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Jacqueline

@flexibleflyer426.bsky.social
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Gardener, photographer, writer, wanderer, expert at road trips. NOTE: I BLOCK unless a historian, a scientist, an environmentalist, a neighbor I follow, friend or family. 📎

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MoveOn @moveon.org · 10/10/2026
Ken Paxton is more outraged by James Talarico liking a drag queen than by his own office giving a sweetheart plea deal to a man who admitted to sexually assaulting a child. Drag queens get his outrage. Child predators get a deal. That tells you exactly what this is really about.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"They wore construction vests and masks that concealed their faces. There was no reasonable way to identify them as ICE agents," Mamdani said at a late-night news conference Oct. 8. "School had just gotten out. The street was crowded with families and children." #ResistTrump
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: They Defended Him
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Seriously . . . no more conferences at Hyatt for me.
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Why Signature Hotel Scents Are Causing a Stink With Guests
YouTube video by TODAY
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Lettuce, jalapenos, blueberries, beef. All these recalls and illnesses aren’t a coincidence. They’re the result of incompetence and corruption within the Trump regime, and unchecked corporate power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hAzTOEuCJA
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Trump's Food Policy is a Literal Sh*tshow
The Trump administration was too stupid to realize that cutting food safety programs and firing thousands of public serv
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A private developer wants a road through Yosemite so an 83-acre parcel gets its own entrance. Tell your members no. The letter is already written.
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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The Skydance Warner Bros Merger Is Worse Than You Think
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Pete Buttigieg Warns Democrats Against Returning To Old Status Quo After Election Wins | VERTEX
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: Trump's nuclear attack comments are why the 25th Amendment exists youtu.be/0keEJrD0OjQ?...
MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell with white text over his shoulder:

