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Staying informed, thanks for contributing, sharing the wealth.
Read Heritage Foundation report on women, childbearing, and education. They want to prevent women from earning degrees and working because they have fewer children.
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the Mountain Goats
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while Iām being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his āIām alpha because I insulted youā thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say āwhat the fuck is wrong with you, old man?ā on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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States Newsroom
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State officials recently prioritized reducing wait times for calls into Louisianaās child abuse hotline, but achieving that resulted in hundreds of reports to its online portal going unhandled for days. via
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Hundreds of Louisiana child abuse reports filed online sat untouched for days
State officials recently prioritized reducing wait times for calls into Louisianaās child abuse hotline, but achieving that resulted in hundreds of reports to its online portal going unhandled forā¦
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/hundreds-louisiana-child-abuse-reports-filed-online-sat-untouched-days
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Tech Policy Press
about 4 hours ago
On Wednesday, the Trump administration circulated a six-page draft executive order titled āEliminating State Law Obstruction of National AI Policy.ā It would create an āAI Litigation Task Forceā led by the Attorney General to challenge state AI laws, among other provisions.
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White House Circulates Draft Executive Order Targeting State AI Laws | TechPolicy.Press
The draft order, titled "Eliminating State Law Obstruction of National AI Policy," followed a Truth Social post by President Donald Trump.
https://buff.ly/liRmTZG
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Josh Marshall
about 4 hours ago
deeply unfair. fake news. they're spending all their time buying up tariff refund contracts.
www.wired.com/story/cantor...
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Trumpās Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them
A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trumpās tariffs will be struck down in cou...
https://www.wired.com/story/cantor-fitzgerald-trump-tariff-refunds/
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Josh Marshall
about 16 hours ago
This is perfect. A Fox 52 episode podcast about the life of Jesus, apparently built on subterfuge, theft and lies. Many or most of the actors billed as participating had their voices repurposed from other work and didn't even know they were part of it.
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Kristen Bell, Malcolm McDowell, more had 'no knowledge' their voices would be used in Fox News Jesus podcast
Kristen Bell, Malcolm McDowell, and more stars had 'no knowledge' that their voices would be used in a Fox News podcast about Jesus until this week, as they recorded audio for a separate project 15 ye...
https://ew.com/celebrities-voice-performances-used-fox-news-jesus-podcast-without-knowledge-11854206
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Peter Sagal
about 18 hours ago
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
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Mission Local
about 16 hours ago
At least 20 women who were held in a SF jail say earlier this year deputies ordered women to strip down in front of each other while the deputies laughed and filmed them. The sheriff is looking into allegations; lawsuits could follow. via
@abineely.bsky.social
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Women in S.F. jail say they were forced to undress while deputies filmed them
Women being held in a San Francisco jail say deputies ordered them to strip while the deputies laughed and filmed them with body cameras.
https://missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-jail-sheriff-mass-strip-search/
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Ruth Zakarin
about 18 hours ago
Zohran Mamdani doesnāt make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe. Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isnāt really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
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Jen Bendery
about 15 hours ago
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) says someone showed up to her D.C. office today and made white supremacist threats. Capitol Police had to intervene. This was hours after Trump said Democrats in Congress should be executed. "When leaders promote hate, hate shows up."
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Dr. James H. Gundlach
about 18 hours ago
Here is another way of looking at state percent Southern Baptist and death rates, measured here as state total population life expectancy. š§Ŗš”ā ļø
#Sociology
#Population
#Think
#News
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rahaeli
about 15 hours ago
Via a friend: the recipient of the first successful neonatal heart transplant celebrated his 40th birthday a few days ago, still with the same donor heart transplanted into him when he was just days old:
news.llu.edu/patient-care...
