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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h

This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.

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Mary Watson @mary48.bsky.social · 3h

Live updates: Social Security cost-of-living increase announcement delayed by government shutdown

The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for tens of millions of beneficiaries.

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Mary Watson @mary48.bsky.social · 4h

Trump administration revokes 6 visas over comments about Charlie Kirk

The State Department said Tuesday it has revoked six people's visas for making incendiary social media comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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Mary Watson @mary48.bsky.social · 4h

The Kansas GOP said the Kansas Young Republicans organization is inactive as of Tuesday after leaked messages showed the group’s leaders making racist and anti-semitic remarks.

Kansas Young Republicans group now inactive after racist chat messages get exposed

Kansas GOP leaders have condemned offensive messages sent in a national Young Republicans group chat. They said the group is now inactive

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 5h

IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO ANYTHING TODAY it should be the supreme court. they're hearing a case today that will decide if they *gut the federal law that blocks racial discrimination in voting.* i know that doesn't sound like real life but it is.

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Mary Watson @mary48.bsky.social · 5h

A Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act could help GOP

A Supreme Court ruling on voting rights could boost Republicans' redistricting efforts

A Supreme Court case over Louisiana's congressional map could determine the future of Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination and allow Republicans to draw 19 more House seats.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire with slow release of dead hostages, AP sources say.

Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine if a woman president went off about every picture of herself she didn’t like. “Hysterical.” “Emotional.” “PMSing.” “Petty bitch.”

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Mary Watson @mary48.bsky.social · 1d

NPR's veteran Pentagon reporter warns new media policy stifles journalism

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has previously said...that government shutdowns are on the president and all you need to do is get everyone in a room and have a serious conversation. And they're refusing to do that. They are holding people's healthcare hostage."

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 3d

This is Trump's America

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

“They sponsor this? Fuck them. No, really. Fuck them—I mean it. And you can quote me on that.”

At fairgrounds full of young men, the government sets up shop to hire immigration agents.

How the Border Patrol uses rodeos to recruit

At fairgrounds full of young men, the government sets up shop to hire immigration agents.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3d

Trump’s fraud stunt with the tariffs on China, cost the US economy $1.65 trillion, which was wiped out in seconds.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 3d

Health officials and experts warn the layoffs leave the US dangerously unprepared to handle disease outbreaks.

Trump Administration Carries Out Mass Layoffs at CDC, Decimating the Agency

Health officials and experts warn the layoffs leave the US dangerously unprepared to handle disease outbreaks.

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Keys for Liberty @demskeys.bsky.social · 3d

Children's Health Defense is known for producing and promoting anti-vaccine content.

Anti-vaccine groups disproportionately target Latino communities on platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and especially WhatsApp.

Their efforts are jeopardizing all our children.

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Mary Watson @mary48.bsky.social · 3d

A decision isn't expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision isn't expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

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Mary Watson @mary48.bsky.social · 3d

Trump cuts jobs at nation's mental health agency and some jobs at CDC

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6d

How much does Fox News pay if you go on one of their shows and claim to be a "Former ANTIFA Member"?

Because I'm ready to spill tea on the Real-Housewives-level shenanigans that go down in the 72-story ANTIFA corporate headquarters. Especially by the lab assistants on the Molotov Cocktail floor.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 5d

"After a few moments of laughter..."

The No Kings organizers with a fun, tidy response to Mike Johnson's shenanigans.

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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 5d

Marjorie Taylor Greene all of a sudden cares about the Affordable Care Act but not because she’s worried about her constituents it’s because her family members are going to be affected not getting tax subsidies. 🔄

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Lisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social · 5d

40 Republican former officials slammed Dump’s actions. “No president should order the investigation or prosecution of specific individuals against whom he bears personal grievance when advised by DOJ that the facts and the law do not support such a case.”

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Trump Hit With Humiliating Attack From Republicans Over His ‘Abuses of Power’

Almost 40 people signed a statement accusing the president of threatening the safety and rights of every American.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 5d

This spring, scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency completed a report on the toxicity of a “forever chemical” called PFNA, which is in the drinking water systems serving some 26 million people. It still has not been released.

Why Hasn’t Trump’s EPA Released the Toxicity Report on This “Forever Chemical”?

PFNA is in the drinking water systems of 26 million people and could cause developmental, liver, and reproductive harms.

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Mary Watson @mary48.bsky.social · 5d

Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idaho

The move is a sign of increasingly close ties between the U.S. and Qatar.

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Mary Watson @mary48.bsky.social · 5d

Deadly blast rips through military explosives facility in Tennessee

Officials say there was an explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems, a military explosives plant, and there are some confirmed deaths.

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