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@lindajenkins.bsky.social
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🌱Plant-based kitchen dancer. “Esse Quam Videri”. UNC mom 🐏🩵👣. Carolina Panthers fan. Avid book 📚reader. Animal advocate. Loves Outlander 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Canada 🇨🇦
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September 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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Chief Oil Analyst for Gulf Oil:
September 16, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Reminder: voter fraud is not a thing.

Voter suppression is.
September 16, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
He’s got a point!
September 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
UPDATE: @macklemore says he will donate all his earnings to pro-Palestinian orgs and wants to shift the focus back to them— highlighting Israel’s double-tap strike that killed 15yo Muhammad Al Zinati and a rescue worker yesterday.

There’s video. TW⚠️: www.instagram.com/p/DdUqMqwkYy...
September 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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bireeves95.bsky.social
They live in a false reality they have built around themselves…..
September 15, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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timdickinson.bsky.social
Department of Government whatnow?
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d
Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 under DOGE.

As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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NFL players and their union overwhelmingly favor natural grass and are perplexed about why the league's billionaire owners can't do what FIFA did for the World Cup. https://to.pbs.org/4j3OYJ8
NFL players overwhelmingly find grass to be the better choice over artificial turf
The debate resurfaced this year when some NFL facilities temporarily installed grass to host World Cup games before returning to artificial turf
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September 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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meidastouch.com
So much winning
Today's oil/gas news: — Brent ~$108, WTI ~$104-105 on Saudi supply fears — Saudi East-West pipeline still shut; repairs may take weeks — Oil loadings suspended at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia's main Red Sea port — No Red Sea Saudi crude exports since Saturday — Houthis seize Red Sea islands and attack Saudi airbase — US diesel hits record $6.27 a gallon — Ukrainian drones hit Russia's top diesel refineries — China's yuan crude futures at a record - Goldman: oil could reach $120 if fighting escalates — Aramco delaying/canceling some late-September European cargoes — Costco starts rationing motor oil as prices spike
September 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
The whistleblower says employees have also been directed to use people’s personal information, including dates of birth and portions of Social Security numbers, to access state voter websites.
September 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
It's a small world after all!!
September 15, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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maharafiatal.bsky.social
I am intrigued by people surprised by this letter. There is a common aesthetic fallacy where people expect progressive artists to be "edgy" and end up surprised by the edgy artists with bad politics (e.g. Kanye) and by the normie artists with good politics, like Macklemore.
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran.

Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.
I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families. The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that. Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened. Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues. Ed was in … What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me. And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability. I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed. Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation. When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic: لا شكر على واجب "La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty. That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human. Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
September 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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A whistleblower just reported that DHS investigators may have broken state laws while trying to find noncitizens on voter rolls.

DHS officials reportedly directed agents to use private information to find voter records, which likely impacted eligible US citizens.
September 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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jeisinger.bsky.social
NEW: Remember Don Jr’s wedding ceremony?

In the Bahamas…

Fireworks, dancers…

“Just really close friends,” Don Jr. said.

Well, guess who paid for hundreds of thousands of dollars of it?

A Russian oligarch who is close to Putin.

www.propublica.org/article/dona...
September 14, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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🚨 "President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to sell World Liberty Financial’s digital tokens."

@jeffstein.bsky.social for @washingtonsun.bsky.social

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Is the Trump Family Preparing to Cash Out on Its Own Crypto?
President Donald Trump and his three sons have taken a step that would permit them to sell World Liberty Financial’s digital tokens.
www.washingtonsun.com
September 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
In case facts still matter… 😕
steverattner.bsky.social Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 2d
Real wage growth was negative for the fifth consecutive month in August.
September 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Americans owe more than a trillion dollars in credit card debt, up 60% from just five years ago. https://to.pbs.org/4wnlIAe
Credit card debt surges in U.S. as high interest rates make it harder to pay off
Americans owe more than a trillion dollars in credit card debt, up 60% from just five years ago. Meanwhile, higher interest rates make debt even more difficult to pay off, a downward spiral causing cr...
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September 14, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels captured more strategic islands in the southern Red Sea, officials said, strengthening their control of a major maritime shipping route.
Yemen's Houthi rebels seize more key islands in southern Red Sea, tighten grip on shipping routes
Yemeni officials say the Houthi rebels captured more strategic islands in the southern Red Sea, strengthening their control of a major maritime shipping route.
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September 14, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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wajali.bsky.social
MAGA and Trumpism in a nutshell.

He ruins everything.

Congrats, America.

www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show
Officials said the center is facing “certain financial collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump’s name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 13, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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blueskyfanatic.bsky.social
Irish President Catherine Connolly to Trump, “I conveyed the strong view of the Irish people that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted'.
Trump walked away angry & pouting as usual whenever he encounters a strong intelligent woman.
Another day.
Another embarrassment.
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September 13, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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stholeary.bsky.social
Trump keeps yelling at the women covering the White House because the men covering the White House say nothing when he does. The White House media corps is a disgrace, on almost every possible level.
September 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
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September 12, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social
Damn they're sensitive about Epstein. 👀
September 12, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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thegodshow.com
We don’t talk about Russ Vought enough and he’s the most powerful villain in Washington, D.C.
September 11, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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headquartersnews.bsky.social
The national average diesel price has just reached over $6/gallon.

This is the first time in history the price of diesel has ever been this high.
September 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM