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Donna Marsh

@bellaisola1.bsky.social
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Avid gardener and nature lover. Wouldn't be happy without a book. Blue dot in a red state.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14h
Note how in all of this, Vance's comments are suffused with the rhetoric of 1930s Nazi eugenics, including the "elite human being" (in German, Herrenmensch or Übermensch). Straight from Curtis Yarvin, and Elon Musk, by the way. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 17h
It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.
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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h
a livestreamed execution is just a lynching
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h
As Minnesota's attorney general points out, Trump is using the White House as a base to foment insurrection and mayhem, predicated on pure racism. His response is if anything too measured. Religious leaders should be speaking out on this.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
He makes a good point.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h
She has obviously decided to tamper in US domestic politics on the side of the Republican Party despite being screwed over and sold out by Trump, and should be treated as a foreign Republican operative by Democrats moving forward.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
It’s really remarkable to me that 10 years into this people feel compelled to “clarify” Trump’s homicidal and often genocidal fantasies. It is deranged for the president to daydream about American cities in states he hates getting blown up. Full stop.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19h
"The public has moved pretty decisively in the right direction over the past two years. Our elites have not. Some are eagerly taking advantage of the benefits of crony capitalism. Others are cowering or cutting deals. Few are standing up to autocracy." www.thebulwark.com/p/reasons-fo...
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Reasons for Hope. Reasons for Alarm.
Things are looking up—for now.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 18h
Next he’ll be agreeing to call it “Trump Intelligence.” The new robber barons know what they need to say to appease their master and keep the money flowing.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h
Julián Curo-Churata, dead in a Trump concentration camp. ICE cited “convictions for driving with expired vehicle registration” and an unspecified judgment against him in favor of the Maryland comptroller (taxes). He "had volunteered to leave the country on his own, but a judge denied the request."
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Laurel father and husband died in ICE custody in Louisiana
Julián Curo-Churata lived in Laurel for about 17 years before he was detained in June by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. He died in the agency’s custody on Sept. 29.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h
“My main worry is that the idea is the A.I. can make a smarter A.I. in some way that we’re not going to understand. .. So we’re ending up in a world where .. we’re just going to have to trust what it tells us about how it works or whether it’s aligned.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h
The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Voting rights groups are citing recent ICE activity near voting sites and new evidence of intimidation as they expand a lawsuit seeking to keep armed federal agents away from polling places during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at polls
Among the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 07/10/2026
Texas grows a whole lot of food. Our kids ought to be eating more of it. Our school lunch dollars can put fresh food on kids' plates while giving Texas farmers and ranchers dependable customers right down the road. Texas-grown food should be the first choice in Texas schools.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
JD Vance is sizing up a $9 million Virginia estate while preaching to the rest of us that housing is more affordable than ever. No one believes him.
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
While it's early we are seeing very strong Dem early vote performance in three states now - New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. All data via TargetEarly, this day vs comparable days in 2022 and 2024: Here's New Jersey: 2022 D+37 2024 D+45 2026 D+48 1/
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s October and the neighbors are back with #SkeletonCrew. Strong start!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A BFD. As people get ready to fill their heating oil tanks for the winter, they learn it will cost 80% more than last year. Your early Christmas Gift from Trump and the Republican Party is that your Christmas present budget will now go to their friends in the oil business.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Pennsylvania has reported five measles-associated deaths, the most in the U.S. in more than three decades …. The statewide outbreak is now on track to become the largest the country has seen since the 1990s.”
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"We Can't Eat Road Salt" should be a whole ad.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026
Another very 👀 tidbit from this week’s roundup:
A proposal that would have required FedEx to produce a report on how it manages the potential legal risks of shipping abortion pills in light of the Comstock Act failed at the company’s annual shareholder meeting. The proposal was introduced by a Catholic “values investing” firm called IWP Capital, and authored by none other than Christian nationalist law firm Alliance Defending Freedom, a leading proponent of the theory that Comstock bans mailing abortion pills, if not all medical devices used in abortion care.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/10/2026
Army study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fear.
