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Audrey Howitt

@audreyhowitt.bsky.social
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Poet, voice teacher, recovering attorney, licensed psychotherapist, lover of life Please no DMs. I will block you.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Mark @qwtchz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's outrageous that lawsuits are needed to ensure illegal activity doesn't occur during polling.
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It's illegal for armed federal officers to be at polls. Lawsuits seek to ensure that
The latest lawsuit, first reported by NPR, argues the Trump administration's repeated suggestions that federal officers could be at polling sites is a form of illegal voter intimidation.
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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m very grateful to have this one in the @stonecirclereview.bsky.social archive!
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Carmella de Keyser @carmellapoetry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I read and listened at Poems Not Bombs, Soho, yesterday. A lovely egalitarian atmosphere. Recommended. I read Illegal, a reflection on liberty, from my forthcoming collection with The Seventh Quarry, releasing in May 2027. #illegal #liberty #poem 🎧👇🏻▶️ youtube.com/shorts/vMLLH...
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Belana @belana9.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Here’s one for the prediction markets—when will this ASSHOLE get disbarred?🙂‍↔️ #USDemocracy Blanche’s Political Campaigning Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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Blanche’s Political Campaigning Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate
The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This man is entirely fecal. There is nothing about him or his works that isn't utterly shit. And we elected him to lead our nation twice.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026
I know IRBs can be a pain, but I don’t trust this administration with loosening rules on informed consent and research on human subjects. They don’t seem to be allowing public comment, but there’s an email at the bottom of the rule proposal. END/ www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eA...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026
HHS wants to relax regulations on human subject research (The Common Rule). For example, they want to redefine “undue influence” on vulnerable human research subjects (children, prisoners, disabled, culturally disadvantaged). 1/
From the federal register: The foundational framework for human subjects protection in the United States was established by the National Research Act of 1974 in response to widespread public concern over unethical biomedical and behavioral research practices. Following its passage, the then-Department of Health, Education, and Welfare issued the first version of 45 CFR part 46. These regulations established institutional review boards (IRBs) as the key mechanism for oversight and ethical review of human subjects research. While these protections remain vital, the current regulatory framework no longer reflects the realities of modern research.
In 1991 the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, known as the Common Rule, was formally adopted by HHS and 15 other federal departments and agencies. Although the last major revision in 2017 introduced several changes to modernize human subject protections while reducing unnecessary regulatory burden, investigators and institutions have continued to report that the Common Rule imposes unnecessary burdens and unclear requirements, particularly for minimal-risk studies. For example, the Department has received feedback that applying the Common Rule remains cumbersome for research within Learning Healthcare Systems and for other research methods that are integrated into clinical care settings and are intended to improve the quality and safety of medical care.
Without additional changes intended to clarify ambiguities, expand flexibilities, and redirect protective measures toward high-risk activities, the rights and safety of research participants as well as scientific breakthroughs can be impeded. Examples of how this rulemaking will address these issues include expanding exemptions for certain additional types of low-risk research, incorporating flexibilities for de minimis protocol changes, and clarifying key terms such as the definition of undue influence. These reforms will reduce ambiguity and undue administr…
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Audrey Howitt @audreyhowitt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Doesn't this just sum it up!
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
EPA on Monday will announce its final rule that repeals the ​Biden administration's carbon emission limits on coal- and gas-fired ‌power plants. The announcement will ​be made on the sidelines of a gathering ​of G20 energy ministers in Houston. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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EPA to undo carbon emission limits for power plants at G20 meeting
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday will announce its final rule that repeals the ​Biden administration's carbon emission limits on coal- and gas-fired ‌power plants, a key part of its ...
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Audrey Howitt @audreyhowitt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I am moving out of state. We have been in this house for 26 years. Sorting through old memories as I pack, and pack, and pack.
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Audrey Howitt @audreyhowitt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Please take the time to read about this. Be informed. This article is free for you. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Used Small Cages to Confine Migrants, DHS Watchdog Report Says (Gift Article)
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog provided new details about conditions at the now-shuttered Florida detention center.
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Snopes @snopes.com · 10/09/2026
VoteSafe.org — not to be confused with the nonpartisan Vote.org — is funded by Elon Musk's America PAC. According to the website's privacy policy, it may collect and share users' personal information. www.snopes.com/fact-check/v...
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Janis. Chelsea Hotel. NY. 1969.
