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NPR @npr.org · 34m

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them. n.pr/48ihZvq

Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

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Dennis Buchholz @dennisbuchholz.bsky.social · 20m

And yet there was ZERO reduction in cost to the end users!
WTF?

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 3h

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Sassy Denise @sassydenise.bsky.social · 16h

F**king propaganda machine and F**k Jesse!

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Hookcity - 🚫“War Plan” DMs Please 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 🫣 @hookcity.bsky.social · 20h

just a reminder

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

The president claimed the two leaders failed to “protect Ice Officers.”

Trump Says Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker And Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Should Be Jailed

The president claimed the two leaders failed to “protect Ice Officers.”

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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🦋🕊️🦋GinLy47 @ginly47.bsky.social · 33m

There has been no “armed rebellion” but Trump is hoping to cause one.

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Phoenix Wise & The Resistance @phoenixwise.bsky.social · 4h

Release the Epstein Files!
Release the Epstein Files!
Release the Epstein Files!
Release the Epstein Files!
Release the Epstein Files!
Release the Epstein Files!
Release the Epstein Files!
Release the Epstein Files!
Release the Epstein Files!
Release the Epstein Files!
Now!!!
#TrumpPedoFiles

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Brutal Realist @brutalrealist.bsky.social · 15h

Huh. Do I have to file taxes then?

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IRS to furlough nearly half its workforce as shutdown drags on — NBC News

The move comes a week before a payment deadline for taxpayers who received extensions on their 2024 filings.

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NPR @npr.org · 1h

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 3h

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Riverboatjack @riverboatjack.bsky.social · 18h

"Do something, bitch" were his exact words.

This administration is not going to deescalate people. The number of folks attending No Kings is going to increase and the cowardly dolts are gonna either back down or turn this into something far nastier that they will also lose.

We will win.

Border Patrol called anti-ICE protester ‘B****’ before shooting her: lawyer

Lawyer says video shows agents provoked clash before firing, fueling scrutiny of federal use of deadly force.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4h

So many normal people being brave and then all these wealthy and powerful people being cowards. History will not be kind to the people like shari Redstone who enabled Trump.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 12h

I was selected for House Hunters, Let’s Make a Deal and Price is Right so I should be the head of ABC.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

🚨BREAKING: The Republican Party’s top mapmaker testified in federal court Wednesday that while he’s been instructed in the past to preserve minority congressional districts protected by the Voting Rights Act, he received no such direction when drawing Texas’ new gerrymander this summer.

Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Stella Parton @sweetstella.bsky.social · 3h

Happy Thursday!

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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 22h

It's International Lesbian Day. Tag your fave lesbian. 🩷🤍🧡

October 8th is International Lesbian Day

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

They did this with this dude more than twice too

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 4h

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3h

This is the way

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2h

Why?

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 2h

Trump is slashing $$$ for essential energy projects across the US. Millions of Americans will lose their healthcare coverage b/c of the GOP at the end of 2025.

@casten.house.gov on the importance of cheap clean energy & how Illinois is under siege from the Trump Admin.

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Trump THREATENS His Own VOTERS With DEVASTATING Funding CUTS

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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Dennis Buchholz @dennisbuchholz.bsky.social · 2h

Miller is a fucking NAZI and just like in WW2.
“The ONLY good Nazi is a dead Nazi”

Brown Sugar Babe RN MSN @cas7217.bsky.social · 2h

This speem should’ve been rejected and labeled as Tainted DO NOT USE!

Stephen Miller Yells About American City ‘Bloodbath’ in Unhinged Rant

The top Trump ally said Democratic leaders stand for “violence and death” during a Fox News meltdown.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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