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Dawn Bense

@dawnbense.bsky.social
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Vice Chair, Manistee County Democratic Party. Democratic Precinct Delegate to Manistee County. Grandma, mom, and wife.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 5h
Thou sayest the King grows mad, I’ll tell thee, friend, I am almost mad myself.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h
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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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 7h
Lawyers are on the front lines of the fight to protect our democracy. Right now, @wetheaction.bsky.social is recruiting lawyers who are willing to volunteer their time to defend voting rights. Join them: wetheaction.us/guide
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Dawn Bense @dawnbense.bsky.social · 8h
I have never seen anything like this. This is a judge stating clearly that the justice department is being weaponized against a person who may disagree with the president.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h
* GERMAN CHANCELLOR MERZ: WE ARE PREPARING FOR MAJOR HYBRID ATTACKS BY RUSSIA, WE WOULD RESPOND QUICKLY AND VERY CLEARLY @reuters.com
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 9h
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Temu Patton sucks ass.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
OCEANA COUNTY. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10.
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Oceana County Town Hall with Abdul | OCEANA · Abdul for U.S. Senate
Please join us at our Oceana County stop for the Shouldn't Be This Hard TOWN HALL TOUR. RSVP IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY AND THE EVENT WILL BE FIRST COME FIRST. MUST PRESENT GOVERNMENT ID AND FOLLOW NO BAG...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that.
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Dawn Bense @dawnbense.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Republicans cut Medicaid so that Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg could have more tax breaks.
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So Jimmy Kimmel had his wife parody Natalie Harp on his show. She played his unhinged assistant. It was as ridiculously funny as you might imagine.😅
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It sounds so serious that I wonder you have time to sit at a table with newscaster chatting about it.
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So, it seems that wanted criminals can travel through Canadian airspace provided they're going somewhere important. #Netanyahu www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Netanyahu crosses Canadian airspace with arrest warrant in effect | CBC News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled through Canadian airspace on Thursday, despite facing an international arrest warrant.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026
Whoa. Fetterman accidentally admits he’s a Republican—before he caught himself. QUESTION: “Why not become an independent?” FETTERMAN: “Because I’m a lifelong, uh, Republican.”
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
If we promise not to bring an iced coffee into a job interview, will you promise to pay us a living wage?
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Dawn Bense @dawnbense.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My friend @rebeccaamidonformi.bsky.social is running for Michigan State Senate, 32nd District. Her GOP opponent Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole doxxed her in several campaign mailings. Listen: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8TghhVS/
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#greenscreen 9/24/26: Michigan, we have a very dangerous man running for Michigan state senate district 32. He is a rogue, power hungry sheriff who believes no one is above him. No law, not even Presi...
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sweden and Finland scramble fighter jets to intercept Russian military aircraft. www.euronews.com/2026/09/25/f...
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Finland and Sweden scramble fighter jets to intercept Russian aircraft
European countries have been on high alert for any Russian interference, with fears that Moscow could target Kyiv's Western backers as the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine drags on into its fifth year. #EuropeNews
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump is now running campaign ads paid for with our tax dollars. Think about that.
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Donna Hopkins Ⓥ @vegandreamer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING🚨 A truck driver who made every ICE check-in for seven years and has no criminal record is now sleeping in a $7-a-night hotel in Cameroon after ICE took him from his foster father's driveway, the retired Wayne County judge who had fostered him.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It now costs the truck drivers on average $1,200 to fill up a single tank because of the war in Iran. Mike Rogers said it's a win-win-win. Are you winning?
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 23/09/2026
Two Trump-appointed judges just ordered Missouri to switch congressional maps after ballots were printed and voting had already started, defying the Supreme Court's own stay. 116 local election jurisdictions say it's now impossible. That's not a ruling; that's sabotage with a robe on.
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GOP judges ripped at Supreme Court for pro-Trump midterm hijinks: 'Electoral disorder'
A panel of Republican-appointed federal judges drew accusations of defying U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after ordering Missouri to switch congressional maps while voting was already unde...
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Michigan Democrats @michigandems.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
REMINDER: Mike Rogers has been one of the top defenders of Trump’s Iran war, said he would vote to keep the war going indefinitely, and repeatedly dismissed Michiganders’ concerns about skyrocketing gas prices. Take a look at the receipts 👇 michigandems.com/reminder-mik...
