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Carol Hopkins

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Reporter for MI magazines and local news for many years. Now retired but it’s funny how that desire to report news doesn’t disappear. Twisting in bed at night truly concerned about the good old USA’s future. Love science!

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 13/05/2026
Look, he's not even pretending at this point. He DOES NOT CARE if you can't afford anything or get by because of his war. And this war wasn't even about the threat of Iran having nuclear weapons because there was NO imminent threat.
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The very definition of an inside job: Trump’s own Justice Dept is pondering settling a case with Trump that he filed against his own IRS. Raw grifting. With taxpayers’ money. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...
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Justice Dept. Officials Consider Settling Trump Suit Against I.R.S.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
"I want to get in for a term to get rid of the guy, and then a term to create basically an American legal reconstruction, by passing laws to make sure that this kind of autocratic threat (doesn't happen again)."
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Mike Sacks @mikebsacks.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Was it, by chance, Morris Buttermaker, the alcoholic pool cleaner and former minor-league baseball pitcher?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/04/2026
A Michigan gas station clerk helped save a 16-year-old girl who entered his store and mouthed the word “help” after a man had kidnapped her at gunpoint on her way to school last week, the authorities said.
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Michigan Gas Clerk Helps Save Kidnapped Teen Girl Who Mouthed ‘Help’
A fellow student who had witnessed the kidnapping called the police, and other students helped track the girl to a gas station.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This is horrific. A U.S. citizen describes the facility in Arizona that her husband was brought to while he waited to be put on a deportation flight. Dozens of people were crammed into tiny cells, there was a "chain of people vomiting" from filthy toilets, no medical care, and only one meal per day.
Barrera said her husband said the smell of human feces in the toilet caused a fellow detainee to vomit and, in turn, created a chain of people vomiting.
She said her husband is asthmatic and has not received medication to treat his condition. The lack of medicine and the stress of the overcrowded holding cell has left him short of breath and teetering on the edge of an asthma attack, Barrera said.
ICE did not immediately respond to questions on April 10 about the conditions of the Mesa or Phoenix facilities.
After the publication of this article, Barrera told The Arizona Republic her husband was transferred to the ICE facility at San Luis Regional Detention Center at about midnight. The San Luis Regional Detention Center is in Southwestern Arizona and has the capacity to hold 700 people.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...
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Lady with an opinion @ladymitopinion.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
New renderings for the WH
Cartoon of the white house depicted as a playpen, complete with rattles and bottle
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
When Trump couldn’t get Congress to pass the SAVE Act to federalize elections, he just ignored Congress and signed an executive order. Again. And now we are back to the courts with more lawsuits. Again. Non-stop chaos is his brand.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/04/2026
A single vote for Trump in the birthright citizenship case would be as bad as anything the Court has done since Bush v. Gore. This issue has been settled for more than a century. It is the jurisprudential equivalent of asking what 2+2 is. Any answer other than 4, something is deeply, deeply wrong.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Wut, the White House Counsel says Trump "has no involvement in business deals that would implicate his constitutional responsibilities."??? @democracydefendersfund.org has PROVEN quite the contrary: www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/03.11.26...
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Last week, Trump bragged about having 100% support from MAGA. Last night, Trump’s candidate lost the MAGA district Trump lives in. To a Democrat.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Oral argument begins in a few minutes in a case involving the RNC’s attempt to override state laws that allow a grace period for the arrival of mail-in ballots. It’s a bait and switch designed to disqualify masses of mailed ballots. Last week this is how Republicans talked about mail delivery.
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Dark Goddess @darkgoddess33.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
If you don’t have to fly, don’t. Airlines will notice. Vacation spots will notice. Find another way to travel or don’t. You’re choosing to stand in line, choose not to.
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bugs bunny is standing on a baseball field wearing a baseball cap and gloves .
ALT: bugs bunny is standing on a baseball field wearing a baseball cap and gloves .
