia scandal, ABC News story
Lanny Wiles saved a seat for Veselnitskaya at a House hearing 8 days after the Russian's now-famous 2016 meeting in Trump Tower. Here's Susie Wiles' take.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
No surprises here. Both LaCivita and Blair are connected to Susie Wiles—but even the famed #IceMaiden reportedly couldn’t protect them from the White House’s ire. #trump's chief of staff’s child may be harder to disown. #Putin'sPuppet #UsefulIdiot #AllInTheFamily #Vlady'sBoy
newrepublic.com
Another Member of Trump’s Inner Circle Works for Russian-Linked Group
Susie Wiles’s daughter also works for Republika Srpska.
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I wonder what would happen if the average #American #Taxpayer started calling #trump's mega donors with the following message, "You could just send it here. It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express (or my bank account), that’s all that will show.” #Grifting en masse
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I wonder what would happen if the average #American #Taxpayer started calling #trump's mega donors with the following message, "You could just send it here. It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express (or my bank account), that’s all that will show.” #Grifting en masse
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I wonder what would happen if the average #American #Taxpayer started calling #trump's mega donors with the following message, "You could just send it here. It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express (or my bank account), that’s all that will show.” #Grifting en masse
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I wonder what would happen if the average #American #Taxpayer started calling #trump's mega donors with the following message, "You could just send it here. It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express (or my bank account), that’s all that will show.” #Grifting en masse
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tensleep.bsky.social @tensleep.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I wonder what would happen if the average #American #Taxpayer started calling #trump's mega donors with the following message, "You could just send it here. It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express (or my bank account), that’s all that will show.” #Grifting en masse
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 08/10/2026
The DOJ has found a new victim as Trump continues his revenge crusade. trib.al/NSwDtlN
trib.al
Justice Department Finds Its Newest Target: Cassidy Hutchinson
The DOJ has found a new victim as Trump continues his revenge crusade.
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STAT @statnews.com · 08/10/2026
American hospitals, physicians, drug companies, and others charge some of the highest prices in the world — a chief reason why U.S. health spending is on pace to cost almost $16,500 per person this year. But a breaking point, policy experts warn, is a matter of when, not if: bit.ly/4edjsFi
bit.ly
Hospital and pharmaceutical prices are smothering America’s businesses
Workers and employers are drowning in their health insurance premiums. The reason for that deluge: the health care industry’s high and inscrutable prices.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/10/2026
“The facility is designed to torture people and push them to their breaking point so that they will self-deport.” Buried deep within a DHS report was a warning about an immigrant detention center with possibly similar conditions to the infamous Alligator Alcatraz: The Baker Correctional Institution
motherjones.com
Out of sight in North Florida: Life inside Deportation Depot
Advocates say conditions at the former state prison mirror Alligator Alcatraz’s worst.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: Republicans asked a Georgia court to stop Gwinnett County from allowing voters to hand-deliver mail-in ballots at early voting sites without drop boxes. The request comes a day after a state judge threw out its challenge to the county's expanded mail ballot return policy.
democracydocket.com
RNC renews bid to restrict mail ballot returns in major Georgia county
Republicans are pressing ahead with their effort to block the pro-voting policy just five days before early voting begins.
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 08/10/2026
The Dells, who had previously pledged over $6 billion to Trump Accounts, visited the White House to support the initiative.
bit.ly
Trump praises Susan Dell as she backs Trump Accounts
The Dells, who had previously pledged over $6 billion to Trump Accounts, visited the White House to support the initiative.
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 08/10/2026
Kansas GOP candidate for secretary of state fined $93,000 for breaking federal labor law | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
kansasreflector.com
Kansas GOP candidate for secretary of state fined $93,000 for breaking federal labor law • Kansas Reflector
Republican Pat Proctor explains why the U.S. Department of Labor concluded he owed $93,000 in overtime and minimum wage compensation to restaurant employees.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 08/10/2026
We traveled the country asking Americans how they’re feeling at the gas pump. Trump's name came up a lot
trib.al
On the Road in Trump’s wartime economy: 3,000 miles, $7 diesel and a nation divided
Fuel prices are higher than ever because of Trump’s war on Iran. Some motorists feeling that pain at the pump are reluctant to blame the president, while others are ready to vent. Andrew Feinberg and economist Rahat Hossen report on how $7 diesel tests loyalty and strains livelihoods as they crisscross the country
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/10/2026
Trump, in other words, is replacing established research institutions with the for-profit corporations who've curried favor with him. Whether AI will be able to replace millions of dollars in lost federal research funding at bulwarks like the National Institutes of Health is less clear.
motherjones.com
Trump calls on AI to speed up science—while continuing to defund it
Tech firms are giving big to a White House AI science program amid the destruction of institutions like the NIH.
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