Trenton Sperry
@trentonsperry.bsky.social
Production and design manager for high country ag pubs. Greeley Gadfly creator. UNCO poli sci grad. Okie native. Greeley, CO adoptee. 🍺 trentonsperry.substack.com
Authorities investigate ‘suspicious substances’ mailed to congressional offices politi.co/3TZRx52
Authorities investigate ‘suspicious substances’ mailed to congressional offices politi.co/3TZRx52
Authorities investigate ‘suspicious substances’ mailed to congressional offices politi.co/3TZRx52
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Secretaries of state’s offices in Ohio, Louisiana and Oklahoma were sent packages this week with mysterious powders, just weeks before the offices are set to oversee the midterm elections. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Suspicious white powder sent to election offices in 3 states
No injuries or adverse health effects have been reported, and officials said they are working with state and federal law enforcement.
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January 6 returns to the Supreme Court in the form of John Eastman.
The Gang Gets Back Together to Save John Eastman
Eastman Wants Vindication As Donald Trump tried to overturn the election in...
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Houthis attempt to raise the cost of the Yemen war for Saudi Arabia as attacks, fighting intensify.
Fighting in Yemen intensifies: What's the latest on the battlefield?
Houthis attempt to raise the cost of the Yemen war for Saudi Arabia as attacks, fighting intensify.
aljazeera.com
Everyone is asking in the midterms: Where's the beef? (And how much does it cost?)
Everyone has the same question in the midterms — where's the beef? (And how much does it cost?)
In the midterm elections, meat has become a surprising political battleground. Democrats and Republicans are clashing over who supports meat consumption more.
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US Treasury pushes global partners to rename AI as 'super intelligence' reut.rs/4AZSo6i
US Treasury pushes global partners to rename AI as 'super intelligence'
The United States wants its global partners to rename artificial intelligence as "super intelligence," convinced that the new moniker better reflects the emerging technology, a top US Treasury official told Reuters in an interview on Thursday.
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While we don’t have a smoking gun yet, there is reason to believe that earlier this year the Trump admin ordered USCIS to arbitrarily cap the number of immigrants who can become citizens each month. Backlogs in the naturalization process are now skyrocketing.
Allen Orr@allenorr.bsky.social · 6h agoMonthly naturalization approvals fell sharply from an average of 70,000 per month in 2024–2025 to roughly 22,000 per month. USCIS reported a pending backlog exceeding 742,000 naturalization cases. www.npr.org/2026/10/13/n...
After the University of North Texas removed web pages of their LGBTQ archive, I filed a public information request. One set of texts mentions questions from "the gov office."
The Supreme Court takes up the Trump administration’s bid to prevent a watchdog group from seeking information about the Department of Government Efficiency, which played a key role in firing thousands of federal workers and canceling government funding.
Supreme Court to hear Trump attempt to withhold DOGE documents
The justices took up an appeal by the Trump administration seeking to prevent the disclosure of information about the inner workings of the agency used to downsize government.
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one of the best devs of her generation: boss, i found this error scenario, but don't worry, i've created a fix fox it an- middest male manager: pssh no highly trained man would do that, we don't need your girl math best male astronaut: *immediately fucks up* middest manager: save us girl math
Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof@evanbernick.bsky.social · last wk.Easily my favorite detail:
The First Amendment wasn’t actually “first.” The original First Amendment was meant to ensure that the House of Representatives grew in loose proportion to the country. Instead, the House’s size hasn’t changed since 1911. Today’s “One First” on that history—and the problems a capped House creates:
Bonus 256: The Original “First” Amendment
The only provision from the original Bill of Rights that was never adopted would've grown the House in proportion to the country. We should revisit it.
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FCC Chair Andrew Ferguson touts the administration's work to "protect white American men from discrimination"
The Bolsonaro clan and its allies have swept the country’s general election
Brazil falls into MAGA’s orbit
The Bolsonaro clan and its allies have swept the country’s general election
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Vance accuses American farmers of paying workers “poverty wages.”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Vance: "When people say Americans won't work on farms or in dirty jobs, what they're saying is Americans won't work those jobs for poverty wages, nor should they. When they say we have to bring in accountants, what they're saying is there aren't enough ppl who can do math in the US, which is absurd"
Y’all, I think Kimberly Guilfoyle is going to prison. This story is so damning.
Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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I find it completely impossible to distinguish baitposting from earnest linkedin posting and I wonder if the genres at this point have fully fused and there is no proper distinction anymore between them
🎃👻🧙♀️ Vio the VVitch 🧙♀️👻🎃@viothevvitch.myatproto.social · last wk.this is so fucking sad
"9NEWS decided voters' voices deserved to be heard and hosted a town hall without Evans and Rutinel...community members with a broad perspective on the challenges in Adams and Weld Counties guided the conversation." www.9news.com/article/news... #CO08 #copolitics
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As Pitkin County looks toward management of the Maroon Bells, what does it mean for the iconic place? www.cpr.org/2026/10/06/p... via @stinasieg.bsky.social & me #copolitics
As Pitkin County looks toward management of the Maroon Bells, what does it mean for the iconic place?
The Maroon Bells Scenic area draws hundreds of thousands of visitors, but the U.S. Forest Service doesn’t have the funds to run it
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EXCLUSIVE: Priceline owner to face FTC action over affiliate's hotel ads, sources say reut.rs/3TOwGl4
EXCLUSIVE: Priceline owner to face FTC action over affiliate's hotel ads, sources say
The US Federal Trade Commission is gearing up to take action against Priceline.com owner Booking Holdings over online ads that appear to direct consumers to a hotel's site, but in reality send them to a third-party site where they are often charged extra, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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The project has sparked doubts over whether the plant will be built and delivered as promised, given Trump’s record
Skepticism mires Trump’s Iowa steel plant project: ‘Promises are not the same as jobs’
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Exclusive: Hezbollah received $200 million from Iran to help Lebanese people displaced by this year’s war with Israel, two people with direct knowledge of the transfer said, the first significant aid from the group to supporters who bore the brunt of the conflict reut.rs/4yIfX2c