Buckeye State Rural
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An Ohio-based federal super PAC to support progressive causes and candidates through strategic messaging along rural commuter routes
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Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight, by @jamesctobias.bsky.social and Mark Olalde w/ @highcountrynews.org
Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight
Elected officials are quick to support public lands ranchers who are accused of breaking rules. As a result, federal agencies pull punches when enforcing regulations.
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight, by @jamesctobias.bsky.social and Mark Olalde w/ @highcountrynews.org
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Rep. Ilhan Omar: "I hope he gets the help he needs. It sounds like he's trying to deflect from the failures that he's had as president ... he's fought to be the head of the pedophile protection party."
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Rep. Ilhan Omar: "I hope he gets the help he needs. It sounds like he's trying to deflect from the failures that he's had as president ... he's fought to be the head of the pedophile protection party."
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This normalizes corruption, feeding the sentiment that both sides suck and so politics is pointless. A Dem party focused on rehabilitating its broken brand would be criticizing Trump and booting out Cuellar. Let the corrupt guys become corporate lobbyists - they’re dragging our party down.
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This normalizes corruption, feeding the sentiment that both sides suck and so politics is pointless. A Dem party focused on rehabilitating its broken brand would be criticizing Trump and booting out Cuellar. Let the corrupt guys become corporate lobbyists - they’re dragging our party down.
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Democratic voters are working hard to stop fascism. It would be nice if the leaders of the party joined them.
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Democratic voters are working hard to stop fascism. It would be nice if the leaders of the party joined them.
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Alabama officials cut off funding for a public library that refused to bar access to the "The Handmaid's Tale" and other books they deemed sexually explicit to anyone under 18.
Thankfully, @everylibrary.bsky.social has stepped up to provide funding to allow the library to remain open for now.
Thankfully, @everylibrary.bsky.social has stepped up to provide funding to allow the library to remain open for now.
Fairhope Public Library accepts donations to cover withheld state…
The Fairhope Public Library was presented with over $42,000 in donations from EveryLibrary during its regular meeting Monday. The funds were raised after…
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December 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Alabama officials cut off funding for a public library that refused to bar access to the "The Handmaid's Tale" and other books they deemed sexually explicit to anyone under 18.
Thankfully, @everylibrary.bsky.social has stepped up to provide funding to allow the library to remain open for now.
Thankfully, @everylibrary.bsky.social has stepped up to provide funding to allow the library to remain open for now.
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Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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Zuck is a putz ... a Trumpstein suck up, and like other billionaires, he needs to be taxed back to millionaire status.
While women and women's groups are targeted & banned on Meta products almost immediately for disrespecting men and posting pictures of breast feeding, rape advertising & trafficking gets at least 17 strikes before Meta takes any action. #opdeatheaters
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December 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Zuck is a putz ... a Trumpstein suck up, and like other billionaires, he needs to be taxed back to millionaire status.
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In Congress, Pete Hoekstra warned of tariffs causing job loss + price increases.
Especially for furniture makers in his Michigan district.
One of them is citing tariffs as it closes after 99 years.
195 jobs will be lost.
But Hoekstra — Trump’s ambassador in Canada — now sings a different tune.
Especially for furniture makers in his Michigan district.
One of them is citing tariffs as it closes after 99 years.
195 jobs will be lost.
But Hoekstra — Trump’s ambassador in Canada — now sings a different tune.
In Congress, He Said Tariffs Were Bad for Business. As Trump’s Ambassador to Canada, He’s Reversed Course.
Pete Hoekstra once testified that “the market should dictate the price of steel, not the government.” But he now champions the Trump trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Mi...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
In Congress, Pete Hoekstra warned of tariffs causing job loss + price increases.
Especially for furniture makers in his Michigan district.
One of them is citing tariffs as it closes after 99 years.
195 jobs will be lost.
But Hoekstra — Trump’s ambassador in Canada — now sings a different tune.
Especially for furniture makers in his Michigan district.
One of them is citing tariffs as it closes after 99 years.
195 jobs will be lost.
But Hoekstra — Trump’s ambassador in Canada — now sings a different tune.
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This is why there needs to be court martials in addition to Hegseth getting punished as much as the law allows (which probably won't happen until after Trump is out).
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is why there needs to be court martials in addition to Hegseth getting punished as much as the law allows (which probably won't happen until after Trump is out).
