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Avril Beukes

@avrilbeukes.bsky.social
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Towards an equitable and just society Liberal, Pro-Choice, LGBTQIA

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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 18h
They took away Medicaid from my 82 year old mom. They don't answer the phone and when she showed up in person, they refused to talk to her and told her to go home and call them. She got her low income senior housing because she qualified for Medicaid.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 21h
Ok. So it appears that the tape of Jane Doe’s report to the police bears no resemblance to the report the police wrote for the DA which she did not sign. The report to the DA says voluntary & consensual all over the place & that she was conscious while on ketamine. That is NOT what she told police
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21h
Beshear really has been a light in the darkness on trans issues. He's not perfect, but he's been remarkably consistent on telling other Dems that they need to continue standing up for us. It makes me wonder if he has a trans person in his life.
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💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 21h
Coincidence? I think not. More evidence of the blatant attack on women in American society. This is what the GOP/Project 2025 Pushers/Pedo Protectors DO! #StandUpForWomen #VoteBlue #Pinks
Imagine cutting off federal student loans for programs leading to careers overwhelmingly held by women.
Women make up:
• 80% of teaching assistants
• 81-84% of social workers
• 73-80% of counselors
• 79% of elementary/middle-school teachers
• 85% of special-ed teachers
• 92% of hairstylists/cosmetologists
• 93% of childcare workers
Yup, just a coincidence.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 22h
This is a pretty stunning thing to admit
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jfordemocracy @jfordemocracy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Re-electing Republicans, or even giving them a chance, will allow them to refuse to seat any Democrats who have won their election, thus assuring more lies from Trump. Vote in numbers too big to deny.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Elon Musk spent $278 MILLION buying the 2024 election. That is FOUR TIMES what he paid in federal income taxes between 2013 and 2018. The richest 1% are set to pocket $1 TRILLION in tax breaks this decade. While Musk's SpaceX launches rockets, working families get stuck with the bill.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nicki Minaj isn’t a U.S. citizen, so she can’t even vote herself. For a network that pushed false claims about noncitizens voting, you’d think they’d mention that. If this is about getting Black women to vote red, I’m here to tell you that black women are smarter than all of us.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sounds about Right…. The reason presidents are limited to two terms is that the last time we had a president who was a Democratic Socialist, the people elected him four straight times!!!
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
LEFT: @atrupar.com explains what actually just happened RIGHT: CSPAN shameful, pathetic attempt to cover for @ericschmittmo’s utter incompetence for some bizarre reason 🤔 (Here’s the video, see for yourself: www.instagram.com/reel/Dd4F6TC...)
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, claiming he had evidence Smith secretly went to an Atlanta Hawks game. Then it all backfired in real-time.
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GOP Senator’s Jack Smith ‘Gotcha’ Blows Up in His Face
Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over supposed evidence placing him at an Atlanta Hawks game. There was just one problem: It was the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Avril Beukes @avrilbeukes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
IMPORTANT: There are 15 states that require in-person registration 28–30 days before an election, meaning this maybe your last week to register. Check your registration at Vote.gov.
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Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This 👇 👇 👇
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
yeah i am reasonably sure that i have a better chance of winning the democratic primary for president than rahm emmanuel
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
Xavier Becerra didn’t just discover LGBTQ rights when it became politically convenient. His record goes back to the 1990s, and LGBTQ+ rights have been a huge part of it, from his time as California attorney general to serving as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary. 🧵
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Imagine being the wealthiest person on the planet and the biggest loser concurrently.
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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women:
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cornell University takes rape so seriously that seven #ChiPhi fraternity rapists (Matthew Ingalls, Jonathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar) were punished by having to write an essay. And you wonder why women don't feel safe . . .
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Annie loves Mpls @anniekp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
An important thing we’ve been practicing for YEARS already with our 3 year old twin boys. “Can I give you a kiss?” And if they say “no” we don’t give them a damn kiss. They now ask us, too, and we practice that it’s okay to be disappointed and also FINE if we ever say no. This is about Cornell.
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Yvette 🪷 @yvet406.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
But are they really migrants if the U.S. took over their homelands in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase? 🤔 I’ve been thinking about this a lot since I saw Deb Haaland’s ad a while ago that she’s a 35th generation New Mexican.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026
“The CEO of Mistral AI believes American tech giants are using [AI-apocalypse] rhetoric to control and close off the market to their advantage.” lol, I rest my case.
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Arthur Mensch, CEO of French start-up Mistral AI: 'AI is software. It can be controlled'
Mistral AI's co-founder believes the sector's American giants are manipulating the discourse around the technology's risks. He also defended his strategy, as critics are accusing his company of fallin...
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
AI isn't going "rogue" because it can't—and we won't get a grip on how companies like OpenAI are playing with fire until we have the language right
eoinhiggins.substack.com
There are no “rogue” AI agents
Identifying them as such only lets companies like OpenAI off the hook.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Morning Bluesky☕️ Please Block this divisive account. There are too many Democrats on his list. He wants to be the Bluesky follow police apparently. Nobody should give a damn about how many accounts someone else is following. Fight Trump instead of doing this dumb shit!
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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Cornell exists to teach and to educate, and instruction presupposes a student capable of receiving it, which presupposes, in turn, a student who is not afraid to attend their lecture hall. Safety is not adjacent to the educational mission — safety is, in fact, its precondition.”
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 27/09/2026
The affordability crisis looks very different from their table.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026
THIS SHOULD BE NATIONAL NEWS This has been public for more than a week, and I can’t find a single national TV report. Just local. Why? REPORT: A female Cornell student alleges she was pressured into taking ketamine, then sexually assaulted for hours by multiple Chi Phi fraternity members in 2024.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.
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screaming until the void tells me to shut up @mutedscreaming.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'll never forget the student journalists at Columbia who continued to cover the university bringing in an army of cops to dismantle the Pro-Palestine student encampments. Even when the folks at the SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM were prohibited from covering it, they stayed and kept covering. Amazing kids
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Peace @dogsmile.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/09/2026
Y’all have seen the viral short clip. Here’s the full original. The energy we need when somebody tries to push disinformation down our throats.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A new trailer for Alex Gibney's documentary about Elon Musk was just released. gizmodo.com/elon-musk-do...
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vallirose.bsky.social @vallirose.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Russian Operative has crawled out of her hole. Recognize her for what she is! She’s rolled out every election. She’s a Putin bitch.
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