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Mark C. Walton

@chileboy.bsky.social
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Mark C. Walton @chileboy.bsky.social · 1h
This is a hugely important election for Brazil, and indeed, the entire Western Hemisphere. Much is at stake - among other things: Trump and the far right potentially extending influence in South America, and potentially disastrous consequences for the Amazon rainforest. #Brazil
nytimes.com
Brazil Elections Head to Runoff Between Lula and Bolsonaro Son (Gift Article)
Neither President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva nor his top challenger, Flávio Bolsonaro, won a majority of votes in the first round, and the race appeared very close.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
First Lady Natalie Harp returns to the White House late last night after traveling all day with the president #TravelWithNatalie (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty)
pic of Natalie walking, bag in hand
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h
I guess it’s just a coincidence that Elon Musk comes out of the woodwork before every major election and gets handed a government position with major consequences for the American people. 🤔
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 22h
Oh look, a Republican picking up a minor.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Folks have insulted:  My Southern drawl.  My loc’d hair.  My clothes.  My shoes.  My intelligence.  I’ve been called a ghetto Black b!t€h. Now @JDVance says I don’t belong and should leave the very country my ancestors helped build. This is a lot y’all. It is. #AngieForFlorida
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I effing despise RFK Jr. I had a cancer caused by HPV that had a massive impact on my life. I would have loved to have a vaccine that could have prevented all of that and whatnot. Yet that fool has claimed that HPV vaccines themselves cause cancer and he’s making bank on that lie and others.
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Mark C. Walton @chileboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
These children are absolutely being abused and/or trafficked. Those who support this, openly or tacitly, do so because they're either racist - as in POC are "less than" and therefore don't deserve protection - and/or because they're making money. But no matter the reason, it's horrific and immoral.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
At the launch of @sarahobolt.bsky.social and James Tilley's excellent book Tribal Politics back in May, this slide prompted me to ask whether it was inevitable that Brexit would be back on the political table sooner than was widely thought...
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What everyone has to prepare for is the constitutional crisis to accelerate if the Democrats take the House and the Senate. Vought has been allowed by the Republicans to act with impunity, so have he will continue to ignore Congress. This is why you have to impeach him immediately.
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Mark C. Walton @chileboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I can't believe this is real, but here we are
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Mark C. Walton @chileboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Who would'a thunk it?? 🙄
wired.com
Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family
Millions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Flooding the zone" with this stuff might be in order.
Post from Mark R Elias 

"I think I'm getting the hang of this."

Mark's question to America.gov

Does the president have the authority over the conduct of federal elections,?