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REMINDER: Mike Rogers Has Been One of the Top Defenders of Trump’s Iran War, Even as Gas Prices Skyrocketed - Michigan Democratic Party
Mike Rogers supported and defended Trump's Iran War, said he would vote to keep the war going indefinitely, and dismissed concerns about rising gas prices.
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David F. Soros @wiselineprt.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I assume this is aimed at network O&O, it's a smokescreen, the networks are in bed with MAGA. It's an excuse to cancel center/left voices.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 22/09/2026
A federal grand jury indicted a Tennessee Bluesky user for allegedly threatening ICE agents. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/09/2026
I told ya she did it.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron
Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 22/09/2026
Fuckface banned the actual press on Friday and rolled out a YouTube channel called TRUMP TV: The Essentials Station by Monday, set to a Buggles remix. Nixon at least had the shame to keep his enemies list private. This clown is putting his out on a jumbotron.
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Trump TV Goes Live and Immediately Gets Savaged: ‘We Live in North Korea’
TrumpTV was launched as a 24/7 stream on the White House’s YouTube channel and app, following his WH media ban, and will carry the president's "greatest hits."
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
one idea i have is for more than six guys to own every media company on earth. i’m only spitballing.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As Trump’s boots those outlets from the White House Press Corps Phil Williams points out he has let in a “fringe white nationalist outlet” run by a guy who “routinely spouts racist slurs” More: www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22/09/2026
First of all, this judge should rule with the media outlets immediately. And if he doesn’t—the non-banned outlets must walk. trib.al/chDMmF7
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The White House Press Corps Must Stand With CNN, MS NOW, and Politico
First of all, this judge should rule with the media outlets immediately. And if he doesn’t—the non-banned outlets must walk.
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Dawn Bense @dawnbense.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I would believe in the Governor of California so much better if he didn't capitulate on the Paramount-Warner merger.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News have joined CNN in suspending White House TV pool coverage after Trump barred CNN. Meanwhile, the White House is promoting its own "News App", a government-run news aggregator featuring pro-Trump content & Trump aligned outlets.
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White House television pool goes dark after Trump bars CNN, MS NOW and Politico
ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News have joined CNN in suspending White House TV pool coverage after Trump barred CNN from its assigned duties. CNN, MS NOW and Politico are suing, alleging their White House ba...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/09/2026
They’re about two weeks away from telling people they can always eat bugs
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 21/09/2026
boycotts don't work if they have an expiration date!
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🇺🇦🇵🇱⚡️⚡️Poland’s Air Force has been placed on full combat readiness. The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces has activated the necessary forces and assets as part of the relevant procedures.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We definitely haven't seen the worst of inflation yet. There are tons of delayed effects in the pipeline already.
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God @thegodshow.com · 21/09/2026
Like voter fraud, there is no sharia law in the USA nor is there any threat of it. The only people committing voter fraud and instituting religious laws are Republican.
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Shambling Corpse of Randy Herman @randyhermanlaw.com · 21/09/2026
So they beat up a citizen for refusing to provide ID Papers, please
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Stories like this have, for ages, treated men's desire to harm women as a sort of background noise, a weather we just normalize and accept and try to work around. Feminism is among other things a process of denormalization.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Even if you are not a lawyer, you can help to get people out of ICE camps by learning how to file a habeas petition. There is a free training on this tomorrow. secure.nationalimmigrationproject.org/nx/portal/ev...
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September Community Defender Training | Capacitación de septiembre para los defensores comunitarios
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The USG crusade to destroy the ICC seems primarily motivated by a desire to shield Israeli officials like Netanyahu and Gallant from accountability. Worth recalling that those two face charges related to using starvation as a method of warfare in Gaza.
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Michigan Democrats @michigandems.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Michiganders overwhelmingly understand that Trump's trade war with Canada will hurt our state. You know who loves Trump's reckless tariffs though? Price-Hike Mike Rogers. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/18/most-michigan-voters-disapprove-trumps-tariffs-canada-poll-shows/
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Dawn Bense @dawnbense.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Also, since they are all writers, where is the strongly-worded rebuke from the WHCA?
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🇱🇺❗️Luxembourg Airport has suspended aircraft arrivals and departures due to the possible presence of UAV, Flightradar reported.
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Litahart72🌎🏳️‍🌈✌️🫶🏼🌅💔 @litahart72.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
He said that he can ban fishing. He can make it so people can’t fish. We need to get on our knees so that he allows us to fish for food. He is one sick human.
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