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Pope Leo Urges U.S. Bishops to Support Immigrants

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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 7h

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Mike Johnson Is Becoming the New Liberal Bogeyman

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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 7h

Mike Johnson Is Becoming the New Liberal Bogeyman
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The low-key House speaker’s success and defiance are turning him into a prime political target.

Live Updates: N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James Indicted After Trump’s Pressure Campaign

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 7h

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

The Good Fences Trump’s Destroying

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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 11h

The Good Fences Trump’s Destroying
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Plus: Can a president bombing boats in the Caribbean—boats a fellow world leader says had random citizens aboard—really win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Late-Stage Capitalism and Late-Stage Democracy

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 11h

Late-Stage Capitalism and Late-Stage Democracy
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A unified theory of everything.

‘This shutdown feels different.’ States might not get repaid when government reopens. • Nevada Current

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 12h

‘This shutdown feels different.’ States might not get repaid when government reopens. nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/09/t...

States are doing what they generally do during a federal government shutdown: continuing to operate programs serving some of the neediest people. That means schools are still serving federally subsidi...

Trusting Trump to negotiate if Dems surrender in shutdown would be 'naive,' Rosen says • Nevada Current

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 12h

Trusting Trump to negotiate if Dems surrender in shutdown would be ‘naive,’ Rosen says nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/09/t...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen said Wednesday it would be “a little naive” to vote for a Republican funding plan to reopen the government without first obtaining firm commitments that Republicans wi...

We’re All Socialists — But Only Trump Acts Like a Communist

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 15h

We’re All Socialists — But Only Trump Acts Like a Communist
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As Americans lose faith in capitalism, Trump’s economic nationalism looks less like free enterprise and more like state control…

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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi, Loyal Servant

At a congressional oversight hearing yesterday, the attorney general followed her north star: pleasing the president.

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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 1d

The ICE Propaganda Campaign Goes Into Overdrive
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The ICE Propaganda Campaign Goes Into Overdrive

MAGA commentators are stepping up as soldiers in Trump’s culture war to provoke confrontations against “Antifa” with the backing of DHS.

Nevada Health Link premiums expected to rise 26% for 2026 • Nevada Current

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 1d

Nevada Health Link premiums expected to rise 26% for 2026 nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/02/n...

Nevadans who get insurance through Nevada Health Link, the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace, are facing premium rate hikes of 26%, the state Division of Insurance confirmed to the Nevada Curren...

Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown • Nevada Current

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 1d

Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/07/r...

This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, p...

Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 2d

Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

What Is the Insurrection Act That Trump Says He’s Considering?

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 2d

What Is the Insurrection Act That Trump Says He’s Considering? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power • Nevada Current

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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 2d

The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/07/t...

President Donald Trump set the tone for his second term by issuing 26 executive orders, four proclamations and 12 memorandums on his first day back in office. The barrage of unilateral presidential ac...

Casinos can do more with AI than enhance customer service and replace humans, experts say • Nevada Current

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 2d

Casinos can do more with AI than enhance customer service and replace humans, experts say nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/07/c...

From kiosks designed to speed customer check-in to vibrant casino games, Nevada’s tourism industry is putting artificial intelligence to work. But one of AI’s potential best uses – its ability to ass...

Lombardo announces there will be a special legislative session… at some point • Nevada Current

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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 2d

Lombardo announces there will be a special legislative session… at some point nevadacurrent.com/briefs/lomba...

Gov. Joe Lombardo on Monday announced he plans to call the Nevada State Legislature into a special session “at some point over the next few months.” His two-sentence statement did not include a timeli...

America’s Fourth Amendment Is on Life Support — What Do You Do When Your Government Becomes the Criminal?

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 3d

America’s Fourth Amendment Is on Life Support — What Do You Do When Your Government Becomes the Criminal?
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Raids without warrants, kids in zip-ties, and officials who say “F** the children”: this is the moral collapse of the American state. It's time for state authorities to start making arrests...

On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense P...

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 3d

October 5, 2025
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October 5, 2025

Rising insurance costs complicate Nevada marketplace’s open enrollment effort - The Nevada Independent

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 4d

Rising insurance costs complicate Nevada marketplace’s open enrollment effort thenevadaindependent.com/article/risi...

About 86 percent of people on the state’s insurance marketplace receive subsidies that are set to expire and will likely further drive up costs.

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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 4d

FEMA Withholds $300 Million in Grants Until States Account for Deportations www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/c...

FEMA Withholds $300 Million in Grants Until States Account for Deportations

Can a Repentant, Regretful Republican Thrive as a Dem?

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 4d

Can a Repentant, Regretful Republican Thrive as a Dem?
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Geoff Duncan isn’t just running for governor of Georgia as a Democrat. He’s testing how wide the party’s ‘big tent’ can stretch.

Judge Blocks Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in Portland, Ore.

Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 5d

Judge Blocks Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in Portland, Ore. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

Trump Administration Is Said to Plan to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low

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Barbara @mamaflys.bsky.social · 6d

Trump Administration Is Said to Plan to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...