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Blue dot in a Midwest swamp. I root for the underdog and 70’s music is my favorite decade. I lived my best life avoiding people during Covid.

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Indiana Capital Chronicle @indianacapitalchronicle.com · 23/01/2026
Many Dems refuse to vote to fund ICE as US House passes 4 spending bills
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Many Dems refuse to vote to fund ICE as US House passes 4 spending bills • Indiana Capital Chronicle
The House passed four appropriations bills to fund the government and avert a partial shutdown, but Democrats objected to ICE spending
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Love this.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/12/2025
NEW: Indiana Republicans are trying to make sure no judge can stop their new gerrymander, adding provisions in their bill to ban temporary blocks, bypass lower courts and force every challenge straight to the conservative-majority state Supreme Court.
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Indiana Republicans Aim to Sideline Courts to Protect their Gerrymander
Read more here.
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
More guns equals more deaths? Who knew. 🙄
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𝔸𝕝𝕝 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 @allthingsisheretoo.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” ~ Maya Angelou
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
It’s my one year anniversary here on Bluesky, happy anniversary to me! 🎉
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League of Women Voters of Indianapolis @lwvindy.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
#BREAKING: Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray announced that the Senate will not move forward with redrawing the state's congressional maps due to a lack of votes. You did this, folks! Every call, every email, every voice mattered. Thank you for showing up for democracy. We did it. 🎉💪🏼🗳️
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Indiana Capital Chronicle @indianacapitalchronicle.com · 10/11/2025
Livestreaming local meetings brings new accessibility. indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/10/l...
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Livestreaming local meetings brings new accessibility • Indiana Capital Chronicle
With nearly all 567 localities, 88 counties and 354 school districts now in compliance with a law that took effect July 1, keeping tabs on what your local officeholders are up to is as easy as…
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social you can find Mork & Mindy streaming on demand using the Pluto app.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/10/2025
"We’re operationalizing our old corridors—taking ancient trade routes our elders told us about and articulating them in a modern context." Indigenous nations plan tariff-free trade corridor across US-Canada border. From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:
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Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border
“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 06/10/2025
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
“I was raised in a family of public servants, and I was always taught that public servants serve the people and not themselves,” Bayh told reporters in Indianapolis on Monday. “And too often today in our politics, and in Indianapolis, I see folks in the Statehouse looking out for themselves.”
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 04/10/2025
FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to illegal immigrants.
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FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to 'illegal immigrants'
This is false. Democrats say they are pushing for the inclusion of key health care provisions in the next congressional spending package.
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
“Thousands of dollars spent at high-end hotels for state officials were funded by anonymous donors and few staffers filed official conflict of interest disclosures — even if they had ties to the companies receiving millions in tax breaks or state contracts.” And it goes on and on and on…
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 02/10/2025
A pop-up statue of President Donald Trump holding hands with late financier and child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has gone back up on the National Mall, after the National Park Service took it down.
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Trump-Epstein statue returns to National Mall after Park Service took it down
A pop-up statue of President Donald Trump holding hands with late financier and child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has gone back up on the National Mall, after the National Park Service took it down.The reinstallation of the statue, known officially as the "Trump-Epstein Friendship Statue" and ere...
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
So disgusting. All that surround this current administration stink of ill will and hate. youtube.com/shorts/eYmZX...
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He Walked Right Into THIS
YouTube video by MoveOn
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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2025
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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Canada eh? 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @canadaeh14.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
With the FCC cracking down on the Jimmy Kimmel show and ABC/Disney capitulating…. Here’s the new Disney!
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 18/09/2025
The DOJ has removed from its website a report showing that right-wing extremists have killed more Americans than any other domestic terrorist group. Deleting the report doesn’t change the facts: claims that left-leaning Americans are more violent aren’t supported by the data.
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Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows
Donald Trump and top administration officials confidently assert that left-wing political violence is a huge problem in the US. They’re wrong, say researchers who study extremism.
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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Congrats to Jimmy Kimmel for never bending the knee.
