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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 10h

It’s the “workstations” part that’s so funny. Start checking the paperclips

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

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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Senator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 10h

For me, the fight to protect health care is personal. Just like it is for families in Milwaukee and across Wisconsin. milwaukeetimesnews.com/featured-art...

WI State Senator Tammy Baldwin hosts wellness roundtable - Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper

Wisconsin State Senator Tammy Baldwin visited Outreach Community Health Centers (OCHC) on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, to highlight her continued commitment to affordable, accessible health care for...

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

i think it is cool that a government run by fanatical bigots is on track to plunge the economy into a mountain and cause a food crisis

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 18h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 16h

when the people who shuttered USAID learn of a diabetic single mother and her disabled son starving to death 9,000 miles away because of aid cuts, they don't see failure or dereliction or tragedy, but rather success: the people they view as unworthy of life are dying

She has no real way of explaining the danger of their situation to her son, who is 17 years old but cognitively closer to a toddler. And as a single mother too weak to forage, she has no real way of ensuring their survival. She also is too old to benefit from a recent policy change the Thai government made in a bid to prevent mass starvation, granting work rights to some of the 107,000 Myanmar refugees who, like her, live in Thailand’s border camps.

Her son never learned to speak, and needs her help with everything from getting dressed to using the toilet. Since the funding cuts, their survival has hinged on the charity of her Christian church, whose members occasionally give her handfuls of their rice.

She suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure, and begins to sweat and grow dizzy when her hunger is at its fiercest. Some days, she eats nothing.

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Senator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 15h

Day #8 of Republicans keeping the government shut down because they are refusing to fix the health care crisis they created.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 15h

This story is a DELIGHT.

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 17h

Back from my family trip to tell you that I have a new story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! "What a Big Heart You Have" is my tender tribute to Grandma and Aunt Ellen, though the characters aren't literally them. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“What a Big Heart You Have” by Marissa Lingen

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David Hudson @dwhdaily.bsky.social · 22h

“Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble.”

@theguardian.com

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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 1d

If you have $8 you can buy a bale of hay for some wonderful animals I know! donorbox.org/mmfs-2025-ha...

Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social · 2d

Hey! We need hay! Winter is almost here so we need your help to make sure all of our residents are warm and well fed through these harsh months. It is VERY EXPENSIVE but we know we can do it with your help! ❤️ donorbox.org/mmfs-2025-ha...

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

Donald Trump has heard the wails and lamentations of all the Rust Belt communities left behind by neoliberalism, and he has a message for them: fuck you and die

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 1d

Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
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Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law

A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

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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Senator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 1d

78% of Americans support keeping health care tax breaks in place – including 57% of Trump supporters.

Why? Because this isn’t a partisan issue for working families.

Millions of Americans – no matter their party affiliation – don’t want their health care costs to skyrocket.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 1d

Today is the release day for Queen Demon! I’ll be here at Politics and Prose in Washington DC tonight!

Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 3d

Oct 7 Politics and Prose, Washington DC 2/11

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Martha Wells — Queen Demon (Rising World #2) - with Dr. Leigha McReynolds — at Union Market

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TV-MA @tv-ma.bsky.social · 3d

Oh no! It's a spooky pumpkin.

Vampire is available to adopt in Southern California. Willing to drive her out up to 2hrs for the right match!

Costume & Candy store included. Dm for details

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Mark Pocan @markpocan.bsky.social · 1d

Three town halls in Western Wisconsin in representative Derek Van Orden’s district today so far. One more to go.

People are upset about increasing healthcare costs and 15 million people losing healthcare access, as well as the Trump tariff taxes we are all paying.

And guess who was a no-show…

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 1d

Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears has no policy positions, has shared no plans for what she’d do if elected, grants no interviews, and isn’t even on her own campaign bus as it tours the state. She’s a candidate in name only.

Spanberger answers questions about policy. Earle-Sears does not.

This fits a pattern where Earle-Sears has avoided taking about most issues. Her silence on issues is unprecedented in modern Virginia history.

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Senator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 2d

The American people are with Democrats on this. They don’t want their health care ripped away from them or jacked up.

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is exercising more power for a fake emergency than Lincoln did for a real one.

Trump Is Destroying the U.S. Constitution and Amassing Unprecedented Powers by Sending Federal Troops to Invade American Cities

Lincoln faced a real insurrection and still did not go as far as this president

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Mark Pocan @markpocan.bsky.social · 1d

Today is the day, Western Wisconsin.

See what a real Congressman does. Listens to their constituents. Something your elected rep has never done - a public town hall.

Join us in one of four spots today!

The GOP may be on their 3rd week of paid vacation. Dems aren’t.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

Again, going in circles, but Trump ****literally**** does not understand how the American government works. He has ****never**** understood it. He was, until this administration, protected from his own stupidity but now there is no longer anyone at the helm. It’s ***actual*** anarchic governance.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 2d

Please help my friends at this beautiful local farm sanctuary with their hay drive! ☺️

Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social · 2d

Hey! We need hay! Winter is almost here so we need your help to make sure all of our residents are warm and well fed through these harsh months. It is VERY EXPENSIVE but we know we can do it with your help! ❤️ donorbox.org/mmfs-2025-ha...

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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 2d

Richmond, VA area😻Richmond SPCA waives adoption fees for all cats, kittens to celebrate Francine's return😻

www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...

Richmond SPCA waives adoption fees for all cats and kittens after announcement of Francine's return

The Richmond SPCA is celebrating Francine's return to the West Broad Street Lowe's by waiving adoption fees for all cats and kittens.

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Senator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 2d

Republicans aren’t just jeopardizing the health and well-being of families by taking their health care away. They’re putting our small businesses and local economies at risk, too. wausaupilotandreview.com/2025/10/04/s...

Small business owners, employees worry about higher health insurance costs - Wausau Pilot & Review

by Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner October 1, 2025 Matt Raboin owns Brix Cider, a farm-to-table restaurant, and brews apple cider in the Dane County village

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