Trump "deranged and dangerous"
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The regime declared that dozens of laws didn't apply in Big Bend, the Endangered Species Act included. A river guide sued. On Friday a federal judge put two words of her order in capital letters.
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Trump Says He’s “Worried.” That’s Great News For Us.
Republicans gave him the reason. Wait until you meet the river guide.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
CUSTOMER SURVEY How satisfied are you with the release of the Epstein files? ○ Very ○ Somewhat ○ I'd like the 48,000 missing files back, please Submit your answer to Congress: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Demand AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files now
Contact Congress today!
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 07/10/2026
With the $11 billion merger of Paramount-Skydance with Warner Bros. Discovery, just five corporations now control 90% of the U.S. media landscape. Ali Velshi explains why mega media mergers pose a threat to democracy.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The 1924 sketchbook of Sonia Delaunay, Ukrainian-born French artist & textile/fashion designer #womensart
Open sketch book with writing and paintings of zig zag designs
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Remember when he suggested Russia go after Hillary's emails? This time he wants my and many other grandchildren to die. NO KINGS DAY. VOTE. FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS, IT'S GOING TO BE A BUMPY NIGHT . . . FEW MONTHS.
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Daisy L.A.
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Our coalition released a statement last night. If you want talking point inspiration please read save-the-academy.org/statement.html
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Save the Academy Coalition statement, October 1, 2026
We refuse closure. Secure a year of bridge funding, appoint an independent commission, and give the public a real role in the Academy’s future.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A major win! A federal court in Texas today temporarily blocked the Trump administration from building a border wall and other infrastructure across the state’s Big Bend region. The fight isn’t over, but this is a big step toward protecting Big Bend!
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Judge temporarily blocks border wall construction in Texas’ Big Bend region
A federal court in Texas has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from building a border wall in the Big Bend region.
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WHY❗️
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Maddow: 'Why are we doing this?'; Trump makes dangerous deal with Russia
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/09/2026
They're also working with the Trump administration to remove AI regulation and obtain military contracts.
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Rest assured: AI companies say they're investigating tens of thousands of rogue bot incidents
They're also working with the Trump administration to remove AI regulation and obtain military contracts.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I better go to bed, the words are not making any sense. . . a baseball field in a national park . . . is this SNL??? Is there going to be a gold statue of Yogi Bear in right field? Goodnight.
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tonight Special: we learn everything will always repeat.
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Johnny Carson Jokes About The Recent Toilet Paper Shortage - 12/19/1973
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We can sing. Remember on October 17th, when voting, and when standing for truth.
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National Anthem Performer's Trumpet Malfunctioned, So He Sang the Rest of the Song
YouTube video by Bleacher Report
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The best birthday present imaginable. #DollyDay 💖
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good. Clear voice on this destruction of our public lands. Listen. Vote. This is America, folks.
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Who's Pulling the Strings to Dismantle Our National Monuments?
YouTube video by Eric Hanson
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
Many of the babies’ autopsy reports were clear: Vitamin K deficiency was the immediate cause of death, or contributed to it. The reports also included details about parents refusing the vitamin K shot, a long-standard injection, for their newborns. (Published May)
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What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Acosta with scathing comments about he-not-shown: youtu.be/Pzd1WyH15eI?...
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So much of what we’re living through right now, from Trump to AI, feels like it’s driven by an explicit strategy of “we just do the crimes so quickly that we can’t be stopped and by the time the courts weigh in, they have no choice but to accept our crimes.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...
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It's the accountability, stupid.
Doing crime
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
More on men being infinitely more dangerous than bears. I'll be voting for kind, wise leaders forever. Propaganda is a waste of breath, money. Once enlightened, truth is easy to see. Power is not worth ending life on earth. What on earth led to defective, morally corrupt, mostly white men? No to AI.
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A look at AI doomsday scenarios that researchers say could put humanity at risk
Artificial intelligence researchers have warned for years of ways the technology could wipe out humanity: AI bots could design an unstoppable disease, unleash a nuclear war, or transform all of Earth ...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/09/2026
Fire stations are paying more and waiting longer for new trucks. Why? A few big corporations bought up the fire truck industry and jacked up costs. That's not right. Corporate greed can't come before public safety.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Share if you believe in a free press & support Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press #FreedomOfThePress
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.
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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Comments needed by midnight tonight in response to USFS 7-day comment window with little on-site evaluation of wildfire burn area near the mountain town of Sisters, Oregon. Concerns include the extensive logging proposed with little regard for wildlife, nesting birds, and environmental impacts.
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Short comment period on Akawa Butte Fire Recovery project
The Sisters Ranger District has launched an unusually short window for public comment on the Akawa Butte Fire Recovery Plan. The plan, which calls for salvage logging of dead or dying trees in the fir...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 20/09/2026
From keeping our private information safe, protecting communities from mass deportations, defending voting rights, and more, we're working around the clock and across the nation to safeguard our rights. With 165 pro-civil liberties policies passed and counting, we're not slowing down.
"Our Firewall for Freedom campaign is a push across the nation for cities and states to protect our rights from the Trump administration. So far we’ve secured: 165 total Firewall wins,  87 state legislative actions, 20 state executive actions, 52 municipal legislative actions, 6 Municipal executive action, 7 vetoes by governors of bad bills." ACLU logo. Purple tinted image of the Statue of Liberty hand and torch.
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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How to Live on Earth | Feature Documentary | Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch
YouTube video by Open Planet
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John Muir Project @johnmuirproject.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
OPPOSE THE "SAVE" OUR SEQUOIAS ACT Giving agencies the freedom to fire up their chainsaws, sidestep environmental protections, crush seedlings, and expand logging—even in National Parks and Wilderness—will not "save" our groves. It degrades them. Take Action: johnmuirproject.org/take-action/...
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John Muir Project @johnmuirproject.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A SHADOWY "COALITION" IS DESTROYING GIANT SEQUOIA GROVES ON PUBLIC LANDS As I write this, a shadowy coalition is making substantial sums of money exploiting and destroying giant sequoia groves on public lands and lying about it. Learn more in our blog below! johnmuirproject.org/2026/09/dest...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 13/09/2026
Early voting is a crucial tool for stopping election sabotage. Join your local No Kings event on October 17 to promote unprecedented early voting in the midterms: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 13/09/2026
Obama Urges Democrats to Move A.I. Oversight to the Center of Their Agenda During a private fund-raiser, the former president warned that the technology could be “dangerous” if not managed urgently and with a clear plan By Evan Gorelick www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/u...
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Obama Urges Democrats to Move A.I. Oversight to the Center of Their Agenda (Gift Article)
During a private fund-raiser, the former president warned that the technology could be “dangerous” if not managed urgently and with a clear plan.
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Share this musical call to vote!
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Cast Your Vote - Signs Of Fascism
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It is journalistic malpractice that major news outlets are not producing 5-alarm-fire reports to warn the public that the president of the United States is out of his mind.
Trump posts a map of New Mexico with the word "Mexico" crossed out and "America" added in its place.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/09/2026
NEW: The Trump administration asked SCOTUS to intervene so that the new USPS rule limiting mail-in voting can go into effect after we got a district court to block it. With under 60 days until November's election, there's no way this wouldn't disenfranchise voters who rely on mail ballots.
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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‘This President Is Trying to Break America’: Pritzker TORCHES Trump | WORLD NEWS | US NEWS
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A Nevada developer wants a shortcut through Yosemite to an 83-acre project outside the park. Congress can kill the land swap before it’s signed. Tell yours to do it.
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Roberto Clemente, Narrated by Amna Nawaz
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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'STOP THE BULLDOZERS’: Inside Trump's war on America's public lands
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Saturday morning used to be a time for a bit of relaxation with breakfast. These days, it can only exist with a reminder to NOT look at any news.
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Report: Trump aims to give piece of Yosemite to private developer; guess who benefits
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Jacqueline @flexibleflyer426.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields is a $10 million roar for abortion rights and women’s health
Rodrigo "could have played it safe, but she acknowledged that she has the power to make stuff happen, and she’s going to use it for good,” said Kathleen Hanna, founder of Bikini Kill, which is playing...
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