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Northeast Ohio. Go Bucks! X refugee. Retired. Love to travel. Resistance is key. No DMs. DM = unfollow and/or block

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h
Does arresting the wife of an enlisted man and mother of four US citizen children, a person who’s been here since she was 6 years old, make our country great again?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h
🚨BREAKING: Pro-voting groups sue the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), challenging the Trump administration’s “policy of collecting, maintaining, and using” voter data in pursuit of alleged voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/cases/dhs-vo...
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🚨 League of Women Voters v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Learn more here.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
WAPO: “.. all the major donors to .. Trump’s White House ballroom project, including previously undisclosed contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Trump: "Honestly, I could've done numbers on Hillary Clinton. I could've done numbers on Bill Clinton. I could've done numbers on Barack Hussein Obama. Still could. I still could. I could do big numbers if I wanted to. Go after them. Criminally. Destroy their reputations."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h
(Reuters) - The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. @reuters.com 🇺🇦 www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
“.. Today, Skydance has a market cap of under $40 billion — less than half the predecessor companies’ combined value.” @variety.com $SKYD variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
“.. While Hines .. the President’s 29 year-old crypto adviser .. was leading the White House’s push to pass the Genius Act, Tether .. was steering millions of dollars to a business he co-owned ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Trump has directed his White House counsel to examine explosive allegations: Ex-Trump attorney Alina Habba told Trump that another one of his top advisers — former Kennedy Center leader Ric Grenell — failed to deposit a multimillion-dollar donation that her billionaire husband made to the center.
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Exclusive: White House probes claims of missing Kennedy Center money in "MAGA blood feud"
"If there is missing money, this is a big, big problem," a senior administration official said.
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 15/10/2026
Big news: Ohio's 10th Appellate Court unanimously rules that the Republican school voucher scam is illegal. Will undoubtedly be appealed, but here we go. acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Short version: Russia was never a hoax
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
NEW Miami Herald: Two women have filed a federal civil lawsuit accusing Matt Gaetz and two others of participating in an alleged sex trafficking scheme involving young women, drugs and traveling across state lines. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Ex-Florida congressman Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking young women
The lawsuit alleges the two women were supplied with drugs, traveled across state lines and were paid to have sex with men, including Gaetz.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Make no mistake — they want to deport congresswoman @repilhan.bsky.social We are very far off the cliff. 🇺🇸 😳 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
BREAKING WSJ: The Trump admin's investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar is aimed at building a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and other people familiar with the probe.
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Ilhan Omar Investigation Aims to Build Case for Stripping Her Citizenship
Authorities have subpoenaed members of the Democratic congresswoman’s family as part of a broader look at their immigration paperwork.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
WAPO: The lining “failed in at least 85 places because of errors in the renovation, including the premature refilling of the basin before the liner had fully dried ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
MS NOW analyzed Trump Justice Department data and found Kash Patel is making false statements about FBI crime stats. The FBI under Patel has brought thousands fewer criminal cases than previous administrations. The findings rebut Patel's claims that he has led a crackdown on violent crime.
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Crime stats touted by Kash Patel are bolstered by arrests made by state and local agencies, not FBI
An analysis of publicly available data from the Justice Department shows repeated claims made by the FBI director are false or misleading.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: We just filed a Hatch Act complaint over the outrageous raid on Ilhan Omar's home Officials can't use criminal power to affect an election. This is the textbook case @democracydefendersfund.org & @rwpusa.bsky.social👇
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: a court cleared the name of our client Mary Comans Musk & Noem falsely told millions the FEMA CFO blew money on "luxury hotels" The court called this "coordinated" smear "outrageous govt conduct" The Trump regime is destructive, but @democracydefendersfund.org & partners fight back -TN
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
"When Trump plucked Katie Zacharia from obscurity & appointed her as his new press sec, he called her 'an attorney.' This is also how Zacharia describes herself. But Popular Information searched for evidence in all 50 states, plus DC, that she was admitted to practice law anywhere — & found none."
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Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, claims she’s a lawyer. Is she?
There is no evidence Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law — and the White House did not provide any
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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I’ve got a piece in the @nytimes.com this morning about why Supreme Court reform has to be at the top of any agenda for democratic repair www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/o...
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Opinion | Democrats Need a Plan for Supreme Court Reform. Here’s a Start. (Gift Article)
Why Democrats must prioritize court reform.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is now the lowest ever relative to Refinery Inputs. (via RB Advisers) #SPR
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & partners just sued ICE over a nasty catch-22 ICE detains people, takes their IDs & work papers, releases them, keeps the papers. Now they can't work & risk getting picked up again for having no ID We're going to court to get it ALL back -TN
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Heat killed a 24 yr old farm worker in Mississippi in Sept. Republican-backed AB6213 would block all national heat regs. We must stop this bill. Email your US Rep today. We must stop these heat deaths. Two minutes of your time can save lives. 1/2
A photo of farm workers laboring on what looks like a very hot background with the text overlay: 

Obed Azahel Hernandez Perez

Farm worker, 24, dies of heat exposure in North MississippiFarm workers working on a very hot background with the text overlay: 

Perez had barely started working for the season.

