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Allison Brinsley

@abrinsley.bsky.social
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Kindergarten teacher, mom to two boys, and animal lover living in Tucson, AZ. I’m hoping this is a good place for breaking news.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1h
Paperwork her late father filled out decades ago when she was a child?!?
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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1h
installing that Columbus statue back in the spring was so important to the President that here's how he celebrated it
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1h
I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h
X is the platform of choice for these smears. Musk himself pushed this conspiracy from his own account three times. Democrats need to go to war against Musk because he's already attacking them. He's deeply unpopular. And, as we saw in Wisconsin, voters recoil when he becomes an issue in a race.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10h
Whatever one thinks about this place, all of the larger ones, controlled by Zuckerberg & Musk, are nothing but giant propaganda/misinformation/porn/surveillance machines owned by oligarchs actively collaborating with fascists.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2h
Fox, probably being fed info from the regime, says the feds' search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home "stems from a criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman's immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child." In other words, it's fascist bullshit.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2h
The only thing this headline lacks is the phrase, “in a chainsaw-involved incident.”
After 500 trees fall at D.C. golf course Trump wants remade, foes ask judge for halt
Preservationists said they were told the East Potomac Golf Links operation went "faster than anticipated" and "hundreds of additional trees" are now slated for removal.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 7h
There is, writes @davidfrum.bsky.social, an "implicit quid pro quo in these lucrative deals offered to Trump’s family and friends: If you compel Ukraine to surrender, we will enrich you beyond reckoning" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2h
Conservatives have been screaming bloody murder that Jack Smith lawfully collected call data on Trump allies in 2023 and 2024. But executing a search warrant on Omar’s house a few weeks before the election is totally cool.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h
off the fucking rails. a rogue government.
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 2h
BREAKING: the court has paused the Trump admin tree removal at East Potomac Golf Links, where we are contesting the dumping of toxic East Wing debris & creating a Trump golf course We raced to court with partners Democracy Forward & Lowell & Assoc, & filed for an emergency hearing--today at 10am!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h
Who could’ve predicted it?
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 1h
Fascist police state.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h
After Felicia Vela and her two children were evicted from their Phoenix home in February, she called the state 211 line for emergency shelter. She said an operator told her it could take six months to a year to get shelter.
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An Arizona County’s “Housing Hub” Is a Dead End for Many Homeless Families
Family homelessness in Maricopa County has risen to its highest level in more than a decade. But shelters are full, and it can take months to get in, leaving parents with little to no help.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 18h
“A plasma center next to a Sephora” is some next-level metaphor work. Via @michellegoldberg.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...
Part of that chance derives from Trump's unpopularity and the country's economic misery, which is particularly stark in Texas. Campaigning, Hinojosa talks about how the state has more people without health insurance than any other and one of the nation's highest rates of small-business bankruptcies. She describes blood plasma centers popping up in middle-class areas - she visited one next to a Sephora —as more people seek to sell their plasma to make ends meet. Hinojosa told me about meeting a lobbyist for the plasma center industry who was excited about all the opportunity in the state.
"That's, I think, a shocking example of where we are in Texas in 2026," she said.
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Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 11h
The right's evidence for a James Talarico mental breakdown debuted with a lot of fanfare this afternoon—and imploded immediately. A very special emergency False Flag for @thebulwark.com with @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-james...
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MAGA’s Talarico Mental Breakdown Conspiracy Implodes—Instantly
The holes in this one were evident pretty quickly. Now the big question is will there be lawsuits in response?
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
BREAKING: NEW YORK (AP) - Judge orders Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded TV ads that promote his political message.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h
This is especially galling given how cavalier this administration has been about deploying the troops and how callous they've been about their well-being while they're there. Sailors are trying to commit suicide on the USS Abraham Lincoln as the Millers soak up benefits meant for the military.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 15h
BREAKING: A judge has ordered an immediate halt to the taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ads, including any slated to run tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h
before this is over i will not be surprised if trump cuts down every cherry tree he can find just to spite DC
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h
They literally passed a bill expanding sanctions on Russia a month ago. It was named after one of their colleagues. Vote was 86-11!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Christian” pastors cheering on public executions when the whole Christian faith is based on the abhorrence of the gruesomeness of a public execution shows how far Christian Nationalism is off the rails.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16h
It doesn't take a genius to see that Trump is corruptly using the presidency to stuff big bucks in his pockets.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16h
Military-base housing is “reserved for military who have earned those quarters from fighting in wars and defending our country... They should not be used for people in the White House. It’s an abuse.” www.vanityfair.com/story/stephe...
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MAGA’s Petit Trianon? Katie and Stephen Miller’s House on a Military Base
From her house on a military base, Katie Miller treats Washington’s most powerful to cakes, farm animals, and sake-squirting hibachi chefs. "I can’t fucking stand her,” says one ally. But "Stephen Mil...
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
If Trump were working directly for Putin this whole time, people ask, taking orders to destroy US democracy and the Western alliance, would anything look different? Yes. Trump would be more subtle about it.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20h
"The 2.25m barrels of diesel Putin offered Trump will have zero net impact on the world price of diesel. But accepting them will collapse the US-led sanctions regime on Russia—and align Trump with Putin against Ukraine's attacks on Russian energy production..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h
If Democrats retake the Senate, Warren will surely become chair of the Senate Banking Committee and, as such, in a position to investigate, humiliate and ultimately destroy Scott Bessent.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
WELKER: Earlier this year you said President Trump should be impeached. What do you see as his impeachable offenses? EL-SAYED: Like, which one? There are many. Making sure that every president understands who comes after Trump that there is a rule of law I think that is absolutely critical
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The "Party of Reagan" has the United States siding with Russian aggression against NATO allies and a brutal war on a European democratic US partner. Yes, the whole party. If they didn't, they would impeach and remove the president who is blatantly breaking US law to help fund Russia's war effort.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I hate it when US officials refer to warfare, includng the deaths of thousands of noncombatants, as "kinetic engagement." Euphemism is the weapon of charlatans.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Russia has not only provided intelligence support to Iran but, as it turns out, has also supplied missiles to the Iranians. (Bloomberg News) Americans were killed by Iranian attacks using these weapons. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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Iran able to replenish its missiles and drones, getting arms from Russia, officials tell Bloomberg
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Here’s the predicate for Cookiegate… the baker’s FB post that started Sen. Marshall’s latest fiasco: “For nearly a year, I made repeated attempts to collect payment, reaching out by phone and email. I never received a return phone call, and the invoice was never paid.”
