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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 48m

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING: James Comey pleads not guilty to federal criminal charges, judge sets trial date for Jan. 5

More details TK

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3h

Good morning from the line outside the courthouse in the Eastern District of Virginia, where former FBI director James Comey is set to be arraigned on federal charges.

I’m here for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along for updates ⬇️

Federal courthouse in EDVA, with line of people out front and a guy holding a “show trial” sign

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2h

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 2h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 1h

Those influencing Trump education policy aren't shy about wanting to eradicate public schools.

Asked what % of kids she imagines should be in public schools, Tiffany Justice -- Moms for Liberty cofounder, now with Heritage Foundation -- told @propublica.org

“I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 8h

If we look at 20th-century China and Germany as examples, it actually takes a few decades to recover from the type of self-harm that the US is currently inflicting on itself.

And he called US President Donald Trump's efforts to reshape American science and health policy -- including mass firings to government scientists and steep slashes to research budgets -- an "immensely serious problem."

"This will cripple much of United States science research," he told AFP, adding that he knew people who have taken enormous funding hits.

"It is going to be disastrous if this continues," Clarke said. "Assuming that the present administration finally comes to an end, it may take a decade to get back to where we were, say, half a year ago."

"It's a huge problem" that's "entirely beyond any understanding of anyone who is a scientist," he said.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 11h

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups @maximalistac.bsky.social · 13h

“We saw cribs and decorations for birthdays that were just left there by the folks that were taken in the middle of the night.”

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 14h

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.

southsideweekly.com

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 14h

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.

southsideweekly.com

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 17h

Country legend Zach Bryan has released a song that puts country over his own bank account.

The backlash from country fans will be massive- they’ll force him off country radio like they did to the Dixie Chicks but he doesn’t need radio access anymore

American hero 🇺🇸

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Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups @maximalistac.bsky.social · 14h

A metaphor for the Democrats, truly

Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 14h

Regrettably, Governor Newsom just signed this bill, paving the way to widen a rapidly sinking highway.

MTC Bay Area @mtcbata.bsky.social · Sep 5

Today’s passage of AB 697 marks a major advance for long-running efforts to start work on a suite of projects to enhance North Bay marshlands and wildlife habitats, reduce flooding, improve traffic flow along Highway 37, and introduce transit service between Vallejo and Novato.

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups @maximalistac.bsky.social · 15h

Ahem

“In many cities of the Reich the mercenaries were beginning to complain. They had helped the Leader to reach a position of authority, but now it was developing that the economic system of the new magnates was worse than the one against which they had rebelled.” (The Oppermanns by Lion Feuchtwanger)

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roccoween @essencerare.bsky.social · 16h

“Shaded areas, like under trees, can feel 35 to 70 degrees cooler than in the sun. And LA is going to need it. By 2050, about one in three days in LA is expected to be over 95 degrees.”

LA Public Press @lapublicpress.bsky.social · 22h

California’s Zone Zero fire rules clash with LA’s desperate need for shade.

Homeowners in fire hazard zones may have to remove bushes, hedges and flowers within five feet of their houses — even as extreme heat becomes more dangerous.

California's Zone Zero fire rules clash with LA's desperate need for shade

Homeowners in fire hazard zones may have to remove bushes, hedges and flowers within five feet of their houses — even as extreme heat becomes more dangerous.

lapublicpress.org

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 16h

The power of an F2.8 70-200mm in the hands of someone that knows how to use it. Pay staff photographers. Expose corruption and greed.

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 16h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16h

Happening right now. To us. In America.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 16h

Thunderstorms are potentially possible w/both SoCal remnant moisture & NorCal low (lower odds). These will probably be "wet" storms in all cases, w/little fire risk. Offshore waters remain anomalously warm, which will "juice things up" a bit as well. [3/3] #CAwx #CAfire

NOAA Coral Reef Watch map depicting current ocean surface temperature (SST) anomalies near California. The are almost uniformly positive (warmer than average), as depicted by warm yellow/orange/red colors.

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Josh Linden @joshlinden.bsky.social · 18h

Every time this happens, I brace for a story like this. Just devastating, heartbreaking, beyond infuriating

The Banner Montgomery @bannermoco.bsky.social · 1d

5 years before her son died there, a mother tried to make an intersection safer

5 years before teen was killed crossing the street, his mom asked for safer roads

In September 2020, Caty Anderson typed out a short email to her state representative, lamenting that a woman was hit by a car near her family’s Kensington home.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 16h

I'll host a livestream on Wed, Oct 8 @ 3pm PT to discuss the likely impacts of weakening #HurricanePriscilla on U.S. Southwest (including southern CA), including who may see some thunderstorms. I'll also a new weather & climate-related federal update...

Weather & climate office hour 10/08/25: Hurricane Priscilla's effects on Southwest & federal update - YouTube

The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme #weather and...

www.youtube.com

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Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups @maximalistac.bsky.social · 16h

Sounds like we need to get rid of half a million cars

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 17h

These guys are so vulnerable to defecting to Chicago

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 17h

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups @maximalistac.bsky.social · 17h

LA Times (back before they chased most of their reporters away) and LAist both ran extensive investigations on PAMA

Poor housing conditions continue at L.A. apartment complex, despite 2,000 citations

Tenants at one of L.A.'s largest apartment complexes continue to live in unsafe conditions months after the city, county and landlord pledged action.

www.latimes.com

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups @maximalistac.bsky.social · 17h

My post on X in 2022, six years after PAMA was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the baby’s death.

"But since then, he said, [Councilmember Heather] Hutt's office has not responded to tenants' requests for additional meetings and has been little help with navigating the city bureaucracy. ... a spokesperson for Hutt, said the councilmember was on vacation..."

Liam Dillon @dillonliam • 11/25/22
More than six months after we revealed rampant slum conditions at a South LA apartment complex owned by a billionaire landlord — and after thousands of code enforcement and public health citations — tenants still face problems in...

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Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups @maximalistac.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t want to appear ungrateful — this is importing work by the California AG. But it’s frustrating how quickly our state government rallies to protect corporate interests over bogus issues like shoplifting vs how slow it is to act on negligent landlords and corporate wage theft.

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Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups @maximalistac.bsky.social · 17h

The landlord in question is PAMA which you might remember from such hits as “negligence led a baby to burn to death” and “caused a typhus outbreak in a trailer park.”

AG Rob Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov · 20h

This past June, we sued one of the largest landlords in CA for violating tenant protection laws.

Now, we’re asking tenants who’ve been exposed to unsafe housing conditions to share their stories with us at oag.ca.gov/report.

All California tenants have the right to safe living conditions.

22,000+ Rental housing units in CA are owned and managed by the Nijar family’s companies.

Report Potential Violations

Current of former tenants of PAMA or any of its related companies:

CA DOJ wants to hear from you

OAG.CA.GOV/REPORT

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