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Julie Brown

@cinnawind.bsky.social
1.7K followers 2.7K following 497 posts

Retired, spending time on gardening, dog sports, reading and family. Secular, Liberal, Oregonian.

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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 22h
so not broadcasting Trump's bullshit is a crime now. this is so fucking tiring.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 21h
Trump’s chainsaw attack on the trees of East Potomac Park today is emblematic of his presidency: wanton destruction of beautiful things, done with lightning speed to bypass local and legal opposition, as the administration lies about what they are doing.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Again, I never again want to hear the Republicans claim the mantle of, or be referred to as, the "party of national security." This, as with threatening to invade our NATO allies, should have long ago immediately ended his presidency. It also should again now.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 09/10/2026
Having a lawyer can mean the difference between being granted protection or being deported to danger. But it's essential that attorneys are competent and independent, not lackeys for the president.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
Aminata Seck has been freed. "I'm just ready to go back to school, get my master's and get this surgery done,” she said. ICE kept her in pain in detention for two months for no reason. www.espn.com/womens-colle...
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Kentucky State player released on bond from ICE custody
Kentucky State University women's basketball center Aminata Seck was released on bond Wednesday after spending two months in ICE custody.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
When ISIS killed my friend James Foley on camera they put him in an orange jumpsuit as a direct reference to images of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Not fucking interested my government having a fucking propaganda CONVERSATION with tomorrow’s terrorists, thanks.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
STATEMENT OF ABBE LOWELL AND NORM EISEN, COUNSEL FOR FED GOVERNOR LISA COOK, IN RESPONSE TO WHITE HOUSE "HEARING" ANNOUNCEMENT
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Brad Omland @bradradio.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Marco Rubio said in a video posted on X, “We don’t need that court and we don’t want it.” Oh, we will NEED it when this is all said and done. #trump #unitednations www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US imposes sanctions on international criminal court
Trump administration says US ‘doesn’t need’ ICC after accusing court of unfairly targeting Americans for war crime charges
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“.. AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event .. most likely a cyberattack, that shuts down access to financial services, internet connectivity, or even power and water.” @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/10/09/a...
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 09/10/2026
Hard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells
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SterlingC69 @sterlingc69.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Blanche should be disbarred for prosecuting innocent people.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/10/2026
Millions of Americans depend on the Affordable Care Act for healthcare and protections for preexisting conditions. And Joe Mitchell wants to repeal it. Iowa, believe him when he tells you exactly who he is.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.
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Dr. Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Again: There are not added health benefits to drinking raw milk. The only difference is that raw milk is full of bacteria that can cause severe infections. There is a reason why pasteurization exists, people. 🧪 www.cidrap.umn.edu/foodborne-di...
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Raw milk poses serious infection risks with no added health benefits, pediatrician group warns
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pete Hegseth picked Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to lead a Pentagon future of war project. It's: -Corrupt! Big Trump donors. -Conflict of interest! Defense contractors who will recommend their products. -Dangerous! Embeds techno-fascists deeper into US defense architecture. My latest, in @ms.now:
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Opinion | Oligarchs like Elon Musk are tightening their grip on the Pentagon
A new initiative named Project Meridian is just one way GOP donors’ influence over defense policy is increasing.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026
The Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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Anita Woodruff @anitaw1610.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n... Now, the wannabe Nazi regime is going after people with disabilities.
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Trump administration reverses stance on integration of people with disabilities
Disability rights advocates are angered by the latest reversal but are rallying behind proposed legislation and working with states to strengthen protections for community integration.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Camp David, Windsor Castle, the Elysée Palace... & a Trump golf club? That's the real pitch, comped memberships for future presidents included The Emoluments Clause would like a word I'll get into it & more @ms.now at 5pm ET👇 -TN
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Trump wants to turn his West Palm Beach golf club into the new Camp David
The plan calls for the federal government to be granted part of the property, with the rest maintained as a private course.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "We're now almost 12 minutes into this debate. We still haven't heard an explanation of how the tariffs are helping Georgia families. Georgians deserve to know why someone who wants to serve them in the Senate voted over and over for these tariffs."
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: I've got a guy to my left over here who thinks the best use of our money is to go fight wars abroad. That's why, while he was in Congress, the national debt blew up to $12 trillion. He's never seen a war he doesn't want to fight.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/10/2026
DoJ seeks to charge ex-Trump aide who gave key testimony on January 6 attack
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DoJ seeks to charge ex-Trump aide who gave key testimony on January 6 attack
Cassidy Hutchinson told panel she had been told Trump lunged for wheel of SUV to try to join mob at Capitol
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If the Hepatitis B vaccine trial RFK Jr. has funded in Guinea-Bissau were ethical, he’d be doing it in the U.S. Instead, he’s preying on infants in one of the poorest countries in the world, which also happens to have a high prevalence of Hep B. Infants will suffer b/c RFK Jr. is anti-vax.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is so dangerous! President Trump is deliberately inciting race hatred against an ethnic minority, calling on the people of Minnesota to "fight back" against "Somali immigrants." This must be a terrifying moment for the Somali community (who are overwhelmingly US citizens).
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carljungfranz.bsky.social @carljungfranz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pete Hegseth, is scared & trying to rationalize his FUBAR fiasco Iran War. Hundreds of buildings & structures at U.S. military bases across the Gulf states & the wider Middle East were destroyed by Iranian drone & missile strikes. Occurring during the early months of the war for Netanyahu&Trump.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Whoa. @haleaziz.bsky.social has the scoop on a truly insane plan to use some military training ships for deportations, with people presumably shackled or locked in cells for days at a time as they transit to Central and South America. Each journey would be staggeringly expensive — and dangerous.
