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Virginia Petit

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Dingo Jackson @thedingodaily.com · 4h
"A sitting president just told one of America's most widely read magazines that he plans to weaponize federal power against the opposing party if they win a free election next month."
thedingodaily.com
Trump Threatens to 'Go After' Democrats If They Win the House
In a 75-minute Time interview, Trump threatened political retaliation against Democrats, defended prolonging the Iran war, and couldn't name the technology he was discussing.
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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 11h
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
techcrunch.com
Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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Lisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nice of Republicans to hold this clown show with Jack Smith a month before the midterms. It gave Smith the opportunity to remind everyone that he indeed found Trump had committed crimes and that 2 grand juries agreed to indict him on those crimes. 👍
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026
To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
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Tove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ve become obsessed with the disappearing night sky. I miss going outside wherever I was and seeing the stars! Glad to be able to write about this for @us.theguardian.com. Thanks to the kind readers who have already sent me emails about their own night skies. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
The night sky is getting 10% brighter every year. We’re forgetting what darkness feels like
If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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PINO FOTUS @pino-fotus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
health.com
FDA Announces Nationwide Cheese Recall—Products Linked to Multistate E. Coli Outbreak
Certain raw milk cheeses have sickened 13 people, including eight who were hospitalized. Learn which products are affected.
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For churches, for state-run programs and organizations, for a variety of charities, for…well…any company or business that needs either cheap or free labor. Because the only way one can do a 20-hour work week & stay below the minimum salary requirements to keep one’s medical benefits is to volunteer.
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The 80-hour monthly work requirement for Medicaid & SNAP. Here’s what we know so far.
MEDICAID IS ABOUT TO ADD AN
80-HOUR MONTHLY REQUIREMENT
A major Medicaid change is scheduled for 2027 - but it does not apply to everyone.
THE PAPERWORK MAY MATTER AS MUCH AS THE HOURS.
If you may be affected, understand your state's verification process, exemptions and documentation rules before 2027.

