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Senator Patty Murray
4 days ago
2025 RECAP: Trump is the most corrupt President in American history. Each and every day this year, he’s abused his power to line his own pockets & help his billionaire friends. Trump has created a government run by the crooks, for the crooks.
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Jeff Lazarus
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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
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ProPublica
21 days ago
“It is all lunacy. Absolutely, it’s 100% nonsense,” said Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society about the claims made in Kory's book that chlorine dioxide is a miracle treatment for a wide range of ailments. By
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Senator Endorses Discredited Doctor’s Book on a Chemical He Claims Treats Everything From Autism to Cancer
Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It i...
https://www.propublica.org/article/ron-johnson-wisconsin-chlorine-dioxide-pierre-kory-endorsement?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1765637102&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Joseph Santoro
21 days ago
Trump turns the White House into a stalled construction pit
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Aaron Rupar
23 days ago
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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Robert Reich
23 days ago
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Lila Byock
29 days ago
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
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Jeremy Hsu
28 days ago
Ah yes, a national parks holiday to commemorate the president who drove out 24% of the National Park Service staff and is proposing a $1.2 billion cut to the agency's budget, exposing both visitors and public lands to greater risk.
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Brendan Nyhan
about 1 month ago
Utterly lawless
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mintymood.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
WA needs to stop paying the taxes that fuel this insanity! If we need to fend for ourselves, then keep the money in the state! Money is the only leverage that gets the attention of those in power
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Experts Say Blue States Can Stop Paying Federal Taxes. There’s Precedent
If we could use nullification for people to get high, why can’t we use it to protect human rights and stop fascism?
https://medium.com/@carmitage/experts-say-blue-states-can-stop-paying-federal-taxes-theres-precedent-9cda0ce41215
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Mark Joseph Stern
about 1 month ago
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself.
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Mark Joseph Stern
about 1 month ago
Ellis repeatedly accuses multiple CBP and ICE officials of lying (under oath) and says their "widespread misrepresentations call into question everything" they "say they are doing in their characterization of what is happening." She broadly discredits their testimony as objectively false.
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Senator Patty Murray
about 1 month ago
There is no universe where it is acceptable for a United States ally to detain an AMERICAN CITIZEN under these god awful conditions. This is not "America First" in any way. The Trump administration needs to take action immediately to bring this teenager home.
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An Israeli military court extends detention of U.S. teen charged with stone-throwing
A Israeli military court has extended the prison detention of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly throwing rocks in the West Bank. U.S. lawmakers have urge...
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/08/nx-s1-5594827/israeli-military-court-florida-teen-mohammed-ibrahim
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George Takei
about 2 months ago
This is America today. It doesn’t have to be this way.
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The Onion
about 2 months ago
VA To Improve Veterans’ Health Care With New $500 Million Waiting Room
https://theonion.com/va-to-improve-veterans-health-care-with-new-500-milli-1819576535/
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
about 2 months ago
Democrats are so amateurish and naive to act on a promise of behavior in the future by people who shamelessly lie about their behavior in the past every single day.
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Melanie D’Arrigo
3 months ago
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦
2 months ago
“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….” 🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼
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Judd Legum
2 months ago
1. Last week, there were 3 Trump corruption scandals in 4 days that would define any other presidency. Most people are probably not even AWARE of all three scandals. 🧵
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3 Scandals in 4 Days That Would Define Any Other Presidency
During the second Trump administration, corruption scandals that would typically define a presidency receive a day or two of coverage.
https://popular.info/p/3-scandals-in-4-days-that-would-define
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Jeremy Hsu
2 months ago
NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti. The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
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Mark Joseph Stern
2 months ago
Trump Judge Ryan Nelson wants to end all judicial review over the president’s deployment of the National Guard into Democratic cities to suppress dissent. Why that’s (a) howlingly wrong on the law and (b) astoundingly dangerous on the ground:
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Danielle Pettit-Majewski, MPH
2 months ago
There are so many things to be upset about, but this visual is absolutely galling.
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Mohave County Indivisible
3 months ago
The Cowardly Lion, Tin Man, & Scarecrow met the PDX Frog at No Kings today!! 🎖️❤️🌾🐸
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RIP chuck. If masked thugs can’t have compassion for humans, why would they have compassion for pets.
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DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb
3 months ago
Long before becoming the District of Columbia, these lands were home to indigenous peoples. Native American artifacts have been found all over DC, including Rock Creek Park, Anacostia, the Arboretum, Van Ness, the Palisades, Capitol Hill, and even the White House.
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Rep. Adam Smith
3 months ago
In past shutdowns, Congress has been in session and voting. This time, Speaker Johnson has closed the House floor and stopped all negotiations. We should be negotiating right now.
