Shamontiel

@shamontiel.bsky.social

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The Trump admin in June terminated funding for most programs around the country that teach children and teenagers how to prevent pregnancy and sexually-transmitted infections, and issued new (dumb ass, delusional) guidance requiring grantees to teach abstinence. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Judge halts Trump’s abstinence-only overhaul of teen sex ed program

But the ruling will not restore tens of millions in funds cut earlier this summer.

politico.com

Progressive state Rep. Angie Nixon won the Democratic nomination for a special U.S. Senate election in Florida. Nixon defeated retired Army Lt. Col Alex Vindman, a former National Security Council official who testified in President Donald Trump’s first impeachment case in 2019. bit.ly/4iifUo5

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And those 1,000 inspectors are not going to be inspecting mail-in ballots in red states nor going to their polls. The GOP damn sure won't decide to temporarily only allow certain elections by party line in those states either.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · yesterday

Make it make sense. Donald Trump keeps trying to restrict mail-in voting — but just voted by mail for the SECOND time this year. Clearly, the “problem” isn’t election integrity. It’s who gets to vote.

I have fully embraced being in my early 40s. This entire year, I realized how much MORE work I get done while blasting jazz. I found out I can really go crazy if I just let Spotify play Herbie Hancock and Grover Washington Jr. I cannot listen to hip-hop. I get waaaaay too distracted. #blackskyover40

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The BBC has asked a Florida court to subpoena members of President Trump's family as part of the British public broadcaster's legal defense against Mr. Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit, according to a court filing released Friday. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-b...

BBC asks Florida court to authorize subpoenas for Trump family members in defamation suit

After failing to deliver subpoenas itself, the BBC has asked a Florida court to compel three of President Trump's family members to testify over the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

cbsnews.com

I mean, if Bluesky is the kind of Shady Pines before Sophia left, I don't see the problem. We got a little razzle dazzle and far less racism than Twitter (X). I live HERE and Pinterest, and I have no problem flashing folks about it.

Golden Girls Sophia Petrillo

ALT: Golden Girls Sophia Petrillo

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Malcolm X’s Goatee ✊🏾🌱🧿 (aka Chief Skeet)@longlivethechief.bsky.social · 2d ago

Is Bluesky like a social media retirement home for millennials?? Is this Shady Pines?

🚨BREAKING: In a win for Minnesota voters, a federal court dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to the state's unredacted voter registration list. The DOJ is now 0-23 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.

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Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said he has received no response from Sen. Mitch McConnell following formal requests for updates on the Republican’s health, calling out Senate Republican leadership over the lawmaker’s prolonged absence. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Kentucky governor says he’s heard ‘nothing’ from Mitch McConnell amid health woes

Gov. Andy Beshear urged Sen. Mitch McConnell to make a brief video or call into a news show to directly prove his fitness for office to constituents

the-independent.com

Oh my gawd, Chicago, we're so much better than this. Malice Brings Receipts After Restaurant Claims He Stole Hot Dog www.hotnewhiphop.com/1004670-mali... She clearly said, "Tell him it's on me." www.instagram.com/malice/reel/... Starting a video saying, "You know I ain't gone tell no lie." 🫩

Malice Brings Receipts After Restaurant Claims He Stole Hot Dog

Footage shared by Malice shows the restaurant owner gifting him the meal she later accused him of taking.

hotnewhiphop.com

Trump is urging the Supreme Court to revive his mail ballot restrictions and allow White House ballroom construction to resume. Solicitor General D. John Sauer said the work is 65% complete and “moving quickly” with a 250-person crew on the job. thehill.com/regulation/c...

Supreme Court emergency docket roars back

The Supreme Court’s emergency docket has flared up in the thick of the justices’ summer recess.  President Trump is urging the justices to revive his mail ballot restrictions and allow White H…

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