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Fiona A

@eastbayfiona.bsky.social
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Retired lawyer. Love dogs and knitting.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Weird he can’t bring this kind of energy towards his colleague who is accused of beating up his daughter.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Show me where in the U.S. Constitution it details your right to fly on an airplane or get unlimited pasta at Olive Garden. I will wait.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/05/2026
Remember when they told everyone taxpayers wouldn’t pay a penny?
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
“Oh I’m sorry you wanted to vote. That’s not a right anymore. Can I interest you in the right to refuse to bake cake for gay people instead? We’ve replaced voting rights with that.”
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
If Republicans are really upset about gerrymandering, then they can join Dems in doing something to end it on both sides. Rep Jamie Raskin tells me he'd be "delighted" to work with Rs on future bills (epic trolling here): newrepublic.com/article/2093...
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 17/04/2026
Trump approves disaster aid for red states 89% of the time. For blue states? 23%. When your community is underwater or burning, whether you get federal help shouldn't depend on how your state voted. This is the most partisan abuse of disaster relief funding in the 47-year history of FEMA.
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It's 3 times harder for blue states to get disaster funding under Trump
The president has approved just 23 percent of blue state requests for disaster aid, compared to 89 percent for red states.
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
It's like we made a Golden Retriever the general manager of an Arby's and then were surprised when we came back and the restaurant was on fire and all the roast beef was gone.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
they’re so goddam stupid they fucked up surrendering
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽‍♂️
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Left is NYT with 20 days in a row with 2+ above-the-fold stories about how we got crushed and it was all Biden's fault (withdrawal was necessary & messy) Right is NYT with its cute both-sides story about Trump claiming victory (despite getting crushed by Iran)
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If Trump does give an order to attack civilian targets that have no military value as a means of collectively punishing the Iranian people - and make good his threat to begin a genocide - Marco Rubio should resign and the military must refuse the order. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Did Trump Just Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons in Iran?
If such an order comes to pass, the military can and must refuse.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
Jane Mayer: 'Reminder: Trump’s Ghostwriter said, “If…he gets the nuclear codes there’s an excellent chance it will end civilization.”'
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Miles Taylor: "We’re just three people away from stopping Trump’s madman meltdown.

Three. 

That’s the number of House Republicans who — if they chose to act — could change history. Right now.

By demanding he step down, voting to impeach, or flipping control of the House."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
ROME (AP) — Pope says President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization “truly unacceptable,” as deadline approaches.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Not one word of this is hyperbole.
AOC:

This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted.

To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
David French: "This is absolutely correct. And a military refusal to carry out an unlawful order from POTUS could trigger an extraordinary crisis that only Congress could solve through impeachment/removal. 

And this is happening as Hegseth has purged the  military of some of its best leaders."
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This is just straight racist grandpa shit, and we are all diminished every day he’s in office.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Not one of them has ever stood in a line for 4 hours or more to vote in person. Not one of them has been turned away at the polls because they are suddenly “not on the list.” Not one has had their pay docked b/c they arrived late to work b/c they went to vote in the morning.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
mind-boggling to me that i still have yet to see a single democrat utter the phrase “every republican president of your lifetime has destroyed the economy and started a war”
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
What a flaccid Oscars that was. glad for the winners, but it shouldn’t be foreign and/or documentary filmmakers who speak to this moment. PTA a particular failure. Why make movies that confront what is happening if you can’t speak to it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
CONAN: “For the first time since 2012 no British people are nominated for Best actor or best Actress… a British spokesperson commented, ‘Yeah, well, at least we arrest our pedophiles.’" #Oscars
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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Matt Walsh is having an absolute public meltdown today.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Before today, no F-15 had been shot down in more than 35 years — since January 19, 1991, during the Persian Gulf War. Before today, the U.S. had never had more than one aircraft shot down by friendly fire in a single day, let alone three.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 02/03/2026
The American people deserved to get a clear explanation of why servicemembers lives are at risk and why their gas prices are about to skyrocket. Instead, they got this.
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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The strikes on Iran are blatantly illegal. I explained in June why the strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities were unlawful under US and international law. Everything I wrote then is true today, but this is a far larger assault with far graver consequences. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Strikes on Iran Were Unlawful. Here’s Why That Matters.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The idea of a legislative body representing the population having the ability to check the ultimate power of a country’s leader sounds really neat. Someone should write that down.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Trump: "The only way they can get elected is to cheat." Also Trump: I need you to find me 11,780 votes. Also Trump: "we are entitled to five more seats" in Texas. - TN
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
white dudes in Callaway hats doing this are a five alarm fire for the GOP
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bjkeefe @bjkeefe.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I can't emphasize enough that everyone should read this WSJ article on Noem and Lewandowski. Gift article link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Horrific cost of DOGE cuts: If current projected US foreign aid cuts remain in place, by 2030 "the projected excess deaths would be 9.4 million (95% UI 6.2–12.6) overall and 2.5 million (1.8–3.2) among children younger than 5 years." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Impact of two decades of humanitarian and development assistance and the projected mortality consequences of current defunding to 2030: retrospective evaluation and forecasting analysis
ODA funding has played a decisive role in reducing preventable mortality across LMICs over the past two decades, and the abrupt withdrawal of this support threatens to cause millions of avoidable deat...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/02/2026
If my followers have been inspired by the fierce resistance the Twin Cities has put up to ICE, you should make it a point to take a trip here (April through October 😬), enjoy the wonderful things MN has to offer and support our small businesses. It continues to be a really tough time for them.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Why do Republican presidents always oversee a spike in abortions across the US?
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 11/02/2026
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Donald Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files more than 1,000,000 times. A million times. He's the main character.
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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
it will really be something if the Epstein Files unseat a British Prime Minster who isn't in them, and not the American President who was Epstein's best friend.
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Judge Roy Ferguson @judgefergusontx.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen *Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record *In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release *He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Whether it's a Hillary Clinton staffer asking John Podesta how to make risotto or Elon Musk asking Jeffrey Epstein where he could find a party featuring child sex slaves, there's plenty of embarrassing emails on both sides.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I'm glad my friend Maxwell is okay. But violence begets violence. The man who attacked him yelled "we are going to deport you and your kind" before punching Maxwell in the face. There are consequences for the way Trump is normalizing and excusing violence.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
If I sent a letter saying I would continue to inflict violence and murder on a community unless that community made legal concessions to me, I would go to prison. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read Bondi’s Letter to Minnesota’s Governor
Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota on Saturday that blamed him and other Democratic officials for allowing “lawlessness” in the state. It was not immediately clear ...
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
When the Secretary of Defense celebrates the murder of a man who took care of veterans, I'd say he lost the plot but I'm not sure he ever had a grasp on it in the first place.
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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
So Kyle Rittenhouse, who attended a protest armed with a loaded assault rifle and killed 2 people is a right-wing hero. But Alex Pretti who had a holstered, permitted handgun, was recording ICE, and tried to help a pepper-sprayed woman deserved to die? No one is buying this BS.
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