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Human. Counselor. Birthed 5 amazing people who don’t live close enough. Reader. Writer. Dreamer. #Resist FrancisPerkinsFan. #MaskUp. #GenJones. t-shirt from Mohagony Mommies

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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 7h
Hey, AZ, Arkansas, GA, FL, IN, KY, LA, MS, MT, OH, TN and TX! TODAY is your last day to register to vote! REGISTER NOW TO VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS! Think you’re registered? Double check. ESPECIALLY if you’re from Texas! But wherever you live—just check. It takes two seconds.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 6h
This is the exact play CoreCivic made after selling two other California prisons this summer: collect a windfall from the government, get awarded the operations and wraparound contract, and then execute a stock buyback to increase shareholder value.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 7h
Stevens: Endorses Abdul Slotkin: Endorses Abdul Nessel: Endorses Abdul Peters: Endorses Abdul Whitmer: Endorses Abdul Harris: Endorses Abdul DSCC: $30M helping Abdul OBAMA: Endorses Abdul Leftists: "WHY DO MODERATES WANT ABDUL TO LOSE???" www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/05/b...
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Barack Obama is to appear with Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit
Former President Barack Obama will campaign alongside Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit later this month.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h
TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 9h
Truly incredible that this is how the media is choosing to eulogize the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in US history, who was a serial sexual abuser of children. For all the talk about "deep state" plots to abuse children, no one even remembers this case.
From CBS News: "Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died."
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 9h
I do not mean to single out LeBron James, but it feels completely bizarre to me that an active player is allowed to promote "prediction markets" but would get banned for life for using that service to bet ten dollars on their own team to win a game.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
I'm proud Public Notice has become a bastion of sanity amidst an ocean of sanewashing, a place left-of-center readers can reliably turn to for deep understanding of what’s happening in the American right. Here's to the next five years!
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Reflecting on 5 years of Public Notice
And a look forward to what’s next.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h
😕 🌎 🔥
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h
Medicare for All. Now. 🇺🇸
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 8h
Rahm Emanuel represents the last vestiges of dying, corporate do-nothing foolishness. He’s not a Democrat. He’s a wealthy, status quo strongly-worded letter in a suit. Anyone who listens to him is digging their own political grave.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h
Early voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, I urge you all to... 1) Help get out the vote 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 8h
I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 8h
Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social is the real deal. Iowans, make sure your friends vote!
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 8h
It is my honor and privilege to announce that President @barackobama.bsky.social is joining us on the trail in Detroit on Saturday, October 24. Get. Ready.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 8h
The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money!
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 17h
Gee willikers, I thought Trump was gettin' rid of all the skeeters. A Tulane U. dengue expert said that "Traditionally, the CDC would be highly visible in a situation like this, but it hasn’t been this time." apnews.com/article/deng...
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Florida's dengue outbreak is now the largest in the continental US in decades
Florida is experiencing its largest dengue outbreak in decades, with over 250 locally acquired cases reported this year.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 15h
"Denmark has built so much wind power that its grid now regularly produces more than the country can consume, and on the windiest days the wholesale price of electricity falls below zero." via Amazing Maps
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 19h
October 4, 2026
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October 4, 2026
On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Some were there because even though they had not known the young man personally, they 'are dedicated to standing in solidarity with his family and all of the other Haitian families who have come to Springfield seeking a place of safety,' the pastor said..." www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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At Haitian student’s funeral, a community confronts painful immigration reality
The emotional ceremony held in English and Haitian Creole was attended by his parents and two younger brothers, local community advocates and elected officials including Springfield Mayor Rob Rue, Sta...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Scott @scolom.bsky.social is the real deal.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Levin: People then said, “Do you think you can take out a fascist just by voting, just by organizing? You think that’s how this works?” Yes, that’s how this works. If they can do it in Hungary, we can do it here.
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If LeBron or Taylor Swift posted this most recent El Niño historical temperature graph (current one in red) 500 million people would be in the streets. (And a hundred million lives would likely be saved in the next 20 months) #ClimateCrisis
Graph showing all the past El Niño temperatures on a monthly timeline with the current one in red way above all the others and still climbing.
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Deadline Is Monday Texas voter registration closes Monday, Oct 5. Miss it, you sit out November. Texas is the hardest state in America to vote in, and that's no accident. It's 150 years of laws built to keep the list short. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...
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How Texas Turned Voter Registration Into A Political Weapon
150 years of making it hard on purpose. Check your registration before Monday.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 23h
Robert De Niro gives me fucking oxygen.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22h
We murdered four more people in a boat today
U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 22h
We have to crush these sociopaths. The problem is that many Democrats take money from them, which means they will get bailed out at our expense in the next 2-4 years.
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 21h
Even the manatees www.wptv.com/news/region-...
