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Bugsy

@bugsy159.bsky.social
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Joined 12/07/23 Married and retired. Mother of 2. Proud Mimi of 2. Resisting the 🍊 💩. Liberal Dem living in a blue"ish" dot in a red, ass-backward state. I garden 🌱

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keep the data centers away from our Great Lakes.
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Bugsy @bugsy159.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dahlias! They're what's up! 🧡💜🩷❤️
Beautiful dahlias in fall tones, like oranges, cinnamons and amethysts.
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Bugsy @bugsy159.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Enjoy the new you, you have earned it! 💙
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Bugsy @bugsy159.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
open.substack.com/pub/stopthep...
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The press wear ‘kick me’ signs and wonder why Trump kicks them
The White House is emboldened to disrespect journalists because journalists disrespect themselves
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The best birthday present imaginable. #DollyDay 💖
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Sister of Wendy #AbolishICE 🐸 @sisterswendy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Imagine being married to a man who wants everyone with your skin color to be sent to death camps and being perfectly fine with that. 🤢 #VoteBlue #SheShed
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social have a damning new story about how the Roberts Court is reviving Jim Crow, relying on the same legal tactics used to undermine the Reconstruction. A must read to understand the stakes of this election. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Cover of Mother Jones issue on the new Jim Crow
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“.. a surreal week in the life of Washington. The president of the United States barred American reporters .. and rolled out a literal red carpet for the communist president of China ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here?
Getty pic of Xi and TrumpTrump TS post featuring the mentioned edit of Monica Crowley's faceoriginal pic image of MonicaTrump TS post which shows Natalie's face where Monica's is on the original. very weird
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
MAGA lunatic Susan Collins wasn’t just working to take away rights from other women, she was also heavily engaging in an illegal bribery scheme. Not only a lifelong fraud, but a lifelong crook.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Don't download the Trump app. Everything he does is underhanded and dishonest.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Natalie Harp: “I still love you, Mr. President. Even though you’re not on TV anymore, I’m still your number one fan.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.
nbcnews.com
Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis
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Bugsy @bugsy159.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
steady.substack.com/p/trumps-ban...
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Trump’s Ban Is Backfiring
As the media unites against him
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Bugsy @bugsy159.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Anonymous sources and the fluffing of JD Vance
When people leak to the press, their motives aren't always noble
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tom Massie posted a calendar labeling the days of work Mike Johnson canceled because of him.
Tom Massie tweet:

Here’s a calendar to show the days 
@SpeakerJohnson
 has cancelled in Congress. September 17 was canceled to avoid a vote on my Hegseth impeachment. The last two weeks in September were canceled to avoid a vote on releasing more Epstein files. He’s closing Congress to stop me.

Below there is a congressional calendar from July to December. 

