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Ann M Colford

@annmcolford.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, reader, numbers cruncher, cat mother

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 17/09/2026
We were supposed to be in session all of September. We worked 2.5 days. Now Johnson is sending us home. Why? He’s terrified of votes on Hegseth impeachment articles and another Epstein discharge petition. Meanwhile, Trump is only focused on destroying the Kennedy Center and ranting like a maniac.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
📌You can vote with the party which doesn't do every single thing you want, or you can vote with the party that never wants you voting again, and has fallen at the fat, little feet of a lunatic wannabe king, who is poisoning our air & water & turning our WH into a golden whorehouse. Up to you.
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The truth will set you free But first it will piss you off. Gloria Steinem rest in power and thank you
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I know it’s hard to watch all these beautiful things be carried away by time and see the wrong things growing in their place. But listen. Listen. We have to be the beautiful things now. It has to be us. It has to be us. Courage.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
When fascism comes to America it will be run by weirdos who were introduced to America by Oprah.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
STUNNING: Trump left the White House press corps in Turkey as a decoy to be attacked by Iran—and instead flew out on a secret plane: wapo.st/4i1OByh
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Contradicting public statements, Trump took secret flight from Turkey amid Iranian threat
The White House said the president was aboard Air Force One as he left a NATO summit. Instead, his departure included an elaborate ruse that concealed his travel.
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James E. Clyburn @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
What a sad state our country is in when the Senate has to debate whether a President’s former personal lawyer—who has led the burying of the Epstein Files and promised to make Trump immune from tax crimes—should be our nation’s highest law enforcement officer.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Do not messe wyth writers. Thei are the kyndeste and meanest and weirdest folk on Earthe. Thei kan create a person yn a second, or make a partye be rememberid for two thousande years. Thei kan stitch and unstitch worldes. Thei give names to emociouns we do not yet understande. Odd people, mightye.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/08/2026
Wildfires in Spokane County, Washington, have destroyed hundreds of structures, scorched more than 5,390 acres of land and prompted evacuation orders for thousands of people. nyti.ms/4hayFtl
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Ann M Colford @annmcolford.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Ann M Colford @annmcolford.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I totally love this — it’s my timeline cleanse for today!
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 18/07/2026
New: Late last night, Taylor Farms quietly posted an official recall notice We now know that the parasite-linked iceberg lettuce was shipped to Walmart & food distributors in 27 (!) states It was for some reason still being sent out up until Thursday July 16 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
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Parasite-Linked Lettuce Was Sent to Walmart Stores and Food Distributors in 27 States - Consumer Reports
Taylor Farms' recalled the parasite-linked lettuce it said was sent to Walmart stores, Sysco, and other food distributors in 27 states.
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Ann M Colford @annmcolford.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The more things change …
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
good to see this. Musk is clearly getting visibly angry at the rising awareness of how many hundreds of thousands of people his DOGE wilding spree has already killed, millions more if this stays in place into the future. Everyone can participate in spreading the word about all the blood on his hands
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Ann M Colford @annmcolford.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I love when a person with just the right expertise comes along at just the right time. (And, as much as I enjoy the new armchair water-treatment specialists in my feed, and I love some good schadenfreude, I’d like to see the problem solved.)
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Ann M Colford @annmcolford.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I think this is better than actually seeing the work. I love the sounds of the workers as they do their job.
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Ann M Colford @annmcolford.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
This is Frankie. He has opinions.
Large brown-grey snowshoe cat lies on a bed, his mouth open with a meow.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Latest development in tariff refund footdragging: The Trump admin now says companies must *individually* sue the government if they want to get back the full value of the IEEPA tariffs that SCOTUS ruled as unconstitutional www.cato.org/blog/trump-a...
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The Trump Administration Will Not Give Back the Tariff Money It Illegally Collected
The Trump administration is appealing a court order to refund the $166 billion it collected through an illegal tariff regime.
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Ann M Colford @annmcolford.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Thank you for bringing attention to this story. I’m glad to see coverage from bigger media outlets beyond our local area (although our local folks have been doing a great job).
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Absolutely nothing is stopping John Cornyn, Tillis, Murkowski, & Paul from caucusing immediately with Democrats & giving them control of the Senate. The same is true of Thomas Massie & any 2 retiring GOP Reps in the House. It is a choice to continue caucusing with the authoritarian personality cult.
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
While we slept the DOJ deleted all press releases about charges against January 6 defendants: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Justice Department deletes press releases on charges against Jan. 6 rioters
The Justice Department confirmed that it had deleted the press releases as part of “stripping DOJ’s website of partisan propaganda.”
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Ann M Colford @annmcolford.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Those who erase history are never the good guys.
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Ann M Colford @annmcolford.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The entire show is on YT and is great fun.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 23/05/2026
If someone wants to leak me a copy of this app (either .apk or .ipa), please reach out on Signal — my username is zackwhittaker.1337 — and I would be keen to run this app through Burp Suite to see how it works. Happy to grant anonymity.
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The White House is ordering agencies to place its new app on all employees’ government phones
The newly created, often overtly political app places the Trump administration into unprecedented and “dangerous” territory, IT experts say.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
MSM, some quick notes: 1. It’s not a settlement (the case was dismissed). 3. It’s not a ballroom (it’s a bunker). 3. It’s not a library (Trump said it will be a hotel). It matters that you get it right.
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YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 19/05/2026
NEW Economist/YouGov May 15-18 % who think that overall, the economy is getting better | worse U.S. adult citizens 15% | 63% Democrats 3% | 87% Independents 7% | 67% Among Republicans Overall 36% | 34% MAGA 50% | 18% Non-MAGA 11% | 65% yougov.com/en-us/articl...
A chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Most Americans say the economy is getting worse."

