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Andrea Dooley

@adooley.bsky.social
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Author of Of Paternal Bondage, forthcoming from Cynren Press in 2028. Writer, mom (sons, dogs, cats), labor, politics, Oakland open.substack.com/pub/andreadooley

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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Here are all the links in one place: bureauofideas.ghost.io/pushback-187/
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Pushback 187
Republicans in Safe Red States Are Breaking with Trump Judge Orders Trump Admin to Return Phoenix Man Deported to Equatorial Guinea Republicans shift further into defensive posture as midterms loom ...
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emily @emly866885.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
25 days. Safety in numbers is real. Every time one of us speaks up, it gets easier for the next person. Vote. Volunteer. Talk to your neighbors. We outnumber them—time to act like it.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
KS has the bug: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
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Kansas Senate Race Is a Surprising New Midterm Fight
Republicans are suddenly racing to defend a seat in Kansas, where Democrats are trying to win a Senate race for the first time in nearly a century.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Nebraska included: www.centralnebraskatoday.com/2026/10/04/n...
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Nonviolent ‘Rally for Democracy’ to protest President Trump’s Oct. 5 visit to G.I. set for 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 5 on sidewalk on west side of South Locust Street west of State Fair Boulevard west ...
GRAND ISLAND - A nonviolent "Rally for Democracy" sponsored by several Democrat Party groups is scheduled from...
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
internationalviewpoint.org/Latinos-May-...
internationalviewpoint.org
Latinos May Decide the Midterms, Defeating Trump and the Republicans
Donald Trump arguably won the 2024 presidential election because between 42 and 48 percent of the country’s Latinos voted for him. His was the largest Republican share ever of the Latino vote. In the ...
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And more from TX: www.tpr.org/border-immig...
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Protesters march to East Side ICE facility as calls for legal action grow
Opponents marched through San Antonio’s East Side on Saturday as local officials weigh legal action against a planned ICE detention facility.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/judg...
newsfromthestates.com
Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit over West Orange synagogue protest
A federal judge last week dismissed the federal government’s civil suit against protesters whose demonstration outside a West Orange synagogue in 2024 devolved into a brawl, with the judge finding the...
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.salon.com/2026/10/04/s...
salon.com
Sen. Kennedy: Trump goes from "Zero to a-hole in 3 seconds" - Salon.com
The GOP senator says Trump crossed a line by posting Sen. Tom Cotton's phone number over daylight saving time
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Some version of this story ran in dozens of news outlets: idahonews.com/news/nation-...
idahonews.com
Protesters gather outside Freeman Coliseum during Trump’s San Antonio visit
Demonstrators gathered outside Freeman Coliseum on Wednesday during President Donald Trump’s visit.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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ruralradio.com
Democrats push back on Trump administration’s ‘brazen’ attempt to roll back education standards
Democrats are urging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop the Trump administration’s proposed changes to Head Start, calling the reforms to the early childcare and…
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And out in WY www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/...
wyomingnews.com
Protest on Oct. 17 at Capitol will focus on encouraging people to vote
This letter is intended to alert all you radical left, looney left and just plan loonies, who, according to Trump, are deranged and who are determined to bring down the
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
nytimes.com
Arlington County Sues to Block Trump’s Triumphal Arch
The county is home to Arlington National Cemetery, the military gravesite that is central to the legal battle over the planned arch.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Flight attendants' union flags safety concerns over Trump's Washington arch
The union representing flight attendants has raised safety concerns about President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
time.com/article/2026...
time.com
‘We Have to Punch Back’: Top Nevada Official Prepares For Trump's Election Havoc
The state's top election official tells TIME the Trump Administration will likely try to seize ballots or send ICE to the polls. He's ready for both.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
time.com/article/2026...
time.com
Newsom Calls for 25th Amendment After Trump Imagines Iran Attacking California
The California governor and other critics say the President’s comments signal mental instability.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Detained immigrants at Georgia ICE facility launch mass hunger strike
At least 73 people estimated to have joined protest against prolonged detention and Folkston facility’s ‘violations’
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
spectrumnewsnecn.com/necn/maine/p...
spectrumnewsnecn.com
Mainers to walk 76 miles to protest Susan Collins
The walk from Biddeford to Augusta will take a group of at least 15 Mainers five days. The destination is Sen. Susan Collins’ office in Augusta, where protesters intend to demand she stop voting to fu...
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
reuters.com
Olympian cleared in vandalism case seeks watchdog probes of Trump's Reflecting Pool project
Lawyers for a former ​US Olympian accused and then cleared of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool demanded on Tuesday that two government watchdogs investigate ‌the botched renovation of ...
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Republicans enter triage mode as their election hopes continue to dim
Top Republicans are giving up on races in purple territory and racing to save seats in deep-red states.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.commondreams.org/news/ahmed-s...
commondreams.org
Federal Judge Orders Trump DHS to Return Man to US After Deportation to Equatorial Guinea | Common Dreams
After being unlawfully deported to Equatorial Guinea, Ahmed Soliman faced unimaginable horrors. But a federal judge's ruling brings hope for his return to the US. Will justice prevail for Soliman and ...
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
25 days to the midterms. More and more people are finding the courage to push back on Trump. There's safety in numbers I guess. Here's a thread of stories: politicalwire.com/2026/10/05/r...
politicalwire.com
Republicans in Safe Red States Are Breaking with Trump
"It’s not just vulnerable Republicans in swing districts distancing themselves from their party leader," the Washington Sun reports.
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Lydy @lydy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And so, the transition is going about as well as you would expect, which is to say, very poorly. I guess what I hope is that those of us who do remember a world with gay people can use the lessons we learned to care for our trans friends.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My father was also an ex evangelical minister when he came out in 1983 when I was 9. We couldn’t tell anyone. Wrote a memoir about it!
