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I love science and mma, but I'm not limited to those.

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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 6h
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10 Years Together: The Cat That Never Leaves My Grandmother's Side
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h
"Of all the states that could give us an indication of how big the blue wave will be this cycle, Iowa is one of the most intriguing." @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on how Iowa Trump voters are talking about the midterms, in the latest edition of The Focus Group:
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A Group of Iowa Trump Voters Reveals Why MAGA Is Flailing
‘MAGA’ and ‘career politician’ are no longer contradictory terms.
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Simon's Cat @simonscatofficial.bsky.social · 12h
New Film this week!
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Aide Macias-Muñoz @aidemm.bsky.social · 12h
Please share! My lab is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar in evolutionary development. For more details feel free to email me.
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Jesse Singal @jessesingal.com · 12h
Interesting post that a lot of folks on Bluesky should watch x.com/toxoplasmodi...
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EYS (@toxoplasmodium) on X
So this is a good example of why I strongly discourage mob and vigilante justice
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 11h
Agreed. Beware the mob.
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 12h
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Inside Trump Donor Konstantin Sokolov’s Business Ties to Russia
This investigation is part of an ongoing examination of Konstantin Sokolov’s network.
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Let's talk about Russia, plague, concerns, and what we know….
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Tucker Carlson Gets Fact-Checked in Real Time by His Own Guest | MAGA Mondays
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Shikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Deep diving with @radleybalko.bsky.social on the ever-increasing aggressivement of America's immigration enforcement regime with Trump taking it to whole another level!
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Stan R. Mitchell @stanrmitchell.com · 03/10/2026
President Trump is rightly being community noted for this non-sense.
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Stan R. Mitchell @stanrmitchell.com · 04/10/2026
Apparently, Tucker doesn’t understand good versus evil.
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Stan R. Mitchell @stanrmitchell.com · 04/10/2026
This is amazing!! I'm half-convinced that Ukraine has better tech than us right now, when it comes to drones and counter-drone warfare. Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Adam Kinzinger on Trump’s ‘God Made Trump’ Ad
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Armed Chinese Robot Dogs Make European Debut In Serbia
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House Judiciary Dems @democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 03/10/2026
As Big Tech builds data centers across our country, we all deserve to know what these projects will mean for our utility bills, our water supply and our communities. This week, RM @RepRaskin demanded answers from Amazon, Google, Meta and Oracle [cont]
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unsurprisingly the Russians are paying off the Americans to take their side in the Russia’s criminal war of aggression. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 03/10/2026
Trump Unilaterally Cancels Congressionally Approved Spending on Immigration Services, in Defiance of the Law By Executive Watch www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-unila…
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Trump Unilaterally Cancels Congressionally Approved Spending on Immigration Services, in Defiance of the Law
Last year, Donald Trump canceled $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid with a “pocket rescission.” The maneuver works by asking Congress to rescind funds so close to the end of the fiscal year that the money expires before lawmakers can act.
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Stan R. Mitchell @stanrmitchell.com · 03/10/2026
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Some inspectors really need to step it up…stuff like this SHOULD NOT be missed. #newconstruction
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 03/10/2026
@crampell.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social react to Trump suggesting inflation could help wipe away the national debt, and what that reveals about why he wants control over the Federal Reserve. “This is an interesting little aside here that should terrify people.”
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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The Trump Rule that Could Put Guns in Your Mailbox
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great conversation with @slotkin.senate.gov youtu.be/fbnfOLy1j4I?...
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America Is Not Prepared for What Comes After Trump (w/ Sen. Elissa Slotkin) | Command Post
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Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
These corporations need to pay their fair share -- not get more tax breaks they don't need. Read more: www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft draw Sen. Warren questions about AI tax subsidies
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking the leaders of Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft about AI and data center subsidies authorized by GOP legislation.
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Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
WATCH: I’m speaking today at 10:30 AM from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the state of our democracy, lessons from recent visits to Hungary and Poland, and what we must do to protect our country and build a stronger future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIza...
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A Conversation on Defending Democracy With Senator Elissa Slotkin and Anne Applebaum
Democracy is under significant threat worldwide, with dozens of established democracies, including the United States, undergoing illiberal turns. Yet amid the global democratic recession, there are…
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 30/09/2026
Slotkin, bipartisan group of lawmakers introduce bill to improve ovarian cancer prevention and care michiganadvance.com/2026/09/30/s... From @kdailey.bsky.social
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Slotkin, bipartisan group of lawmakers introduce bill to improve ovarian cancer prevention and care • Michigan Advance
U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin introduced legislation in Congress to expand access to ovarian cancer prevention and care, including expanding access to genetic counseling and testing, improving hereditary c...
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Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
There is a well-worn authoritarian playbook: when a leader feels like they’re in trouble, they create a crisis that only they can solve. That’s my biggest concern as we get closer to the November elections. President Trump has been using every tool at his disposal to affect the outcome in November.
