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Babs Johnson

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New Orleanian. Proud Mom. Lifelong child advocate. Passionate supporter of LGBTQ rights.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 16h
Something special is happening across the country right now. @rufusgifford.bsky.social tells us what he’s watching ⬇️
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Wyldefire @wyldefire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I was just told last night that my disabled son may lose 2/3s of his caregiver funds. This pays me to be his trained, live-in caregiver, and if anything it will CAUSE US to become homeless. All while Trump lives for free off tax payers. Anyone can become disabled at any time. Vote Blue. Please!
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19h
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026
NEW: A new USPS policy will eliminate evening mail pickups from select post offices across the country — a change that will eventually slow pick-up and delivery times for around 70% of zip codes in the U.S. We mapped those zip codes to help you figure out whether your mail ballot could be affected👇
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The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?
Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
The White House is coordinating with the Justice Department to hide its abortion agenda from voters until after they've voted in order to try to influence the results of the election.
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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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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lawyers are on the front lines of the fight to protect our democracy. Right now, @wetheaction.bsky.social is recruiting lawyers who are willing to volunteer their time to defend voting rights. Join them: wetheaction.us/guide
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 29/09/2026
Can Democrats build a broad coalition like that FDR created in the 1930s, and remake the nation for the better? The exposure of the GOP's false promises, from Reagan to Trump - and the resulting growing public revulsion - offers a rare opportunity, as I discuss here.
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Will Democrats offer Americans a New New Deal?
A new social pact will be needed in the wake of Trump’s trail of ruin.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump's new student loans rule sets new standards for federal student loan eligibility: namely, by denying loans to students pursuing degrees that lead to careers that “don’t make enough money,” with programs for art, music and social work being “hit the hardest.” www.rawstory.com/trump-educat...
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'I'm speechless, my God!' Dismay as Trump admin rolls out 'worthy' student rule
The Trump administration issued updated guidance on the rollout of a new rule that could shape the future of higher education in the United States — leaving critics dismayed about the potential ramifi...
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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover @firinglineshow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Architecture is not incidental or accidental. It reflects who we are." @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu argues President Trump's White House renovations are damaging the ideas behind America. "It's changing what it means to be an American president." Follow on Apple: shorturl.at/nQU2k
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"To say that we're gob smacked is an understatement" Cultural Landscape Foundation blisters Team Trump for shutting down public comment on Trump Monumental Arch Group says Trump Admin has deemed 1000's of public concerns about Arch to be "meaningless, unimportant & of no value whatsoever"
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 26/09/2026
Remember the 37 pages? The woman interviewed by the FBI about Trump allegedly assaulting her as a 15-year-old received a settlement from these people. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Exclusive | Federal Prosecutors Open Probe Into Jeffrey Epstein’s Executors
Prosecutors have questioned potential witnesses about his longtime accountant and lawyer. Both of them have denied wrongdoing.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Former employees of the Kennedy Center say that center officials canceled a plan to start overhauling its leaking infrastructure months ago, despite those officials now asserting the leaks posed an urgent safety risk requiring the building to close. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/a...
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Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say (Gift Article)
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The headlines on the SCOTUS SAVE ruling are doing Trump's PR for him. 2 things they skip No mass voter purges before the midterms. The law bars them 90 days out & we're in that window Noncitizen voting? FL, IN, IA & OH ran voters through SAVE & found almost NOTHING -TN
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The Big Lie aka La Gran Mentira
This analysis exposes Donald Trump and his allies’ disinformation campaign around immigrants and voting.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"How wonderful it is, that nobody needs to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank Anne wrote this in the darkest of times! If she could then, when the whole world was literally crumbling around her, while she was locked in an attic.. Then.. can't we too? #resist
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 24/09/2026
The Trump administration has a new approach to clear a key hurdle standing in the way of his 250-foot arch: break the law and ignore it. The Section 106 review is a process where historic preservationists provide input to ensure projects don't damage historic sites. www.cnn.com/2026/09/24/p...
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Trump administration plans to ignore historical preservation law to attempt to fast-track arch | CNN Politics
The agency that oversees an important part of the National Historical Preservation Act says it will jettison a part of the approval process.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 24/09/2026
Republican budget chair Jodey Arrington personally thanked billionaire Harlan Crow at the end of a “not-so-public” hearing to create a backdoor commission to cut Social Security. Republicans have taken the side of billionaires in the fight for Social Security’s future. Shameful.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 24/09/2026
Trump’s arch is illegal and immoral, and the Administration is also under court order requiring 48 hours’ notice before work proceeds. Yet, Trump wants to push ahead without even the most basic understanding of the consequences of this project. We won’t let him.
