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Debra Rankin

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Childless dog lady, Air Force Veteran, Democracy lover, bird watcher, for wildlife, for the environment, and for the people.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14/05/2026
Reminder: Donald Trump doesn’t think about your financial situation.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 13/05/2026
BREAKING: Wholesale prices jump 6% as energy prices soar, raising pressure on U.S. companies to pass along costs to consumers.
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Producer prices shot up 6%, adding to pressure on companies to raise prices for customers
U.S. wholesale inflation came in hot last month. Producer prices rose 6% from a year earlier, most since December 2022, as the 10-week Iran war pushed up energy prices and put pressure on companies to pass along higher costs to consumers.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/05/2026
Enten: "It's not just one poll. The five worst polls ever for any president on inflation, they all belong to Donald Trump and they have all occurred in the last month. What we're talking about here is the worst numbers ever. Joe Biden isn't in there. Jimmy Carter isn't in there."
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Mockler: He took office and spiked 2.9% inflation, up to 3.8%. Gas prices are up to $4.50 in most states, and he did this all while stripping insurance away from 10 million Americans. I think the most impressive part is the deficit hasn't decreased at all.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
it's incredible that as long as you do the right amount of bigotry you can just rob the country blind and enough people will not care, even though those same people will be filled with incandescent rage if someone uses food stamps to buy a 12 pack of diet coke
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bafatl.bsky.social @bafatl.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party. This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The glibness. The indifference. The carelessness. The utter lack of planning for a war against a country of 90M. The sickness of a man who acts on whim that will kill thousands not hundreds. The horror of a regime that enables this sickness. The broken body politic that votes in such malignancy.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Congress and the courts are refusing to give Trump what he wants, so he’s concocting a new plan to seize control of the election. Here’s what you need to know: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Inflation is up to 3.6% year over year. This means it's up since Trump took over, and higher than where Biden held it dating back to June 2023. Trump's promise to immediately lower prices has completely failed, yet he insists it's all fixed.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/02/2026
Trump is exploring illegal options to nationalize the election. It’s not about whether he will or won’t, it’s about convincing his people that a loss, means an election was stolen. This is unacceptable. youtu.be/44Ea8LkcwD0?...
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The Trump tariffs are the highest tax increase on the American public since World War II Yes, you read that correctly What's worse, he did it while taking health insurance away from 20 million people And giving $75 billion to ICE so they can hunt US citizens #TrumpTariffChaos
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I’m so fucking proud of the Olympic gold-winning US women's hockey team for declining to attend Trump's stupid State of the Union address.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Trump just said the justices who ruled against him “are a disgrace to our nation” who are “fools, lapdogs” and “very unpatriotic.”
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“How ironic and tragic that we must look to the British monarchy for a strong example of ethical and democratic thinking while suffering an anti-democratic and criminal tyrant ruling America.” www.americaamerica.news/p/former-pri...
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Former Prince Andrew's Arrest Is A Wake-Up Call
Even King Charles recognizes the need for accountability in the continuing horror of the Epstein sex crime operation
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This is the reason behind the Trump administration’s intense desire to ban Talarico content. If they lose the evangelicals, they lose all their power.
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NoSacredCowFla @nosacredcowfla.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
@hcrichardson.bsky.social should be posting these on bsky. That's ok I'm happy to help youtu.be/zp6q6sT0HQQ?...
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This Week in Politics | Explainer
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 15/02/2026
This is so deeply fucked. I wish these people would just admit they hate the idea of democracy and get it over with. This kayfabe bullshit is just silly at this point.
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Even an unsuccessful impeachment attempt would smear Republicans who backed this pig with his stink
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I never understood how people of faith could vote for this degenerate scumbag.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/02/2026
The wellness influencer Peter Attia is all over the latest batch of the Jeffrey Epstein files—showing what a certain kind of associate was hoping to gain from Epstein, Tom Bartlett writes:
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Peter Attia’s Fall
The longevity influencer appears throughout the Epstein files, including in an email saying that he goes “into JE withdrawal when I don’t see him.”
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/02/2026
I grew up with the Washington Post, wrote editorials for the Washington Post and published a column there for more than 15 years. To watch its owners destroy it, seemingly deliberately, in just a year and a half is devastating.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Voters must hold accountable every senator who confirmed Bondi, once in the majority conduct exacting oversight of DOJ , pursue Bondi’s impeachment, and ensure she and her accessories are held accountable to the fullest extent of the law and face disbarment. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Arresting Two Journalists Is Pure Fascism
Pam Bondi must go.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/02/2026
A reminder that the New England Patriots plane is flown by Omni air who contracts with ICE to fly people in chains to Africa and Asia several times per week. Go Seahawks.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Absolutely worth your money and time! Big, continuous thank yous to Marc Elias and his team.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
fire him. or better yet, Bari Weiss
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 30/01/2026
Republicans set fire to the 1st and 2nd Amendments for Donald Trump. Masked agents murdering civilians and arresting journalists aren't things that happen in America, until now.
