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Texas isn't a red state, it's a non-voting state. Let's change that, Texans! Make a plan to vote early: October 19-30. And tell your friends and family. Please check your voter registration by going to: www.texas.gov/living-in-te...
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President Trump announced a blockade of Iranian ports after peace talks with Iran collapsed. And, Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 16 years in power in Hungary. n.pr/4t97VfW
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Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.
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Like McCarthyism meets 1984
A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda. This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
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Exclusive: The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
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This is excellent. @rbreich.bsky.social is one of the last of his generation who is still fighting the fight, who understands that politics is the class war & who is willing to say that corporate Dems colluded with Republicans to create the crisis we’re now living in.
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Two democratic representatives were targeted, shot, and one of them killed in an attack by a MAGA nutjob who was posing as (or was?) a police officer. The biggest threat from terrorism in this country is the GOP. www.fox9.com/news/melissa...
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3. But current and former employees warn the bureau — which for years has been dealing with short-term funding and staffing challenges — is under unique strain. It is well into preparations for the #2030Census, which is set to be used to redistribute political representation and federal funding
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5. A recent contract cut has added another complication at the bureau. According to emails shared with NPR, the online training systems the bureau has relied on for its mandatory data stewardship training are set to no longer be available to the agency
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Medications that have transformed the treatment of obesity may also help people drink less alcohol, according to new government-funded research.
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Republicans are going along with Elon Musk's unlawful power grab. They're okay with an unelected billionaire who has no congressional authority having his hands on the Treasury's payment system and your Social Security number. Remember this.
🚨 BREAKING: Rep. Gerald Connolly, Democratic Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight, just introduced a motion to SUBPOENA Elon Musk. MAGA James Comer, chair of the committee, refuses, and chaos interrupts.
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“I think the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Under Trump, EPA scientists say managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including cancer, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. And in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves. By @fastlerner.bsky.social
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