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Ann Elise McLaughlin she/her 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇲

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genX, Independent progressive registered Dem just to vote, mom, feminist, bisexual, activist, reader, researcher, partner, truth-seeker, lifelong learner, advocate, crafter, open primaries & ranked choice voting advocate

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Courtney @resistasista76.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
January 6th was a violent insurrectionist coup. It was funded by Trump, Ginny Thomas and others. They belong in prison and should be begging not to face their beloved brutal death penalty.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Impeach his ass 👇
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Ginny Hogan @ginnyhogan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I got an IUD inserted 2 months after I gave birth, and I asked the doctor if it would hurt. She told me it wouldn’t hurt as much as childbirth, which… cannot possibly be the standard we’re working off for the rest of my life
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Death toll in Israeli strike on Gaza apartment rises to five, report says - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Death toll in Israeli strike on Gaza apartment rises to five, report says
<article data-history-node-id="448729" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-israeli-strike-gaza-apartment-rises-five-report-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-israeli-strike-gaza-apartment-rises-five-report-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Death toll in Israeli strike on Gaza apartment rises to five, report says </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The death toll in an Israeli strike on a Gaza City residential apartment has risen to five,&nbsp;Palestinian medical sources have told Al Jazeera.</p> <p>The deceased include three women and a young girl.</p> <p>The attack set the apartment on fire and severely wounded several other people, while Israeli drones continued flying over the area, the report said.</p> <p>As of Friday, the number of Palestinians killed since Israel agreed to a ceasefire and captives exchange last October reached 1,441 . More than 5,030 people have also been wounded in Israel’s near-daily attacks on Gaza.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Somebody is scared.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ICE arrested the mom of a 9-year-old at a school bus stop in Austin, leaving him alone and crying. The video has profanity and is heartbreaking to watch, but it shows the fear/pain of what happened. This is evil. This is wrong. And it has to stop.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 02/10/2026
A mum comforts her little boy on the bus. He is crying about something. She says, ‘It’s ok. Have a good cry.’ Man nearby: Well done. We’re so bad at letting boys just feel sad.
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Cindy Michels 🇺🇲🇪🇺🇨🇦 @cindymichels.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Right, off to the airport 😎✈️ This image really sums up the USA loss against Iran and its attack on human rights 🤔 Enjoy ❤️ See you Monday 👀
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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mariaevajarrous.bsky.social @mariaevajarrous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We've paid enough for his illegal involvement in our government. Nobody wants this bastard in there. We have enough of them right now. Call your representatives.☎️
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! They are here! Well they been here all summer, but mostly in Seattle. Now they are branching out to the suburbs! Fuck! These fuckers are kidnapping folks in my neighborhood! Good folks, hard working folks. Folks need to get organized. Seattle, you know what to do. #ICEoutofSEATTLE
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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Ann Elise McLaughlin she/her 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇲 @annelisemcl1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"This is not the time to sort of gripe about all the little things." JD Vance Oct. 2026 As cost of living soars, the September jobs report tanks, unemployment ticks up, and inflation rises.
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Jd Vance's Awkward Handshake Fail
Alt: Jd Vance's Awkward Handshake Fail
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ in central London. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services." via Global Justice Now
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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MrBeanThePug65 @mrbeanthepug65.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WHY ARE THERE WOMEN PROTECTING THE RELEASE OF THE EPSTEIN FILES??? Make it make sense.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UAE officials have warned the UK that a severe punishment for Man City could hurt future Emirati investment in Britain, Bloomberg reports. This is the perfect argument for keeping foreign money out of football.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/10/2026
A US government effort spanning intelligence agencies, the FBI and the Justice Department sought proof that voting machines were used to rig the 2020 election. It ultimately found no evidence votes were altered reut.rs/4hHBkcA
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Donald Trump has torn this country apart! Fuck him, and fuck you if you voted for him!
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That would be much more useful than learning how to do-si-do.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 02/10/2026
Their mission is the pursuit of human rights for their technology designed to deprive you of human rights.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's hard to tell which is weirder: the fact that these guys seriously suggest that models like Claude have consciousness/sentience or that they actually invest time and money (weird!) trying to convince the Pope as well as theologians and legal scholars of this belief.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 02/10/2026
Exclusive: Is there anything Kash Patel won’t do for Trump before the midterms? @sfitz787.bsky.social reports from inside the FBI.
