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Daisy Gardner

@daisygardner.bsky.social
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“All I have is a voice / To undo the folded lie” - W.H. Auden “This dogshit is bullshit!” - old saying from college www.momsclubfilm.com

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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 8h
I think @edsource.org and most mainstream education journalists think it’s unseemly to point out Sonja’s ties to extremists and her complete lack of education. But things like only having a high school diploma are relevant when she’s running to be a UC regent!
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 13h
They skipped a question & I like to believe it was my question about Sonja palling around with Proud Boys and J6ers.
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 13h
“At the same token, I don’t get paid by the state” - Sonja Shaw
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 13h
“They have TDS. We should get you some side help” - Sonja Shaw
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 13h
“I think it’s laughable to say our results are highble” - Sonja Shaw
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 13h
Richard Barrera sounds confident and qualified. “Every strategy that has been proven to lift student achievement- Sonja’s against.”
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 13h
Dear Lord! Sonja Shaw sounds coked up and illiterate: “let’s just call spade for spade.” “Where our kids can’t read write and math”
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 13h
@edsource.org live debate with the candidates for CA State Superintendent of Public Instruction is now! Ask Sonja Shaw if she can represent ALL kids given her anti-LGBTQ hate record: edsource.org/2026/califor...
edsource.org
Live debate: Candidates for California schools chief face off as the role changes
Join EdSource on Oct. 7 from 7 to 8 p.m. for a live virtual debate with two candidates for California Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 20h
Just now hearing that Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, the founding Calvary Chapel, is paying out $12 million to settle a lawsuit that their church aided and abetted clergy sex abuse by one of their local pastors who was also the wrestling coach.
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 19h
“Hi America! I’d like to erase the image you have of me sucking dicks at the gym by posting something chillingly racist instead.” - Markwayne Mullin
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 21h
The obvious counter messaging here is that this culture war shit is the way people are being distracted from their material concerns. ppl in rural Alabama are hurting with the cost of fuel and food right now, and their legislators are wasting their time and the state's money with this nonsense.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
phoenixnewtimes.com
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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JMay🍁⚖️🏝️🏖️🪖🇨🇦 @bubbles9333.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Robert Morris, 64, who started Texas’s Gateway church and also once served as White House spiritual adviser during Donald Trump’s first presidency, pleaded guilty in early October in Osage county district court on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with child. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
US megachurch pastor released from jail after pleading guilty to child sex abuse
Robert Morris, who started Gateway church, pleaded guilty in October to sexually abusing girl in the 1980s
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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
SCOTUS in a 6-3 decision decides states must help enforce the fugitive grandchildren act
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And of course Harmeet Dhillon’s protege in CA, Bill “No Bill” Essayli looooves J6ers. ❤️❤️❤️ Essayli stepped out of private practice to defend folks like Hostetter. theintercept.com/2025/06/24/t...
theintercept.com
Trump Appointee Prosecuting LA Protesters Defended Jan. 6 Suspects
Bill Essayli once warned January 6 prosecutions would “criminalize political differences.” Now he’s throwing the book at anti-ICE protesters.
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“How did Dhillon, a member of the GOP establishment, get involved with a future insurrectionist who would call for murdering political opponents?”
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“The indictment depicts Hostetter as one of the more significant extremists at the January 6 rally. This makes it all the more notable that months earlier he had been funding the work of a prominent official of the Republican National Committee.” link.motherjones.com/public/24251...
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Stop the Steal organizer Alan Hostetter speaking at a December 12 rally and calling for the “execution” of Donald Trump’s political opponents. Alan Hostetter/YouTube
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is a great round-up of rogues and scoundrels at the DOJ. but don’t sleep on the shady shoddiness of Harmeet Dhillon herself! Harmeet’s pre-DOJ work was funded by one of the most violent insurrectionists at J6. H/t @davidcorn.bsky.social
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm not sure if @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social have issued a statement on this yet, but they should publicly announce that if Russ Vought tries to fuck with the election in any way they will fire him out of a cannon when they take power.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So I think it is fair to say that the warning lights are flashing--in California, and also beyond. This extreme El Niño event will have widespread global impacts. We've never seen an event this big before in the context of our rapidly warming climate. Expect some surprises.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Based on what I am seeing now, I am officially concerned. And I'm not the only one: One federal scientist recently reflected that in their view we've entered "If you see something, say something" territory. I fully agree, and this month's data provides further evidence.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've always emphasized that I would clearly articulate genuinely serious weather & climate concerns, if and when they ever emerged. I've only done so a few times in 20 years--most recently in the days leading up to the Los Angeles wildfire disasters of January 2025.
