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Y'all, what the fuck. Shit is wild. But we'll get through it together. Queer trans man in a red state 👊 Lucky to serve my community by managing a federal social services program. I guess I use Bsky to boost/circulate info that I'd want shared with me :)

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
BREAKING: Abigail Spanberger has won and will flip Virginia blue. A MASSIVE win for Democrats. Subscribe to support my work. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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BREAKING: Abigail Spanberger Wins and Flips Virginia Blue
A major victory for Democrats in Virginia as Spanberger flips the Commonwealth blue.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 05/11/2025
Remember: if you share numbers when less than 50 percent of precincts are in and the results haven’t been adjusted for what’s still coming in, you are part of the problem.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
This is an excellent idea!!!
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Vote Save America @votesaveamerica.crooked.com · 04/11/2025
You know the drill: STAY IN LINE.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
In the 2 weeks after Mamdani won in June, 10k ppl signed up with @runforsomething.net to consider a run for local office - our biggest surge *ever*. Like it or not (& I do!!) he's shaping the future of the Democratic Party. If you want something different, get other people to run.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/11/2025
If you run into any problems or have questions when casting your vote today, call the Election Protection Hotline.
If you have any trouble voting or have questions about your rights, call the non-partisan Election Protection Hotline.
English: 1-866-OUR-VOTE / 1-866-687-8683
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For Bengali, Cantonese, Hindi, Urdu, Korean, Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and more: 1-888-API-VOTE / 1-888-274-8683
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.  You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
It’s truly depraved for Trump to welcome Vladimir Putin to the US while Putin is actively wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Ukraine. Trump calls this a peace summit but it’s just an opportunity to hang out with one of his dictator buddies. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
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Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska next week, Trump says
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are planning to meet in the United States, multiple sources tell CBS News.
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NPR @npr.org · 04/08/2025
Seasonal employees counting on housing at Yosemite were asked to volunteer for the park while the government was unable to onboard them at the start of the summer.
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Yosemite employees worked for weeks with no pay before the government hired them
Seasonal employees counting on housing at Yosemite were asked to volunteer for the park while the government was unable to onboard them at the start of the summer.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Astute observation.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Yes, explain.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
This should be a Five Alarm Fire on every G'ddamned media outlet in the world. I very rarely post a link to someone else's newsletter...as I have my own. This, however...is a MUST see. open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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Ex-CIA Whistleblower: "The NSA Audited The 2024 Election, Kamala Harris Won"
Math doesn’t lie—people do. A buried NSA‑authorized audit paved the way for this unelected illegitimate regime.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/08/2025
Trump is doing exactly what MAGA has been ranting about for years—covering up Epstein ties, protecting elite pedophile rings, silencing victims, and giving safe harbor to child sex traffickers. And he’s doing it in plain sight.
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Politico @politico.com · 01/08/2025
The scheduled congressional deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell is indefinitely postponed.
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Comer says he will postpone Ghislaine Maxwell testimony
The House Oversight chair also rejected an immunity request from the Jeffrey Epstein associate.
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Alt Health and Human Services @alt-hhs.altgov.info · 01/08/2025
Good, can continue to make evidence based recommendations without pressure from a corrupt regime.
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ACOG No Longer Accepting Federal Funding, Citing Policy Disputes
May be the first physician organization to divest from federal funds this way
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/08/2025
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/08/2025
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: A higher up at the Bureau of Prisons WAIVED Ghislaine Maxwell's sex offender status in order to transfer her to a minimum security camp in Texas, per source. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
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EXCLUSIVE: Someone Waived Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Offender Status to Move Her to a Minimum Security Camp in Texas
According to sources, you can't move someone with a Public Safety Factor (PSF) designation - which Maxwell had - without waiving it. That's what happened here.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/07/2025
Based on what we have learned, this does seem like a fair name for the files
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 31/07/2025
Health care professionals like Dr. Goepferd help families of trans youth understand what gender-affirming care really is. Amid anti-trans attacks, their expertise is essential for helping families navigate a complex journey. Get the facts on health care for trans youth: www.hrc.org/resources/ge...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 31/07/2025
Dems. Wanna get your polling out of the gutter? Stop talking about redrawing house maps in blue states and do it. Go big. Don't match them seat for seat. Blow them out of the water. Then endorse Mamdani. You're welcome. Love, Allison
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Mamdani: We are reminded no matter how strong our gun laws are in this state, we are only as safe as the weakest laws in this nation.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I know he’s constantly looking for new ways to distract from Epstein, but I’m not so sure this is the best way to do it from a strategy standpoint.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Mamdani: I would say that for the former governor to have spent an entire day speaking almost exclusively about me and barely about the New Yorkers who have been killed is indicative of the very politics New Yorkers want to leave in the past.
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
apnews.com/article/fede... Powell sticks with patient approach to rate cuts, brushing off Trump's demands
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Fed's Powell sticks with patient approach to rate cuts, brushing off Trump's demands
The Federal Reserve is leaving its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated calls from President Donald Trump for a cut.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
STEWART: “I feel like I’m watching something so self-evidently inhumane and horrific and to be told I have to shut up because I risk the Jewish state by speaking out? I would say the opposite — they’re putting the likelihood of a surviving Jewish state much more at risk.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/07/2025
REPORTER: Have you spoken to any of the families of the victims of the Manhattan shooting? TRUMP: I don't want to tell you that
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MS NOW @ms.now · 29/07/2025
NBC News' @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports on ICE raids taking place in Manhattan where federal agents arrest people they say are in the country illegally, but are at the facility to attend mandatory immigration court hearings. WATCH his report here: www.instagram.com/reel/DMtKowc...
