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Ali Winston @awinston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The ICE agent seen brandishing an AR-15 at the scene of yesterday’s shooting in NYC’s Marble Hill has a record of lying, excessive force & getting caught by judges. He also goes by “Shooter Cuni” on social media, & posts the same gun he had on him today W/@dmehro.bsky.social @regret.bsky.social

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

...Asked if Hasan had made any final requests or reached out to President Donald Trump, Hegseth said: "Don't care. We'll see him on December 3rd." 🔗 Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says

Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In fact, Trump has cited Iran doing this exact type of stuff as justification for our attacks "Rules for thee, not for me" As reported by the BBC: Hegseth said in an interview with conservative TV outlet Real America's Voice that Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be"...

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hegseth is planning to make an example out of Hasan, livestreamed for the world to see Former Army major Nidal Hasan, who is responsible for the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, is set to be publicly executed via livestream per Hegseth Unprecedented on multiple fronts and entirely unhinged

BBC News graphic, photo credited to Reuters. Close-up of Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, a man with gray hair and a stern expression, wearing a navy suit, white checked shirt, and a navy-and-red striped tie, photographed outdoors against a clear blue sky. A red "BREAKING" label appears above the headline: "Fort Hood shooter's execution by firing squad to be livestreamed - Pentagon."

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Not outcomes Not need Not skills or scope of service Income In a country that routinely underfunds social safety nets, as well as community health and public health efforts. And not long after gutting CMS Hmmm

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Social work does not seem to be a lucrative enough career to make the cut under the new guidelines for federal student loans Careers that don't make graduates enough money post-college are facing exclusion from federal student loan funding

Close-up photo of Linda McMahon, U.S. Secretary of Education, a woman with light blonde, voluminous hair and blue eyes, looking upward with a solemn expression against a dark background. Overlaid white text reads: "'I'm speechless, my God!"
' Dismay as Trump admin rolls out 'worthy' student rule.'"

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15/09/2026

BREAKING: Rep. Thomas Massie has introduced eight articles of impeachment for “high crimes and misdemeanors” by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 16/09/2026

The Defense Department’s inspector general reports a major munitions shortfall—and damage to U.S. bases throughout the region. trib.al/hwlI6kb

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Pentagon Watchdog Reveals Devastating U.S. Losses in Iran War

The Defense Department’s inspector general reports a major munitions shortfall—and damage to U.S. bases throughout the region.

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

When you try to play it safe but end up playing yourself Only doing the "right thing" when the "right people" are looking or being harmed is not integrity Solidarity requires you to put your integrity before your comfort 🤷🏼‍♀️

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People's Action @pplsaction.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

446 hospitals at risk. 6.6 million patients in danger. 275,000 jobs on the line. The Big Ugly Law isn't "beautiful" — and it's certainly not big enough to protect our communities. Medicare for All is the answer. peoplesactioninstitute.org/m4a

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This manufactured outrage has nothing to do with the families of the victims and the scar left on NYC and everything to do with activating a very tired trope of Islamophobia in the U.S., and it is part of a larger pattern of behavior 🔗 Read more: www.cnn.com/2026/09/11/u...

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New video shows interaction between NYC Mayor Mamdani and AOC at 9/11 ceremony after the moment sparked debate | CNN

A brief interaction between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez captured on video Friday during a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks on Septem...

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

But what is even more interesting is that the footage aligns with the report from Michael Ragusa, former head of security (or aide, reporting varies slightly), who says he was right next to them at the event

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There has been a lot of speculation and hurling attacks with very little evidence and practically zero context Well, @cnn.com is reporting there is a longer video footage from an isolated camera that shows the actual exchange. Nothing quite like what has been reported

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I am sure you have heard the online vitriol from the right about a very short clip (4 seconds, I believe) between Mayor Mamdani and Congressperson Ocasio-Cortez, where they appear to be laughing during the 25th anniversary ceremony of the 9/11 attacks

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A lifelong Republican has debunked the salacious claim that Mamdani and AOC were callously laughing at the 9/11 ceremony

Screenshot of a news article headlined "New video shows interaction between NYC Mayor Mamdani and AOC at 9/11 ceremony after the moment sparked debate," by Emma Tucker (byline photo included). Below is a video thumbnail from the ceremony's outdoor event with metal barricades, showing Mamdani smiling, surrounded by people in formal attire, with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez partially visible in the foreground. A play button and caption overlay read 'Full video shows meeting between New York Mayor Zohran...' with a duration of 0:35."

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

And: "Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!' –Matthew 7:22-23

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Also: "If anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, even the elect." –Matthew 24:23-24

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man..." –Romans 1:22-23 I thought idolatry was a sin? But wtf do I know? I am just an apostate 🙃

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Lazy day vibes for turning 35! Hanging with Tabby 🥰

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The fact that this quote was posted the day before she passed is just blowing my mind I think about all the caretakers who ignore their own health and well-being for those they care for What a heavy burden to carry 🔗 Link to original post: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Jw9...

