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cathyferron.bsky.social

@cathyferron.bsky.social
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Suburban white woman age 65+ (proud elderly white hippie)who votes for Democrats & believes in democracy, VRA, women’s equal rights, immigrant rights, science, LGBTQ rights and rule of law Pro-choice and pro-vaccine NO KINGS HANDS OFF

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NorCal Resist @norcalresist.bsky.social · 5h
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h
PLEASE NOTIFY FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN CALIFORNIA! ICE is conducting a surge in Southern CA AND The Central Valley including Fresno, Madera, Visalia, Selma, Dinuba, Sanger, Los Baños and surrounding cities! Stay vigilant and stay safe!
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 13h
Hey look, more blatant corruption. I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 15h
JUST IN: The Trump administration is asking Judge Sooknanan to shut out the public from next week's hearing on its use of Guantanamo Bay as an ICE deportation holding facility. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h
🚨BREAKING: Voting rights groups are citing recent ICE activity near voting sites and new evidence of intimidation as they expand a lawsuit seeking to keep armed federal agents away from polling places during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at polls
Among the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
When she was running for governor 32 years ago she couldn’t afford health care, so she can relate to what Mainers are going through under the regime she supports and votes with 96% of the time. 🙄
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h
The new WSJ portrait of Scott Bessent shows a Treasury Department in crisis and chaos and a secretary cracking under pressure. Definitely not a good look. And destined to damage confidence in the Treasury and its products still more. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Inside Bessent’s Treasury: Tension, Turnover and Unmet Economic Goals
Ahead of midterms that could turn on high prices and borrowing costs, the secretary dresses down officials.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23h
🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal
It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.
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quiltersblock.bsky.social @quiltersblock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22h
As Trump crisscrossed the country last week trying to help his party avoid a blowout in the midterms, two of his top political advisers — James Blair and Chris LaCivita — were in the Balkans helping a pro-Russian government looking to tighten its grip on power.
nytimes.com
Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned Government
James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president’s congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Chris Murphy Says Pentagon Denied Him Access To U.S. Base In Qatar #HuffingtonPost
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Chris Murphy Says Pentagon Denied Him Access To U.S. Base In Qatar
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mike Rogers led the charge to flood opioids into our communities. Here's what happened.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#impeachHegseth and jail him for war crimes. #warAintGoodForNoOne
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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Twenty-four hours later, Trump says he's not reimbursing the Treasury for the money he embezzled to run political ads on Fox News.
nytimes.com
Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads
A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm not sure if @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social have issued a statement on this yet, but they should publicly announce that if Russ Vought tries to fuck with the election in any way they will fire him out of a cannon when they take power.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Attn: A FBI supervisor is blowing the whistle on the Trump administration’s targeting of anti-ICE protesters. Jill Fields states the White House pushed the FBI to investigate people in Los Angeles even after agents determined their actions were protected by the First Amendment.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pay attention to this: it's a big deal.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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cathyferron.bsky.social @cathyferron.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When you hire unstable people, you get instability 🔥🤬
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A lot of what’s happening doesn’t seem to be spreading anymore by mainstream media. A tree that stood for an estimated 150–250 years was destroyed today to make way for Trump’s border wall.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
NEW: During a rally just now, Trump invited Iran to “take out Los Angeles and San Diego,” saying it would be a “small price to pay.”
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 05/10/2026
🗳️ California voting has begun. Secure ballot drop boxes are now open. Ballots begin mailing and secure drop-off locations are open. Make a plan. Know your choices. Make your voice heard. Your vote. Your voice. #California #Vote2026 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
🗳️ California, early voting has begun! 

Ballots begin mailing and secure drop-off locations are open.

Make a plan. Know your choices. Make your voice heard.

Your vote. Your voice.

#California #Vote2026 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW: The Supreme Court on Monday reversed two pro-voter decisions in cases related to Washington’s legislative redistricting, sending them back to a lower court for new proceedings in light of the Court’s decision earlier this year in Louisiana v. Callais. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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With Voting Rights Act gutted, Supreme Court vacates discrimination finding against Washington map
The Supreme Court sent two redistricting cases out of Washington back to a lower court for new proceedings in light of its Louisiana v. Callais decision, which gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Ac...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
CALL ARIZONA U.S. Senators! Let them know they are attacking community members who are protecting their land. Demand federal agents leave tribal land.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reminder: Voter registration deadlines are hitting TODAY, October 5, in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. Please make sure you’re registered to vote!
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bill Pulte, Trump's director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, moved this week to slash the inspector general's office that scrutinizes his actions — prompting calls from Dems for his resignation. It's the second time Trump officials have moved to limit scrutiny of the agency run by Pulte.
nytimes.com
Housing Official, Who Targeted Trump Foes, Cuts Watchdog Office
Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, moved to slash his agency’s inspector general’s office. Democrats called for his resignation.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
My investigators have confirmed the Trump administration is hiding interview documents it conducted with some of Epstein’s banks, and there could be more. There’s no limit to how far Scott Bessent, Kash Patel and Todd Blanche will go to continue this cover up.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
An all-Republican panel HELD: Musk can flood social media with all the kiddie porn he likes and Minnesota can’t stop him, because he’s Musk.
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US appeals court blocks Minnesota law barring 'nudified' photos in XAI lawsuit
Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban ​on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company ‌pursues a lawsu...
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ken Paxton has taken over 275 out-of-state trips since taking office. Texans have spent $1.9 million in taxpayer funds on his luxury vacations.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump wants the Supreme Court to rule that DHS can imprison-indefinitely-immigrants who enter the US illegally He wants ICE to arrest millions of migrants and keep them incarcerated-maybe for years-until they can be deported Even if they have legal status In violation of their due process rights
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“.. The layoffs — occurring just three days before President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday at a nearby high school — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area.” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/trum...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Diplomacy for private profit: More corruption in plain view. The Kushner/Witkoff talks with Russia nominally about ending the war in Ukraine are actually about a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives linked to Kushner and Witkoff. The deal, which is
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Tarrant County voters filed an emergency lawsuit Friday accusing Republican county officials of intentionally making it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote by eliminating dozens of Election Day polling places. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Tarrant County voters sue to block GOP polling site cuts targeting minority voters
The lawsuit comes a month after the GOP-controlled Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved the cuts in a 3-2 vote despite intense opposition from residents and the court’s two Democratic commissio...
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cathyferron.bsky.social @cathyferron.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Truth hurts and 1stA 🔥🤬
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
General Dan Caine defuses a situation where the man baby tried to get the loaded pistol and threaten the world.
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cathyferron.bsky.social @cathyferron.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So it’s both? Higher than Biden but it’s gone up since Biden? Not 🔥🤬
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
STEPHEN MOORE: We had much much higher inflation under Biden BERMAN: Let me stop you. Has inflation gone up or down since Trump took office? MOORE: Well, it was about 3.2% when Biden left office, it's 3.4% now BERMAN: So it's gone up MOORE: That is true
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