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Colleen Murphy

@colleenmurph.bsky.social
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Retired, lover of nature, archeology and travel, mom of two, fierce feminist and progressive warrior

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h
Five-byline alert: 🚨 “.. In the last hours of Kristi Noem’s tenure as the 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 ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Big John @dcbigjohn.bsky.social · 17h
ICE is opening a concentration camp for children in Alexandria, Louisiana run by a private company with a horrendous human rights record. Because of significant opposition, the local government and ICE are doing everything they can to keep what's happening a secret www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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‘Shrouded in secrecy’: Louisiana's new ICE facility raises more questions than answers
Under the Trump administration's deportation blitz, ICE's new 'staging center' in Alexandria, Louisiana is run by the operators of Lasalle Corrections, a private, for-profit company with a history of ...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15h
NEW: I have obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Trump's name in the Epstein files for supervisory review. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
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EXCLUSIVE: MSW Media has Obtained Descriptions of NINE Epstein Files Redaction Training Videos in FOIA Lawsuit
Sources confirm that two videos instructed agents to flag documents including Trump’s name for supervisory review.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20h
Your vote is not small to the people spending millions to make sure you never cast it. They know what happens when working people, young people, women, and every fed-up voter show up together. We flip Congress. They lose control. That’s the whole assignment. #BlueWaveIn30Days
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 9h
All this is obvious, true and but for a couple of very brave pieces in WSJ, not reported or discussed in US corporate media, which are afraid of him.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 17h
“Their rights are being rolled back, their voices silenced, their bodies turned into battlegrounds, and their freedoms treated as bargaining chips.” António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, urging action on the injustices facing women around the world. #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 21h
🧵“We’ve got a president who’s no stranger to the Epstein files leading a Gestapo campaign to round up our most vulnerable population of children, driving profits off their lives. It’s human trafficking," said founder of group protesting new Louisiana ICE facility 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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RW @robairone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
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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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every bit of this 👇
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Impeach his ass 👇
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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/...
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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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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ignore the elite noise. Wealth and fame are weak compared to the raw power of your ballot. One vote flips seats, clears rooms, and guts the status quo. It is the ultimate weapon to choose who rules. Stop playing small. Stop being a spectator. Register right now. 🗳️ #LetsGetVoteReady
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“unilaterally change the world without having to constantly convince people… tech is an incredible alternative to politics…” JD Vance & Trump-backing billionaire Peter Thiel making it clear tech oligarchs hate democracy👇🏽 When they tell you what they’re doing, believe them
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The Ghost of Mark Twain @ghostofmarktwain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It is all coming together right before the midterm elections. Hegseth plans to cut 20% of senior military leaders and Trump wants to federalize elections. A coup is taking place RIGHT NOW. All that is missing is a Reichstag Fire, a USS Maine, a "yellow cake" . It is coming.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Expect more radical abortion restrictions right after the midterms. Todd Blanche is hot to go on this issue, but the White House asked him to hold back until November. Trump knows Americans don't want this, but doesn't care about anything other than the election. www.rawstory.com/department-o...
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White House secretly told DOJ to hold off on one hot-button issue until after vote: report
The White House has told the Justice Department to slow-walk abortion-related actions until after November's midterm elections, according to a new report.Senior White House officials, led by chief of ...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/10/2026
This is obscene. Buy enough of Trump’s crypto, and you can buy your way into a dinner with the President. Buy even more, and you get VIP access. Presidential access with a price tag. #PayToPlayPresident
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
At least 56 people have died in ICE custody during Trump’s second term. According to ICE’s internal reviews, detention staff did not provide sufficient medical care to at least six of those detainees. ICE has now taken down those reviews from its website. What other cruelty is ICE trying to hide?
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ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care
Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of il
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 02/10/2026
DISCLAIMER: This post contains graphic photos. Men, women, and families are being abused in lawless, cramped, mold-choked facilities in Florida. A horrific new whistleblower report has pulled back the curtain on the dangerous and lawless practices operating inside two federal facilities in Florida.
Conditions inside of the Miramar Holding Facility sally port where more than one hundred detainees are being detained for days and forced to sleep on the ground.Piles of trash have accumulated outside of the Miramar Holding FacilityHuman waste has overflowed onto the ground outside of the portable toilets placed outside of the Miramar Holding Facility sally port.Detainees brushing their teeth using water from a hose attached to a jug outside
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
The American Bar Association laid out the receipts. Big donors get appointments. Big money flows in, investigations disappear, pardons follow, regulations loosen and foreign governments get favorable treatment. The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.” #PayToPlayPresident
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026
NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died. Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan. Later, a fourth sibling died. Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 01/10/2026
Curious where all those "popularism" folks are on these things?