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I have some very feeble memories of PTL and Jim Bakker and one very vivid one. andreadooley.substack.com/p/a-quick-pt...
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A Quick PTL Memory
I started this day subconsciously assuming Jim Bakker was already dead.
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
CA ballots are in the mail. I thought I would share how I'm thinking about the ballot measures. 2026 Voter Guide bureauofideas.ghost.io/2026-voter-g... #election #voting #CAProps #Prop40
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2026 Voter Guide
Dear Friends: The November 3, 2026 election is barreling toward us, thank God, and early voting starts soon. I got a notice from the Secretary of State that my ballot is on the way, and with 14 state...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 05/10/2026
If House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the base. trib.al/R0rSJ30
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The Long and Extremely Urgent To-Do List if Democrats Take the House
If House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the base.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
All the links are here: bureauofideas.ghost.io/pushback-186/
bureauofideas.ghost.io
Pushback 186
'No Kings' early voting events planned across western North Carolina ICE Protesters Just Sued One of Trump’s Biggest Cheerleaders As Trump's proposed arch looms over D.C., protesters pin their hopes...
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Nashville Democrat sues for GOP 'retaliation' to redistricting protest
A Nashville state senator is suing the GOP leadership that sanctioned her for protesting redistricting. In May, state lawmakers met for a special session
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com
GOP senators push back on Trump’s taxpayer-funded ad
President Trump’s new government-funded ads pledging to “cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists” are getting strong pushback from Senate Republicans who are warning the president not …
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to block sanctions over IRS settlement
An 11th Circuit panel said the president’s attorneys didn’t rebut a judge’s conclusion that the deal was a product of collusion.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
news.bloomberglaw.com
Blackburn Balks at Trump Judicial Pick in Rare GOP Pushback (1)
Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee is blocking President Donald Trump’s pick for a trial court judgeship in the state, an unusual display of defiance from a Republican who has reliably backed confirma...
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
kyivindependent.com/trump-faces-...
kyivindependent.com
Trump faces bipartisan pushback over possible Russia sanctions relief
"Sanctions relief will embolden Russia and prolong the war," a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers said.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.mdjonline.com/news/nationa...
mdjonline.com
Republican redistricting in Texas and Florida may not turn out as Trump had hoped
Eric Flores is a former federal prosecutor and Army National Guard infantry captain. He's also one of the Republican Party's prized recruits in this year's midterm elections. With help from
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.modbee.com/news/nation-...
modbee.com
Some tourists pay an extra $100 to visit Grand Canyon. That's illegal, AZ suit says
A Phoenix-based company, Across Arizona Tours, is suing the federal government over the constitutionality of extra fees imposed on nonresident visitors to America's national parks.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
mtstandard.com/news/nation-...
mtstandard.com
Trump government ads draw artist protest, regulatory complaints
Taxpayer-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump drew fresh scrutiny on Tuesday after the recording artist behind a song used in one spot demanded the White House stop using his music a...
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
reuters.com
California, six other states sue Trump administration over federal funds
California and six other states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Wednesday, accusing it of withholding federal funds approved ​by Congress, including about $810 million the White Ho...
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.axios.com/2026/09/30/f...
axios.com
Fed watchdog clears former chair Powell in renovation probe
The renovation became a flashpoint in President Trump's broader campaign against Powell and the Fed.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
news.bloomberglaw.com
Judge Halts $100,000 H-1B Worker Fee Memos in Blow to Trump (1)
A federal judge in California blocked federal agencies’ implementation of a $100,000 Trump administration charge for businesses to hire workers on H-1B visas.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
nytimes.com
Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes
The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
War of words: Newsom orders California to say AI after Trump’s ‘superintelligence’ decree
The governor’s executive order comes as Trump tries to make the “superintelligence” rebrand stick.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
nevalleynews.org/21156/news/a...
nevalleynews.org
Arizona Senator Mark Kelly sounds the alarm on Trump’s continued ban against the press - Northeast Valley News
On September 18, President Trump posted on Truth Social that CNN, MS Now, and Politico were banned from the White House “effective immediately”. A day later, their journalists were denied access to Wh...
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
wsj.com
Judge Bars Future Reflecting Pool Charges Against Olympian
The Trump administration dropped the case after it said information showed a botched installation damaged the pool’s newly installed sealant.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
reuters.com
US judge finds law criminalizing noncitizen voting unconstitutional
A judge dismissed ​a federal case that accused a Jamaican national of illegally voting.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
nytimes.com
Judge Reinstates Seattle’s Top Federal Prosecutor, Ousted by Trump
The Justice Department had fired Roger Rogoff as part of a larger maneuver to install its preferred judicial appointees and circumvent Senate confirmation.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
latimes.com
'Contra-ICE Vol. 1: ICE Out' compilation rocks against the Trump administration
New protest album features tracks by Fred Armisen, Adrian Quesada, Kathleen Hanna, Tom Morello and more. Downtown L.A. bar La Cita will host the release party for “Contra-ICE Vol. 1: ICE Out" on Satur...
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
yahoo.com
John Roberts Faces Protests at Maine Summer Home
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ hopes for peaceful getaways on an island off the coast of Maine are frequently interrupted by protests and backlash over the court’s decisions. A New York Tim...
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.ms.now/news/alaska-...
ms.now
Trump vowed to lower gas prices. His backers in Alaska are not buying it.
MS NOW is talking to Trump voters in five states about President Donald Trump’s campaign promises and whether they feel like he’s delivered. First stop: Alaska.
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Andrea Dooley @adooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...
usnews.com
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