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Carl White

@carlosblanco63.bsky.social
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Democrat from St Louis Pk, MN Hello! Glad to be here, still on TwitterX, shifting solely to Bluesky. Puffball profile pic - Alaskan Mnts - Nature lover - Politics - Liberal and Proud - Urban dweller Married 34 yrs Two kids 23 and 19 Vote Blue!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔥 🇫🇷 FRENCH STUDENT: “More resources for education. Our demand is institutional. We want someone who changes things. A breakaway left. We want to change the system.”
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If you ever want to know what conservatives will do no matter where in the world they are? It’s ALWAYS slash aid to those in need or safety nets and ALWAYS ALWAYS cuts taxes for the rich. Every time. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Conservative plans to slash aid budget would ‘irreparably damage’ UK’s global credibility, charities say
Party’s pledge to reduce aid budget from £9bn a year to £1bn to fund new prison places branded as ‘posturing’
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
👂LISTEN: Rep Harshbarger (R) explains why she’s hiding 🐔 from a debate with @votekristiburke in TN-1 — who ran for office after Diana 🤥 lied to constituents and said she wouldn’t vote to cut Medicaid
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.
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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 th
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A sitting president, mid-war, said "let them take out Los Angeles" to applause. His staff blamed your ears. The full record, with links. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. The United States should stop all military assistance to Israel. Saying this is not antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
BREAKING: The long and strange saga of Missouri’s redistricting battle is over. On Friday evening, the Supreme Court released a final opinion—with no noted dissents—that disallows Missouri Republicans’ ultra-gerrymandered congressional map ahead of November’s midterm elections.
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SCOTUS smacks down Missouri's MAGA map
In a final ruling, the Supreme Court has blocked Missouri Republicans' gerrymander.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Anyone trying to get their country to withdraw from the ICC is almost certainly involved in organised crime. It's a no brainer.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“I simply do not want to see innocent children being detained. Prisons are not a place for innocent children...” “We need to go to these board meetings... to all our other meetings, our city council. We need to be in all these spaces and insist upon being heard.” veritenews.org/2026/09/22/o...
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Opponents of Alexandria ICE detention facility hold community forum - Verite News New Orleans
The England Authority Board of Commissioners is slated to discuss the planned ICE detention facility at a meeting on Thursday.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In light of the current administrations attempt to suppress news media outlets, I’m reminded of this quote by our third president of the United States. "Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” — Thomas Jefferson
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Republican who runs South Dakota's elections just backed a Democrat to succeed her. "South Dakota deserves a Secretary of State who will strengthen confidence through performance rather than provocation; who will support election officials rather than burden them for political effect."
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Republican Who Runs South Dakota Elections Backs Democrat to Succeed Her
Monae Johnson, the secretary of state, is the latest Republican incumbent to speak out against conservative candidates as President Trump loses support before midterm elections.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/09/2026
You can draw a direct through-line from Trump’s new approval dropping below 30% to his decision to ban news outlets from the White House. Bad numbers — Bad headlines — Attack the press. #No1stAmendmentBan
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This 👇 👇 👇
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nicole Wallace just asked Andrew Weissmann what he would say to MS NOW, CNN, and Politico regarding their lawsuit against the Trump admin over the ban. He said: "You're going to win."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
WIRED: “Census Bureau Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank — home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person, used for drawing congressional districts + allocating federal funding…” Nothing to see here, folks! 😕🤷🏼
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The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE Agent Indicted In Both State AND Federal Court. youtu.be/TkX3af5Gw8s?...
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ICE Agent Indicted In Both State AND Federal Court!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
Shot in the back. No criminal record.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today was a shitty day. Just a reminder that voting has started. I voted!!! Do everything you have to get everyone to cast their vote.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 21/09/2026
When I first met Ariadna, she was still inside Delaney Hall. She translated for the other women inside, helping me learn their stories. Now that she’s out, she’s still shining a light on their experiences.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
Crush the arts (Kennedy Center), destroy the civil service (DOGE), control elections (gestures broadly), dismantle the press (gestures more broadly), decimate science (NIH), and demolish education (DeptEd). The authoritarian playbook.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Even Fox News is resisting Trump’s efforts to silence the media. We may have reached the tipping point. 
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21/09/2026
While their drivers are being gunned down by Trump’s secret police, DoorDash is raking in blood money. The company pulled in a massive $4.45 billion in revenue (and $200 million in pure profit) just last quarter, vaulting CEO Tony Xu into billionaire status on the backs of unprotected gig workers.
DOORDASH STAYS SILENT EVEN AFTER A SECOND DOORDASHER IS SHOT BY ICE
28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez was DoorDashing when he was shot in the back by an ICE agent in Austin, Texas yesterday. This follows the fatal shooting of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine in July 2026.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 21/09/2026
oh good lord i just realized they’re letting him address the united nations again have we not been sufficiently humiliated as a country
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Semi driver stops filling up his tank when it hits $1,000 "Almost thirty years of driving trucks and that's a first"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“We are fed up with ICE & DHS telling us lies… NO MORE TRAFFIC STOPS BY ICE.” Wilber’s lawyer says he was sideswiped and shot by ICE without any clue who they even were — and ICE then immediately lied about what happened (again)
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Once again, and despite court orders & the federal law, Todd Blanche is trying to delay production in the Epstein Files; specifically, he doesn’t want to have to review & produce the foreign-language documents. My latest filing exposes Blanche for his legal hackery. youtu.be/72FTfVLdUS8?...
