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Cleves Whaley

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Trump hater. Democracy lover. She/her

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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 19h
She’s Been to Gaza. She Met With the Iranians. Now She Has a Warning. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/m...
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She’s Been to Gaza. She Met With the Iranians. Now She Has a Warning.
As the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric goes to both sides of conflicts. She’s worried that our warring world is spiraling out of control.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Excerpts from Michael Lewis on DOGE (Guardian article). 1. Gavin Kliger, white nationalist, refused to shake hands with the Black IRS staffer who briefed him on privacy issues. Or pay attention. Kliger now has a defense start-up valued at 1.4B thanks to DOGE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Phyllis, who loved working for Kathleen and saw falling on hand grenades as part of her job, never told her how this one had felt. She knew Gavin had expressed enthusiasm for white nationalists, and he likely knew that she knew. She tried to break the ice by walking in with her hand extended; Gavin stared at it and declined to shake it, though he had shaken the hands of the white men who had offered them. “He was kind of cool towards me,” said Phyllis. Before she could even start the briefing, he said, You know, I’ve heard these rules before at other agencies. Yes, she said, but these rules are different, because no other agency is governed by this privacy law, and this law can get you thrown in jail very quickly. As she walked him through the basics – how you can’t use your personal phone for business, how if you happen to so much as glimpse a form 1040 with someone’s name on it you must avert your eyes – Gavin played on his phone. “He’s multitasking right in front of me, typing and texting,” said Phyllis. “It was, here’s a routine that I must endure.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h
Trump has cut off intelligence to Ukraine so that Putin can more easily bomb civilians including children.
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Last night’s SNL Weekend Update included a hilariously accurate piece on Kevin O’Leary m.youtube.com/watch?v=_M4F...
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Weekend Update: Mr. Wonderful on Building an AI Data Center in Utah - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Don't give in. Instead, get out the vote. ⬇️ www.inequalitymediacivicaction.org/…
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GOTV — Inequality Media Civic Action
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is an example of why Donald Trump is just a simple-minded bought-and-paid-for stooge for tech when he talks about AI being self-regulating.
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I looked this up because it seemed ridiculous, even for Trump: “did trump say 97 car plants are being built” Yes, he said that. Yes, it is an absurd claim. But what made me LOL is this part of the search results: “… construction projects number in the single digits or lower.”
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stolen from Facebook:
Photos of 3 very angry men:  Pete Hegseth, Brett Kavanaugh, and Donald Trump. The text is this:

When the lesson you learn at places like Cornell is that there are zero consequences for sexual violence, you can go on to do anything. Like become the Secretary of Defense. Or a Supreme Court justice. Or even… the president of the United States. 
This is what living in a rape culture looks like.
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
FIRE YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS
There is no known benefit to having data centers in your community. 

There are many known drawbacks to having data centers in your community. 

Your elected officials keep signing NDAs, and passing laws, handing out tax breaks, and bending over backwards to allow the tech bro billionaires to build data centers in your community. 

There aren’t many good explanations for this. All those explanations involve the secret transfer of money from the tech bros to your elected officials. 

VOTE THEM ALL OUT. EVERYONE WHO HAS ALLOWED DATA CENTERS TO BE BUILT MUST BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
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AuntBunny @auntbunny.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Elizabeth Warren is a fighter. I volunteered for her during her presidential run. She is smart as a whip, and always fighting for the consumer. It will be interesting to see what happens now.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
Blanche totally punts on a question about what evidence there is to back up Trump's assertion that the Butler assassination attempt was a "Democratic plot" (so, there clearly isn't any ... )
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Garrett Langley Sucks

Garrett Langley is a mouthy jerk who should be forced to have a camera crew in his home and in his car and everywhere he goes. At all times!  If he has a family, they should have nonstop monitoring, too. 

He feigns having lofty goals, but it is simply avarice that drives his haughty attitude and inane statements. 

Through his utterances, he shows that he thinks we are a nation of fools to be conned, fleeced, and controlled. 

