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Blue Shelly

@blueshelly.bsky.social
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LIberal in Georgia. Fighting authoritarians in power. ANTI-FASCIST anti-Trillionaire #ClimateChange 🌎 #Rescuedogs #WOMENSRIGHTS are human rights I'll follow you if you have something written in your profile. #DSA #ERA #BlueVoter #RESIST

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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 10h
Not The Onion: Hegseth Announces Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich Will Help Lead the Military God help us. newrepublic.com/post/216045/... via @newrepublic.com
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Hegseth Announces Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich Will Help Lead Military
Pete Hegseth revealed that the men will help direct a project to determine the future of the military.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Interesting. I wonder if the WH knows that the USGS.gov web site still has the Gulf of Mexico labeled as the Gulf of Mexico. Don't tell them! www.usgs.gov/media/images...
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General Reference Printable Map
The National Atlas offers hundreds of page-size, printable maps that can be downloaded at home, at the office, or in the classroom at no cost.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm sure the US pro-genocide delegation stayed seated.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Who is applauding Trump at the UN? I was shocked to hear that. He sounds delusional as always yet he gets applause soon after saying he might just blow up all of Iran. #UN #Trumpspeech
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This makes me sick. Stephen Miller makes me sick too. Trump Sends Millions [of OUR money] to Authoritarian Leaders in Deportation Crackdown So far over $400 million newrepublic.com/post/215679/... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump Sends Millions to Authoritarian Leaders in Deportation Crackdown
The deals were made at the behest of Stephen Miller.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is weird and creepy. Today I got this email that says my package was "from AI" Nope, it was from Apple, via UPS. So did AI take over one of those companies?
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So instead of space exploration, they are preparing our military to use space as a battlefield. “US troops must prepare to fight around the moon, Trump's top military adviser says” apnews.com/live/trump-i...
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Federal Reserve defies Trump, hikes key interest rate for first time in 3 years
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly-high inflation.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Orange Baby is calling his own war a scam. A "SCAM confligration". He's having a breakdown about AI too.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Voter information is now "evidence" in 30 states according to the DOJ. This tells us what Trump is planning - Seize all the votes from the Midterms and declare it a "hoax" election after they go through the voter lists and pretend many of the votes are illegal. newrepublic.com/post/215273/...
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DOJ Threatens Charges Against State Officials Not Caving on Voter Data
The Department of Justice is expanding its crusade to seize voter data, despite a series of losses in court.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Trump Commies are buying up corporations, which is part of actual communism. "The Commerce Department announced this week that six more companies are set to join the federal government’s rapidly expanding corporate portfolio, bringing the total to 30..." www.cato.org/blog/governm...
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Government Ownership Stakes in Companies Becoming Routine Under Trump
Republicans warning that communists are taking over the Democratic Party might first ask why their own administration is so eager to have the government acquire pieces of private companies.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Not a dog whistle, a dog howl: JD Vance equates other races with being dirty and poor. I wonder how his dirty poor wife can stand this guy.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's it weird that the FCC threatens ABC on running a Talarico interview, but then runs this sham Repub convention two nights in a row LIVE on FOX Noise?
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
He wants to pay everyone to keep Repubs in power. I'm not sure but I think this is illegal vote buying or bribery at the least. I wouldn't vote for a Republican if you gave me a million $$$. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump pledges $5K ‘Trump dividend’ if Republicans hold onto Congress
President Trump pledged a $5,000 payout to U.S. adults on Wednesday, but only if Republicans hold onto their majority in Congress come November. “Here is my promise: if the Republicans win th…
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It seems kind of ridiculous now that this started out as a phone and is still supposed to be a phone and now it costs $2,000 and looks less like a phone than ever. #AppleDuo www.pcmag.com/opinions/why...
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Why I Regret Buying a Foldable Phone (And Why You Should Think Twice About the iPhone Duo)
The iPhone Duo looks great on paper, but after 12 months with a Galaxy Z Fold, I've learned why two screens aren't better than one.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fetterman is speaking tonight at the Repub's Convention in TX - the Trumpapaloser. What is going on with him? He is reportedly going to praise Donald Trump. ?? #Fetterman www.axios.com/2026/09/09/f...
