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Henry Batten

@hbatten.bsky.social
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I am a married flaming gay liberal man living in the deep red North Georgia mountains.🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 Xitter refugee. Unapologetically Episcopalian! Please have a Profile! I don't need to see your titties! 🚫 DMs 🚫 Crypto 🚫 Illuminati 🚫 Tits

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Louise @bombaycrone.bsky.social · 11h
When Donald Trump makes a outrageous statement like the San Diego /Los Angeles statement, it's not that he's going to do anything; it's that some wacko who listens to him might do something outrageously dangerous. That's what we must understand and guard against.
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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 12h
Susan Collins isn’t working for Maine; she is working for Trump. Her voting record proves it. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
Susan Collins voted with trump 92% of the time
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Louise @bombaycrone.bsky.social · 11h
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Governor Newsom Is Spot On......
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18h
"In my 65 years of living, I've never seen the city in such an uproar..." deceleration.news/san-antonio-...
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'March Will Not End Tomorrow': San Antonio Immigration Protest Resists New ICE Facility
Community organizers and local elected leaders join vigil outside 640,000-square-foot warehouse slated to house thousands amid growing ICE violence and deportation enforcement pushback.
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 18h
Fact Check: The First Lady is actually Melani-- Oops. Never mind. I was wrong.
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r/protectUSelections @protectuselections.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Exclusive: Trump DOJ appears to have hired lawyer convicted of hacking election sites to check ‘integrity’
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Exclusive: Trump DOJ appears to have hired lawyer convicted of hacking election sites to check ‘integrity’
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026
Katie Phang: "Todd Blanche wants to continue to hide the Epstein files from the American people. He wants to allow the existing redactions and withholdings to stand as a matter of law. He's saying what he has done is legally sufficient. And I am here to say, hell no, it is not."
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TRUTH 👇........
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Apparently not every Republican official in Florida is down with having a pedophile as the Clerk of Courts, but Palm Beach County is all in. The two accusers were a male relative who was a toddler at the time, and a woman who claims he molested her when she was 4. www.rawstory.com/florida-gop-...
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Republican civil war erupts in red state over backing scandal-plagued candidate
The Republican Party of Palm Beach County, Florida is standing behind suspended Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso in the November election, even though he was arrested in August on allegations that he sexua...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Convicted Felon Donald Trump and his personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, know with the Midterms around the corner, DELAY is the name of the game
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Conservative Cuban Americans have long made S. Florida GOP-friendly. But Trump has deported a record number of Cubans. Older Cubans who lived in the US for decades were deported to Mexico, where they've struggled to get by. Some have been deported to Africa..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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How Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House Race
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
$100 to the first reporter who asks Eric Schmitt what he plans to do next now that his political ambitions are over
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here...” www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I 100% GUARANTEE you they will abuse those kids. It’s in their nature.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The price tag on the Ken Paxton rescue mission has Republicans panicking Some Republicans want MAGA Inc. to take over spending in the final few weeks.
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The price tag on the Ken Paxton rescue mission has Republicans panicking
Some Republicans want MAGA Inc. to take over spending in the final few weeks.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Spot on! 🎯
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026
Katie Phang: "Get the fuck out of here. Are you kidding me? You think it's a good use of taxpayers time and money to be able to do illegal redactions and withholds that are now forcing me to have to go and sue? Are you joking? But this is how Todd Blanche thinks."
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/10/2026
MAGA is OBSESSED with presidents who are crooks. They elected Trump twice and now they're spending tax dollars to rewrite RICHARD NIXON'S legacy. They're revisiting Watergate because it's the only time that a president's party has told him to stand down. And that's something they're incapable of.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/10/2026
If the Dems win the senate, expect this retirement and then the Senate GOP will jam the next person down our throats. Probably someone like Judge Eileen Cannon. Good lord www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Susan Berlin @allwixlit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Because of course he is. Why would he allow congressionally designated aid for Ukraine that he idol doesn't want when he can support authoritarian dictatorships closer to home? It's not like the rules apply to him, right?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It appears that the National Guard shot and killed an unarmed man (in the back). www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Autopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the back
The report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest.
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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Release the #EpsteinFiles Release the #Cornell7 essays Prosecute what can be prosecuted. Immortalize the rest as pariahs. We hold quarter for rapists in the White House, Hollywood, the NFL, the Ivy League, houses of worship, and everywhere ‘boys will be boys‘ is tolerated. Enough.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The NSF spends nearly all of its budget on basic research from a wide range of scientific fields, leading to major advances in technology such as MRIs, semiconductors and the internet. The WH wants to redirect the money to a limited set of priorities, including AI and quantum computing.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hegseth’s push comes as the Trump administration and Republican allies have pursued a series of legal and administrative changes that could make it harder for the same military voters and their families to cast ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Hegseth urges military to vote as Trump administration makes it harder for them to cast ballots
Hegseth’s push comes as the Trump administration and Republican allies have pursued a series of legal and administrative changes that could make it harder for the same military voters and their famili...
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 02/10/2026
Donald Trump's poll numbers are hitting record lows as the midterms approach. Trump won't admit it, and Republicans are facing serious backlash in November.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/10/2026
A deep dive into the Baltic states' extensive preparations for a Russian invasion, from @isaacstanbecker who tracks "the emergence of a new order, in which Ukraine matters as much to the security of Europe as the United States" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Baltic States Prepare for War
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are readying themselves to fend off a Russian attack—with the help of the United States, or without it.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
What happened after Donald Trump took a wrecking ball to federal child care programs? 400+ day cares shut down in Oklahoma. 300+ programs shut down in Indiana. HUNDREDS more have closed nationwide. Our families deserve better.
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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cartoonist: Mike Luckovich
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/10/2026
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "I am incredibly skeptical of Florida, but I still think people should give money to Angie Nixon. It's a really tough race, but she's doing the work…She is an all-out grinder and she's also pretty funny. She's a good, charismatic candidate."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anne Applebaum has been right about a lot of things and this is one. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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justfara @justfara.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 30/09/2026
Sen. Eric Schmitt was so overzealous to try and get Jack Smith, a good and honest man who has done great work, that Schmitt embarrassed himself by accusing Smith of going to the wrong basketball game. You can't make this stuff up. And right wing media will pretend it never happened.
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, claiming he had evidence Smith secretly went to an Atlanta Hawks game. Then it all backfired in real-time.
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GOP Senator’s Jack Smith ‘Gotcha’ Blows Up in His Face
Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over supposed evidence placing him at an Atlanta Hawks game. There was just one problem: It was the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That cocky, misplaced look of smug success on Senator Eric Schmitt’s face—moments before everything came crashing down around him because he’s so carelessly incompetent.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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