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
AI is often compared to nuclear weapons. Does the analogy help us understand AI, or is it pushing policy in the wrong direction? warontherocks.com/2026/09/the-...
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The Manhattan Project Mindset: How Nuclear Analogies Are Steering AI Policy Off Course
Analogies for artificial intelligence abound. In recent years, analysts have likened the development of AI to the advent of electricity, the Industrial
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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"Iran Is Better at Killing Its Own People Than Israelis" - @lonerbox
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 01/10/2026
The flow of power/prosperity, from labor to capital, needs to be reversed.
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Sen. Slotkin Warns of Trump National Emergency "Ruse"
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 01/10/2026
Incredible reporting by @tinavasquez.bsky.social here. A story about how the people who put food on American tables are denied water or even the ability to carry it with them or meaningfully ask for it to be provided, lest they lose their jobs working in oppressive heat.
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Despite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fields
Florida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 01/10/2026
Ukraine’s Air Force confirmed the loss of a MiG-29 and its pilot during a combat mission on October 1. Capt. Marat Mambetov, 25, of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade, ejected after his fighter was hit by a Russian missile but did not survive. #Ukraine
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 01/10/2026
Join me for a trip back to my alma mater! Catch me this evening at @illinoisstateu.bsky.social's Braden Auditorium from 6:30-9pm for a screening of “The Last Republican” followed by a conversation hosted by WGLT. Many thanks to WGLT, 89.1 FM, and the Dirksen Congressional Center for sponsoring!
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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America Is Not Prepared for What Comes After Trump (w/ Sen. Elissa Slotkin) | Command Post
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is a dishonest hack and incredible POS and after years of him attacking me & my team I’m happy to see people realize it. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-li...
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A Litigation Playbook for Narrative Warfare
Eric Schmitt’s “The Last Line of Defense” casts courts as stages for political spectacle rather than forums for justice—and rewrites the evidentiary record along the way.
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Project Liberal 🗽 @handle.invalid · 30/09/2026
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that president Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation" - Jack Smith
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Project Liberal 🗽 @handle.invalid · 30/09/2026
A photograph of a person standing in front of a column of military tanks, with text reading 'Communists are on this side of history' pointing right and 'Liberals are on this side of history' pointing left at the person.
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Stan R. Mitchell @stanrmitchell.com · 30/09/2026
Texas could be a big problem for the GOP, and I’m not just talking about Talerico
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Shikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The most batshit thing about the Eric Schmitt's clown show yesterday was this: He thought that if Smith was ever in the same town as Fani Willis, it proved collusion. I knew of guilt by association -- but not guilt by geographic proximity :) To call him an idiot is to insult idiots.
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Shikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump is too toxic for Ken Paxton????!!!!???? 😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him
Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.
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Stan R. Mitchell @stanrmitchell.com · 30/09/2026
Seems it might be wise to re-arrest the guys currently out on bail? Gift link below. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w...
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UK Believes Iran Played a Part in RAF Fairford Air Base Incident, Burnham Says (Gift Article)
The British prime minister, Andy Burnham, said there were “strong indications” Iran played a part in the events at R.A.F. Fairford on Sunday, without providing details why.
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Hegseth Takes an Axe to Generals, Admirals and Military Education | Command Post
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Stan R. Mitchell @stanrmitchell.com · 29/09/2026
I just got back from Wyoming, and I can't imagine crossing that country on foot in Nov. But in 1856, hundreds of American pioneers found themselves stranded there, freezing and starving. And a 29-year-old mail carrier named Ephraim Hanks decided to do something. This week's Story of Courage. 🇺🇸
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Shikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have refrained from purple condemnations of this SC. But the irreversible inhumanity that it had green lighted here will be a permanent stain on it www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for Now
The court also announced it would hear arguments in December on the legality of the Trump administration policy to swiftly deport immigrants to countries not their own.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026
Russia’s shadow war against the West is escalating. At the same time, figures with ties to Moscow keep turning up around Trump’s inner circle. Evan Gershkovich tells @timmiller.bsky.social why it’s a counterintelligence nightmare.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 29/09/2026
"Thomas Jefferson worried that his slaves were to be given 'freedom and a dagger.' Yet when the descendants of his slaves gained their freedom, this did not come to pass. And when the civil rights movement broke the back of Jim Crow, the nation was not swept by mass purges of honkies and crackers."
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Remember Who You Are, Liberal
Chapter 20 (pp. 162–168) from The Reconstruction Papers.
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Vcantrell @vcan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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BREAKING: Jack Smith Comes Out Swinging in Hearing | Morning Shots
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The Dallas Morning News @dallasnews.com · 29/09/2026
Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico will participate Oct. 14 in a live town hall hosted by CNN and Jubilee Media. bit.ly/4ACGOxT
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