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Animal lover. Avid reader. Loves the outdoors. Likes to travel, garden. Likes mysteries and visiting places off the beaten path. Love to laugh. Always look for the good. 🚫No Dms 🚫fascists 🚫Christian nationalists. 🚫go fund me. 🚫money to give or help.

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@tensleep.bsky.social · 10h ago

#Whatley has been dogged over his ties to #West, who served as a congressional district committee chair in the state GOP when Whatley was chairman. West, a former small-town police officer, was convicted of five counts of indecent liberties with a child and served six years in prison.

GOP Senate Nominee's Rally Features Prayer By Convicted Sex Offender

A North Carolina pastor who led the opening prayer at a recent campaign stop for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley is a registered sex offender, who has been sentenced to prison twice.

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@tensleep.bsky.social · 13h ago

The precedent has already been set. #trump’s stated priority to focus on deporting immigrants w/criminal records has expanded into a broader mass deportation initiative that sweeps up individuals without criminal histories. #trump & his cronies are building it out w/o constitutional question.

Alarm as Trump's secretive court claims its first victim: 'It defies logic'

An Afghan woman is the first person ever deported through a long-dormant terrorism court that Trump's Justice Department revived.Axios reported on Friday that the Justice Department announced the remo...

rawstory.com

@tensleep.bsky.social · 13h ago

Paul also has a history of using private planes for official travel through his personal Senate office, though those flights — unlike the Pittsburgh flight — appeared to allow him to travel to multiple cities in his home state that are not conveniently served by commercial flights. #GOPWaste$$$

Rand Paul and his staff travel by private jet with taxpayer dollars while preaching fiscal restraint

The expense is not illegal or against Senate rules, but it’s raising questions about why the charter flights were necessary for official business.

politico.com

ProPublica@propublica.org · 16h ago

Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. (Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)

How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them

Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.

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Raw Story@rawstory.com · 16h ago

A CNN panel reacted with a mix of disbelief and disgust to newly surfaced text messages showing FBI Director Kash Patel trying, and failing, to marshal the bureau's press shop against an anonymous internet troll.

Kash Patel's 'bizarre' leaked texts in crosshairs of blistering CNN segment

A CNN panel reacted with a mix of disbelief and disgust to newly surfaced text messages showing FBI Director Kash Patel trying, and failing, to marshal the bureau's press shop against an anonymous internet troll.The exchange, reported Thursday after journalist Seth Hettena spotted it in an FBI recor...

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 15h ago

Roger Shoffstall spent three years in prison for evading income taxes. It hasn’t stopped the FCC from sending him $1 million a year to sell obsolete internet service in Alaska. The money comes from a special government subsidy program. You help pay for it. (Published May w/ @adn.com)

This Convicted Felon Gets $1 Million a Year to Sell Obsolete Internet Service. You Pay for It.

Roger Shoffstall spent three years in prison for tax evasion. Still, each year the federal government pays his Alaska company, Summit Telephone, for internet service that’s slower than in most of the ...

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@tensleep.bsky.social · 21h ago

“Mr. President, on the checks, the U.S. is still $40 trillion in debt — if your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote?” Scott asked.

Shock as Trump ‘lunges and growls’ at female reporter in tense late-night incident

President Donald Trump left several critics stunned Friday morning after he was captured on video aggressively snapping at ABC News’ Rachel Scott.Following the second night of the RNC midterm conventi...

rawstory.com

@tensleep.bsky.social · yesterday

#GlobalConflicts: Fuel supply disruptions from ongoing wars in Ukraine and Iran. #ShippingBottlenecks: Instability affecting vital shipping lanes like the Strait of Hormuz. #Year-Over-YearJump: Prices surged roughly 61% to 63% higher compared to the previous year

US average diesel price passes $6 a gallon for the first time, GasBuddy says

The U.S. national average price of diesel on Thursday surpassed $6 a ​gallon for the first time ever, according to price tracker GasBuddy, as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and Ukrainian attacks on Russ...

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@tensleep.bsky.social · yesterday

It's crucial to emphasize that a dog's life should not be decided based on personal grudges & unverified accusations. #Major has been a loyal service animal and a gentle soul who acted instinctively when he was in pain. He does not deserve to be separated from his family & condemned w/o just cause.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Major the dog's euthanasia

A federal judge halted Major's impending euthanasia while a disability lawsuit moves forward.

statesman.com

@tensleep.bsky.social · 4d ago

The secret moniker ##YukonJack" belongs to country music superstar #GarthBrooks, who used the alias to play a surprise, intimate concert at #TheGrizzlyRose honky-tonk in Denver, Colorado.

Garth Brooks plays surprise show in Denver, to the surprise of no one

After days of speculation in the country music scene in Denver, the truth is out. Yukon Jack, the performer allegedly slated for a show at the Grizzly Rose Thursday, is actually country megastar Garth...

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@tensleep.bsky.social · 4d ago

"This is an all-out assault on democracy. This is a frontal attack on free and fair elections. And we all need to be prepared. We need to stand up against it. And it's going to be a dogfight every single day between now and the midterms."

Trump's FBI just lit a 'five-alarm fire' after election blitz in Nevada: expert

President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel are playing a "dangerous" game in their escalating war against Nevada voters, elections attorney Marc Elias said on Brian Tyler Cohen's "Democracy Wa...

rawstory.com

@tensleep.bsky.social · 4d ago

One more season of #AaronRodgers left, one more season of throwing it deep, one more season of smug news conferences, one more season where he'll somehow manage to do something — positive or negative — no quarterback has ever done before. This ought to be a hell of a ride, no matter how it all ends

The end of Aaron Rodgers is here. Naturally, it’s complicated

Rodgers is going out on his own terms, which should provide for a wild final-season ride.

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@tensleep.bsky.social · 4d ago

#Hitler and Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels controlled the radio by centralizing all broadcasting under the state, restricting technical capabilities to block foreign signals, and mass-producing cheap, standardized receivers. #CentralizedControlAndCensorship

ABC responds to report 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' will end in 2027

ABC issued a swift response to a report that "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will end after 24 years on the air, calling the claim "speculative."

usatoday.com

@tensleep.bsky.social · 4d ago

PGA Tour players who defected to LIV Golf are facing steep professional & financial repercussions as LIV faces severe financial turbulence & potential collapse. Players attempting to enter the PGA Tour are discovering that reinstatement comes with heavy penalties. #Karma doesn't foreget an address.

LIV Owes Top Players Millions As It Declares Bankruptcy: See List

The golf league lost funding from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund earlier this year, less than five years after it launched.

forbes.com

@tensleep.bsky.social · 4d ago

Trump didn't drain the swamp. He turned it into a cesspool. #trump has expanded rather than drained Washington’s influence networks, with K Street lobbying, executive centralization, and family business ventures thriving during his second term.

@tensleep.bsky.social · 4d ago

Is the #trump administration is obtaining data illegally, then using it to illegally charge people with crimes. #trump has shown numerous times that it’s willing to flout the Constitution, and in this age of mass surveillance, it doesn’t seem to feel limited in any way.

Secret DHS Unit Pulling People Over Based on Their Financial Data

A shady unit at the Department of Homeland Security is using “predictive policing” to try to find evidence they don’t have.

newrepublic.com