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Lisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social · 6h

Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks rank with MAGA on key issues, confusing critics and supporters, and she’s pissing Trump off. 😂

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Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks rank with MAGA on key issues, confusing critics and supporters

Did MTG have a political awakening, or is she just rebranding?

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It’s “Mrs. Powers” during my day job @mrspowersdayjob.bsky.social · 6h

My principal digging out the storm drain in the school parking lot is not technically the reason we’re kicking off the school fundraiser today… but here’s the link to donate: givebutter.com/walkerwolf

😂😂😂

She saved the day because this is where the parents drive to drop off and pick up their kids.

A wonderful elementary school principal digging out debris in a drain in a parking lot. She’s wearing rain boots standing at the edge of an enormous puddle, and her umbrella is set on the ground behind her. She’s smiling, of course. Good natured people are generally the ones who roll up their sleeves to save the day.

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Phoebe Lostroh @profphoebe.bsky.social · 6h

🧪terrible news

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 13h

“I was afraid to go over there,” he said. “I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back. ... These are Americans who know what freedom is — we’re being invaded by strangers.”

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Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses say they didn't get any warning Sunday afterno...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 13h

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

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Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

columbia missouri musicians rally at city hall against ICE arrest of friend and colleague from local music scene

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Musical rally held at city hall for Columbia man detained by ICE

YouTube video by KMIZ ABC 17 News

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 8h

OPINION: "Today, as I approach 40, I watch children as young as kindergartners practice active-shooter drills, ducking under desks, freezing in dark corners, pretending this horror is part of their regular school day," Duvalier Malone writes.

Opinion | As Kids Die at School, We Need an Emmett Till Moment

Dr. Duvalier Malone writes about the normalization of school shootings and how immediate action must be taken to stop them.

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Larry Lynam @scopedbylarry.bsky.social · 7h

In both of my HOAs I went onto the board for self-defense and stayed on to try and keep the insane control freaks contained. It was exhausting.

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Larry Lynam @scopedbylarry.bsky.social · 10h

19 years on a Dallas HOA and 23 years in a Florida HOA serving on the board of both - I swear I will never live on another one ever again.

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Larry Lynam @scopedbylarry.bsky.social · 12h

But rescue and relocation to the wash behind our house was successful. That why I buy tops for those 5 gallon buckets. 😊

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Larry Lynam @scopedbylarry.bsky.social · 12h

It was quite the fiasco. It took me thirty minutes using my pool pole and net and a plastic rake to corral him into a bucket. He didn’t get aggressive but he was nearly 4ft long. Biggest obstacle was my partner yelling at me to be careful, I’m not being safe and just kill it. He is terrified of them

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Larry Lynam @scopedbylarry.bsky.social · 12h

Finally, we have squeezed out 1” of rain for this 4 day rain event. The only good part about the slow rate of rain at the house is I have been able to get some agave outsets into the ground. 🌱

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🎃nisillos @onisillos.bsky.social · 15h

A good listen if non-scientists want to be immunised against the influence of liars

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Must-see TVs

Podcast Episode · This Week in Virology · 12/10/2025 · 1h 50m

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Larry Lynam @scopedbylarry.bsky.social · 14h

Christ. How did this turn into such a ridiculous Trump rally. These people make me want to vomit.

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Larry Lynam @scopedbylarry.bsky.social · 15h

Well, at least we got an awesome rainbow yesterday afternoon.

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Larry Lynam @scopedbylarry.bsky.social · 15h

I happily supply the cadavers to the sausage maker. I have room in my freezer for their tasty sausage.

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Larry Lynam @scopedbylarry.bsky.social · 15h

The wildlife is such a challenge. I have been chasing a packrat for weeks. Then had a huge rattlesnake in the garage. I relocated the rattlesnake, upped the Packrat war with snap traps and sadly there was collateral damage. I snapped the rattlesnake (victory) but sadly for a rattlesnake. (Sad)

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Larry Lynam @scopedbylarry.bsky.social · 16h

Hi Tucson, the Pima County Master Gardener plant sale is this Saturday. Great opportunity to pick up some Arizona propagated desert and desert adapted plants.

I’m leading the plant “transport team”. Stop and say hello to me when you are there.

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Larry Lynam @scopedbylarry.bsky.social · 17h

Just when you let your guard down the motherfucking javelinas strike. It didn’t take 5 mins to clean up the garbage, but the bastards had to destroy an $80 cactus on the front porch. I want them all turned into sausage.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

“Public health isn’t a luxury — it’s a core function of government,” said former Health and Human Services secretary Xavier Becerra. “This hollowing out of expertise could leave us dangerously exposed.”

From our August story:

Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies

More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...

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Larry Lynam @scopedbylarry.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t disagree

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Brad Batt for TN State Sanity ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾 @bradbatt.bsky.social · 1d

when people talk about mediocre white men failing up, this is what they mean

Screenshot of a WJHL News Channel 11 Facebook post dated October 8 at 8:41 p.m. The post reads: “Florida state Rep. Kevin Steele (R) filed a bill Tuesday that threatens state funding to public universities and colleges if they do not rename specific roads after slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.” Below the text is a photo of a man in a navy suit, white shirt, and red tie speaking on stage at a podium. The WJHL.com headline below the image says: “Florida Republican unveils bill threatening state funding if colleges don’t rename roads after Charlie Kirk.”

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Lisa Gerrish 💙 @gerrishlisa.bsky.social · 1d

Gallup's historical data indicates that Trump's September approval ratings during both his first and current terms — as the 45th and 47th U.S. president remain lower than those of any other modern president at the same stage of their tenure.

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Trump's Approval Rating Down Amid Government Shutdown and National Guard Action

In the wake of the ongoing government shutdown entering its third week, recent polls indicate a decline in President Donald Trump‘s approval ratings. The continuous government shutdown and the deploym...

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50501az.bsky.social @50501az.bsky.social · 1d

Well, we finally found the culprits.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

“They obviously have Chinese investors,” major SpaceX investor Iqbaljit Kahlon said in newly unsealed testimony, adding that some are “directly on the cap table,” referring to the company’s capitalization table, which lists its shareholders.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies

The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...

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