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Just some lady

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Lover of democracy and a free world. Gardening my way through the madness.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/09/2026
The Bulwark community has raised more than $100,000 for the Haitian Support Center in Springfield, Ohio, which is helping families with food, transportation, legal assistance, and other basic needs. If you’re able, please consider donating.
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The Bulwark Community Stands With Springfield
Over the past year, we’ve been telling you about what is happening to Springfield’s Haitian community, and about the extraordinary people there who have stepped up to help their friends and neighbors through an incredibly difficult time. Now we’re asking the Bulwark community to step up with them. We’re raising money for the Haitian Support Center, which is on the ground in Springfield helping families with food, transportation, legal assistance, and other basic needs.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 25/09/2026
Election deniers are running for attorney general in states around the country—and major corporations like Microsoft, General Motors, Home Depot and others are backing them financially.
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Corporations are backing election deniers running for attorney general - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Major corporations have donated to multiple attorney general candidates with a record of election denialism.
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Just some lady @bigblueplanet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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White House Removes CNN From Planned Weekend Trip
The network was scheduled to cover President Trump’s trip to Tennessee Saturday on behalf of a pool of TV news networks.
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Just some lady @bigblueplanet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
❤️ You love to see it
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Halt super-intelligent AI with non-proliferation treaty, Ed Davey to say
At Lib Dems’ conference in Brighton, leader will accuse Andy Burnham of relying on Donald Trump and ‘tech bros’ to solve problem
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Democracy Defender @loveroffreedom.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If they show up call your local police about armed agents disrupting voting. Record license plates, faces and cars vin numbers if able. Travel in groups and help protect each other. theicelist.org/index.php/Ma...
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ICE List Wiki
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: A new lawsuit is challenging DHS over its unverified claims that thousands of noncitizens are on state voter rolls. Plaintiffs warn flawed federal data could wrongly target lawful voters.
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New lawsuit challenges DHS over unverified noncitizen voter roll claims
At the center of the case is the Trump administration’s claim that more than 190,000 people on California’s voter rolls may be noncitizens — a figure DHS has not publicly substantiated or explained…
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 30/08/2026
Don’t lose track of what else is going on while Trump draws headlines with clownish efforts at cartography.
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Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE (Gift Article)
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This year's annual "benchmark" revisions will reduce estimated employment by just 79,000 jobs, per preliminary data from @BLS_gov. That's an encouraging sign after two years of unusually large downward revisions. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/b... #EconSky
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Smaller Revision Points to More Accurate Jobs Numbers (Gift Article)
The 2026 revisions by the Bureau of Labor Statistics represent a downward adjustment of just 0.1 percent of the total work force.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A big chunk of Gary, Indiana has been without power for two weeks. Reno, Nevada just evacuated a third of its residents because of wildfire. And President Trump is leaning over a laptop with his Natalie feverishly working on an AI generated meme of Mark Carney in baby clothes being spanked.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“There are foreign-policy implications to all this. Some day we’ll need friends and see only the satisfied spite of the previously jealous. Nothing good comes from this. When corruption is allowed, it governs not today but tomorrow too.” www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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Opinion | The Art of the Self-Deal
Thoughts on how Trump-era corruption is affecting Americans as a people.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 19/08/2026
🚨WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL FLIP TO REPORT🚨 Democrat Brandon Dukes has FLIPPED Pennsylvania State House District 12, a seat that Donald Trump won by 18 points in 2024. This is a huge upset and a major warning sign for Republicans in November!
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Joshua Weissman Flipping Pancakes
Alt: Joshua Weissman Flipping Pancakes
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Just some lady @bigblueplanet.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Why are we still stuck in this freaking timeline? I thought for sure it would be over when Bluesky came back online.
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DianaTripper @tripperday.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Wonderful escape into the eclipse.
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Photos: The Total Solar Eclipse of 2026
In Western Europe, millions of people looked into the sky, hoping to witness today’s total solar eclipse as the moon’s shadow swept over them, briefly turning day into night.