Answer:
The Constitution does not give the president the power to run or set the rules for federal elections. States have the main job if administering them. Congress can change most of those rules by statue. The president's role is to enforce existing federal law, not to replace state or congressional election rules.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This breathtaking NYT story about Trump's Russian entanglements includes three people who've been part of the operation to cultivate Trump since 2015: Bryan Lanza, Sheikh Tahoon, and Kirill Dmitriev. This is literally the culmination of the original plan. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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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Mark C. Walton @chileboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Are we still debating whether capital punishment is "cruel and inhumane" or not? Just wondering.
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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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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Big Ugly Bill was timed to do its worst damage after the November election. Look at the time line below of what to expect. Vote accordingly to remove the GOP who ALL voted in favor of the bill that will make our lives more difficult, while the rich get richer. #SaveDemocracy #VoteBlue
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Mark C. Walton @chileboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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billboard.com
Zach Bryan Wears ‘Free Palestine’ Shirt at Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium
Zach Bryan wore a ‘Free Palestine’ shirt at Gillette Stadium, weeks after Robert Kraft helped get Macklemore removed from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour.
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yoohoo! If you are in the UK, there is going to be a free screening of the new restoration of MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA. London Film School, 24 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9UB Saturday 7th November at 18:30 Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/man-with-a...
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 02/10/2026
"A dozen orcs stormed the Palantir offices in Seattle this week to apply for jobs at the surveillance tech company. Palantir's militarized AI products attracted the horde of orcs, who hoped that their history of serving the Dark Lords would land them a gig. Unfortunately, Palantir didn't bite." 🤣
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How Senate Democrats can stop Trump from stealing the midterms www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #democracy #elections #Blues
theguardian.com
How Senate Democrats can stop Trump from stealing the midterms | David Walbert
Republicans could lean on congressional procedure to defy the will of voters. But if they try that, the Senate has a clear way to fight back
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump soon to take out a full page ad defending the Cornell 7. The Central Park Five were apparently the wrong color.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Stephen Spaulding @stevespaulding.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Exactly one month out from an election that will decide who controls the U.S. Senate -- the chamber every judicial nominee needs to clear -- Justice Alito confirms in a television interview that he is considering retirement from the high court. 1/
politico.com
Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We keep asking survivors of sexual violence to come forward. Then we keep showing them exactly how little their suffering matters. More than 20,000 convicted sex offenders were just removed from Michigan’s registry, including Larry Nassar, /1
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Mark C. Walton @chileboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
32 days! Please make sure you’ve checked your voter registration —twice. #LetsGetVoteReady ‼️
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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌊2026 🌊 @callyson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Coincidence?
I think not.
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This right here. This is how you respond to their bullshit.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One pattern I see repeatedly in my research into complicity is the conflict of interest involved between the public and private sector in many contexts. I have to wonder if there is such an issue with regard to the Tompkins Cty prosecutor’s office and Cornell 1/
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
We’re making all Meidas+ news updates completely paywall-free through the midterm elections. Quality information shouldn’t be locked away right now. This may hurt our business, but some things are more important. Spread the word and join us: meidasplus.com
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Mark C. Walton @chileboy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Mark C. Walton @chileboy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This guy is unhinged. The military is being run by a Christian Nationalist psychopath
independent.co.uk
Pete Hegseth’s War Daddy-sermon about killing and Jesus was truly eye-opening
An energized, wide-eyed Hegseth claimed the entire free press is committing treason before suggesting that more Christian chaplains in the military might help them build killing drones and achieve mor...
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Dee @dee4ever.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@pattievotesblue.bsky.social @pollykat.bsky.social @corrina.sheshed.rocks My students ask about fall festival every day. They ask about the games, activities and the food. Would you please share our wishlist for fall festival games? Thank you www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
time.com
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past. If they win, it's a nightmare.
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Mark C. Walton @chileboy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is getting beyond ridiculous
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wilber Garcés Pérez still has a bullet lodged in his back after being shot by an ICE agent. He is finally scheduled for surgery today. But ICE is refusing to let his wife be by his side. My office is pushing for her to be allowed there to support him. ICE has done enough to torment this family.
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Julius Kim @juliuskim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Having worked as an attorney in the criminal justice system for 29 years both as a prosecutor and a defense attorney, I am against the death penalty. Christa Pike’s botched execution tonight just reinforces my feelings about it.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Mark C. Walton @chileboy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit to compel Georgia to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-26. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
democracydocket.com
🚨 United States of America v. Raffensperger
Learn more.
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Mark C. Walton @chileboy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wtaf is wrong with this guy? A clown is running our armed forces
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 22/09/2026
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz puts a foreign government's priorities ahead of the Constitution she swore to defend. #FL25
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This seems so obvious .... except to the people who think their salaries and future career opportunities depend on them not seeing the obvious. Who will get to make billions on an ongoing basis if everyone switches to cheap renewable energy?
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Everyone’s gonna memory hole this like they do her racism and antisemitism but this is your regular reminder that Joyce Carol Oates fucking sucks and just because she sometimes makes a funny tweet doesn’t erase how much she fucking sucks.
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Mark C. Walton @chileboy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This Supreme Court is a fucking joke. What a bunch of partisan hacks. #SCOTUS
nbcnews.com
Supreme Court allows Trump’s ‘third country’ deportation policy
It’s the second time the court has rejected lower court rulings that immigrants must be able to object before being sent to countries where they have no connections.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Awful: The Supreme Court just let Trump's third-country deportations move forward. Still a shot at stopping them later but unlikely. Reminder: If Dems win power, they can and should defund both the white-nationalist Office of Remigration and third-country deportations, as I argue in this piece:
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