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Gail Gottlieb

@bkgail.bsky.social
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Political junkie, scientist, avid reader, birder, knitter, educator

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 8h
Trump has claimed that states are “merely an ‘agent’ for the federal government” and they must do what the president tells them. “Almost nothing in that statement is correct as a matter of law,” Marc Elias says. Keep an eye on the people trying to rewrite the rules: demdock.com/4rSKLdE
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 7h
7 shots fired. 4 pm in afternoon. At a car with 5-year old in it. Can’t use deadly force except in response to imminent threat of death of serious bodily injury. As in, from what we know, a blatantly illegal shooting. That’s without regard to victim’s criminal record. 7 Shots Fired.
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 12h
The cruelty is the point.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h
It’s bleak! Someone on topic, I just read Bill Bryson’s “At Home” and was struck by how casually barbaric society was until very recently. As you are well aware, we are not far from that history; not at all. And the people in power right now would love to bring us back.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/10/2026
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"This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.
 
The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them – all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.
 
Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment.
 
To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity."
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pope Leo XIV’s top ally in Washington Cardinal Robert McElroy has told Catholics to convert the politicians who tolerate Trump’s war on immigrants “or replace them.” He was met with a standing ovation.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
GEORGIANS—check your registration, & if you’re not registered, register TODAY. LAST DAY
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A whole political movement should be stood up against this arrogant and sociopathic bullshit www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is psychosis. The president of the United States is psychotic. Is the media going to start talking about this, or continue to normalize it?
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
It shouldn't be difficult to get the money you're owed. On day 34 of our administration, we launched NYC Free Tax Prep for the 2026 filing season. So far, it’s saved New Yorkers $226.6 million. Visit nyc.gov/TaxPrep to find a Free Tax Prep site near you.
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Golden Ghouls Quotes 🎃 @goldengirls85.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Blanche: It's a calendar! Each month has the picture of a man who's brought some special joy into my life. Dorothy: Oh, Blanche. Oh, honey. This is so thoughtful. WHOA! Blanche: September? Dorothy: Yep. Sophia: I'm surprised you were able to walk in October. #GoldenGirls
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
CNN on the last jobs report before the midterms: "It came in cold -- surprisingly cold. Job growth weaker than expected, unemployment unexpectedly went up, and paychecks aren't keeping up with prices. This was disappointing all around."
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melindamosheim @melindamosheim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey Jim, i love that you're having on these inspiring people running for office! @jimacosta.bsky.social @samforstag.bsky.social
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I still can't get over how this dude looks like he's trying to sell me ketamine in a gas station restroom
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In bragging about the power of genetics, Donald Trump always trots out his uncle's job to piggyback on his higher IQ. But he never mentions his own father's dementia/Alzheimer's, which got so bad that the family had a fake office for him to pretend to go to work in and sign blank pieces of paper.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Donald Trump has agreed to stop fighting in court the disbursement of E Jean Carroll’s $5m verdict in her 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against him because he literally has no where else to run. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump agrees to end court fight against $5m verdict in E Jean Carroll case
The verdict stems from Carroll’s 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against Trump
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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest: I wrote about internal ICE reviews---now deleted from ICE's website---revealing new details medical neglect in detention centers. The reports contradict DHS' public statements both generally and specifically about in-custody deaths reason.com/2026/10/01/i...
According to the internal report on Blaise's death, "A mortality review committee (MRC) determined BTC did not provide Ms. BLAISE medical care within the safe limits of practice."

The MRC found that, after Blaise collapsed, "1) BTC health staff deviated from basic life support (BLS) protocols; 2) Health staff failed to initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), despite Ms. BLAISE's pulselessness; and 3) Health staff did not include Ms. BLAISE's vital signs with their documentation of the emergency response."

The mortality report contradicts the public report ICE published on Blaise's death, which claimed that staff called for emergency medical services (EMS) and "immediately began cardiopulmonary resuscitation" and "continued providing CPR until EMS personnel arrived."
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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hegseth purged all the trans and woke cybersecurity specialists aaaaaaaand
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
everyone lucked the hell out on the terror attack today where the co-pilot stabbed the pilot, passengers took down the attacker *and* there seem to have been two off-duty pilots who were able to land the plane safely. Could have been one of the worst attacks for a while otherwise.
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jstreetdotorg.bsky.social @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The quiet brutality of occupation can be measured in hours stolen from people’s lives. The hours spent at checkpoints, the school and work missed or even the ambulances delayed. 1/2
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How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Russia has committed an aggression and is conducting an unlawful war... against Ukraine... I want Putin to get in front of the ICC." UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, responds to critics who say she's pro-Russia. My full Zeteo interview with her: zeteo.com/p/albanese-t...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/09/2026
100% should follow him around for the rest of what’s left of his political career. His 2028 VP hopes were dashed in two minutes and I love that for him.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anyone notice how Pete Hegseth spent the first few weeks of the Iran bombing campaign in front of the cameras telling us how awesome it was going and now we haven’t seen him for months?
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Lorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
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Scubagrl @scubagrl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@freddd717.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/ajfi...
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thx for the campaign ad.
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☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
DNA testing showed 30 years ago that *a* Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings. But holdouts desperately claimed it wasn't Thomas. Now DNA from a lock of Thomas Jefferson's hair cut on his deathbed proves it was him: www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...
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Did Thomas Jefferson Father Sally Hemings' Children? After More Than a Decade of Research, the Answer Is Finally Firmly in Hand
A lock of hair, advances in genetic science and a community of descendants all contributed to solving an American mystery
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 28/09/2026
"Odd" is one way of putting it.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A little #poem for cat lovers. Happy #Caturday
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Should be bigger news, no? www.propublica.org/article/debu...
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I can tell you what Xi thinks of the Orange Chicken here
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Michigan, absentee ballots have gone out. The election is HERE. Make sure you have a plan to vote by November 3rd to get money out of politics, put money in pockets, and pass Medicare for All! 🗳️ abdulforsenate.com/vote 🗳️
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-s…
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Judges? We don't need no stinkin' judges.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That's not possible. In 2025, the smartest person in history took complete control of federal government IT and his "DOGE" modernized and secured everything. Right? Surely that wasn't just a data heist by a billionaire white nationalist and a bunch of 20-year-old freaks from neo-Nazi chatrooms?
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Hackers Say They Stole Thousands of Sensitive F.B.I. Personnel Records
The compromise, if confirmed, would be the latest in a string of cybersecurity failures at the F.B.I., which said it was investigating the matter.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE shot Wilber Perez in the back. Now, Wilber can’t move the left side of his body. How does paralyzing a DoorDash driver make anyone more safe?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 23/09/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE agents after working in the U.S. for 35 years. His sons, Ronaldo and Lorenzo Jr., testified before Congress and reminded us that this rogue agency MUST be held accountable for its horrific actions.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The incompetence is staggering.
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