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📍 Co Springs | Liberal, Lib, etc. | Native Texan & spent over a decade on the 40 acres 🤘 | Powered by love of caffeine, data, politics, and hummingbirds

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1h
Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...
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Texas Democratic Party @texasdemocrats.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
@ginafortexas.bsky.social came to debate Greg Abbott on his home turf, and he was still too scared to show up and answer for his disastrous record. If he’s not man enough to debate, he doesn’t deserve to be Governor of Texas.
A photo of two podiums on the Texas Governor's Mansion's lawn in front of a crowd of spectators. Behind one podium is Gina Hinojosa, and the other podium is empty.
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Mandy @flyingcape.bsky.social · 1h
I swear there was a Jessica Killin campaign sign at Penrose blvd and El Pomar rd last night next to the Crank sign and this morning it was gone..
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Zaunvi Caitvitwt: Spongebob Holding Box
Alt: SpongeBob with his eyes nearly closed and side eyeing something
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h
Does arresting the wife of an enlisted man and mother of four US citizen children, a person who’s been here since she was 6 years old, make our country great again?
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POTUS @sentientpotato.bsky.social · 2h
still can't believe paxton was on video stealing that pen lol
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Charlie Henry @modalshift.co · 9h
5,145 mail ballots counted in Travis County. This is now a R+5 shift with the versus the mail '24. Not a great signal for a blue wave.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
This news is both beautiful and brutal.
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Governor Josh Shapiro @governor.pa.gov · 23h
Every child deserves to be and feel safe in the classroom. No parent should have to send their child to school worried if they'll return home. This senseless gun violence has taken far too many lives in our country and it’s time for real reform that will save lives.
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Governor Josh Shapiro @governor.pa.gov · 23h
The news coming out of Oregon tonight is horrifying, and Lori and I are praying for the families and offering strength to the parents who will now have to bury a child.
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Mandy @flyingcape.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Great countries would do something.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/10/2026
3) this is yet another instance of Vance treating a native-born but nonwhite American as if they are foreign born. 4) it is vance who should be greatful that anyone ever bothered to treat him like he might do some good in the world (they were wrong of course)
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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Can we sit with how outrageous and antidemocratic this is? It's historic levels of racism but corruption too.
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 15/10/2026
Abdul is such a badass. really impressive
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Kayla Calkin @kaylacalkin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Love how easy it is to vote in Colorado! Biked to the Dropbox and dropped off my ballot in about 10 minutes ✅🤌🏻
Woman returning ballot
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leaders condemn the search of Ilhan Omar's home as an 'abuse of power' by the Trump administration.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Mandy @flyingcape.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Working on my ballot.. it's really annoying when candidates don't respond to vote411.org
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VOTE411
Election information you need. Brought to you by The League of Women Voters Education Fund.
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Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Not to brag but my grandma (a Tarrant County voter) has already sent in her mail ballot. No late mail ballots getting rejected in this fam. Be like Ethel 🫡
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Federal agents searched Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
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Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Technically 212(k) has nothing to do with this situation at the moment, as Rep. Omar is a U.S. citizen. But if the Trump admin tried, and succeeded, to denaturalize on this specific allegation (which is highly unlikely), she'd return to having a green card and would be eligible for a 212(k) waiver.
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Meg Kinnard @megkinnardap.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents searched Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say.
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 12/10/2026
we are calling historians “other activists” now, I guess
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This infuriates the hell out of me.
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Mandy @flyingcape.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Home made sign and Weiser sign recently added to the Jessica Killin + colorful pinwheel on Cheyenne Blvd
Campaign yard signs on Cheyenne Blvd, including Jessica Killin, Phil Weiser, + colorful pinwheel, and a "Vote Your Life is at stake" sign
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Mandy @flyingcape.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
So there was an R house with a Texas Longhorn flag (im a fair weather fan tbh but triple sheeted, including a UT PhD) and I was hyped to chat but they didn't come to the door 😔 lol
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Mandy @flyingcape.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
First time blockwalking in Colorado and at each household I check the party affiliation(s).. and either feel hope (U) or dread (R) lol
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Mandy @flyingcape.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Went blockwalking this morning, overall good but exhausted as an introvert, plus my first door slam after I introduced myself lol as a Jessica Killin campaign volunteer, jesus people
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Liz Sepper @lsepper.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
THE SUPPORTER SECTION IS WALKING OUT. THE POLICE MADE THEM TAKE DOWN THE SIGN. All the normal signs are gone. No "y'all means all." No "trans lives matter." Nothing. It is now quiet. No music, no drums, no chants #AustinFC
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Mandy @flyingcape.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hold me back because I'd find that damn device
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Parker @parkersewell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Need to see Greg Abbott booed and James Talarico cheered at the red river rivalry today pleaseeee
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Edward @edwardodell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
These turkeys know what’s up
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🍂M.T.Botany @mtbotany.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
For the first time ever I returned my ballot within 24 hours of receiving it in the mail.
