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Big city blue retiree (former teacher) There is no planet B.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I never thought in a million years that the president and First Lady of the United States would be targeting me personally and trying to hurt me and my kids. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/be-best-be...
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Be Best. Be Quiet. Or Be Bankrupted.
Melania Trump is selling a story about lifting women up. I’m the mother of two she tried to frighten into submission.
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99silver.bsky.social @99silver.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As a boomer who taught AP Gov & Politics to HS students, I am continually astounded (& saddened) by the 'adult' opinions regarding how (& what) our elected officials should be doing to counter the clusterfuck we currently live in.
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MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The world feels heavy and impossible to fix sometimes, but the core of what we need hasn't changed. It really is this simple: 💙
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Ryan O’Neill "What I imagine is playing in Vader’s head while he swings."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Elias Law Group has defeated DOJ lawsuits to access state voter files in: California Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Wisconsin DOJ has not won a single case. It is 0-12.
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Ann @ann.sheshed.rocks · 10/07/2026
Honestly, this doesn’t seem like nearly enough considering all the cyber bullying that has occurred on Meta’s social media platforms. #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/07/2026
SHOCK NYT REPORT: DHS now admits the man ICE killed in Houston wasn't even their target. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 35-year U.S. resident, was just driving to work when agents — with no body cameras — shot him dead searching for two other men who weren't even in the van. Gift link in reply.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Generally, federal law requires that any time someone accesses systems that contain sensitive information, like personally identifiable information (PII), logs of their account and activity should be kept for 6 years. the NLRB deleted this information about a month after DOGE members left.
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ash 🏳️‍⚧️ @rollingfor20.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Here is a verified gofundme for his family: gofund.me/bf251d4ee
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Donate to In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52 Years Old, organized by LULAC Institute, Inc.
On the morning of July 7, 2026, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was ta… LULAC Institute, Inc. needs your support for In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52 Years Old
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 08/07/2026
If you aren’t a TPS holder yourself or have a loved one who is a TPS holder, know that TPS holders are essential to your daily life too. We must act now to extend TPS for Haiti and ensure Haitian TPS holders can continue their contributions to our communities & care economy.
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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
MJ was on the Platner bandwagon quite early! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Control of the Senate could be decided in Maine. This oyster farmer is vying to unseat Susan Collins.
Marine and Army veteran Graham Platner dives into one of the most closely watched races of 2026.
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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This you, Mother Jones?
A couple of decades ago, these revelations would have been disqualifying. But as the Democrats confront how to win back voters who have—now twice—elected a president with a penchant for his own sexist, racist, and even criminal behaviors, Platner’s proliferating controversies are perhaps less disqualifying, and possibly even endearing to some discontented Americans.

“If you believe, as I do, that we can change our politics, and change our country, then you must also believe that people can change.”
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99silver.bsky.social @99silver.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Seriously.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 07/07/2026
CHICAGO! Your alders have a chance to DO SOMETHING to say no to ICE and ICE enablers, and as it stands right now, they aren’t going to take it. They just hope you don’t notice. Come to this tomorrow:
WHAT DOES ICE HAVE TO DO WITH CHICAGO'S PARKING METERS?
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH | 12-1PM
Join our conversation with Gillian Brockell, a multimedia journalist and essayist. She has researched flights operated by Omni Air International as an ICE contractor. Omni is owned by Stonepeak Partners, the group that wants to buy and operate Chicago Parking Meters.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I just checked again and still no major or even minor news outlet has even breathed her name.
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99silver.bsky.social @99silver.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"So no discrimination of anyone" Jimmy Carter 💙
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99silver.bsky.social @99silver.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Not surprised. But totally in awe.
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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Why is "lunch debt" a thing that exists?

It's food. They're kids. Just give it to them.
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99silver.bsky.social @99silver.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
So is Vance going to use grandpa’s confusion between million/billion to kick off his campaign?
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/06/2026
This isn't just about Laverne, this is a story of trans people being purged from all facets of employment. The functional unemployment rate for trans people is roughly 30% or higher. Trump has made it convenient for companies to not hire trans people at all. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Laverne Cox Has Lost 90% of Her Income and Blames Trump’s ‘Regime’ for Attacking ‘Gender Ideology and DEI’
Laverne Cox says the Trump regime's attacks on gender ideology and DEI has cost her speaking engagements and teaching jobs.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 12/06/2026
One day after Trump’s lawless ICE operation traumatized kids on school grounds in Baltimore, we learn they’re harassing DMV-area nonprofits for information about immigrant CHILDREN. This does nothing to make us safer. No child should live in fear of ICE’s violence.
