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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 1h
“In my colonized mind, I never thought to go to Asia.” She even laughed when the hospital apologetically billed her about $10 for multiple scans and treatments. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/a...
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A Medical Mystery, Hidden Behind a Successful Violinist’s Career (Gift Article)
For 10 years Jennifer Koh struggled to understand and treat a rare neurological disorder, while trying to maintain a full calendar onstage.
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Dollyanna @my2centsay.bsky.social · 14h
LOOK HOW YOUR CHRISTIAN SUPPORTED LEADER RAPED OUR TREASURY FOR HIMSELF.⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️ WE MUST SEIZE HIS ASSETS. WE MUST USE BANK EXAMINERS TO FOLLOW THIS WEB OF CORRUPTION, SEX TRAFFICKING AND MONEYLAUNDERING.
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 2h
Priorities!! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Senate Resoundingly Approves Sweeping College Sports Measure (Gift Article)
The outlook for the legislation, which seeks to stabilize the unsettled collegiate sports landscape, is uncertain in the House. It was one of the last congressional actions before the midterms.
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 2h
Future generations will look back on this moment in time and be horrified to learn what the President did, and stunned that even after the insurrection, and everything he did as he tried to interfere in the 2020 election results, America gave him the keys to the... open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
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“President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation”
At 9:39 this morning, a true patriot and countryman stood before members of Congress while a barrage of flashes exploded in his face from the swarm of photographers sitting on the ground in the crowde...
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 4h
It doesn’t Escape Many of us….
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 2h
as the midterms approach, we have decided to make our news updates on the Meidas+ Substack completely paywall free through the upcoming elections. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Wednesday Updates: Record Diesel, Rigged Inflation Math, and Meta's AI Tax Scheme – 9/30/26
Important news. Paywall free.
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 3h
there was a time when Republicans cared whether our democracy survived. Yesterday’s disgraceful performance, however, proved that today’s GOP only serves the Orange Caligula who squats in the White House like a malignant toad. In November of 1934 the most decorated Marine in American history, Ma...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 13h
Go For It Ladies.......
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 6h
Coups are illegal, yet Trump’s rolling coup continues because millions of Americans still cooperate with the regime daily. You decide every day whether the regime receives your support. Guilfoyle boasted that the regime can topple any government, and America... wendy664.substack.com/p/americans-...
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Americans Can Stop Trump’s Unconstitutional Coup at Any Stage
Trump's ambassador reportedly threatened to overthrow Greece's elected government, as the Justice Department criminally investigates Jack Smith.
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 16h
On August 1, 2023, a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., charged Trump with four felony offenses “arising from his efforts to unlawfully retain power by using fraud and deceit to overturn the 2020 election results,” as Smith’s final report put it. The case can be resumed once Trump is no long...
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026
Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims
Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 22h
Beshear has been a prominent voice in a deeply red state telling Democrats that capitulation on transgender rights is not the answer, and that principled stances are the right response to the attacks. He has his own reelection to show for it.
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kentucky Republicans thanked him effusively and built the promise of a new Russian-financed Russian-oligarch-owned aluminum plant into their remaining campaign ads, getting a big boost from the announcement. And then, of course, after the election the whole scheme collapsed.
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On Friday the administration announced it is refusing to spend about a billion dollars Congress appropriated for programs that help the American people—a refusal the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) says is illegal—and on Saturday, Trump used taxpayer money for his own vanity ads.
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The show they put on today even included having a majority of the people surrounding him step forward, one after another, to shower him with praise. What they said was obviously rehearsed, with their words extensions of the same message, just with each person put... open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
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These are desperate times for Donald Trump
At 2:24 this afternoon, Donald Trump flipped through the pages of his ringed binder, looked at what he had been told to say, and began speaking from his desk in the Oval Office. Standing on both sides...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's difficult to engage in diplomacy when you're too simple-minded to think about anyone except yourself . . .
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We've all heard how corrupt Ken Paxton is. But he is also incredibly stupid if he thinks this "well, he served 60 whole days" excuse for releasing Adam Hoffman, who sexually abused a boy over a three-year period starting when he was 8.
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It wasn’t enough to oppose equal rights for trans kids; he also apparently felt the need to feed into right-wing narratives that paint trans people, and especially transgender women and girls, as predators infiltrating women’s spaces.
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration wants to erase transgender people from the law — with an explicit aim of ending the provision of gender-affirming medical care for trans people of all ages — and Solicitor General John Sauer asked the U.S. Supreme Court to usher in that world on Monday morning.
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Republicans vote to continue the War. www.govtrack.us/congress/vot...
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H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of … -- Senate Vote #244 -- Sept. 24, 2026
Senate Vote #244 in 2026, in the United States Congress.
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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 28/09/2026
Create the crisis, make working Americans suffer, reward the billionaires, blame Democrats for the wreckage, then campaign as the only people who can fix it. hartmannreport.com/p/the-republ...