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Just some lady @bigblueplanet.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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When protest becomes ‘TERRORISM’:The Trump admin's escalating war on dissent
YouTube video by MS NOW
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/08/2026
This is what it looks like when you want to reform gov't to make it work better: you gather real experts & proceed in a methodical, transparent way. As opposed to gathering barely post-adolescent trolls with names like Big Balls & setting them loose with wrecking balls behind the scenes.
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Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Tech Team Is What DOGE Should Have Been
The mayor of New York City has assembled a crew of Silicon Valley and United States Digital Service veterans to overhaul city services with better software.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 07/08/2026
Hundreds of Save Our Signs volunteers compiled more than 17,000 photos of national parks signs, including at least 60 that were later removed or altered by the Trump administration. Volunteers were able to document what some of these changes look like with “before” and “after” photos.
A collage of images from the Save Our Signs archive
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Occupy Wall Street @occupywallstnyc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
🚨🚨🚨CONFIRMED ICE IN THE BRONX, RAPID RESPONSE AND PATROLS NEEDED! S: ~4 A: Standing around, in and around cars, speaking with people L: E 188th st & Hughes Ave U: vests, masks T: 3:34 PM 8/8 E: ? ICE OUT OF NEW YORK! #abolishICE
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This whole thing was to make Fauci fry, And the GOP gave it a try. Those obstreperous bitches Keep hunting for witches; The Doctor just wouldn’t comply. www.kcra.com/article/fauc...
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Dr. Anthony Fauci has testified before Congress numerous times. Why take the Fifth now?
Dr. Anthony Fauci has testified before Congress numerous times. Why take the Fifth now?
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Since his “unity” call didn’t work, He reverted to being a jerk. Mere political ploy From a nepotist boy Who thought power a birthright Paul perk. time.com/archive/6597...
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How the Pauls (Ron and Rand) Are Reshaping Politics
Ron and Rand Paul understand that libertarianism is merging with populism to explosive effect. How a new political dynasty is scrambling American politics
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Politico @politico.com · 04/08/2026
Would a 2028 Harris campaign mean reliving 2024? Pete Buttigieg says no. “This is about bigger things than whether somebody gets their feelings hurt by a page in a book,” he said. “This is about the trajectory of Western civilization.” 🔗 politi.co/3RSLiin
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Senate to confirm a rioter sympathizer as AG?? PATHETIC!! Full breakdown — rioter payments, Max Miller, Todd Blanche, Epstein survivors: www.standingourground.us/p/theyre-pay...
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They're paying the rioters. They're protecting the abusers. And nobody's stopping them.
A typical week for the Republican Party
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Just some lady @bigblueplanet.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Trump has demanded that Kennedy get on with it all, and reduce the number of vaccines kids get. But the White House staff asked Kennedy to tone it down before the midterms 🫤 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Turns Up the Heat on RFK Jr. to Cut Back Childhood Vaccines
​The president is focused on the shots’ alleged tie to autism, even though White House advisers wanted to tone down attention to the issue ahead of the midterms.
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Real Blue Patriot @realbluepatriot.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/07/2026
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
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Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
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Just some lady @bigblueplanet.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Trump has demanded that Kennedy get on with it all, and reduce the number of vaccines kids get. But the White House staff asked Kennedy to tone it down before the midterms 🫤 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Trump Turns Up the Heat on RFK Jr. to Cut Back Childhood Vaccines
​The president is focused on the shots’ alleged tie to autism, even though White House advisers wanted to tone down attention to the issue ahead of the midterms.
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Suzanne McCain @mccainsuzanne.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
People actually need to prepare for delays due to bomb threats. Republicans are desperate and evil.
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Common Cause North Carolina @commoncausenc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
With just under 100 days until Election Day 2026, voting rights advocates outlined what voter protection efforts will look like between now and Election Day across all 100 counties as North Carolinians prepare to cast their ballots. WATCH: bit.ly/4yAdZ42
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100 Days to Election Day: Protecting North Carolina Voters
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 27/07/2026
Thus far Dem primary voters have been impressively wise in selecting their 2026 nominees. With a few exceptions, they’ve chosen further left candidates in safe blue races - giving their ideas a seat at the table - and more traditional candidates in tougher races. Let’s keep that wisdom going.
