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Bette

@betteforeyes.bsky.social
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Retired software developer. Avid duplicate bridge player including tournament play. Like to follow current events.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
“Rep. Eric Swalwell sues housing official [Bill Pulte] who's made multiple criminal referrals for Trump critics” 11/25/25 www.cbsnews.com/news/eric-sw...
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Rep. Eric Swalwell sues housing official who's made multiple criminal referrals for Trump critics
Trump housing official Bill Pulte also submitted criminal referrals for investigations into Sen. Adam Schiff, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's relative detained by ICE www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's relative detained by ICE
The mother of Leavitt's nephew is subject to deportation, sources said.
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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Senator Mark E. Kelly, Patriot of Patriots open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Senator Mark E. Kelly, Patriot of Patriots
The contrast between him and Pete Hegseth or Trump couldn’t be larger
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Shanlon Wu @shanlonwu.com · 26/11/2025
The dismissal of Trump’s retribution prosecution against former FBI Director James Comey is more than just the dismissal of a botched case – it’s the federal judiciary standing up for basic Constitutional principles. @legalafmtn.bsky.social youtu.be/wsbNtLWEptc?...
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Trump DOJ gets RUDE AWAKENING in ULTIMATE REBUKE from Courts
YouTube video by Legal AF
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Sending love to the folks in St. Paul and everyone who is fighting back against ICE. Chicago is with you.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
JUST IN: Eric Swalwell is suing Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, accusing him of violating privacy laws. Let’s go‼️
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Beautifully stated Dr D Thank you Madam Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi You stood in high heels for over 8 hours for DACA You were key to pass the Affordable Care Act And "ALWAYS for the CHILDREN " And "WE DON'T AGOGNIZE WE ORGANIZE "
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106. 12 days of work in 106 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The corporate propaganda machine colluding with the Trump propaganda machine to lie to the American people about Thanksgiving.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 06/11/2025
It's so confusing ... ICE agents are acting like criminals, and criminals are posing as ICE agents.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 06/11/2025
Sandwich Guy jurors had a question for the court: “How is injury different from bodily harm?”

 After some debate, Judge Nichols told them that "injury" and "bodily harm" mean the same thing. “Good luck with the continued deliberations," he said. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Jury chews over fate of 'sandwich guy,' who became a D.C. hero after chucking a sub at a federal officer
Defense attorney Sabrina Shroff told the jury that "a footlong from Subway could not and certainly did not inflict bodily harm."
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
#CAVoteYesProp50 YES YES YES ON PROP 50 IN CA YES YES YES TO RETAIN IN PA! YES TO SHERILL IN NJ! YES TO SPANBERGER IN VA! Also: NO NO NO TO ISSUE 1 IN MAINE!
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Bette @betteforeyes.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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An Altercation With ICE Prompts a Police Chief to Push Back
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Bette @betteforeyes.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
What can be Worse? "Videos show officers pulling the protesters away from the fence surrounding the ICE building and cutting through chains that protesters had put around the front gates. Officers pepper-sprayed protesters and fired crowd-control munitions at them.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Democrats support economic progress and investing in good paying, clean energy jobs while Republicans struggle to explain why the federal government gave billionaires tax cuts. Voters are paying attention heading into Election Day. abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
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Debate over energy costs fuels clear divide in New Jersey, Virginia governor's races
Climbing monthly electricity bills, a growing stressor on U.S. families as demand surges for energy, have emerged as a significant issue in the nation’s only two elections for governor this year and a...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Tomorrow starts the trial of the century. 🥴
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cozybooksonly.bsky.social @cozybooksonly.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
@carmitage.bsky.social has been advocating for this. He even as scripts! ICE harassing voters can be added in. We all have to call! cmarmitage.substack.com/p/5-phone-ca...
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
If ICE agents begins harassing voters on the way to vote on Tuesday, we need local prosecutors to charge the ICE officers with state law crimes. We need to send a message for 2026 that they will be swiftly arrested.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2025
Kamala Harris: "I don't know if we can trust what's coming out of the DOJ right now. And that pains me to say that."
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Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Unpaid soldiers at a food bank is on-brand for the Republicans, who thinks our vets are "suckers and losers" in Trump's words.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2025
DANIELS: Should the next Democratic president be a little bit more involved with the DOJ than Democrats have been in the past? KAMALA HARRIS: No president should think of the DOJ as being their personal attorney
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
it actually offends me how sloppy and careless they are. anyone who’s ever been laid off knows the panic you feel when it happens. and while obviously it’s good that they backtracked, these are people’s fucking LIVELIHOODS they’re messing with.
