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Ann Brenoff

@abrenoff.bsky.social
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Retired journalist (LATimes, HuffPost). Lifelong Liberal. An early bra-burner and Woodstock attendee. Read my book: “Caregivers Are Mad As “CAREGIVERS ARE MAD AS HELL!: Rants from the Wife of the Very Sick Man in Room 5029” a.co/d/ipwfHSj

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I’m betting Comer will suddenly lose interest in this hearing.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
"To characterize the document the White House produced as a health care 'plan' is overly generous. The entirety of the proposal — literally, from start to finish — is 386 words. For context, this blog post is roughly 650 words..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Why Trump’s pitiful new health care ‘plan’ is even worse than it appears
The White House’s health care gambit isn’t just a sham, it also diverts the process from an actually helpful solution.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
"Activists who packed the rafters in the Assembly chambers in Trenton’s Statehouse cheered loudly after the bill’s passage, hailing it as a landmark moment for immigrant rights..." www.newsfromthestates.com/article/divi...
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Divided NJ Legislature gives final passage to three anti-ICE bills
After a marathon voting session marked by tense debate, the Legislature Monday night sent a package of bills that would limit local police cooperation in immigration enforcement to Gov. Phil Murphy’s ...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder. " Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..." www.al.com/news/2026/01...
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Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register
Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions
Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The same old sentence wrapped in different words: look what you made me do. You pushed me. You deserved it. This is your fault. It’s the logic of abuse, a kind of moral alchemy that turns cruelty into consequence and makes a woman responsible for her own pain. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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“Fucking Bitch.”
The cost of telling a dangerous man you’re not afraid
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
When was the last time a member of the press asked Donald Trump about the Epstein files?
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
If your job includes pulling a disabled woman from her car by her hair, you might want to consider finding a new job.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Ok, pedophile protector.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Did he go to the doctor who “treated” Trump’s ear?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2026
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today. Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
AG Rayfield announces investigation into shooting involving federal agents 
in Portland“We have been clear about our concerns with excessive use of force by federal agents in Portland and nationally. We have also been clear about our intent to investigate circumstances involving federal agents to ensure they are accountable to acting within the scope of their official duties. Today’s incident only heightens the need for transparency and accountability. Our office will take every step necessary to ensure that the rights and security of Oregonians are protected.”The Oregon DOJ is opening a formal investigation into an incident in Portland in which two people were shot and injured during an encounter with federal agents. The investigation will look into whether any federal officer acted outside the scope of their lawful authority and will include witness interviews, video evidence, and other relevant materials. If evidence of criminal conduct is found, cases may be referred to the Multnomah County District Attorney for potential prosecution.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Trump is already threatening Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, saying that “if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro” Way to pour more gasoline on the fire you started. 🙄
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
President no new wars is threatening to seize Greenland again. A day after raiding Venezuela and a week after bombing Nigeria. And MAGA is still talking about how he’s the peace president 🤦‍♂️ fucking idiots
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Old Hippie On Line Activist 🦋 @teresalynnkocsis.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Hey Bondi, this is awaiting you in a cold dark place.
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Ethan 🦋Proud Blue🦋 @grand-pa-etan.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Bondi must be impeached concealing the Epstein files on behalf of Trump. In this media circus, under Trump's fascist regime, she took cover-ups to the extreme. Transparency? A word they've erased from the dictionary. #ProudBlue #DV1
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/12/2025
NEWS: Bill Clinton is demanding full transparency from the Trump DOJ on the Epstein files. Clinton’s spokesman says the DOJ’s selective release suggests someone is being protected. He calls on Trump to direct Bondi to immediately release all remaining materials referencing Clinton.
STATEMENT BY ANGEL UREÑA
SPOKESMAN FOR FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
The Epstein Files Transparency Act imposes a clear legal duty on the U.S.
Department of Justice to produce the full and complete record the public demands and deserves.
However, what the Department of Justice has released so far, and the manner in which it did so, makes one thing clear: someone or something is being protected. We do not know whom, what or why. But we do know this:
We need no such protection.
Accordingly, we call on President Trump to direct Attorney General Bondi to immediately release any remaining materials referring to, mentioning, or containing a photograph of Bill Clinton.
This includes, without limitation, any records that may exist and are subject to disclosure under the Act (Public Law 119-38 enacted Nov. 19, 2025), including grand jury transcripts, interview notes, photographs, and findings by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (as referenced under oath to Congress by President Trump's first-term Attorney General).
