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Aze ❀ Linn

@azelinn.bsky.social
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Retired corporate librarian, living-related kidney donor, Pacific NW "To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy." ~Thurgood Marshall

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 9h
In many red states, it's simply a question of whether you can get Trump's endorsement. So we wind up with idiots like Eric Schmitt, Tuberville and Darline Graham, if she wins I mean, Georgia Republicans nominated Herschel Walker because Trump told them to, for G-d's sake. And he almost beat Ossoff
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 9h
Weird the AI didn’t catch that
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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 20h
Sure folks on Bluesky know this but most normies out there have no idea just how deep their conservative neighbors are into their alternate reality. They do not live here on earth with us at all.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 23h
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@slyngstad.bsky.social
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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s very funny to broadcast this message to young voters on a channel with approximately zero viewers under 40
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When I read about the White House airing campaign ads with taxpayer money, I immediately thought about an exhibition I saw last year in NYC about how Mussolini and his regime went about not only controlling the government but every aspect of Italian society. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/me-me-me
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Me Me Me
The White House airs Trump campaign ads paid by you
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@davewhamond.bsky.social
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Frank D. Russo @fdrtoday.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned Analysis by Daniel Dale CNN There is no Washington liar like Trump Bigger the crisis more Trump lies Smallest lies are the most distinguishing Trump has tells All of Trump’s numbers are suspect Much more bit.ly/4hkH6QY
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️
Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/09/2026
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 26/09/2026
As to her English, here is Peng Liyuan addressing the UN in 2015.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 26/09/2026
China's First Lady Peng Liyuan singing in 2012. Peng was a famous Chinese soprano long before becoming First Lady. She is the first person in Chinese mainland to earn a master's degree in ethnic vocal music. (Patrick Zheng) Xi and Peng met in 1986, she was 24, he was 33; they got married in 1987.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The must-see documentary of 2026. youtu.be/eY_8SyndC10?...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thomas is one of the sharpest writers out there, especially when it comes to the history and current politics of the global far right. I’ve learned a ton from him, and you will too if you sign up for his excellent newsletter.
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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is not deporting people. Literally. Legally. There is a deportation process and this isn't it. This is rendition. This is disappearing people.
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I love good data visualizations
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Greg Halling @ghalling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The memo issued by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik is the most drastic move yet in the Trump administration’s campaign to limit the scope of the Endangered Species Act. (Alex Brown / Stateline)
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Trump administration says developers, loggers can kill endangered species • Washington State Standard
The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public.…
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is fantastic. And I'm delighted to see that @justsecurity.org is collecting articles under the rubric of "Questions for Congress." Particularly useful to help Democrats hit the ground running in January. www.justsecurity.org/157874/colle...
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Collection: Questions for Congress
Collection of articles with key oversight questions for the U.S. Congress by leading experts, organized by topic.
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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Before free school meals, 34 percent of students who didn’t qualify for free or reduced-price lunch had to skip meals. .. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Fewer skipped meals, less stigma: New data on the impact of Minnesota’s universal school meals
A trio of new studies shows Minnesota’s universal school meals program is providing a sense of relief to Minnesota families and students who are no longer skipping lunch and worrying less about family...
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Let’s be very clear about what the Administration is doing. They’re taking a baseline assumption that’s part of insurance design—healthy people will be part of the system—and then inverting it to assume that real people without claims may have subsidies they didn’t apply for. But as I see it, they..
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Since June they have been hiding billions of dollars of Venezuelan oil revenue the U.S. is siphoning off 4 months without any accountability... not even disclosing how much Venezuelan oil its sold, how much revenue its collected, or how its used the money since seizing control of the country’s oil
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The U.S. Took Over Venezuela’s Oil Industry. Where Has All the Money Gone? | Council on Foreign Relations
The American and Venezuelan people remain in the dark about how the Trump administration is controlling billions of dollars of Venezuelan oil revenue. Without accountability mechanisms or a clear demo...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The disappeared*" was a term for those the military dictatorship in Argentina imprisoned/tortured/murdered during the dirty war. *"detenidos-desaparecidos" (detained-disappeared)
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 13/09/2026
On Sept. 24, join @situ-research.bsky.social, Lawfare, @theintercept.com for an in-person screening + panel discussion of "Deportation Inc." The discussion will feature @tylermcbrien.com, @nickturse.bsky.social, @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social, and Setareh Ghandehari.
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Deportation Inc.: Investigating the Business of Migrant Removal
A Screening and Panel Discussion of the Second Chapter of Deportation Inc.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Trump administration's lawless killing spree at sea continues with a lethal strike on four more supposed "narco-terrorists" in the Caribbean. Very real killing in a make-believe war. Outside of war the general term for premeditated killing is murder.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 20/09/2026
Exactly. I’ve been saying this since I started the tracker last year, and it’s why I don’t call them deportations. gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all...
