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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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Tom Choad @tomablogger.bsky.social · 8h
Musk: "Oh that's Starlink! That's not me!" What a fucking bastard. See how Trump and Musk strike out at their enemies and even get them killed (see: brown skinned people and USAID) yet somehow have an excuse for it all? As if they planned it? They know exactly what they're doing.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 9h
"In appearing to target Democrats with negative content, the Doppelgänger push is just the latest effort by Russia to harm the party and support President Trump since his first run for office in 2016..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
nytimes.com
Russia Appears to Step Up Efforts to Influence U.S. Voters
One campaign has created social media posts focusing on U.S. support for Israel to sow discord ahead of the midterm elections.
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Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social · 15h
Republicans' destruction of USAID led to hundreds of thousands of deaths, 2/3 of them children. USAID was the developing world's biggest funder of maternal and child health. GOP claims that they oppose abortion due to babies. In fact, they gleefully killed all these babies.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
An attempted attack on a Hindu temple came amid a weeks-long right-wing frenzy over "The Indian Question"; police found a manifesto from the alleged shooter "containing statements expressing white supremacist and extremist ideologies."
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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
New statement from Rep. Ilhan Omar’s office on Trump admin’s efforts to deport her: “the truth is that Trump’s push to strip her of her citizenship and deport her has no basis in the law and has no precedent.”
“Trump has spread lie after lie about the Congresswoman in a desperate attempt to justify his extraordinary abuse of power. This is politically motivated and an escalation of Trump’s personal vendetta against her lasting over a decade. He has lied about her family, about her immigration history, and about her love of this country. But the truth is that Trump’s push to strip her of her citizenship and deport her has no basis in the law and has no precedent. This isn’t a legitimate law enforcement action – it is an authoritarian move to silence an opponent right before an election where he and his party will be rejected by Americans in historic proportions. To Trump, no American value or principle is too important to be shredded for his own personal gain.”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The DOJ sued California for sending mail ballots to 20k people the Trump administration claims are likely noncitizens. The lawsuit comes after the DOJ threatened legal action if the state did not set aside cast ballots of those flagged until their citizenship status is confirmed.
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Analisa Swan (she/her) @analisaswan.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
There is an election happening NOW! If you’re able to early vote, go VOTE! Get everyone you know to VOTE for Democrats up & down the ballot! Build our lead. Bank our votes. Avoid slow mail. Use a drop box. Don’t give Trump any chance to do election day/polling place shenanigans! Go to iwillvote.com!
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Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Holy Hell. I guess it’s time for the U.S. government to requisition and nationalize StarLink. Our military and government systems CANNOT be beholden to insane, racist, misogynistic private citizens just because they are billionaires.
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Babs Johnson @babsjohnsonnola.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
President Zelensky is the hero of our times. The orange felon brings such shame /degradation to our country. Imagine what the murderous dictator Putin has on this rotten bastard. Congress absolutely needs to come back in session and reign this thug in. We stand w/ the incredible people of Ukraine.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Excellent summary of the present state of relations between Russian and American oligarchical clans. Please read and share. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
theatlantic.com
Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
As if things weren’t bad enough, Russian media is reporting that Kash Patel has arrived in Moscow. And a reminder he was paid by a Russian agent to participate in a documentary to spew disinformation and attack US agencies
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Right-leaning social accounts are going to be all about "we are winning and Dems are now losing" 24/7/365. Elon will amplify, so will Russia and all MAGA allies. It's how they closed out both 2022 and 2024 and it's happening again now.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump and Musk are doing everything they can to try and force Ukraine to surrender to Putin while Musk spends over $300 million to try and buy the midterm elections to maintain total power. The American government under Republicans are on the side of evil. Vote them out.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Just so you understand the scale of betrayal: first, our "partners" didn't warn Ukraine about the incoming ballistic missiles, so the air raid alert wasn't activated before impact, robbing people of their chance to survive. ​Then, Starlink was restricted to stop working at speeds above 100 mph.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.
"I can confirm that tonight SpaceX has implemented a speed limit on Starlink terminals while in motion.

The limit currently applies to the StarShield “military package” and is set at 100 mph.

Our defense forces were not given notice of this limit, and this has resulted in the disruption of a number of missions.