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Is There Anything Kash Patel Won’t Do for Trump Before the Midterms?
“The president wants indictments. He wants people in handcuffs.”
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Rep. Shontel Brown @repshontelbrown.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Very alarmed that the Trump and Patel-led FBI plan to acquire nationwide access to automatic license plate readers, such as those operated by Flock. Progressive Caucus Chair @repcasar.bsky.social and I are demanding answers and using every tool we have to conduct congressional oversight.
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Sarah Fitzpatrick @sfitz787.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: Patel responded to The Atlantic’s questions about the FBI’s election investigations by referring to a graphic that appeared on an unrelated news story on another media company’s website www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Sarah Fitzpatrick @sfitz787.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Agents across the country have been seeking counsel in recent weeks about how to respond to FBI directives related to the election, per 6 current and former FBI and DOJ supervisors + outside defense attorneys who told me they have received calls. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Is There Anything Kash Patel Won’t Do for Trump Before the Midterms?
“The president wants indictments. He wants people in handcuffs.”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING MS NOW: Kash Patel has commissioned a classified report examining purported past FBI shortcomings — including in the Russia and special counsel probes — in what current and former officials see as the Trump admin's latest effort to rewrite history in Trump's favor.
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Kash Patel commissions classified, internal FBI report to examine department ‘failures’
Sources tell MS NOW the ‘Patel Report’ may be the latest effort to re-write history in President Trump’s favor.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
NEW: The criminal investigation into the "grand conspiracy" fell apart with everyone resigning because they failed to indict anyone, so now they're just going to make up a report about it. Pathetic. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
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Kash Patel commissions classified, internal FBI report to examine department ‘failures’
Sources tell MS NOW the ‘Patel Report’ may be the latest effort to re-write history in President Trump’s favor.
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Sam Leader Standing By 🍉🕎 @rvengefulobster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
An F-35 pilot somewhere has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
he just found out they're not really invisible, didn't he?
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Can't fuckin argue🤔...
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🤔...
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Captain Jack of NAFO @h60seahawktx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Please, PLEASE, for the sake of our Republic, those who know the truth about the Epstein Files SAY AND DO SOMETHING before it is too late. I don’t want to live in a nazified America.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sliwa getting a flu shot: This could be very embarrassing. I’m supposed to be a tough guy, right? Mamdani: I can hold your hand. Sliwa: What happens if I faint? Mamdani: I got you. Doctor: You’re in great hands, literally. New Yorkers can find free flu shots and locations at nyc.gov/healthmap
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why do people make the "young men shouldn't have their lives ruined by being identified as rapists" argument but never the "young men shouldn't have their lives ruined by being identified as murderers" argument? Misogyny.
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WTFGOP a.k.a on Twitter @Doggintrump @wtfgop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cornell University’s TimTok page is brutal There are 40k comments on their page. And MAGA CULT SLAYER just posted this one 🤣
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Four Legs Good @4legsrgood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty funny that ESPN provided the video proving that Jack Smith was at the Iowa-Maryland game. The GOP is a clown car wreck.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This morning, the Justice Department went after nearly an entire state's federal bench, all at once. The judges had said the government wasn't following court orders. The response was to try to remove the judges. Here's why every American should be paying attention. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think one of the undercurrents of our fractured political reality is that basically everyone has come to realize that the people who rule the world do not possess any particularly impressive level of intelligence or capability
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fetterman is garbage. He betrays the people who fought for him when he was at his lowest point - and that fight is the only reason he’s in the senate. Now he’s actively working to raise money for Republican PACs.
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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the least boggling thing I’ve read in weeks.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026
53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.
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Mayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYC
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
DOJ's complaint about at least seven fed. judges in Minnesota for talking to the NYTimes about the Trump administration's mismanagement of immigration enforcement complains of these ten truthful statements on the ground that some immigration cases are pending appeal. www.justice.gov/sites/defaul...
A list of ten statements the judges made in this NYTimes article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/minnesota-judge-trump-immigration.html
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