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Exclusive: Fetterman to praise Trump in bombshell GOP convention video
His stunning turn is a dramatic escalation in the senator's growing estrangement from Democrats.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This whole thing comes from the swirling fantasies in Trump's brain. None of it's true, just like his story of firemen dragging him from Ground Zero by his armpits.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
These bruises on his arm at a recent golf outing shows how sick Trump really is. My Dad had these on both arms for about 3 years before he died. It's a sign of bad circulation and probable heart disease. #TrumpBruises
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Why not just discourage people to not eat beef? It’s not healthy or necessary. And I guarantee that if ranchers package their own (how?) they will miss parasites and mad cow disease. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump faces down beef backlash. Will import plan pay off?
President Trump is pushing ahead with his plan to import foreign beef as a way to reduce prices for Americans, despite the backlash from cattle farmers and Republicans whose states would be most be…
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Over-coverage of the Clancy mother murders has already led to a copycat murder. I think the Clancy case has received about 10X as much coverage as the Epstein Files, for which the victims still don't have justice, and now they are being ignored. people.com/illinois-mom...
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Illinois Mom Accused of Killing 2-Year-Old Son After Becoming ‘Invested’ in Lindsay Clancy Case
Corie A. Walsh, 40, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old son, Barrett Walsh. Witnesses reportedly told police that Walsh had become interested in the trial of Linds...
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Remember when Repubs lost their minds when Obama wore a tan suit? And this guy has a *mistress* which I find incomprehensible. #Paxton
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem was brilliant. Who today is talking to the public this way? Especially when we have so many misogynists in the White House and Congress. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I hope Texas says no! newrepublic.com/post/215068/...
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Trump Says to Vote for Ken Paxton Even Though He’s Dumb and Ugly
Donald Trump made a very interesting case for Paxton’s Senate candidacy.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oh no, not Gloria Steinem too. Another feminist icon. 🥲✊ apnews.com/article/glor...
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Gloria Steinem, a potent voice of US feminism and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 92
Gloria Steinem, the most visible symbol and potent voice of the U.S. women's movement in the '60s and '70s and a fierce advocate for feminist causes for the rest of her life, has died at 92.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Trump Strait is next. I can't take two more years of this big greedy baby naming things after himself. newrepublic.com/post/215055/...
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Trump Proposes New Name for Yet Another Body of Water
This time it’s the Strait of Hormuz.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
How is this legal? Cutting 92 polling places is a big deal. I hope someone is making plans for buses or vans to pick people up to go vote if it's too far for them to drive. But come on, someone sue this county! This is blatant voter suppression. www.newsweek.com/texas-county...
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Texas county that has slowly shifted blue cuts 92 polling places
While Republicans said polling sites change for "practical reasons," Democrats in the county believe the reason is political.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Again, today, Trump falls asleep during a meeting, in front of reporters. He obviously can't do his job if he's asleep. He's running a war FFS. He makes our country look so weak it makes me so sad. newrepublic.com/post/214942/...
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Trump, 80, Zonks Out as His Team Brags He’s Fixed Health Care
Donald Trump couldn’t keep his eyes open as his advisers claimed health care is so much more affordable now.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
YES! We need this ASAP.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is a FANTASTIC idea, God. Please make it happen! Trump gets his gaudy ballroom, paid for by us, and not one of us will ever be invited to any event held in it.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Why doesn't the media use more 'normal' photos of Trump instead of the repulsive ones on repeat daily? Look at these kids! Here he is in 1977 with his new bride Ivana. Years later he would have her pushed down her staircase and then buried at his golf course in NJ for the huge tax break. #Ivana
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Reading this makes me sick. I don't know what the US is becoming, but I don't like it, and I hope the people doing this are punished. ICE should be destroyed and those agents need to stand trial for human rights abuses. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
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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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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The US does not own the Great Lakes. This is meaningless. And incredibly petty and ridiculous. Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' apnews.com/live/trump-i...
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Live updates: Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'
President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America” in the U.S. as he intensifies a trade war with Canada. He renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America" i...
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My parents went on a trip to Missouri about 20 years ago and saw Dolly's show there. Later they "met" her in a handshake line. My Dad was a giddy as a teenager meeting his idol but only because of her celebrity and image. They were really nothing like her. She was just better than most people.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Now he might just tear down the whole Kennedy Center. We need a real Marvel super hero to stop him because Congress won't do anything. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-threat...
