Sue Stone
@knittingknots.bsky.social
Goals: Stand up for justice, liberty, truth, reality. Be aware of implicit bias. Remember, physics wins in the end. Take time to write.
50-plus military spouses, parents detained in immigration crackdown | AP News apnews.com/article/mili...
AP Exclusive: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents
An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.
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Appalachia's black lung rates are highest in nearly 50 years : NPR www.npr.org/2026/08/05/n...
Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick
Rates are now the highest they've been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
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'Scandals matter': Data guru warns GOP leaders risking majority on embattled lawmaker - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/max-miller-o...
'Scandals matter': Data guru warns GOP leaders risking majority on embattled lawmaker
Domestic abuse allegations have sent an Ohio Republican's re-election odds into free fall, according to a new analysis, and GOP leadership's continued support could cost them a House majority.Rep. Max...
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A watchdog reports FEMA is unprepared for future emergencies after the Trump administration pushed out over 6,400 employees from the disaster response agency.
'Part of being flawed': Johnson shrugs after MAGA lawmaker exposes toddler to the public - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/max-miller-m...
'Part of being flawed': Johnson shrugs after MAGA lawmaker exposes toddler to the public
Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a startling response to the unfolding controversy surrounding Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), who has been accused of abusing his wife and daughter and later releasing a trove o...
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Pokemon sued after former exec arrested for filming people with hidden cameras in bathrooms - Dexerto www.dexerto.com/pokemon/poke...
Pokemon sued after former exec arrested for filming people with hidden cameras in bathrooms - Dexerto
The Pokemon Company International is facing a lawsuit after a former executive was arrested for filming women and children inside company bathrooms.
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Researchers found a group of issues that mean Private Relay isn't actually protecting users' real IP addresses. 404 Media verified the issues do expose IP addresses.
Apple's ‘Private Relay’ Is Exposing Users' Real IP Addresses
Researchers found a group of issues that mean Private Relay isn't actually protecting users' real IP addresses. 404 Media verified the issues do expose IP addresses.
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GOV. ABBOTT: ".. Our top priority is to protect Texans’ safety and quality of life. .. Any project that fails to comply .. must be denied connection to the Texas grid. Simply put, Texans must come first.” #Texas www.texastribune.org/2026/08/03/t...
New Texas data center projects frozen until state audits them
On Monday, the governor ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to audit all data centers wanting to connect to the state’s power grid.
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New research presented at the COSPAR space conference in Florence points to possible signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, based on mineral and organic matter found by NASA's Perseverance rover. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/QIze
I fought Rudy Giuliani and Trump in 202 and learned an important lesson: They would lie in the parking lot but have to be more careful in court. Jeanine Pirro's dismissal of the bogus case against David Hearn is just the latest example of this.
Seems like the Dems in Michigan and elsewhere should want to get behind the resume of this impressive person, with this background.
Timothy McBride@mcbridetd.bsky.social · 7h agoI wonder how many people do not realize that Abdul El Sayed is a medical doctor, Rhodes Scholar and is author of many articles on public health.
Ex-Trump cabinet member dragged for ‘racist’ smear that blows up in his face - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/abdul-el-say...
Ex-Trump cabinet member dragged for ‘racist’ smear that blows up in his face
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sparked an online firestorm Tuesday after smearing Democratic congressional candidate Abdul El-Sayed as a “Hamas supporter,” only for the remark to quickly backfi...
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Trump Fumes at Humiliating Poll Number in Bonkers Rant www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fumes-...
Trump Fumes at Humiliating Poll Number in Bonkers Rant
The president’s polling on the economy is even worse than he thinks.
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Politics feels corrupt because it is. Billionaire mega-donors aren’t just buying yachts and jets — they’re buying power, and they’re using that power to rig our political system. jamestalarico.com/issue/corrup...
Mallory McMorrow, who dropped out of the Democratic Senate race a month before the primary, endorsed Abdul El-Sayed as he maintained a narrow lead over Haley Stevens early this morning. “I’m proud to give Abdul my full endorsement and support as we head to November together as a unified party.”
McMorrow endorses El-Sayed as he holds edge on Stevens
"Whatever differences there were between the candidates in this race, those differences are nothing compared to the contrast in November," she said.
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Military families are outraged by conditions on USS Lincoln www.ms.now/news/conditi...
Moldy showers and no soap: Military families are outraged by conditions on USS Lincoln
The aircraft carrier's long deployment in the Iran war is raising concerns that the sailors and Marines on board are facing poor conditions, low supplies and fatigue.
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Trump finds weird new ways to condemn Democratic-led areas www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
‘Their trees are all gross’: Trump finds weird new ways to condemn Democratic-led areas
The president shares his revulsion toward many U.S. communities with such frequency that it’s become the background noise of our civic lives.
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GOP’s Chuck Edwards abandons re-election campaign following Ethics Committee report www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
GOP’s Chuck Edwards abandons re-election campaign following Ethics Committee report
“After much prayer and reflection, I’ve decided to withdraw from my re-election campaign,” the congressman said. “I will complete my current term.”
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'Ripe for accidents': Families fume at Trump as ship doctor warns sailors may go insane - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/uss-abraham-...
'Ripe for accidents': Families fume at Trump as ship doctor warns sailors may go insane
Families of sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are raising urgent concerns about deteriorating conditions on the aircraft carrier, which has now spent nine months at sea and five conse...
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Kash Patel shrugs off spy risk after forging FBI partnerships with 'enemies' - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-r...
Kash Patel shrugs off spy risk after forging FBI partnerships with 'enemies'
FBI Director Kash Patel's unprecedented law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia have triggered significant alarm within the U.S. counterintelligence community, according to a new report. Fo...
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Stephen Colbert's ‘60 Minutes’ Producer Daughter Madeleine Carlisle Quits Show www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/ste...
Colbert's Daughter Deals Stunning Blow to MAGA-Curious CBS
Another one bites the dust at the once-prestigious show.
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'Strong signal': Voters choose drop-out over Trump's congressional candidate - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/trump-primar...
'Strong signal': Voters choose drop-out over Trump's congressional candidate
President Donald Trump's preferred congressional candidate has fallen 20 points behind a competitor who dropped out of the race, reports show. This GOP primary underperformance Tuesday night represent...
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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis | Oil | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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Critics skewer 'desperate' Republican after 'self-destructive' CNN interview - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/max-miller-j...
Critics skewer 'desperate' Republican after 'self-destructive' CNN interview
Rep. Max Miller was facing public backlash on Tuesday after a heated interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper. Tapper pressed Miller, who has been facing allegations of abusing his ex-wife and 2-year-old...
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Staggering lawsuit backfires as judge threatens to expose Trump's finances: report - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/trump-bbc-la...
Staggering lawsuit backfires as judge threatens to expose Trump's finances: report
One of President Donald Trump's own lawsuits is forcing him to expose his finances, according to new reporting.A federal magistrate judge in Florida ruled on Tuesday that Trump has to turn over detail...
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Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
My Statement on D.C. Circuit’s Ruling to Protect Landmark Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund from Unlawful Trump Attacks
