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Bathsheba in Blue

@bathshebablue.bsky.social
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Here mostly for politics. Lifelong #Democrat. Slava Ukraine! Refugee from the bird site. Thought they were sweet bluebirds then they turned into shrieking flying monkeys wearing Nazi helmets.

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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 19m
Trump plunged the U.S. into a reckless war with Iran over 200 days ago. And Republicans have just stood by. They don’t care that it's illegal. Or that the war has made life more expensive for the American people.
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Bathsheba in Blue @bathshebablue.bsky.social · 18m
Maybe they should follow the same strategy they did with cigarettes: tax the hell out of them.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 52m
Ohio, it’s time to vote – early voting begins today! Go to iwillvote.com/OH to find your polling location and early voting hours.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 50m
Listen to Jim, he’s 100% correct.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 49m
Did you know that my election cheat sheet has a section where you can check out the key legislative districts state by state?  What are be the majority and supermajority makers, or races interesting for different reasons? Check it out! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 49m
Russia sentences Melitopol man with cerebral palsy, abducted in 2022, to 12 years on ‘spying’ charges khpg.org/en/1608816113
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Russia sentences Melitopol man with cerebral palsy, abducted in 2022, to 12 years on ‘spying’ charges
Heorhiy Fatieiev was 36 when abducted by the Russian invaders, who held him hostage for four years before accusing him of 'spying' for helping the defenders of his country
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American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 48m
Wisconsin food pantries saw more than 100,000 first-time visitors last year, and 2 in 5 were already on SNAP. Trump's policies keep pushing grocery prices up, and his cuts to SNAP will leave even more families lining up for help.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 55m
Only 17 percent of Americans approve of how President Trump is handling the cost of living. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump ran on lowering prices. Now most Americans blame him for them.
An October poll also found that most blame Trump's policies for making affordability struggles worse.
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 41m
53% of registered U.S. voters recently polled by YouGov selected 'corrupt' when asked which words they’d use to describe Trump. Corruption can take time to uncover, and even longer to register with the public. But I think Americans are starting to take note.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 38m
🔴 Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Mongolia have locked down Russian border crossings following a rare bacterial lab leak in Siberia. Authorities established emergency quarantine checkpoints and halted transit to prevent the Irkutsk facility outbreak from spreading.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 36m
Jacob D. Miller, 44, pleaded guilty to illegally importing plutonium and selling it.
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Massachusetts man pleads guilty to selling radioactive material from Russia
Jacob D. Miller, 44, pleaded guilty to illegally importing plutonium and selling it.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 36m
There is a long history in this country of pandering to xenophobia, and treating immigrants as second class citizens; but Americans also have a history of rejecting such repulsive tendencies, as I discussed here.
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Lessons from a Red Scare
The American people are capable of turning the tide against repression.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 36m
Kyiv said farewell to 25-year-old Ukrainian pilot Marat Mambetov, a major with the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade "Ghost of Kyiv," on October 4. Marat Mambetov was killed on October 1 while carrying out a combat mission. His fighter jet was hit by a Russian missile.
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Bathsheba in Blue @bathshebablue.bsky.social · 43m
But they don’t sell them in sticks.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 1h
8 years ago today: Susan Collins casts the deciding vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Justice. Kavanaugh overturned Roe v. Wade just 4 years later.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 1h
Trump ran $10M+ in TV ads promoting himself, paid for w/ your tax dollars Facing backlash, he now says his super PAC will cover it Small problem: presidents can't direct super PAC spending either I'll get into it w/ @ms.now at 11AM ET👇 -TN
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Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 1h
The leading automated license plate reader manufacturer, Flock, does not just read license plates anymore, but deploys an AI-driven system that police can use to track people. Matthew Cavedon and Laura Bondank-Harmon explain what safeguards should be enacted and the obstacles to enforcing them.
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The Law Can’t Keep Up With Flock’s AI Surveillance
Flock promised to read license plates. It built surveillance that can track dissenters—and the law hasn’t caught up.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h
KOBEISSI: “.. If this pace continues, credit spreads for the lowest-rated US corporate bonds will exceed the 2022 peak of 12.9% as soon as this month. .. To put this into perspective, the 2020 pandemic high was 19.6%.”
