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@grannynomad.bsky.social
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Master’s in library and info science, MBA. Taught in France for 20 years. College counselor, editor, translator. Retired.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A teacher should be able to afford a home in the richest, most powerful country in the world.
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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 23/09/2026
"We all gain joy, wisdom and a better future when the law of love interrupts that of calculation, when the experience of mercy broadens that of merit, and when the gift of peace suspends rivalries and brings us closer together in gratitude.” #PopeLeoXIV
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Patrick Webb @patrickwbb.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
75% of Americans support releasing the rest of the Epstein files, even if it implicates their own party, per PBS poll. Do you agree?
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grannynomad.bsky.social @grannynomad.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Impeach, remove, convict
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
🚨 Euphoria in Budapest! Tens of thousands of people are flooding the streets to celebrate the opposition’s stunning victory. The scenes in the metro are absolutely incredible. What a night! 🇭🇺✨
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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
🚨 Call To Action-APRIL 2 📍Live Stream Online 🛑 Stop Detaining Children & Families ⏰ 12 Hour Vigil- 8 a.m. CDT Join the protest using reading of children’s books as an act of care, resistance, & demand for change 📕 #ReadThemHome Join the live stream on readthemhome.org
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/04/2026
Say it with your whole chest 📢 [10 FWY Santa Monica]
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I Resist Fascist Trump @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
🔥TRUMP IS HIDING THIS FROM YOU !!!🔥 Marines and sailors are actively revolting. Troops in the 31st MEU and on warships headed to the Middle East are filing emergency Conscientious Objector claims to stop their deployment. The Pentagon is terrified as the ranks refuse to fight Trump's war.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
TSA is against this. The TSA union says it will make their jobs harder, not easier. The American public is against this. And Dems have offered seven times to pay TSA and Republicans have refused to come to the table. This is about fear tactics, not long lines. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/u...
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ICE to Aid Airport Security Amid Partial Shutdown, Border Czar Says
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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A MUST WATCH FOR ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS - especially the Trump/Fox/RW Media indoctrinated MAGA Cult Sheep who still think criminal felon/fraud/rapist, pedophile, Putin owned anti-American lawless traitor Trump is “sent by God”, “The Chosen One”?? Trump is a criminally insane sociopathic fascist liar!
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BREAKING: Goldman Unveils Unredacted File That 'Disputes Everything' Trump 'Has Said' About Epstein
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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Coko @coko.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Of course they're good with it. It would only be a problem if it was President Biden. Or President Obama. Neither would have incited and/or pardoned any Jan 6ers!
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Trump was raised in a family that disparaged military service. He thinks people “dumb” enough to serve have what’s coming to them. Remember what he told the widow of the soldier who was killed in Niger: “he knew what he signed up for” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017....
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Sgt La David Johnson: soldier at the center of dispute over Trump remarks
The 25-year-old South Florida native who was killed in Niger has been put in the spotlight after Trump reportedly made insensitive comments to his widow
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/02/2026
Today is the four year anniversary of the barbaric full scale invasion against the peaceful people of Ukraine. Peaceful, until roused to defend themselves…. Slava Ukrainii
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a yellow and blue flag with a shield on it
ALT: a yellow and blue flag with a shield on it
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
DOJ is transparent as mud: "According to NPR's review of three different sets of serial numbers stamped onto the files, there appear to be 53 pages of interview documents and notes missing from the public Epstein database." (Pertaining to a Trump accuser.) www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
“The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds.” www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
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US News Now - World’s leading Liberal Voice @democracyblue.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
FedEx Sues Trump For 'Full Refund' After Supreme Court Blocks Sweeping Tariffs FedEx is suing the Trump administration for a "full refund" after the Supreme Court struck down many of President Donald Trump's widespread tariffs that have raised costs for US businesses dailyvoice.com/virginia/arl...
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FedEx Sues Trump For 'Full Refund' After Supreme Court Blocks Sweeping Tariffs
FedEx is suing the Trump administration for a
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
📌I am incapable of looking at or listening to this lying, sweaty, bruised apricot for more than one second. True story. The thought of watching him during an entire State of the Union rant would be unimaginable torture. I really don't know how anybody does it.
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EMILYs List @emilyslist.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
We launched Mission Majority, the most aggressive target map of any Democratic political group this year, because we know Democratic women supported by EMILYs List are equipped to drive big wins, and that voters are desperate for leaders who'll fight for them. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
When oligarchs talk of “personal liberties and free markets” they mean their own liberties to become even richer and more powerful. When oligarchs speak of “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability. Know the truth.