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Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Twenty years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was murdered by Putin’s henchmen. She had warned about the true nature of the russian regime and urged that it not be allowed to continue until it was too late. Western leaders chose to listen to the appeasers—or succumbed to corruption.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 07/10/2026
this is very good
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randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
These fuckin’ assholes. The least sportsman-like thing in the history of wildlife management. animalwellnessaction.org/amendment-83...
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One of the cruelest parts of the flurry of measures designed to convince hunters and fishermen to vote MAGA is the reintroduction of steel traps in states like Colorado.
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Please show up to give public comment! Literally all you need to say is “Let All Kids Play.” Where: Renaissance Hotel - LAX When: Friday October 9th Time: Press Conference is at 8am. Meeting starts at 10. We need folks for both! Don’t let the goons win! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Via @prideatthepier.bsky.social
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
CALL TO ACTION! Protect 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ trans kids! This Friday, MAGA Mother From Hell running for State Sup of Public Instruction, Sonja Shaw, MAGA dingdong running for AG, Michael Gates, & a designated hate group will be sending their crew to invade CIF to demand CA bar trans kids from sports.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Agent Exum forwarded a news article titled “Federal agents taunted Chicago woman to ‘do something’ before shooting her” with a “Lmao” comment. The recipient responded “oh sh+t will that come back to bite you”, to which Agent Exum replied “oh well, it is what it is. Shit happens.”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUU
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's been such a long few years, I'd forgotten this particular rape accusation against Hegseth. The woman told police she may have been drugged. Hegseth, who was married to one woman and had just had a baby with another, said it was consensual but paid her $50k to settle. He was confirmed anyway.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“We’re talking about kids who have a mom, a dad, and siblings who want them to be living w/them,” said Jessica Richardson, a lawyer who works w/The Door. It’s “family separation,” said National Center for Youth Law lawyer Becky Wolozin, noting some of the kids are as young as 8. #AbuseofPowerWatch
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There is no way to reduce deportations without a substantial defunding of law enforcement in rural areas, who have long operated like a baronial class unto themselves.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just one day after another of cartoonish villainy
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: The Georgia State Election board is requesting Justice Department "intervention" ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Formal Request for DOJ Intervention to Todd Blanche
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anti trans hatred is the same as any other anti-gay, religious, or racial hatred we have ever known. This includes the efforts to dress it up, hide it, and make it about protecting women or children. That's exactly what bigots did to Black and gay people.
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Samuel ✡️ 🗽 @bluelion70.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yeah, it’s mind-boggling, alright. I can’t imagine why anyone wouldn’t want to come to the United States right now. I’m just baffled.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Given his wife's political advocacy for Barack Obama, it's outrageous that Jack Smith was ever entrusted with the legal fate of Donald Trump. by Ginni Thomas
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Christian nationalist has a very limited view of what counts as a legit religion. So, this office will persecute those in the military who aren't evangelicals
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“I am not insecure about my thinning hair, and my tiny dick!”
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We just need trans people to take it on the chin this time, but we'll get you when it matters! We just need people of color to take it on the chin this time, but we'll get you when it matters! We just need women to take it on the chin this time, but we'll get you when it matters!
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ah, I see we're back to the "Democrats are actually lying about what they believe in order to win elections and as soon as they gain power they'll act and vote more progressively" delusion. That's an oldie but a goodie. We've never seen any evidence to the contrary, I tell you what.
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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
After being raped by a man on my hall sophomore year, I couldn’t leave my dorm room for weeks and failed several classes. I had to take out student loans so I could retake those credits. We almost never talk about the financial toll of campus sexual assault on survivors.
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