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betsywoolford.bsky.social @betsywoolford.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
My open letter to David Ellison newsletters.democracydocket.com/my-open-/let...
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My open letter to David Ellison
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Tales of everyday corruption. Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned. Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!
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betsywoolford.bsky.social @betsywoolford.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
At the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kennedy Center in 1964, President Lyndon Johnson said, “This center will brighten the life of Washington, but it is not, as I have said, just a Washington project. It is a national project and a national possession.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” —James Madison
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Stand Up America @standupamerica.com · 09/04/2026
The Trumps have turned the presidency into their personal cash cow, and Republicans in Congress are letting them do it.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 31/03/2026
NEW: In a win for voters, a federal appeals court ruled that Arkansas cannot require handwritten signatures to register to vote. The decision blocks state officials from rejecting applications over digital signatures and will allow Arkansans to use an online tool that makes registration easier.
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In win for voters, court blocks Arkansas’ restrictive registration rule
The ruling means Arkansas officials cannot reject voter registration applications simply because they include a digital signature, at least for now.
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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
“My own belief is this: No true American, no American worthy of the name, would want deliberately to exclude any other American from the full opportunity to enjoy every privilege and every right guaranteed to us by the Constitution.” — President Dwight Eisenhower
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 27/03/2026
Stand Up for Science is excited to announce Skye Perryman, CEO of Democracy Forward (@democracyforward.org) as a speaker at the Official No Kings 3 Virtual & Accessible Rally, on Saturday March 28th, 12:30 - 2:00pm.  Sign up here: tr.ee/nk3ar #NK3AR #NoKings #Virtual #Accessible #NoKings3
Graphic containing a photo of Skye Perryman. Graphic reads: "OFFICIAL NO KINGS 3 VIRTUAL & ACCESSIBLE RALLY ORGANIZED BY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE" "Stand Up for Science announces SKYE PERRYMAN, CEO of Democracy Forward as a speaker at the Official No Kings 3 VIRTUAL & ACCESSIBLE RALLY March 28. An online and inclusive rally or everyone, everywhere." The graphic also contains the No Kings and Stand Up for Science logo, and this link: tr.ee/nk3ar
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Welcome to the Resistance, ma'am.
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 16/03/2026
We’re waist deep in the Big Muddy and the big fool says to push on
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"Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" by Pete Seeger
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The Senate has passed a major housing bill that cracks down on large investors who are buying up single-family homes. It's a promising first step towards getting Wall Street out of our homes and making housing affordable again.
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How Wall Street Priced You Out of a Home | Robert Reich
Rent is skyrocketing and home buying is out of reach for millions. One big reason why? Wall Street. Let me explain.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
"England 1819" = US 2026. King George III = Donald Trump "An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying King; Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn--mud from a muddy spring; Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know, But leechlike to their fainting country cling." --Shelley
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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
“Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right. There is no duty which weighs more heavily on us than the duty we have to ensure that right.” — President Lyndon B. Johnson, March 1965
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
It’s not “the Department of War”
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Frazz @mrs-frazzled.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
They bombed an all girls elementary school after drop off. At least 80 children were murdered. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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‘The most bitter news’: Iran reels as more than 80 children reportedly killed in school bombing
The building appears to be among many devastated in Trump’s ‘major combat operations’ as long expected attacks arrive
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
A really good time!
Screenshot of an X post by Rep. Eric Swalwell that reads, “Don’t threaten us with a good time,” quote-tweeting a FactPost clip of Speaker Mike Johnson saying, “If we lose the majority, it would be the end of the Trump presidency.” The embedded image shows Johnson speaking on Newsmax with a “Breaking News” banner and “State of the Union” chyron visible.
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betsywoolford.bsky.social @betsywoolford.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Jeff Bezos Must Sell the Washington Post open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Jeff Bezos Must Sell the Washington Post
Mass layoffs undermine his promises to protect a great American institution.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
well look who's pissed at ICE: www.notus.org/trump-white-...
