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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3h
Perhaps Senator Eric Schmitt was a little too hawkish during his questioning of Jack Smith today. After accusing the former special counsel of perjury over whether he’d been at a Hawks basketball game, Schmitt was hit with an awkward moment of live fact-checking.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026
It's just after 1pm on another picture perfect fall day in Chicago. So far today, masked federal agents have taken people from Brighton Park and suburban Aurora. ~1 year after the "Blitz" began, the alerts haven't subsided. ICE is still breaking windows and destroying worlds.
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Don't be fooled. A vote for Darren Bailey is a vote for Donald Trump.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Consumer Reports @consumerreports.org · 25/09/2026
100,000 Consumers Say: FDA, Cut the Chemicals100,000 Consumers Say: FDA, Cut the Chemicals
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Consumer Reports @consumerreports.org · 25/09/2026
Red Dye 40. Titanium dioxide. Our recent investigation found concerning levels of these chemical additives in some popular snack foods. This week we delivered over 100,000 of your signatures to the FDA calling on the agency to limit dangerous additives and dyes in our food. Let's cut the chemicals!
100,000 Consumers Say: FDA, Cut the Chemicals100,000 Consumers Say: FDA, Cut the Chemicals
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Lyllian @tonjial.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Before you say yes to a data center, listen to this advice from coal country • Kentucky Lantern
The mayor of Russell learned in June that a Barcelona company wanted to build a two-gigawatt data center on the old AK Steel site in his town. He learned it from a consultant's email.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Harry Truman once said, “Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.” He was right then, and Republicans are proving him right today. Watch.
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National Organization for Women @nationalnow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This!!!! 👇
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"The price of heating oil, a fuel that is very similar to diesel, is up roughly 60% since the start of the war in Iran on Feb. 28. "Many Americans are heading into a 'much more expensive' winter..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...
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Why the Iran War Will Make Heating Oil More Expensive for Some This Winter
The cost of heating oil, which is similar to diesel and used extensively in Northeastern states, has climbed sharply because of the war in Iran.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
Justin Wolfers: “What we have is a carnival barker as president, a reality TV show… a fake sort of boxer, a bloke who spends his life just provoking others because provocation yields attention.”
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/09/2026
We cannot let history forget what happens when a federal government uses law enforcement to terrorize innocent people.
 And let me say to any agent or administration official who thinks we've forgotten or that their cruelty will go unchecked: Illinois remembers.
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 19/09/2026
Picture kind of answers the question.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/09/2026
Insurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patients’ conditions as chronic. Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment. Doctors are left to walk a tightrope. (Published Dec. 2024)
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Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026
Four more troops have died than Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense has admitted, new reporting reveals.
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What else is the Pentagon hiding from us?
Four more troops have died than Pete Hegseth's DOD has admitted, new reporting reveals.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/09/2026
Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that he would send Congress home early for recess ahead of November’s midterm elections. The move effectively shields Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth from a scheduled impeachment vote brought by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) over the Iran war.
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Mike Johnson can't protect Pete Hegseth forever
The secretary of testosterone is hiding from his own party.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17/09/2026
Experts say children need to struggle with everyday problems to develop independence. They emphasize the importance of letting kids figure things out on their own.
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In an age of instant answers, educators say there's a case for letting kids struggle a little
Experts say children need to struggle with everyday problems to develop independence. They emphasize the importance of letting kids figure things out on their own.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17/09/2026
UN-backed experts cite possible U.S. war crimes in two deadly Iran strikes, including one on a school in the southern city of Minab.
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UN-backed experts cite possible US war crimes in Iran strikes
U.N.-commissioned human rights experts say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17/09/2026
South African police said a ninth woman’s body has been discovered in an area east of Johannesburg, saying it could be linked to a series of killings they are investigating.
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South African police say a ninth woman's body has been found
South African police say they have discovered a ninth woman's body east of Johannesburg. They believe it could be linked to a series of killings under investigation.