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 1h
MAGA lady says we wouldn't care about Jane Doe if it was 7 immigrants. Let's talk about that.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1h
Bulgarian PM Rumen Radev called the incident in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone “absolutely unacceptable” and a serious breach of maritime and international law that will further jeopardize safe navigation in the Black Sea. #Europe
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 1h
A major Democratic Senate super PAC is trimming its advertising in North Carolina — days after Republicans made a much larger retreat from the state’s Senate race.
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Democrats Cut Their Ad Spending in North Carolina After Republican Retreat
WinSenate, an affiliated super PAC of the Senate Majority PAC, has removed about $1.1 million in reservations, according to the tracking firm AdImpact.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1h
There’s a growing backlash against ICE in the Sunshine State.
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Watch: Trump's deportations are tearing apart Florida communities
There's a growing backlash against ICE in the Sunshine State.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1h
IMPORTANT: This is based on a 2022 Kia Niro EV, which has a max DC charging speed of 75 kW (most newer EVs can charge 2-3x faster than mine) and a *practical* range of perhaps 200 miles between charges (officially 240 miles); most newer EVs have longer ranges...call it ~250 miles between charges.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h
When they lied about policy or statistics repeatedly or tried to shift blame elsewhere they fooled a lot of gullible people. But when they started lying about things that even the cult knows more about than these out of touch weirdos, that’s when they lost the plot.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1h
Philadelphia held its first parallel parking championship over the weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h
The breast cancer center appealed thousands of Blue Cross reimbursements for being too low. At trial, the insurer revealed that it had never considered any of the appeals — and that they were pointless: “An appeal is not available to review an underpayment.” (Published April 2025)
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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
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Bathsheba in Blue @bathshebablue.bsky.social · 12h
Hurray!
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 12h
Ukrainian long-range drones struck the linear production and dispatch station (LPDS) "Volodarskaya" in Konstantinovo, Moscow region, in Russia. At least two silos are on fire. Coordinates: 55°29'29.92"N 37°59'48.61"E
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Bathsheba in Blue @bathshebablue.bsky.social · 12h
I will never ever ever understand how a dunce and name-calling schoolyard bully was elected president of this country. Twice.
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Bathsheba in Blue @bathshebablue.bsky.social · 12h
Sure, sure … no details on future PAC payments and no plans to reimburse the treasury for the illegal ads that have already aired.
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 12h
Texas Governor 7/1-9/24 Fundraising 🔴 Greg Abbott: $20.3M 🔵 Gina Hinojosa: $13.3M Cash on hand 🔴 $17.3M 🔵 $4.1M
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13h
The MAGA outrage machine is having another meltdown. This time, it’s over Jack Smith’s shirt. Nowhere on the shirt is Trump’s name, unless they’ve decided he’s a king.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13h
Gov. Shapiro: RFK is playing games with people’s lives here in Pennsylvania.” He won’t even acknowledge the deaths here in Pennsylvania. He actually accused me of fabricating it and making it up, even when the families of those loved ones who have perished have expressed their sadness and grief.
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 13h
Scoop: It's not just Mark Thompson whose current deal expires in 2027. I'm told that several other top executives at the network have their contracts expiring next year. That and more detail from within CNN amid the Ellison takeover in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...
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Ellison Leaves His Mark
CNN staffers breathed a sigh of relief when Mark Thompson agreed to stay on under Skydance. But Status has learned that he hasn’t yet finalized a new contract—and he’s not the only top CNN executive w...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 14h
"Oh I think there is racism, there is sexism, there is homophobia and there is anti-trans... all wrapped into one" Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), a House Armed Services Committee member, reacts to Pete Hegseth's proclamation of "No DEI" in the Defense Dept.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 14h
Here’s the backstory behind these $500 checks. As you probably guessed, it's another scam (sort of). Trump & the GOP caused premiums to skyrocket by thousands of dollars this year for ~19M enrollees. Now he’s ”giving back” a tiny fraction of that to ~1M of them. acasignups.net/26/09/12/tru...
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Trump's Latest Con is On: Presenting the $500 User Fee Flim-Flam
Less than 24 hours after making an absolutely absurd and utterly illegal attempt to literally bribe voters with $5,000 cash if they vote for Republicans this November, the Trump White House just annou...