Photo of a sealed Colorado ballot going into a ballot drop box with all the red white and blue and stars that you would expect on an American ballot drop box.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
He called his bigoted opponent a bigot to his face. Ossoff knows his voters and trusts them enough to tell them the truth. He talks about those responsible for this horrible situation in ways that resonate with those of us who are looking around like, what the fuck? He’s v good at all this.
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Mandy @flyingcape.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Went to the local Homecoming parade and football game. 😸 Gorgeous night! Colorado Springs :D
Cheyenne Mountain high school homecoming parade in view. Police vehicle leading the parade. People lining up along the roadway. Football field view at Cheyenne Mountain High School with the sun setting and the mountain in view.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026
ossof basically
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Chappelle's Show: Silky Johnson's Playahaters Ball
ALT: Chappelle's Show: Silky Johnson's Playahaters Ball
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 08/10/2026
when you just take a step back to wrap your mind around how gross televised executions are it's really something to behold
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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They are entitled, but they truly aren’t bright either.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 07/10/2026
Twitter/X is just a full right-wing cope mode over the polls this week. Totally data-free discourse flying left and right about non-response among rural voters. It's the wild west over there
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 07/10/2026
I'm digging the possibility of D+12
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Charlie Henry @modalshift.co · 07/10/2026
482 mail ballots have already been counted in Travis County. At the same point in 2022, 417 were already counted.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 06/10/2026
Gov. Greg Abbott outspent Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa 6-to-1 from July to late September, but the governor’s narrow polling lead was largely unchanged as he tapped a war chest that once topped $100 million.
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Greg Abbott burns through war chest in Texas governor’s race
Abbott outspent Hinojosa 6-to-1 from July to late September, but the governor’s narrow polling lead was largely unchanged as he tapped a war chest that once topped $100 million.
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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 05/10/2026
hey all, posting my 2026 voter guide today! a lot of work when into writing this year and I hope you find it useful. covers all Colorado ballot measures and more specifics if you live in Boulder County / City of Boulder. cheers! bouldercoloradovoterguide.com
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Election 2026 — Boulder Colorado Voter Guide
Boulder Colorado Voter Guide from Eric Budd covers 2026 Boulder City Council candidates — Colorado, Boulder County, and City of Boulder ballot issues, candidates, and judicial retention questions
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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Mandy @flyingcape.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
*Me looking up ballot measures for a yard sign that my neighbors have posted* Is this necessary?.. Interesting. Ok.. And then seeing it. 👀 Hashtag Colorado votes.
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Rep. Vikki Goodwin @vikkigoodwintx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Voting registration in Texas ends MONDAY October 5. We have 3 more days! Register and check your registration at MyTexasVotes.com 🇺🇸
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VOTING | Texas Democratic Party
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Mandy @flyingcape.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Picking up donuts! 🚀🍩
Mochi Thai'M Donuts Logo on wall in their shop, Colorado Springs, CO
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kate Manne, a Cornell prof, has had many victims confide in her experiences of sexual assault & harassment. Many didn’t even try to report them--for those who did, the outcomes have rarely been positive. There’s a sense that campus culture is rape culture. www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
remember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all.
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Megan Menchaca @meganmenchaca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Texas schools reported losing more than 14,200 immigrant students last year. The true number is likely even higher, experts say. Latest for @texastribune.org www.texastribune.org/2026/09/30/i...
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Texas lost at least 14,200 immigrant students last year
The actual enrollment loss amid increased deportation efforts is much higher as the federal definition that identifies immigrant students is limited, experts said.
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