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The Rooster @rooster.info · 17/05/2025
The most-read dispatch of 2025: Inside Life Surge, where numerous Buckeye football legends helped funnel financially illiterate Christians into an obvious, predatory scam. www.rooster.info/p/lifesurge-...
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Righteous Buckeyes: Inside the Life Surge scam taking America by storm
"Surging your life God's way" is where a get-rich-quick scheme meets the Holy Scripture, and numerous Ohio State legends helped funnel financially illiterate Christians into the predatory scam.
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Enemy of the Hate @ampersine.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
If there’s one thing the Saudis love, it’s gay anthems
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/05/2025
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb.)
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Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and…
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Bob Hoyng @bobhoyng.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Not to serious up a joke too much, but I heard a great news story on therapists discussing dealing with recalibrating what a 'healthy' level of anxiety was given **waves vaguely in the air** all of this. It really is hard to 'not catastrophize' in the midst of catastrophes. The story was from 2022.🤢
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Meredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 01/05/2025
In case you’ve ever wondered whether immigration is used to keep people in abusive labor conditions: let this clear up any fucking doubt
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WIRED @wired.com · 30/04/2025
SCOOP: A young man with no government experience who hasn’t even finished his undergrad degree is working for Elon Musk’s DOGE at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and has been tasked with using AI to rewrite the agency’s rules and regulations.
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DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations
A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government.
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Mina @minerva1.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Gallego has been appearing at fundraisers with David Sacks.
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Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women Unreal www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
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Rachel Coyle Ohio @rachelcoyle.wtf · 22/04/2025
University of #Toledo is ending a huge number of programs out of fear of SB 1. An absolute slaughter. Every corner of my hometown will feel the impact #Ohio's Republican politicians passed this bill. Don't let anyone forget it news.utoledo.edu/index.php/04...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
A private workshop took place last month in Washington DC, hosted by the Heritage Foundation... ...to discuss proposals by European right-wing lobby groups to dismantle the European Union and the European Court of Justice.
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Right-wing push to dismantle the EU: Heritage Foundation’s private workshop
After seizing control of the US government, the Heritage Foundation turns its attention to the EU
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Laura is union proud @fedupteacher.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
This is fascism. Lexington, Kentucky- No Kings Then, No Kings Now. April 19th. #NoKings
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 20/04/2025
American citizen held for ten days in lockup after being picked up near the border. He didn't have ID. Ten days! news.azpm.org/p/news-artic...
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U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days
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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
The government is using universities to do basic research that the private sector would never do at rates lower than the private sector would charge (thanks to the cheap labor of grad students). Basic research has been good for this nation.
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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
You know that’s what he is, I know that’s what he is, but a lot of people don’t Musk is the perfect target and everyone should keep hammering him, but Miller is also a weird charisma-free little freak and very much an arch-villain here And “no one voted for him”
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
An unnamed CFPB employee who participated in the agency's layoff decisions says in a sworn statement that its leaders were aware that their approach violated a court order and instructed them to proceed anyway. "All that mattered was the numbers."
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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
WOW. One of the Venezuelans whom Kristi Noem tried to render to El Salvador's slave prison managed to avoid removal and was able to make it to immigration court, and you'll never guess what happened: THE GOVERNMENT GAVE NO EVIDENCE OF HIS GANG MEMBERSHIP. Due process ftw
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 15/04/2025
I am once again begging people to realize that the law is words on paper and is not self executing. "That's illegal" is not and has never been synonymous with "that's impossible" or "that can't be done." "That's illegal" means "you might get in trouble for that depending on who you are."
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Zig @ziggypudding.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
So I'm pissed we are donating a half a billion to the new Browns stadium while public school funding is being slashed. But also why are they sneaking "making elected coroners appointed" into the budget bill??? www.cleveland.com/news/2025/04...
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Democracy in the dark: Ohio House secretly moves to eliminate elected coroners
Today in Ohio podcast discusses how coroners are "totally shocked" by Legislature's underhanded attempt to end elected positions without hearings, transparency, or public input
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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.” x.com/nayibbukele/...
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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Or not…many students losing their visas have not been involved in protests.
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PinkFreud @alaskarebel.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Lutnick is the same guy after the 9/11 tragedy who refused to help the families of his many deceased employees who were either burned alive or jumped to their deaths in that attack on America. He is not a nice person.
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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Rep. Al Green’s response to a congressman saying God opposes trans rights: “You used God to enslave my foreparents!” #MomSky #Voices4Victory #TransRights
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David Bingham Brown @bingham.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Which is rich, since what propelled him to his current position was work at UIUC.
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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Has anyone asked these people why their fight against (a skewed definition of) antisemitism is sacrosanct but no efforts are being made to combat any other forms of racism?