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Trump administration deploys federal agents to intimidate legal services nonprofits representing unaccompanied immigrant children
Washington, DC, June 12, 2026 – Over the past 48 hours, in the latest example of intimidation tactics, agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)...
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Trae Crowder @thetraecrowder.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Just updating the ol pinned tour graphic, as I am periodically wont to do. Come see me out there on the trail. I hear it’s dusty.
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99silver.bsky.social @99silver.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
💙 Los Lobos!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/05/2026
Garcia: "We asked Bondi questions about Ghislaine Maxwell and the transfer, and she referred those questions to Todd Blanche and the Bureau of Prisons. So we have many questions for Mr Blanche that Republicans are refusing to ask. Why was she transferred to a less secure facility?"
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/05/2026
Rep. Garcia on Pam Bondi's Epstein deposition: "It's also interesting that sitting next to her is…somebody that currently works for the DOJ…The DOJ is in there right now, stopping questions about President Trump."
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99silver.bsky.social @99silver.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Tuning in to Stephen Cobert's last show. #GoodbyeMrColbert #FuckOffCBS
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99silver.bsky.social @99silver.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Couldn't find the live version, but this will do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7XY...
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Broken Truth - Tim Grimm
YouTube video by Tim Grimm
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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
There’s really nothing to relitigate here. Guy got his ass kicked no matter what you want to take issue with. Then in 2020 when it was more favorable to him, his strategy was to rely on winning about 30% of votes in a crowded field instead of doing outreach to Black voters at any point in 4 years.
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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
*taps the sign about the 2016 primary results because of that dumbass wehraboo’s 12-minute video talking with a 3-time Trump voter who probably relates with him being “rabidly anti-Hillary” & evidently unable to do math*
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GreenInOC @greeninoc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Sanders: In SC finished 2nd & 28 pts behind JB, “establishment”unfavorable to me Sanders 😍 Michael Moore: “SC is not representative of 🇺🇸” Clyburn: “Find it v interesting referring to African🇺🇸 voters in SC as establishment. Don’t understand how that vote can be dismissed” bsky.app/profile/gree...
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This is a Justice Jackson, Kagan, and Sotomayor appreciation post. Thank you for your just and righteous voices and your fierce defense of our democracy. ❤️
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Stop gaslighting the American people—with this Big Ugly Rule. We. Will. Vote. No!
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
📌Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during this two terms. I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
As people wonder why Trump is so fixated on the ballroom, they should read this, which considers the import of a Bunker-Ballroom.
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Jeffrey Winfield 💙 🌈 🫂 🫘 🏳️‍🌈 @maverickhammed.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Dozens of American veterans and military family members were detained after they started protesting the Iran war inside a congressional office building in Washington D.C. 😁 🚨 They are Protesting. 👈 😁
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I've been laughing at this for two minutes. I'm definitely not OK.
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99silver.bsky.social @99silver.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
She's not wearing her cross... war will go on for at least six more weeks.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20/04/2026
“Not one of these companies can say with any clarity where their multi-million-dollar donations to Donald Trump’s library slush fund are, or where they will go.” —Senator Elizabeth Warren trib.al/0sHDfDr
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Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go?
Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire confidence.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Except they still depict him as a functional actor here. If this were anyone else it'd be a 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 story about how the President can't or won't focus on the war he started, which narrative might force the GOP to do something about it.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
"She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide..." "One of her children recently enlisted in the military... www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Indeed—Elect more women!
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Abby @arobertswrites.com · 15/04/2026
Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
BREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology. This is a serious escalation.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Judge Stearns orders a bond hearing for a high school senior in Massachusetts whose parents served as translators for the US military in Afghanistan. He was detained last week, despite having valid parole status through Oct. 2026, and has no criminal record, Stearns indicates.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
😡😡
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🌬CasuallyLucid🌀 @casuallylucid.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"Without giving any warning, commands, or opportunity to comply, the agent fired multiple shots at Ruben from an extremely close distance... I heard Ruben say, 'I'm sorry,' and then he slumped backward." They pulled his body from the car and cuffed him. A full minute later, they gave medical aid.
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'No peace': Nearly a year after her son's death, she learned that ICE was responsible
Ruben Ray Martinez is considered the first person to be killed by ICE during President Trump's second term. His mother believes his death could have been avoided.
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