I am using the term "third-country removals" instead of "third-country deportations" here, because the latter is a legal process in which a migrant is resettled in a safe third country. What is actually happening, in nearly all cases, more closely resembles chain refoulement, rendition, or kidnapping - and may violate U.S. and
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
He is in his bag. Love to see it!
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Kat Hitchcock@RiseUP.bsky.social @rightwhatswrong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
melissa4congress.substack.com/p/cruelty-is... --inflicting mass suffering, on purpose, with no discernible strategic value, no anticipated endpoint, at immense cost to our moral and strategic position in the world.-- Monsters use cruelty. Monsters have no moral highground. No matter the claim.
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Cruelty is Inefficient.
What sanctions regimes on Iran, Iraq, and Cuba should have taught America about power.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 1951 agreement negotiated by Harry S Truman and Trump's new agreement are essentially indistinguishable
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is very good
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If you're wondering why Trump is all of a sudden pushing AI and dismissing concerns about its safety as a "hoax," just look at his stock trades.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
CHILDREN OF GAZA TO MACKLEMORE: “We know they tried to silence you. Thank you for supporting us and standing with Palestine.”
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 16/09/2026
The same right-wing motherf––ers slapping work requirements on SNAP, Medicaid, and Section 8 consider it hunky dory to take 11 weeks off over a span of 3 months.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
They can self-regulate, says the guy who shares a porn accountability app with his son.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Imagine a job where, faced with a difficult decision, you could just stop going to work www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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House to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November elections
House Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
QUESTION: How tf is it a “sale” of weapons to 🇮🇱 if we 🇺🇸 taxpayers are the ones paying for these bombs? 🤔 💣 It’s really wild how dumb Trump & Bibi think we all are. Playing in our faces. A war & genocide nobody wants or understands, and we all pay - In multiple ways.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why Latin America is key to Israel’s diplomatic impunity While alienating traditional allies, Israel is deepening ties with a new wave of right-wing populist leaders who are willing to shield it from accountability. By Xavier Abu Eid www.972mag.com/latin-americ...
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Why Latin America is key to Israel’s diplomatic impunity
While alienating traditional allies, Israel is deepening ties with a new wave of right-wing populist leaders who are willing to shield it from accountability.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026
This isn’t a “sale”. Israel purchases these weapons with a fund created with U.S. taxpayer dollars. Biden/Harris blocked these 2000-pound bombs from going to Israel. Congress can block this “sale.” VOTE. www.nbcwashington.com/news/nationa...
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Trump administration plans to send powerful bombs to Israel in $2.8B weapons sale
The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The AI moment is one of those rare opportunities in our political life to reset important conversations. We should not miss it billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-two-ho...
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The Two Horsemen, Riding in Formation
Is There Suddenly an Opening for AI and Climate Sense?
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 15/09/2026
Really can’t get over the fact that in the Supreme Court’s mail-in ballots case, Sam Alito’s official position is “I know this rule would disenfranchise millions, and I know the law says I’m supposed to consider that fact, but I don’t care and won’t do it”
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Samuel Alito: Disenfranchising Millions of Voters Is No Big Deal If Mister Trump Wants It
For Alito and Thomas, there is no greater injustice than Donald Trump not getting what he wants, when he wants it.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Three headlines from this week, all with the same econ lesson: $5,000 checks add to the deficit, heavy U.S. borrowing can push up interest rates, and $6.16 diesel raises costs for anything requiring transportation.⁣ ⁣ There are no free lunches tinyurl.com/9-14econnews
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A Bond Is a Fancy Word for a Loan
And other bite-sized lessons from this weekend
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 14/09/2026
Over 200,000 children are estimated to have a parent detained by ICE. Millions more live in families losing access to medical care, food, and other programs that support children’s health.
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A Generation of Kids Suffer as Trump Destabilizes Immigrant Families - KFF Health News
Children in immigrant families are facing health threats from President Donald Trump's policies: separation from parents detained or deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, economic and housing instability, withdrawal from health and nutrition ...
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Always read @sulliview.bsky.social The truth about the midterms — and the media’s failure to convey it margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-truth-... (cartoon from the archives)
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year
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M.C. @mcmgoptimist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The GOP is nothing more than a collection of sociopathic slash and burners
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Nancy Basi 🇨🇦💙 @nancy-basi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I wouldn’t argue with sending billionaires to Mars!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: "The draft-dodging commander in chief builds a monument to himself while plunging us deeper into a war he doesn't know how to end or win"
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Steve Brodner
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