I wish only bad things for him and his company.
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It should be a big deal for the sitting president to repeatedly say IN PUBLIC, ON CAMERA, that he is breaking the law by controlling their super PAC. We CANNOT stop him while he’s still in office! Congress! Get off your knees and charge him with the crimes he keeps committing. HE NEEDS TO GO!
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Another appeals court ruled the administration’s mandatory detention policy for immigrants without bond hearings unlawful. It became the ninth federal appeals court to reject the policy. That is becoming less a losing streak and more a subscription. #Immigration
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/09/2026
Elon Musk embarked on a tweeting spree this week, attempting to rebrand the AfD, the far-right German party, as anything but far-right. “‘Far right’ is a propaganda term that became especially popular in recent years."
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The far right can’t stand being called “far right”
Following the AfD's win in Germany, allies attempt to discredit a phrase that fits their movement.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Still waiting: —for evidence Mitch McConnell is alive. —Republicans to confess how batshit crazy Trump is. —John Fetterman to announce he’s become a Republican. …Supreme Court supermajority to admit they really don’t care about upholding the Constitution. …Americans to prove enough is enough.
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
They are planning to rob us so they can afford to build the infrastructure to destroy us.
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Are they all drunk, all the time? Or is being intellectually challenged Markwayne’s problem here? I don’t think it’s acceptable to have him in charge of ANYTHING! Yet here we are.
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
HE MUST BE STOPPED. Everything he does is wrong. And it looks like the only way to stop him is to force him out. NOW! What are you slackards in the legislature waiting for? Please initiate the process immediately. Toss him aside before he ruins anything else.
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Tango Lingo @tangolingo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Surely it’s a hard pass on taking health advice from an ex-heroin addict?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/08/2026
There is a reason our book is called WTF AMERICA... bit.ly/wtf-america-...
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This Is Bad, Really Bad @wendyreed.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"VIOLATED A COURT ORDER" Trump may be immune but the companies and workers who did this are not. Charge them!
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
To be clear everyone involved in this should go to prison. This is not some petty "but the golf course was so nice beforehand" shit, this is "you are in open and flagrant violation of the law in that you lied to the court about your intentions and timelines" territory people.com/dozens-trees...
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Dozens of Trees Quietly Toppled in D.C. Without Court Approval Ahead of Trump’s New Golf Course Makeover: Report
Over 60 trees were removed at East Potomac Golf Links before official approval for renovations was granted, the Washington Post reported Friday, Aug. 26. Preservationists argue the plans violate a law...
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The entire regime does their corruption RIGHT OUT IN THE OPEN. Because they face NO PUSHBACK OR CONSEQUENCES! WTF!
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Someone I love has been stuck in a hospital ER for about 24 hours, waiting for an available room. There are 12 people in that ER waiting for rooms. I blame the current republicans. Too many people no longer have any healthcare coverage. So they are forced into ERs for everything.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We see this morning that Trump and Scott Bessent are still acting as though posting threats, lies, and misinformation is appropriate and effective. They both need to be removed immediately.
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Outrageous that it took 10 days for them to get media coverage
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22/08/2026
The administration is desperately trying to spin the hopeless war in Iran as a success, but our service members and their families are telling a different story. trib.al/27HVXCK
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Trump Hates the Troops. The Troops Are Taking Notice.
The administration is desperately trying to spin the hopeless war in Iran as a success, but our service members and their families are telling a different story.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Florida is about to run a real-time experiment by kicking out immigrant workers. Spoiler: everyone loses. ⁣ ⁣ Kick them out and you don't just lose labor, you lose the people buying stuff that keeps other people employed.⁣ ⁣
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Navy may change the name of a warship to honor a brave black man who served honorably in the Pearl Harbor attack to the name of a cowardly draft dodger who is so ignorant he didn’t even know what happened at Pearl Harbor, according to his then Chief of Staff accompanying him on the visit
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Heartbreaking.💔
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"Politicians from both parties and judges should be prepared to push back forcefully against any attempt Trump and his allies make to interfere with the 2026 elections. If he succeeds in perverting the results, he will be emboldened to take similar steps in 2028..." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | Trump’s Election Interference Is Eroding American Democracy
