We just added Ken Paxton to our #MostCorrupt2026 list. He continuously puts his personal interests over those of everyday Texans who get stuck footing the bill for his corruption. #TXSen

Ken Paxton's impeachment will cost Texas taxpayers $12M+

Residents are footing the bill for an impeachment, state audit, a court judgment, and years of legal invoices.

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I spend nearly zero time each day thinking about sports, period. Not a single moment of it focused on men in women's sports.

Americans need to shut this conversation down and turn the tables on the Baby Rapist. There are some 550,000 registered college athletes in the US, six of those athletes identify as Trans. There are 77 million Americans who have no problem with rape and trafficking children for sex.

"They believe a person with a disability who can't work is a waste!" O'Malley said, his voice simultaneously outraged and erudite. "That an elderly person is a waste! That an orphan child is a waste!" www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...

Trump just lit a fuse under the sleeping giant with Social Security move

Former Social Security Commissioner Martin O'Malley warns that Republican leaders are targeting Social Security because they view vulnerable citizens as a "waste," slamming the administration's effort...

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Remember folks the cuts go into affect AFTER the midterms. The one we are experiencing now is only the icing on the cake. Vote blue . Or independent. Know your candidates Follow their money , if leads to a billionaire, not a good choice. Vote wisely. Stand up Do your part.

Fine, but how come no Epstein investigation? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Feds seize Eric Swalwell’s devices, search home as part of sexual assault inquiry

The former congressman, once considered a leading candidate in the California governor’s race, resigned after allegations surfaced in the spring.

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Nurses, patients and community allies are mobilizing on Thursday, August 27th in eight cities across the US to demand hospitals, elected officials, and our government immediately cut ties with tech giant Palantir. @texasaflcio.org & @nationalnurses.bsky.social 🫡 texasaflcio.org/events/austi...

Austin: NNU's Palantir Out Day of Action

Nurses, patients, and community allies are mobilizing on Thursday, August 27th in eight cities across the United States to demand hospitals, elected officials, and our government immediately cut ties ...

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“Shameless liar #6 reporting for duty—to confuse and divide America even more!”

HuffPost@huffpost.com · yesterday

The conservative CNN contributor is thought to be in line to succeed Karoline Leavitt as press secretary.

Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels

After bulldozers entered Big Bend National Park, hundreds of Texans came to Wednesday’s meeting to ask the agency to keep federal border barriers out of state parks.

Texas Parks and Wildlife commissioners inundated with border wall concerns during annual meeting

Dozens gather in opposition of border infrastructure projects in the Big Bend region before the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission's public meeting in

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Good decision. Here's a dog, oblivious to the mess the world is in, resting on a ball of yellow yarn.

I did it yesterday. Take care of yourself. Don't get overwhelmed. Easier said than done, I know. Laugh today. It doesn't cost $$ and it helps...some.

I think I need a BlueSky break today; as tensions over this dictatorship rise, I get too anxious looking for signs that someone, anyone is going to stop this. And my feed is so much politics. I’m going to wash towels, bake bread and crochet - maybe pick some flowers to dry.

Latest news about our legal effort to obtain accountability for Mary Comans, former FEMA CFO, who was unlawfully fired by President Trump in February 2025. We filed proposed findings of fact this week. The Govt is required to respond by next Tuesday. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Elon Musk posted, and she lost her job. Now, she seeks to clear her name.

A judge found that Mary Comans unlawfully lost her job at FEMA amid cuts by the U.S. DOGE Service.

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Absolutely! #BookSky

Diarrhea in the lettuce, glass in the popsicles, E. Coli in the berries, screw worms in the beef, salmonella in the chicken & eggs, listeria in everything else. Man I love deregulation. Libertarianism is such a great philosophy.

Remember when food was safe to eat www.dailymail.com/health/artic...

Blueberry recall moved to highest risk level... 'probability of death'

A recall of frozen blueberries has been upgraded to the FDA's highest warning level over potential deadly bacterial contamination. There have been 12 sickened and four hospitalized.

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Political cartoonists keep the story clear and simple

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The US gross national debt just crossed $40 trillion. Sure, let’s build a helicopter pad, a ballroom, paint statues gold, and keep going. 🙄

We vote every few years and then go to work in an economic dictatorship where the owner makes all the important decisions, gives us orders, and takes a big share of the value we create. Political democracy without economic democracy Is. Not. Freedom. No wonder we're depressed. This isn't life.

James Talarico is bringing left, right, and center together. If he can do that in Texas, imagine what he can do in the US Senate! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 Ken Paxton accepted $500,000 from data center interests. Paxton sells Texas to the highest bidder. Talarico brings Texans together. #SheShed

James Talarico unveils BOLD PLAN to combat data centers

YouTube video by James Talarico

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It only took 19 months for RFK Jr to turn the once safe US food supply into a game of gastrointestinal Russian Roulette.

Dr. Heidi Overton is currently working as a White House policy aide. If confirmed, she would lead an agency of 18,000 staffers who study and regulate food, drugs, medical devices, tobacco and more. n.pr/4xREkJR

What to know about Dr. Heidi Overton, Trump's pick to lead the FDA

Dr. Heidi Overton is currently working as a White House policy aide. If confirmed, she would lead an agency of 18,000 staffers who study and regulate food, drugs, medical devices, tobacco and more.

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I wonder why backers of the Paramount merger are resorting to shady astroturf operations like "Neighbors for Strong Communities," a fake organization with an address in Washington, DC that's a nondescript black door next to an Italian restaurant texting ppl in California about "Hollywood jobs"? Oh.

California AG Rob Bonta Says David Ellison Is “Desperate” and “Grasping at Straws”

In an expansive interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Bonta laid out his strategy and took aim at the Paramount chief and emerging legal rival. “He cannot flee accountability.”

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Mark Ruffalo@markruffalo.bsky.social · 3d ago

This is the kind of BS we have to all call out hard. We are being played by the oligarchs and this is how they do it. Disinformation and fake grassroots movements.

Data centers have caused a national backlash that is set to affect voter decisions in midterm elections, reports @davidmccabe.bsky.social. "In more than a dozen cities & towns [people] are so angry about local elected officials’ approving the energy-guzzling warehouses, they are not waiting."

Voters Aren’t Waiting for November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers

As a backlash grows over data centers, more local officials are facing recall elections for their support of the computing sites.

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