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Barb Vaughan

@babsela.bsky.social
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Tiny church pastor - liberal Presbyterian. Cat lady. Grandma to teens. Semi-retired; I've paid into Social Security since my teen years -- it's no entitlement. Lucky enough to be on Medicare -- also not an entitlement. Cancer survivor. 🚫DMs 🚫MAGA 🚫Porn

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Representative Mihaela E. Pleșa @plesafortexas.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
More than 1.2 million Texas voters are on the suspense list, including 56k+ in #CollinCounty. That does NOT mean you can’t vote, but you may have an address issue to resolve. Don’t discover it at the polls. Check your registration at VoteTexas.gov today, then tell a friend to check theirs. 🗳️ #HD70
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
JUST IN: DOJ risks contempt in Epstein Files litigation, does not comply fully with Judge Sullivan's order to explain withholdings & provide handwritten notes. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... DOJ did publish Feb memo to Hill in Fed Register tho. Doc: www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-17533
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
In a country with a president who is such a destructive sore loser, politicians who are both helpful and gracious in defeat is a greatly appreciated novelty.
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Mark Bauer @thepurplebauer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Whatever happened to the big-time private job Pam was going to get? I hope this complaint doesn’t screw things up for her!
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Norm Eisen (@normeisen.bsky.social)
BREAKING: Ethics complaint just filed against Pam Bondi — & it's damning She ran DOJ like a weapon — & now 100+ scholars, retired judges & retired FL Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince — joined…
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 27/05/2026
The Trump Administration is abruptly closing two USDA childcare centers for federal workers, giving families less than three months to make new arrangements for their kids. If this administration is so “pro-family,” then USDA should immediately reverse this action.
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Robert Rath @robertrath.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
KASH PATEL WENT SNORKELING ON THE WRECK OF THE USS ARIZONA. I genuinely cannot contain my fury right now. The Arizona is a military cemetery we in Hawai’i are literally taught to respect in *Kindergarten.* www.civilbeat.org/2026/05/fbi-...
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FBI Director’s Hawai‘i Trip Included ‘VIP Snorkel’ At A Pearl Harbor Memorial
With few exceptions, snorkeling and diving are off-limits around the USS Arizona. A Navy spokesperson confirmed the outing but said the service wasn't able to track down who initiated it.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/05/2026
‼️THE SOUTH WILL NOT BE SILENCED‼️ Today’s march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge is a reminder that voting rights were paid for in blood. And now those same rights are under attack again. Next: Montgomery #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
He's the worst thing that ever happened to America. I despise him BECAUSE I love my country. 🇺🇸
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Your government refusing to prosecute sexual predators, but protect them instead, only makes sense when you realize your government is being run by sexual predators.
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 29/03/2026
Astro Alexandra (real name Alexandra Doten) worked at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Here is her 2 part moon landing explanation refuting many hoax claims. That this still requires debunking 26% of the way through the 21st century is mind boggling.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I'm updating the famous Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times" to "May you live in incompetent times" to be more relevant to those of us living in the United States right now.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Elias Law Group is currently litigating 85 voting and election cases in 44 states. This accounts for two victories late on Friday in Arizona!
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The thing about dementia? A total lack of filter will keep manifesting.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The allegory is so loud it's giving me a headache.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/03/2026
BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. I'll explain it all in 45 minutes on @meidastouch.com here: www.youtube.com/live/H-D8SzR...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1.5 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits. The military industrial complex is cheering right now.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Damnit.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Please read and share. The “grassroots” support for the SAVE America Act is a lie. The campaign pushing this bill is being run by Cleta Mitchell and Scott Presler, two of the most notorious election deniers in the country.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
MASSIE: “Iran is not Venezuela. The Ayatollah was not a president. He was a religious leader… 🇺🇸 & 🇮🇱 turned him into a martyr, expended billions, 6 🇺🇸 families must now lay to rest their sons & daughters. And for what? This administration can't even give us a straight answer.”
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 05/03/2026
I’ve been asked if I would support Sen. Mullin as Noem’s replacement. The answer is a resounding NO. The rot in DHS is deep, much deeper than any individual. It’s a question of policy not personnel. The Senate should not consider any DHS Secretary nominee until DHS and ICE are reined in.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/03/2026
Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone. But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Kristi Noem has been fired and replaced by the dumbest US Senator.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 05/03/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion. That's roughly $1 billion per day. $41,666,667 per hour. $11,574 per second. People do not want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
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Randy Rainbow @randyrainbow.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Lyin’ and Spinnin’: My Apocalyptic Valentine 😬💘
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Lyin' and Spinnin' (and Cheatin' and Hidin') - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 26/02/2026
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Shimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 25/02/2026
The ICE surge in Minnesota cost $280M to detain 4k people. Of those- only 30 were accused of violent crimes. $9 million per capture of the "worst of the worst". Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for comment….
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
We've had bad people that made good presidents. We've had good people that made bad presidents. Now we have the worst person that's made the worst president.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I'm heading to the Senate floor in a few moments to lay out the detailed story of ICE abuse - teargassing schools, murdering American citizens with impunity, disappearing legal immigrants. And why we should not fund ICE until they stop terrorizing our communities.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
It will be tough for America’s global reputation to recover after this absolutely shameful vote.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Trump: It’s a hoax. We should move on. Trump’s DOJ: There’s nothing to investigate. The UN: The revelations suggest a global criminal enterprise…a number of the abuses meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity. www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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UN panel says Epstein abuses may constitute ‘crimes against humanity’
Experts say newly released documents show the need for an independent investigation into Epstein's sex-trafficking ring.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Status update on the party of Abraham Lincoln.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Today, from the top rope…
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Massie not backing down.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Why GOP loves the SAVE Act: “Women are smart. They should be able to provide 9 forms of ID to prove the discrepancies b/w their maiden and married names, argue their case with a poll worker, before having to fill out a provisional ballot which we can later contest and reject as a fraudulent vote”
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Trump’s FCC pressured CBS into not airing Stephen Colbert’s interview of James Talarico. Here it is on YouTube. Worth watching. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Trump’s so-called Department of War is threatening to cut ties with Anthropic because it won’t help the Pentagon conduct mass surveillance on Americans or make fully autonomous weapons that the administration can use however it likes. Anthropic refused unfettered use. newrepublic.com/post/206631/...
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The Pentagon Just Sent a Terrifying Message to AI Companies
It warned Anthropic it will “pay a price” if it continues to demand its products have safeguards.
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Wow.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Trump recently suggested that he is getting ready to issue a new anti-voting executive order. Last time he issued one, we sued and won. If he does it again, we will sue and win. Trump knows this. It is why he and his allies hate and attack me. I will never back down or stop fighting for democracy.
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
We are all Chief Brody this week.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
This. Every democrat attending that mess should bring a survivor with them.
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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 10/02/2026
Thomas Massie is cooking right now and explicitly states that UAE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem was sending torture videos to Epstein
🧵 In response to my posts on X today, DOJ

1) unredacted an FBI file that LABELS two individuals as co-conspirators

2) unredacted a file that lists several men who might be implicated

3) tacitly admitted that Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem was the sender of the torture video
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency. She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Ghislaine Maxwell MUST answer questions, but GOP Rep. James Comer’s performative theater today doesn’t get us there. I've got the latest on Maxwell’s deposition, Congress being able to view selective Epstein Files at DOJ, and Pamela Jo’s upcoming deposition. youtu.be/fLVDj7C7ZtM?...
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Maxwell TAKES THE FIFTH as Epstein COVER-UP IMPLODES
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/02/2026
NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
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Houston man pardoned by Trump arrested on child sex charge - The Texas Tribune
Andrew Taake received a six-year sentence for assaulting officers on Jan. 6. He was arrested Thursday on an outstanding charge of soliciting a minor.
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