The president is prioritizing his own interests over the national interest.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/08/2026
“Data centers are the future.” —Tommy Tuberville But who’s paying for that future? One of Tuberville’s largest campaign donors has a major financial stake in the data-center boom he’s pushing. Governor Tuberville would protect data centers, not Alabamians. #HoldTheCrooksAccountable
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20/08/2026
🏛️ MISSOURI LATEST: Voters cannot use the state’s referendum process to challenge a GOP gerrymander, a judge ruled, handing Republicans a victory in their effort to keep the new map in place. Next stop? The state supreme court.
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Missouri Supreme Court swiftly takes up fight over voters’ right to challenge GOP gerrymander
The justices said they were taking the case “because of the general interest or importance of the legal issues involved in this matter.”
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 20/08/2026
Everything from iPhones and solar panels to fuel and anesthetics are also brought into the tiny coastal territory illegally. Israel restricts quantities of some goods and bans others outright. to.pbs.org/4glzTjn
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Prices soar as Gaza smuggling booms. Officials, soldiers and middlemen are accused of cashing in
Everything from iPhones and solar panels to fuel and anesthetics are also brought into the tiny coastal territory illegally. Israel restricts quantities of some goods and bans others outright.
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 20/08/2026
Yeah. Scenario: Dems win the House, White House and Republicans in Congress say the election was stolen and that Congress is illegitimate now, and there are two years of constitutional crisis while the Executive runs amok.
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NPR @npr.org · 20/08/2026
Maryland has one of the strictest data privacy laws in the country. But privacy advocates allege data brokers are violating the law by selling data to police and federal immigration agencies. n.pr/4ikyjk9
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Privacy advocates call on Maryland to investigate data brokers
Maryland has one of the strictest data privacy laws in the country. But privacy advocates allege data brokers are violating the law by selling data to police and federal immigration agencies.
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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 20/08/2026
It's probably safest to assume that any data you give to an American company could end up with the NSA, CIA or some other three-letter agency
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Peter Lipman @peterlipman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
From bone-dry to soaked to the bone, welcome to the age of climate whiplash www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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From bone-dry to soaked to the bone, welcome to the age of climate whiplash | Aditya Chakrabortty
This punishingly hot and dry summer will probably be followed by another wet winter. But it’s nothing compared with what Britain will endure in years to come, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabort...
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This is sad and scary. Trump’s success (due mainly to the senate, house, and SCOTUS enabling him by kowtowing to him) has emboldened extremist, power-hungry people around the globe.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 18/08/2026
Trump threatened to impose “harsh measures” on Colorado unless it released election denier Tina Peters. Then the Trump administration cut grants to the state, and Governor Polis bowed to pressure and let Peters out early. That's not normal or ok.
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New evidence suggests White House took steps to punish Colorado over Tina Peters case
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” a federal district court judge said about a newly disclosed email. “I’ve never even imagined something like it.”
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Prior authorization—which allows insurers to overrule physicians and deny coverage—acts as a “corporate care veto” that drains tens of billions of dollars each year that could go toward patients. www.commondreams.org/news/corpora... #health #insurance #medicine #Blues
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Advocates Call for End of Deadly Tactic Used by For-Profit Health Insurers to Deny Treatment | Common Dreams
The authors of a new report have called prior authorization---which allows insurers to overrule physicians to deny coverage---a "corporate care veto" and found it drains tens of billions of dollars ea...
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18/08/2026
The media should not be covering Trump’s new crypto bank as if it were a legitimate business story. trib.al/8N2MRaC
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Trump’s New Bank Is His Most Naked Scandal Yet
The media should not be covering Trump’s new crypto bank as if it were a legitimate business story.
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Cleves Whaley @cleveswhaley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trump freely admits that he is swayed by anyone who claims to like him. His understanding of geopolitics is ridiculously inadequate, and we pay the price for that.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/08/2026
NEWS: Trump says he has ordered Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises, citing his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump says he is helping North Korea because South Korea refused to join his failed war against Iran.
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