July 1-2 are labeled Rules retreat.
September 17 is labeled Hegseth Holiday.
September 22 to October 2 are labeled Epstein Recess.
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Bugsy @bugsy159.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
steady.substack.com/p/thatll-be-...
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“That’ll Be The Day”
A Reason To Smile
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Who did this? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Katie @rebelrouser1962.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Bugsy @bugsy159.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@theadjudicator.bsky.social @billeeejo.bsky.social
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Bugsy @bugsy159.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
steady.substack.com/p/standing-u...
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Standing up to Trump
One woman shows the way
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
New in PN: Retire in peace "McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
publicnotice.co
Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026
He's not got any idea what he's even voting on. He has to be told how to vote. He's incapacitated. He's incapable of representing the people of Kentucky who are currently being taxed without representation.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“ProPublica reported that “In the days leading up to Trump Jr.’s wedding, Kremlev was in China as part of the delegation accompanying Putin.” At best, Trump Jr. and his new bride lack anything resembling good judgment. At worst, they’re beholden.” joycevance.substack.com/p/some-thing...
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Some Things Speak for Themselves. Like When the President’s Son Lets a Russian Oligarch Pay for His Wedding.
You’ve undoubtedly heard by now that Don Jr.’s wedding was paid for by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, who, according to The Guardian, “has spent the past decade moving through some of Russia’s most po...
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Kash Patel's FBI will fire someone over a pride flag on his desk but hire someone who f*cked a goat.
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Bugsy @bugsy159.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
steady.substack.com/p/obama-trum...
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Obama, Trump and the Age of AI
No easy answers
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Bugsy @bugsy159.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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How MAGA invents ‘controversies’ and some media buy in
Journalists need to resist the right’s attempts to set their agenda
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Bugsy @bugsy159.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
steady.substack.com/p/waitin-on-...
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“Waitin’ On A Sunny Day”
A Reason To Smile
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump has been redirecting tens of millions of National Park Service money to wasteful projects in Washington, D.C., while blocking more than 130 planned projects at national parks across the country, putting more than $25 million in already secured funding on hold.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that on 9/11 a disgusting treasonous criminal tyrant who has spent 25 years to the day insulting and desecrating the memories of all those who lost their lives that day sits in the bulldozed White House deliberately destroying our country.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I am tired of people saying we can’t win in front of the Supreme Court. I’m annoyed by those who say my firm is too partisan to be effective. Today we won a huge redistricting fight before SCOTUS and a ballot access case before the Nebraska Supreme Court. The lesson: When we fight we win.
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Charlie Fox. @realseafox.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Today, the WH announced the next 6 weeks of epstein distraction.
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Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 01/09/2026
We spend a lot of time asking: “Did you vote?” Maybe we should also be asking: Do you know who represents you? Do you know what they voted on? Do you know how to contact them? Do you know when the next election is? Do you know what's on your ballot? That's political participation too.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚨 BOOM! Only 67 away from 2500 help us get there now ⬇️ 🔥 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I like it when ppl figure out this kind of goofy stuff for me.
Secretary Sean Duffy
@SecDuffy
WELCOME TO PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
You can now see DJT printed on the boarding passes for the first time! And guess who made a surprise appearance?
@POTUS called me to speak to the hard-working crew on the ground
@Thesource2026
FYI: If you fly from Palm Beach, FL to Sioux City, IA your ticket will read:
DJT → SUX
If you fly from Fresno, CA to Fukuoka, Japan & then back to Palm Beach, FL your ticket reads:
FAT → FUK → DJT
If you fly from Fukuoka, Japan to Palm Be&cnada.berkman4 your ticket will read:
FUK → DJT
The best for last, Palm Beach, FL → Mount Isa, AU → Fresno, Pendopo, Indonesia, your ticket reads:
DJT → ISA → FAT → PDO
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Bugsy @bugsy159.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Waging War in Secret steady.substack.com/p/waging-war...
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Waging War in Secret
What we don’t know can hurt us
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BillyJoe @billeeejo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Hey Google, is the Earth flat now? Was the moon landing faked? When you acquiesce to an autocrat, by definition, you also rewrite history and science. Sickening.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Kara Swisher calls @Google @googlemaps @googleearth “NOODLE SPINED” “UNCTUOUS QUISLINGS” who “SOIL THEMSELVES” 🔥
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.
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Bugsy @bugsy159.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
steady.substack.com/p/goodbye-do...
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Goodbye, Dolly
A Reason To Smile
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/08/2026
Whoa! Pentagon officials are warning of Navy payroll shortfalls after funds meant for service member pay were raided to help cover war costs. 📌 An official says they had to use “imaginative” workarounds to avoid the shortfall.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
US national debt just hit $40 trillion. Why? HINT: It's NOT because the government is trying to provide its citizens healthcare or childcare.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In 1976, during an unforgettable episode of her syndicated television variety show Dolly!, Dolly Parton welcomed her close friends and fellow music icons Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt to share the stage.
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Bugsy @bugsy159.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Trump administration is quietly working to give part of Yosemite National Park to a private developer. What people don’t understand about capitalism is that its goal is to turn everything on this earth into a product. Vital natural resources that were once free are stripped from the
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