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The fact that this is a surprise to Bradley, presumably Fenton, and a whole bunch of large adult son SOF officers is a justifiable reason alone to fire everyone at SOCOM, just for being fucking stupid
WAPO: “.. Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike ..”
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December 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The fact that this is a surprise to Bradley, presumably Fenton, and a whole bunch of large adult son SOF officers is a justifiable reason alone to fire everyone at SOCOM, just for being fucking stupid
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They love the non sentient unborn. A sentient child or woman, however, is perfectly disposable to these people. The party of "family values" and what not.
December 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
They love the non sentient unborn. A sentient child or woman, however, is perfectly disposable to these people. The party of "family values" and what not.
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Pro-Birth doesn't equal Pro-Life. If Pro-Lifers really meant it. They would show more care for the birth mother. And, they don't care what happens to the baby after it's been delivered.
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Pro-Birth doesn't equal Pro-Life. If Pro-Lifers really meant it. They would show more care for the birth mother. And, they don't care what happens to the baby after it's been delivered.
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Not a shocker. Many “pro life” supporters’ principles extend so long as their cause is free. Supporting a fetus is the easiest cost-free cause.
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Not a shocker. Many “pro life” supporters’ principles extend so long as their cause is free. Supporting a fetus is the easiest cost-free cause.
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In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving ...
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
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American Voters Are Finally Booting Conservative Weirdos off School Boards - Esquire
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
American Voters Are Finally Booting Conservative Weirdos off School Boards - Esquire
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I thought the GOP trifecta was Corruption, Hypocrisy and Pedophelia.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I thought the GOP trifecta was Corruption, Hypocrisy and Pedophelia.
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in Oct IRS filed more than $8m in liens against him over unpaid 2009 personal taxes, WV placed a $1.4m lien on the luxurious Greenbrier resort that he owns & operates, it only narrowly avoided foreclosure when an agreement with a credit collection company was reached in 8/24-he doesn’t pay his bills
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
in Oct IRS filed more than $8m in liens against him over unpaid 2009 personal taxes, WV placed a $1.4m lien on the luxurious Greenbrier resort that he owns & operates, it only narrowly avoided foreclosure when an agreement with a credit collection company was reached in 8/24-he doesn’t pay his bills
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A little bit of good news
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
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Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down a request from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, to reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex […]
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November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A little bit of good news
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
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Yet another example of how this virulent transphobia hurts everyone.
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Yet another example of how this virulent transphobia hurts everyone.
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“I don’t care if it’s toenail cancer,” said Kirby Lewis, a veteran who was diagnosed with breast cancer a dozen years ago and is now Stage 4. “If exposure occurs, they should take care of those people.”
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“I don’t care if it’s toenail cancer,” said Kirby Lewis, a veteran who was diagnosed with breast cancer a dozen years ago and is now Stage 4. “If exposure occurs, they should take care of those people.”
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Wow I remember this day and how it felt. I'm actually tearing up right now
#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 2008: Barack Obama becomes the first person of African American or biracial descent to be elected President of the United States.
May we channel the joy and hope we felt on that day as we forge a path forward for democracy in America.
Today in history, 2008: Barack Obama becomes the first person of African American or biracial descent to be elected President of the United States.
May we channel the joy and hope we felt on that day as we forge a path forward for democracy in America.
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Wow I remember this day and how it felt. I'm actually tearing up right now
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If your medication was made in a contaminated factory, the FDA won’t tell you.
Even ProPublica reporters hit a dead end when trying to track down where a popular prescription drug (atorvastatin, which treats high cholesterol) was made and whether the factory had a troubled record.
Even ProPublica reporters hit a dead end when trying to track down where a popular prescription drug (atorvastatin, which treats high cholesterol) was made and whether the factory had a troubled record.
Here’s What Happened When ProPublica Reporters Tried to Find Out Where a Popular Prescription Drug Was Made
We wanted to know where a widely used prescription drug that treats high cholesterol was manufactured and whether the factory had quality issues. The search led to a labyrinth of company names and dat...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If your medication was made in a contaminated factory, the FDA won’t tell you.
Even ProPublica reporters hit a dead end when trying to track down where a popular prescription drug (atorvastatin, which treats high cholesterol) was made and whether the factory had a troubled record.
Even ProPublica reporters hit a dead end when trying to track down where a popular prescription drug (atorvastatin, which treats high cholesterol) was made and whether the factory had a troubled record.