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Gun Rights Advocates Want Answers About the Minneapolis Shooting
The Trump administration said federal agents were justified in their actions in part because the man possessed a firearm. “What he has or didn’t have isn’t the issue,” said a former NRA spokesperson.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 24/01/2026
BREAKING: Law enforcement responding to shooting in Minnesota involving federal officers
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Another shooting in Minneapolis. Surges of poorly trained ICE agents are leading to predictable and tragic results. What are we doing? www.kttc.com/2026/01/24/i...
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ICE-involved shooting reported in Minneapolis on Saturday
KARE11 says there are reports of another possible ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis Saturday morning.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
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betsywoolford.bsky.social @betsywoolford.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Since taking office a year ago, Trump and his family have inflated their personal wealth by nearly $2 billion. An estimated $1.3 billion of that has come from his burgeoning crypto grifts, which could put the rest of us at severe economic risk. youtu.be/gpCxV-cRY4o?si=hv3qQImBGP_…
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Trump's Crypto Corruption, Explained
Trump's crypto corruption is off the charts.Here's how the president's latest grift could endanger our democracy and cra
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Ukrainian intelligence warns:Russia is preparing new massive strikes. In -20°C This is not about military objectives,but about breaking people. They are trying to provoke fear, exhaustion, despair to force submission through cold. The world should call it what it is: terrorism
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan. A citizen. Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold. "We're from the United States bro!' he screamed. Agents took and sold his phone And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
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From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
FTW.
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betsywoolford.bsky.social @betsywoolford.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
President Trump is now saying he wants to BUY Greenland. This man likes to spend other people's money. Now he has his hands on our country's check book. While only taking from our ordinary citizens, including food, childcare and medical care, he gave the richest another tax cut. So, who's 1/2
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betsywoolford.bsky.social @betsywoolford.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/12/2025
RFK Jr.'s legacy is a sea of tiny coffins in the US and internationally. Every day he remains in office, the harm he causes grows. Call your representative — it's time Congress impeaches and removes RFK Jr. standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
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betsywoolford.bsky.social @betsywoolford.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 14/12/2025
So probable cause is now just...going to an East African restaurant
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Eric Salsburg…Grow The Resistance. @ericsalsburg.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The monopolies of the Gilded Age led Congress to establish the FTC as an independent agency. Its independence is meant to insulate it from political pressure so it can check corporate power and protect the American people. Trump wanting to upend this is very telling.
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Stand Up America @standupamerica.com · 23/11/2025
Taxpayers have already paid $473 million for Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to American cities.
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Diaper Diplomacy Unofficial Mirror @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Baby Politicians Make Great Gifts. Don’t Argue. diaperdiplomacy.myshopify.com/colle…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -FDR, 1937
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Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 18/11/2025
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
8/Being informed is our superpower in this moment. Subscribe to my Civil Discourse to read more if you appreciated this thread. We have the power to save our democracy. joycevance.substack.com/p/quiet-piggy
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Last night Russia sent about five hundred drones and missiles to kill Ukrainians. Most were intercepted but those that got through hit a post office, a store, a power plant, and multiple residences. 19 people were killed in Ternopil. (1/2)
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
The presidency is a side gig for Trump‘s grift.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
“FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members, exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information…” www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
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betsywoolford.bsky.social @betsywoolford.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 08/11/2025
The growing consensus on Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's order tonight: a horrible situation, handled strategically (from @stevevladeck.bsky.social) www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
It may surprise folks that Justice Jackson, who has been one of the most vocal critics of the Court's behavior on emergency applications from the Trump administration, acquiesced in even a temporary pause of the district court's ruling in this case. But as I read the order, which says a lot more than a typical
"administrative stay" from the Court, Jackson was stuck between a rock and a hard place-given the incredibly compressed timing that was created by the circumstances of the case.
In a world in which Justice Jackson either knew or suspected that at least five of the justices would grant temporary relief to the Trump administration if she didn't, the way she structured the stay means that she was able to try to control timing of the Supreme Court's (forthcoming) review-and to create pressure for it to happen faster than it otherwise might have. In other words, it's a compromise-one with which not everyone will agree, but which strikes me as eminently defensible under these unique (and, let's be clear, maddening and entirely f-ing avoidable) circumstances.
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