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AG Blanche SCRAMBLES To DELAY Court ORDERS In MY Epstein Lawsuit!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court on Monday ordered Missouri to reinstate a gerrymandered map that eliminates a Democratic district in Kansas City, even though the state has already distributed ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Missouri again ordered to use gerrymandered map for midterms — Supreme Court likely to decide
The circuit court ruling injects even more confusion into a year-long battle over which map the state will use for the general election.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
RFK Jr. received "more than $250,000 worth of free flights to Fiji and Greece as well as use of a vacation home in Washington, D.C. from Gavin de Becker..." de Becker has been described as Jeff Bezo's "top security staffer" www.wsj.com/politics/rfk...
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Exclusive | RFK Jr. Got Free Flights to Fiji and Greece From a Top Donor
The health secretary disclosed over $250,000 in gifts from security specialist Gavin de Becker.
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Bernie✌️🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧☮️ @boomer1950.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
He said it better than I could...
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 25-year-old Argentinian biologist Pilar Ferrer has developed an injectable gel that helps repair damaged heart tissue after a heart attack
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It is our solemn duty not just to remember what happened 25 years ago but to acknowledge and repudiate the brutality it summoned in America. robertreich.substack.com/p/a-quarte…
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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'm sorry, we weren't united after 9/11. We were afraid, then demagogues and warmongers have manipulated that fear into wars against innocent people for 25 years.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11/09/2026
Climate dangers: In the Rockies it’s impossible to miss the grey belts of what were green forest, killed by pine beetles. Wildfire fodder now.
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A Monster Threat Is Coming for America’s Trees—and Scientists Are Racing to Stop It
A surge in insect attacks is already underway, and mild winters are the culprit.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I hope folks realize this Bab al-Mandab situation will be much worse than the Strait of Hormuz if it’s not sorted out quickly. And it doesn’t currently look like it will be sorted out quickly.
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The Slim Dude 🇨🇦 @slimdude.ca · 11/09/2026
The California-based map company installed six-foot tall billboards in Toronto and five U.S. cities this week featuring old-school printed MapQuest turn-by-turn driving directions from each location to Lake Ontario.  www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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MapQuest doubles down on Lake Ontario, posts giant old-school printed directions to the lake in Toronto, U.S. cities
The U.S.-based map company is pushing a new advertising campaign over ongoing "Lake America" naming dispute.
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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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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Things are going to get considerably worse with Bab al-Mandab combined with the destruction of the Saudi pipeline. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/w...
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Houthis Seize a Key Red Sea Island, Threatening Yet Another Global Oil Route
The Iran-backed militia’s ground offensive has reached the Bab al-Mandab, a Red Sea strait that is a choke point for global trade.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@betoorourke.bsky.social is going from campus to campus talking to our young voters, finding out the issues that motivate them (incl. the Epstein Files), & getting them registered to vote. He joined me in Dallas on how his org, Powered by People, is mobilizing young people. youtu.be/L7wN3_zHJJo?...
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Trump SCRAMBLES As Young Voters REJECT HIM Before MIDTERMS!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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🦋💔🇺🇸SEB🇺🇸💔🦋 @sebastiangarof5.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
When U.S. airspace was closed on 9/11, Canada took in hundreds of diverted flights and thousands of stranded passengers under Operation Yellow Ribbon, and later by sending troops to our war in Afghanistan. We have the best neighbors any country can have. Trump is a total idiot for what he’s doing. 🔄
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💫Foxy💫 @getyourfoxyback.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
⬇️ THIS ⬇️
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This should be on the front page of every newspaper tomorrow.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/09/2026
Reports of excessive drinking. Unexplained absences. Complaining about posts online. FBI Director Kash Patel seems to be very bad at his job.
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What Does FBI Director Kash Patel Actually Do?
He spends his time complaining about online posts.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
1/ Clearview AI has built a prototype that can take a facial-recognition hit and start digging through a person’s life online, looking for associates, employers, aliases, social accounts and more. That is a major escalation in surveillance. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Prof John O Brennan @jobmaynooth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that the convicted sex pest and his deeply corrupt family are about to arrive in Ireland, where everyone involved in the Irish Open golf tournament will disgrace themselves in fawning over these criminal reprobate monsters. www.rte.ie/news/munster...
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All the details on restrictions in Clare for Trump visit
Gardaí have said a "significant policing and security operation" is under way in Co Clare for US President Donald Trump's visit to Doonbeg for the Amgen Irish Open.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 11/09/2026
On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the greatest threat to the safety and security of Americans is the President of the United States, together with his entire cabinet.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?
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