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Connie

@conniemac1.bsky.social
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History/linguistics/geopolitics geek, stubborn streak (think Petty's "I Won't Back Down") that serves me well in my battle for democracy. I'm like Canada - nice until you push me too far...then you'll be the one who's "Sorry."

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Just A Grandmom🇺🇸 @grandmompa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm on board with this. Along with very lengthy prison terms for treason.
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The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mf’er is like Batman.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Things that Senator Eric Schmitt always confuses: Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Atlanta Hawks. A John Deer Tractor vs. A Dear John Letter. Washington State vs. Washington DC. Gorrillas vs. Guerrillas. Duke University’s Blue Devils vs. Arizona State University’s Sun Devils.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
youtube.com
Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
theintercept.com
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
How not surprising that a president who acts like a petty mob boss is holding one of our nation’s treasured institutions hostage until we meet his conditions—that is, putting his stupid name on the building. I say we just put it in mothballs until he is gone.
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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026
Run this ad in every commnnity that has had a data center built.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story.
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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Incredible headline here (among other things)
theguardian.com
Texas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to community
Disbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The surest sign that a majority SCOTUS decision was moral, fair, and based on existing law:
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Imagine a Vice President of the United States getting a fact-check Community Note that the heckler was right and you are lying. These people just can’t stop lying.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA
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alipenguinz.bsky.social @alipenguinz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The ONLY reason why he did it is because someone told him he would lose the support of Tennessee and other red states if he didn’t lower the flags. He did it out of self preservation. He didn’t do it after Rep. Melissa Hortman was murdered, he wanted to piss off Minnesota.
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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A lot of truth in this new cartoon from Nova Scotia's Bruce MacKinnon. BTW, King Dumbass is claiming (as usual, with no evidence) that Dolly Parton was a "huge fan" of him. Yeah, right.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 27/08/2026
Oh look, Fuckface reposted a list of his own government's failures. No accountability, no meaningful deficit cut, bills dying in his own Senate, long vacations and no work. His party holds the House, the Senate and the White House. He hit share on it anyway.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
this is so incredible I can’t stop laughing because he forgot to include Reagan
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Mike Johnson really has them working hard for you, America.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’s been almost 90 days since the American people have seen or heard from Mitch McConnell. We’re still paying his salary.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/08/2026
someone is repeatedly yelling “shame!” and “lies!” in the background as Lutnick tries to hold a press conference
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This story is a bit wild. After Elon Musk's DOGE erased decades of USAID data, it was assumed to be lost. But a Canadian college student had previously downloaded much of it in high school for a project. 4,000 PDFs. Thanks again, Canada. Yet again. www.aiddata.org/blog/before-...
aiddata.org
Before reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learned
Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.
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Peter Collinson @petercollinson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A.R. Moxon's (@juliusgoat.bsky.social) explanation of fascists hypocrisy is the best I've read. Johnson's lies are also told because fascists are required to rewrite history so it matches their current narratives. Scum wrapped in fake piety indeed!
It's best to understand that fascists see hypocrisy as a virtue.  It's how they signal that the things they are doing to people were never meant to be equally applied.  It's not an inconsistency.  It's very consistent to the only true fascist value, which is domination.   A.R. Moxon, @JuliusGoat@mastodon.social + @juliusgoat.bsky.social.   December 21, 2022 on Mastodon.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Pure scum wrapped in fake piety.
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Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto @cortezmasto.senate.gov · 05/08/2026
I’m glad the President has his priorities straight.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The United States Treasury: An ATM for the Rich and Powerful
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
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ʟᴇɢꜱ ʙᴇɴᴇᴅɪᴄᴛ ✨ 𝟏𝟎/𝟒 @maybecam.blacksky.app · 05/08/2026
Waking up to Sharia Law in NYC is crazy. Knicks won, crime is down, 2,000 toddlers are going to school for free, parents got “date night” with nyc babysitters, they’re building housing on city land, small businesses are saving money and selling ice cream. Its sunny out i should go get one.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Republicans won’t stop a corrupt tyrant from unnecessarily shaking down American taxpayers, but they *will* stop women from getting necessary healthcare. What amoral jackholes.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
“If we reduce the complaints, we reduce the discrimination”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Frances Perkins was the patron saint of American workers and an inspiration for me during my time as labor secretary. She was the guiding light behind the creation of Social Security, the 40-hour workweek, the National Labor Relations Act, and much more.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
What a surprise, the alleged abuser was jacking himself up on testosterone.
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Well, where is he? If he's dead, we should know this.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/07/2026
uh...yes?
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Forbes @forbes.com · 20/07/2026
The New York Times reported Monday that dozens of U.S. service members were injured in three Iranian strikes last week that weren’t publicly disclosed by the Pentagon.
forbes.com
Pentagon Denies Hiding Injury Stats—After Report Dozens Were Hurt In Undisclosed Iran Strikes
The New York Times reported Monday that dozens of U.S. service members were injured in three Iranian strikes last week that weren’t publicly disclosed by the Pentagon.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Cartoon by @slyngstad.bsky.social. #WhereIsMitch
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
First country to insist on singing their own anthem in a match that doesn't involve them at any world cup. The US is a deeply insecure place.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales died defending this country. Think about that while politicians demonize immigrants and terrorize Latino communities. Americans with names like Gonzales have always fought, bled, and died for this nation. RIP to her and Lt. Tyler Feehan. 🇺🇸
Pentagon shares the names of two US servicemembers KIA Friday and Saturday in the Iranian attack on the
US base in Jordan.
1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii;
Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.
RIP
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Pentagon is withholding causality and hit numbers. The CDC is withholding infection rates. The FDA is withholding information about food contamination. The EPA is withholding pollution and climate data. This corrupt administration is ALL about concealing the consequences of its incompetence.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Foreclosures increased 21% in the first half of this year. Student loan defaults are at a record high. Total household debt is also at a record high of $18.8 trillion. Meanwhile, corporate profits are the highest they’ve ever been. “New Golden Age” for whom?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
He is so shameless with his insider trading and market manipulations.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/07/2026
Virtually every country in the world *except* for the US is responding to the Iran War in a rational way -- ie, trying to reduce their reliance in imported fossil fuels.
bloomberg.com
How the Iran War Is Driving Demand for Clean Energy
For decades, the case for clean energy was rooted primarily in climate policy. Today, it is just as much about geopolitics.
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GreyBruceInfo- Part Owner of Canada 🇨🇦 @brucegreyinfo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Lauren Fraser @walkyouhome.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Find of the day
My hand holding a long piece of shale that has been split in half. There is a small leaf fossil inside that's visible on both pieces. The beach and sea in the background, a blue sky.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The toxic influencer who has made "hyper-masculinity" his brand was arresting wearing Doris Day clam-digger slacks and a kicky purple blouse.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/07/2026
Whoopsie daisy. 🤣😂🤣😂
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
He Should Be Fired Immediately and Investigated…..
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/07/2026
i have never seen someone as clearly vacant behind the eyes as tuberville. there is nothing going on in there. if the electrons are firing they are moving through molasses
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What a graphic. @cnn.com $NVDA $TSLA $AEO
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