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Democracy first; pro-union; childless-by-choice; cat mom; spay/neuter & vaccines. Native Hoosier, in KY 30+yrs; it is INDIANA UNIVERSITY. Oxford comma & 2 spaces after period. NO DMs or BitCoin. Ally 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️✌️

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BlueDot53 @gb53.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mixed media west of Missoula yesterday on i90.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Ossoff: "What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the Epstein files. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices."
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The NAACP is suing to stop the orange felon from illegally sending armed agents to intimidate people of color at election polls. Thank you NAACP.
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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Basketball player detained by ICE #Kentucky www.thestate.com/sports/colle...
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ICE detained-HBCU basketball player reportedly needs treatment
An HBCU basketball player at Kentucky State University has spent more than a month in immigration custody after being detained by ICE while traveling with her team.
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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It was wonderful to spend Rosh Hashanah last week with Missy and Elaine, two lifelong Michiganders who welcomed me into their home and taught me about the sweet and joyous meaning of Rosh Hashanah.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I made progress last night but still need another 875 more subscribers this weekend to hit my goal. Democracy Docket is pro-democracy and fiercely independent. Sign-up now to help it grow. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Pissed-Off Scientist @rockney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
VOTE !!!!!!!
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BlueDot53 @gb53.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
19thnews.org
Hegseth made the fitness test harder for women in combat roles. Most female Marines are passing.
Despite tougher standards, Marine Corps data show more than 9 in 10 women in combat arms are passing the test.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The day he mocked a disabled reporter is the day it should have been over.
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BlueDot53 @gb53.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.storyofstuff.org/movies/emery...
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Emeryville Elementary School & Center for Environmental Health – Taking the Plastic out of School Lunches
What if your kid's school lunch didn’t come with piles of disposable trays and packaging?
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The Good Mim 🫘 @shashi1121.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The rage I feel will never be adequate.
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BlueDot53 @gb53.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
act.womensmarch.com/sign/epstein...
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Tell Your Representative to Force a Vote on Epstein Files Legislation
Tell your member of Congress to sign the discharge petition. No more protecting rapists and pedophiles in the files.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Uber just announced it will lay off 10% of its workforce, or around 3,300 workers. Last year, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made $35M — 360 times his median employee's pay — and announced a $20B stock buyback program to further enrich shareholders and himself. Textbook corporate greed.
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BlueDot53 @gb53.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
act.womensmarch.com/sign/epstein...
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Tell Your Representative to Force a Vote on Epstein Files Legislation
Tell your member of Congress to sign the discharge petition. No more protecting rapists and pedophiles in the files.
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BlueDot53 @gb53.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
secure.ucs.org
Tell Congress: Say No to the Unfair Electric Vehicle Tax
Urge your members of Congress to oppose the proposed annual tax on electric vehicles (EVs) that would act as a major deterrent to folks interested in adopting cleaner technologies. Congress should ins...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Everyday someone asks me how they can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?
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BlueDot53 @gb53.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Help Kentucky replace the legacy of Mitch McConnell with #CharlesBooker4Senate
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The real issue isn't left versus right. It's critical thinking versus a system that depends on you never developing it.
—Sofo Archon
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Playing in our faces
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers exposing the lies told to the public about the disastrous Viet Nam war, forever becoming a hero in history. Now... someone PLEASE leak #TheEPSTEINFiles & end the biggest coverup scandal of all-time! 🙏
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/08/2026
Quick reminder, there's still millions of files that haven't been released from Epstein epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein Epstein ETC...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It’s honestly just sad. The incompetence of this administration is affecting literally everyone. Photo source: MeidasTouch
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He didn’t change. They did.
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
ICE to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction & de-escalation devices” for officers & agents: Gloves that deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from people. The cost? Up to $20 million of OUR money. MAGA, this is what you call FREEDOM? #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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BlueDot53 @gb53.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
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BlueDot53 @gb53.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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kentuckylantern.com
KY legislators legalized hunting bobcats at night. Experts worry about ‘overharvesting.’ • Kentucky Lantern
Chet Hayes thinks Kentucky has a decent bobcat population but it's hard to know exactly how many there are.
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BlueDot53 @gb53.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Why do people object to transgender women participating in women’s sports, yet have no issue with male coaches working in women’s sports?
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#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Many struggling Americans now find their difficulties compounded by President Trump's cuts in food stamps and health care. On a 1,000 mile road trip, I met people like Trinity Goodman, who survives by selling blood plasma, has $3.78 in her bank account. A gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/o...
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Opinion | Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Hair Cuts or Toilet Paper (Gift Article)
Millions of Americans struggle in sometimes unimaginable ways, and Trump’s cuts in food stamps and other benefits are now making life even more precarious.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
🔥 “I’m so sick and tired of you old people not giving a shit about what we’re telling you. We don’t have a future. We’re telling you what we need and you don’t give a damn.”
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BlueDot53 @gb53.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
What Our Epstein Outrage Has Obscured www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
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Opinion | What Our Epstein Outrage Has Obscured (Gift Article)
It’s easy to shake our fists at a monster. It would be more effective to actually help exploited girls.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Odd, how Republicans are so angry at the *pretend* notion that Dr. Fauci undermined our health but are not even slightly interested in RFK Jr’s *actual* undermining of our health.
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Bonnie @bonniefitz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Every day journalists should ask "where are the Epstein files?" You know, the ones the court ordered to be released.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Epstein survivor Dani Bensky: You can’t say that you want to make sure sex offenders and sex traffickers are behind bars and then vote for him. Every vote for Blanche is really a vote against survivors. If Thom Tillis wants to call, I’m happy to talk to him. We’ve been trying to get in touch
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BlueDot53 @gb53.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
uknow.uky.edu
Two hours of sleep restored: UK researchers make Alzheimer’s breakthrough
In a study published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia, a team led by Shannon L. Macauley, Ph.D., an associate professor of physiology in the UK College of Medicine, and first author Nicholas ...
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Eddie S. Glaude @esglaude.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
250 years later and here we are… the question isn’t what we celebrate… it’s what we’re willing to confront. #AmericaUSA Order your copy today! linktr.ee/eddieglaudejr 📖 #crownpublishing 🎥 #MainLineFocus
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MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Epstein files. The DOJ must release all Epstein files per Congressional mandate. Turns out the DOJ has not turned over a single file that's written in or recorded in a foreign language. They admit that they have them, but have not turned them over. Russian? Violation of the agreement.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Hegseth says Iran war has cost $37.5 billion, defends request for more. Meanwhile, 35 million Americans live in poverty.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 18/07/2026
I’m glad CFPB Director Vought is on his way out. But he needs to know exactly the harm he has caused to families. He gutted consumer protections, dropped settlements against predatory companies, eliminated medical debt relief, & made life worse for everyday people.
Rep. Pressley: You avow that you are a Christian nationalist, so I’m sure you spent some time in Sunday school.

