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rahanks.bsky.social
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Vitriol is being directed at meteorologists. “I’ve been doing this for 46 years and it’s never been like this,” says Alabama meteorologist James Spann. He says he’s been “inundated” with misinformation and threatening messages like “Stop lying about the government controlling the weather or else.”

Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive
Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive

It's their job to warn residents about destructive storms — but political polarization has made them targets online.

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LHlawrencehurley.bsky.social

One striking moment in the argument was how animated Justice Thomas was -- not about the potential miscarriage of justice, but at the idea that prosecutors originally involved in the case didn't get a chance to defend their conduct, almost as if THEY somehow suffered a due process violation:

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thebarbedwire.bsky.social

In 2023 Victoria spent more than 24 hours hemorrhaging into three diapers when Dallas-area hospitals declined to help her. “I know you’re not supposed to have regrets, but I do,” she said, about supporting Trump. “Look what’s happened.”

She Voted for Trump. Then She Had Two Terrifying Miscarriages in Texas. - The Barbed Wire
She Voted for Trump. Then She Had Two Terrifying Miscarriages in Texas. - The Barbed Wire

My sister Victoria was wrangling Elias, her then-2-year-old, into his costume on Halloween when the spots of blood in her underwear became worrisome. It was almost exactly two years ago, in 2022, and ...

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rahanks.bsky.social

You should contact you local dem officials, or Brennan center or democracy docket. No this is the only set of voters this is happening to.

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AHannabookwriter.bsky.social

Can I just- It is absolutely poisonous that the right wing continues to make faithfully doing your job a risk to your life. I felt it as a library worker, every teacher I know feels it, doctors, journalists, now the damn weather reporters who are mostly known for keeping people safe and dad jokes.

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JGjohngoldin.bsky.social

“Under federal law, election officials can’t cancel a voter’s registration in the period 90 days ahead of Election Day, except for voters who voluntarily cancel their registration or who are convicted of a felony” kvia.com/news/us-worl... but they can continue the process, according to this story

How Texas election officials are dealing with a flood of challenges to voter registrations - KVIA
How Texas election officials are dealing with a flood of challenges to voter registrations - KVIA

Votebeat examines a campaign led by True the Vote that targeted tens of thousands of Texans over their eligibility to vote.

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MOmsmith1047.bsky.social

Update: Apparently one person challenged almost 900 people in my county by herself. Fun for her!

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rahanks.bsky.social

Are these locations near close house races? My assumption is that Trumps next election overturning effort is to get states to not certify in an effort to get the house to decide the election.

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rahanks.bsky.social

Or at least considered net income, after costs, rather than just a gross income. If your costs are 200k a year, the fact that you have 100k in assets is irrelevant.

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rahanks.bsky.social

We went from climate change is fake because humans can’t affect the weather, to ok the whether is only bad because because humans are manipulating it. Quite a jump.

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rahanks.bsky.social
@rahanks.bsky.social
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