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Antifascist. Politics, cats, culture, craft, the intersection of religion/art/philosophy/science/math. Analytic idealist. Akashic priestess. Learning and knowledge are sacred. We live the reality we imagine for ourselves. More Tiamat Less Apsu.

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selenymoon.bsky.social @selenymoon.bsky.social · 3m
Wow…this is telling 😲 As Prospects Dim, G.O.P. Pulls Money Out of North Carolina Senate Race www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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As Prospects Dim, G.O.P. Pulls Money Out of North Carolina Senate Race (Gift Article)
The Senate Leadership Fund is diverting money to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party as it seeks to hold its majority.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 01/10/2026
Except Trump waited until there were only FIVE DAYS left in the fiscal year. He is denying Congress the opportunity to even make a decision, and it’s a clear violation of the Constitution.
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Seeing Stars @turquoise919.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Gonna be a lot of booing. Bet this is cancelled after one or two events make him look bad.
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Alicia Ault @aliciaault.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Who needs a medical degree? Or advanced fellowship training? Or hands-on experience? AI can do it better! You see how much respect RFK has for you, doctors. #medicine #healthpolicy #publichealth
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A.I. Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors, Kennedy Tells Industry-Backed MAHA Summit (Gift Article)
The health secretary, Vice President JD Vance and other top officials addressed a conference sponsored by corporations, including A.I. companies and others with business before the government.
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nancyu.bsky.social @nancyu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just your daily reminder Donald J. Trump is a 34 count convicted felon as well as an adjudicated sexual abuser. And he had a very close relationship with convicted child traffickers & sexual abusers Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
ANOTHER DHS VOTER FRAUD CLAIM COLLAPSES Trump’s DHS claimed as many as 15,903 noncitizens were on Nevada’s voter rolls. Nevada pushed back and demanded evidence. 15,903 became 185. Nevada checked the 185. The new number: ZERO. Every single one was a US citizen.
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Dennis "dejay" Koch @dennisjkoch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Wedding Ring Test Lauren Boebert built a career policing other people’s families. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has spent hers trying to help them survive. monicaandreasen.substack.com/p/the-weddin...
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The Wedding Ring Test
Lauren Boebert built a career policing other people’s families. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has spent hers trying to help them survive.
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Dennis "dejay" Koch @dennisjkoch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Last Recession Wasn’t Trump’s Fault. The Next One Will Be—Utterly. Trump is following one of the Republican Party’s long-standing traditions: burning the economy to the ground. @newrepublic.com #USA #Trump #uspoli newrepublic.substack.com/p/the-last-r...
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The Last Recession Wasn’t Trump’s Fault. The Next One Will Be—Utterly.
Trump is following one of the Republican Party’s long-standing traditions: burning the economy to the ground.
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Seeing Stars @turquoise919.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think public executions might be warranted. How else do we inform the country and the world that this will not happen again?
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Seeing Stars @turquoise919.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great. Throw it on top of the mountain of other impeachable offenses over there.
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Seeing Stars @turquoise919.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We might as well change the constitution and the flag and the pledge. “THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS MONEY.” Republicans are the absolute worst. Don’t let them tell you life is only worth how many gold coins it generates. We have to reject this shit so loudly!
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Joanne Carducci: "Melania Trump is selling a story about lifting women up. I’m the mother of two she tried to bully into submission .. I wasn’t sure I wanted to talk about this. .. And if I’m being fucking honest, I’m scared to talk about it right now" jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/be-best-be...
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Be Best. Be Quiet. Or Be Bankrupted.
Melania Trump is selling a story about lifting women up. I’m the mother of two she tried to frighten into submission.
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Aaron Becker @aaronjbecker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lake Superior, one week of surface currents, hour by hour (16 to 23 September 2026), colored by water temperature. An eddy spins beside the Keweenaw Peninsula all week. Data: NOAA Great Lakes Operational Forecast System (model)
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump wants to ban diesel exports to bring down fuel prices. His Energy Secretary says that "definitely doesn't work." Farm-state Republicans want it anyway, with the midterms weeks away. My write-up in the comments.
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thank goodness for (these) unintended consequences - a favor Trump did not intend to bestow. The world is consuming less oil & gas, thanks to Trump's war. That comes with its own costs (higher prices on goods, for ex.), but it's a gift to the planet. .... www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump dismantled U.S. climate policy. But his war is cutting emissions.
While the president remains a climate-change denier, the war with Iran has triggered an unforeseen benefit in the fight against global warming.
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BlueDahlia @bluedahlia1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Do disaffected Republican voters stay home, or do they send the GOP a message by voting for Dems? History over the last 40 years has seen very few partisans on either side stray and actually vote for the opposition-party candidate - but they may stay home.-CPR www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/nat...
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There Is No ‘Blue Wave,’ but There Is a ‘Red Undertow’
Unless you’re politically tone-deaf, you’re by now aware that there are ugly storm clouds ahead for Republicans in this midterm election, now just 43 days away. But how big the storm is and where the ...
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SL Holling @poetdevotee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There’s One Group That Still Loves Trump He sees them as POWERFUL. Men with power, who have the right to rape anyone they please, and damn, if he ain't worried about going to prison for raping anyone he pleased.
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There’s One Group That Still Loves Trump
Billionaires love the president more than ever—and they’re spending big to show it.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Jim Swanson @jimswanson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We Now Know the Word That’s Going to Bury Trump This November It’s been two years since Trump fell in love with the word groceries. He seemed to believe the word alone would convey his compassion for the common man. “I won on that word.” tinyurl.com/a6CqLh
A shopping cart full of groceries
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charliegraham.bsky.social @charliegraham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
'Unforgivable Sin': Pentagon Reportedly 'Hiding' US Deaths in Iran War www.commondreams.org/news/pentago...
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'Unforgivable Sin': Pentagon Reportedly 'Hiding' US Deaths in Iran War | Common Dreams
"When the government hides the true cost of its war, it misleads the country and dishonors the fallen," said one veterans' group.
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Fox News, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, and NBC News joined together on Monday and pulled their TV cameras from White House pool, effectively boycotting coverage of the Trump White House following the ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico. www.mediaite.com/media/news/e...
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‘Extraordinary Show of Solidarity!’ Media World Floored By Rival Networks Banding Together to Fight Trump Ban
“This kind of joint response from the major networks, combined with the suspension of the TV pool, is very unusual. An extraordinary show of solidarity from the press.”
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Daniel @danieldddd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Isn't it weird how Trump cancelled loads of wind and solar projects and rebates in the US before setting fire to the world's fuel refinery and inflating the prices of petrol and diesel for us all. Weird, I wonder why he did that.
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Straightup5 @staightup5.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Russell Vought is a crooked piece of shit. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
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White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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VFW Vet ™️ @vfwvet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
President Donald Trump told Fox News’ Trey Yingst Sunday morning that, regarding speculation of an imminent U.S. escalation in the Middle East, “very big things” would take place in the “not-so-distant future,” things that include ‘wiping Iran out” entirely. www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2...
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Trump warns 'very big things' imminent: 'When do I blow the entire nation up?'
President Donald Trump told Fox News’ Trey Yingst Sunday morning that, regarding speculation of an imminent U.S. escalation in the Middle East, “very big things” would take place in the “not-so-distan...
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Seeing Stars @turquoise919.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Remember when the world almost ended for y2k? Wish AI was being taken seriously
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Seeing Stars @turquoise919.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You’d think that embarrassing trip to second base at the Buell Theatre would have taught her something…
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/09/2026
This is an extremely infuriating aspect of everything going on: all these guys feel free to act in lawless ways, in expectation of pardons. And Trump will in fact pardon them! It's not clear what can really be done about it.
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Maggie Haberman Says Trump’s Inner Circle Is Counting on Pardons
The longtime Trump chronicler and New York Times reporter talks about the midterms, the president’s “un-reality bubble,” and his frustration with the war in Iran.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Seeing Stars @turquoise919.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Republicans can’t govern. All they do is figure out different ways to steal from us.
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Dann @dann1960.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
youtu.be/aQduKq_XExE #nicollewallace The Pentagon is "asking commanders to nominate troops to attend Defense Secretary Hegseth’s “State of the Force” address this September, and says the service members must meet waist-to-height requirements and exhibit “impeccable” grooming standards." MS NOW
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'INSANITY': Nicolle reacts to Hegseth demanding only the most ATTRACTIVE troops attend his speech 
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 17/09/2026
One campaigner asserted that Trump's "recklessness in the White House has pushed working families’ budgets to their breaking point."
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'Working Families Are Footing the Bill Twice' for Trump Policies as Fed Hikes Rates
One campaigner asserted that Trump's "recklessness in the White House has pushed working families’ budgets to their breaking point."
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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 16/09/2026
As Trump disassembles Washington’s cultural landscape and reshapes it in his own image, artists in DC continue to resist. Here are 10 shows to see in DC this fall.
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10 Art Shows to See in DC This Fall
Carlotta Corpron photographs light, Ahn Chang-Hong unmasks Korean history, Black women reimagine Shakespeare, three mid-century New York artists paint by the sea, and more.
