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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Renewables are expected to overtake coal as the largest global source of electricity by next year despite the pullback of the U.S.

“No one can stop the energy transition,” said the director general of the International Renewable Energy Agency.

The real winners of Trump’s attack on clean energy aren’t American

U.S. politics are undercutting clean energy at the same time economics are propelling it forward globally. Can the U.S. afford to sit this out?

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NPR @npr.org · 21h

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers. n.pr/4obhR5w

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Clients of a Trump-connected lobbying firm keep landing no-bid ICE contracts

Ballard Partners is helping companies cash in on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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Last Mile @artifex24.bsky.social · 21h

“Why are we doing this? In the case of departed celebrities, the answer seems to be the basic Jurassic Park rationale, i.e., “Because we can,” followed by, “Whoops, the velociraptors have breached the kitchen.”

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Column | I used an AI tool to resurrect my grandmother, and it was awful

Disturbed by the AI trend of resurrecting dead celebrities like George Carlin and Tupac, Monica Hesse tried a new AI tool to animate dead loved ones.

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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 1d

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Last Mile @artifex24.bsky.social · 23h

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-10...

October 10, 2025

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.

The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.

By @fastlerner.bsky.social

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 10d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Last Mile @artifex24.bsky.social · 1d

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Religious leaders denied request to deliver communion to detainees at Broadview facility

Hundreds of people joined a delegation of Catholic priests and nuns marching to the Broadview detention site to hold communion, but they were turned away with no reason given. A total of 15 protesters...

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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 1d

Unqualified fascist goons who just aren’t getting the usual arousal from beating their wives senseless are being paid with our hard earned dollars to terrorize communities, disappear people, zip-tie children, & obliterate due process.

They should be shamed everywhere they go.

#AbolishICE #ICEstapo

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

Find a rally. Show up.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 2d

Next Saturday's anti-Trump 'No Kings' protest is expected to be the largest single demonstration in U.S. history.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Saturday, October 18. Everywhere. Find your local event at nokings.org.

#NoKings

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

THESE PEOPLE ARE RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES FROM ANTIFA, GOVERNOR

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!

I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 2d

Rep. Jason Crow is a former Army Ranger who served three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the 82nd Airborne Division and the elite 75th Ranger Regiment.

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 1d

I was in Chicago.
There is no violence except by ICE & Border patrol.
People are just going about their business of living.
Trumps’ bullshit about Chicago is pure fiction.
Stay strong Chicago. You have a lovely city & we plan on returning!
#ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks

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A.J. @andynear70.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to incite retaliation.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

Over 50,000 people are running today in “war torn” Chicago for the city’s marathon.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Gov. Pritzker on Adelita Grijalva: "Mike Johnson won't swear her in. Why is that? … She'll be the 218th signature forcing a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files."

"Trump and Mike Johnson are working awfully damn hard to keep a sexual predator's files from being released. Makes you wonder why."

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Last Mile @artifex24.bsky.social · 1d

Dear media. Flood Portland with reporters in tell us exactly what’s going on, good and bad. And spread the news widely that there is no insurrection. Are there bad actors? who are they? Tell us the news and debunk this insurrection bullshit.

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Last Mile @artifex24.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

There. Is. No. Insurrection.

Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says

Vice-president calls crime ‘out of control’ in US cities as Trump faces legal battles for use of federal forces

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

STEPHANOPOULOS: ProPublica reported that several members of the Trump administation have similar questions about their mortgages

VANCE: ProPublica is basically a left-wing blog

S: Do you dispute the facts they reported?

VANCE: I haven't read it. I have no idea. I certainly question the source

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

We are an independent, nonprofit newsroom with more than 150 dedicated journalists.

For those who want to read the facts of our reporting — and the documents on which it is based — here’s the full story:

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

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