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 17/09/2026
KY lawmakers censored universities, then shielded their own records kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/17/k...
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KY lawmakers censored universities, then shielded their own records • Kentucky Lantern
What happens when politicians dislike what a professor teaches, an employee says, or a university prints?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Apparently it is of no concern to any Republicans that Trump and Bessent are taking in billions of dollars from plundered Venezuelan oil and nobody knows where the money is, where is has been going, if anyone is getting proceeds, with no accounting of any of it made available.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15/09/2026
President Trump nominated the wife of “God Bless the USA” singer Lee Greenwood to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.
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Trump nominates wife of 'God Bless the USA' singer Lee Greenwood to serve as US ambassador
President Donald Trump has nominated the wife of “God Bless the USA” singer Lee Greenwood to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
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NPR @npr.org · 15/09/2026
The Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Environmental groups say this will impact the climate and public health. n.pr/4Aw2pYX
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Trump's EPA repeals pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants
The Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Environmental groups say this will impact the climate and public health.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Important: the USPS rule that SCOTUS blocked tonight was Trump’s big plan to control and restrict mail voting. But a separate policy remains in place: USPS is no longer postmarking mail as soon it gets it, which is hugely important for deadlines. So people must mail back with plenty of time.
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In an Intense Election Year, New Post Office Rules Could Trip Up Voter Registration - Bolts
A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.
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NPR @npr.org · 15/09/2026
In 2025, the Trump administration ended a long-running program to collecting air pollution data at U.S. embassies. A new study suggests that led to a 24-33% increase in local pollution levels. n.pr/3T0rSsv
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Air pollution spiked after the Trump administration stopped embassy monitoring
In 2025, the Trump administration ended a long-running program to collecting air pollution data at U.S. embassies. A new study suggests that led to a 24-33% increase in local pollution levels.
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NPR @npr.org · 14/09/2026
Evanston, Ill., became the first U.S. city to compensate Black people for historical discrimination. The Justice Department is trying to kill its program before other cities follow suit. n.pr/4hqselp
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This city led the way on reparations for Black people. Trump is trying to stop it
Evanston, Ill., became the first U.S. city to compensate Black people for historical discrimination. The Justice Department is trying to kill its program before other cities follow suit.
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
No nation can get ahead while leaving workers behind. It’s time for Washington to cut the BS and take a page out of Illinois’ playbook:. Investing in infrastructure and the workers behind it. Doubling down on workplace protections. Guaranteeing the right to join a union.
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Andy Beshear @andybeshearky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Our country saw the highest gas prices in history for Labor Day weekend this year. American families shouldn't have to pay for the worst economic and foreign policies I've seen in my lifetime. One person is responsible – and that's Donald Trump.
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Reveal @revealnews.org · 12/09/2026
A mysterious disease was killing cats, with no treatment available…at least not in the US. So a group of cat lovers turned to the black market to get lifesaving treatments into the hands of pet parents. And it was working, until the feds showed up.
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The treatment for a fatal cat disease wasn’t legally available. So cat lovers created an international black market.
A fatal cat disease was finally cured, but the treatment wasn’t legally available. So a group of cat lovers created an international black market.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
lol the Trump admin wants Ted Cruz to stay off television because people, especially young folks, hate him so much it's bad for the whole party. www.rawstory.com/ted-cruz-267...
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Trump adviser begs GOP senator to ‘please stay off’ television after disastrous interview
Alex Bruesewitz, a prominent adviser to President Donald Trump, issued a plea to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Saturday to “please stay off” television following a disastrous interview in which young Texans...
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There have to be so many prosecutions. This all can’t just be forgotten or papered over.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Elon Musk is bankrolling an ad campaign to get you to check your voter registration through an innocent-sounding website. But his real goal is to collect and sell your personal data to advertising companies, Big Tech, and other Republican PACs.
