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Animal Rescue, LWV, Notre Dame football fan, Retired Project Manager and Professional Organizer

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Quite telling how every argument for AI data centers is transparent bullshit. It creates no lasting jobs or population movement at all. Literally no reason for any place to allow it unless the community extracts massive perpetual cash payments in return.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Count the ways Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" gutted healthcare: • Work requirements + 6-month eligibility checks designed to kick people off Medicaid • Provider tax & state-directed payment limits that starve state budgets • No extension of the enhanced ACA subsidies → premiums exploded •
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The cost of the Iran War has been massive. Direct military costs will likely approach $100 billion. But the total could be closer to $1 trillion when long-term costs from inflation impacts, debt interest payments, and veterans’ benefits are included. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Trump and his allies lambasted Obama’s Iran nuclear deal for a decade. Yet their proposed deal is objectively weaker than the JCPOA: fewer conditions, more money for Iran, and less nuclear oversight. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I just want to add, since this is breaking containment, that this can't be made right. these people, each one a whole universe, are gone. there can only be justice for the perpetrators; public remorse & restitution; & reform to ensure future aid systems are more just and less prone to imperial whims
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The president’s comments at the G7 summit revealed that he doesn’t understand the war he started—or the words that come out of his own mouth. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Trump Does Not Understand What He’s Saying About the Middle East
The president’s comments at the G7 summit revealed that he doesn’t understand the war he started—or the words that come out of his own mouth.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
😳Hey @GovBillLee — how is reporting disabled immigrant kids to ICE “pro-life”? (Answer: It isn’t) tennesseelookout.com/2026/06/09/t...
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Where the fuck is WH press corps response to attacks on women reporters? Shameful bootlickers and enablers
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🔥 “You are a LIAR.” MUST-WATCH — @charlesmblow.bsky.social humiliates Hal Lambert on national TV, as he continues to peddle Trump’s voter fraud LIE 🤥 (now in California) while also admitting he has no proof.
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Rick Stengel @rickstengel.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
You know what would be amazing, if Vance can negotiate an agreement where Iran doesn't enrich above 3.67% (far below weapons grade); gets rid of 98% of its stockpile of uranium; has weekly inspections by the IAEA; and commits to all of this for at 10 years. Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Seniors on fixed incomes face impossible costs under the SAVE Act. Birth certificates from seventy years ago cost money to replace. Passports cost $165. They built this country. Republicans want to charge them for the right to participate in it. #SaveActIsPayToVote
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
To be clear: the SAVE Act does not simply require the identification voting ALREADY requires. It demands proof of CITIZENSHIP— a birth certificate with a name that matches yours now (bye, bye, married women), or a passport— both of which are expensive and take a long time to obtain.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"What is unfolding is not immigration enforcement. It is a state project of ethnic rollback. The purpose is not to administer law but to override it. The aim is not security but purification. The prerogative state is not a bug—it is its essential operating system." open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
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Every Element of Stephen Miller's Immigration Agenda Is Designed for Ethnic Cleansing
He is effectively engaging in regime change to demographically purify America
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Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The U.S. economy lost jobs in 0 of the 48 months Joe Biden was president. It has lost jobs in 6 of the 14 months of Trump's second term.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/02/2026
Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
FLAG: Trump-related files are missing from DOJ's Epstein release. There's at least one witness for whom three 2019 FBI interviews are missing. That woman is the same person who, in a 2025 FBI presentation, is identified to have accused Trump of a sexual assault when she was between 13 and 15.
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NPR, MS NOW: Trump-related files missing from DOJ's Epstein file release
NPR and MS NOW report that files related to President Trump are missing from the Department of Justice's release of the Epstein documents. MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin, MS NOW Senior White ...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
“Not only has Congress not authorized such a war, but it has barely even debated it. The administration has not bothered to explain, either to Congress or the American people, why it might bomb Iran or what it hopes to achieve…This is how an autocracy goes to war.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/o...
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Opinion | This Is How an Autocrat Goes to War
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Trump, July 19: "All three nuclear sites in Iran were completely destroyed and/or OBLITERATED. It would take years to bring them back into service." Witkoff, Sunday: "They're probably a week away from having industrial-grade bomb-making material."
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WIRED @wired.com · 30/01/2026
Since last year, we’ve been reporting on ICE extensively. But every week brings new information, and it’s getting harder to keep track of what’s happening, let alone remember what’s already happened. So here’s a quick thread to help.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti was already restrained when federal agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis, a New York Times analysis of video shows. The footage contradicts the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the shooting.
