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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12d

Amtrak's new Acela trains can reach top speeds of 160 mph — 10 mph faster than the older version.

Their arrival comes after years of delays due to testing complications and old infrastructure. Were they worth the wait?

13 thoughts from our test ride on Amtrak’s new Acela train

Better WiFi, bigger bathrooms and a stand-up dining car: What we made of Amtrak’s NextGen Acela trains.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Courtney Nguyen @fortydeucetwits.bsky.social · 12d

paging mooooorgs

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12d

Horrifying— Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on 9/16 to a green card appointment at USCIS office in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. She now faces imminent deportation in Louisiana.

Los Angeles man demands answers after wife was detained at scheduled green card meeting

A man is speaking out and asking for help after his wife was detained by federal agents at the end of a scheduled green card hearing in downtown Los Angeles in early September.

www.cbsnews.com

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Tennis Updates @tennisupdates.bsky.social · 12d

Coco Gauff wins 4-6, 7⁷-6⁴, 6-2 against Belinda Bencic

This was a fun match but it completely turned after Bencic was a set and *4-3 up and then complained about Coco's team cheering when she went to serve, that was definitely the turning point and it clinches Coco into Riyadh.

📸 Jimmie48/WTA Tour

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Peter @thaiguy.bsky.social · 12d

I hate when some people try to prove a point.

Like no, ya missed the mark. Again.

Peter @thaiguy.bsky.social · 15d

Oh???

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 15d

The Angels might knock the Astros out of playoff contention wow.

MLB (Bot) @mlbbot.bsky.social · 15d

Mike Trout launches his SECOND HR of the night!

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15d

UPDATE: The man ICE violently arrested has been identified as Job Arias-Mendoza. Two weeks ago he published a video to his social media accounts of ICE handcuffing a man in front of a liquor store—it has more than 200,000 views on TikTok. streetcarsuburbs.news/arias-mendoz...

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16d

NEW: ICE agents violently arrested a man in a busy Hyattsville, MD intersection this week, at one point brandishing guns and pointing them at bystanders.

I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 15d

For some context, we could have made the monthly child tax credit that cut child poverty by 40% permanent for $100 billion a year. The return on investment would have been $15 per $1.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15d

Funny how that works.

Harrison Butker Keeps Missing His Kicks To The Right—And Everyone's Making The Same Joke

www.comicsands.com

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Peter @thaiguy.bsky.social · 15d

My night was good. How was yours?

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16d

got some bad news for anyone who voted for Trump because he promised to bring down prices
www.ft.com/content/dd6d...

Donald Trump announces 100% tariff on branded pharmaceutical products

The US president also unveiled levies on heavy trucks, kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities

www.ft.com

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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · 16d

This is what one flavor of success tastes like: The Map Center is a lightning rod of fascinating, talented people and a crossroads for beautiful nerds.

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 17d

Your health care bill is about to explode.

The notices will start arriving next month.

A $7,000 bill could jump to $24,000.

Democrats are fighting to stop this. Republicans are fighting to guarantee your costs go up.

We need to fix this. Now.

Graphic: Enrollees making above 400% of poverty will lose all financial assistance without the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 16d

Not even 20 minutes later and I guess we’re doing 50% tariffs on IKEA for some reason. He’s a man with a plan to make life more expensive and he can’t be stopped.

We will be imposing a 50% Tariff on all Kitchen Cabinets, Bathroom Vanities, and associated products, starting October 1st, 2025. Additionally, we will be charging a 30% Tariff on Upholstered Furniture. The reason for this is the large scale “FLOODING” of these products into the United States by other outside Countries. It is a very unfair practice, but we must protect, for National Security and other reasons, our Manufacturing process. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17d

> @captmarkkelly.bsky.social

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Mr. Chimpanzy @cyanescens.bsky.social · 16d

The Fitzmas guy? Who prosecuted Scooter Libby? That Patrick Fitzgerald? Nice callback to the earlier season

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 16d

Another headline that I had to read multiple times because I didn’t think it was right

Politico @politico.com · 17d

RFK Jr. is working to get children with autism into a federal program that compensates people for alleged vaccine injuries.

RFK Jr. adviser: We’re trying to get kids with autism into vaccine injury program

Public health experts and program lawyers have warned that adding autism to the compensation program would exhaust the court's workforce and financial resources.

www.politico.com

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 18d

This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”

Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.

www.nytimes.com

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Peter @thaiguy.bsky.social · 16d

Realizing at this moment in time that we’re so f’d.

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ATennisFanBoston @atennisfan.bsky.social · Sep 2

Great post! Sharing (not by me):

Confessions of a Transit Advocate
open.substack.com/pub/thetrans...

Confessions of a Transit Advocate

What I’ve Learned From Getting Transit Wrong

open.substack.com

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 16d

Canelo was put on time out for the first time today at doggie daycare for wrestling too hard with his frenemy, Moochie, and causing a ruckus.

Moochie and Canelo swapped being on time out. I got there to pick him up and he was segregated from gen pop! 😂☠️ he has no comment about today’s events.

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Mikey 🕺 @blitheringmikey.bsky.social · Aug 3

my issue with Evan Ross Katz is that i feel like i could be more gay and even more annoying if i was him

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Peter @thaiguy.bsky.social · 17d

“Give her fist pumps everytime you see her.” -Jake trying to fake out Nicole in voting her out.

It’s giving every tennis coach who has to show up for their player.

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Mike Bloom @amikebloomtype.bsky.social · 17d

Even in the middle of a challenge, the #Survivor49 cast is deeply unserious

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Brian Scally @brianscally.bsky.social · 17d

Kristina Mills will not be the first person voted out of #Survivor

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