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Athens, GA The more I get to know people, the more I love my dogs.

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Gee, I thought the Trump administration didn't allow violent criminal immigrants into the U.S.

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FlΓ‘vio Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the U.S. amid a money-laundering probe, as Washington agrees to issue visas to him and his family. n.pr/4zpBn48

n.prU.S. to issue visas to FlΓ‘vio Bolsonaro as his whereabouts remain unclearFlΓ‘vio Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the U.S. amid a money-laundering probe, as Washington agrees to issue visas to him and his family.
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". . . X has taken down the initial posts that shared the videos and suspended the users for violating the platform’s rules. However, copies could still be found online Tuesday β€” some with hundreds of shares β€” demonstrating how difficult it can be to contain disinformation that can proliferate"

apnews.comDisinformation videos, likely from Russia, are exploiting real people to malign Senate candidatesSocial media videos believed to be linked to Russia are misusing real people’s names and photographs to spread disinformation about two Democratic Senate candidates.
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*Gift Article* "And some of the key figures poised to benefit from the Lukoil sale have ties to President Trump’s family and his associates β€” including the administration’s envoys to Russia."

nytimes.comTrump, Putin, Ukraine and an Oil Deal: 5 Takeaways (Gift Article)A proposal to bolster relations with the Kremlin through the purchase of Russian energy assets is striking even for an administration that regularly mixes personal business interests with foreign poli...

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Angie Nixon
@angieforfl.bsky.social

Folks have insulted:Β  My Southern drawl.Β  My loc’d hair.Β  My clothes.Β  My shoes.Β  My intelligence.Β  I’ve been called a ghetto Black b!t€h. Now @JDVance says I don’t belong and should leave the very country my ancestors helped build. This is a lot y’all. It is. #AngieForFlorida

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What is important to us? "It includes Thomas Jefferson's fossil collection, and plant samples gathered by Lewis and Clark."

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Beloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it. n.pr/4y2SrM3

n.prJust short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts downBeloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it.
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I'd say we have already 'given the country over to a bunch of crazy people," to use Vance's words. The Trump administration. Vice President JD Vance sought to appeal to skeptical voters by highlighting what he calls Republicans' "contrast with the radicals."

onlineathens.comVance makes pitch to skeptical voters ahead of midterm electionsVice President JD Vance sought to appeal to skeptical voters by highlighting what he calls Republicans' "contrast with the radicals."

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The Supreme Court is allowing use of a data system that Trump officials overhauled. The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections. n.pr/4dRATLp

n.prThe Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checksThe Supreme Court is allowing use of a data system that Trump officials overhauled. The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections.
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*Gift article* Just when it looked like the Supreme Court of the U.S. had finally decided to stand up to Trump's fascist strategies, we have this. Voter suppression. Too little time for states to do anything better than butcher the voter rolls.

nytimes.comSupreme Court Allows Federal Voter Identification Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.

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William Gibson
@greatdismal.bsky.social

I don’t know what this is or how I came to photograph it this morning, but that seems like an appropriate way to start my day here

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'President Donald Trump has responded in characteristic fashion to the recent debate around AI safety β€” by declaring that these concerns are part of a long line of hoaxes β€œgenerated by the Radical Left Dumocrats [sic], for purposes of destroying our Country.'”

techcrunch.comTrump says it's time to rebrand AI with a new name β€” and he's also creating an AI Force | TechCrunchTrump claimed, without evidence, that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax.
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*gift article* For those of you who think that damage caused by the Trump administration will be repairable once he leaves office, read on. Damage to the environment and to animal populations will not be quickly resolved when the next administration comes in. Stay in the fight.

nytimes.comTrump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection (Gift Article)An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.

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Frank Conniff
@frankconniff.bsky.social

β€œI’m not voting for anyone because I oppose genocide.” Guess what, no you don’t.

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Naomi Klein
@naomiaklein.bsky.social

Today is the day! A journey that Astra and I started as an essay in The Guardian is now officially out in the world. End Times Fascism – And the Fight for the Living World is in bookstores now. If you are inclined, please buy one from an indie bookseller or borrow it from your local library.

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Free DC
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We’ll be coming back to Charlottesville two more weekends this fall. Sign up to join us October 10 and 11, or October 31-November 3! freedcproject.org/news/flip-va-5

freedcproject.orgHelp us flip Virginia’s 5th this fall β€” Free DCSince the start of last year Congress has introduced a historic number of attacks against DC. These bills are a dangerous threat to our communities: they would force DC to allow 14-year-olds to be tri...
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*Gift Article The rush to push ahead follows a familiar pattern for Mr. Trump. He has frequently embarked on large-scale changes to historic properties in Washington without approvals from Congress or anyone else. The president last year abruptly tore down the historic East Wing of the White House.

nytimes.comPlans Announced to Break Ground on Trump’s Triumphal Arch Before Final Approval (Gift Article)Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.
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Without approval? Trump doesn't seek approval. After all if he follows the rules, he provides notice of his intent to destroy. Part of what he is destroying is my home town.

ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com

Trump is trying to sack DC out of spite. the people hate his fucking guts so he's going to impose a Trumperdammerung on everything beautiful he can reach people.com/dozens-trees...

people.comDozens of Trees Quietly Toppled in D.C. Without Court Approval Ahead of Trump’s New Golf Course Makeover: ReportOver 60 trees were removed at East Potomac Golf Links before official approval for renovations was granted, the Washington Post reported Friday, Aug. 26. Preservationists argue the plans violate a law...
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*Gift article* "Mr. Blumenthal said of the report that 'the main takeaway for me is that the Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans. One-third of all Americans cast their ballots by mail, and the U.S.P.S. puts all of their votes at risk'.”

nytimes.comWhistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)A report detailed β€œgrave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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*Gift article* "The Trump administration, unable or unwilling to send them to their home country, had bused them 2,000 miles, from the U.S. border to a small city where they don’t have legal status. It’s a practice that started last year without any announcement and has quietly grown since then."

theatlantic.comA Reverse Ellis IslandA city at the southern tip of Mexico has become the place where migrants’ dreams go to die.

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John Scalzi
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At this point I'm pretty sure no one who negotiates with this administration expects it to either offer a reasonable deal or to honor the terms of the deal once it's been set. The question is whether to treat it like the unreliable bully it is. We have Canada's answer, for now at least.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social

Canada hits back at the US over tariffs after Prime Minister Mark Carney said "last-minute changes in the US proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal".

bbc.co.ukCanada says it will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break downA new 50% levy on $20bn of Canadian imports comes into force after a last-minute breakdown in trade talks.

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Acyn
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Shapiro: When he sits behind the desk in the Oval Office, making $2.2 billion off his corruption for him and his kids, it costs you money. When he sits behind that desk, he’s not thinking about how to put money in your pocket. He’s thinking about how to put money in his own pocket.

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*Gift article* A Trump-effect: it is acceptable for grown adults with supposedly serious jobs to throw around adolescent insults. Not just acceptable, rewarded. The WH asst press secretary, Davis Ingle, recently dismissed Senator Jon Ossoff as a "cringeworthy, feminine theatre kid."

theatlantic.comDonald Trump Told Me What He Really Thinks About β€˜Theater Kids’The problem with a popular new insult on the right is that it also describes the president.
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More retribution from Trump and even more dangerous than usual. "It also comes just days after North Korea resumed ballistic missile testing activities that are banned by the U.N" More impotent rage from me

apnews.comTrump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South KoreaPresident Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea after he says it declined to help denuclearize Iran.