CFPB Director Vought: ........

Rep. Pressley: Did you happen upon a scripture that said, “Thou shall make their neighbor poorer, hungrier, sicker, and less safe?”
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Imagine if a woman president spent most her time raving and crying about an election she lost 6 years ago. Emotional. Unstable. Hysterical. Unfit to lead.
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This call is not going away #ReleaseTheFiles
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 18/07/2026
⚡️Botswana warns Russia trafficking its citizens into Ukraine war at 'alarming rate.' "These individuals are often promised employment opportunities, only to discover upon arrival that they are being forced into active combat," Botswana's International Relations Ministry said on July 18.
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Botswana warns Russia trafficking its citizens into Ukraine war at 'alarming rate'
"These individuals are often promised employment opportunities, only to discover upon arrival that they are being forced into active combat," Botswana's International Relations Ministry said on July 1...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
E. Jean Carroll spent nearly a decade in court fighting one of the most powerful men in the world. She fought with tenacity and grace — and she won. She is one of my personal heroes. We all owe her a debt of gratitude.
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BlueDot53 @gb53.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
nativenewsonline.net
History Can’t Be Patriotic if It Requires Silence
Opinion The first lesson of Indian boarding schools wasn’t reading or writing.  It was silence.  I was reminded of that during Labor Day weekend 2022 while talking with a tribal leader at a protest ag...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The Norwegian Football Association donated all proceeds and ticket revenues (totaling over $350,000) from their World Cup qualifying match against Israel to Doctors Without Borders for humanitarian aid in Gaza. Guess which team I’m rooting for . . .
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