Only Merri
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Mom of two great adult children. Empathetic, Open and Transparent believes all good people should be FREE. Live and let live
Under Patel, FBI forges unprecedented law enforcement ties with China, Russia - Reuters apple.news/Ajvjqp5dRT72...
Under Patel, FBI forges unprecedented law enforcement ties with China, Russia — Reuters
FBI Director Kash Patel says he has forged new law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia, two longtime U.S. rivals, over the past year in hopes of gaining allies in combating transnational cr...
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FCC Removes Key Limit On Media Ownership, Raising Potential Of Major Consolidation Of Broadcast TV Stations - Deadline apple.news/AhtxP_dEbRZm...
FCC Removes Key Limit On Media Ownership, Raising Potential Of Major Consolidation Of Broadcast TV Stations — Deadline
The FCC removed a key constraint on broadcasters' ability to consolidate stations, voting to repeal an ownership cap put in place to try to limit to power of any one media company.
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ICE agents descended on a cannabis farm. The lives of an army vet, a farm worker and professor changed for ever - The Guardian apple.news/AeoK6fqLjSUW... Who will have the spine to stand up
ICE agents descended on a cannabis farm. The lives of an army vet, a farm worker and professor changed for ever — Guardian US
Raids on Glass House Farms in California became a ‘litmus test’ for how much violence agents could inflict during Trump’s deportation campaign
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Republicans vote down farm bill amendment enabling lawsuits against pesticide companies, a blow to MAHA - The Hill apple.news/AGf6H2EaWTPG...
Republicans vote down farm bill amendment enabling lawsuits against pesticide companies, a blow to MAHA — The Hill
Senate Republicans on Thursday voted down an amendment that sought to open up Americans’ ability to sue pesticide companies over the health impacts of their products.
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Human-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds - The Guardian apple.news/A_HPMZRf4TrC... We are burning our planet
Human-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds — Guardian US
Current blazes roaring across country more than twice as likely to occur because of fossil fuel-driven global heating
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Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers - WIRED apple.news/AiOvsulQUSXy...
Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers — WIRED
Chevron and Williams are big winners in the race to power artificial intelligence as they build out gas-fired power plants and pipelines.
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Trump Admin Hires Unqualified Law Firm to Deport ... er, “Represent,” Migrant Children - Jezebel apple.news/AltNacpleQLK...
Trump Admin Hires Unqualified Law Firm to Deport ... er, “Represent,” Migrant Children — Jezebel
When the administration's goal is to see migrant children deported, it's not a good sign for the admin to then supply their lawyers.
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Trump signs new executive orders targeting birthright citizenship after Supreme Court loss - Axios apple.news/AlBl9_CAZSPq...
Trump targets birth tourism and citizenship in new executive orders — Axios
President Trump signed two executive orders Thursday seeking to narrow birthright citizenship in several circumstances and intensify the federal crackdown on commercial "birth tourism."
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MAGAworld is unloading on Ohio Rep. Max Miller. Senator Tim Sheehy tore into the Trump-backed congressman, warning that Miller’s actions could likely cost Republicans his House seat. trib.al/WyuMoJA
MAGA Senator Blows His Lid Over “Degenerate Sociopath” Max Miller
Senator Tim Sheehy warned that Miller’s actions could likely cost Republicans his House seat.
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🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) took its latest blow in a failing voter roll crusade as a federal judge Thursday dismissed its case targeting Washington, D.C. This marks a 0-21 record for the DOJ. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/doj...
DOJ is 0 for 21 as court dismisses D.C. voter roll grab
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) took its latest blow in a failing voter roll crusade as a federal judge Thursday dismissed its case targeting Washington, D.C.
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Phang: The breaking news is… an order was just entered within the last hour by Judge Sullivan in my lawsuit against Todd Blanche. The reason why this is so momentous is that Judge Sullivan has pretty much said in this order, “Todd Blanche, you have now defied my orders.”
Don't worry. Your very presence weakens your position. You're just too stupid to realize that. They have been mocking you for months, dumbass. #USDemocracy www.cnn.com/2026/08/06/p...
Trump grows angry over reports on depleted munitions — believing it weakens him in Iran negotiations | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has privately complained in recent days that disclosures on the dwindling US munitions stockpile make the United States look weak at a critical juncture, senior US officials sai...
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You can grift all you want in the trump regime………if you have a penis. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-ice-m...
