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@sousleradar.bsky.social

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Hoping to give more to this world than I take. I love reading, taking pictures of the sky, corgis, makeup, and interesting conversation. Blue dot in a very red West Texas town. If you DM me, I’ll ignore it. Prefer not to be in starter packs.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 2h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2h

We’ve reported extensively on how the FDA allowed foreign drugmakers to send generic medications to the U.S. from factories with filthy labs and contaminated equipment.

This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/

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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 1d

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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Call Me Maybe @sousleradar.bsky.social · 3h

A lot of agencies no longer have unions. The VA does not, unless you are a VA police officer or firefighter.

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UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

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ᑕ ᕼ ᓰ ᗷ 〇 ᒪ 乇 @chibole.bsky.social · 11h

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

TSA workers told Forbes the agency’s increasingly partisan rhetoric makes them feel like they are being “used as props.”

TSA Warns Staff ‘Illegitimate’ Absences During Shutdown ‘Will Not Be Tolerated’ In Partisan Email

TSA workers told Forbes the agency’s increasingly partisan rhetoric makes them feel like they are being “used as props.”

www.forbes.com

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Call Me Maybe @sousleradar.bsky.social · 4h

They are

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

Today I took questions from more than a dozen South Asian news outlets and spoke about our agenda to make this city affordable for each and every New Yorker.

Zohran sits at a long conference table, back to the camera, with more than a dozen journalists, some with cameras, facing him.

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Call Me Maybe @sousleradar.bsky.social · 4h

That’s awesome! Mine was a stray who showed up in my backyard. I fed her for a few months and then one day she came right up and rubbed against my legs like we had been best friends for years. 🥰

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KatieSherrod @katiesherrod.bsky.social · 1d

Good for him.
www.star-telegram.com/news/state/t...

Band director resigns after refusing to hang Ten Commandments in Texas classroom

The educator of 42 years said the mandate is a line he refuses to cross. “Politics and religion have no place in the public schools,” he said.

www.star-telegram.com

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Call Me Maybe @sousleradar.bsky.social · 4h

They are beautiful

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Maybe later @keywestboy.bsky.social · 4h

It's you George. Pretty normal to get 2 annual physicals annually. I think you have to pay extra {a tariff?} if you want to know your cholesterol, blood pressure, heart rate etc.

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Call Me Maybe @sousleradar.bsky.social · 4h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 10h

Little man Johnson does not need ONE democratic vote to pass a standalone bill to pay our military.

These are disgusting, despicable, human beings.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

Imagine that

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Call Me Maybe @sousleradar.bsky.social · 5h

This exactly

Call Me Maybe @sousleradar.bsky.social · 5h

Let’s not confuse compassion with self-interest. She’s only upset that her adult children will no longer be able to afford to live on their own and will probably have to move back in with her.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

If a pharmaceutical company could mass produce whatever compassion pills Marjorie Taylor Greene seems to have been taking lately, we could save the world