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Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants (Gift Article)
Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary.
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In 1868 Louisiana elected first Black congressman. He was never seated In 1875 Louisiana elected second Black congressman. He served just one term It took 114 years for Louisiana to elect another Black member of Congress And now Roberts Court wants to wipe out Black representation across South
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026
This has to be an 8th Amendment violation. Don't forget that everyone in the US, even visitors, are protected by the Constitution.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
> @apnews.com #measles apnews.com/article/meas...
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“But rather than enhance American power, the war has constrained it…But most importantly, the rapid withdrawals have taught a lesson to the Iranians — and potentially to other adversaries — that they hold the power to chase out a superpower.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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From Iran to the U.K., Trump Is Being Forced Into Retreat
A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite. It is a lesson in unintended consequences.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is how slimy politicians like Marco Rubio dismiss strong reporting without disputing any of the facts: “You guys somehow walk around thinking that because some source told you something, and you reported it, it’s the gospel. It’s not the gospel, it’s not the gospel for me."
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Marco Rubio brushes off questions about Kimberly Guilfoyle pressing donor to pay credit card
US ambassador to Greece allegedly asked Trump donor to pay $100,000 American Express bill
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“As much as $5 million in SpaceX two days before he signed a sweeping policy aimed at expanding US commercial space transportation.”
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Julie Brown @cinnawind.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It appears he favors sending his in-laws back to India. Not sure if he plans to send his wife and their kids too.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
wow -- Fox Business is now treating Trump's completely made up economic boasts as though they are factual. Note the citation here -- "The White House" Reminder that the entire US economy is about $32t. If we really had $21t flowing in, you'd notice it Fox thinks their viewers are really dumb
Fox Biz screencap that says: "$21 TRILLION INVESTMENTS POURING INTO THE US"
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Rosalia" is a farmworker in Santa Maria, CA. "We live in constant fear of immigration raids as it doesn't matter if we have papers or not. They target us for having brown skin. We are not criminals; we are essential workers who put the food on America's tables." #WeFeedYou
A worker harvesting strawberries
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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump is basically claiming that he pardoned a crook who didn't deserve it for purely political resasons. This alone is worthy of impeachment and removal; overall, Trump's abuse of power pardons are easy calls for legitimate impeachment and removal. Whether he brags about it or not.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Update on US-Ecuadorian maritime ops: "An Ecuadorian judge declared 32 crew members of two vessels that were intercepted and bombed by the United States in Pacific waters innocent on Wednesday." efe.com/mundo/declar...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New whistleblower complaint: The Trump admin pushed the FBI to investigate Los Angeles protesters in violation of their constitutional rights and the bureau's policies, a former FBI supervisor alleges in a new whistleblower complaint.
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FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters
The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Trump family runs the government, and the government pays the Trump family. This is not a coincidence – it's deep corruption that never would have been tolerated before a convicted felon took over the White House. Vote against all Republicans.
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Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election
The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Look at just this one page from Trump's garbage 2027 budget. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202... And where's the money going instead? You guessed it: subsidizing corporate R&D that would happen without government involvement, but they prefer taxpayers cover it.
cuts to National Solar Observatory (NSO), NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NOIRLab),IceCube Neutrino Observatory (ICNO),  National Center for Atmospheric
Research (NCAR),  Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI),
and Green Bank Observatory.Consistent with the vision of a new Golden Age of American Science and Innovation, NSF’s FY 2027
Budget will build on its FY 2026 investments to support the development of specific critical
technologies—artificial intelligence (AI); quantum information science (QIS); biotechnology (biotech),
including neuroscience; and advanced materials and manufacturing (AMM).
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In the last hours of Kristi Noem's tenure as Homeland Security secretary, her agency delivered a windfall to one of her political donors by buying five airplanes from the man's firm at a substantial markup, documents show.
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump ran $10M+ in TV ads promoting himself, paid for w/ your tax dollars Facing backlash, he now says his super PAC will cover it Small problem: presidents can't direct super PAC spending either I'll get into it w/ @ms.now at 11AM ET👇 -TN
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Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.
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joelunchpail.bsky.social @joelunchpail.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Its still not nearly enough.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The white evangelical movement split in the 1970s so those who hated civil rights, especially for women, could boost right-wing Republicans. Talarico is reclaiming the movement for the others, and it is a very different thing indeed. Jimmy Carter v. Jerry Falwell.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We will never again be a democracy if we don't get the big money out of American politics. There should not be any higher priority. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/one-priori...
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One Priority Above All Others
We Must Drain the Poison Out of Our Body Politic If There Is to Be a Better World After Trump
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Layla A. Jones @laylaayanna.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kennedy took money for the Office of Minority Health and used it for his own security detail. And now, his anti-vax push will disproportionately harm Black, Latino, and Indigenous children who rely on Medicaid to pay for their vaccines talkingpointsmemo.com/news/rfk-jrs...
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RFK Jr’s Relentless Anti-Vax Push Will Disproportionately Hurt Children on Medicaid
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has already demonstrated his Department of Health and...
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Truly upside down world thanks to these guys and the forces they enabled
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Aside from the obvious unfairness of people getting rich off of uncompensated stealing of creative works, we should think really hard about what it means that the people who keep winning economic jackboxes to become oligarch-rich are the ones who are willing to cheat and break the law
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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