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Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Joe Biden was old but he wasn’t a fucking xenophobic racist dictator wannabe.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
It's got racism. It's offensive to people with intellectual disabilities. It's Islamophobic. Happy Thanksgiving from the president
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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Why the fuck didn’t any other reporter on Air Force One that night call Trump out for his disgusting remark? Why the fuck didn’t any other reporter on Air Force One defend this female reporter? And why the fuck did it take 72 hours to hear about Trump’s disgusting & cowardly insult?
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Elaine Atwell @elaineatwell.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
i know “quiet, piggy” is just one raindrop in the flood of vile, shocking statements from trump, but it’s SO cruel, so threatening, such a violation of our most basic interpersonal norms. i would really like to see it get some actual coverage.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 08/11/2025
A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 05/11/2025
Yet another way Trump is screwing working families: this was a FREE tool we set up so folks could file taxes directly, without paying an expensive service. So who does cancelling it benefit? The answer is not working Americans, but it sure is big corporations who profit off them.
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IRS to States: Direct File Tool Is a No-Go for Next Tax Season
The IRS told its state partners this week that the Biden-era Direct File tool won’t be offered for the 2026 tax filing season.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 03/11/2025
Have questions about voting? Need to check your registration status? VOTE411 gives you personalized information so you're prepared to cast a ballot in every election. www.vote411.org
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Election information you need. Brought to you by The League of Women Voters Education Fund.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Last week I wrote about the racist narratives being pushed about SNAP benefits, including unhinged AI videos on TikTok Fox News however ran a story claiming those videos were real until they realised their mistake and changed the story without admitting their mistake. www.wired.com/story/disinf...
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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...
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ICE again prevents Chicago Catholics from bringing Eucharist to immigrant detainees
More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request — to bring Communion to detainees — was rejected by federal immigration offici...
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
A mother of 8 was deported within 24 hours of reporting sexual harassment by an ICE contracto She was following the rules & going through the process to get her green card Someone working on behalf of ICE abused her. She spoke out and was kicked out of the country. It’s retaliation & it’s wrong
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Figured out what this picture reminded me of...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Today, veterans, public servants, and other patriots who love America will gather to show their love for democracy. You can find here a No Kings rally near you: www.nokings.org
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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power…
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Rep. Paul Tonko @reppaultonko.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This use of public property to broadcast political propaganda is an unacceptable violation of the Hatch Act. I urge Albany International Airport to follow the lead of other airports across our state and our nation in taking down this illegal message immediately. cbs6albany.com/news/local/a...
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Albany International stance on Kristi Noem TSA video unclear as airports refuse to air it
Several airports around the country including three in New York have chosen to not run a PSA video at security checkpoints.The video message, first obtained by
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
This Is Fascism
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 10/10/2025
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/09/2025
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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NPR @npr.org · 03/09/2025
Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced. n.pr/4g7YKqg
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Trump administration blocks groups from voter registration at naturalization events
Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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Dan Emerson @danemers.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Mass shooters since 2018 who were transgender — 4. Mass shooters since 2018 who were not transgender — 4,193. Hope that helps.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
At the rate he’s going, Trump will soon erase all government references to slavery in America. He’ll pronounce slavery never happened. And the Smithsonian historians will meekly acquiesce to him, and the media won’t question him, and many, many, many Americans will believe him.
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jtickel STAND WITH UKRAINE @tickedoff.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Public Broadcasting, USAID, Medicaid, Performing Arts, Medicare, Higher Education, Free Speech, SNAP (food for hungry children), Voting Rights, Storm Prediction, FEMA, CDC, Sesame Street, History, Clean Air, JOBS, SCIENCE, Peace--PRIDE IN COUNTRY... If you're not grieving, you're illiterate.
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the statue of liberty covering her face with her hands and the words state keeps growing
ALT: the statue of liberty covering her face with her hands and the words state keeps growing
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 20/07/2025
While children are starving, the Trump Admin is literally setting food on fire — destroying 500  tons of US taxpayer-funded food that could feed 1.5 million starving children for a week. Destroying the food alone will cost $130K. This is heartless cruelty, not efficiency.
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The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 14/07/2025
The illegal population is disproportionately working-age and disproportionately employed. In other words: the opposite of “takers” and “parasites.” The nativists arrive at racism via factual errors. Or maybe it isn't about economics.
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The ‘Parasites’ and the ‘Good Immigrants’
Meet more of the worst people in the world.
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