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Ann

@anninsantacruz.bsky.social
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I am a glass half full person who believes kindness is essential. I love dogs, cats, and birds. A happy day for me involves cooking, time in the garden, a good book or a great new series to stream.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 4h
ICE-Gestapo shot a man in NYC with his 5 year old son in the back seat, then they rammed through protesters who were trying to block their vehicle from leaving the scene. I’ll say it again and again, ICE aren’t agents or law enforcement, they are terrorists, murderers and white supremacists.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 4h
It was BRUTAL. I bet Ossoff gets a 3 point bump at least
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SassyPants 🌳 Hugger, 📚 🐛 @lakegirl-69.bsky.social · 4h
This was the first comparison I thought of. Truly, utterly unthinkable.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 8h
If you plan to watch a livestreamed public execution, chances are you would have attended a lynching 100 years ago. This is no different. Shame on you—whoever you are. #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth...
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Pete Hegseth pushes for public firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooter
Hegseth says Hasan's firing-squad execution should be public, potentially the first U.S. public execution in nearly 90 years.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
El-Sayed: "He wants unconditional support for a foreign government. I want unconditional support for kids in our schools, healthcare, childcare -- things he would vote to defend."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Ossoff: "Tonight, a united Georgia will hear the trial the Mike Collins. Mike Collins has brought dishonor to our state through his personal bigotry and his widely documented ties to white nationalists. And he's sold out Georgia in his pathetic child-like devotion to Donald Trump."
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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 8h
Well goddamn
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
El-Sayed: "Weak, cowardly, won't stand up until his poll numbers drop ... he has the audacity to do an ad looking at the drugs prices in Canada, expect he voted four times to keep you from buying the prescriptions drugs in Canada. It's incoherent."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h
Ossoff: "We still haven't heard an explanation for the tariffs. I'd like for the congressman also to explain to the folks across Georgia how this disastrous war has been a success." Collins: *doesn't explain the tariffs or how the war has been a success*
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 8h
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h
Pew's poll is particularly notable because of its massive sample size; an N of just over 5,000 survey respondents. One particularly interesting finding on immigration is that the issue has slightly lost salience for Republicans and gained significant salience for Democrats since the 2022 midterms.
Table: Compared with 2022, Republican and Democratic voters priorities in 2026 have shifted in different directions on many issues, including the economy.

On immigration, 76% of Republican Registered Voters (RVs) in 2022 rated the issue as "very important for their vote for Congress." That has now dropped to 72% in 2026. By contrast, it was at 36% for Democrats in 2022, and is now up to 53%, a net 17 percent increase.

The biggest issue, however, continues to be the economy. 92% of Republicans rated the economy as important in 2022, but that's now dropped to 82%. The next highest issue for Republicans is immigration at 72%, followed by the future of democracy at 69%, then violent crime at 64%.

