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Column: Often in politics, it’s Republicans vs. Democrats. But right now in #Florida, it’s Gov. Ron DeSastrous vs. the world. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/05/20/m... via @scottmaxwell.bsky.social

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Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Lakeland... daily temps in the 90's. No rain in forecast. Mr. Beradelli, is the heat dome here to stay for the rest of summer? My trees need water!

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DHS Sent Detainees To South Sudan On Tuesday In Blatant Defiance Of Judge, Attorneys Allege talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-sen...

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Very Well Said AOC….

submitted 20 hours ago • 187 comments

Accurate.

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Many people get vaccinated to protect a loved one. This insane rule from the MAGATs running the FDA will have all kinds of downstream effects like fewer visits to see the grandparents. And more infant deaths. And what about "essential workers" & dentists, etc. This is MAGA's idea of "freedom?"

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They. Don’t. Care. Facts don’t matter. This is a revenge tour for the anti-science eugenicists. Why be community-minded or fact based? Not on the watch of these freaks.

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Made a nice lunch at home, and turned on @MSNBC to take my mind off work. It was great to see Jessica Levinson. Always enjoy her analysis. Then back to work, and now I am taking another break here on Bluesky. Makes me wonder if I should re-define my definition of a "break." MAGA is so disturbing.

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He doesn’t want a real investigation. www.newsweek.com/hegseth-pent... He wants a vengeance and intimidation tour. The politicization of Afghanistan and our military is about to hit a whole new level.

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I'm more and more to be call an America right now.

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Gift article

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bsky.app/profile/ptro... Xenophobia and racism from the Conservative jagoff justices.

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This is why we have to crush Movement Conservatism. There is no room to negotiate. Any show of good-faith is seen as weakness.

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“you should have a choice” means “we get to choose for you”

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Noem : I do spend time out there with our components Gallego: We’ve seen the Instagram photos Noem: They’re not photos. They’ve meant the world to the individuals at DHS Gallego: I’ve seen some of them especially some really bad weapons handling

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WYDEN: Did you promise any tax promoter you would help them if you got confirmed? LONG: I can answer that with an affirmative no W: So you didn't meet w/ anybody when you were in town for the inauguration & promise help? L: Not that I can think of. And I had food poisoning W: We have it on tape

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A heated exchange between Van Hollen and Rubio: "Writing an op ed to the Tufts newspaper is disrupting the foreign policy of the US? That's pathetic, Mr. Secretary."

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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Kristi Noem incorrectly defined habeas corpus as the president’s right to deport people. Huh? That’s… not even close.

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DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research? RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research D: I just read them to you! R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them

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To treat his cancer, reporter David Armstrong takes a drug that costs nearly $1,000 per pill. The price of the drug, Revlimid, has gone up 26 times since 2006 — yet according to a deposition Armstrong found, a top executive admitted it has always cost just 25 cents to make.

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Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government. By @rhersher.bsky.social

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Federal workers: We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your confidentiality extremely seriously. To collect tips, we use encrypted forms and apps, so messages cannot be read by anybody other than you and ProPublica. Here's how to securely get in touch.

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This is a GIFT article

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The Supreme Court shatters the arc of the moral universe. (Is Chief Justice John Roberts insane?) The Court ends Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants, bowing again to Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...

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The intensity of today's summer-like heat in Florida was made 5X more likely by climate change, finds a Climate Shift Index analysis by Climate Central.

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“Dalio warned Monday that Moody’s downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating understates the threat to U.S. Treasurys, saying the credit agency isn’t taking into account the risk of the federal government simply printing money to pay its debt.” www.cnbc.com/2025/05/19/r...

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No end to the heat for the Tampa Bay Area. BUT we will see a brief break in the humidity for about ~2 days late this week. Highs will likely never drop below 90 and probably rise to 95 this weekend, but... at least it'll be a dry heat?

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My broken record: I’m sure you many of you read and follow some independent or nonprofit media. If you haven’t, make sure to choose at least one that you really enjoy & become a supporter, subscriber, or donor to help sustain them!

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We’re getting a clearer sense of the politics of many of the Senate newcomer Dems, many of whom backed this Trump priority. Slotkin, Gallego, Alsobrooks.

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Update: Putin and Trump had a phone call that produced nothing

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#Florida dementia patient makes own cray-cray diagnosis, no one corrects him.

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This is a truly chilling thought. Democracy is dead. The tech bros are now our masters. They will do with us what is best for them. Shut up and comply. Let Peter Thiel explain.

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"Clicks the link" Starts laughing. Watches, again, the saddest white boy dance ever. (It's been quite a while since I've been Rick Rolled.) While watching, admires the mastermind who fooled me with this ingenious new Rick Roll.

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The Nat'l Weather Svc had to stop launching weather balloons at several sites and gut their data collection operations... Those weather balloons are how we know if a hurricane in the Atlantic is going to slam into Miami, New Orleans, Houston, or fizzle out at sea. open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

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Hurricane season starts June 1 and if you live in a Gulf state, you need to watch this. It’s worse than you might think. The few employees still left at FEMA admit: they are not prepared. Not enough staff. Not enough supplies. Not enough leadership. Plan accordingly.

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This is a clear statement by CNN that a man who incited an insurrection against America 4 years ago and told 31,000 lies in his first term still has credibility People should be fired for this sort of thing, as it's these journalistic atrocities—all dangerously counterfactual—driving readers away

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The extra-extreme members of the House Budget Committee voted "present" tonight so that the Medicaid-cuts-to-fund-tax-giveaways-for-the-rich bill could pass out of committee 17-16. Tomorrow, flood Capitol Hill switchboards to voice your opposition to this monstrosity. 202-224-3121.

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The Trump admin has decided to permit the sale of devices that enable standard firearms to fire like machine guns — a move that one person familiar with the matter said was "by far the most dangerous thing this administration has done" on gun policy.

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Tesla now accepts Cybertruck trade-ins, and the official resale loss is $35k over just 6,000 miles. I repeat: according to Tesla itself a Cybertruck loses $5.60 cents per mile, not counting the cost of electricity, tires, etc. Unprecedented levels of flop! www.torquenews.com/11826/tesla-...

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CONTEXT: A recent UNH survey of Maine residents indicated that 71% did not think Susan Collins deserved another term. Her vote share decreased ~17% from the 2014 (68%) to 2020 (51%) senate election. She desperately courted the Christian Nationalist vote in 2020 and is doing so again ahead of 2026.

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If we sell everything he owns, we can fund all the departments he cut.

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Criminal.

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GIFT article from NYTimes. You can read it for free without a subscription. Trump’s Legacy Will Be a Dominant China and an Irrelevant USA www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...

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During a winter storm in Jan. 2024, the Northwest barely had enough power to meet demand. Energy prices surged to 18 times the usual price. Power lines were so congested that owners of the transmission network made an extra $100M selling access to the highest bidder. With @opb.org

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