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Beth Thorpe

@bethinlouavul.bsky.social
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Digital Strategy for KY Dem campaigns, Dog Petter and Pie Maker. Communications Chair for Louisville Democratic Party. Union Member, Campaign Workers Guild. ⚲ Louisville, Kentucky

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you're a student and you put this answer down on your PoliSci 101 exam, you will fail.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ken Paxton: The criticism has been that I let a child predator out after one day. Well guess what? They served 60 days.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: In a win for voters, a federal judge ruled FEMA cannot withhold grants aimed at preventing terrorist attacks from states refusing to adopt Trump's anti-voting measures. States would have previously been forced to run their full voter records through a DHS immigration database to receive funds.
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Judge strikes down Trump’s bid to cut states’ anti-terror funds unless they impose new voting restrictions
The judge ruled that FEMA had no “authority to extract unfunded reforms from states in exchange for grants.”
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 25/09/2026
Dr. Oz is on my flight right now. He is sitting in the very first seat, front row. I saw him get on the plane. So when I stepped off the jetway onto the plane I approached him and put my hand out. What the man in charge of healthcare for the people on the very margins of society said…was revealing
Dr. Oz on flight
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
(Politico ) - The Trump administration is preparing a plan to ban exports of diesel for 90 days, despite splits inside the administration and with the oil industry, in a bid to bring down energy prices .. @politico.com #ExportBan ⛽️ www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You gain & *retain* power running against your opposition and governing for the people - not by adopting your opposition's arguments against you.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 15/09/2026
13 great journalists and people laid off by the McClatchy hedge fund in Kentucky could use your help. Almost there www.gofundme.com/f/support-la...
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Louisville Democratic Party @loukydemparty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is National Voter Registration Day! Make sure you’re registered. Make sure your registration is updated. Make sure your family is registered. Make sure your friends and neighbors are registered.📷 Check today: govote.ky.gov!
Image of a computer with the GoVote.KY.Gov website pulled up for National Voter Registration Day
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026
the truly crazy making part of all of this is that voter fraud EFFECTIVELY DOES NOT EXIST. you have a better chance of finding an actual leprechaun at the end of the rainbow than of finding evidence of voter fraud that influences an election
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 15/09/2026
“Reporters were barred from recording video” whaaaaaat
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
They’re going to claim that trace amounts of birth control in drinking water is a public health risk, and then make birth control pills illegal, aren’t they?
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The best sermon is the one you live. I preached this morning. But my real sermon happened across Texas this week, as our campaign collected 20,000 pounds of groceries for our neighbors. As scripture says, “faith without works is dead.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 11/09/2026
Just in case it wasn't already clear, if the person who called the police to rat out Matt Bevin on the movie set wants to reach out and talk off the record, my DMs are open.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
wat
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 08/09/2026
In case you missed this story late last week amid all the Bevin craziness 👇
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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
once again, this should be front-page news all over the world, the President of the USA just fabricated an entire story about himself
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 25/08/2026
Roger Ebert, master film critic and historian, wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times for 46 years. His story of meeting Dolly Parton, who died today at 80 years old, especially stands out.
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One more great thing about Dolly. She was a paid-up union member — American Federation of Musicians, Local 257, Nashville. And she had been for 58 years. www.afm.org/2026/08/afm-...
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AFM Statement on the Passing of Dolly Parton
Today, the entire community of professional musicians mourns the loss of an irreplaceable icon and a generous heart: Dolly Parton. While the world knows her as a global superstar and philanthropist…
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton knew what it was like to struggle as she fought for working families her whole career. From providing free books to kids to giving working women our "9 to 5" anthem, she was an icon and an inspiration. Rest in power to our union sister. We will always love you.
A photo of Dolly Parton sitting at a desk and talking on the phone in a scene from the movie 9 to 5.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"A recent report by the Government Accountability Office found that FDA averaged only 917 foreign food-facility inspections annually from fiscal years 2018 through 2023 — less than 5 percent of the statutory target established under the Food Safety Modernization Act."
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Patient count for parasite outbreak linked to lettuce tops 10,000
The sick people are spread across 17 states
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 18/08/2026
Tighter restrictions on THC products have cost Tennessee more than $54 million dollars in tax revenue. The state has only collected 3% of what it had anticipated from a new hemp tax.
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Tennessee down $54M in hemp tax revenue after THC ban
The state has only collected 3% of what it had anticipated from a new hemp tax.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 17/08/2026
Nice to see a Democrat who understands you can and should talk shit about Trump in simultaneously truthful and deeply contemptuous ways every damn time you get behind a mic.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The inability to distinguish between what random people WITH NO INSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY OVER OTHERS post on social media or put on a sign and what the ruling party does on the daily to millions is what helps allow the latter to keep getting away with literal murder.