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Well done my young Brit friend. youtu.be/M59tcsXPEtw?...
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Young Brit Schools Charlie Kirk With One Epic Comeback After Another!
YouTube video by Just a Confused Brit
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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.com · 29/08/2025
"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷
Mural by JDL Street Art in Roubaix, Lille, France, depicting the Statue of Liberty covering her face with both hands in a gesture of shame. The figure is painted in shades of grey with teal accents on the torch and crown, set against a muted background with a golden halo-like circle. The artwork spans the side of a tall brick building, contrasting modern street art with historic European architecture in the surrounding cityscape.
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Roman Yeremenko @roalyr.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Once again - ordinary russians did this, not "just putin". #Ukraine #UkrainianView
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David Honig @dbhonig.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
FWI (F'ing with ICE): Project "Bigot's Blue Balls" [Warning, this is a project for American-born white people only - I would never ask Black or Brown friends to take this risk.] 1. Put a Mexican flag bumper sticker on your car or truck. …
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Michelle L. Quinn @regionbroad.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
The fine point
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Just a matter of time before this will be America. Three and a half more years, will we survive?
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
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JOANN Fabrics, Party City, Toys R Us, Red Lobster — private equity drove all of them to the ground.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Indiana Capital Chronicle @indianacapitalchronicle.com · 13/08/2025
GOO opposition to redistricting builds; population shifts little
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Indiana GOP lawmakers, politicos, pan prospect of early redistricting • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Government experts also weigh the costs and payoffs of early redistricting for the state's ruling party — and democracy.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office. 
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Indiana Capital Chronicle @indianacapitalchronicle.com · 28/07/2025
Indiana immigration arrests surge despite stalled ICE partnerships
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Indiana immigration arrests surge despite stalled ICE partnerships • Indiana Capital Chronicle
The immigration enforcement campaign has also split Hoosier conservatives and strained immigrant advocate resources.
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
❤️ substack.com/@democraticw...
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Michele (@democraticwarrior)
Courtesy of: Rosie O’Donnell
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Modeka @modeka.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Pedold J. Trump (aka Orange Monster) is THROWING EVERYTHING he can AND HE'S STILL on the LIST. bsky.app/profile/gizm...
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I couldn’t agree more.
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
🤦‍♀️
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 08/07/2025
The GOP senators who opposed Trump's bill caved in the end? Shocker
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Oops
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
If this is for real, she deserves everything she voted for, and more.
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
MADVoters.org/issues
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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
From a distance you can see a mountain landscape with a blue sky and a few hazy clouds. on the sides of the picture you can see parts of trees. On the left in light green, on the right a smaller dark green tree further away. in the center is a black box on which is written in white “Only caring about your own right is exactly how you lose them”.
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This was in Colorado.
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
So disgusting. Everything trump complains about and says other people are doing, HE’S actually doing. Three and a half years can’t fly by fast enough.
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Of COURSE we’re helping 🤦‍♀️
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Kinda sounds like the steelworkers will end up getting screwed, no seat for you at the table. youtu.be/NM-E1rSn5UE?...
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Mrvan Questions Commerce Secretary Part 2
YouTube video by Congressman Frank J. Mrvan
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13/06/2025
Iranian state media reports that the country's top military official, Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, has been killed in Israeli strikes along with Hossein Salami, the commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
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Live updates: Israel strikes Iran as fears of another war mount
Follow the latest news after Israel launched strikes at Iran, a dramatic escalation in long-running tensions between the two countries.
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The world has become a very scary place.
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Nothing would make me happier. This really would make America great again.
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
When is someone going to tell Israel enough all ready?! www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
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Outrage after Israeli army fires ‘warning shots’ at French and other diplomats on West Bank visit
The Israeli army on Wednesday fired shots at a delegation of regional, European and Western diplomats visiting the West Bank city of Jenin, sparking condemnations from the Palestinian Authority and se...
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Brenda @bbood.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
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Just Another Mike @mwmarshall.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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