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Trump Threatens to Demolish Kennedy Center if Name Is Removed
The warning is the first time the administration has floated the idea of knocking down the center if Trump doesn’t get his way.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What happened to the Green Party? They are imploding. Picking Republicans who won't show their faces to be their candidates? I long time ago I liked the Green Party. (Pre-Jill Stein) #greenparty www.wlns.com/your-local-e...
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How an unknown candidate secured the Green Party nod in Michigan with minimal vetting
The Green Party of Michigan nominated Shane Dedrick for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District despite his previous financial contributions to a Republican presidential campaign and lack of pr…
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This sums it up.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Natalie Harp is a new twist on Clinton/Monica. Though we really don't know they aren't having sex. I think we need to demand the Ken Starr treatment on Trump to find out. She is inappropriate in about 100 ways, not just her letters. www.cnn.com/2026/08/21/p...
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‘My Guardian and Protector’: Natalie Harp letters express her devotion to Trump | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s close aide Natalie Harp expressed her utmost loyalty to him in at least two letters addressed to the president, which were published by The Daily Beast on Thursday amid increa...
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I don't recall any MSM network reporting on Trump's money laundering. Super important, you would think, especially since he's now been given permission to open an actual Bank, of crypto, worth $4 billion already. Why is this story being mostly ignored by our "news" media? #TrumpBank
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
No, he'll call it the Trump Strait, and everyone will ignore him, as they should. No one says Gulf of America either.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I'd like to know who actually likes the orange cream cold brew from Starbucks. I just poured half of mine out because it's truly a monstrosity. It made me feel nauseous. Let this be your warning. #starbucks 🤮
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If Trump wants his name on things that he's "restoring" why not put his name on a little plaque displayed inside the building in a picture frame. I hope the Kennedys raise holy hell about this. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/a...
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Kennedy Center Board Decides to Inscribe Trump’s Name on Building (Gift Article)
The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge’s order to remove his name.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We need to get rid of ICE. The day Trump is finally gone.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This isn't mentioned a lot but the East Wing of the White House that Trump demolished contained all of the history of the First Ladys in interactive displays, new photo displays, etc., which was overseen by Jill Biden. He also shredded the First Lady's office, which is now stuck in some hallway.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2026
Peggy Flanagan: "We need to rip ICE apart and stop from them from terrorizing our communities"
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We are entering a new level of this Nightmare Era here in the US: electric shock gloves. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
NOAA is pulling out of the annual Arctic Climate report with "no rationale given." Even though the Arctic is melting and we all should probably know how bad it is. thehill.com/policy/energ...
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NOAA pulls support from Arctic climate report
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is pulling its support from an Arctic climate and environment report it has helped with in the past. Rick Thoman, lead editor for the 2026…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/08/2026
Soon, there won’t be any safe food left.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
They're popular with me! "James Carville has argued that progressive and democratic socialists are “too hotheaded to know that they’re not popular.” thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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Florida House candidate calls out Carville: ‘foolhardy to be exclusive’ to democratic socialists
Florida House candidate Oliver Larkin (D) on Sunday called out Democratic strategist James Carville’s remarks against the Democratic Party opening up to more progressive and democratic social…
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
They want to prosecute Dr. Fauci but not the two ICE murderers who executed two innocent civilians who were protesting in Minnesota. Dr. Fauci did nothing wrong. No one had to follow his advice, but the government (Trump at the time) chose to. www.cnn.com/2026/08/06/p...
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Republican-led Senate panel will ask Justice Department to charge Dr. Anthony Fauci with contempt of Congress | CNN Politics
A Senate committee voted Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, advancing an audacious effort by Republicans to prosecute the well-known scientist over his role in the US governme...
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This was a Black Mirror episode, only the victim was a woman and the drone was one of those dog-like robots. "Metalhead" (Season 4, Episode 5) Horrors like being chased by a drone are going to happen more often now that it's reality and not fiction.
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Blue Shelly @blueshelly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Our government is headed by a sociopath and served by sycophants who can't tell the truth because they are cowards. America is led by an authoritarian. Who stands up for us?Where are the people who have even the courage of these brave dogs? www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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