Refusal to do so will confirm the widespread suspicion the Department of Justice's actions to date are not about transparency, but about insinuation - using selective releases to imply wrongdoing about individuals who have already been repeatedly cleared by the very same Department of Justice, over many years, under Presidents and Attorneys General of both parties.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/12/2025
1. In Alaska, the right wing govt handpicked doctors to the Medical Board to ban trans youth care. A month after after, one anti-trans doctor was arrested for child porn. The day after he was bailed out, his home burned down, with reports suggesting he was found deceased. Our latest wild story.
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Anti-Trans Alaskan State Medical Board Doctor Charged With CSAM, Home Goes Up In Flames
Last week Dr. Ryan McDonough was arrested on ten counts of possession of child sexual abuse material. Over the weekend, his family home went up in flames.
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Hank Lacey @hlacey.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
And Chuck Schumer is a completely pathetic Senate Minority Leader. If this is the best the Democrats can do, then God help us all.
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
As of today, a half dozen senior Republicans in Congress have now made clear that pending congressional hearings, they have no intention of expending political capital in support of Pete Hegseth. The odds that he's going down have just doubled.
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Larry Seff @lseff.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Hegseth and Trump are trying to blame some admiral for giving the kill the floating people in the water order. we know who is really guilty. Trump and Hegseth they are fucked
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with a sign that says hon. brett m. kavanagh
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with a sign that says hon. brett m. kavanagh
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soonergrunt @soonergrunt.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
It also goes to just how much Hegseth is loathed in the middle and upper officer ranks and senior civil service of the armed forces. They wouldn't have leaked something like this if they didn't outright hate him.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Democrats should commit now to disregarding any presidential pardons issued before charges have been filed. Whether or not Trump tries to sign blanket pardons for officials like Hegseth, they should be arrested as soon as Trump leaves office.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I still can’t figure out why the taxpayers of this country have to pay for FBI security details for the girlfriend of the Director.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Marco Rubio needs to resign.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Bub bye Lindsey Halligan. 👋
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Trump is calling for members of Congress to be arrested and/or hanged for reminding our military and IC that they have an obligation to refuse illegal orders.
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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Just saying, but they could always uh… do their jobs instead of being partisan shitweasels?
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
This should enrage everyone. Kelly didn’t do anything wrong here, and he certainly didn’t do anything worthy of a court martial
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Fun fact: After the Texas ruling and Indiana failing to redraw their maps, Democrats are now projected to win the redistricting battle. We told you not to start that dumb shit.
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✨Cramer©️ @cramer-1.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Donald Trump and JD Vance were not welcome at today’s Dick Cheney funeral. If that doesn’t send a message to the Republican Party, I’m not sure what will at this point.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
“Epstein donated to Democrats prior to 2015!!” So did Donald Fucking Trump.
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AunteeLynn 💙🐈🦮🚫🤴💙🇺🇦🇺🇸 @aunteelynn.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
@gtconway.bsky.social I am fk’n tired of hearing how illegal, unconstitutional and criminal things Trump and his Administrathon do. Please someone help and stop him! We The People!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
“FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members, exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information…” www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17/11/2025
The man President Trump wanted to be attorney general was allegedly paying for sex with a 17-year old girl who was working at a McDonald’s, saving up for braces, and partly living at a homeless shelter. trib.al/JekxdoT
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17-Year-Old Girl in Gaetz Probe Was Homeless and Trying to Save Up
She was a high school student who wanted to pay for braces.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents. They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..." abc7.com/post/ontario...
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Immigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in Ontario
A citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Don't be evil? "Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..." www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
This was moments after Karoline Leavitt was bragging about the Trump administration's record on transparency lol
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Susan Taylor @suechitown.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The chickens are coming home to roost for the pussy grabber. Adelita has been confirmed.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
As a proud TUCSONAN Along with @cajunblue.bsky.social WE CONGRATULATE OUR FINALLY SWORN IN CONGRESSWOMAN ADELITA GRIJALVA 🏜 We are so proud of you Adelita And we know your papi` the great Raul Grijalva is smiling with love Adelita now signs the 218th discharge petition !! Bravo Adelita
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Susanbeth5781 @susanpatrick1.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Now that's how it's done. Congratulations, Adelita
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Ex-GOP Geraldo @ex-gopgeraldo.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
It's amazing how Trump, the lunatic, will spout off the stupidest things (50 year mortgages, $2,000 tariff rebate checks, $10,000 for all the good air traffic controllers who didn't "call out") and the media then feels the need to analyze the idiocy as if it somehow plausible.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
$2 gas and 50 years mortgages for everyone.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
FedEx bill for $150
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Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Andrew Cuomo is one Fetterman from becoming a Republican
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