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Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Stephen Colbert may have been fired by CBS, but he’s making it very clear that he’s not done with his presidential nemesis yet.
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Fired Stephen Colbert Hits Back at Donald Trump With Three Profane Words
“I absolutely love that Colbert got fired,” Trump posted after the bombshell late-night news.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
The clean-up on Aisle Lolita continues not to be going well, it seems
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2025
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Color me SHOCKED!!! Nah, easy one to see coming. Fuckers are predictable about giving money back to the wealthy donors.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Shocking...to no one.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 15/01/2025
Today, I signed an executive order prohibiting greedy land developers from ripping off LA wildfire victims with unsolicited, undervalued offers to buy their destroyed property. Make no mistake — this is a prosecutable crime.
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Read this twice. The FBI failed to interview several key witnesses about Hegseth, including the woman who alleged she was a victim of sexual assault.
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a audience .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a audience .
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/01/2025
Jon Stewart nails it: Republicans want Californians to suffer for partisan politics—but only when blue states are hurting. California pays more in federal taxes than 30 red states combined, but they won’t admit it. SAY IT PLAIN: They’ll punish California because they think it’s the leader of woke!
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
In the middle of WAR, Ukrainian President Zelensky offers to send 150 firefighters to California. Mensch !
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Lots of folks are in need of clothes and everything else. If you are in the LA area, here is one person in particular who could use a hand. 🩵💙🩵💙
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Terri Franzwa @terrifranzwa.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
@fpwellman.bsky.social interviews CAL FIRE Chief. youtu.be/bR7Lpn4LWFQ?...
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On Democracy Sunday with Chief Nate Armstrong of CAL FIRE
YouTube video by On Democracy Channel
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
@karinschall.bsky.social is a BOSS!
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 13/01/2025
The Supreme Court will review ACA's no-cost preventive care mandate. If struck down, millions could lose access to HIV prevention, cancer screenings, and heart treatments. Preventive care saves lives and lowers costs. We can’t go backward. @laurapackard.com amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/...
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Supreme Court to review Obamacare’s no-cost coverage of cancer screenings, heart statins and HIV drugs | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court said Friday it will review the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s no-cost coverage mandates for certain preventive care services, putting the landmark health care law in ...
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
So GREAT TO ATTEND "SAVE OUR HEALTHCARE" Kickoff event with SPEAKER EMERITUS NANCY PELOSI and many great people right here from Blue Sky It is UP to US WE WILL FIGHT & SAVE OUR HEALTHCARE Thank you Madam Speaker And @laurapackard.com @oreggieglobal.bsky.social @votevets.bsky.social
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Trudy Gonzales @trudygonzales.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
All of the House is up for relection in 2 years 20 Republican Senators too WE must make it clear YOU LOSE reelection if you vote to take away the ACA Thankfully too there is the Senate filibuster to STOP the ACA from being eliminated Republicans will try to go after it piecemeal
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
This is why truth matters.
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Lizz Winstead she/her @lizzwinstead.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
This part.
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Bette @betteforeyes.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Merchan's ruling criticized Trump and his lawyers -- "Dangerous rhetoric is not a welcome form of argument and will have no impact on how the Court renders this or any other Decision," Merchan wrote.
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Bette @betteforeyes.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
"The jury's verdict, handed down last summer, made Trump the first U.S. president, current or former, to be criminally convicted."
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Bette @betteforeyes.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
...Indeed, Defendant has gone to great lengths to broadcast on social media and other forums his lack of respect for judges, juries, grand juries and the justice system as a whole," the ruling said.
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Bette @betteforeyes.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
The judge also criticized Trump for his "disdain" for the judiciary. "Defendant's disdain for the Third Branch of government, whether state or federal, in New York or elsewhere, is a matter of public record....
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Bette @betteforeyes.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Merchan's ruling criticized Trump and his lawyers -- "Dangerous rhetoric is not a welcome form of argument and will have no impact on how the Court renders this or any other Decision," Merchan wrote.
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Bette @betteforeyes.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
abcnews.go.com/US/judge-tru... Judge in Trump's hush money case expected to sentence him to 'unconditional discharge'
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Bette @betteforeyes.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
www.ktsm.com/news/nationa...
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What we know about a vehicle attack on pedestrians in New Orleans that killed at least 15
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities say the driver of a pickup truck sped through a crowd of pedestrians gathered in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter district early on New Year’s Day, killing …
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Bette @betteforeyes.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
See KTSM.com
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Bette @betteforeyes.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
He got out of the Army in 2015, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide details that had not yet been made public.
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