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Sally Deal - 📞 Call your legislators @ (202)224-3121 ⏰24/7! @sallydeal4.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🚨The LAST BEST TIME to donate to candidates for the 2026 midterm is 🔥RIGHT NOW🔥‼️ ⏰THIS IS THE FINAL CRUCIAL WINDOW. Campaigns lock in their final advertising slots, & need immediate funding for their ground games. Pay now, avoid regrets later. Make a list of your favs. 🤑 CHIP IN today if you can.
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Sophia Petrillo Writing Notes
ALT: Sophia Petrillo Writing Notes
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 15h
Trump says he can tell if immigrants are bad based on how they “look”: "We don't want to be discriminatory at all, but you could look at some of them, and say that's a rough group coming in"
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15h
Seems like Bari has lost the New York Post. And bigly. Everyone can smell the stench of sucking air. pagesix.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Exclusive | Infuriated CBS staff still can’t get through to Bari Weiss after scandals and ratings collapse
It’s her way or no way, with insiders claiming she doesn’t listen to anyone when she has bad ideas.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15h
Phew guys, we're in safe hands. 🙄 After reports from Russia’s Irkutsk region revealed a potential public health crisis, Donald Trump gave his thoughts on a seeming outbreak of the rare and often deadly pneumonic plague. Given his handling of COVID, some fear his approach to public health concerns.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 15h
And the NYT is so proud of its both-sidesing the article is leading the website. Readers are offended, as well they should be. Most recommended comment:
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The headline refers to "exaggerated portrayals of one candidate as a con artist and the other as a drunk"; the article then spends a lot of time detailing a single incident, which has been widely exaggerated beyond all proportion and recognization, and finally turns to Ramaswamy's career exploits, which are by no measure being exaggerated beyond defensible arguments as to their social impact. Why couldn't this article be accurately headlined: In Ugly Fight For Ohio Governor, Exaggeration of Single Personal Incident Is Pitted Against a Plutocrat's Career and Its Consequences. Concerned readers are eager to know.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15h
Hahahaha low energy Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...
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Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 15h
Trump calls for New York Times journalists to be arrested for reporting on empty seats at his rallies: “The New York Times, and many other Artificial Media Outlets, should be arrested for their dishonesty and disservice to our Country.” Trump wrote on Truth Social
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h
NEW: Republican congressional nominee Brandon Herrera laughed and joined in as podcast hosts spent an extended segment joking about necrophilia and sex with dead bodies. And it somehow got more disturbing from there.
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“Hot Pocket with a Cadaver”— GOP Candidate Joked About Necrophilia
Brandon Herrera joined in during a podcast segment where hosts discussed having sex with dead bodies.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16h
Video appears to show a woman being detained by ICE outside of the Los Angeles International Airport, with a DHS spokesperson saying she had been living in the country illegally.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h
Tankers are being struck. Wars are escalating. Gas and diesel prices are surging. And Trump says everything is going great. But what’s actually happening tells a very different story. Get the facts live on the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET:
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LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR BREAKING NEWS - 10/5/26
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 16h
Nebraska Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts urges Republicans to "get out and vote 10 times"
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 16h
JUST IN: 9th Cir. sets quick arguments (10/23) on Trump firing of judge-appointed US atty in WAWD. Rogoff agreed earlier today not to immediately seek enforcement of order reinstating him. Panel: Paez (Clinton), Bybee (GWBush), Sung (Biden). Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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CNN @cnn.com · 16h
Newly obtained documents reviewed by CNN show Cornell police drafted letters to phone companies to preserve data, raising questions about what was originally shared with prosecutors.
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Cornell police tried to get phone records in Jane Doe’s sex assault investigation. Her lawyer says records never got to DA | CNN
Newly obtained documents reviewed by CNN show Cornell University police drafted letters to wireless carriers about a week after a student now known as Jane Doe told police she had been sexually assaul...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 16h
Blanche wants @katiephang.bsky.social Epstein suit tossed as a "generalized grievance" Too many Americans want the files, so nobody gets them? Katie's job is to share things with the public, that's the opposite of a generalized grievance Release the files!
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Katie Phang: "Todd Blanche wants to continue to hide the Epstein files from the American people. He wants to allow the e
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