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We are a pro-democracy group focused on researching, interviewing, and promoting good politicians. We have a daily audio meeting on Chatter every M - F at 4pm EST. preview.chattersocial.io/user/c44b3…

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DEMSEC @demsec.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
DemSec: News, Politics and Activism #News #Politics #DemSec preview.chattersocial.io/room/5c1e624...
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DEMSEC @demsec.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Join us for DemSec Thursdays! #News #politics #activism preview.chattersocial.io/room/7ad1a45...
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DEMSEC: News, Politics, and No Twitter
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
practicing radical self care by keyword muting platner for 30 days because i can’t do anything about it and nothing i say will change any minds
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DEMSEC @demsec.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Join us for DemSec Tuesdays! #news #politics #demsec preview.chattersocial.io/room/83f4176...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Trump lashed out angrily at CBS News' Norah O'Donnell in an interview Sunday for quoting from the manifesto of the suspected gunman who tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Dinner less than 24 hours earlier.
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Trump lashes out at ‘60 Minutes’ anchor for reading alleged gunman’s manifesto
Any detente between the president and the press after the shared horror of Saturday’s dinner appears to be short-lived.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 27/04/2026
Thank goodness for videos.
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Anita @anita1956.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
How rare. A non-performative, honest answer. #becera4CAgovernor
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DEMSEC @demsec.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
@oldparatrp.bsky.social www.newsweek.com/more-photos-...
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More photos emerge of meals on Navy ships as Pentagon denies shortages
A serving officer shared images of meals on USS "Abraham Lincoln"; the Pentagon denied food shortages and said sailors have full meals.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Recently finished @doctorow.pluralistic.net book on Enshittification and am now a ball of molten fury. The sheer scale of both naked industry self interest and regulators making precisely the same mistakes they’ve made throughout history is enough to give anyone a rage aneurysm.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/04/2026
Cheryl Hines seen being protected by her loving husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Kind of a perfect metaphor for the media and the role they've played over the last ten years
Now deleted Twitter post from Debra Lea @thedebralea. It reads Shooter at WH Correspondence dinner. Shooter is dead. Thank you secret service.