It is clear that this action cannot be a coincidence and is related to the current political situation."
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Babs Johnson @babsjohnsonnola.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Throw the book at Musk and Noem. This is outrageous!
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
WOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue."
In conducting this hearing, the Court is not called upon to resolve factual disputes between
the parties. The facts set forth in this Memorandum Opinion and Order were proposed by the
Plaintiff, unobjected to by the Government, and then deemed admitted by the Court. Dkts. 74, 75,
77.2 These facts establish that high-ranking government officials, including then Secretary of DHS
Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, engaged in a coordinated public relations campaign to impugn the
personal and professional integrity of Ms. Comans. For reasons unfathomable to this Court,
officials chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an
impeccable record of public service. In short, Ms. Comans was professionally targeted and
personally attacked by government officials for no legitimate reason. The attacks against Ms.
Comans were based entirely on false information, and many government officials knew the
accusations were untrue at the time they were made. With no regard for the truth and with no
consideration for the personal and professional effect on Ms. Comans, government officials
exploited their access to mass media outlets to broadcast false information. These false
statements reached hundreds of millions of people. The purpose of this Order is, to the best of
this Court’s ability, to correct the public record and establish as a matter of law that the
statements made by these officials about Ms. Comans were objectively and demonstrably false.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
dah, dah, everything has a price
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
Ossoff: "The last time Trump lost the presidency, he tried to seize the presidency and overturn the election. That's why it's so important that we vote in unprecedented numbers. This is up to the people."
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“Jon Husted? He protected men who abused young girls by voting in the Senate to block the release of the Epstein files.” www.erininthemorning.com/p/sherrod-br...
erininthemorning.com
Sherrod Brown Answers Anti-Trans Attack Ads By Tying Jon Husted To The Epstein Files
“Jon Husted? He protected men who abused young girls by voting in the Senate to block the release of the Epstein files.”
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
If you live in the following states, TODAY is the last day to register to vote before the midterm elections: –Kansas –New Jersey –Oregon –West Virginia –Louisiana (online only) Go to IWillVote.com for more info
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“If you’re going to mail your ballot, you better do it right away,” he said. “Don’t wait.” www.votebeat.org/national/202...
votebeat.org
‘Mail early’: Election officials urge voters to return ballots ASAP to avoid potential Postal Service delays
Postal Service cutbacks could lead to more ballots being rejected.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Read the whole thread and pass it on.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026
"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender" www.theatlantic.com/idea/2026/10...
theatlantic.com
Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I would love, absolutely love, at least one prominent contender for the Dem POTUS nomination in 2028 to start threatening this now. "Trump is right that lying on immigration forms is a serious offense. Here are the people my DOJ will investigate on Day 1: Musk, Melania, etc." Put fear in them NOW.
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Babs Johnson @babsjohnsonnola.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Top of the agenda when Dems take control of the House and Senate must be combing through Melania’s immigration papers as well as Elon Musks.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Everything about the raid on Rep. Omar’s residence is shameful. Everyone involved should lose their jobs. For a start.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
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This Will Hold @thiswillhold.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
🚨President Z is taking out “data centers” that run Putin’s bot farms just three weeks before the U.S. midterms. After the third strike on Yandex's data center, Russian bot activity dropped to zero. This is why Trump and Musk are calling for President Z’s removal. It has nothing to do with diesel.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩'𝐬 𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 If you're travel internationally & coming into the US, take a burner phone...You may think you have nothing to hide, but it doesn't matter. They can steal your financial information off your phone. #ICELawlessness See thread
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Ramaswamy made his money through a scam. That's not success; it’s corruption. This election is the big chance in our lifetime to do something about the people who think politics is just there to enable ever bigger personal grifts.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Despite ongoing lawsuit seeking to stop Trump overhaul of DC's East Potomac Park, the National Park Service has notified the court that it's going to take down nearly 530 trees at the site Team Trump is pursuing plan to redevelop the golf course on site
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Babs Johnson @babsjohnsonnola.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This can not stand. We are supporting RUSSIA? Don’t tell me it was a “Russia, Russia, Russia hoax”. Putin owns this orange felon/adjudicated sex assaulter.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is what Trump and the US government are now sponsoring.
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: The federal agency tasked with enforcing our gun laws is now deciding not to. The National Firearms Act was enacted nearly a century ago to prevent criminals from getting their hands on weapons like short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and silencers.
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE is opening a prison for children on a toxic waste site in Louisiana. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
Children facing the camera | text: ICE is opening a prison for children on a toxic waste site in Alexandria, Louisiana.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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Omar Fateh @omarfatehmn.com · 09/10/2026
In Minneapolis and in the State of Minnesota, we love, support, and stand in solidarity with our Somali and immigrant neighbors. 🩵 Artwork by @SeanLimMN.bsky.social
Text reading “We love our Somali neighbors” with blue butterflies over a blue backgroundText reading “We love our immigrant neighbors” with orange butterflies over an orange background
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City of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 09/10/2026
Today, and every day, we stand with the Somali community.
The marquee at Cedar Culture Center with the message "We love our Somali neighbors" written out.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And here we are, with Trump and Putin colluding to tamper with another American election again.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
Immigrant New Yorkers belong here. ICE does not. If you need help, call our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 or dial 311 and say “Immigration Legal.” Help is here in your native language, no matter your immigration status. More info: nyc.gov/knowyourrights
nyc.gov
Know Your Rights: Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) - MOIA
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
The FBI was ordered to investigate Californians exercising their First Amendment rights. Ordered by the Trump White House. And federal resources were diverted from cases involving drug trafficking and violent crime in order to further the administration’s cruel agenda.
nbcnews.com
FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters
The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This sweet, gentle Brooklyn boy needs a new home. Lili is about 8 years old, and far as anyone can tell is a friend to all. Please reply or dm me if you have a lead.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“A familiar feature of fascism is the transformation of politics into spectacle. Fascism wants to reduce active citizens into voyeurs—especially voyeurs of cruelty and death. Such degradation of a democratic public is key to fascism’s project and to its success.” www.thebulwark.com/p/hegseth-wa...
thebulwark.com
Hegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff Film
Neo-fascism as spectacles of violence.
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