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Manatee safely returns to ocean after washing ashore in Palm Beach while escaping mating males
A female manatee washed ashore in Palm Beach while trying to escape mating males. FWC and police are monitoring her until she returns to the water.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
“Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies… ex British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide…Simon Andriesz was previously a managing director at Wall St firm where Lutnick was CEO…” www.thebanker.com/content/0228...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
For the folks who are still in my mentions telling me this was a hoax: The military doesn’t move strategic bombers for funsies. There was clearly specific intelligence that necessitated emptying Fairford of B-1s.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 16/09/2026
ANGIE NIXON DID NOT COME TO PLAY. LETS GOOOOO! Click below and donate to her campaign for us senate❤️✊🏽 secure.actblue.com/donate/frien...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
More Democrats need to be telling the online casino owners behind Polymarket to shut the fuck up
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
October 3, 2026
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October 3, 2026
On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe...
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Everyone should be fighting for Universal Healthcare and disability rights. Health is fragile. You can become disabled or chronically ill in an instant. It’s not a moral failing. It can wipe out your savings and leave you destitute. Healthcare is a basic human right.
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The King of Conflict of Interest. When America's unelected chief foreign policy representative is a wholly owned subsidiary of 9/11 Saudi Arabia, genocidal Zionistan & barbaric Ru$$ia
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If Trump just takes money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose & seizes it to use it for an entirely different purpose, what is the point of having a Congress or appropriating money for anything? I’m sure the Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins must be concerned.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This term I’m teaching in Strasbourg and staying at a Chateau in which Nazis housed officers during the occupation. When the AfD won in Saxony-Anhalt I thought “that’s bad, but they’re not going to invade Strasbourg any time soon.” Now this.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In 1989 CEOs made 60x the average worker. Today it's 325x. I guess the corporate ladder is getting taller. With @svaneksmith.bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
8-year-old Japanese idol trainee Hirata Runa “passed away peacefully” due to "myocarditis resulting from influenza,” just 5 days after performing in concert. Myocarditis is “inflammation of the heart muscle.” Source: people.com/8-year-old-p... Archive: archive.li/qQdHW
A screenshot of a digital article from People magazine reporting the tragic passing of an 8-year-old child.
The top portion features the bold blue "People" logo above a prominent headline reading: "8-Year-Old Pop Star Dies from Flu-Related Condition 5 Days After Performing in Concert." Below the headline, the text reads: "Japanese pop star Hirata Runa died on Sept. 25. By Escher Walcott. Published on October 3, 2026."
The main image features a young Asian girl named Hirata Runa, smiling brightly while posing on a paved city street lined with buildings and pedestrians in the background. She is wearing a vibrant, sparkly bright pink outfit consisting of a collared top and matching skirt. She has long dark hair in low pigtails with pink bows, a colourful translucent yellow backpack over her shoulder, and her arms are extended outward in a playful, energetic pose. The photo credit reads: "DP_HIRATALUNA8/X".
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The plans have drawn condemnation from some residents of central Louisiana, and immigrant advocates and child welfare experts have expressed concerns about possible trauma inflicted on detained children..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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New Facility at Louisiana Airport to Hold Immigrant Children and Families (Gift Article)
The site in Alexandria, La., a major expansion of the Trump administration’s busiest deportation hub, will streamline and accelerate removals.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“I wish there were people from the other party here. I just, I beg them I plead with them to support humane immigration policy,” he said. “It breaks my heart that some of them claim to be followers of Jesus, and what they're doing goes directly against the gospel…" religionnews.com/2026/09/30/a...
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As Springfield prepares to bury Haitian student, sympathy surges and deportations continue
(RNS) — From US senators to John Legend, many are voicing support for the city’s Haitian community, even as neo-Nazis marched downtown Saturday.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A woman has just died of plague in Russia, allegedly after breaking a test tube in a lab. This article doesn’t specify, but others have said that it is pneumonic plague, which can spread between humans via droplet transmission. 200 people with whom she had contact are now under medical observation.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is psychosis. The president of the United States is psychotic. Is the media going to start talking about this, or continue to normalize it?
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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How ICE plans to speed deportations by holding children, families beside a Louisiana airport
Government documents, interviews with officials and public testimony shed new light on day-to-day operations within the controversial new facility designed to hold undocumented women, families and una...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026
I split the G (train) with the Prime Minister of Ireland, Michéal Martin. Sláinte!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026
this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 03/10/2026
“AbDuL eL sAyEd M.D. DPhil iSn’T a ReAl dOcTor” scream the people who trust RFK’s zero medical degree, zero medical training, and literal brain worms.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026
Emily Marris bought raw milk from a farm recommended to her on Facebook. After her 17-month-old drank it, the toddler contracted E. coli and nearly died. Despite knowing this, the farmer continued advertising “raw goat milk from a clean tested herd.”
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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