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Elizabeth

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Mom of 2. Wife to a green thumbed OIF veteran. United Methodist Woman. Hook ‘em Horns.

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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Scoop: The EPA is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. Tag team with @bloomberg.com’s Ari Natter and Jen Dlouhy. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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EPA Poised to Repeal Carbon Standards for Coal, Gas Power Plants
The US Environmental Protection Agency is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/08/2026
Conservative education activists such as Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice now have access to the top levers of the government. “If America’s public schools cease to exist tomorrow, America would be a better place,” Justice told ProPublica. (Published Oct. 2025)
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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
OSSOFF: So we entered this war on false pretenses. Sound familiar? Not the first time the United States has been dragged into a quagmire in the Middle East on false pretenses about weapons of mass destruction.
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Elizabeth @ewanczak.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Amazing news! Thank you @skyeperryman.bsky.social and @democracyforward.org 🙌🏻🎉
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
As you read about the attempted $1.8B theft from the American taxpayers today to pay off people - including J6ers - who broke the law, also read Section 4 of the 14th Amendment.
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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Becca Ripley is running to unseat this jerk (Gino Bulso) & could really use your financial support in her run in Tennessee State House District 61. The thing about Bulso is that even his voters don't like him. This seat in this cycle is 100% flippable.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The founders believed that if a madman became president, members of Congress would serve the country’s interest and remove him from office. That seemed a reliable system to safeguard the republic. Boy, did they screw up.
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 28/03/2026
In Franklin, Tennessee, county seat of Williamson County -- the highly conservative home of U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn -- police estimate a crowd of 1,700.
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Elizabeth @ewanczak.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I heard turnout was so big for No Kings in Franklin, TN, they had to shut down traffic access on the square. Amazing!! In the heart of the GOP powerbase of TN, Williamson County, and Marsha’s own backyard. Go WillCo!!
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This should be the biggest weather and climate news on your radar today. You can send an email today to say why dismantling NCAR is a bad idea for everyone: NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov
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Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
“.. At least $31 million was also slated to flow to entities affiliated with the family of Steve Witkoff ..”
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 30/01/2026
The Trump administration has cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency's ranks over the past year. FEMA lost 2,446 employees between Jan. 1 and June 1, in 2025 — a decrease of 9.5% of the agency’s workforce. From cstephenson.bsky.social.
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States reeling from winter storm encounter a smaller FEMA • Tennessee Lookout
States slammed by a deadly winter storm that left hundreds of thousands without power face a slimmed-down Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Professor Amanda Sturgill @drsturg.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
GIFT link - Facial recognition putting people on a list. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 29/01/2026
This year's Together for Democracy conference is in full swing! At a moment where our democracy is being tested, TFD brings partners, organizers, policymakers, and artists from all 50 states together in defense of democracy.
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 30/01/2026
These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The president of the United States had his Justice Dept. raid an election office and seize ballots in order to cast doubt on an election he lost. Yet, this is treated by legacy media as just another normal day. I founded Democracy Docket because you deserve better. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2026
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
“.. This list should give pause to anyone — no matter his or her political beliefs — who cares about the rule of law,” Judge Schiltz added. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t... and these are our closest allies!
Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization.

In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children.

Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 03/12/2025
Avg swing in specials to Congress is 17 pts left since 2024. But bc they've been so low-turnout, the data b4 last night suggested a 100% turnout (relative to the past midterm) special would have swung closer to 6-7 points. So TN-7 (13 pts) is updating priors about the share of swing that's turnout
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
TEN MONTHS IN: The national debt is higher. The trade deficit is wider. The inflation rate has worsened. The unemployment rate is up.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel. Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire. Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year. Glad everything worked out for them. How about you?
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Elizabeth @ewanczak.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Ok 💙 friends - I need every single one of you to take tomorrow off to rest after the races tonight then jump right back in on Thursday because we need ALL HANDS ON DECK to elect @aftynbehn.bluesky.social to represent TN-7 in Congress on December 2nd!!!!
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 30/10/2025
In the self-proclaimed “Pumpkin Capital of the U.S.,” Floydada farmers are exporting pumpkins across Texas and the nation.
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This Texas town probably grew your Halloween pumpkin
In the self-proclaimed “Pumpkin Capital of the U.S.,” Floydada farmers are exporting pumpkins across Texas and the nation.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
"A majority of western Alaska’s weather balloon network was not operating during the landfall of the storm last weekend due to staffing constraints inflicted by the Trump administration..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump cuts probably hindered warning process for Alaska storm that displaced hundreds, experts say
Reductions in weather balloon launches could have degraded forecasts that residents depend on to prepare
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Idaho Capital Sun @idahocapitalsun.com · 27/10/2025
The USDA confirmed over the weekend it will not follow its own contingency plan — which the department has removed from its website — to tap into its multi-year contingency fund to cover food assistance for more than 42 million people for November.
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Upcoming federal food assistance pause intensifies shutdown fight • Idaho Capital Sun
The U.S. Department of Agriculture doubled down on its position that food benefits through the program SNAP for November couldn't be paid.
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Sarah Parkinson @separkinson.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
So, which media outlet is digging into the White House general contractor's background and supply chains?
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Elizabeth @ewanczak.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Congratulations @aftynbehn.bsky.social 🍾🎉 The next 24 hours for her will be crucial to make sure she has the resources she needs to win. I just sent her $100 - will you join me in donating? Her campaign slogan is simple: Feed kids. Fix roads. Fund hospitals. LFG!! secure.actblue.com/donate/aftyn...
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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The shutdown isn’t an impasse over legislation. It’s not the old “gridlock” in Washington. It’s not even a partisan fight in the traditional sense. Trump and the MAGA hordes have laid siege to the gov't from inside its walls, much as they auto-couped on Jan. 6. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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Trump Lays Siege To The Federal Government From Inside Its Walls
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2025
“I have no idea what Project 2025 is.” - Trump, October 31, 2024
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Elizabeth @ewanczak.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🧵: As of today, my spouse is no longer employed as a federal employee. Thus concludes the most difficult and intense 10 months of our 16 years of our marriage, including the first year when he was deployed for a combat tour in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 30/09/2025
BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump-Vance admin for secretly merging millions of Americans' personal data to create a national database. Some states are already using this “Big Brother” database to purge voter rolls and open criminal investigations. It’s illegal. We’re in court to stop it.
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Mathew Strack @gs-badger.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
fastest way for Dems to improve their fav ratings is to dump their leaders it’s something entirely within their own control, it would be popular with both its base and swing voters, and it would grab the attention of media
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
EXCLUSIVE/BOMBSHELL: @bloomberg.com has obtained **18K** previously unreported emails from Jeffery Epstein's personal Yahoo account. The emails are disturbing & revelatory & reveal new details about Ghilaine Maxwell's role FREE to read www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
“Question,” Epstein wrote to Maxwell on May 23, 2008. “Which one do you prefer,,, lewd and lscivious conduct ,, or procuring minors for prostituion.”

At the time, he and his star-studded team of defense lawyers were closing in on a generous plea deal with federal and state officials in Florida, and Epstein was trying to negotiate the state charges to which he’d plead guilty. Maxwell’s response was matter-of-fact:

From: gmax <gmax[REDACTED]>
To: J. Epstein <jeeproject@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, May 23 2008 3:22 PM
Subject: Re:
I suppose Lewd and lecivious conduct..I would prefer lewd and lescivious conduct w/a prositute if possible
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Yes, do this. "You cannot arrest someone because they are Hispanic" is worth fighting for. It's worth shutting down the government for. And it's worth attracting attention to.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
PRITZKER: “.. The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke.” @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 07/09/2025
Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Democrats are actively refusing to treat Trump’s military campaign against American cities as a crisis, because they’re in thrall to a bunch of idiot pollsters who tell them to only ever react to Trump across a tiny range of kitchen-table issues. The Democratic Party is a huge part of the problem.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
None of this is normal
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
National media: Are *you* ready to start asking this question - every day?
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst Article I constitutional crisis in 🇺🇸 history, & well, 👇
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
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Elizabeth @ewanczak.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Fellow Tennesseans, we deserve so much better than this. My heart just weeps for our kids.
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Judges rule Tennessee's gun limits in parks and playgrounds are unconstitutional
A panel of Tennessee judges has ruled against two state restrictions on carrying guns, including in public recreational areas such as playgrounds and parks
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Excellent question.
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andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The CDC was known as the “gold standard” that set the mark for the rest of the world. Lives are being put at risk and our global leadership in shambles from what Trump and Kennedy have done.
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CDC director Susan Monarez fired by Trump administration after refusing to resign
Monarez’s lawyers said she “refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives.” The White House responded that she was “not aligned with the President’s agenda.”
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
A lot of people can't seem to accept that what is happening in the US is not complicated. Stopping it is complicated. The psychology that's letting it continue is complicated. But the thing itself is incredibly simple.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Once again, there is a class of Democratic officials in DC who are fundamentally unsuited for the current political moment. They can't see that the fascism is the signal, not the noise. And they are unable or unwilling to change their pre-authoritarian approach to politics. It is deeply revealing.
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