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CK_Smith πŸš«πŸ‘‘πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²

@howlynmountains.bsky.social

The level of stupidity makes me think this has got to be a simulation. Real life can't be derailed this easily. But yet... here we are.

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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

thehandbasket.co'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist tiesThomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)
@portlandken.bsky.social

A message from Amb. Bill Burns' talk upon accepting the American Foreign Service Association's lifetime achievement award. Bill is an old friend from our Moscow days together and probably the best diplomat of our generation. He is absolutely spot on about the US committing super-power suicide.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Ossoff: "The crisis we must meet is deeper than this presidency. Trump's rise is proof that business as usual has failed, that our politics, sickened by corruption, is failing the American public and compromising our national integrity. And that the hour is late to fix what's broken."

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Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline.com

Four extraordinary women. Four brilliant minds. Four trailblazers. And every single one of them PASSED THE BAR.

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Steve Rattner
@steverattner.bsky.social

Real wages are shrinking year-over-year for the sixth month in a row. The Iran War brought an end to three years of real wage growth.

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Home of the Brave
@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

Gas costs more right now. Why? Trump’s war. We’re making sure voters don’t forget it. That's why we're spending an additional $1 million on our billboards across Ohio, Michigan, and Iowa.

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Climatologist49
@climatologist49.bsky.social

September 2026 was the 2nd warmest September on record (2023 was the warmest). 20% of the Earth had their single warmest September on record (since 1940). This is twice the area that was record warm in 2023 (10.1%).

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Barchart
@barchart.com

BREAKING 🚨: Stock Futures Timberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr πŸ“‰ πŸ“‰

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.

Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)@hansilowang.bsky.social

SCOOP: After the Census Bureau issued a highly unusual report tied to a President Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau’s parent agency, the Commerce Department, cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, @npr.org has learned www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...

npr.orgTrump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau reportAfter the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.

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Save Standard Time
@savestandard.bsky.social

Replying to @savestandard.bsky.social

Remind your senators to ditch the switch the safe way, by ditching DST itself! www.votervoice.net/ditchDST/Cam...

votervoice.netTell Congress to Ditch Daylight Saving Time with Permanent Standard Time!Tell your members of congress to oppose the Sunshine Protection Act, and to sponsor the Sunshine for our Kids Act. Ditch Daylight Saving Time and Save Standard Time!

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Greg Sargent
@gregsargent.bsky.social

Trump is losing to Iran. He's failing to curb inflation. He's failing to bring back factory jobs. He isn't boosting economic growth. He's empowering Russia and China. He's world-historically unpopular. But he can scribble "Lake America" with a big crayon on a map. Is that MAGA's consolation prize?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Holy shit β€” the purpose of this Trump event is to announce that he’s changing the name of Lake Ontario to β€œLake America.” It will be interesting to see which if any institutions and companies go along with this

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Hoodlum πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
@nothoodlum.bsky.social

It’s not the Gulf of America. We don’t have a Department of War, unless you count the war we’re losing. Canada is not the 51st state. There’s no such thing as the Lake of America, The Strait of America or the Trump Center. You are not 6’3” and 225 lbs, You’re demented.

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Center for American Progress
@americanprogress.bsky.social

Neera Tanden: "What could possibly be protected speech if not facts developed from evidence and crime statistics about governmental policies? It's hard to imagine what the First Amendment would protect if it doesn't protect speech like that."

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Nicholas Slayton
@nslayton.bsky.social

Lara Korte, who was just fired from Stars & Stripes, has been covering the relocation of personnel from Bahrain for months and did a great piece today on 1,300 Navy family members displaced from Bahrain who are stuck in limbo given the damage to the Bahrain base. www.stripes.com/branches/nav...

stripes.comNavy families evacuated from Bahrain face β€˜uncharted territory’ amid bureaucratic confusionThe evacuation has left families in limbo and forced military officials to improvise solutions for support programs.
Chase Madar supports Rep. Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants@madar.bsky.social

Remarkable how little political noise it's made here in the US that a major American naval base in Bahrain was basically destroyed, and that this was kept quiet for five months www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...

nytimes.comNavy Carrier’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in WarDiego Garcia, a tiny island 2,200 miles from the Gulf of Oman, took over as the Navy’s logistics hub after Iran damaged a base in Bahrain.
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@howlynmountains.bsky.social

Brutal, brutal, brutal. Is the plan know to just hope the insane El Nino brings some temporary relief? Ugh. #COWx

The Colorado Sun β˜€οΈ@coloradosun.com

Colorado River hits β€œbleak” new low in Palisade, straining water supplies for fish and farms

coloradosun.comColorado River hits "bleak" new low in Palisade, straining water supplies for fish and farmsThe mighty Colorado River, which supports millions of people across the West, saw its lowest flows in over a decade this week.

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Jon of The North
@krauza.bsky.social

Do you know what China's been doing while we've been dropping bombs and allocating more money for new weapons? Beating us on alternative energy, manufacturing, high speed rail, technology, microchips, and infrastructure.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

The cyclospora outbreak has reached 7,400 cases across 9 states. The FDA just recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,300 measles cases β€” breaking 2025’s record. β€œMake America Healthy Again.”

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Ricky Davila
@therickydavila.bsky.social

This is random, but I wanted to extend my gratitude to Democratic Congresswoman Joyce Beatty for her tireless effort in protecting the Kennedy Center from being fully destroyed by a vindictive jealous petty classless criminal. πŸ’™πŸ‘Š

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David Roberts
@volts.wtf

My main wish for politics is that people would spend less time fighting people who aren't the fascists literally destroying the country as we speak and more time fighting the fascists who are literally destroying the country as we speak.