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Augustinia

@augustinia.bsky.social
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Live in both New England & Texas, so a perpetual state of culture shock. 🫨 Pro-woman, pro-choice, pro-democracy. Animal lover. “How eager they are to be slaves” ~Tiberius Read more 📚

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Susan Collins’ accomplishments: ~ Sponsored ad • Paid for by bribes for Susan Collins ~
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Remember it was Trump that called for the destruction of 2 American cities.
Not Mamdani. Not El-Sayed.
Not any Muslim.
Trump.
A white, billionaire, rapist, pedophile.
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Moon-Watcher @bobsmyusername.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
10 years ago Trump looked into the cameras and asked Russia to hack Hillary‘s emails and yesterday he called on Iran to attack two major American cities and right now I’m wondering how tf this asshole is still the president
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
"Whatever conclusions reached by the commission of an octogenarian crank and two billionaires, they'll be handed off to Hegseth, who believes wars are won by whichever side can do the most pushups, and whose obsession with creating an all-white, all-male military is dragging DoD down by the day."
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“Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire
Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey walk into a bar ... and are given the keys to the DoD.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Listen to Jim, he’s 100% correct.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hegseth also removed the olive branches, a traditional symbol of wishing peace, from the Department of Defense seal. This, in addition to changing the name to "The Department of War," shows the dangerous belligerency that comes from appointing a frat bro who values testosterone over statesmanship.
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Jacob McCourt @jacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Luka came to our backdoor during the Detroit Lions game last night & wanted to come inside - we knew he was an indoor cat. Gave him a little cat condo (with all of the amenities) in our garage last night, they scanned his chip this morning and he was reunited with his owner by lunch!
A mostly white cat named Luka
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pax-nw.bsky.social @pax-nw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
👇In a nutshell.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Augustinia @augustinia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Babies & the elderly & comatose people get raped. Kelly has a diseased brain and isn’t fit for normal society.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In the last hours of Kristi Noem's tenure as Homeland Security secretary, her agency delivered a windfall to one of her political donors by buying five airplanes from the man's firm at a substantial markup, documents show.
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
Gov. Josh Shapiro: "Measles was eliminated back in the year 2000. And now, 26 years later, we’re dealing with it coming roaring back. Pennsylvania has now eclipsed 1,000 cases across 39 counties, with five deaths." Shapiro says amid the outbreak, vaccinations have now doubled.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Since taking office, Ken Paxton has spent $1.9 million in taxpayer funds on luxury travel, including to: — China — Israel — India — Italy — Malta — Taiwan — Albania — Greece — Palm Beach — South Africa — Dominican Republic — 25 trips to California — The 2024 Kentucky Derby
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW AD: Are you a data center company looking to take over rural Texas? Are you a crime-loving millionaire looking to throw the FBI off your scent? Are you a child predator looking to get out of jail after just 1 day? Call 844-WHOS-KEN to hear what Ken Paxton can do for you!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Tarrant County voters filed an emergency lawsuit Friday accusing Republican county officials of intentionally making it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote by eliminating dozens of Election Day polling places. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Tarrant County voters sue to block GOP polling site cuts targeting minority voters
The lawsuit comes a month after the GOP-controlled Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved the cuts in a 3-2 vote despite intense opposition from residents and the court’s two Democratic commissio...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)
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antiNazi @antinazi.org · 03/10/2026
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Trump: 'I feel badly' for Cornell rape suspects
President Donald Trump said he feels "badly" for the men under investigation in an alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.His comments came a day after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) ...
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
James Talarico’s new ad is hilarious. 😂 Also be sure to call! Because that’s literally the best part. 1 (844) WHOS-KEN (1-844-946-7536)
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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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God @thegodshow.com · 03/10/2026
Thou shalt not rape. Thou shalt not put rapists on the Supreme Court. Thou shalt not make rapists the president.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
These hideous Trump ads are outright theft from the taxpayers and election misconduct at the same time. $20 million in OUR MONEY spent on Illegal ads glorifying the would-be king. And his co-conspirators told him it was OK.
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Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency (Gift Article)
The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This guy is a hero 👏 That ending was peak unnecessary police overreach.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Dems getting better at this
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the Kansas Court of Appeals Friday denied Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again
The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within the following three days, including in the upcoming November elections.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump wants the Supreme Court to rule that DHS can imprison-indefinitely-immigrants who enter the US illegally He wants ICE to arrest millions of migrants and keep them incarcerated-maybe for years-until they can be deported Even if they have legal status In violation of their due process rights
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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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Wow! Schmitt didn’t just get it wrong, his team was warned the texts were unvetted, but he used them anyway. Not only that, Chuck Grassley’s Judiciary staff left the texts out of its own hearing memo. Schmitt’s team went digging for them, then used them to accuse Jack Smith of perjury.
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Senator Mazie K. Hirono @hirono.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
This just confirms what we already knew. Republicans' Private School Voucher Program helps wealthy families, private schools, and unaccountable SGOs, while governors who “opt in” have no control over the program, but all the responsibility for cleaning up the mess. Ridiculous.
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Treasury releases rules for nation’s first federal school voucher program
With the arrival of the long-awaited rules, Democratic governors are under more pressure to say whether they will opt in.
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Augustinia @augustinia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-...
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Ken Paxton Has Taken Hundreds Of Out-Of-State Trips On Texans' Dime
When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched his campaign for Senate last year, he skipped the local pageantry.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ken Paxton is a corrupt con man who has used his office to enrich himself and live a lavish lifestyle with his various mistresses at taxpayer expense.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
His vocabulary is so limited it’s like reading a transcript of Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, if Koko were a white nationalist
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Skipped the Nazis, huh.
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Augustinia @augustinia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh I'm sure he's doing it for his own gratification
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Augustinia @augustinia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
He's on a personal mission to terrorize Jane Doe from Cornell
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Augustinia @augustinia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
doxxing rape victims
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: MS NOW EXCLUSIVE. Republican Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway. GOP Judiciary staff told Schmitt the texts — obtained from the Trump DOJ — were "unvetted." Schmitt still used them.
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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.
As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Trump: "The greatest ballroom ever built -- it's also a tremendous military complex with a drone port on top. Be careful. Don't fall over the edge. And only a Hispanic could survive that fall."
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Augustinia @augustinia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Supreme Court Says Sure, Keep Torturing Immigrants While We Discuss Whether to Torture Immigrants
The Supreme Court will simply allow the Trump admin to conduct deportation to African prisons while they figure out if it's torture.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas are asking the Supreme Court to let them impose their abortion bans on New York and punish our doctors for providing legal health care. I'll fight with everything in my power to defend our shield law and protect every provider and patient.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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