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Cerys Doran

@cerysd.bsky.social
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reader and lurker, mostly. live with 2 cats. retired, quilter and other needlework, currently fighting diabetes (and winning!), Postcards to Voters

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Kira @kiragooddog.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Federal criminal law prohibits troops at election polling stations. Is a pre-election day ballot drop box covered by the statute?
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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is clearly not acceptable
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
I am pushing legislation to make sure ALL FDA-approved forms of contraception—including birth control pills, IUDs, and more–are COVERED for patients. No fees. No hurdles. No out-of-pocket costs.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I don't think we'll ever be done with the "I fucking told you so's." The Food Research & Action Center reported that these changes would weaken safety nets and worsen food insecurity for low-income families: frac.org/blog/project...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The midterms aren't a month away. They're already happening RIGHT NOW. Early voting has begun in many states across the country, including in California. Check your voter registration and make a plan to vote. [@indivisible.org]
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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am ready to do some voting.
An official Contra Costa County ballot. Address is covered by stickers of Evrart Claire and BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The charges, press releases & online amplification create the illusion that non-citizen voter fraud is widespread. This is a strategic, manufactured, false narrative. Statistics show non-citizen voting is extremely rare, & in the few cases that exist often results from confusion, not willful fraud.
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Democracy Matters! @democracymatters.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh, it’s okay! She got paid!
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson: Eight years ago today, Maine women begged Susan Collins not to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. She did it anyway. He helped overturn Roe v. Wade. And today, she says she has no regrets. Would you trust her to pick the next Supreme Court justice?
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Vote For Women @catladyvoter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If women actually stopped everything they do to support men, kids, family, the economy- it would take men maybe 3 days to completely cave to all our demands. Men with kids… 2 days
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Stop normalizing sexual assault. Fucking shun people who have done it. Start acting like the victims fucking MATTERED.
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🗳️ ROEVEMBER IS COMING @meidastouch.com 2022 Devastating results of overturning Roe v Wade #VoteBLUE
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is one example of how a crowd-control confrontation can develop. Police charges can unfold differently depending on the situation, and a police line may reposition or pull back when the crowd does not respond as expected. STAND YOUR GROUND!
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Hyde T. Voltyge @hydevoltyge.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh, I get it. They set aside money to cushion their own districts/states against the horrific effects of OBBB. And Trump raided the cookie jar when everyone is about to starve. Yeah that should be quite interesting, does explain besides stupidity why the GOP thought OBBB was safe to do. Oops!
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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Dan Eyesout (Spooky Version) @danisaacs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
if you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula
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Jeffrey Lebowski @jeffreylebowski420.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Republicans being Republicans. [Spoiler Alert]: Nixon did NOT get a raw deal. He got off Scot free with a pardon while his cronies took the fall and went to prison. I'm old enough to remember Watergate.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Joe 🏳️‍🌈 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪☘️ @jmcl1980.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Interesting that the Garvaghy Road pish is starting up again now that there’s real talk about a United Ireland. Almost as if someone doesn’t want it to happen and started shit stirring. This woman is a Queen btw
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Yastreblyansky @ghastreblyansky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The results are definitely historic, from $7 diesel, through the highest U.S. import barriers and fastest escalation of trade levies since 1930, to $40 trillion debt. Not sure that's what the American People meant though.
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m scared.
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Torsten Lütten @torstenluetten.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I keep repeating go solar, add storage, do not wait for the government, don't ask for permission, build resilient communities, start today. The sooner you secure fresh water supply, energy, home grown veggies, etc., the better for you. Prefigurate the society you long for living in. #SolarPunk
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Eve Sharon Hart If Trump was not guilty there would be nothing to hide.
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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Okay, but in all seriousness though: This administration is hell-bent on trying to impact our elections. If you haven't already, go to vote.org and check your registration. Make sure you're getting your information from your location election offices. And ask your friends to do the same.
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Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Editorial cartoon: I couldn't decide which idea I preferred so I drew them both. It's incredible how some politicians don't hesitate to embarass themselves.
caricature of Tommy Tuberville speaking while Baloo and Don Karnage stand in the background
TT: Would you be comfortable with a mentally ill furry being your pilot?
DK: He is to be talking about us, yes no?
Caption: Sen. Tommy Tuberville says 'Deranged' furry culture is flight safety risk
Forbes.com Sept24/2026cartoon: Peanuts style of Tommy Tuberville standing next to Snoopy as the World War One Flying Ace with his Sopwith Camel
Caption: GOP Senator Ahead of Midterms: Furry Airline Pilots are 'Terrifying'
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👻boovezcocacola @buvezcocacola.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Seen in Virginia
A bumper sticker reads
I HEAR MIGRANT CHILDREN ALSO HAVE HEARTBEATS
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Daryle Lamont Jenkins @dlj.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
According to a AP poll, Mayor Mamdani is viewed more favorably by American Jews than Netanyahu.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Republicans are laser focused on making life more affordable for you.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 24/09/2026
For over 40 years we’ve stepped up for the sea otters, and this week you can too. For Sea Otter Awareness Week, donations to the sea otter fund will be matched by a generous donor. 🦦🦦 Double down for the otters and donate via the link below! mbayaq.co/4jfuBc3
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Donate to our Sea Otter Program | Monterey Bay Aquarium
Donate now to help save the ocean.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski at the UN: “To the representatives of the Russian Federation, I have this to say: you have been trying to conquer Donbas for over 12 years, and Kyiv for over four. “You have been stopped by heroic Ukraine, a country with one tenth of Russia's GDP.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
L - Tom Emmer in 2024 on the House subpoenaing Hunter Biden. R - Tom Emmer today on why the House shouldn’t investigate Don Jr: He’s a private citizen.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Washington State to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is 0-25. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
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🚨 United States of America v. Hobbs
Learn more.
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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 22/09/2026
A reminder for WA voters! Ballots for November’s General Elections will be mailed out in just a couple of weeks. Don’t wait until the last minute. Once you get it, fill it out, and return it to an official dropbox. Visit VoteWA.gov to find your nearest official dropbox.
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Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Texas friends:
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 20/09/2026
The ex-academic pundit Tyler Austin Harper, whose contributions to public discourse sit roughly on par with those to weather conditions of a wet fart outdoors in a blizzard, wrote on 10/19/2024 in response to a question about what message young men might believe they need to hear from Kamala Harris:

