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@colliejoy.bsky.social
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Happily married grandma. Mostly here for politics and good journalism. Sometimes a funny meme or two. My dogs keep me sane.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 22h
Maybe Amy Klobuchar can explain to Eric Schmitt what an “own goal” is?
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21h
Sen. Eric Schmitt was so overzealous to try and get Jack Smith, a good and honest man who has done great work, that Schmitt embarrassed himself by accusing Smith of going to the wrong basketball game. You can't make this stuff up. And right wing media will pretend it never happened.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is an incredibly important point. Every time I've warned of fascism or dictatorship, people have laughed and said that full-blown dictatorship has obviously not arrived. But that's often not how it arrives, fully garbed. It arrives thru steady erosion of norms that you barely notice are gone.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
this gaffe should follow Eric Schmitt around for the rest of his political life (Jack Smith was actually in Maryland at a HAWKEYES game, not in Atlanta colluding with Fani Willis as Schmitt alleged) (Win McNamee/Getty)
photo of Schmitt's team holding up a poster board that made false claims about Jack Smith's whereabouts in February 2024
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 27/09/2026
Children are being held for months at ICE’s Dilley detention center despite posing no security threat. @monacharen.bsky.social and Casey Revkin discuss the conditions inside, and the father whose son asked him, “Why are we here if we didn’t do anything wrong?”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If a politician takes money from weapons manufacturers, don't be surprised when they back weapons contracts. If a politician takes money from Big Pharma, don't be surprised when they try to stop guaranteed healthcare. That's why I don't take ANY corporate money. None.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CEO pay is up 1,316% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 28%. CEOs are now paid 325 TIMES as much as the typical worker in their industry, according to @epi.org Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Angela Collier @acollierastro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ice murdered another man
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Man dead after fleeing ICE agents in Grand Rapids
A man died after crashing his car while fleeing ICE agents in Grand Rapids. Michigan State Police will investigate.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A US citizens out on a stroll to the local drug store, suddenly and inexplicably brutally assaulted by a officers of Trump's secret police, who beat him senseless, throwing him to the street and then nonchalantly drive away. Evanston Now has documented the entire incident.
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Victim in ICE stop was walking to pharmacy, witness says - Evanston Now
Agents drove off, leaving the man bloodied on the pavement.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In a country awash with guns and hate, this shooting is a painful metaphor. A hate fueled administration put a bullet into an immigrant of color. The shooter walks free and the victim is incarcerated. With a US bullet lodged in his body. abcnews.com/US/man-hospi...
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Man shot by ICE speaks out, says bullet is still in him
A man was shot and injured in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement incident in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, according to officials.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE-Gestapo killers shot and injured a DoorDash delivery driver in Texas whilst he was doing his job. I’ll say it again, they aren’t agents, they are terrorists.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wilber’s attorney: “Wilber has a bullet lodged near his spine and is losing feeling on the left side of his body.” #AbolishICE @DoorDash
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
👇🏽 #AbolishICE
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/09/2026
"'We have confirmation due to communication between Kate and Wilber that he’s in Pearsall for interrogation and still has the bullet lodged in his body. He’s received no pain medication and had to sleep on the floor.'"
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ICE Shot a DoorDash Driver in the Back in Austin
Rather than getting him medical help, they carted him off to an ICE detention complex—and the bullet is still in his back.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
Shot in the back. No criminal record.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Alert ⚠️ An ICE officer shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in North Austin today after a traffic stop. He was shot in the torso and hospitalized in serious but stable condition. His attorney says Perez, a Venezuelan national, entered the U.S. legally and had a valid work permit.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/09/2026
James Talarico: "I wish our government would go after pedophiles the way they go after brown men headed to work at 7 a.m."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026
ICE cannot be reformed. It must be abolished.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/09/2026
It’s hard to avoid the similarities between Trump's relationship with the Kennedy Center and a psychopathic courtship. If he can’t possess it, he threatens to kill it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A data center in New Jersey spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a local creek, putting the area’s entire river system at risk. Is it any wonder nearly 70 percent of Americans don’t want a data center in their community?
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
National forests aren't just timber; they are the primary drinking water filters and flood defenses for millions of downstream families. Clear-cutting 45 million acres guarantees mudslides, ruined water tables, and disaster. Stop it: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests
Contact Congress today!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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John Hickenlooper @hickenlooper.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Mail-in voting is safe, secure, and reliable. The president knows it too – why else would he vote by mail himself twice just this year?
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem was one of the most remarkable people I ever met. She had this glowing aura of intellgience and charisma, you absolutely could not look away from her. But she never left behind her journalist's curiousity. She asked questions; she really listened. What a loss, but also what a life.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
There is not a single reason why Hakeem Jeffries should be meeting privately with Jared Kushner. None. Not one. Jeffries is such a disappointment over and over again.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This is from last year. FAFO: Stupidest Administration in History Edition.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
When America is gone, remember NYT headlines like this and never again ask what role corporate media played in normalizing the most dangerous man on Earth
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: "The Secret Service Says Because of What You're Doing They May Close You Down"; White House Threatens Free Press At D.C. Racing Event for Offense of Filming the President of the United States While He Is in Public
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Remember that at this very moment Greg Abbott is trying to protect the mass deportation agents currently terrorizing Texans and community members all over this country.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/08/2026
Parts of Indiana have been without power for 9–10 days due to storms. Tens of thousands are currently in the dark (peak was over 300,000). Puerto Rico has been rationing water for 13+ days due to severe drought. Trump has not said a word about either crisis. Not a tweet. A “Truth.” Nothing
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 21/08/2026
Miscarriage is not a crime. Abortion is a basic medical procedure. Legalize abortion rights in ALL 50 states.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Data from the Pentagon shows that more than 750 US troops have been wounded during operations against Iran. 580 are Army, 86 Navy, 64 Air Force and 19 Marines. Do you know how many injuries could have been avoided if we didn’t go to war with Iran? All of them.
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 20/08/2026
The location of a planned U.S. Department of Homeland Security national immigration enforcement call center has changed from Adams to a neighborhood near Nashville International Airport, a federal contract database shows. @friedmanadam5.bsky.social reports.
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ICE changes location of Tennessee call center site from Adams to Nashville • Tennessee Lookout
The location of a planned U.S. Department of Homeland Security national immigration enforcement call center will be in Nashville.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers exposing the lies told to the public about the disastrous Viet Nam war, forever becoming a hero in history. Now... someone PLEASE leak #TheEPSTEINFiles & end the biggest coverup scandal of all-time! 🙏
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Barbara Boxer @realbarbaraboxer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
North Korea is a dangerous enemy to the United States of America and if Donald Trump doesn’t see it, he is either in cahoots with their dictator or demented. Either way, November can’t come soon enough. 
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trump pissed on the graves of a lot of Korean War vets today.
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