Mississippi has some of the most dangerous working conditions in the country.

Second highest worker death rate in the country.

The state is one of the five states that doesn't have its own labor enforcement agency.Farm workers working on a very hot backgrounds with the text overlay: 

"If heat regulations became a standard and the employer was in full compliance with that standard, that worker would likely be alive today."

- Jordan Barab, Former OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary

Heat regulations save lives.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelensky on bombing the Russian data centers: “It’s pretty clear where the bots were coming from.”
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Guilfoyle also said she was being blocked from attending a dinner for Eric Trump, and she wanted an American businessman on the guest list to get her in the door.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10/10/2026
My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.
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Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes
Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I’m in this fight to make life more affordable. Ohioans are working harder than ever and they deserve to get ahead.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Update on the ceasefire Trump announced this morning.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 11/10/2026
⚡️Russia struck Kharkiv's power plant shortly after Trump announced 'energy ceasefire.’ Ukraine's Presidential Office confirmed that the attack occurred after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
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Russia struck Kharkiv's power plant shortly after Trump announced 'energy ceasefire'
Ukraine's Presidential Office confirmed that the attack occurred after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 10/10/2026
Holy shit they disenfranchised nearly ten percent of the population. It’s like a GOP wet dream
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India Cut 130 Million From Voter Roll, Fueling Protests Against Modi
Public anger is growing over an exercise that critics say undermines the world’s largest democracy, particularly disenfranchising Muslims under the Hindu nationalist government.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...
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ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say: VIDEO
Surveillance video shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying ICE agents ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now members of Congress are being denied the ability to see the damage at these bases because there's a coverup underway. There's a coverup underway to try to hide the cost of this war and the debacle it has caused in the region."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026
Do you know how hard it is to lose the war if you're the United States? It's about as unlikely as bankrupting a casino.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026
ICE agent Brenden Cuni still has a job because he’s exactly the kind of person Stephen Miller wants. I’ll dig into his background at NOON PT on @meidastouch.com youtube.com/live/pV2vbKf...
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LIVE: ICE Agent from Bronx Shooting Just Had His PAST EXPOSED…
Brendan Cuni, the ICE agent who nearly shot a 5 year old in the Bro...
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A letter from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and a member of the Senate Finance Committee:
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
BARCLAYS DESK: “.. let’s face facts; the combined disclosed lab revenues of circa $150bn .. is not going to cut it when the ecosystem needs well in excess of $1trn .. I’ve yet been presented with a credible framework as to where this money is going to come from ..”
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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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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Documents released by a watchdog group suggest that despite Trump's promise to fund Freedom 250 events through private donations, taxpayers largely footed the bill. The budget estimates leave open questions about where tens of millions in private donations ended up.
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Trump Raised Big Bucks for Freedom 250 — But Most Events Appear to be Funded by Taxpayers
Newly released documents raise questions about what happened to the corporate and private donations.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today in DC: "Beginning Saturday, crews will start another major round of cutting at the historic public golf course. The first phase contains 169 trees marked for removal. The Trump Administration says as many as 529 could eventually come down..." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...
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More than 500 trees may be removed from D.C. golf course Trump wants to redesign
Beginning Saturday, National Park Service crews will start another major round of cutting at East Potomac Golf Links, according to a new filing in federal court.
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Akimbo @akimbo1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Let me guess...they will ask the shadow docket six to remove the "kick CNN, MSNBC and ABC out" ruling while this lawsuit works it's way up to SCOTUS
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The ship of diesel Putin sent Trump left on September 22. September 23 is when Trump's invite to G-20 was announced. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘We hope he’ll accept’: US invites Putin to G20 summit at Trump golf club
Invitation announced by Marco Rubio is likely to raise concerns from Ukraine and EU countries
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 10/10/2026
The Disturbing New Christian Nationalist Argument for Subjugating Women
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is truly horrifying and somewhat predictable. That said, I am a little concerned at how much this is doing the Supreme Court’s work for them by saying they “effectively ratified” this. At most, it was a likelihood standard. And the appeals courts shouldn’t be suggesting more than that.
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🟢The purchase of Russian fuel brings money that helps finance the Russian military machine, while at the same time harming Ukraine’s efforts at self-defense. 🟢Ukrainian officials reported that negotiations with the American side in Miami ended without a breakthrough.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
According to the City of Erie, officers arrived on the scene within minutes of receiving a ShotSpotter alert, and they say investigators found that all nine deaths happened before officers arrived. thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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9 people dead in Erie, Pennsylvania mass shooting
ERIE, Pa. (WJET) — Nine people are dead after what Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro described as a mass shooting in the City of Erie Friday night. The City of Erie also confirmed Saturday m…
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 09/10/2026
And just weeks after CBP awarded a contract to hunt down deportees for unpaid fines. They really want to get their money’s worth.
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CBP Formally Hires Contractors to Collect Fines From People It Has Deported
The $36 million effort, spread across four companies, relies on firms already working to locate immigrants for the government's deportation surge.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is wild & deeply alarming from this good opinion: “[DOJ] suggest[s] that every American citizen who registers to vote is the subject of a voter fraud investigation underway in the Civil Rights Division simply because they registered to vote.” 👀⚖️
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