“I’m not going to send you to die in another pointless fucking war in the Middle East. Specific enough?”
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bay area, mount up! Word on the street is that @robbonta.bsky.social is getting ready to cave and let super creep Larry Ellison take over Warner Bros. Join the emergency action to block the merger. Can't make it? Tag Bonta in a reply and tell him NO MERGER! www.mobilize.us/notabovethel...
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Block the Merger: Don't Settle with Paramount! · Not Above the Law
Join us to rally outside of the California Attorney General's Oakland office! We need Attorney General Rob Bonta to stand strong against a Paramount-Warner Brothers Merger. A core principle behind a...
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
dreaming big here but maybe they could even stop having dinners where he’s the guest of honor
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Guy Oron @guyoron.net · 18/09/2026
NEW: Seattle is about to ban supermarkets from using your data to set individualized prices and coupons to curb price gouging and discrimination. The big grocer lobby is pissed, and is spamming Seattleites with scary text messages. Read in @thestranger.com: www.thestranger.com/news/seattle...
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Seattle Is Poised to Ban Supermarket Algorithmic Price Discrimination - The Stranger
This coming Tuesday, in an effort to crack down on price gouging and discrimination, the Seattle City Council will vote on a bill prohibiting large grocery store companies from using customer personal...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it
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Diamond Life @diamondlifeca.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
His actions towards the press are appalling & mainstream press did it to themselves. Both can be true. I care far more about the Pentagon lying about casualties, China likely obtaining F-35 tech, & nearly having WW3 over a false AI-generated intel report. & CNN & Politico reported 2 of those things.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’m not so sure Republicans are going to agree that a president has the authority to do all the things that Trump is doing when a Democrat is in the WH. Just a hunch.
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Jean-Michel Connard @torriangray.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Lots of people yelling at him that voting is not enough. No shit. Voting in a decisive majority is not a sufficient step, but it is a necessary one.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Jimmy Kimmel plays a montage of “Dozy Don”, the man who spent years calling Biden “Sleepy Joe dozing off at one event after another. The irony writes itself.
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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 16/09/2026
If there is a silver lining to the news of Bernie's willingness to collaborate with Bannon, I hope it is this: For those who had not found Bernie's politics on race problematic until today, the question "why not?" will begin to be explored.
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Leftists: Hakeem Jeffries meeting with Jared Kushner is irredeemably bad. Also Leftists: Bernie Sanders teaming up with Steve Bannon is NUANCED AND GOOD.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Guilherme Nunes @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
capyberus
painting of a three-headed capybara with a spiked collar on a warm-colored background
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