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Because sometimes the government needs you to trust a foreign government that it won’t tell you about. Pls read, subscribe & share; it's free. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/deportatio...
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Deportation Roulette, Brought To You By Monsters.
Your ticket’s one-way, your destination’s a secret, and your opportunity to object has been downgraded to standby.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Meanwhile, earlier today Pete Hegseth bragged about how he fired 20% of the country’s generals, weeding out the ones he and Trump find disloyal to their agenda And while I hope to G-d these things aren’t related, I’m terrified that they are
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
To name some of the worst... ✖️Medicaid and SNAP have been cut to deliver $4.5 trillion in tax cuts primarily for billionaires and corporations. ✖️Michigan is set to lose $2-3 billion annually in federal Medicaid and SNAP funding.
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WingChick🐸❌👑 @wingchick49.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
VOTE! Our democracy is in danger.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero. The Trump admin claimed as many as 16,000 noncitizens had been registered to vote in Nevada. Then DHS came back and said the number was actually 185. This week, Nevada told the admin every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Volunteer Blue @volunteerblue.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Lügenpresse” meant “lying press.” Hitler used it to turn Germans against journalists before the Nazis seized newspapers and outlawed dissent. Trump screams “fake news,” then banned White House press credentials. Vote to flip Congress before fascism wins. #BlueWaveIn40Days
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Goodnight 🌙 Oh…. and Netanyahu says that America “deserved 9/11” during his speech at the UN General Assembly. Cool, huh?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
NEWS: Retired four-star Admiral William McRaven, who oversaw the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, is sounding the alarm about Trump’s treatment of America’s allies.
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Admiral Who Took Down Bin Laden Sounds Alarm on Trump’s NATO Damage
As NATO pours billions into collective defense and Ukraine’s survival, William H. McRaven warns that Trump is burning through the personal trust an alliance needs when a crisis arrives.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Michigan. Thanks to Donald Trump’s outrageous war in Iran, cosigned by Mike Rogers.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/09/2026
JUST IN: In a deeply embarrassing and un-American court filing, the Trump regime is now arguing that CNN, MS NOW, and Politico can be stripped of White House access in the name of “national security.” 1/
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When did this take place? Because the Secretary of War was at a football game in Texas all day.
Pete Hegseth at a football game
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
FALL OF DEMOCRACY UPDATE: The authoritarian fascist in the Oval Office now says he’s banning CNN & MS NOW & Politico because they don’t glaze him enough (like the right-wing outlets) We are very far off the cliff, folks 🇺🇸
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026
He's not got any idea what he's even voting on. He has to be told how to vote. He's incapacitated. He's incapable of representing the people of Kentucky who are currently being taxed without representation.
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Florida Man misses Michigan Senate debate
Abdul El Sayed debates an empty podium as Mike Rogers i guess skipped this debate?
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If Trump wanted to crown himself emperor in the national cathedral alito and thomas would support it
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
BREAKING: Our banned interview with Kimmel generated 6 million views on YouTube.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/09/2026
Back then, Bush and Giuliani were right when they affirmed that American Muslims are simply fellow Americans—and today’s Trump-radicalized GOP is wrong. It’s as simple as that.
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How the Right Came to Embrace Anti-Muslim Bigotry
After the terrorist attacks of September 11th, Republican leaders opposed anti-Muslim sentiment. But the right’s worst instincts won.
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PanamáSusan @kauaihorses.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🇨🇦 PM Carney is the de facto leader of the Opposition to the Musk/Trump regime. He's organizing an alliance with other world leaders. He's the only one who has a plan. Americans for Canadian Sovereignty will fight alongside our neighbor & ally to the North in defeating the Trump oligarchy.
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CoCo ✌🏼💛🕊️ @coco.sheshed.rocks · 11/09/2026
#JimmyKimmel says FCC threats kept his interview with #JamesTalarico off television, so it went to YouTube instead, despite #Trump being on twice! When political pressure tries to silence a voice, sharing it becomes an act of resistance. Watch & share🇺🇸 #ViVaHerAlliance youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Republicans: “Dems are the violent ones!” Also Republicans:
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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Man Who Spread Racist Lies About Haitians Eating Your Pets Says That He's "Tired Of Being Called Racist" - Joe.My.God.
Yahoo News reports: Vice President JD Vance insisted Republican voters rose up in 2024 and took back the White House in part because they were “tired of being called racist” — then moments later crowe...
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