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Alex Russell @infrequently.org · 15/08/2026
Stephen Miller deserves to spend the rest of his natural life fighting a legal system charging him of crimes he didn't commit in a language he does not speak, alone, and without counsel: publicnotice.co/p/stephen-miller…
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Stephen Miller's secret campaign against helpless kids
That it's happening in the shadows doesn't make it less of a moral blight.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 13/08/2026
Suspected measles outbreak in Christian County
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Republicans called Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, Obama socialists & accuse them of being for open borders so truly no matter how much you try to disavow whatever they're decrying, you're not going to get credit. But you will help reaffirm that being for racial justice & human rights is suspect.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Amen. Amen. Amen. When you repeat your opposition's arguments, you help them not yourself. This goes for calling abductions, assault & murders "immigration enforcement" or "immigration policy."
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 10/08/2026
Less than 10 minute drive from Kentucky border
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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Isn't this the same company that infected people around the country LAST WEEK??? www.allrecipes.com/taylor-farms...
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FDA Announces Recall of Taylor Farms Ready-To-Eat Foods Sold at Walmart, Trader Joe’s, and More for Potential Salmonella Contamination
Taylor Fresh Foods, doing business as Taylor Farms, is recalling 20 ready-to-eat dips and meals sold at Walmart, Trader Joe’s, Target, and more for potential Salmonella contamination. The foods contai...
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Louisville Democratic Party @loukydemparty.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Join us for Women Deliver Democracy on 8/23 for Brunch and honoring 8 incredible women. More information and tickets here: goodchange.app/donate/wdd2026
8 Louisville women honored at the 7th annual Women Deliver Democracy Brunch and Awards by the Louisville Democratic Party. 
Elizabeth Pena, Carla Wallace, Brooke Pardue, Lisa Dunbar, Kelsey Coots, Carolyn Tandy, Mary Allgeier, and Lynn Deveaux.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
If only the fear of fascism were greater than the love of money. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
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Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left
One moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The incredible Sarah Mehta of the ACLU breaks down what is happening with unaccompanied immigrant kids.
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Governor Andy Beshear @govandybeshear.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I want what's best for Kentucky. That's why I signed an executive order protecting against harmful impacts from potential data centers. It also empowers local communities to make decisions that are best for them. Every investment needs to be a win for our families and our future.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Do not look away: thehill.com/opinion/immi...
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Stephen Miller’s dystopian dream: Government-sanctioned child abuse
The harm is not just physical.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 04/08/2026
It's Aug. 4, a sad day for BlueAnon folks who believed in an imaginary Aug. 3 deadline for Gov. Andy Beshear to somehow "appoint a Democrat" to replace a "dead" Mitch McConnell or something along those lines.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
the fuck
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Things I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
There are only three possible futures: a) everyone in the Trump admin goes to jail, rule of law partially restored; b) Dems retaliate in full, and maybe that's a deterrent; c) neither (a) nor (b), so lawless authoritarianism wins again, and when Republicans regain power they ramp it up even more.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026
"Im pro-choice but people shouldn't use abortion as birth control." @lizzwinstead.bsky.social has a question for you: What's your moral investment in somebody else's abortion? Your opinion was never a permission slip. 🎧 New B*tch, Listen. Out now wherever you get your podcasts.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If the results of the latter three hold exactly on election day (which is a looooooong way away), that's a tie in the Senate, and Dems just need to win a single other contested state like Alaska or Maine.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Trump absolutely cratering by many metrics in new CNN poll: 66% say he puts himself over country 61% disapprove of ballroom, arch, etc 57% say lacks sharpness to serve (!) 73% say he's out of touch w/regular people (!!) His personalist project is over. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2137...
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We’ve Officially Entered the Twilight of Late-Stage Trumpism
It’s all there in a new CNN poll, and it’s heartening to see: Large majorities are sick of Donald Trump’s vanity, venality, and megalomania.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"Electability" conversation exists inside make-believe where only habitual voters turnout and some number must be coaxed into swapping parties, based on rational issue position calculus. In fact, what caused Dem MEGA Blue Wave in 2018 was unprecedented non-habitual & new voter turnout. /1
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 29/07/2026
Kentucky will just need to quadruple its total power output to serve all these proposed data centers.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 29/07/2026
And another
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 30/07/2026
“This morning I received another phone call again from her, and she was telling me she really needs a hospital. She's never experienced something like this before, and at this point, what I care about is her medical attention.”
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Kentucky Public Radio @kentuckypublicradio.org · 28/07/2026
Despite an active bench warrant and a requirement to appear in person, former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was absent from a hearing in his child support case, where his ex-wife Glenna and estranged son Jonah testified.
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Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin skips child support hearing as his son, ex-wife testify
Despite an active bench warrant and a requirement to appear in person, former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was absent from a hearing in his child support case.
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