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keta08.bsky.social @keta08.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hundreds of Groups and Lawmakers Demand Trump Not Give Private Developer Part of Yosemite www.commondreams.org/news/trump-y...
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Hundreds of Groups and Lawmakers Demand Trump Not Give Private Developer Part of Yosemite | Common Dreams
Hundreds of US advocacy groups and lawmakers urged the Trump administration to reject a proposal that would give private developers part of Yosemite National Park in California.
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Seeing Stars @turquoise919.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Congress needs to move to an hourly wage that requires clocking in and out. This shit has to end.
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Seeing Stars @turquoise919.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Like we haven’t all watched them fail to end the war by sending Jared in to lay out the demands over and over. They have zero ideas on stopping what they started.
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I Miss Molly Ivins @meepmeepboxer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My Republican Dad Fought Fascism, Then Gave Me Kafka. Trump Just Made Me Understand Why.
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My Republican Dad Fought Fascism, Then Gave Me Kafka. Trump Just Made Me Understand Why.
He believed due process separated America from the authoritarian governments his generation fought. That line is now being tested…
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The verdict on DOGE is in: No Money Saved Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
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ephilman @ephilman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It’s Not Just Trump Who’s Dumb About Economics—It’s the GOP Generally newrepublic.com/article/2153... via @newrepublic.com
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It’s Not Just Trump Who’s Dumb About Economics—It’s the GOP Generally
Discrediting Trump is an important part of every Democrat’s job. But the Republicans will keep on wrecking the economy, with or without him.
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Charles Sumner is a RINO @charlessumner-rino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
who could’ve foresaw that the personal attorney for a felonious fraudster would act as a personal attorney in a felonious fraudsters administration?
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commons.now @commons-now.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Film on Gaza Genocide Wins Venice Festival Prize; Israel Threatens to Revoke Citizenship of Directors commons.now/link/film-on-gaza-genoc… #Ai #Gaza #Israel
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Film on Gaza Genocide Wins Venice Festival Prize; Israel Threatens to Revoke Citizenship of Directors
The film NAZA , which documents the Israeli military’s use of secret AI-powered systems to deliberately and systematically target and massacre civilians in Gaza, won the Special Jury Prize at the Ven…
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jimjudistar @jimjudistar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
How MAGA Bewildered Voters Into Its Alternate Reality www.thebulwark.com/p/how-maga-b...
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How MAGA Bewildered Voters Into Its Alternate Reality
The years-long project to discredit fact-based media and replace it with MAGA slop has been disastrously successful.
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Seeing Stars @turquoise919.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is the Republican Party.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If @kamalaharris.com was president right now, she would not be waging war in Iran, she'd be organizing the international community to address this threat. Trump voters did so much damage to all of us.
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 10/09/2026
MEPs say 🇪🇺President von der Leyen has again capitulated to Trump - agreeing to hand over Europeans' private data to US authorities for visitor visas. "The bully won" says Dutch Liberal MEP @raquelgarciaher.bsky.social. "European authorities will be asked to share their data on you automatically..."
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Commission agrees draft deal with US on travellers’ data | Euractiv
Capitals and lawmakers still need to approve data-sharing framework
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Julie Roginsky @julieroginsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Republicans have given up on winning the war of ideas. Whether it is rigging the system to prevent vote-by-mail or rigging the redistricting process, cheating is the only way they plan to hold on to power. Now, they're rigging the census and hope that the topic is so boring that we just tune out.
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This Trump Power Play Could Rig the System for the GOP Long After He Is Gone
Trump may be gone by 2030. The map he is trying to rig now may not be.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
EDITORIAL: It’s accurate now to call the Aurora GEO ICE prison a concentration camp ‘This isn’t just poor management. It is a profound failure of acting with humanity and accountability, and it’s not happening in isolation’ sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/edit...
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EDITORIAL: It's accurate now to call the Aurora GEO ICE prison a concentration camp - Sentinel Colorado
'This isn’t just poor management. It is a profound failure of acting with humanity and accountability, and it’s not happening in isolation'
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Seeing Stars @turquoise919.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Instead, one of their top scientists said, we absolutely believe this. We think there's a more than 10 percent chance that basically the human race is extinct within a decade because of A.I.”
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Seeing Stars @turquoise919.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Can we spell this out clearly enough for all the Trump voters? THIS IS A LIE. This is the gold cell phone scam, but it’s an even worse deal. This is the trick he taught his sons, about offering to buy drinks for everyone and then just…. not paying for anything. LIE www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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Donald Trump announces new $5,000 dividend checks: Here's who qualifies
Donald Trump gave Americans a financial incentive to vote for Republicans in the midterms.
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