Under it is a selfie of her making a kissy-face at the camera while everyone mills around with the energy of a minor fire alarm
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🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
New “Sleepy Don” LEGO video.
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Damn LEGO NEWS is quick‼️
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Uniongrl ☮️ 🌍🎵🌻🦋 @uniongrl.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
A butterfly vigil was held today, the one year anniversary of Virginia's suicide. She was a warrior for the Epstein survivors sisters & so many victims around our nation who did not receive justice. Thank you Virginia & I hope you are at peace. 🦋 www.usatoday.com/picture-gall...
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Vigil commemorates 1-year anniversary of the death of Virginia Giuffre
A vigil was held for Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of her death in Washington, DC.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Saturday was the one-year anniversary of Virginia Guiffre’s death. The Epstein survivors aren’t done fighting, but it takes public support to fuel their work. Don’t let the effort to distract work on you. Read & share: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Clare Harris/Nasty Canadian🇨🇦/Radical Left Scum/Anti-ICE ✊🏼 @drclareharris.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Here some of it is: bsky.app/profile/usat...
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OldParatroop @oldparatrp.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
@demsec.bsky.social @freshslice.bsky.social
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Basically, Trump’s stupidity made the bed he is sleeping in….. Today, international inspectors say, Iran has a total of 11 tons of uranium, at various enrichment levels. With further purification, that is enough to build up to 100 nuclear weapons — more than the estimated size of Israel’s arsenal.
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 25/04/2026
Backers of the massive data center campus say at full buildout it will consume 9GW of electricity, more than double the entire state of Utah’s current energy use. They say they intend to burn fossil fuels on site to make all that electricity. Box Elder County will vote on the proposal Monday.
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‘Hyperscale’ data center project in Utah — expected to generate and consume more power than entire state — nears final approval
Led by "Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary, a massive data center project is near final approval in Utah — including tax deals aimed at helping it “lure the hyperscalers” like Amazon, Microsoft and Google to the state.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
We really need to ban Polymarket….. A mystery trader turned $120 into $21,000 betting on the weather in Paris. Now unusual temperature spikes reported at a monitoring station at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport are being investigated. on.wsj.com/4tIncUY
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Did a Mystery Trader Tamper With the Temperature to Win Big on Polymarket?
Temperature readings at a Paris airport earned a mystery trader $21,000—and sparked a probe into alleged tampering with a weather station.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/04/2026
Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings
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Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
War overseas, but the costs are hitting farms right here. Diesel and fertilizer up. Clay Fuller’s in DC trying to be funny. I’m out here working my farm and facing the same rising costs. If you can’t see what people are fighting for, you’re not a warrior for them. Leadership matters! #GA14
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Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Fertilizer costs are spiking, and farmers in the South are getting hit the hardest. That includes us right here in Northwest Georgia. Leadership matters. We need someone in DC who actually understands what it takes to keep a farm running, not someone playing politics while costs keep rising. #GA14
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Bat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
The thing about the Maine Senate race is that there are other Dem candidates besides Platner and Mills. Like LaFlamme. But one wing of the party is lined up behind the woman criticizing a resolution she didn't read, and the other is with the cosplay oytserman with a Nazi tattoo. It's bad.
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Kimberley @theamazingkimmoth.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I got the nicest comment on my YouTube channel yesterday. Remember to ignore the hate and relish in the admiration.
524 subs doesn’t measure 9 months of dedication. This kind of consistency is rare, and I genuinely admire it. Keep going
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OldParatroop @oldparatrp.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
“There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud by noncitizens. But the elections board says a small number of noncitizens have appeared on voter rolls, often due to misunderstanding or administrative error.” www.wral.com/news/nccapit...
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NC voters could be questioned about citizenship under new elections rule
North Carolina is expected to begin checking voter registration data against a federal citizenship database under a new State Board of Elections rule. If records don’t match, voters could be required ...
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Iran is broadcasting this VHF message: "Attention all ships, ​regarding the failure ⁠of the U.S. government to fulfil its commitment in the negotiation, Iran declares the Strait of Hormuz completely ​closed again.
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Mrs. Holly The Fox @hollyfox.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Yeah, olive oil and cheese and pastries can make you a little fat. Yeah, sunshine gives you wrinkles and wine ruins your liver and spending money on pretty things eats up your savings. But unfortunately, I've decided to enjoy life anyways
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
We need every Democrat in Congress to have as much 💥🔥💥🔥💥 in them as Rep Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)‼️ Wait for it‼️🔥💥🔥💥
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🇮🇷: Lego Style Music Video from Iran via PersiaBoi Studios Titled: Hormuz Hustle They are SO FAST. This is in response to Trump's new block aid on the Strait of Hormuz, starting tomorrow.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A New Lego-Style Soundtrack: Nice Red Hat 😎🎶🔥 PersiaBoi Studios 👏👏👏👏👏👏
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DEMSEC @demsec.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Fake Jesus.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Wet towel in space: NASA astronaut demonstrates how surface tension forms a perfect water sphere in microgravity at the ISS
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DEMSEC @demsec.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Wait, so it WASN'T a threat? Just trying to save face?
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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 10/04/2026
"I'm just gonna say it, Fuck Trump" "I'd much rather everyone made music as opposed to going and beating the shit out of each other" — Hans Zimmer
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note
"Magataotao" on Twitter writes: "I am Catholic. This👇is not my Pope."

Attached is a video of the Pope saying that we should search for peace and reject war.

A community note under their tweet says: "You are not a Catholic if you do not accept the Pope, but rather a schismatic.

