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Andrea

@bethecricket.bsky.social
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Democrat, mom, LGBTQ+ parent/ally, forever with Hillary and Kamala, I stand with Ukraine. No lists, please.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Minnesota, you have an opportunity to select an extraordinary person and public servant as your next U.S. senator. Please take it!
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026
reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 07/10/2026
IN SHORT: The $500 "rebate" scheme... --is almost exclusively going to red & swing states; --is selecting recipients via sloppy, arbitrary means; --only cancels out a small fraction of the economic damage caused by Trump to begin with; and... --is likely illegal anyway.
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Andrea @bethecricket.bsky.social · 23h
Her sweet, loving face. 💗
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Andrea @bethecricket.bsky.social · 23h
Our ballots took two weeks to arrive in Illinois (3 different households), USPS has been exceptionally slow here.
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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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Andrea @bethecricket.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A must read The federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promise 19thnews.org/2026/10/disa... via @19thnews.org
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The federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promise
Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson won a victory that gave people with disabilities the freedom to choose where they live. That legacy is now under threat.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 07/10/2026
Judaism has taught us to mourn, to remember, and to repair. Three years after October 7th, we honor those who were lost, and we are reminded that we must all work toward building a future where Israelis and Palestinians live side by side in peace, security, and safety.
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Megan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How @propublica.org Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required. / by @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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Andrea @bethecricket.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Conservative American R*pe Culture and The Second Assault of Jane Does johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/conservati...
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Conservative American R*pe Culture and The Second Assault of Jane Does
Warning: this piece contains language regarding sexual assault that may be triggering or uncomfortable to some.
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Andrea @bethecricket.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Fall Gives Me Hope thepoliticschicks.substack.com/p/fall-gives...
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Fall Gives Me Hope
Finding the strength to keep caring in a season of uncertainty.
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The Politics Chicks @thepoliticschicks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We’re losing a war, the FBI has been hacked, and our defensive missile stockpiles are apparently down to whatever fireworks were left over from America’s 250th birthday celebration in D.C.—so naturally Pete Kegsbreath is firing more of the military’s top brass.
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The Politics Chicks @thepoliticschicks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm a healthy 55-year-old and I think it's entirely possible that I never see the end of this war with Iran. Think that's hyperbole? Read Heather Cox Richardson's latest letter. Oof.
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The Politics Chicks @thepoliticschicks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump says he "feels bad" for the Cornell 7 rapists. Trumps says he "FEELS BAD" for the Cornell 7 RAPISTS. TRUMP SAYS HE "FEELS BAD" FOR THE CORNELL 7 RAPISTS.
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Andrea @bethecricket.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I hope someday we have a good person for president instead of this horrifying, inhumane a**hole. Every day he's in office feels like an endless nightmare.
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The Politics Chicks @thepoliticschicks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Fall Gives Me Hope
Finding the strength to keep caring in a season of uncertainty.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 02/10/2026
Two brothers have been charged in connection with a long-running scheme to raise money for Hamas by disseminating propaganda and soliciting donations for “the poor and orphans in Gaza” via social media, court records show.
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Brothers arrested in long-running scheme to raise money for Hamas
The two are accused of falsely soliciting donations for “the poor and orphans in Gaza” via social media, court records show.
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Andrea @bethecricket.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🐈‍⬛💗
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So, this is the seat I use when I'm doing TV. It's high and has no back, so it works better for TV. I left it next to my desk last week. Lily has decided that she's now my officemate. She stays next to me all day and night. So I bought another of the exact same chair for TV. Because I am a cat dad.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An employee of the nuclear safety division of the US Department of Energy is alleged to have traveled to Yemen on an official passport to provide explosives and drones to the Houthis, a designated foreign terrorist organization. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/depart...
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Department of Energy Employee Arrested in Washington State on Charges of Attempted Material Support to Houthis
Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, 51, a resident of Richland, Washington, was arrested this morning and charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to the Houthis, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Ellaboudy is scheduled to make an initial appearance before a federal magistrate judge on Oct. 2 at 11:00 a.m. in Richland.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING WaPo: Major League Baseball has abandoned a proposal to build a ballpark in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park.
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MLB drops proposal to host a baseball game at Grand Teton National Park
After The Washington Post reported on the proposal, local leaders sent letters to the Trump administration and the MLB commissioner expressing strong opposition.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
The Department of Homeland Security has already promised that it will flout any law attempting to ban the gloves.
