Ngela

Ngela

@ngelaa.bsky.social

Let's elevate the correct people and engage! Hold people accountable for their shit. We need action! You won't be getting my vote without standing for something. That's not too much to ask.

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Look - it isn't my thing but Iowa is facing a $1.4 billion budget crisis. A common-sense way to help address that would be to fully legalize adult-use cannabis in Iowa. And to solve the problems that come with it - we treat it like alcohol. Read my full plan here: https://bit.ly/4yJ8FdE

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Bottom line: Anyone building a data center in Iowa should be contributing to Iowa, not extracting from us. They should be paying full freight in taxes and carrying their own weight, not raising your costs for anything, and most of all - should be respecting those who were already here.

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I’ve been saying this for 15 years! It’s not really breaking news :) ''I called on the entire world to isolate and boycott Israel. The boycott is already starting to bear fruit''.

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WaPo photojournalist Heidi Levine, a Jewish American, said violent masked Israeli settlers beat her while she covered attacks on Palestinian olive farmers in the occupied West Bank. “They just kept kicking me… probably 50 times,” she said. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers watched without intervening

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court just BLOCKED Missouri’s GOP-drawn 2025 congressional map AGAIN from being used in the 2026 election, while delivering a blistering rebuke to the Eighth Circuit for trying to revive it.

meidasnews.comSupreme Court Blocks GOP Missouri Map Again in Blistering Appeals Court RebukeThe justices said the Eighth Circuit should have seen this coming after it tried to revive Missouri’s 2025 congressional map in the middle of an election.

Example of using your platform for good. Take notes Ed.

michaeledward@michaeledward.bsky.social

Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not. Photo: AP News

Great reporting, as usual!

The Lever@levernews.com

EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI’s president and his wife gave $25 million to Trump’s super PAC — and three months later, a federal rule requiring AI companies to disclose their most dangerous experiments was withdrawn.

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NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?

The international press has been saying this since the beginning. I'm glad US outlets are able to finally catch up.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: The Trump regime has been lying about the full number of U.S. service member deaths in Trump’s Iran War, six U.S. officials tell The Washington Post.

It's like Chipotle wants to go out of business. They keep making one bad move after another. Awful business.

WIRED@wired.com

Fast-casual burrito chain Chipotle has partnered with the data infrastructure giant Palantir for a “food safety risk platform.” It comes after a nightmare summer for food safety across the US.

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BREAKING: A federal court has once again blocked a key part of President Trump’s attempt to restrict mail-in voting for the November election.

This needs more attention.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

When this nation’s first president chopped down one cherry tree, he was honest and contrite. When the current president chopped down a slew of cherry trees, he did so in violation of a court order—and didn’t give a shit.

Amazing reporting! Thank you!

The Lever@levernews.com

BREAKING: A judge just ruled that the Trump administration illegally retaliated against Anthropic after the AI company resisted government demands over mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. But there’s more to this story.... ⬇️

Yes! Thank you for all the hard work, ACLU team!

ACLU@aclu.org

BREAKING: A federal court granted our emergency request to block USPS from implementing President Trump's order to restrict mail-in voting for the November election.

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The Trump administration is trying to change what science is allowed to be taught, and now a West Point professor who taught there for 17 years says he is being pushed out after speaking up about it.

🙌

ACLU@aclu.org

BREAKING: A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration's efforts to seize the medical records of transgender youth in New York City. This is a victory for everyone's right to privacy.

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He sacrificed his NFL career for his beliefs. "Colin has ​used his platform to advocate for equality, human dignity, and social change, even when ​doing so came at significant personal and professional cost," said Lonnie Ali, CEO of the Muhammad Ali ​Center. www.reuters.com/sports/kaepe...

reuters.comKaepernick to receive Muhammad Ali humanitarian awardFormer NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, whose protests against racial injustice a decade ago made him one of the most prominent athlete activists in the U.S., will receive the ​Muhammad Ali Center's ...

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Replying to @meidastouch.com

In fact, the final Postal Service rule was issued late last week, though the Court seems to be ignorant of that fact. I expect that the states will file a new lawsuit and that this order will remain blocked for 2026.”

Trying to not overreact, but jfc how much can we all take?!

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Norm Eisen of Democracy Defenders Fund: “Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule. Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it.”

It's genuinely so sad and also very real life for women.

WIRED@wired.com

For many watching Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, the primary takeaway has been how the deaths of her three small children—Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callen, eight months—were tragically preventable.

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Mike Rogers once defended warrantless surveillance by saying: “You can’t have your privacy violated if you don’t know your privacy is violated.” He is now the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan.

Congratulations on the primary win, and now we get you to the Senate!

The Lever@levernews.com

Florida just delivered one of the biggest progressive upsets of the 2026 midterms. Democratic socialist Angie Nixon won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate after being out-fundraised roughly 16-to-1 by Alexander Vindman. She won anyway — with what The NYT called “old-fashioned organizing.”

Yes, it's absolutely gross

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com

Sickening that corporate media has been directed by their billionaire handlers to ask every Democrat about the DSA platform in an effort to divide the party, instead of the GOP platform of kidnapping, starvation, murder, and death.

Best news of the day! Lfg!

ACLU@aclu.org

BREAKING: A federal court blocked the United States Postal Service from implementing President Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting.

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Earlier this week, the Alaskan cruise ship Wilderness Legacy rescued a small skiff stranded near Farragut Bay after running out of fuel. But, according to tracking data reviewed by the Alaska Beacon and Halifax Shipping News, the closest vessel was actually Mark Zuckerberg’s super yacht, Launchpad.

theverge.comZuckerberg’s yacht was closer, but someone else saved a stranded boatThe small cruise ship Wilderness Legacy rescued the skiff that ran out of fuel.

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America's gun psychopathy continues: *345* mass shootings so far in 2026. 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest: a 44-yr-old man fatally shot 4 people (including 3 women) and then fled with his grandmother before being killed in a shootout with police: www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/08/10/m...

atlantanewsfirst.comNew details emerge on killings of 4 in Burke County, fatal clash with suspectA suspect who killed four people in Burke County is dead after a pursuit and shoot-out with deputies early Monday.

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🚨 NEW: ICE is spearheading a massive genetic surveillance effort, capturing the DNA information of nearly 1 million immigrants last year alone, most of whom are not suspected of committing a crime.