A PopCulture.com graphic featuring a close-up portrait photo of Dolly Parton — her signature voluminous platinum blonde hair, warm smile, dramatic lashes, and berry-toned lips filling most of the frame against a soft light background.
The pull quote overlaid on the lower portion of the image reads:
"I am dealing with some health issues that I just didn't pay attention to when I was watching over Carl."
— DOLLY PARTON

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The ones who know it is BS will generally brush it off as such, but the ones who truly believe it are falling for the propaganda and voting accordingly Emotions get stuff done when you want to keep a population reactive and distracted

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

But here is the real problem: the people they are signaling to often do not know that. The belief is that "transition" means hormones and surgery. And so the use of that word is meant to activate their rage and/or fear, not appeal to their logic 👇🏻

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Things like preferred name, pronouns, and gender presentation; for some, it can also mean hormones and surgeries. It means that a school that respects a child's pronouns or preferred name without their parents' permission can be framed as "secretly transitioning" the child 👇🏻

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Language matters: Note the claim and use of the term "transition" here It is a vague and broad term. "Transitioning" is an umbrella term used for the process itself, which varies greatly from person to person 👇🏻

Top section: A news graphic showing Sec. McMahon, in a purple/blue blazer, speaking at a podium with the Presidential Seal, with Trump in a dark suit and yellow tie visible to her left against a backdrop of American flags. The caption reads:
Education Sec. Linda McMahon: "After the Biden administration allowed schools to secretly transition students without parents' knowledge, President Trump is defending parental rights like never before"
Bottom section: A reply post from Travis Akers (@travisakers, verified, with an American flag emoji), which reads:
"There is not a single K-12 public school in the United 'Stares' that transitioned any students. Not one.
Y'all think we just keep an operating room back behind the cafeteria or something and trans kids during recess?
People are so dumb."

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Well damn. We have lost such a bright ray of light in these dark times... 🔗 Read the @apnews.com release here: apnews.com/article/doll...

An AP (Associated Press) article screenshot under the Entertainment section.
Headline: "Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure who spanned generations, dies at 80"
Byline: By Kristin M. Hall
The photo shows Dolly Parton seated in a cushioned armchair against a warm burnt-orange/terracotta background, in what appears to be a professional portrait setting. She is wearing a red and black fitted top with black lace patterned leggings, with her signature voluminous blonde hair and polished appearance. She is posed confidently with one arm resting on the chair, looking directly at the camera with a composed, assured expression. Her signature long red nails are visible.

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The mountains look beautiful, shrouded in mist. I love Colorado so much 🥹

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23/08/2026

“I’d say since she was, like, 16, she’s had an obsession with, um, gosh, how do I explain this? Um, she’s written letters to other presidents, let me put it that way,” her brother said on CNN. trib.al/Z3DESpa

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

...Native-born women are expected to hover around 1.50 through mid-century. Foreign-born women still have higher birth rates, but those are also falling. 🔗 Read more: www.vice.com/en/article/u...

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U.S. Death Rate Expected to Surpass Birth Rate by 2030, Report Claims

According to a new Congressional Budget Office report, by 2030, more Americans will die each year than will be born.

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Fertility rates have been dropping for years, and the CBO now projects that the total fertility rate will drop to 1.53 births per woman in 2026, well below the 2.1 needed to maintain a stable population... 👇🏻

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The shift is driven by two forces, neither of which is good for our long-term demographic health. The first is that Americans are having fewer children, and the second is that the country is letting in fewer immigrants. 👇🏻

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Because not only are our citizens not having enough children at a rate to replace them, but we are so xenophobic that we are no longer getting the population boost we have traditionally relied on as a country As reported by @vicemagazine.bsky.social: 👇🏻

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I wonder why there has been such a big emphasis on limiting reproductive rights and increasing the birth rate? 🤔 👇🏻

A news graphic with a black headline bar at the bottom.
Headline: "THE U.S. IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING A GRIM DEMOGRAPHIC MILESTONE: DEATH RATE EXPECTED TO SURPASS BIRTH RATE BY 2030"
The graphic image is a composite of two visual elements layered together — a large American flag filling the background, overlaid with a 3D bar chart featuring a sharply descending red arrow cutting dramatically downward across the bars from left to right, visually representing a steep and accelerating decline. The bars are silver/metallic and the red trend line is bold and unmistakable in its downward trajectory.

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Oopsie poopsie I typoed: state-sanctioned* violence

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

On an unrelated note: denying people life-saving care that results in a decline in condition or their death for shareholder profits is stage-sanctioned violence and murder. And making shareholders profit doesn't make you a martyr. 🔗 Read more: people.com/nypd-commiss...