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🔵Blue Dot Buckeye🔵#Blues 🦋💙🌊🗽🌪️ @buckivotesblue.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fantastic breaking news below! #Blues
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Our nation lost someone earlier this week. A young man full of promise, someone who wanted to build a life in this country and had everything to offer it. We will never know what Pierre Damas Bel might have achieved. On August 31, Pierre parked on Interstate 70 and walked into traffic.
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CNN @cnn.com · 06/09/2026
Egyptian TV presenter Sarah Khalifa was among 12 people sentenced to death for their alleged role in a drug trafficking network on Saturday, according to a state-owned Egyptian outlet. cnn.it/4hd8O3l
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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This has been clear for a few months now. Trump lacks the ability and credibility to agree to anything with Iran at this point, so it’ll have to fall to his successor. And if it’s a Dem, the right will pillory them for fixing what Trump broke.
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Christina Daub @christinadaub.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
You can let it off its leash… Poem by Doug Anderson #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
THE HARD, HARD THING
You don't get over it in spite 
of wonderpill, don't get 
to lay your burden down.
But you can find a place for it 
beside a river, in a flowering field.
You can let it off its leash 
where it's not as like to bite 
another's hurt, but wander, 
drink deep, or sleep in the sun, 
head resting on your shoulder.

by Doug Anderson
from his book Horse Medicine
Barrow Street Press, 2018
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Audrey Howitt @audreyhowitt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This reminds me so much of the surveillance that happened during the 1970's under Nixon. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...
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U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)
The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.
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Larry Colvin @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“Total Whitewash”: New Pentagon Report Claims U.S. Killed No Civilians in Boat Strikes Government officials told The Intercept the War Department’s latest civilian casualty report was “sickening” and a “joke.” #Blues theintercept.com/2026/08/11/w...
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“Total Whitewash”: New Pentagon Report Claims U.S. Killed No Civilians in Boat Strikes
Government officials told The Intercept the War Department’s latest civilian casualty report was “sickening” and a “joke.”
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Cascadia(PNW) @cascadiarevolting.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Imagine future children learning this history. Two women in Seattle in 2026 peacefully stroll passed ICE agents violently kidnapping another human being, appearing unbothered and uninterested in helping in any way. They got better things to do. Apathy is complicity. History will remember.
Two women walk by a car with several ice agents kidnapping someone, and continue their conversation completely unperturbed
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/08/2026
JUDGE: Just get someone on the phone who can give me a date. Otherwise the court will be forced to impose a date. DOJ: I understand, and if the court imposes a date... JUDGE: That's not my preference DOJ: I'm not able to represent a date 23/
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Audrey Howitt @audreyhowitt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
And this one!! What a great #poem
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Audrey Howitt @audreyhowitt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Loved this #poem
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
THREAD OF PLACES TO ACCESS FOOD 🧵 Please spread the word on and off this website, because people are dealing with real hunger issues now.
foodfinder.us
Food Pantries of America - Welcome to FoodFinder!
At FoodFinder you can search the food pantries that are closer to you. Explore the map and enter your zip code to learn which ones are available.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Russell Vought should be impeached The two-time director of the Office of Management and Budget has been two-timing Congress, making spending cuts that lawmakers rejected.
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Opinion | Russell Vought should be impeached
The two-time director of the Office of Management and Budget has been two-timing Congress, making spending cuts that lawmakers rejected.
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Mark Pickens @airshipwriter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Too many ICE killings, no accountability. Keep up the pressure on Congress, and make the ICE leaders squirm. 202-224-3121 Use @resist.bot to press further with faxes and emails. Pressure. Text ‘sign PFPLIR’ to 50409 resist.bot/petitions/PF...
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Demand Independent Investigations/Commission Into All ICE Shootings
Join 1,100 people. I’m writing to urge you in the strongest possible terms to demand an independent investigation into every shooting involving ICE agents. This will… Sign and Resistbot delivers your ...
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Diplomats are trying to keep Trump from abandoning a UN agency aiding refugees: “Any end to U.S. funding would seriously weaken the agency at a time of near-record levels of displacement around the world.” Via Reuters
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EXCLUSIVE: Diplomatic efforts seek to avert Trump split with UN refugee agency, sources say
The Trump administration has in recent weeks weighed cutting ties with ​the U.N. refugee agency, prompting a campaign by diplomats and U.N. officials to persuade the United States to maintain support,...