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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/07/29/p... #ProudBlue Ghislaine Maxwell will only testify to Congress if her demands are met Including full immunity and all question to be given to her in advance Maxwell got red carpet treatment from Bondi and Blanche and expects the same from Congress She deserves nothing
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Maxwell offers to testify before Congress but with major conditions, including immunity | CNN Politics
Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has offered to testify before Congress, but with major conditions, including immunity, according to a list of her demands sent to the House Oversight Commi...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/07/2025
"We have Trump saying the entire thing is a boring hoax while Bondi says she has a client list, her deputy is asking Maxwell to drop dimes on Democratic pedophiles, and Bongino says he’s been shocked to his core." Don't get your hopes up.
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This Is How Trump Gets Away With It
The bear case for the Epstein affair.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/07/2025
I think people are misinterpreting this wonky headline. The bombshell story CBS is reporting is that the Epstein jail tape the public got IS missing time and the FULL video exists. The FBI and DOJ have it. So when Bondi said the missing minute is normal, she lied. www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
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There was no "missing minute" in the original Epstein jail video, government source says
FBI officials promised raw, unaltered video to quell speculation about Epstein's suicide.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Well, I never saw that coming: Trump says he split with Epstein because Epstein "stole" his masseuse from Mar-a-Lago. His masseuse was Virginia Giuffre, the woman who says she was raped by Prince Andrew. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ victim Virginia Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago
President tells reporters he cut off contact with Epstein because he was poaching employees from his club before amplifying that they were ‘young women’
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Like most bullies, Trump can be constrained only if everyone stands up to his bullying. Protest. Go to town halls. Protect the vulnerable in your community. Keep speaking out. The fight against authoritarianism will take all of us — and we can't relent.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/07/2025
YES. I've been saying we need to connect the Epstein coverup to the oligarchy -because that's what billionaires do. They use people's bodies and throw them away - whether cheap labor or rape. They believe they are entitled to our bodies, and Trump is covering up his role in that.
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Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I just spoke with Andry Hernández Romero and offered our support and assistance. He was grateful to all who have advocated on his behalf and those who shared his story. He spoke of the horrific conditions in CECOT and the real trauma and violence he experienced. I’ll have more in the days ahead.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Aberdeen, Scotland today:
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Subbing in for @maryltrump.bsky.social today and co-hosting MARY TRUMP LIVE. Join us at 6 pm ET. We're talking Trump's horrible European Tour, The Growing Epstein Scandal, Roy Cooper running for Senate, and Dems (Finally) Speaking out Against a Genocide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1rY...
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LIVE: Mary Trump RESPONDS to BREAKING NEWS
YouTube video by Mary Trump Media
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Holy Mackerel: Roy Cooper raised $1 million JUST TODAY when he announced his Senate run. #NCSen www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
BREAKING: Democrat Roy Cooper enters the US Senate race in North Carolina
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/07/2025
Rep. Robert Garcia: "We should not be scared of what's in those files. We don't care who you are, how powerful you are, if you're in politics, what party you are, the amount of money you have — if you've committed these horrific crimes, it should be out to the American public."
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 21/07/2025
✊ support the NASA employees here: actionnetwork.org/forms/suppor...
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ADD YOUR NAME: Support the NASA workers' Voyager Declaration!
Join the courageous and committed NASA workers who are standing up to save science.
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
“I’m already at risk of losing my job, and I’d rather speak out and try to save something at NASA, rather than just hide under my desk until I get laid off." www.nytimes.com/2025...
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Hundreds of NASA Employees Condemn Trump Administration Cuts in Public Letter
The signatories of the “Voyager Declaration” warned the space agency’s leadership about the consequences of major budget cuts that would halt many science missions.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
A group of 287 scientists and current and former NASA employees have issued a declaration criticizing the Trump administration's budget cuts, grant cancellations and a “culture of organizational silence” that could pose a risk to astronauts’ safety. www.standupforscience.net/nasa-voyager...
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50501 Colorado Springs ❌👑 @50501cos.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
This Tuesday, Colorado Springs is standing up to say "NO ICE FACILITIES IN OUR CITY" If you want to help, you can sign this petition, and join us at 9 am! SHARE to keep ICE facilities out of Colorado Springs! www.change.org/p/stop-ice-f... #ColoradoSprings #NoIceInCOS #NoIceInOurCity
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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 21/07/2025
MAGA: Epstein files, NOW! Trump: MAGA: Epstein! Trump: MLK Files? MAGA: Epstein! Trump: But her emails?
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Michael Calderone @calderone.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
We have an exclusive piece from Bernice King as the government releases MLK assassination files www.vanityfair.com/news/story/b...
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Bernice King Speaks Out as the Government Releases Files About Her Father, Martin Luther King Jr.
The declassification of a new round of MLK records conjures her mother Coretta’s words: “They keep trying to assassinate your father over and over again.”
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