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Beyer Demands Answers About Equipment at Proposed Trump Arch Site
YouTube video by Congressman Don Beyer
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: Senate Republicans are backing Trump’s war despite your skyrocketing gas prices. Remember that in November. #BlueWaveIn40Days
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 24/09/2026
After hearing from constituents who saw construction equipment at the site of Trump’s proposed arch, I drove down to Columbia Island to see for myself. I found workers operating heavy equipment who told me they were conducting archaeological work. My full statement:
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Trump administration has allegedly diverted more than $400 million in Secret Service funding to cover the costs of White House renovation projects, including the new ballroom, despite Trump’s claim that they would not be constructed with taxpayer money. More: substack.com/profile/2357...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Trump is threatening to deploy ICE at the polls. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Governors Association and Leaders Schumer and Jeffries are suing to stop him. www.democracydocket.com/cases/federa...
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🚨 DSCC et al v. ICE et al
Learn more here.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
NEW: For decades, the Smithsonian Institution, which draws some 15 million visitors every year to its assemblage of 21 museums, has managed to stay mostly above the political fray. But that institutional exceptionalism is now imperiled as never before.
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How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War
The Smithsonian — particularly its National Museum of American History — has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration. It’s the culmination of decades of criticism by conservatives and o...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said that he had prepared over the past year for the ‘extreme tail risk’ that President Trump might order military action against Canada ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/w...
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Mark Carney Interview: Canada’s Leader Lays Out Vision for Breaking Reliance on U.S.
In a wide-ranging interview, the Canadian leader laid out a detailed vision for breaking his country’s dependency on the United States.
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Mark @ferl67.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
British war hero launches appeal for stem cell donor after rare blood disorder diagnosis www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-… #UK #Health #Cancer
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War hero launches appeal for stem cell donor after rare blood disorder diagnosis
Former RAF Chinook pilot Chris Gordon, 43, received a medal for gallantry from the late Queen in 2013 for his life-saving work during the war in Afghanistan
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23/09/2026
NEW: In August, Democrats sued the Trump administration for any records detailing plans to seize election-related materials during the 2026 midterms. Over a month later, the DOJ has asked for more time to respond to the lawsuit — a tactic Democrats allege is meant to run out the clock.
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DOJ delay tactics aim to advance Trump’s voter suppression schemes
The DOJ is deploying delay tactics in lawsuits to get Trump’s voter suppression schemes in place for the upcoming midterms.
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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
National Trust, after battling with Trump, to announce legal defense fund
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National Trust, after battling with Trump, to announce legal defense fund
The preservation group, which sued to stop the White House ballroom, says it will push back against the administration’s changes to historic sites and laws.
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Luke Russert @lukerussert.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Administration is discussing trying to name Ford’s Theatre…where Lincoln was assassinated…after Donald Trump www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
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Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre
The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
He can't raise the retirement age without Congress. Vote.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 22/09/2026
MUST READ on the private hearing that Republicans just staged for billionaire Harlan Crow. The hearing's topic? Creating a commission to slash Social Security behind closed doors, so that billionaires like Crow never have to pay their fair share.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.
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Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 21/09/2026
"Nazi Germany showed us why heads of state shouldn't control cultural institutions. Artists betray a fundamental purpose of art, namely freedom of expression, if they allow themselves to be used for government propaganda." More: www.contrariannews.org/p/the-kenned…
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Please share! Please subscribe! Please bake the cookies!
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The tragedy has been so knowable. This from seven years ago — and we’re still paying for so many Americans letting it happen.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump is destroying all of this because it is a tribute to JFK, not to him. And this drives him insane.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 18/09/2026
LIVE SOON: Americans are showing up at the Kennedy Center today to protect it from Trump’s attacks — and we’re here to capture every moment. Don’t miss it: www.contrariannews.org
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: MeidasTouch has obtained new images showing severe destruction at a U.S. base in Kuwait following an Iranian attack. See the images and our full report:
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EXCLUSIVE: Images Show Severe Destruction at US Base in Kuwait
MeidasTouch has obtained exclusive images this afternoon showing the aftermath of an Iranian attack on a US base in Kuwait, and based on what we've reviewed,
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trump: "I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW, and Politico ... from the White House as a result of their constant 'reporting' FAKE NEWS!"
I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW (who recently changed their name from MSNBC due to lack of viewership and credibility!), and Politico (The recipients of an illegal and ridiculous $8 Million Dollar subscription, an All Time Record, directly from the United States Government, under Crooked Joe Biden, in order to keep them “alive.” Seems like corruption to me!), from the White House as a result of their constant “reporting” FAKE NEWS! Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America. Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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