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Old Ann Arbor liberal, techno nerd, and meditation person. #angret

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
You’re probably going to hear a lot about what the rich really pay in taxes today. This chart tells the real story.
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Michelle R. Smith @bymichellersmith.com · 15/04/2026
An 86-year-old French woman who moved to the US to marry her 1950s sweetheart is being held in a crowded detention centre in Louisiana after she was arrested by immigration agents and cuffed by her hands and feet.
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French woman, 86, held by ICE after moving to US to marry 1950s sweetheart
The family of Marie-Thérèse, from Brittany, fear for her health after she was cuffed and placed in a detention centre
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
When Mr. Rogers read a poem to the congress (1969) Original post
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Be United 💙 🇺🇸 @beunitedusa.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
ICE is still terrorizing working people and the Epstein regime is still in charge of the American people. But there is something happening in the USA with a shift around the world. Thanks to all of you. 💙🪧🌏
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Harold Wesley @harweswea.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
You would think they would have learned the first time he was in office! Why do these people continue to vote for their own decimation? 🤔
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 15/04/2026
Not all cries for help are loud. There’s a silent signal everyone should know. Thumb tucked. Fingers folded. It means “I need help” Share this please! You could be the one who sees her when she can’t say a word! #SheShed
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Love @celiebug.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
youtube.com/shorts/JtUpV... This principal should get some kind of an extreme award for courage. What a remarkable feat.
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Oklahoma high school principal tackles gunman
YouTube video by CNN
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15/04/2026
Wouldn't it be nice if you could say goodbye to TurboTax and file your taxes for free, online, and directly with the IRS? I have a bill to get that done.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2026
BOYLE: The CBO says the big beautiful bill eliminates healthcare coverage for more than 15 million Americans. Are they really all, according to you, illegals and defrauding the system. That's really your position? RUSS VOUGHT: Yes BOYLE: That's laughable!
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
It is absolutely correct for Democrats to demand that Swalwell resign from Congress and drop out of the race for governor of California. Same for Republicans forcing Gonzales to resign. It's the right thing. So, when are Republicans going to hold Trump, a much worse offender, to the same standard?
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Tom from Temecula @tomfromtemecula.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I’ve said it many times before, what I notice on social media is people sharing regime propaganda with a sarcastic caption. I find this particular type of post to be useless at best & harmful at worst. People have been doing it for a decade & it’s gotten us nowhere. STOP SHARING PROPAGANDA 🛑
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 15/04/2026
"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
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Tax Day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it | Zohran Mamdani, Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz
There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Imagine if instead of spending billions of dollars supporting terrorists or weapons, the United States had spent that money helping the people of the United States
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Warrior For The Resistance ⭐️ 🌊 💙 @canihelpyou.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Epstein Files, Epstein Files, Epstein Files, Epstein Files, Epstein Files, Epstein Files, Epstein Files, Epstein Files, Epstein Files, Epstein Files, Epstein Files, Epstein Files, Epstein Files, Epstein Files, Epstein Files
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
No idiot since the beginning of time has ever been in a position to do so much damage to so many people as a consequence of his malfeasance as Trump. No one.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2026
WARREN: I want to understand how slashing healthcare for families so Meta gets a $3b tax cut is a 'really good outcome for the American public' IRS CEO BISIGNANO: I don't see the two as correlated W: Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/04/2026
Yeah, it was staged. And DoorDash grandma isn’t saving extra money from no tax on tips, because it’s going straight into her gas tank.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/04/2026
We will be taxing the ultra-wealthy and global elites.
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Hochul Proposes Tax on N.Y.C. Second Homes That Are Worth $5 Million
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Crystal Lorons @crystallorons.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
📚 BOOK CHALLENGE 📚 Choose 20 Epic Books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge (4/20)
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Double-Vision Deadhead @creativecats.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
😂😆🤣🤣 He is the dumbest fugging person on earth huh? Not sure which was better, this or "incursion" vs "excursion" with regards to Iran attack.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Hundreds of people should not be facing potential terrorism charges simply for holding placards, especially after a court ruling that the proscription of the organisation they were supporting is unlawful. That's not how democracy is supposed to work.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This GOP war with the Pope might be the new dumbest thing they’ve done, and as usual, it’s completely self-inflicted.
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Rick Paisano @sicilianrick.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admited that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from the Epstein files release. DEATH? The truth is probably far worse than anyone can imagine. Blanche needs to be proescuted as well.
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
He addressed the press and labeled the information as false. It is imperative to address this dishonesty appropriately, as such behavior is unacceptable.
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Stephen Wunderlich @swonder.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Sen. Adam Schiff on Substack
Tonight, Democrats forced a vote on a simple amendment. To remove new tariffs that are increasing the cost of groceries, gas and housing. Republicans rejected it.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/04/2026
ERASING HISTORY: U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro asks court to vacate seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and Proud Boys leaders Ethan Nordean & Joseph Biggs, despite jury findings of coordinated efforts to stop the transfer of power.