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NYPD Commissioner Delivers Stern Message to Luigi Mangione Fans: ‘A Killer Is Not a Hero’

Mangione pleaded guilty Friday to stalking resulting in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Yes. A killer is *not* a hero. @people.com reports: "Mangione pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to one count of interstate stalking resulting in death and one count of stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death." 👇🏻

A People Magazine graphic featuring a split side-by-side photo composition.
Headline: "NYPD Commissioner Delivers Stern Message to Luigi Mangione Fans"
Subheadline: "'A killer is not a hero'"
The left photo shows a woman with straight blonde hair speaking at a press conference, with multiple microphones visible in front of her. She is wearing a dark top and a gold Star of David necklace, identifiable as NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, speaking to reporters.
The right photo shows a young man with dark, curly hair, an olive complexion, and a serious, composed expression, wearing a dark sweater over a light blue collared shirt; identifiable as Luigi Mangione, shown in what appears to be a court or curance setting.

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Because you champion "incremental change" that still slides right anyway? Be so real Y'all are sowing the division and crying foul 🙄

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Because you aren't "them"? Because you will be better, somehow? Because you spent the last decade telling voters we will vote for who you pick and we will like it? Because you demonize anyone left of you and would rather cozy up to the right? 👇🏻

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

PSA to Dems: if you call me a radical leftist and "both sides" me with MAGA, I am not voting for you Why tf would I vote for someone so intellectually dishonest and who clearly has disdain for anyone who won't play footsie with Israel, the GOP, or the oligarchs 🤨 👇🏻

A two-panel Principal Skinner meme using the well-known "Am I out of touch?" Simpsons format, featuring Principal Seymour Skinner from The Simpsons standing outdoors against a blue sky and urban Springfield backdrop, labeled "DNC" in both panels.
Top panel: Skinner/DNC stands in a thoughtful pose, hand raised to chin, appearing to genuinely consider the question:
"Are we out of touch with the desires of the voting base?"
Bottom panel: Skinner/DNC has shifted to a smug, self-assured expression with a dismissive hand gesture, having arrived at his conclusion:
"No, it's the 'radical leftists' who are wrong."

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

As a "treat myself" for my birthday this month, I went to a curl specialist for a consultation and haircut Look at my curls! 🥹 I highly recommend it if you can 🙌🏻

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The OP isn't even hyperbole. Literally search the average cost of these services in the U.S.; he may have even been getting a discount for bundled services Go look up medical tourism while you are at it; ads for doctors in Mexico are plentiful

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Why is medical tourism a thing? Because medical care in the U.S. is treated as a luxury Dental is even worse. As if our teeth are not part of our bodies 👇🏻

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

In interviews that accompanied the survey, respondents often defined financial security as being able to afford basic necessities without worry. 🔗 Read more here: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Most Americans view rising living costs as biggest barrier to a better life, survey finds

When asked to detail what would make a better life in three to five years, 60% of US adults said greater financial security

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

When asked to describe what a better life in three to five years would look like, 60% of Americans said they wanted greater financial security, according to a survey that was conducted by the McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility and the WK Kellogg Foundation in mid-April. 👇🏻

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

When being able to afford the necessities of life and maybe the prospect of retiring feels unreachable in one of the richest nations ever to exist, there is a distribution problem, not a lack of accountability and restraint for the lower 90% of us As reported by @theguardian.com: 👇🏻

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The bar for "success" in the US has fallen so far, and it's STILL unattainable by most Across generations and affiliations, many in the US are citing the ever-rising cost of living as their major source of concern, with exponentially rising grocery costs being the biggest concern 👇🏻

A The Guardian article screenshot (US edition), under the US Economy section, with navigation tabs visible at the top for News, Opinion, Sport, Culture, and Lifestyle, and a secondary navigation showing Business, Economics, and Diversity & equality in business.
Headline: "Most Americans view rising living costs as biggest barrier to a better life, survey finds"
Subheadline: "When asked to detail what would make a better life in three to five years, 60% of US adults said greater financial security"
The photo shows the interior of a grocery store, with densely stocked shelves of packaged snacks and breakfast products stretching the full width of the frame. A shopper in a green top is visible in the far right of the frame, examining a product.

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an embarrassment to the HHS as a field and spits in the face of evidence-based practices and science He has the blood of children on his hands

A Facebook post from The Bulwark (verified).
The post transcribes an exchange from what appears to be a CNN interview, with the video still shown below the text. The exchange reads:
Bash: "Do you accept some responsibility for this measles outbreak?"
RFK: "Absolutely not…Did I cause those measles outbreaks?"
Bash: "You're the most famous vaccine skeptic on the planet."
RFK: "The reason we're having a measles outbreak is because of the COVID lockdowns."
The photo shows a CNN studio set with a woman in a white blazer — identifiable as Dana Bash — seated across from a man in a dark suit and blue tie, RFK Jr., at an anchor desk, with a red CNN mug visible and the colorful Capitol-themed CNN backdrop behind them. The Bulwark watermark is visible in the upper right of the video frame.

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Brandy Markis @bmarkis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

We are being held hostage by a blood thirsty and power-hungry megalomaniac and his rag-tag crew of sycophants and vultures

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