The chart's sub-headline is: "Overall, do you think the economy is getting better or worse? (%)."

The chart has the note: "Note: Identification as a MAGA Republican is based on Republicans' responses to the question, "Are you a MAGA supporter?" Non-MAGA Republicans are Republicans who say "no"; Republicans who say "not sure" are not shown."
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 18/05/2026
When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Prime Minister Péter Magyar inaugural speech: "The psyche of the whole country was poisoned by politics that was artificially inciting hatred. The Hungarian state is not allowed to do anything like this ever again... This era is, once and for all, finished."
Péter Magyar addressed the Hungarian parliament after being sworn in as PM.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 30/04/2026
In the past we had “Jim Crow“ laws. The next phase should be called “John Roberts” laws
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Byron Tau @byrontau.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Unusual request: if you were an Android user at the Substack party at the Renwick tonight and would be willing to share your device’s network logs (anonymously is fine!), please reach out on Signal: byrontau.01. I can walk you through how.
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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The WH Correspondents' Dinner
Unethical and tone deaf
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/04/2026
Just FYI there’s an account on here called @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social (with over 200k followers) that is posting a bunch of AI slop (including a “Saturn polar hexagon” with 8 sides) and claiming it’s NASA imagery. If you see anything posted by them, it’s likely fake.
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Ann M Colford @annmcolford.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but …
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Gonna spend the next two years spamming every elected Dem about the concept of "damnatio memoriae." Chisel his name off every inscription. Build over the various Trump Towers like they're Nero's Golden House. Remove him from physical memory, not to forget but as a sign of disrespect to the man.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Here’s the thing—especially on April 15: cutting the IRS isn't some abstract budget trim. It's a tax cut delivered through weaker enforcement. And it mostly goes to people with the most scope to hide income.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 16/04/2026
The Senate’s final vote on repealing the ban on mining near the Boundary Waters has been scheduled for Thursday morning. Sen. Tina Smith is expected to continue speaking then.
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Live: Smith holding Senate floor to oppose measure opening mining near the Boundary Waters
If passed, the legislation would head to President Donald Trump’s desk for a signature.
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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The hardest thing I’ve done is deciding every day not to do the easiest thing. I refuse to become jaded. I will nurture beauty in and around me and others. I will help my neighbors. And become unstoppable.
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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
That feeling you got when you saw Artemis II splash down safely? The exhilaration of wonder & awe & accomplishment? The goodness for goodness sake joy you felt? You can get that feeling here on earth . Go help your neighbors. Nurture something good. Become joyful Become beautiful Become unstoppable
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Ann M Colford @annmcolford.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Brilliant summary of the current situation
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 08/04/2026
"What Iranians deserve is so ordinary is almost embarrassing to say aloud. They deserve not to spend their mornings calculating whether they will survive until evening. They deserve to be seen as people... not as acceptable losses, not as the unfortunate human context around a geopolitical problem."
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
"You look amazing, you look beautiful": The astronauts of Artemis II send back photos of Earth as they race toward the moon, the first images of our planet taken from such a distance in more than a half century. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/s...
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NASA Unveils 1st Earth Photos From Artemis II: ‘You Look Beautiful.’
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/04/2026
They’ve released half of the Epstein files. Maybe.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
DEL TORO, on A.I: “.. the value of art is not how much it costs or how little effort it requires. It’s how much would you risk to be in its presence.” @realgdt.bsky.social
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Ann M Colford @annmcolford.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Brought the #chutzpah to the No Kings rally in Spokane WA today. Thanks @jbf1755.bsky.social for the inspiration! Got lots of fun comments, and spread the word about the A Few Thoughts community.
Woman holding sign reading “Chutzpah!!!” at Spokane WA No Kings 3 rally
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It’s the biggest story. Dems forced Republicans to the table with a common sense solution. Fund TSA, FEMA, & the Coast Guard, then negotiate over ICE reforms. Trump said “no.” No deals with Democrats. Just like with the immigration bill in 2024. A disabled GOP in Congress is in Trump’s interest.
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Ann M Colford @annmcolford.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
This seems like a problem. 🙄
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 28/02/2026
Congress must return immediately and vote to put an end to this war. Every Senator should be on the record—the American people deserve to know which of their leaders supports another potentially bloody and costly war in the Middle East. No war with Iran.
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