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The Republican Playbook: Break America, Blame Democrats, Then Promise to Save It
Create the crisis, make working Americans suffer, reward the billionaires, blame Democrats for the wreckage, then campaign as the only people who can fix it.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
(Remember when stock buybacks were illegal?) The increase comes four months after the chip giant added $80 billion to its buyback program, bringing the total remaining authorized amount to $235 billion. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/b...
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Nvidia Adds $150 Billion to Massive Stock Buyback, the Largest Ever
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Donald Trump’s latest impeachable offense open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
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Donald Trump’s latest impeachable offense
Just before noon today, the President of the United States was standing just inches away from the trophy at the Medinah Country Club outside Chicago, wearing an extra-large suit that bulged along his ...
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Keep in mind, the book begins — and was written — in 1887, and is entirely speculating about what life in our country will be like in the year 2000. It became the foundation and inspiration for most of the progressive movement of the late 19th and early 20th cen... open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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Looking Backward: From 2000 to 1887. The Book That Launched a Movement (Chapters 22 through 28)
September’s book for Thom Hartmann’s Well-Read Troublemakers’ Book Club
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
September 26, 2026
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September 26, 2026
Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 34 years — its dependence on money from big corporations and the wealthy, its reluctance to embrace bold ideas to reverse widening inequalities, and its indifferen... robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-b...
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The Rahm Bomb
He’s the single worst Democratic hopeful now (almost) running for president. Democratic midterm candidates we warned: stay away from him.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Truth 💥
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
"Why should Canadians trust Americans who have twice elected someone they consider a venal, dangerous buffoon? They could excuse them for being 'tricked' the first time. But electing him again, by a bigger margin the second time, tells them all they need to know." — @brynntannehill.bsky.social
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The view from Canada: Make America Think Again
Rebuilding trust will take generations.
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Peter Ticktin told The Atlantic that he sees three possible ways the midterms could play out. The first is simply having a normal election, which he dismissed outright. The second is Trump taking some kind of action before Election Day to stop what Ticktin ... open.substack.com/pub/heatherd...
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It’s over for Donald Trump
At 11:51 this morning, Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, and both of their wives arrived at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and began walking up the steep red-carpet-lined stairs to the entrance. W...
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Saturday Report 9/26/26 — Crazy Alert. Trump Rewrites His Own Presidential Moment, Melania Vanishes and Natalie Harp Takes Center Stage? open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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Saturday Report 9/26/26 — Crazy Alert. Trump Rewrites His Own Presidential Moment, Melania Vanishes and Natalie Harp Takes Center Stage?
The Best of the Rest of the News with Opinion…
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
September 25, 2026
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September 25, 2026
I learned late this afternoon that, in addition to being Dolly Parton Day, today is National Lobster Day, honoring the cultural and economic history of the lobster industry.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
She was an FBI agent. She started an investigation of the murder of Renee Good. Trump forced her to reclassify it as an ICE agent assault. She was then forced to resign. Her evidence confirms that a cover-up of the homicide has been undertaken, directed from the highest levels.
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FBI agent who initially investigated fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis has resigned | CNN Politics
The FBI agent who initially began working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, two sources familiar with...
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
she signed PS 350, which banned all forms of gender-affirming care for those under 21 and remains among the harshest bans in the nation. 1st Circuit Declares States Protect Non-Binary People’s ‘Privacy Rights’ By Not Recognizing Their Identities in Horrific Ruling open.substack.com/pub/transiti...
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1st Circuit Declares States Protect Non-Binary People’s ‘Privacy Rights’ By Not Recognizing Their Identities in Horrific Ruling
In response to the shocking decision—which came from a panel of 3 Democratic-appointed judges—Puerto Rico also decided to make it harder for binary trans people to change their birth certificates.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump's comments always age so well.
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Dawn Whiteside Rubin @dd-rubin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thom Tillis said “It’s inappropriate. It’s not like they need a GoFundMe page to have the dollars to do that sort of ad and they could do it. But using taxpayer dollars, it feels like Viktor Orbán.” Trump Orders America to “Love Me” and Sends Us Taxpayers the Bill open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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Trump Orders America to “Love Me” and Sends Us Taxpayers the Bill
Taxpayers are footing the bill for a Fox “News” ad glorifying the president, as lawmakers question whether federal law has been crossed…
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Don't worry. We will remember.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Netanyahu speaks in front of an empty hall at the United Nations General Assembly 👇
Netanyahu speaks in front of an empty hall at the United Nations General Assembly
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When Philly says, “Free Palestine, Go Birds. Fuck ICE” we back it up
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trishmaher.bsky.social @trishmaher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Residents Will Lose Local Services Under Property Tax Amendment — Carolina Forward
Our new tool shows what corporations gain and residents lose
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Absofreakinlutely True.......
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