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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 16h

"...detainees denied insulin, left without medical attention for days and forced to compete for clean water..."

Senate report details dozens of cases of medical neglect in federal immigration detention centers
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Senate report details dozens of cases of medical neglect in federal immigration detention centers

A U.S. Senate investigation has uncovered numerous credible reports of medical neglect and poor conditions in immigration detention centers across the country.

apnews.com

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 15h

Every day, Mike Johnson blatantly lies right to the faces of the Capitol Hill press.

And every day they just take it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

Adelita Grijalva now holds the record for longest delay between winng a special Congressional election and being sworn into office.

Why the delay from Mike Johnson?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10h

Hey folks, an update on the battle to bring down prices!

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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 11h

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 1d

Abigail Spanberger has an impressive plan for making Virginia America's Top Place for Business, Growing Virginia's Workforce and Strengthening Virginia's Schools. Attracting investment, helping workers and fighting for families. It's a win-win-win.

Elect Abigail Spanberger
Governor of Virginia

Graphic supporting Abigail Spanberger for Governor of Virginia. Election Nov. 4, 2025.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1d

Letter to the Editor:

It’s the People’s House, yet the people were caught completely off guard finding a pile of rubble where the East Wing once stood. This is truly symbolic to our country’s current state.

Letters: The demolition of the East Wing is an assault on the People’s House

We the people run this country, and yet we’ve been left in the dark during its governance for the past 10 months.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 8h

My last Halloween as a Controller.

Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 10h

More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 7h

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Yikes…

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Nancy Pelosi @pelosi.house.gov · 14h

House Republicans have been missing for a month while public servants work without pay, health care premiums surge and working families suffer.

It’s time for them to come back to Washington and do the job they were elected to do.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

Missouri became the first state in the country to tax income but not capital gains…

thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025...

Missouri gives ‘one of the biggest millionaire tax cuts’ this year, report says

This year, Missouri became the first state in the country to tax income but not capital gains. That could present a challenge as the state prepares to face a budget shortfall.

thebeaconnews.org

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Kym Camryn @kymcamryn.bsky.social · 1d

These are the millionaires who don’t give one fuck if your child starves to death. Put their names on every street corner! Yell it from the rooftops! Make them known 😡

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Hannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social · 1d

In a new Gallup poll in the US, 12.4% of adults said that they'd taken GLP-1 drugs for weight loss.

15% in women, and 9% in men.

I'd have guessed half as much, but I guess I'm a year behind the times.

news.gallup.com/poll/696599/...

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

I’m thankful to the San Jose city council for approving this contract for Caltrans to pay the city to help address encampments on state rights-of-way in the city.

With both state and local leaders rolling up our sleeves, we can make sure no Californian is left behind.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1d

The largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more.

That’s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.

It looks a lot more like preparation for war.

Congress needs to get involved before it’s too late.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.

Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.

Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.

Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Vladeck: Even if you accept the predicate that these drug cartels are foreign terrorist organizations, that still doesn’t get you anywhere close to legal authority to use military force. They’re trying to blur and sort of collapse the distinction between two regimes we have…

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge

King’s brother will surrender lease and become known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Buckingham Palace says

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 2d

DAILY MEMO: Agents Ziptie Minor and Tear Gas Oxnard Residents While Searching for ‘Anti-Ice’ Protester From Camarillo Raid

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 1d

Powerful and moving interview with Virginia Giuffre's brother Sky and sister-in-law Amanda:

"He's just Andrew. He's no longer a prince... This normal girl, from a normal family, has taken down a prince. We are so proud of her."

"She was extraordinary. She did the extraordinary."

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