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pam1114.bsky.social @pam1114.bsky.social · 4d

Republicans CAN'T win unless they cheat!
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 4d

That gives me a glimmer of hope!

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 4d

This Texan is praying those 3 judges make the right decision -- leave the maps as they are for now.

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4d

NEW: A panel of three federal judges will soon decide whether to block Texas from using its new congressional map in the 2026 election, after a contentious nine-day hearing concluded Friday.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘We Could Not Have Clearer Facts’: Minority Advocates Say Racial Motive Is Evident As Texas Redistricting Hearing Wraps Up

Read more here.

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 4d

#MedicareForAll

@sanders.senate.gov

ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

(Published April)

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

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NPR @npr.org · 4d

After months of layoffs and funding cuts by the Trump administration, the government shutdown has given some federal employees hope that their voices are finally being heard.

Shut down but not silenced: Federal workers find their voice

After months of layoffs and funding cuts by the Trump administration, the government shutdown has given some federal employees hope that their voices are finally being heard.

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 4d

Texans -- vote Cornyn out!

Support @jamestalarico.bsky.social for Senator!

ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rob Wittman, R-Va., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, all voted for cuts to the CFPB.

Yet collectively, they routed more than 1,000 constituent complaints to the agency, ProPublica found.

(Published August)
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social

These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.

Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, lo...

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Craig Schisel @craig725.bsky.social · 4d

Trump takes corruption to a new level—pocketing a $400M jet from Qatar, planning a $5.5B Trump-branded resort in Doha, and greenlighting a Qatari airbase in Idaho in return.

Peter Thiel and Musk have also taken large sums from Qatar.

Clearly, money matters more than this country.

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 6d

#NoKings

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 6d

Trump threatened to sue bc the city is considering waiving some fees.

Please donate if you can. Even if all city fees are waived, we expect 20,000+ that we want to keep safe, be heard, protect from heat!

www.handsoffcentraltx.org/donate

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 6d

Unacceptable

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6d

Masked agents snatching people at work, church, their child’s daycare. A return of family separations. States are lining up to run their own detention centers.

Anti-immigrant animus is now being paired with unprecedented funding, manpower, and technology.

We report from inside the American gulag.

American Gulag

The brutal rollout of Trump's police state.

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 6d

Does he have a particular liar or liars in mind?

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 6d

Some good news for a change

NPR @npr.org · 6d

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 6d

Thank heaven for this man!

LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 6d

YES! And pls DONATE if you can -- we expect 20K or more in Austin, TX -- need $ for PA systems, water, port-a-potties, etc
www.handsoffcentraltx.org/donate

Donate — Hands Off Central TX

www.handsoffcentraltx.org

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 7d

How do we reach you?

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 12d

Good

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 12d

Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia suggested in a letter to the U.S. Office of the Special Counsel that the Trump administration has made “apparent violations of the Hatch Act, and illegal use of government resources to promote a false, partisan Republican political agenda.” https://to.pbs.org/46QktyC

House Oversight Democrats call for investigation into Trump administration’s shutdown messages

Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, suggested in a letter to the U.S. Office of the Special Counsel that the Trump administration has made “apparent violations of th...

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 13d

Journalist @leighkunkel.bsky.social was left with a bloody nose after federal officers shot her in the face and the back of the head while she was reporting on protests at an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview on Sept. 26.

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Quote card from journalist Leigh Kunkel that reads:

“It’s hard to describe how strange it was and how clearly eager they were to enact violence on everybody there.”

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 13d

The Trump-Epstein statue is back up: 'Like a toppled Confederate general'

A statue of President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein has been reinstalled in the National Mall after being taken down by the National Park Service a little over a week ago.

www.latimes.com

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 12d

Take note, America

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 13d

Protesters have taken to the streets in Paris and over 200 other locations across France to denounce spending cuts and demand higher taxes on the wealthy.

Eiffel Tower closed as nationwide strikes held across France against austerity

Protesters have taken to the streets in Paris and over 200 other locations across France to denounce spending cuts and demand higher taxes on the wealthy.

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 12d

Smells like retribution

NPR @npr.org · 13d

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said the funding was for projects in 16 states, all of which voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Energy Department canceled billions in funding. Democrats say it's retribution

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said the funding was for projects in 16 states, all of which voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 13d

Journalist Mario Guevara is being deported because the American government punishes reporters to protect its own power.

We should all be outraged.

freedom.press/issues/mario...

Quote card from FPF Advocacy Director Seth Stern

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LucyATX @lucyfro.bsky.social · 12d

Unconstitutional

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 13d

ICYMI: Trump announced the deployment of at least 200 military troops to Portland, Oregon, claiming he is defending the country against “domestic terrorists.”
The president said he is “authorizing Full Force” in the “War ravaged” blue city.

Trump Orders Troops to Portland, Authorizes ‘Full Force if Necessary'