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Pennsylvania's Megaphone @pamegaphone.bsky.social · 17h

🗳️ Join Speaker Joanna McClinton on Oct. 15 at 6:30 PM ET to learn why the PA Supreme Court race matters for healthcare, reproductive freedom, voting, and workers’ rights.

RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/scopa...

A promotional graphic for an event titled “Vote YES! PA Supreme Court Retention featuring Speaker Joanna McClinton.” The graphic includes a photo of Speaker Joanna McClinton smiling and holding a gavel. Text reads: “Come learn about how the PA Supreme Court touches our lives from workers’ rights to healthcare & reproductive rights to voting rights. Weds. October 15th, 6:30pm ET on Zoom.” At the bottom, it lists: “Speaker Joanna McClinton, PA House of Representatives,” with a registration link to actionnetwork.org. The background shows a faint image of people at a rally.

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melinda @melwedde.bsky.social · 1d

you can’t trick me into liking Zach Bryan!

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Pritzker: “This is a convicted felon…who is threatening to jail me. This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump: If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me.”

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melinda @melwedde.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t do this right now

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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All About PA @allaboutpa.bsky.social · 3d

TLDR: The PA Supreme Court has kept our elections fair and made voting easier. Billionaires hate it.

Image of PA Supreme Court justices with text at the bottom that reads “PA billionaires try to remove democratic supreme court justices for keeping elections fair.”

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melinda @melwedde.bsky.social · 2d

Join us tomorrow:

actionnetwork.org/events/pa-ju...

Pennsylvania's Megaphone @pamegaphone.bsky.social · 3d

In Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court elections, voters have the power to shape the future of our commonwealth for the next ten years. . ⚖️
Join our Judicial Retention Briefing Oct. 8 at 6:30 PM to learn what’s at stake.
🔗 www.actionnetwork.or...

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melinda @melwedde.bsky.social · 3d

look at the moon

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 6d

On the echoes of refrigerator mothers in MAHA policy: Tiffany Hammond @fidgetsandfries.bsky.social "sees the focus on Tylenol and vaccines not only as a way to blame moms, but as a way to distract from Trump’s cuts to the services and supports families like hers need."

19thnews.org/2025/10/refr...

This isn't the first time moms have been blamed for their kids' autism

One of the earliest theories of autism is centered on “refrigerator mothers.” Echoes of it can be found in plans to Make America Healthy Again.

19thnews.org

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 3d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Congressman Chris Deluzio @deluzio.house.gov · 3d

President Trump’s move to cut billions from energy and infrastructure projects is killing thousands of American construction jobs.

It’s not just me saying it…here’s what lots of those workers have to say 🧵

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Pennsylvania's Megaphone @pamegaphone.bsky.social · 3d

Join PA Megaphone & Kadida Kenner (New PA Project) Today, Oct 6 at 5PM ET to talk about Black voter engagement & why judicial races matter.
📺 Watch live in the Pennsylvanians Against Project 2025 FB Group.
#VotePA #CourtsMatter

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1Hood Power @1hoodpower.bsky.social · 3d

On November 4, we want you to vote yes on the Pennsylvania judicial retention races. Pennsylvania judges are our last line of defense and we need to make sure our people are protected, our liberties respected, and our rights upheld. #papol #voteyes

On November 4, we want you to vote yes on the Pennsylvania judicial retention races. Please start from the bottom up of your ballot and make sure you bubble in yes. Pennsylvania judges are our last line of defense and we need to make sure our people are protected, our liberties respected, and our rights upheld. #papol #voteyes

Please start from the bottom up of your ballot and make sure you bubble in yes. Course of the power to protect our people and all of our freedoms. The image is of a sample ballot with vote yes on all explain by having every single yes selection bubbled in

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order prohibiting federal immigration agents from using any City-owned property in enforcement activity.

MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SIGNS “ICE FREE ZONE” EXECUTIVE ORDER, PROHIBITING USE OF CITY PROPERTY FOR FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OPERATIONS

The directive expands Mayor Johnson’s Protecting Chicago initiative, inviting community partners to participate in the work of safeguarding
the inalienable rights of every Chicagoan.

CHICAGO – Today, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed the “ICE Free Zone” executive order, which creates clear mechanisms to prohibit
federal immigration agents from using any City-owned property in their ongoing operations in Chicago. The order expands upon Mayor Johnson’s
Protecting Chicago initiative, inviting local businesses and community organizations to join the citywide effort to safeguard our communities, while advancing measures to rein in the reckless behavior of federal immigration agents.

“We will not tolerate ICE agents violating our residents’ constitutional rights nor will we allow the federal government to disregard
our local authority. ICE agents are detaining elected officials, tear-gassing protestors, children, and Chicago police officers, and abusing Chicago residents. We will not stand for that in our city,” said
Mayor Brandon Johnson. “With this Executive Order, Chicago stands firm in protecting the Constitutional rights of our residents and immigrant communities and upholding our democracy.”

Mayor Johnson’s most recent
Protecting Chicago executive order comes following documented use of Chicago Public Schools parking lots and a City-owned parking lot at Harrison and Kedzie as staging sites for federal immigration enforcement operations, a violation of Chicago’s Welcoming
City Ordinance. The use of City resources for these actions erodes trust between immigrant communities and the City, weakening the relationships that are essential to ensuring community safety and constitutional policing.

Under Mayor Johnon’s leadership, the City is taking swift and decisive action to prevent these transgressions …

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melinda @melwedde.bsky.social · 4d

woof

NPR @npr.org · 4d

JUST IN: CBS' parent company is buying The Free Press and installing Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

Bari Weiss joins CBS with a mandate for 'balanced and fact-based' news

CBS' parent company is buying The Free Press and installing Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

n.pr

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 4d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...