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ProPublica
3 months ago
Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641. As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570. (Published July with
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1759974000&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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one dozen rats in a pear tree
3 months ago
Not that anything matters anymore but for the record this is more radically anti-Christian than any amount of gay marriages or trans kids playing volleyball. I don't think you can make a more direct assault on the ethos of Christ in two sentences than this.
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Jonathan Haidt
3 months ago
What happens when we give kids a smartphone — we ask the impossible. A wonderful PSA by Smartphone-Free Childhood US.
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The 51st
3 months ago
Invasive vines can be deadly for forests. But this past year, scrappy groups of
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volunteers have helped save nearly 1,000 trees across green spaces in Southeast and Northeast D.C. alone,
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How volunteers are fighting the vines strangling D.C.'s trees
How local residents are restoring D.C.’s green spaces — and combating the effects of climate change.
https://51st.news/invasive-vines-dc-climate-change-volunteering/
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WeRateDogs
3 months ago
Here are my top 10 fall dogs!
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Judd Legum
3 months ago
“In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration”
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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568
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Aaron Rupar
4 months ago
Ro Khanna: "They're making comedy illegal. Brendan Carr pressured ABC to cancel Jimmy Kimmel, and Disney cancels Jimmy Kimmel. This canceling from an administration that lectured us about cancel culture. That's why today I'm introducing a motion to subpoena Brendan Carr."
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Chris Murphy
4 months ago
Tune in as we introduce the No Political Enemies Act. We aren't going to lie down as Trump tries to destroy free speech in this country.
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LIVE: Murphy, Schumer, Crow Announce The No Political Enemies Act
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
https://www.youtube.com/live/8rQFMzIjusI?si=UMUc4FS1q11jsO0n
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Slate
4 months ago
Charlie Kirk was like no one else in Trump world. Now comes the aftermath.
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Charlie Kirk Was a Singularly Revered Figure in Trump World. It’s Clear What His Death Will Bring.
Kirk sweetalked octogenarian donors and 19-year-old groypers alike. He was killed in his element.
https://slate.trib.al/EIB8ODM
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endeavorance 🕊️
4 months ago
Guy whose literal job is to tour the country convincing young men to adhere to fascistic, aggressively patriarchical societal ideals and who flaunted school shootings as a necessary evil gets shot Antifascists: lol Morons, seeing that "lol": WOW, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM
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Ezra Klein
4 months ago
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
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Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/opinion/trump-senate-democrats-shutdown.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kE8.vOxf.3eSd_NoRMR1C&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Ohhh this is awesome thank you!
@washingtonian.com
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ProPublica
4 months ago
Do you work at the Office of Management and Budget? Do you know someone who does? Are you a current or former federal worker with information that you can share about Russell Vought? If the answer to any of these is "yes," please contact
@andykroll.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/tips/
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Christopher Webb
4 months ago
Headline: Trump mobilizing National Guard in 19 states My mood: They didn’t start off wearing red robes…
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ProPublica
4 months ago
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
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Washingtonian Problems
5 months ago
According to a post on Reddit, a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle t-boned a car in Capitol Hill this morning. Firefighters reportedly used the jaws of life to free the driver, who DC Fire & EMS said sustained only minor injuries.
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Mark Joseph Stern
5 months ago
Senate Democrats who are angry about Trump's dictatorial takeover of D.C. law enforcement can flex their opposition by voting AGAINST three pending Senate bills that would repeal laws enacted by D.C.'s elected representatives.
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Joanne Belknap
5 months ago
#Texas
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How did we get all this gerrymandering? A short history of the Republican redistricting scheme
A plan to redistrict states to benefit Republicans was conceived of 15 years ago. It’s been an enormous success
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/09/gerrymandering-republican-redistricting?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid
5 months ago
🚨ALERT🚨 A group of about 10 Secret Service, ICE HSI, and DHS police have been spotted across various locations around Adams Morgan, the Columbia Heights metro, the triangle park at Harvard and 16th St NW in Mount Pleasant, and at the Ft. Totten metro between 8 and 9 PM today (8/8). 1/
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Raider
5 months ago
Guy Confronts ICE ✊🏽
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Acyn
5 months ago
Jessica: I also heard no complaints when Mike Johnson decided to abdicate his job to say actually congress isn't in session anymore because I don't want to have to vote on turning over the Epstein files…. so be equal opportunity in your complaints about fleeing your job
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ProPublica
5 months ago
With IRS commissioner Billy Long saying the Direct File program is "gone," revisit our 2019 story about how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:
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Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=8-5
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ProPublica
5 months ago
The continents are rapidly drying out and the earth’s vast freshwater resources are under threat, according to a recently released study based on 20+ years of NASA satellite data. Here are the report’s key findings and what they portend for humankind.
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8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater
Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.
https://www.propublica.org/article/groundwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=8-2
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do you all recommend patrons focusing on physical copies?
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