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40 years of life: the miracle of āBaby Mosesā and the heart that changed medicine | News
First and longest-living infant-to-infant heart transplant recipient celebrates 40th birthday at reunion event.
https://news.llu.edu/patient-care/40-years-life-miracle-baby-moses-and-heart-changed-medicine
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MeidasTouch
about 16 hours ago
Meiselas: This guy's a con artist. He's a fraud. He's quite literally a criminal. A felon. He lies. He destroys people's lives. He's a rug puller. 'Look, $23 trillion! Dividend checks are right around the corner! I'm gonna make you so rich!' It is demented and it is manipulative and it is abusive.
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FinTwitter
about 17 hours ago
US LAYOFF NOTICES ARE SURGING AT A RECESSION PACE 39,006 AMERICANS GOT ADVANCE LAYOFF WARNINGS IN OCTOBER ā THE SECOND-HIGHEST SINCE THE 2020 CRISIS, UP 160% IN TWO MONTHS.
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Rachel Maddow
about 22 hours ago
In related news, the claim āthe Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillowsā is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of nightā¦ā
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CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.
The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/cdc-backpedals-vaccines-autism-earlier-assurances-rfk-jr-rcna244947
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FinTwitter
about 17 hours ago
SELLERS IN THE US HOUSING MARKET NOW OUTNUMBER BUYERS BY ABOUT 500,000 ā THE BIGGEST GAP ON RECORD, PER REDFIN.
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FinTwitter
about 17 hours ago
OVER 12% OF CREDIT CARD BALANCES ARE NOW 90+ DAYS DELINQUENT ā THE HIGHEST IN 14 YEARS ā WITH INTEREST RATES ABOVE 21%
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Mike Masnick
about 17 hours ago
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
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James
about 17 hours ago
We're never going to live down the accusations that we just invade countries to steal their oil
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Just Jack
about 19 hours ago
PSA: The President of the United States is a dangerous stochastic terrorist. š§µ1/6
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Wonder Woman Demands Justice šš
about 17 hours ago
Completely apropos of nothing: "Just obeying orders" does not work out when those orders are illegal. See also Nazi prosecutions after ww2.
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HuffPost
about 17 hours ago
Fifteen of the 19 hijackers in the 9/11 attacks were from Saudi Arabia.
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Jon Stewart Scorches Right-Wing Critics For Not Blasting Trump's Bromance With Saudi Prince
Fifteen of the 19 hijackers in the 9/11 attacks were from Saudi Arabia.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jon-stewart-trump-mohammed-bin-salman-meeting_n_691fa4fde4b071a086ba6112?utm_campaign=bluesky_feed
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Roger Parloff
about 17 hours ago
Weird bottom line from today's hearing in Abrego's civil case: There's no "order of removal" in Abrego's file. Govt says the order barring him from removal to El Salvador acts, "by operation of law," as a removal order. Judge Xinis wasn't buying it; may eventually grant release on that basis.
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Jen Bendery
about 17 hours ago
How could I not write this up
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Death Metal-Style Protest Erupts Outside Of Heritage Foundation
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-government-shutdown-elections-live-updates_n_69087d10e4b00afef15f855e/liveblog_691fa9c9e4b044849523a9ce
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Tim Onion
about 21 hours ago
Incredible headline.
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Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
https://www.404media.co/elon-musk-could-drink-piss-better-than-any-human-in-history-grok-says/
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy
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ProPublica
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NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins ā so that they could never speak of them again. With
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Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were āwashed away in the blood of reconciliation,ā they could never...
https://www.propublica.org/article/sexual-abuse-old-apostolic-lutheran-church-minnesota?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Aaron Rupar
about 17 hours ago
Slotkin: "This is a really bad week for Donald Trump on the Epstein files. He's been fighting this for a long time. He doesn't want to be talking about that."
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy
about 17 hours ago
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Measles outbreak in Arizona and Utah could spell the end for U.S. elimination status
With holiday travel and gatherings approaching, doctors worry that transmission could escalate further.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/measles-outbreak-arizona-utah-us-elimination-status-rcna244841
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Zach Everson
about 17 hours ago
āThe swastika signified the mission allotted to usāthe struggle for the victory of Aryan mankind and at the same time the triumph of the ideal of creative work which is in itself and always will be anti-Semitic.ā - Adolf Hitler, āMein Kampfā
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FinTwitter
about 17 hours ago
Market Cautious on Soybeans After Rally Slowed by China Demand Concerns
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Catherine Rampell
1 day ago
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
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The Washington Post
about 20 hours ago
The Trump administration is overhauling the widely anticipated annual U.S. reports on human rights around the world, adding a new focus on issues like individual liberty rather than the persecution of groups and minorities, according to U.S. officials.
