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Sally

@drsallyryan.bsky.social
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Always be optimistic, unless it makes you stupid. Common Decency. The Public Good. Regeneration. Pro-Democracy. 11/20 SoCal transplant from downstate Illinois Born 310.3ppm #NoKingsSmallTowns #wealthtax #teamcarney #AbolishICE #Nuremberg2

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Great question 👇
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Sally @drsallyryan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yes, "local GOP" groups make up the national party. Delegitimaze these folks from the bottom up, too. The power of your vote in local races is increased dramatically over top of the ticket races. Every vote counts.
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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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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026
NEWS: Senate Republicans are pulling ad money from North Carolina and redirecting it to defend their incumbent…in Kansas.
meidasnews.com
Senate Republicans Pull Money From North Carolina to Save Their Kansas Seat
With four weeks until Election Day, the Senate Leadership Fund has paused future North Carolina advertising and begun spending in Kansas, where Republican Sen. Roger Marshall is defending a seat Democ...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/10/2026
Green party of England and Wales facing ostracism over ‘Zionism is racism’ vote
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Green party of England and Wales facing ostracism over ‘Zionism is racism’ vote
European Green party says motion goes against its policy, with German Green co-leader calling it ‘intolerable and unacceptable’ * Zack Polanski may rue lack of leadership when Greens needed him to act The English and Welsh Greens are facing international ostracism after adopting a policy declaring Zionism as a form of racism, which has drawn dismay from the group representing European Greens. The co-leader of the German Greens separately said the policy was “intolerable and unacceptable”, running contrary to its belief in the right of Israel to exist. Continue reading...
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Please speak out against Roadless Rule deadline-tomorrow!
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Sally @drsallyryan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sickening, heartbreaking. Evildoers, all.
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Tulsa Teresa @tulsateresa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance. -Vaclav Havel, writer, Czech Republic president (5 Oct 1936-2011)
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 05/10/2026
Wisconsin’s Driftless Area has shifted to the GOP in recent presidential elections. A local candidate for sheriff is hoping to buck that trend and end his county’s agreement with ICE.
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In Wisconsin, Two Sheriff Races Test the Future of Local ICE Cooperation - Bolts
Wisconsin’s Sauk and Winnebago counties joined an ICE program to boost immigration enforcement. Candidates running for sheriff have vowed to quit it if elected next month.
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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The amazing West Midlands Unity March and Rally that took place in Birmingham on Sunday. Over 1000 people marched for migrant rights and against the hatred and division of the far right.
The front of the March passes Pigeon Park, led by drummers and the Women Against the Far Right blocThe Climate Justice bloc led by protests carrying the BrumCJC banner which reads