For Democrats, 65% rated the economy as very important in 2022, and that's now 88%, the highest issue, beating out the future of democracy (85%), healthcare (82%), and education (74%).
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Ossoff: "The question was about the stewardship of tax dollars. And as we stand here today Rep. Collins is under federal investigation for the illegal misuse of tax dollars. For illegally funneling public money to his violent staffers girlfriend."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Ossoff: "These tariffs are crushing out state, and we'll repeal them. I'd like to hear the congressman explain why he's voted for them over and over and over again."
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 8h
This is objectively psychotic and every member of Congress and Senate should be ashamed if they don’t try to remove him from office before this happens
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Same!! www.contrariannews.org/p/you-can-he...
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You Can Help Improve Legacy Media
🚨33 Days to the Midterms🚨
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Men,we must change the culture . This is not a political issue. It is a MALE issue. Too many men still think it is ok, and the abjudicated rapist in the White House does not help. This 11 year old study, and anecdotes going back decades on social media, confirm a prevalent toxic culture
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Study: 1 in 3 men OK raping if it’s not called rape
According to a study from the University of North Dakota, 31.7 percent of the men surveyed said they would force a woman to have sexual intercourse.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has tossed the Trump administration's lawsuit against Michigan over the state's square-footage requirements for egg-laying hens. No standing, she concludes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 $𝟒𝟔𝟒 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭🚨 Autocratic regimes are marked by massive corruption. Republicans are corruptly wasting billions of our taxpayer money on #IceLawlessness, like this fleet of useless & overpriced planes which was a giant kick back for a donor.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Chickens have standing, Trump doesn’t . :)
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Ann @anninsantacruz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
😳🤦‍♀️🤬
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The bid “stands to jeopardize” the elections and could “interfere with the right of voters to participate in the election free from intimidation”, according to the NAACP, which filed a lawsuit against Harmeet Dhillon, (cont.) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...?
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Trump administration sued over plans to send election monitors to voting sites
NAACP files lawsuit after head of DoJ’s civil rights division says she hopes to send election monitors to polls
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JD Vance is bragging about stopping Obamacare enrollment for roughly 750,000 people on the premise they’re fraudulently enrolled, with zero proof they are. #RepublicanHealthcareCrisis
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026
Katie Phang: "Todd Blanche wants to continue to hide the Epstein files from the American people. He wants to allow the existing redactions and withholdings to stand as a matter of law. He's saying what he has done is legally sufficient. And I am here to say, hell no, it is not."
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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is brutal [laudatory]
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Kathy Mortensen 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 💙 @kathyswords.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm so impressed. Trump is admitting he is flipping races. Go Blue Wave. Keep helping us Trump. We can see the Epstein files! Restore the JCPOA! Balance the power of democracy and get SCOTUS to be supporters of democracy as well. The law applies to everyone. Even you. #Blues #Proudblue #GTS
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Ann @anninsantacruz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
LIAR 🤥
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is a suspected outbreak of the plague in Russia. Yes, you read that right. And we cannot trust RFK Jr. and the Trump administration to be prepared to deal with this. We need a Democratic public health doctor in the US Senate.
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Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia
Administration is "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," an official told Axios.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's not "the economy, stupid." It's "the health care, stupid." And Republicans are losing on both, which is why they want you distracted by culture war noise. Vote anyway. #RepublicanHealthcareCrisis
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New York has Letitia James investigating, while Cornell has hired former DOJ official Sally Yates to lead their investigation, campus police response, and oversight of student organizations. thehill.com/homenews/edu...
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Cornell retains former acting attorney general to lead investigation
Sally Yates is a former acting U.S. attorney general and deputy attorney general and a longtime federal prosecutor.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice tapped criminal prosecutors and an FBI official to watch voters in Arizona’s primary elections earlier this year in a major break from past norms, according to records reviewed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ dispatched criminal prosecutors, FBI agent to monitor Arizona’s primary, documents reveal
The deployments mark a major break from past departmental norms.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court 8 years ago on October 6, 2018. @bagleycartoons.bsky.social
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thousands of Cornell students have taken over the main plaza on campus to demand the Cornell 7 be held accountable for their crimes. 21% of undergraduate women are raped or sexual assaulted during their time on campus.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Now that fascism is here, let’s make sure we drive it back to the hell it came from together. We can. We must. We will. Take heart, good people. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/take-heart...
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Take Heart, Good People; In One Month, We Defeat Fascism
So, here’s the bad news: fascism isn’t coming to America; it’s here.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
May we be our best selves in this moment, so that History one day tells our story as one where disparate humanity twisted the plot that once seemed inevitable...
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, the bad news is that fascism is here, but the good news is that so are we. Dictators don’t oust themselves, horrible regimes don’t leave on their own, and oligarchs don’t tire of devouring up nations... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/take-heart...
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Take Heart, Good People; In One Month, We Defeat Fascism
So, here’s the bad news: fascism isn’t coming to America; it’s here.
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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There are over 180,000 active duty service members in that area... and THIS is the commander-in-chief?
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Disgusting bsky.app/profile/drdi...
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
8 years ago today, Susan Collins cast the deciding vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Justice. Kavanaugh later overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There are currently 3,887 *reported* cases of measles in the United States, 1004 of which are in Pennsylvania (the worst year since 1991). The true total is likely far, far higher. The related pain, suffering, and deaths are all directly due to Donald Trump and RFK jr. They are trying to cull us.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An American "president" saying it's acceptable for Iran to annihilate Los Angeles and San Diego But the worst part isn't that Trump has normalized such traitorous, cowardly behavior No-the worst part is the people in the crowd CHEERING And not a single Republican will stand up and say ENOUGH
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Catherine @accomplishedseer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You know what's a smaller price to pay? Impeaching this enemy of the United States. The treason is obscene.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How are we supposed to reconcile with such people? How do we set aside our differences when they want us to perish? How do we possibly move forward? We’ve done it before-mostly by ignoring deadly cracks in the foundation of our democracy No longer. This must end Right here Right now 28 days
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It can't happen fast enough for this woman.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 06/10/2026
In June, Belgium’s diamond industry gifted Trump an 18-karat gold ring encrusted with 321 diamonds and 75 gemstones. A month later, European diamonds got an exemption from Trump’s tariffs. We don’t know where the ring is today. Where did it go? Did Trump keep it for himself?
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
At his pep rally in Nebraska he called White House aide and human suckerfish Natalie Harp to the stage for some executive-order-signing and compared her to one of the late Bob Barker's game show models from "The Price Is Right" as he watched her saunter off stage.🤢🤮 www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Calls Natalie Harp Onto Rally Stage And Things Quickly Got Very Weird
The president’s constant companion had a moment in the spotlight.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: By driving past this pole, you agree to have your license plate photographed, stored and searched by police across the country. You never clicked "I agree." Tell Congress to ban Flock: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Ban Flock mass surveillance cameras
Contact Congress today!
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"I can't let you filibuster," says MacCallum, as El-Sayed ticks off gas prices, food prices, service members killed or stationed overseas for long assignments...
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 05/10/2026
Tired of the corruption? You're not alone. youtu.be/1-JIAdCm6p4
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NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: Alone
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Congrats to the NY Times. Trump is calling for its "arrest" on the same day NYT ran a fawning story about his former press secretary, the "steely” and “nimble” Karoline Leavitt. When the Times' staff is frog-marched out of the newsroom at gunpoint, will they realize they brought it on themselves?
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