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Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 15h

Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Read our cover story from 2024 about the Karankawa, the people who inhabited the coastal plains and barrier islands of Texas: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/karankawa-people-today/

The Karankawa Want You to Know They’re Not Extinct

Emerging from a long history of oppression, slanderous folklore, and rumors of their demise, the Gulf Coast people are finding a place for themselves in the twenty-first century.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 2d

The Texas Republican Party’s governing body on Saturday backed down from its threat to bar nearly a half dozen lawmakers from next year’s GOP primary ballot, ending an intraparty stalemate that would have led the organization into a costly legal battle.

Texas GOP abandons effort to kick 10 Republican lawmakers off primary ballot

The decision by the group's governing board ends an intraparty stalemate that would have led the organization into a costly legal battle.

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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 2d

RIP

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

Breaking news: Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton has died at age 79.

Keaton may be best known for her 1977 starring role in the rom-com classic “Annie Hall,” directed by and costarring Woody Allen. She won her first Academy Award for the performance. https://wapo.st/4nIx6D7

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7d

The Supreme Court has rejected Laura Loomer's bid to sue social media for banning her.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7d

NEW: Illinois's lawsuit against the Trump admin to block the deployment of the Texas National Guard there has been assigned to Judge April Perry, a Biden appointee.

CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable April M. Perry. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Jeffrey T. Gilbert. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 2). (khg, )

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 10d

BREAKING: Hamas agrees to release all Israeli hostages and negotiate through mediators, in response to President Trump's peace proposal.

Hamas says it agrees to release all Israeli hostages, part of Trump's Gaza peace plan

The plan was unveiled by the president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on Monday following talks that excluded the militant group.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11d

On the holiest day of the year for Jews, two people were killed outside a synagogue in England. Will Gottsegen on the rising rate of anti-Semitic incidents in the United Kingdom:

A Terrible Attack in Manchester

On the holiest day of the year for Jews, two people were killed outside a synagogue in the United Kingdom.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11d

BREAKING: Former Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris pleads guilty to sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s and will serve 6 months in prison.

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child

Under a negotiated plea agreement, he was given a ten year sentence, but he will only serve six months in county jail.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11d

Breaking news: The Trump administration has approved a new generic version of the mifepristone abortion pill, a decision made quietly by the Food and Drug Administration this week that is now prompting uproar among antiabortion leaders.

Trump administration approval of new abortion drug infuriates the right

The FDA has little latitude to reject generic versions of approved drugs, but that hasn’t stopped an outrcry from abortion opponents.

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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 12d

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 12d

Jane Goodall, Revered Chimpanzee Expert and Conservationist, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12d

On Tuesday, Humberto and Imelda were separated by less than 500 miles — almost a record for being the two closest hurricanes. This unusual proximity meant that the storms’ circulations became intertwined.

Soon, the circulations will merge. https://wapo.st/4o2DHIz

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 15d

An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15d

Moldova 🇲🇩 👍

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 15d

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Michigan Mormon church shooting latest: Suspect identified as former US marine Thomas Jacob Sanford

Police believe attacker ‘deliberately’ set fire to Church of Latter Day Saints in Grand Blanc Township
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Michigan church shooting latest: Suspect identified as former US marine

Police believe attacker ‘deliberately’ set fire to Church of Latter Day Saints in Grand Blanc Township

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Steve 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧 @wohyeahwohyeah.bsky.social · 17d

Timeline cleanser 🐈

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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 15d

Those spiders are kind of creepy 😬

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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 15d

Horrible

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15d

A shooting at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on Sunday morning left “multiple” people injured, the police said, adding that the church was on fire as the authorities responded.

Injuries Reported in Shooting at Mormon Church in Michigan

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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 18d

😊 And I got a clean bill of health for another 6 mos!

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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 19d

Great news! I'm in fact going to the dermatologist today for my 6-mo check

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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 19d

2 detainees killed at Dallas ICE facility, 1 shooter found dead as police search for possible sniper, sources say - @wfaach8.bsky.social www.wfaa.com/article/news...