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@crankyolady.bsky.social
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Retired copywriter, analyst, government wonk and migrant worker in the groves of academe. Contemplating fifth career as a gadfly. No DMs unless I know you IRL.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 18h
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19h
The daughter of Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, works for a US lobbying firm with a $35K-a-month contract to represent Republika Srpska. Here she is with its interior minister, a figure aligned with the pro-Russian government. www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-...
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 10h
USPS Hires Security Service With History of Human Rights Abuse newrepublic.com/post/216331/... via @newrepublic.com
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USPS Hires Security Service With History of Human Rights Abuse
Almost 1,000 armed security officers have been sent to at least 55 post office facilities.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17h
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 16h
Truth 👇
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 15h
"President Donald Trump's tariffs had pushed the prices of consumer goods 2.9% higher as of earlier this year, according to new research by the New York Fed, and price would have actually dipped modestly without the levies." What Trump's tariffs did to prices qz.com/ny-fed-trump...
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NY Fed: Trump tariffs added 2.9 points to consumer goods inflation
Price on many everyday goods would have actually dipped modestly without the levies, according to new research by the New York Fed
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 15h
How Jared Kushner used his position to hop in bed with autocrats www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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How Jared Kushner used his position to hop in bed with autocrats
And sell out America.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's about time 👇
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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump is a disgrace to the office and to humanity. He has ZERO respect for the military. He is grossly incompetent and unqualified to be our commander in chief. What an embarrassment. That lying, treasonous, corrupt, racist, pedophile deserves the 25th, but the REPUBLICANS are spineless cowards.
San Diego has one of the largest concentrations of US Navy and Marines Corps forces in the world and serves as a hub for the US Pacific Fleet. 

San Diego County is home to over 110,000 active duty military members and roughly 60,000 military children. 

It's home to more than 200,000 veterans and retirees.

"Let them take out San Diego. This is a small price to pay." ~ Donald J Trump
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🌊 DudeTheyreOnToMe 24:7🌊 @dancinginthestreet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 15h
What's next, gladiatorial arenas?
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lisa0033.bsky.social @lisa0033.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN...
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 19h
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 19h
I Fought Corruption Abroad for Years. My Own Country Just Surrendered. steadystate1.substack.com/p/i-fought-c...
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I Fought Corruption Abroad for Years. My Own Country Just Surrendered.
America Just Joined Russia and Belarus in Quitting the Fight Against Corruption
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Yamino @yamino.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We already had at least one grandmother tree destroyed for a border wall this week, now theyre threatening the last living chestnut trees? I'm seeing red.
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 20h
FFS 🤬🤦
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 20h
"President Donald Trump's tariffs had pushed the prices of consumer goods 2.9% higher as of earlier this year, according to new research by the New York Fed, and price would have actually dipped modestly without the levies." What Trump's tariffs did to prices qz.com/ny-fed-trump...
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NY Fed: Trump tariffs added 2.9 points to consumer goods inflation
Price on many everyday goods would have actually dipped modestly without the levies, according to new research by the New York Fed
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 22h
R.I.P. 😢 She was brilliant. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died (Gift Article)
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Trump administration broke federal law by withholding more than $78 million Congress had approved for healthcare research, according to a Government Accountability Office report. The watchdog found that HHS violated the Impoundment Control Act by withholding
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Add Karen Smith to my list of badasses whose mouthy approach I respect. Actions usually speak louder than words. This is a hero, Y'all. Well done, Ma'am. You're gonna kick ass in your new position. ✊📖
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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If they’re admitting 81 planes, drones and helicopters worth $3.3 billion have been lost in Iran, imagine what they’re not telling us. The real cost is likely far higher, and our grandchildren will be paying for this unnecessary war and his reckless spending. www.businesstoday.in/amp/world/st...
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Soldiers Wounded in Iran Say DOD Made Them Get Their Own Treatment newrepublic.com/post/216274/... via @newrepublic.com
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Soldiers Wounded in Iran Say DOD Made Them Get Their Own Treatment
The service members were left to fend for themselves.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My favorite thing about the Kimberly Guilfoyle donor texts scandal is that it has to be humiliating for her that it’s now public. And it’s got to sting to know that it must have been Eric Deters who leaked her messages instructing him to help her commit tax fraud and cover up the scheme.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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EpicallyEpicSB @seanloch7808.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Alanis Morissette - Isn't It Ironic?
ALT: Alanis Morissette - Isn't It Ironic?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pe[low]te Hegseth can’t keep up with women he claims aren’t strong enough to compete with men in his “warrior” military.
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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 (Gift Article)
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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Maryland Blue Girl 💙 I have words and know how to use them @quothpam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If only.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall. I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil.
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"The trade deficit grew to $105.6 billion in August, a 13.7% increase from July, driven by ...petroleum, gold and [AI] chips...It was the largest monthly total since ...April 2025... larger than any monthly trade deficit in the last year of the Biden administration." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/b...
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U.S. Trade Deficit Hits 17-Month High Despite Trump’s Tariffs (Gift Article)
Imports and the trade deficit have ballooned in recent months, defying the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce it through tariffs.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
oh my GOD
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Reminder!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hegseth also removed the olive branches, a traditional symbol of wishing peace, from the Department of Defense seal. This, in addition to changing the name to "The Department of War," shows the dangerous belligerency that comes from appointing a frat bro who values testosterone over statesmanship.
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Know Your Federal Voting Rights / Conozca sus derechos electorales federales” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Know Your Federal Voting Rights / Conozca sus derechos electorales federales · No Kings
**Habrá traducción al español. Para ver la información sobre este evento en español, desplácese hacia abajo y presione en "Read more."** The right to vote is fundamental to our democracy, and we’ll a...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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Howard ✡🟦🎗 @howarda-atlaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My mother teaches Hebrew school. Kids as young as five years old to 13-year-old studying for their bar and bat mitzvahs She teaches tomorrow afternoon and evening. And her school needs increased security because of the October 7 anniversary. Screw anybody justifying or celebrating that attack.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This 👇
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Dr. Oz Gets Embarrassing Fact-Check on Fox News Over Price of Butter newrepublic.com/post/216248/... via @newrepublic.com
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Dr. Oz Gets Embarrassing Fact-Check on Fox News Over Price of Butter
Fox News’s Laura Ingraham refused to take the Trump official’s word for it.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How USAID Helped America’s Universities ashermossa4al.substack.com/p/how-usaid-...
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How USAID Helped America’s Universities
Until it was abruptly shut down. And what you can do to help.
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crankyolady.bsky.social @crankyolady.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
by Andy Borowitz 😁 Iran Says LA and San Diego Much Lower on Their List Than Mar-a-Lago
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