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Army study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fear
ICE has argued the gloves are safer than other non-lethal options to subdue targets. But critics warn the gloves give ICE another weapon to intimidate people as the agency is under fire for excessive force.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A much-needed explainer from @citizencohn.bsky.social about those $500 checks (bribes) Trump is sending out as an alleged Obamacare "refund." Looks quite likely to be illegal. www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
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Donald Trump Is Buying Votes at $500 a Pop
He’s calling it an Obamacare “refund,” but it’s nothing of the sort.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson on the Iran War: "Sen. Collins voted for it 5 times before she started voting against it. By that time, we're already into it and we're in another forever war that you just heard her say, it's not thought out, we don't know what we're doing, but she made sure that it happened."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Rep. Greg Murphy describes people who have lived in America for decades and have families here and are brutally deported by ICE as "collateral damage," and says "thank God we're getting rid of the garbage that's in our country:"
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tim and I were pretty tough on Tillis on the pod Monday. But not tough enough!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump Crime Family
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Here's a nearly 10-minute supercut of Troy Jackson taking it to Susan Collins during their debate tonight, including Jackson telling her "you can't eat road salt" and "Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The G7's new 100M barrel release? This is PR , not an energy policy. The real issue is the Strait of Hormuz. youtu.be/Cc21Z2WeWdU
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Diesel futures fell after Trump announced a “massive” European oil release.⁣ ⁣ Then traders read the actual G7 statement, and the entire price move vanished.⁣ ⁣ Turns out the massive release was mostly a PR stunt. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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An Agreement to Agree About an Earlier Agreement
Read the G7 communiqué closely and the "new" 100 million barrels turns out to be leftovers from March.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal
It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.
The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From Hopium: - New Gallup Party ID has Ds up 50%-39%, among our highest showings in past 35 years - Troy Jackson is up 4, 51%-47%, in new Marist poll - Early Early Vote data is encouraging - “Elections are decided in November, but they’re won in October” 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/dems-up-11...
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Dems Up 11 In Gallup Party ID, Troy Jackson Up 4 In Maine, “Elections are decided in November, but they’re won in October”
Upcoming Live Events - Sarah Trone Garriott (IA-3) today at 115pm ET, Maine’s Devon Anderson-Murphy Wed at 115pm, and Janelle Stelson (PA-10) Thursday at 115pm
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Early voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, I urge you all to... 1) Help get out the vote 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Woman Screaming 'The Lies!'
ALT: Woman Screaming 'The Lies!'
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
Gov. Josh Shapiro: "Measles was eliminated back in the year 2000. And now, 26 years later, we’re dealing with it coming roaring back. Pennsylvania has now eclipsed 1,000 cases across 39 counties, with five deaths." Shapiro says amid the outbreak, vaccinations have now doubled.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Job creation numbers: "The blue columns point to Biden’s presidency, while the red columns point to Trump’s..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oh, spare me the bullshit redemption tour. Everyone knew what this was going to be. “Thom Tillis calls his vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth his “biggest regret” and says Hegseth should resign.” apnews.com/article/thom...
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Republican Sen. Tillis calls his vote for Hegseth the 'biggest regret of my career' in a new book
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“.. The announcement comes as the US is grappling with one of the worst measles outbreaks in decades.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Treason!
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What will the Court do to us this term? It’s already taken away Roe v. Wade, given Trump a pass from prosecution for January 6, and permitted partisan gerrymanders. How much worse can it get? This term, there are some distinctly unpleasant possibilities. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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The Week Ahead
October 4, 2026
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Terrific reporting by Andrew Egger from Ohio--from Pierre Damas Bel's funeral in Springfield, and Trump's rally that evening. "They buried Pierre Damas Bel on Saturday. That night, Donald Trump came to town to take a victory lap on the policies that killed him." www.thebulwark.com/p/a-death-a-...
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A Death. A Funeral. And the Trump Rally Down the Block.
On the day Springfield held a funeral for Pierre Damas Bel, the president held a rally 25 miles away. We went to both.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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