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A little-known Supreme Court case that just vacated the corruption conviction of a local official raises a crucial question: Will the kind of influence peddling now ubiquitous in politics become unprosecutable simply because it has become so commonplace?
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Political Corruption Is Being Normalized
A little-known Supreme Court case that just vacated the corruption conviction of a local official raises a crucial question: Will the kind of influence peddling now ubiquitous in politics become unprosecutable simply because it has become so commonplace?
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores. The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act. Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 14/04/2026
Journalists often give Trump’s pronouncements a semblance of coherence. It is called “sane-washing”. But, objectively, his performances can no longer be “tidied up”, writes Alan Rusbridger
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We need to talk about Donald
The increasingly incoherent and volatile president is much easier to understand if we come to terms with one thing
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 14/04/2026
“For 10 years, federal transgender employees had an absolute guarantee that they could use the restrooms consistent with their gender identity. That guarantee has now been pulled out from under them and reversed completely.” bit.ly/4tuwx2Z
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The EEOC Is No Longer Protecting Federal Workers From Gender Identity Discrimination
Recent decisions mean the agency will no longer process claims regarding harassment, the denial of bathroom use, or discrimination in hiring, firing, or promotion on the basis of gender identity.
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Tim Goodacre - Writer @timgoodacre.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Everywhere the far-right is surging, attacks on Universities play a key front-line role. Silence the educated, silence the people.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
In the 1930s, Oswald Mosley claimed to be a patriot, while his British Union of Fascists was secretly funded by the Italian government. We are just beginning to grasp how much of the far right in the UK today has been funded by Viktor Orbán and Russian oil money. Their "patriotism" is always a con.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
They didn't just pardon them. They're erasing the convictions entirely. Not...you're guilty but forgiven. But...the guilty verdicts never should have happened. There's a difference. And it matters enormously for what comes next. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Robin @trumpsatwit.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
As a recently diagnosed person with Cancer I'm sure glad I live in Canada! Where do these fuckwads get off denying someone the chance for LIFE! I can only hope that these deniers of Cancer Research get to join my new club and try to live with the uncertainty in front of them. #FuckTrump #FuckCancer😡
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Trump's 'grim reaper' gets tongue-lashing from WSJ editors for obstructing cancer research
President Donald Trump's administration got another tongue-lashing by the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board, as yet another Health and Human Services official moves to obstruct groundbr...
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penboyasgod.bsky.social @penboyasgod.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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Peter Hartlaub @peterhartlaub.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Springsteen fans! History note from last night's show: He told a story of his first time in S.F. — playing the Matrix — telling a guy he was from New Jersey. The response: "Never heard of it" It was 2/12/1970. Springsteen fronted "Steel Mill," opening for Boz Scaggs. The @sfchronicle.com listing:
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Wolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It's long overdue .. (cartoon Dave Granlund) #2547now
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Tuesday Adams ™ 🌹 @tuesdayadams111.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Everything is staged. Including his assignation attempt.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩‍🚀🚀💕 *All four astronauts went to public schools!
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Emily Ann Gregson @splashofgenz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
“the pope is weak on crime” has gotta be one of the funniest things any politician has ever said in history
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E.W. Doc Parris @ewdocparris.com · 14/04/2026
GenAI memes used to dunk on the enemy are still GenAI memes.
Batman breaks a gun and exclaims, "THIS IS THE WEAPON OF THE ENEMY.
WE DO NOT NEED IT. WE WILL NOT USE IT."
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Patrick Webb @patrickwbb.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
BREAKING: 75% of Americans support releasing the Epstein files, even if it implicates their own party, according to PBS poll.
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Ferret Slave @ferretslave.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A man who was shot seven times by ICE agents during a traffic stop in Central California last week was arrested by the FBI upon release from the hospital Monday, according to his lawyer. ICE contends he's wanted for murder but his family insists it's a case of mistaken identity as he was acquitted.
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Man shot by ICE agents during California traffic stop arrested by FBI after hospital release, lawyer says | CNN
A man who was shot by ICE agents during a traffic stop in Central California last week was arrested by the FBI upon release from the hospital Monday, according to his lawyer.
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Nancy Basi 🇨🇦💙 @nancy-basi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I’m sure we can add to this list….
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Stephan Krosecz @stephank.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Isn't it ridiculous that in January Trump invaded Venezuela and kidnapped their leader, and he's done so much wild shit since then that it's hard to even retain that information?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Meanwhile, the typical American will pay a federal income tax rate of 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. [Via @itep.org]
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REMALONE @ipasa.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 14/04/2026
My mom's dog died today, everyone please give their animals a little extra pet on her behalf.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
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