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The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org
The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/09/2026
Documenting law enforcement activity in public is a powerful way to protect our communities and hold our government accountable. That's why we're in Memphis protecting our First Amendment right to record.
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Memphis has spent a year under federal occupation. ICE would rather you didn't notice.
Watch as these officers arrest an activist for documenting from a reasonable distance.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to Donald Trump Jr. said it received at least $100 million from Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major policy wins from the Trump administration. (Published June)
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An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
trump and congressional republicans take food stamps away from 4000 kids in west virginia: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/4000...
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4,000 fewer West Virginia children have SNAP since One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed
About 4,000 fewer West Virginia children have federal food assistance benefits as of May, a year after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed last summer, according to data from th...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Kennedy's department cited seven articles, two of which were apparently made up entirely and three of which did not exist in the journals to which they were attributed..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Judge slams HHS for referencing fake studies generated by misuse of AI
The Department of Health and Human Services has suffered more than its share of AI-related humiliations. The list, alas, is still growing.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Under the law, both the person who pays the supplemental income and the person who receives it are liable. The Trump Justice Department might decline to enforce the law, but the statute of limitations is five years. Trump’s term ends in a little over two years.”
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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz @wassermanschultz.house.gov · 09/09/2026
Pilgrim's Pride gave $5M to Trump's inauguration. Then Trump's USDA cut poultry plant safety regulations. Now, American families face unsafe foods because of Trump's corruption. I’ll keep fighting it alongside fellow Democrats.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
ALERT: Supreme Court halts gerrymander in Missouri, likely saving a US House seat for Democrats
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/09/2026
“UIC estimates that Cook County retail and restaurant businesses have lost roughly $1.26 billion in commercial activity and about $107 million in tax revenue since ICE enforcement increased last year.”
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Chicago-Area Businesses Lost $1.2 Billion Because Of Immigration Crackdown, Report Says
Border Patrol's Operation Midway Blitz and ICE arrests discouraged Cook County shoppers from spending money, according to a new UIC report.
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skippyoz @skippyoz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Going to visit one of his golf clubs in a gas guzzling behemoth, at your expense ….Trump to travel aboard Qatari-donated Air Force One to Ireland www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
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Trump to travel aboard Qatari-donated Air Force One to Ireland
U.S. President Donald Trump will use the Qatari-donated jet to travel to Ireland next week, the plane's first international trip since the swap in Turkey.
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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
US Presidential visits to Ireland used to be huge - even historic deals - JFK 'coming home' - Clinton & the peace process - Joe Biden got an old style welcome in '23. Trump schlepping in to watch a golf game? Nobody wants it, everybody just hopes gets in and out without too much stupidity & damage.
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TovahR 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇲 @tovahr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=iXX1... While trump spends millions of our tax dollars to fly his Qatari sky palace to Ireland to watch golf, Ireland will let him know how they feel. Big thanks to the Irish!
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Ireland Just DESTROYED Trump's Day With BRUTAL NEW SURPRISE🚨
YouTube video by Occupy Democrats
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/09/2026
Illinois is not meeting Donald Trump's intimidation with fear; we are meeting it with the truth. Our state has stepped up to pursue real justice and transparency with the Illinois Accountability Commission. We will not let the abuse that happened here become our new normal.
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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ljconrad @ljconrad.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🎁🔗: The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/s...
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The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice (Gift Article)
Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/09/2026
Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix this town’s housing crisis. To this day, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. A $590,000 deposit for the printer was forfeited. And the more reporter Molly Parker asked questions, the weirder things got: propub.li/4nlU1VD
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/09/2026
Heat is killing Texas prisoners, and state leaders won’t shell out for AC. The system for choosing who gets a “cool bed” is “arbitrary, inadequate, and ineffective,” a judge ruled.
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Heat is killing Texas prisoners, and state leaders won’t shell out for AC
The system for choosing who gets a “cool bed" is “arbitrary, inadequate, and ineffective,” a judge ruled.
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