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DianaTripper @tripperday.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Escapism is extremely healthy in today’s America. If you need a pleasant morning read, this is it. 🌻
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18/07/2026
As a third person was killed in an immigration enforcement operation in the past week, the president posted to social media, “The men and women of ICE are doing a GREAT job, one that has to be done. CRIME IS WAY DOWN IN AMERICA.” trib.al/HeB8bGl
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NPR @npr.org · 18/07/2026
The revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts. n.pr/4f9OdMn
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ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with Palantir
The revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.
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Just some lady @bigblueplanet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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‘Kimmel’ Guest Host Tiffany Haddish Roasts Trump’s Fourth of July Party
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Just some lady @bigblueplanet.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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‘There Is No Going Back’: The Inside Story of Europe’s Rupture With America
Trump’s tariffs, threats against Greenland spurred a rebellion by top leaders; the limits of “flattery diplomacy.”
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 03/07/2026
The cultural discourse around avoiding alcohol never convinced Sarah Miller—and why sober up when the world is burning? Then life intervened. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/X2N_8q
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A Diehard Drinker Accidentally Quits
The cultural discourse around avoiding alcohol never convinced Sarah Miller—and why sober up when the world is burning? Then life intervened.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This really isn’t hard
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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
BREAKING: Trump’s rule change for the Office of Management and Budget will not only require agencies to ensure grants advance the president’s priorities, it will also kill up to 5,000 clinical trials — including 1,000 cancer treatment studies fight2win.standupforscience.net @standupforscience.net
TRUMP'S NEW FEDERAL GRANT GUIDELINES COULD KILL
5,000 CRITICAL
HENCAL
STUDIES
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
At least the suit wasn’t tan.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Question: Are Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil infrastructure having a real impact, not only undermining Russia's war machine but also making regular Russians feel costs of war in unignorable ways? Answer: Picture of car line waiting to get fuel, so long that there are port-a-potties along the way.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation. This is a national crisis. Trump thinks the public will stop paying attention. So I went to the Senate floor to call his bluff. I told the ENTIRE STORY of his 500 days of corruption. 1/ Here it is - in one🧵
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DianaTripper @tripperday.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Inspiring!!! 🇺🇸 As we stand tall and work to save our country’s future, keep the faith and take it to a Higher Ground. Unite, fight & win in November and beyond. youtu.be/3DaQyvBRqL8?...
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WATCH: Stevie Wonder sings 'Higher Ground' with Jennifer Hudson, Common, John Legend
YouTube video by ABC 7 Chicago
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Resistance isn't a noun, it's an action. #georgiaprotests
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Got my macaroni salad past TSA
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 30/05/2026
Next week Senate Republicans are poised to give ICE and CBP tens of billions of dollars to funnel right to private, well-connected companies like GEO Group. What’s are they offering to help you? Nothing. For them, Delaney Hall is just the start. Their corrupt & cruel agenda will be up for a vote.
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Just some lady @bigblueplanet.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Last Memorial Day was the coldest on record. This year, we might drown if these heavy rains don’t end.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Masked federal agents tear gassing & pepper spraying children is a feature, not a bug, of Trump's America. Devastating @propublica.org report about the harm ICE has inflicted on kids. Sickening stuff. You can't reform an agency this evil or violent, you must abolish it.
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Kids Are Being Harmed by Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Under Trump. There Could Be Long-Term Consequences.
In several cities, judges have chastised federal immigration officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”
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Just some lady @bigblueplanet.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
America is broken and I’m mad as hell
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Sarah Fitzpatrick @sfitz787.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
EXCLUSIVE: My latest story for @theatlantic.com : www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The FBI Director’s Unusual Calling Card
“Ka$h Patel” bourbon is his newest innovation.
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DianaTripper @tripperday.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The amazing Victoria Louise oriental poppy for your pleasure. #gardening
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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Trump gets another DoorDash delivery
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