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Darlene McDonald @darlenemcdonald.com · 09/04/2025
So, now they're acknowledging that immigrants pay taxes?
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The Ohio House's proposed budget increases the private school voucher system by $500 million and only gives half of that much of an increase to public schools
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Ohio private school vouchers get double increase in funding over public schools in House budget • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio House's proposed budget increases the private school voucher system by $500 million and only gives half of that much of an increase to public schools.
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CO Rep Brianna Titone @briannatitone.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The final part of statute denying same sex marriage is gone! Thank you to the voters, @jessiedanielson.co, @replorenagarcia.bsky.social, all the advocacy orgs, and citizens who helped us complete this. We don't need to look back now. Only forward towards love. 🏳️‍🌈
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Zig @ziggypudding.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Bingo. These men punt and allow the chicanery to continue.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
out: being someone’s emergency contact 💘 in: being someone’s emergency habeas filer 📃✍️
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
4. A government where people are afraid to criticize the policies of its leaders, fearing retribution, is not characteristic of a democracy. The right "to petition the Government for a redress of grievances" is enshrined in the Constitution.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
There were so many interviews with rich people who said “I don’t think he’s going to do any of those things” even when he’d just said the words in the same room they were in.
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 03/04/2025
They could close the LLC loophole (no taxes on first $250k) and probably raise a billion dollars overnight. But you might as well asking them to pass a law granting legal protections to pedophiles.
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Terri Brown @terribrown.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
@marcelias.bsky.social I just discovered my vote is one of the 60,000 being tossed out. I voted in person. I showed my valid ID. I’ve lived in North Carolina for more than 50 years. I made sure my voter registration was valid before I went to vote. There is absolutely no reason to toss my vote.
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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I think about the guy who was willing to let the country fall into fascism and tank the economy so he could do slurs, every day.
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Sawhorse Girl @profirebug.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I only hope that other countries learn from our mistakes. Use this anti-US momentum to make some changes. Get the billionaires out of the media NOW. Otherwise you're next. 4/4
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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DianaTripper @tripperday.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Yassss! Cincinnati loves you!
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DAP has 🚫👑!! @daprogressives.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Posting here since she hasn’t yet. Good recap below. More 💩 from corrupt Christian Nationalist Republicans who feel emboldened to “do whatever [they] want”. More calls & protests sure to come. We must keep up pressure. We can’t remain silent or bury our heads & hope that things will get better.
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rosa californica @baymama.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
We are fucking paying Bukele to hold these people. The idea that we couldn’t tell Bukele to spring them is ludicrous. The judge should hold everyone involved in contempt.
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Ann Slater 🍁 @annslater22.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This reminds me of the time when the cadre of conspiracy theory lunatics snuck into the oval office – Sidney Powell, Flynn, the Overstock CEO dude – to plot how to keep Trump in power after he lost in 2020. Now, these crazies are "advisors."
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Morning. ☕ Today, the Senate is voting to put someone who has spent years attacking voting rights, abortion rights and LGBTQ rights in charge of protecting all of those rights for millions of Americans. www.huffpost.com/entry/harmee...
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Anti-Voting Rights Extremist About To Be Put In Charge Of Protecting Voting Rights
Harmeet Dhillon, who has been President Donald Trump's legal advisor for years, has also harshly attacked LGBTQ rights and abortion rights.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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🏴S T R E P S I R R H I N I🏴 @strepsirrhini.bsky.social · 23/07/2024
By no means a complete list, you will see familiar names even on Wikipedia.
Private intelligence companies list from Wikipedia

Active
AEGIS (UK)
AggregateIQ (Canada)
Archimedes Group (Israel)
Black Cube (Israel & UK)
Booz Allen Hamilton (US)
Control Risks Group (UK)
Emerdata Limited (UK)
Fusion GPS (US)
Groupe GEOS (France)
Hakluyt & Company (UK)
Kroll Inc. (US)
NSO Group (Israel)
Oxford Analytica (UK)
Palantir Technologies (US)
Pinkerton National Detective Agency (US)
Smith Brandon International, Inc. (US)
Stratfor (US)
Inactive
Cambridge Analytica (UK)
Psy-Group (Israel)
SCL Group (UK)
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I responded: “Did you just call me a DEI hire?!??” And the ChatGPT erased my question, and its output. I asked it why it deleted its output, and why it deleted my question.
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 02/04/2025
In 2024, four women held four-star ranks in the military — the highest levels of the armed forces. Only 10 women have held the highest rank in their military branches in history. Now, there are none. Of the four women, two of them retired and two were ousted. bit.ly/4i1EWUO
Text reads: In 2024, four women held four-star ranks in the military.   Now, there are zero.
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