Trump’s Ice Maiden Sparks Raging MAGA Civil War
Susie Wiles has all eyes on her after a “big blow up” behind the scenes over a sudden policy change.
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They have been doing everything in their power to rewrite history but we can't allow this to happen. #USDemocracy Trump signs executive order to push for the rewrite of U.S. history | CBC Radio share.google/sZ5Vi7SDLLES...
Trump signs executive order to push for the rewrite of U.S. history | CBC Radio
A new executive order under U.S. President Donald Trump is calling for signs to be installed outside the Smithsonian National Museum of American History to warn visitors about alleged inaccuracies. Wa...
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Rump & his family are running a criminal enterprise. Capital One suspects it, as does JP Morgan Chase & Deutsche Bank. A family of thieves, grifters & opportunistic sleazeballs. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
I'm for Medicare For All. Susan Collins is not. Instead, she helped advance Trump's $990 billion in healthcare cuts just last year. That's why Big Pharma and Big Insurance are trying to buy her another six years in Washington. They will fail.
James Talarico: What they're doing in Texas is they are redrawing the lines in the middle of the decade. It's like changing the rules after halftime because you're worried that the other team's going to win the game. It's cheating. Charlamagne: I think more politicians should say that.
Remember when we were running out of body bags and had to store all the dead in cold storage. Remember how bad it was and how tRump keep lying! This man refused to lie to the public!
Dawna and RealMonkeyCat@dawna9.bsky.social · 23h agoMillions of people are alive today because of the dedication, insightful expertise of Dr. Anthony Fauci. Millions survived the darkest days of the AIDS epidemic because of him. Everyone who holds him in contempt & badmouths him can rot painfully in hell. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social I remember.
Millions of people are alive today because of the dedication, insightful expertise of Dr. Anthony Fauci. Millions survived the darkest days of the AIDS epidemic because of him. Everyone who holds him in contempt & badmouths him can rot painfully in hell. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social I remember.
“In the words of Muhammad Ali, ‘We shook up the world,’” Abdul El-Sayed declared after winning an intense primary campaign, where he was outspent by as much as 11 to 1. “What we showed is that the power of our many is greater than the power of their money.” This is a winning message for November.
Abdul El-Sayed: “The Power of Our Many Is Greater Than the Power of Their Money”
The lessons from a primary win that can be applied to defeat a Republican in November.
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If anyone you know is worried about Abdul al Sayed, here's his background. He's no scarier than any of us. #ProudBlue
#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #DOOR Fellow Mainers, it’s time for Susan Collins to go! She is not “concerned” about Mainers. She is a trump bootlicker. She only votes no when her vote doesn’t matter. Vote Blue. Troy Jackson for US Senate💙
An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza. Now the university is paying him $250,000 - The Guardian apple.news/ASNi1vj-aSGW... Born in Israel and loves his country but is heartbroken by what is happening
An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza. Now the university is paying him $250,000 — Guardian US
The University of Minnesota withdrew an offer for Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies after an organized campaign against his hiring
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US law enforcement gave false information in case against woman charged in anti-ICE protest - The Guardian apple.news/AJR2b_3AuRNe... This is happening right in front of our faces
US law enforcement gave false information in case against woman charged in anti-ICE protest — Guardian US
Journalist Georgia Fort was one of nearly 40 people charged after interrupting a Minnesota church service
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The head of an immigrant rights organization called the firm “clearly unqualified.” trib.al/ClFdEYv
Trump-Linked Law Firm Chosen to Represent Immigrant Children in Court
The head of an immigrant rights organization called the firm “clearly unqualified.”
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵 William Lewis Moore was a White postal worker known for his one-man protests against segregation. He was murdered by a Ku Klux Klan member on April 23, 1963 during a lone racial (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/po...
April 23, 1963: White Civil Rights Activist Murdered on Racial Justice Walk in Alabama
William Lewis Moore, a white postal worker from Baltimore, was murdered on the road in Alabama during a one-person march for racial justice.
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“President Trump raged at the assessment his national-security team gave him at Camp David on Friday, which showed that the U.S. military was running low on the munitions that would be necessary for Trump to order an escalation against Iran.”
Jonathan Lemire@jonlemire.bsky.social · yesterdayNEW: The United States is running out of missiles The Pentagon is worried about protecting assets in the Middle East and around the world. Trump lashed out at officials about the depletion And the shortage may force the U.S. to settle for a bad Iran deal www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