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
NEW: Court orders Voice of America & parent agency @USAGM to bring back about 1000 employees put on admin leave a year ago & restore programs. Judge Royce Lamberth (Reagan) says order to cut to legal minimum wasn't properly considered. w/Ben Johansen www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
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Judge orders sidelined Voice of America employees back to work
The ruling amounted to a rebuke of administration efforts to dismantle the international broadcast organization.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 13/03/2026
The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. It would take away the rights of working people to make their voices heard at the ballot box. The Senate must reject this bill.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds. I support neither imperialism or dictatorship. Sahar Delijani said it best:
I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves.
Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone.
That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins.
If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after.
Sahar Delijani, Iranian author
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
So road trips are out And like, buying stuff
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
the reverse version of those “evolution of man” drawings
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th. We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
A federal judge in DC rules that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed and that actions she took as the claimed head of USAGM "shall have no force or effect," including last August's RIFs at the Voice of America.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This is *nothing* dignified about wearing a cheap baseball cap that promotes yourself to the otherwise solemn ceremony to receive the bodies of the troops you had killed to distract from your bad economy and rampant pedophilia.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
He seems pretty sensitive whenever someone confronts him with evidence that Putin might not be our friend. Even when Fox brings it up.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This is not good.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Who taught Trump this stupid tug of war thing with his handshakes? Fred? Roy Cohn? Epstein? I guess it’s supposed to be some kind of dumb power move. This morning with the President of Paraguay.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Lucifer has a point
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Trixie, Mabel & Millie celebrating Noem's firing like it's Xmas! #JusticeForCricket 🐶 🔫
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We can throw another $500,000,000,000 at the Pentagon this year and spend $1,000,000,000/day on a wholly useless war, but we can't afford to hire doctors and nurses to take care of our veterans? The United States is such an irresponsible, messed up country right now.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Wow did something happen in the US in January 2025?
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 01/03/2026
Congress Is Betraying America's Founders by Ceding Power to Trump The concentration of power in the modern presidency isn’t an accident. It’s the result of Congress giving up its authority. Commentary, only on Apple News ↓
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Congress Is Betraying America's Founders by Ceding Power to Trump — Rolling Stone
The framers of the Constitution believed liberty lived in the friction between governmental branches
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/02/2026
NEW: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sent Trump a letter and an invoice demanding the return of $8.6 billion taken from Illinois families after the Supreme Court ruled Trump’s tariffs are illegal.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
“Fortunately, the American people are better than our current government. Civic spirit and enlightened patriotism are by no means dead in the United States. As the people of Minnesota have again reminded us.” www.thebulwark.com/p/american-v...
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American Principles in the Age of MAGA Nihilism
Why the Trump administration fears authentic patriotism.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Wonderful. Just wonderful. An amazing story of perseverance.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas 
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“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by 
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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How Many Cognitive Tests Does One Man Need to Prove He’s Fine?
YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko
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BIG D GRANDROYAL @bigdgrandroyal.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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Rose❤️🇨🇦Part owner of Canada.🇨🇦❤️ @scotfreeme.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Wave goodbye to elections, America. That's it for you. March, kick and scream... It's to no avail. And you know it. It's going to cost you, either way. But the world will only watch as you plummet into the darkness, of a toppled empire. We all tried to warn... We fires hoping to motivate. GL.🤷🏼‍♀️
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/02/2026
How did they redact abusers but not the victims? And they expect us to believe 40 nude photos went unnoticed? That’s exactly why people think the DOJ did this on purpose, to shame these women for coming forward.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Thank you, Mr. President.
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Grits for Breakfast @gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
All that DHS advertising promoting Noem sure looks like wasted money now. It's quite an accomplishment to discredit oneself so thoroughly that it capsizes all her favorables despite $200+ million worth of unrebutted paid ads. www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/01/2026
🚨 NEW — Statement from the family of Alex Pretti: "We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital... 1/
"We are heartbroken but also very angry.
Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman.
The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed.
Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man."
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
It's a fascist power grab. And Congress has to put a stop to it.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
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sam @samveep.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Hard to say how many showed up for Alex Pretti’s vigil, but easily hundreds if not thousands. After community activists and leaders spoke at the park where they gathered, everyone marched to the site of Pretti’s killing. Streets just filled with people demanding ICE out.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Learn more about why ICE’s new policy that lets agents enter your home without a judicial warrant is dead wrong. joycevance.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.
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