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Proud Californian, not ready to give up on democracy. Resister. Fed up with subsidizing billionaires and red states. No crypto/No porn. #Resist #StopProject2025 #StopFascism #SaveDemocracy #StopTrump #RuleOfLaw #TaxBillionaires #FreeSpeech #FightCorruption

New Mexico’s attorney general sued the JD on Wed. over its refusal to share unredacted documents from its files on Epstein, arguing that the Trump administration was obstructing the state’s criminal investigation of the disgraced financier. #EpsteinFiles #ZorroRanch #Blues

New Mexico Sues Trump Administration for Unredacted Epstein Files in Zorro Ranch Investigation (Gift Article)

The Zorro Ranch outside Santa Fe, where Epstein victims said they were abused, is at the center of an ongoing feud between the state and federal government.

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In the 1950s we had 700 different chemicals in our food Today we have over 10,000 in our food In Europe, they only have 700 still today. Kelloggs makes the safer Canadian version and the American version. Two different options, same manufacturer. Americans have been sold out sadly.

NEWS: Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) just dropped out of his re-election race at 3:32 a.m.m. He said he’s done running but will finish out his term. This after the House Ethics Committee found “substantial reason to believe [he] violated House Rules related to sexual harassment and hostile workplaces.”

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Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

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Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

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NEW: Republicans tried to get Missourians to effectively kill direct democracy and ballot initiatives. Last night, Missourians literally laughed in their face — rejecting the measure by a massive 80% to 20%. Here’s what to know:

Missourians Reject Measure That Threatened to Kill Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives - Bolts

Missourians on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against a measure to restrict direct democracy, while state officials are trying to block even more citizen-led reforms from the November ballot.

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Let’s level set. MICHIGAN is a must-win if we want to flip the Senate. A word caution: This race was tighter than many predicted. El-Sayed needs Stevens supporters in the general, so it’s not smart strategy to keep them angry. Welcome them. Focus on issues. Time is short, so healing must be quick

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These troops -- who are generally very friendly and have no say in what they've been assigned to do -- are walking around in circles all day, around the perimeters of parks, up and down neighborhood streets, with hardly anything to do.

NOTUS Metro@notusmetro.bsky.social · yesterday

Trump’s decision to keep National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C., through the end of his term will cost an additional $1.4 billion in tax dollars, according to budget estimates provided to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office and shared with NOTUS.

Over the last nine months, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has run dozens of paid ads that include explicit AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and images of minors alongside sexually suggestive statements, according to details of the ads shared with WIRED.

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

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Ex-OpenAI board member Helen Toner says AI companies are "deadly serious" about building machines that outperform humans at everything and they don’t know if they’ll be able to control them.   So why hasn’t Congress taken meaningful action to regulate AI?

Big Oil is making a $30 million windfall profit every HOUR by using the Iran War as an excuse to rip off commuters at the gas pump. This year, Exxon will be spending $20 billion of its profits on stock buybacks. We must end the Iran War and pass a windfall profits tax — NOW!

I couldn’t be prouder of the movement we’ve built in mid-Michigan. Thank you, Ambassador Bridget Brink and Matt Maasdam, for your years of public service and all your hard work on the campaign trail. While tonight we celebrate, there’s still much more work ahead.

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Climate activist William Lawrence, an outspoken progressive, has won the Dem nod for swingy #MI07, held by GOP Rep. Tom Barrett. Lawrence was aided by the fact that two more moderate candidates appeared to split the vote.

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#IceOut #Persist #California Los Angeles California West LA Freeway Brigade Thursdays through Oct 29 7:45 – 9am PDT I-405 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Meet us at 7:30 under Trader Joe’s/cvs signpost on Sepulveda or join from 7:45 on the Palms Blvd overpass! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

West LA Freeway Brigade · Mobilize

Come join local activists from Indivisible Westside LA as we give commuters the morning anti-fascism boost they need! Remind our fellow Angelenos that we're standing up against this out-of-control reg...

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“The American people are not fooled by this latest move and neither are we,” said Democracy Forward president and CEO Skye Perryman in a statement. “If the Justice Department truly intended to end the Anti-Weaponization fund on its own, (cont.) msmagazine.com/2026/07/29/t...

As Todd Blanche's Nomination Advances, New Questions Emerge Over the DOJ's Epstein Files

In a party line vote of 12-10, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Todd Blanche's nomination. A full Senate vote is expected in the coming days. Last week, the Justice Department complied with U....

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