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Trump administration to refocus global rights report on those āgiven by Godā
The new State Department global rights report guidelines offer an unapologetically U.S.-centric and religiously tinged view of human rights around the world.
https://wapo.st/44cqQMe
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Joseph Fasano
about 20 hours ago
for the humanity left in us š¤
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Senator Elissa Slotkin
1 day ago
Read the joint statement from myself, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Representatives Jason Crow (D-CO-06), Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-02), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-06):
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NPR
about 20 hours ago
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb on Thursday ruled that the use of troops in the nation's capital was unlawful.
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A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's troop deployment in D.C.
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb on Thursday ruled that the use of troops in the nation's capital was unlawful.
https://n.pr/47S9WVt
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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP
2 days ago
TLDR: Even mild infections are shit for yourš
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Covid-19 and cardiovascular disease in a total population-study of long-term effects, social factors and Covid-19-vaccination - Nature Communications
Covid-19 has been linked to cardiovascular complications, but the long-term impacts, particularly for mild infections, are not well understood. Here, the authors investigate the long-term impacts of C...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-66270-1
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Carolina Forward
about 21 hours ago
Dang - how bad was the Border Patrol invasion in North Carolina? None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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Anna Bower
about 20 hours ago
This is nuts. Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment. Now theyāre claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
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Mueller, She Wrote
about 20 hours ago
What is going on with republican men?
www.rawstory.com/cory-mills-2...
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'It was every night': New report exposes MAGA lawmaker's purported sex worker scandal
Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) on Thursday was hit with yet another report alleging reckless behavior, including hiring numerous sex workers.The House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday that it had opened a...
https://www.rawstory.com/cory-mills-2674315219/
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Marc Elias
about 20 hours ago
Officials are facing threats and intimidation for resisting Trumpās plan. The situation is particularly alarming in Indiana, where four Republican lawmakers have been targeted in so-called āswattingā incidents after voting against a partisan redistricting session.
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Those Who Resist Trumpās Gerrymander Bid Face Threats, Intimidation
Read more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/those-who-resist-trumps-gerrymander-bid-face-threats-intimidation/
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Radley Balko
1 day ago
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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emptywheel
about 20 hours ago
Help me out here. Is this as shitty lawyering as it looks? Judge: How could she have made prosecutorial decision in 3 days? Loaner AUSA: Well, if you order discovery we'll explain that. FWIW, I know what the answer would be and ... it would only serve to expose that Lindsey can't read a calendar.
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Polling USA
about 20 hours ago
Generic Ballot Polling Among Gen-Z šµ Democrats: 64% š“ Republicans: 30% Marist / Nov 13, 2025
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Polling USA
about 20 hours ago
Generic Ballot Polling Among White Voters: šµ Democrats: 50% š“ Republicans: 46% Marist / Nov 13, 2025
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Polling USA
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"The US is (X) as a nation because it has people from different races, religions and culture" Stronger: 84% Weaker: 15% Gallup / Aug 25, 2025
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Polling USA
about 20 hours ago
Generic Ballot Polling Among Hispanics: šµ Democrats: 59% š“ Republicans: 35% Marist / Nov 13, 2025
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Carl Quintanilla
about 20 hours ago
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Mohamed A. El-Erian
about 20 hours ago
From the Bloomberg article on how āOracle Corp., the once stodgy database giant thatās borrowed tens of billions and tethered its fortunes to the artificial intelligence boom, is quickly emerging as the credit marketās barometer for AI riskā and ⦠1 of 2.
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Chris Murphy
1 day ago
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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