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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 14h

thank u potato

strawbaby jam @strawbbfields4ever.bsky.social · 16h

always remember who was there for you at your lowest. thank you cigarettes

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10h

The White House is offering “concierge, white glove service” to oil, coal and other fossil fuel companies that are seeking to gain fast approval for their projects, according to an energy official, while slowing down or blocking solar and wind projects.

White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

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Nichole Hiltz @nicholehiltz.bsky.social · 10h

It’s not ok to yell “fire” in a movie theater for a reason… why the fuck in politics? When it’s clearly so important

Nichole Hiltz @nicholehiltz.bsky.social · 21h

Is anyone gonna make fact-checking a law…?

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12h

Autonomous robots, sequencers, and machine-learning algorithms are revolutionizing humanity’s ability to catalog Earth’s unstudied species, Marion Renault reports. But many of those species could be lost before we ever meet them:

The Machines Finding Life That Humans Can’t See

A suite of technologies are helping taxonomists speed up species identification.

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Forrest Plump @nahyoudoit.bsky.social · 12h

🎶 she’s some kind of wonderful, yes she is 🎶

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 13h

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 13h

The wife of a sheriff in Alabama has taken responsibility after local outrage over an ICE-themed Halloween display at their home.

Sheriff in Hot Water Over Wife’s ICE Halloween Decorations

The sheriff’s office pointed to a statement from his wife.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 13h

Fox News: where every woman’s opinion is reinterpreted as a crush.

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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 1d

Dems need to fight to grow these poll numbers, but Trump and the GOP are outmaneuvering them in media. Schumer and Jeffries MUST facilitate daily press briefings from the Capitol to fact check Trump, provide content for media, control the agenda, and put Trump and MAGA GOP on the defensive.

Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 1d

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Americans one week ago mostly blamed Trump and GOP for the government shutdown. Dems must HOLD this!

YouTube video by Cheri Jacobus

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29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · 13h

I predict that this shutdown will end real quick. Unfortunately, that means Democrats will cave on a whole bunch of shit. It won’t be a clean CR that renews the ACA subsidies. It will be dirty.
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Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the seventh day of government shutdown impacts travelers | CNN

There are not going to be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administratoin is warning. In Nashville, so many are...

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Joshua V. Saguaro @joshuavsaguaro.bsky.social · 13h

www.wsmv.com/2025/10/08/i...

‘I didn’t mean to scare anyone’: Dolly Parton’s sister says after asking for prayers

Dolly postponed her first Las Vegas residency in more than 30 years late last month, saying she was dealing with health challenges.

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 14h

These war fighters don’t appear likely to pass muster with our war-fighting Defense Secretary.

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Melayna @melaynalokosky.bsky.social · 14h

Trump's racist base won't like it if he pardons Combs, especially after not releasing the Epstein files.

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Trump Pardon For Sean Combs “Still Under Discussion” As Diddy Seeks Move To Cushy Prison For 4-Year Sentence

Trump hasn't killed the idea of a presidential pardon for Diddy, but nothing is written in stone as the performer also seeks a cushier prison to serve out his 4-yr sentence

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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 14h

Here's video of ICE shooting Rev David Black, a minister with the Presbytarian Church (USA) in the head with a pepper ball for exercising his First Amendment rights.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 17h

Here’s video of the incident

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 17h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller asserts that Trump possesses absolute authority, only to abruptly cease speaking as if he has come to a realization of the implications of his statement.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14h

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Can presidents unleash the armed forces on their own people based on facts that they contrive?” Stephen Vladeck asks in a guest essay. “The text of the relevant statutes doesn’t answer that question. But our constitutional ideals, to say nothing of common sense, should.”