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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 10h

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 11h

A judge Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from requiring recipients of federal teen pregnancy prevention grants to comply with Trump's orders aimed at curtailing “radical indoctrination” and “gender ideology."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

A judge has blocked a Trump administration effort to change teen pregnancy prevention programs

A judge Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from requiring recipients of federal teen pregnancy prevention grants to comply with Trump's orders aimed at curtailing “radical indoctr...

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BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 11h

There is only one way Chump & #GOP win. And that's if we give up. Everything they are doing is designed to destroy our hope, to pressure us, to "mess with us" & divert us.

But it isn't working. And they know it & grow more desperate by the day.

Plant your feet, stand your ground, & #NeverGiveUp !

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 11h

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CNN @cnn.com · 12h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

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mid-apocalyptic c @preclude.swifties.social · 11h

"Because the recent attacks on Venezuelan vessels and their crews were unauthorized by U.S. law and in violation of binding international law, they were illegal summary executions – murders."

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Unlawful Attacks on Venezuelan Vessels | New York City Bar Association

Congress must act promptly, as pending legislation proposes, to make clear to the President and the nation that the President’s threat of similar attacks on Venezuelan vessels (and on Venezuela itself...

www.nycbar.org

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 11h

Now Nashville.

Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 13h

Trump’s America.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12h

Justice Dept has 10 days left to respond to civil lawsuit filed by Jan 6 police responders who are seeking court order to require display of Jan 6 law enforcement honorary plaque at US Capitol

Plaque was required to be hung by 2023 under federal law

It hasn’t been hung

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BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 12h

Federal workers erupt over latest White House threat to withhold their pay www.axios.com/2025/10/07/g...

I'm just guessing, but I think Chump, #GOP might have lost the Fed workers' votes ...

Federal workers erupt over latest White House threat to withhold their pay

750,000 federal employees are currently on furlough.

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 11h

...and democratic reps and senators.

BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 11h

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US Senator Patty Murray said Tuesday that the law is “plain as can be” — that government employees are entitled to back pay. She called it “another baseless attempt to try and scare” federal workers.

Trump Threatens No Back Pay for Shutdown’s Furloughed Workers

President Donald Trump opened the door to blocking back pay for certain federal workers when the government reopens, a move that would heighten legal scrutiny of the administration’s maneuvers during ...

news.bloomberglaw.com

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MothersAgainstGregAbbott @democracymoms.bsky.social · 12h

The Moms are super PUMPED to be supporting @jamestalarico for US Senate! We endorsed him and now we are ready to tell all of our friends and get to work! Go here to buy MERCH! Shipping starts early next week. LET'S GO TALARICO! mothersagainstgregabbott.com/shop/

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Fools Lightly @foolslightly.bsky.social · 12h

Nothing quite says “winning” like sending troops you can’t pay into American cities to intimidate people that tried to keep it from happening.

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Jetgurl @jetgurl.bsky.social · 12h

Last night in Sacramento, California, a life flight helicopter crashed onto Highway 50. Many of the citizens who stopped on the highway jumped out of their cars to lift the helicopter off a person. No deaths. But humanity at its best. This is who Americans are!!

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LeKat @rabbitpainter.bsky.social · 13h

Arizona will have to sue speaker Johnson. AZ needs representation ASAP

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Maura-resister @maurar.bsky.social · 13h

Artist Saul Cruz.

Powerful piece.

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 12h

That's taxation without representation – or a functioning government – for her constituents.

CNN @cnn.com · 13h

Speaker Mike Johnson is not planning to allow Democrats’ newest congresswoman-elect to be sworn-in until her party agrees to end the government shutdown, despite telling CNN that he would swear her in “as soon as she wants.”

Speaker Johnson said he’d swear in new House Democrat ‘as soon as she wants.’ Now Republicans are back tracking | CNN Politics

Speaker Mike Johnson is not planning to allow Democrats’ newest congresswoman-elect to be sworn-in until her party agrees to end the government shutdown, despite telling CNN earlier Tuesday that he wo...

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 13h

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

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MothersAgainstGregAbbott @democracymoms.bsky.social · 12h

Texans are tired of being sold out to billionaires and special interests.
We deserve a leader who puts families before fortunes. Mothers for Democracy Action PAC proudly endorses @jamestalarico for U.S. Senate — a teacher, a fighter, and a voice of reason for Texas. #Talarico2026

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 12h

“I’m just trying to find any clues, ideas, see where they took him, why they took him. And what’s the whole purpose for this?”

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 12h

I can water my dead plants in the dark, no problem.

Texas Storm Chasers @texasstormchasers.com · 14h

Good evening Houston! Your sunset will be BEFORE 7 PM tonight! It won't be until March 8th that the next sunset is after 7 PM. #houston #texas

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 12h

This is funny, and I smiled as I read, but then I got to the 10 point how-to list and I'm wiping tears – hysterical! Must-read, #Texas.

www.lonestarleft.com/p/bolo-be-on...

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 13h

Public Health Alert For Ready-To-Eat Meals w/ Riced Cauliflower May Be Contaminated With Listeria

Blue Apron: 13.05-oz DISH Cheesy Chicken Mac with Vegetables lot codes 25240, 25247 Est P-3081

Marley Spoon: 10.5-oz BALANCE BBQ Sauce Beef Meatballs with Cheesy Cauliflower lot code 25255 Est. 47718

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 14h

WIC

CNN @cnn.com · 14h

The Trump administration said it will use tariff funds to keep afloat a federal food assistance program for nearly 7 million pregnant women, new moms and young children during the government shutdown. https://cnn.it/4oaOFf3

🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 14h

hm.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 15h

Utah’s Republican-led Legislature approved a revised congressional map Monday that could give Democrats an improved chance at flipping a seat as they fight to topple the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House. https://to.pbs.org/4nFoqxn

Democrats could have slight shot at winning House seat in Utah with new congressional map

Utah’s Republican-led Legislature has approved a revised congressional map that could give Democrats an improved chance at flipping a seat as the party fights to topple the GOP’s slim majority in the ...

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 15h

U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell holding the line.

BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 16h

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The ruling is a victory for three Planned Parenthood affiliates — in California, Iowa and New York — that sued to try to block enforcement of a DHS policy document issued in July that they contend contradict the requirements of the grants as established by Congress.

A judge has blocked a Trump administration effort to change teen pregnancy prevention programs

A judge has blocked new requirements for teen pregnancy prevention grantees. The case is a victory for Planned Parenthood affiliates who sued President Donald Trump's administration over policy guidan...

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 18h

The White House is saying furloughed federal workers may not be entitled to back pay.

Trump will sacrifice Americans' paychecks as a bargaining chip to force Democrats to approve his deadly cuts to healthcare.

A disgusting abuse of power.

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🍃LaurelLeaves🌿 @kaooavopakatapa.bsky.social · 18h

we truly do not deserve dogs.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 18h

Florida authorities release body cam footage that appears to show a dog leading a deputy sheriff to a woman reported missing by her husband that night.

Dog leads authorities to missing Florida woman, authorities say

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office posted body cam footage of a dog leading a deputy sheriff to a woman reported missing.

nbcnews.to

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