THE NEW 80-HOUR RULE
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expansion adult group or certain Section 1115 coverage groups generally must demonstrate 80 hours per month of qualifying activity.
Qualifying activities can include: work, community service, certain work programs, a combination totaling 80 hours, or enrollment in an educational program at least half-time.
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IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT HAVING A JOB
The important part is being able to docmment that you meet the requirement.
Work, education, job training, community service or a combination can all qualify,
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ELIGIBILITY WILL BE CHECKED
States will verify compliance at application and renewal, and may verify more frequently. If compliance cannot be verified, the state generally must provide 30 days to show you meet the requirement or qualify for an exemption.
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NOT EVERY MEDICAID RECIPIENT IS AFFECTED
population. There are exemptions, including for:
• Pregnancy and postpartum period
• American Indians and Alaska Natives
• People who are medically frail or have special medical needs • Other specified groups
• Certain parents and caregivers
• Additional exemptions may apply
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THIS IS NOT A MEDICARE RULE
If you're 65 or older and enrolled in Medicare, you are not in the affected group under this requirement. Medicaid and Medicare are separate programs, and the work requirement applies to a specific population.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Send him in crate. We are the shithole nation. Us.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar has Schmitt dead to rights: "The game in fact was in Maryland. For a senator to have false information & imply, based on confusion about name of a team, that you were in another city & somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia & call you a 'dirtbag' deserves an apology"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes.
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight
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Semi-feral Post Monger @dwaynefuhlhage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One side of the driveway is the Dragon Terrordome. The other is whimsical AF
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Don’t take your eyes off of him” is something u say about a guy who is going to try to steal your wallet or put something in your drink lol
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/09/2026
New @jamestalarico.bsky.social ad just dropped.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How scared are Missouri Republicans about their anti-abortion amendment not passing in November? They are running commercials that don’t even mention the amendment will ban abortion… because they know we already gave women the constitutional right to abortion. VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 3.  
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Virginia Petit @virginiap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... is it the dementia or the traitoring??
theguardian.com
Trump asked Xi Jinping if China would like to buy US weapons, American ambassador says
David Perdue’s remarks come after a Taiwanese minister spoke of the ‘severe’ military threat posed by Beijing to the self-ruled island
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New whistleblower account: Former employees of the Kennedy Center say that center officials canceled a plan to start overhauling its leaking infrastructure months ago, despite those officials now asserting the leaks posed an urgent safety risk requiring the building to close.
nytimes.com
Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
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Virginia Petit @virginiap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... is it the dementia or the traitoring??
theguardian.com
Trump asked Xi Jinping if China would like to buy US weapons, American ambassador says
David Perdue’s remarks come after a Taiwanese minister spoke of the ‘severe’ military threat posed by Beijing to the self-ruled island
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The U.S. owes $40 trillion in debt. Everyone has an opinion about why. But there’s one question you almost never hear asked: Who’s actually getting paid?
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Virginia Petit @virginiap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I just blocked an account for reposting a disgusting altered pic of Michelle Obama reposting crap for rage bait is as offensive as the original
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
President Chancleta receives word that the war is going exactly according to his plan. he finds this extremely concerning, because he did not have a plan. he has been briefed on the situation and would like to know why nobody prevented the things he personally ordered.
an orange and white cat looks extremely concerned
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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
POSSIBLE ATTACK ON US BASE AT FAIRFORD IN UK Several men arrested, cars involved, bomb disposal efforts underway, major security incident declared. This is the base B-1 bombers have been operating against Iran from. B-52's have also been operating from here.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 27/09/2026
Police evacuated homes near RAF Fairford, a U.S. air base in England, and arrested several men over suspected explosive offenses. The base is used by the American forces during the war with Iran.
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Police evacuate homes near US air base in England and detain men on suspected explosives offensives
Police have evacuated homes near a U.S. air base in England and arrested several men over suspected explosives offenses.
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In which we are supposed to maintain the fiction that Fairford is an RAF base
lbc.co.uk
Homes evacuated close to RAF base and several men arrested under 'Explosives Act' | LBC
The base hosts the US Airforce and residents in the village are being evacuated to a nearby leisure centre
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts. Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad. The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. In 2025, he made 1,794x more. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers? I will continue my boycott of Starbucks.
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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Virginia Petit @virginiap.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
youtu.be/FFTf1lzcs28 if platforms won't take money to show it, there's always free publicity
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MUSK | Official Trailer HD
YouTube video by Elevation Pictures
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rprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Make it make some sense already 😳😡
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There has been a recent rash of "baby's in his find out era". 🤣🤣🤣
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/09/2026
Russia strikes at heart of Ukraine’s digital economy with attacks on ISPs and datacentres
theguardian.com
Russia strikes at heart of Ukraine’s digital economy with attacks on ISPs and datacentres
As winter approaches, Kyiv fears disruption to vital networks that keep banks, payment systems and public services running * Ukraine and Russia’s long-range drone war Russia has opened a new front in its campaign against Ukraine, hitting several datacentres and internet providers in Kyiv this week in an apparent attempt to weaken the digital backbone of the economy. About 100,000 households in Kyiv and the surrounding region suffered temporary internet outages after strikes on Wednesday and Thursday, according to Ukraine’s digital transformation ministry. Continue reading...
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Indiana state AG Todd Rokita lawsuit against IHSAA alleges racial discrimination against White people.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
Rokita lawsuit against IHSAA alleges racial discrimination • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a lawsuit against the IHSAA in a bid to eliminate a race-based quota for the association's board of directors, which reserves two of its 19 seats for minorit...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If we had actual journalists in this country, this would have been reported as a story.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And where went the money for these lives in the balance? Money that our country once delivered to a world in great need? Riding a missile into a girl's school somewhere else. Or nowadays, paying a corporation to build more missiles, faster. We are the shithole nation. We are the global stain.
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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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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
wsj.com
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Genuinely, when you send someone to the United States Senate as submoronic, gibbering and ridiculous as Tommy Tuberville, your statehood should be suspended. At this point there should be 49 United States and the Alabama Territory. Followed by a second, more committed attempt at Reconstruction.
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Virginia Petit @virginiap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
MAGA Senator Goes on Crazed Posting Spree About Furries newrepublic.com/post/215838/... via @newrepublic.com Tubervlle fighting for the title Stupidest Republican Ever
newrepublic.com
MAGA Senator Goes on Crazed Posting Spree About Furries
You read that right.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Chinese media allowed at WH. American media banned in defiance of a court order.
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Virginia Petit @virginiap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
An account for those who love old tile work and chalk art ❤️
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ready to vote in the 2026 General Election in Indiana? Bring this kind of ID.
fpinews.org
Ready to vote in the 2026 General Election? Bring this kind of ID.
What your photo ID must have, how to get a free ID and how to vote if you forget it at home.
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yet another reason NOT to watch TrumpTV.
The White House app sends your exact location to a remote server every 4.5 minutes.

Andy Diaz @andrewjpdiaz

The White House built a news app that can beam your exact GPS location to a marketing company's servers every 4.5 minutes... and there's no off switch inside the app. But sure, it's just for the press releases.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I don't know anything about this guy, but this is undeniably a clever and fun ad.
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