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Do you know why I will never vote for Roger Marshall?
Because six years ago, when I was a brand-new small business owner, his campaign ordered cookies and treats from my bakery for his primary election watch party.
And I never got paid.
For nearly a year, 1 made repeated attempts to collect payment, reaching out by phone and email. I never received a return phone call, and the invoice was never paid.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Rich people not paying their bills is way too common a story.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026
Ukraine has repeatedly offered cease fires and Russia has always refused
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
That and “I was actually working against him from the inside.”
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump is helping Russia who is helping Iran attack and kill Americans. So that means Trump is knowingly taking steps to weaken the US and bolster Russia and its close ally, Iran. Does that make him a traitor? Let's have the debate.... www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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Iran able to replenish its missiles and drones, getting arms from Russia, officials tell Bloomberg
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The puppet who can't say one critical damn thing about his puppet master Putin (Putin, who invaded Ukraine and started the war – who is a war criminal), instead constantly belittles and bullies Zelenskyy. It couldn't be more obvious that Putin has massive Kompromat on Trump.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This was always the plan.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump’s crowd in Clarksville, Tennessee, near the Kentucky border, deep in the heart of Trump country. He’s going to tell you thousands of people were outside who couldn’t get in.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
No one has more contempt for Donald Trump's voters than Donald Trump.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump is pivoting hard toward Russia in the run-up to the midterms, urging the removal of a democratically elected head of state in Ukraine while helping the dictator who launched an unprovoked invasion.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
- Attacking the ICC - Palling around with Russia - Broadcasting executions
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Are We The Baddies? Meme
ALT: Are We The Baddies? Meme
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed
Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "This is the woman who received the Nobel Peace Prize over the Great United States of America, whose Representative, ME, settled eight Wars, and many other things. I know nothing about this woman, and neither does anyone else! In fact, to the best of my knowledge, no one ever heard of her other than the fact that she, very obviously, hates Israel. I don’t know what the woman has done. I settled 8 Wars, with letters being sent from every President and Prime Minister from the countries that I helped to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and I’m about to settle, or win, two more, Iran and, Russia/Ukraine. They’re both happening at breakneck speed but, forget them, it’s the 8 that I’ve already settled, any one of which, in particular, Pakistan and India, would be far more than necessary to win the Nobel Prize. In actuality, I should have won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes, not just 1. The 8 Wars are:"Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "Cambodia and Thailand
Kosovo and Serbia
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda
Pakistan and India
Israel and Iran
Egypt and Ethiopia
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Israel and Hamas
Additionally, I stopped Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon, and blowing up the entire Middle East and, ultimately, far beyond! I saved more lives than anyone in History and, as Maria Corina Machado, a truly fine person, stated to the Media when she gave me her Nobel Prize of last year, “Donald Trump settled many Wars, and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than any person that has ever received it.” Based on my record of PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to"
Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "PEACE, a record like no one else has ever achieved, I agree! I got back all of the hostages in Israel, including the final 28, both living and dead, and worked with Hamas to do it — Nobody believed this was possible! I removed the World’s Evil Dictator, Nicolas Maduro, from Venezuela, and am in the process of making Venezuela a rich Democracy. Likewise, with Iran, I stopped them from destroying Israel, the Middle East, and Europe. I am also preventing, on a constant basis, a War between South Korea and North Korea, and Japan and North Korea. Add China and Taiwan, and numerous other hot spots, which have not been involved in Wars, only because of President Donald J. Trump, and the United States of America. I am responsible for having NATO countries increase spending from 2% to 5% of GDP, creating a stronger alliance and defense, another thing that everybody said was impossible to do. I have negotiated the release, and secured the return, of more than 900 political prisoners from multiple countries"Donald Trump writes on Truth Social: "another thing that everybody said was impossible to do. I have negotiated the release, and secured the return, of more than 900 political prisoners from multiple countries in Eastern Europe. Additionally, I have brought 196 hostages HOME from captivity, from all over the World, and did it without having paid a ransom, unlike Biden and Obama who would pay Billions of Dollars. On top of it all, I have created a soon to be very prosperous Arctic. Despite all of this, the Nobel Prize was given today to a liberal person who works at the United Nations, who nobody has ever heard of. In all of the Wars that I have settled, I never spoke to the United Nations—they were of no help. The United States of America, represented by me, as your President, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn’t. This is an indelible stain on Norway, one that will never be forgotten. The Nobel “Peace” Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of Radical Ideologues who are Anti-Democracy, and Enemies of Civilization! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“.. the deadliest attack in a Gulf Arab country since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began in February.” @nytimes.com #Riyadh www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/w...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Let me see if I understand this . . . 1. The U.S. is at war with Iran. 2. Russia is helping Iran in that war. 3. The U.S. is now giving Russia money that it can use to help Iran destroy U.S. bases and kill U.S. troops. Donald is smart & patriotic like that.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Signs you’re a war criminal: You attack the court that goes after war criminals
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump really is on Russia’s side. He wants the kind of dictatorship that Putin has.
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