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 30/01/2026
Donald Trump is now arresting journalists. The President is trampling all over the Constitution. Today, he's attacking the First Amendment and the freedom of press. Tomorrow, your rights could be next.
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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 27/01/2026
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The deficit and national debt is going to absolutely explode over the next year because of the Republican budget. I have no problem being one of the only Democrats continuing to talk about that.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Hey folks: Some thoughts about today's murder in Minneapolis. www.youtube.com/live/6YNfqir...
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Freeman at Night -- For Those Who Can't Sleep
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 24/01/2026
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 25/01/2026
“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.” 💔💔💔
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 24/01/2026
BREAKING: Federal officers have shot another person in Minneapolis amid the immigration crackdown, Gov. Tim Walz says.
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Federal officers shot another person in Minneapolis amid immigration crackdown, governor says
Minnesota's governor says federal officers have shot another person in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.Democratic Gov.
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Robert Hubbell @rbhubbell.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
By acting with dignity and professionalism, Smith ensured that his testimony and reports will be the definitive record of Trump’s criminal culpability. Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to Smith, who has willingly placed himself in the sights of a vengeful and vainglorious president bit.ly/45pGRz6
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Jack Smith delivers the judgment of history (again)
January 23, 2026
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22/01/2026
In his first full year back in office, Donald Trump presided over the purging of roughly 300,000 federal workers. Franklin Foer spoke with dozens of former federal employees. He tells Hanna Rosin what he learned:
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The Federal Government That Was
In his first full year back in office, Donald Trump presided over the destruction of America’s civil service, purging roughly 300,000 workers.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Trump’s Mad King rantings about Greenland have accelerated into something far more stunning and alarming: A superpower is choosing to self-immolate and torch its remaining global trust and friendships, including and especially NATO, the most potent geopolitical alliance in world history.
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We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
If this is accurate, Good was killed by a bullet fired after there was any conceivable argument Agent Ross was in the path of her vehicle, which means there was no legal justification for using deadly force. But DOJ says there’s no reason to investigate. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
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Private Autopsy Shows Renee Good Was Shot at Least 3 Times, Lawyers Say
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
“DOJ’s ‘Notice of Corrections’ ought to give the justices real pause … about substituting their judgment for that of district courts at least where preliminary relief has been based upon an impoverished (or non-existant) record.” Today’s “One First” on developments in the DOGE/Social Security case:
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Bonus 203: Correcting the Record in the Social Security/DOGE Case
An eye-opening filing by the Department of Justice should give more than a little pause to the justices with respect to one of their earlier grants of emergency relief to the Trump administration.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
An independent autopsy of Renee Good reveals that she had 3 gunshot wounds: to the left arm, right lung, and left temple that exited the right side of her head. That means the third shot, the most unlawful one, from the side, likely killed her. abc7.com/post/minneap...
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Independent autopsy in ICE shooting death of Renee Good released by law firm in civil investigation
The results of an independent autopsy for Renee Good have been released as part of a law firm's civil investigation, two weeks after she was shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Hey folks: Tonight's installment of "A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep." Why the American Revolution has been speaking to me today. www.youtube.com/live/VkT20n5...
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A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep -- January 15 Edition
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head. "I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
And even if he signed it into law, Congress can't trust him to follow through with faithfully executing it. People really gotta understand that their president is a criminal.
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Oeishik 🐸 @oeishik.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
For anybody interested in a deep-dive of Jack Smith's deposition, here's my podcast where I break it down into digestible chunks. I am doing this because I refuse to let Donald Trump rewrite history. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Jack Smith's Deposition - YouTube
A reminder of what Donald Trump did on Jan. 6th, 2021. Every American must learn the truth about it & never forget it.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Noem says hundreds more ICE agents are expected to arrive in Minneapolis today and tomorrow. Please be prepared. Set up a network, check on neighbors regularly, know your rights, and have an action plan in place and ready.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up. Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/01/2026
The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us. Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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Federal Agents Are Violating the Rights of Americans
ICE and the National Guard are acting with impunity.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/01/2026
Walz: "I saw an individual at the scene identify themselves as medical personnel and ask to provide aid, and an ICE agent said 'I do not care.' That lack of humanity was chilling to me."
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Schuyler VanValkenburg @scvanvalkenburg.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The violence, lies, propaganda, assaults on constitutional norms, and attacks on American citizens and states in just the last week are horrifying. It isn’t normal. It’s not okay. It’s not something we should accept. America is an idea. A great one. We need to fight to keep it.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/12/2025
Still up. Glad I posted here and not YouTube. This is what Bari Weiss and CBS tried to hide from us.
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