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darktildawn.bsky.social @darktildawn.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
War is a nasty business, but a profitable one for oligarchs & the military industrial complex. NO nation should EVER go to war under ANY circumstances except necessary self defense. Nearly every war of the USA after WW2 can be shown to have been done under false pretenses. We the People can END it.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/02/2026
Strikes in Iran could happen at any moment, but what happens next is alarming. I break this all down, and more, in my Weekend Update on Substack: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/weekend-vi...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/02/2026
The most disturbing part is knowing ICE left a little girl alone and didn’t care. Annabella was six years old when her dad was detained by ICE while he was picking up their food order. She stayed inside, waiting. He never returned to her that day. 1/2
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court
String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 — mostly through shady crypto deals. That amounts to $456,621 per hour. But how are you doing?
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peterg19.bsky.social @peterg19.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Trump, miller and Republicans are working on the last four.
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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
When you go to vote in the midterms, please vote for the Democratic candidate.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
DHS has begun purchasing warehouses to detain tens of thousands of immigrants. The big winners? Real estate brokers facilitating the deals stand to rake in millions — including one previously run by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and now run by his son. Cashing in on cruelty.
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Empty Warehouses, Secret Deals: Insiders Poised To Profit From Trump’s Deportation Boom
As the Trump administration hunts for massive detention sites, politically connected real estate brokers are lining up t
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 12/02/2026
The SAVE Act is meant to make voting harder and more intimidating so people don't do it. When you combine it with ICE agents potentially being deployed at the polls, it's clear what Trump is trying to do before the midterms - make it harder to vote.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 13/02/2026
BREAKING: We're filing a lawsuit challenging Ohio's new law that seeks to purge voters from the rolls based on outdated citizenship data. This law sets up eligible voters — especially recently naturalized citizens — to be wrongly stripped from the voter rolls on the day before the election.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 13/02/2026
NEW: We just submitted over 80 new declarations from people reporting on, documenting, and protesting ICE abuses in Minnesota. These statements further detail the widespread government retaliation and violence communities are facing for exercising their First Amendment rights.
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TweetLD @tweetld.art · 25/01/2026
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ACLU @aclu.org · 25/01/2026
We the people have the power. Join us tomorrow, January 26, for a virtual training on how to exercise your right to document ICE abuses in your community. RSVP using the link below. When using that link, Indivisible will know you came from us; their privacy policy applies.
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Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/01/2026
ICE and CBP death squads are killing innocent people, terrorizing our communities, and violating our constitutional rights — and the House just voted to give them more money. Demand that your senators use their upcoming vote on the DHS funding bill to rein in the regime’s secret police.
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Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW
On Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Then, on January 24, Border Patrol killed Alex Pretti. These deaths were a direct...
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Cait Conley @caitfornewyork.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
As masked federal agents terrorize and kill American citizens Mike Lawler does NOTHING to stop it. I was a military police officer in the Army. I know what law enforcement is about. Protecting and serving, NOT the weaponization of government against its own people.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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grannynomad.bsky.social @grannynomad.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
His behavior is that of a spoiled two year-old having a tantrum when he doesn’t get his way.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/01/2026
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
We are open: please wait for us to unlock the door. Thank you for your understanding
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grannynomad.bsky.social @grannynomad.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The behavior of ICE agents sickens me. As citizens we pass and enforce laws, but nowhere are we given license for cruelty. Trump is building a police state to keep himself in power. What are our legal remedies to push back?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/01/2026
Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket. He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War. Notice the suppressors 1/2
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
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IndivisibleTX24❌👑 @indivisibletx-24.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Immigrants are welcome here! Stand up against ICE Terror! Prosecute ICE. ICE murdered Renee Nicole Good!
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LoriPica 💙 @loripica.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Share!!!
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/01/2026
Across the country, Americans are honoring Renee Nicole Good and mourning all the lives ICE has taken and destroyed. Hundreds of marches and vigils are planned this weekend. Please join us to say ICE Out For Good: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Please share.. ICE THUGS shot & killed a woman in Minneapolis. Then attack citizens point blank with teargas grenades, pepper ball guns & chemical spray in the faces. Of course, Greg Bovino was in the mix. He needs to be brought up for murder charges.🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 youtu.be/LnfiWmX_mTE?...
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🚨BREAKING: ICE SHOOTS AND KILL WOMAN in Minneapolis
YouTube video by Status Coup News
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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/12/2025
BREAKING: The Florida Supreme Court upheld Florida’s law, making it the only state to allow juries split 8-4 to sentence people to death. Permitting non-unanimous, divided juries to sentence people to death is unconstitutional and increases the risk of executing an innocent person.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
EXACTLY 👇 THIS !
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined. 56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people. Read that back.
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/12/2025
“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
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