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padresalsa.bsky.social @padresalsa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Corruption reaches far and wide with this regime. 🤬
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🔥 Todd Blanche just LOST IT at his own confirmation hearing. Durbin: Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act because DOJ wouldn’t hand over the docs voluntarily. Blanche: roars “That’s not true!” #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/A6Zm2kFanQZ2...
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Todd Blanche roars as he's grilled on Jeffrey Epstein files: 'That's not true!' — Raw Story
Tensions mounted Wednesday between a frustrated Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and an increasingly testy Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as they discussed the Justice Department's handling of its Jeffre...
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
An ICE agent was caught on video pepper spraying the car of VC Defensa community activists who were tracking his movements in Ventura. MORE BELOW ⬇️ MORE: bit.ly/3RBK36X
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ICE agent caught on camera pepper spraying activists' car as DHS limits vehicle stops
An ICE agent was caught on video pepper spraying the car of VC Defensa community activists who were tracking his movements in Ventura.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 15/07/2026
This is Ender. He pressed the belly rub button and assumed the position. Now it's time for your end of the deal. 12/10 (TT: enderthehavanes)
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 15/07/2026
Epstein survivors are pleading with the Senate to reject this man TODAY. He responded to a direct question about the case that defined his tenure with fake confusion. We see it. We’re not letting this slide. Call your senators now. #BlockBlanche
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M3T4TR0N @m3t4tr0n.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Donald Trump claimed there was election fraud in 2020 to gain access to the voting machines to rig the 2024 election. This is how he won. He can’t do it in secret, now. So he’s going to do it publicly. He’s going to show you why he let Tina Peters out. He’s going to cheat right in front of you.
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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Enough said. #AbolishICE
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Kit MacAllister @kittrick.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Support Uncanny Magazine Year 13 on Kickstarter, because they're awesome! @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
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Uncanny Magazine Year 13: The Space Unicorn Believes in YOU!
Funding to support Year 13 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!
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Eliana @otrodia.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
#FuckICE #FuckTrump
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Reading Raindoe @readingraindoe.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
needle-pointed wind the butterfly's wings in tatters #♡ᝰ.🖋️ #haiku #poetrysky #poetry #poem #blueskypoets #micropoetry
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Absolutely essential read for all — and further affirmation that if you haven’t switched from Google to DuckDuckGo you should without a second’s further delay.
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🔵Blue Dot Buckeye🔵#Blues 🦋💙🌊🗽🌪️ @buckivotesblue.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Booyah! 💥 #Blues
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Audrey Howitt @audreyhowitt.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This is worse than Nixon's battle against a free press--much worse. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...
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Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media (Gift Article)
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Looking for a great podcast? Check out Defending Democracy with Marc Elias. Available on Spotify or wherever you listen. open.spotify.com/show/30Bsx0J...
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Defending Democracy with Marc Elias
Podcast · Democracy Docket · Every week, election lawyer Marc Elias interviews lawmakers, policy leaders and changemakers about the problems facing our democracy and how we fix them.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
While Trump wants to distract you with endless bullshit, #ICE continues to terrorize U.S. Citizens. Andrea Velez is from California, a citizen, wrongfully detained, and now charged with assaulting an officer. Where does it end⁉️
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Audrey Howitt @audreyhowitt.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I just published a #poem, A Revisionist’s Guide to Fortune Telling medium.com/scribe/a-rev... This is not pay-walled, so I hope you enjoy it.
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A Revisionist’s Guide to Fortune Telling
Fortune Telling in the Modern Age
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
A novel moment of fleeting self-awareness.
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Migs @ominoushallways.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
~spelunking~ sometimes, sullenly, you must wear sandpaper each tentative movement a tiny series of abrasions life's lessons lingering in a thousand drops of blood until a swan-like #swoon brings you back inward to the dark ugly cavern where everything starts and ends #vss365
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Audrey Howitt @audreyhowitt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
So happy to share that Viridine Lit has published a #poem of mine in their Spring edition, page 12 of the volume, Magic. viridineliterary.wixsite.com/viridinelit/...
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Issues | Viridine Literary
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Audrey Howitt @audreyhowitt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I loved this view of aging, emotion, and love. Enjoy!! Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/o...
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Opinion | Why Old People Cry
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
According to the law, Bill Pulte is not even eligible for the job he occupies. On this matter, the act of Congress that created the DNI seems unambiguous: "The Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence shall act for" the DNI when that position is vacant. Not 'may' serve. Shall.
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Trump Has a Bill Pulte Problem
The acting director of national intelligence appears to be legally ineligible for the job.
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