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California bans ICE’s favorite shock gloves
A DHS spokesperson has said the agency “will not abide” by any state ban.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US social media companies are interfering in the Brazilian elections in favour of the Far Right’s Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta is the latest. It’s just blocked the campaign account of President Lula in the final stretch of the election.
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Meta restringe la cuenta de Lula y su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera
De cara a las elecciones en Brasil, Lula enfrenta a Meta por restringir su cuenta mientras su partido alerta por posible injerencia extranjera.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
ANOTHER DHS VOTER FRAUD CLAIM COLLAPSES Trump’s DHS claimed as many as 15,903 noncitizens were on Nevada’s voter rolls. Nevada pushed back and demanded evidence. 15,903 became 185. Nevada checked the 185. The new number: ZERO. Every single one was a US citizen.
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DR. IRONCLAD, Brunch Democrat @feclad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To every MAGA, Jill Stein, or just couldn't bother to vote person out there, Fuck you. Fuuuuuuuuck you.
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Breezy Babe @grrrin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump committed serious crimes”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
NEWS: The Senate GOP just blocked our resolution to stop Trump from further sabotaging the Affordable Care Act. Trump and Republicans own every closed hospital, every person without insurance and every skyrocketing premium that follows.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have engineered a virus that invades and destroys glioblastoma one of the deadliest brain cancers while turning the immune system into a relentless tumor-killing force. This could be a historic shift in cancer treatment.
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Laura Packard @laurapackard.com · 29/09/2026
I’m paying 21% more this year for the exact same health insurance plan I had last year. And prices are going to rise double digits for next year! We can’t live like this, and we shouldn’t have to. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Newsom signs California ban on electric shock gloves for law enforcement
CBS NEWS CALIFORNIA
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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Got my COVID shot today. Should I sell these on Etsy?
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Andrea @bethecricket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Got mine Friday, and Yes, please sell these on Etsy!
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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Cornell Sun Is burning it all down. Good. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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CNN @cnn.com · 29/09/2026
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. cnn.it/4huSk5M
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: QueerDoc is seeking en banc review by the Ninth Circuit of the 2-1 decision from earlier this month siding with DOJ's invasive administrative subpoenas probing gender-affirming medical care provided to minors. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/ninth-circ...
By “avoid[ing] the clear error standard of review for factual findings,” Op.
86 (Paez, J., dissenting), the panel legally erred and issued a decision
that conflicts with numerous decisions of this Court, the Supreme Court,
and other courts of appeals, see Fed. R. App. P. 40(b)(2)(A)-(C).
In addition, the panel’s decision implicates questions concerning
the separation of powers that are of exceptional importance. See Fed. R.
App. P. 40(b)(2)(D). If allowed to stand, the panel’s decision will
significantly limit judicial review of administrative subpoenas issued to
harass and intimidate those associated with causes disfavored by the
President, rendering meaningless the statutory restraints imposed by
Congress to limit agencies’ investigative power.
This Court should grant rehearing en banc to resolve the conflicts
created by the panel’s decision and to address the important questions
raised by these proceedings.
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WATCH: @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social examines Donald Trump's "long day" of golf as his war in Iran enters its seventh month and after he rejected a proposed ceasefire. #LastWord
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was the undisputed global leader in public health. But after a year and a half in the cross hairs of HHS RFKjr’s drive to remake public health policy, the agency is a skeleton of the powerhouse it was. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/09/2026
Most experts agree: diesel export ban MAY initially lower prices in SOME areas of the US, the south and midwest. But long term would backfire both in our national security (including alliances) and in price. Global Diesel prices would eventually skyrocket as a result and those prices would hit us
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/09/2026
Three news outlets that were barred from the White House this month — CNN, MS NOW and Politico — asked a federal court on Monday to extend their access to the grounds and protect their participation in pool coverage.
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico Seek a Longer Reprieve From White House Ban
A federal court temporarily lifted the ban last week. The outlets want a longer pause while they sue to restore their access.
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mikeeoj.bsky.social @mikeeoj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Brent crude today..$107.20 per barrel... We are not winning.
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Petraflint @petraflint.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An engineered HIV-derived drug improved vision loss and paralysis in a multiple-sclerosis animal model; human efficacy remains unproven
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Fucking Bitch Kate 🪷 @kateculliton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
San Diego Costco where it is the cheapest.
REGULAR UNLEADED
$5.899
per gallon
PREMIUM UNLEADED
$6.299
per gallon
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It only took 10 years for the American state media to finally stand up for one another as well as democracy now that they are being banned from the bulldozed White House by the same fascist criminal monstrosity they helped to create by normalizing him and capitulating to his every demand.
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