Canon 751: “Schism is the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff,” ie. the Pope.

https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib3-cann747-755_en.html"
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AZ Intel @azintel.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
IRELAND: A man climbed onto the wing of a U.S. military Lockheed C-130 Hercules at Shannon Airport and struck it with an axe, causing “extensive” damage before being arrested, authorities said.
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DEMSEC @demsec.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Wild. I visited this farm years ago.
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OldParatroop @oldparatrp.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Why not adopt another nation to take care of? Israel is living large off our tax dollars. Free healthcare & subsidized education, while we go bankrupt. America First my ass.
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DEMSEC @demsec.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
King Felipe VI (current King of Spain) has a ceremonial claim to the title of King of Jerusalem. Bibi has a lot of chutzpah talking to the King of Jerusalem like that.
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Fresh Slice of Hell @freshslice.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
There were people standing in line last night to vote in Georgia in the midst of Trump possibly nuking Iran who decided “I think I’ll vote for the Republican.” These people never fucking learn a goddamn thing.
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Cokie @colette1395.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Democrat Beto Lopez wins the Lee’s Summit Mayor race in Missouri. He served on multiple boards and councils, the Guadalupe Centers Charter Schools, Police Foundation, Mid-America Regional Council and the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. He is also the president and CEO of Guadalupe Centers.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We shouldn't all be forced to live in this episode of The Twilight Zone constantly. This is no way to live.
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a young boy in a striped shirt is pointing his finger
ALT: a young boy in a striped shirt is pointing his finger
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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 07/04/2026
Ok, now do the bass clef.
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southerngirlraven7.bsky.social @southerngirlraven7.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
If 2026 was a car.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The British government has banned Kayne West from entering the country to play a series of concerts because of his history of antisemitism. The festival he was due to headline is now canceled.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 07/04/2026
United Nations # @UN •1h
Even wars have rules.
The Geneva Conventions protect civilians in conflict and help ensure assistance reaches those in need, without discrimination.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 07/04/2026
💢📰 REPORT | New reporting from NYT reveals how Trump decided to go to war with Iran — after a closed-door Israeli pitch & despite deep internal divisions inside his own team. At a secret Feb. 11 Situation Room meeting, Israeli PM Netanyahu presented a 4-part pitch for regime change, including a...
💢📰 REPORT | New reporting from NYT reveals how Trump decided to go to war with Iran — after a closed-door Israeli pitch and despite deep internal divisions inside his own team.

At a secret Feb. 11 Situation Room meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a four-part pitch for regime change, including a video montage of potential replacement leaders such as Reza Pahlavi. JD Vance was absent, stuck in Azerbaijan. 

Appearing alongside Mossad chief David Barnea and military officials, Netanyahu argued: Iran’s ballistic missile program could be destroyed in weeks. The regime would be too weak to close the Strait of Hormuz. Street protests — fomented with Mossad help — could trigger an uprising. Kurdish fighters from Iraq could open a ground front in the northwest.
Trump’s response: “Sounds good to me.”

Trump’s response: “Sounds good to me.”

The next day, U.S. intelligence pushed back sharply. CIA Director John Ratcliffe called the regime-change scenario “farcical,” with Secretary of State Marco Rubio adding: “In other words, it’s bullshit.” Gen. Dan Caine told the president: “This is, in my experience, standard operating procedure for the Israelis. They oversell, and their plans are not always well-developed.”Trump dismissed regime change as “their problem” — but remained focused on targeting Iran’s leadership and military.

By Feb. 26, in a final Situation Room meeting, opposition inside the room was clear but fractured. Vice President JD Vance warned the war could spiral and drain U.S. resources, but ultimately said: “You know I think this is a bad idea… but I’ll support you.”

Rubio said regime change was unrealistic, but destroying Iran’s missile program was achievable. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was the biggest proponent of war and backed immediate action. Military leadership outlined risks, including depleted munitions and the threat to Hormuz, but all stopped short of opposing the plan.

Key officials responsible for managing the fallout, like the Treasury Secretary, and DNI Gabbard were notably absent.

Trump went around the table asking advisors their view, then made the call:

“I think we need to do it.”

The strikes began two days later.
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Seanie Bhoy ✅ @seaniebhoy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
My friends/family thought I was unreasonable for cutting people out of my life for voting for him. I think it was the most rational think I have done in my life.
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