BIRMINGHAM SAYS CLIMATE JUSTICE NOWThe front of the protest comes to the end of Corporation Street before it turns the corner into New Street Protesters return to Victoria Square and confront a small number of ‘patriots’ who had tried to disrupt the event 
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Sally @drsallyryan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is great -- take a few minutes!
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Sally @drsallyryan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Here's an example as to why I believe most Americans are complacent due to a lack of relevant, accurate info. We are retired with ample time to follow reliable independent journalism -- too many are overwhelmed daily. We've been propagandized for many years. scheerpost.com/2026/10/05/c...
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Corporate Media Don’t Understand the Houthis—and Don’t Want You to, Either
Belén Fernández FAIR It’s that time of year again: The Houthis are making the news—and so is the Western corporate media narrative that surrounds them. The Houthis—formally Ansar Allah, “Supporters…
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🇨🇦 ELBOWS UP CANUCK! 🇨🇦 @comeoncomet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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BREAKING: Epstein Whistleblower Found Dead of Suicide
YouTube video by Status Coup News
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Gezzer @gezzer3115.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Same applies to voting, go out and vote, tell all your friends to vote, the result needs to be comprehensive enough it can't be argued. #Blues #Regimechange26 #GTS
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One person was taken this morning outside of LAPD's metropolitan detention center jail near the corner of Los Angeles & Temple; goon is seen pepper spraying a legal observer and the driver of another vehicle.
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Sally @drsallyryan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Everywhere local citizens are working together to do what they can, where they are, with what they have,.
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Sally @drsallyryan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pssst⬇️
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau @runflysmile.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Meditation for World Peace 😊
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Healthy soil is the sponge which drought-proofs your garden.
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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Read the article here: learndirt.com/learn/how-to-reduce-y…
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Sally @drsallyryan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If platforms won't show this, we'll just have to go to the theaters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AI isn't reliable enough to get even a hamburger order right, but reckless Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pushing to expand artificial intelligence across the U.S. military, including AI-enabled targeting. "Would you like fries with that obliterated girls' school?"
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Sally @drsallyryan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Happy to help!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Karoline Leavitt isn't "fierce"—she's dishonest. And Karoline Leavitt isn't "nimble"—she shamelessly dodges both questions and the truth. She is the same type strenuously unhelpful liar Trump has always had for his press secretaries.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
rollingstone.com
J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'
J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 04/10/2026
Psychiatrist Dr. Andrew McLean of the University of North Dakota wrote for us about what “overuse” really means and whether antidepressants are always the right treatment. #mentalhealth #antidepressants #depression #anxiety
theconversation.com
Are too many Americans taking antidepressants?
Calls to reduce the use of antidepressants highlight valid issues with long-term use and withdrawal, but blanket efforts to discourage their use overlooks why they are so widely prescribed.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Data centers on the gubernatorial ballot in Ohio. Acton against, Ramaswamy for (and personally invested in). www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
dispatch.com
Ramaswamy is in bed with data center owners. He'll get richer at your expense | Amy Acton
Amy Acton: Vivek Ramaswamy is bought and paid for by data center owners. He'll never get everyday Ohioans like I do.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My conversation with @rbreich.bsky.social about Trump, power, and what comes next. snyder.substack.com/p/trump-powe...
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Trump, Power, What Comes Next with Robert Reich
A recording from Timothy Snyder and Robert Reich's conversation
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is sad news. Simon was a big help with this story that showed Howard Lutnick apparently lied about his business entanglement with Jeffrey Epstein—a story that deserves more attention. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender
The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Christopher Rufo Whines about Being Named as the Propagandist Who Rationalized Alleged Klan Act Violence emptywheel.net/2026/10/04/c...
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Christopher Rufo Whines about Being Named as the Propagandist Who Rationalized Alleged Klan Act Violence - emptywheel
The lawsuit by Renee Good's family likens the mask Jonathan Ross wore the day he killed Renee Good to hooded Klan terrorism prohibited by the Klan Act.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
Last year, just 21% of students from an Austin charter school using an AI learning platform passed state-mandated tests. Texas education leaders helped get the technology in front of public school leaders.
propublica.org
How Texas Helped a Private School Chain’s AI Tool Get Into Public School Classrooms
Just three months after the Texas State Board of Education raised concerns about Alpha School’s AI learning platform, Education Commissioner Mike Morath was in talks about using the tool in public sch...
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Leaving MAGA @leavingmaga.org · 04/10/2026
Seen in New York City
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Leaving MAGA @leavingmaga.org · 04/10/2026
Seen in New Jersey
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 04/10/2026
"What we struggle against is not only a system of global powers, militaries, and economies, but the very spirit that animates them from within." sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net
Empire Is More Than a Political System. It’s a Spiritual Reality
When Christians say “empire,” we are not just describing a structure of domination but contrasting the politics of empire with the kingdom of God.
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Sojourners @sojo.net · 04/10/2026
As the Christian Reformed Church hardened its theology about sexuality, many of its congregations were forced to reevaluate their long-standing denominational ties. sojo.net/magazine/may...
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Inside the Grief and Relief of Leaving a Denomination
As the Christian Reformed Church hardened its theology about sexuality, many of its congregations were forced to reevaluate their long-standing denominational ties. Here’s what happened next.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ken Paxton's joint fundraising committee took $25,000 from one man. That man ran a company ICE pays to fill detention beds in Texas. Republicans fired a sitting senator to get Paxton. He's trailed in eight of nine polls since. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-sen...
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Sally @drsallyryan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Sally @drsallyryan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gift Article www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
nytimes.com
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Sally @drsallyryan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Me too.
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Dale Walls @dalewalls1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He wouldn’t be Donald if he wasn’t whining about something 🙄
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Sally @drsallyryan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“We hope that other cities will take it as a lesson: We don’t have to bow down [to] the fascist deportation machine. We certainly don’t have to let its perpetrators benefit from our local economies & infrastructure,” Alderman Andre Vasquez, one of the progressives who forced the sale [said],
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Sally @drsallyryan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Take heart! Evildoers are not invincible. Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026
This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A south Florida political journalist explains why GOPers are beginning to worry that Angie Nixon can beat Ashley Moody.
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And like Alex Vindman, Moody is proving to be a terrible campaigner.
Moody runs and hides from the press and her campaign for the Senate is calling her opponent "Socialist Angie" over and over again. With gas prices high, the economy weak, an unpopular war, is that enough?
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@DeFede
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Talking to Republican consultants, they are worried about the Senate race in Florida. They still think Ashley Moody will win, but their confidence has waned in recent weeks. Moody does not generate any excitement and Vance's recent comments only energize the opposition.
Jim DeFede
@DeFede
As Republicans demonize 
@AngieNixon
, and JD Vance tells her "you don't belong in America," they run the risk of having it backfire. Nixon can be a compelling figure. Here she is getting emotional when I asked her to tell voters something personal about herself. 
@CBSMiami
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I don't take tips on virtue from a man who used a pic of his stillborn child for a GoFundMe campaign for his children's burial garden named "Lincoln’s Place" when the project was never built, and Ogles repeatedly refused to disclose what happened to the tens of thousands of dollars donated.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Your children are much safer in the company of drag queens than: 1. Pastors or priests; 2. Republican men; 3. Billionares; and 3. Frat boys.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
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Martha near Seattle, 8647 @marthawt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This one’s for Body Count Bobby. Also true for autism and childhood vaccines.
Stats about the number of people who eat pickles and then get cancer or die in car accidents—a metaphor for the Tylenol-autism “link.”
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