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Kathy Griffin @kathygriffin.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Well..this is exciting!! Join me LIVE on Instagram with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass this Monday at 1:30 PM PT. Comment your questions below. I’ll bring the questions that get my mic cut.😉

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The Politics Chicks @thepoliticschicks.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Minnesota is under siege. This isn’t chaos — it’s a deliberate campaign of terror playing out in real time. ICE raids near schools. Teachers protecting kids. Families afraid to leave home. Please read & share. What’s happening here will not stop at our state lines. open.substack.com/pub/thepolit...

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Minnesota Is Under Siege

What’s happening here isn’t chaos — it’s a deliberate campaign of terror. And silence is not neutrality.

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

How am I supposed to function? After unbearable throat pain for a month & drs throwing cough meds at me, I finally right meds but, hells bells, side effects taking me down. Prednisone + gabapentin is a loopy cocktail. One makes you wired, the other tired. 🤯 Also fuck 🧊 and release the Epstein files

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

If I see one more statement or strongly worded letter, I’m going to scream. We need leaders who are willing to meet the moment and act. Who know how to read the room.

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I think I dodged a bullet, at least temporarily, by not updating to iOS 26. Tell me I’m wrong Shout out to everyone sharing your frustrations. Your rants are a public service. I’m staying right where I am for now. I’ll take functionality over esthetics all day, every day.

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Q for the more experienced protestors: I was at a No Kings protest today. Where do I turn in my timecard to get paid? #nokings

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I don’t feel well. I’m in pain. I don’t have a plan to get there or meet a friend there. I don’t have a sign. None of these count as real problems. I’m going #nokings

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Annual earthquake drill right now. Let this be your reminder to get the MyShake app for short warnings of quakes. A few seconds advance notice is enough to get to a safer spot. #california #earthquake

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Reminder to my fellow BayArea friends, make sure you have the @myshakeapp.bsky.social to get #earthquake early warnings. It’s just a few seconds but it’s amazing how fast you move when the alarm goes off.

A CRITICAL
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Earthquake - Drop, cover, hold on. Shaking expected.
Mag 4.8 eq in Berkeley, CA, USA on 9-22-2025 at 2:56AM PDT

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

You know you’re a true Californian when you instinctively go from deep sleep to rolling out of bed to take cover the moment the earthquake alarm sounds.

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Tonight’s Daily Show is already live on YouTube. We don’t have to wait til tomorrow to watch Jon Stewart youtu.be/_GXNJ3V9lzg?...

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Jon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Era | The Daily Show

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Tonight’s Daily Show is already live on YouTube. We don’t have to wait til tomorrow to watch Jon Stewart youtu.be/_GXNJ3V9lzg?...

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Jon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Era | The Daily Show

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

With all the darkness and deception in the world, at least I know that Facebook has learned their lesson and is fairly compensating me for exposing my personal data. 🙄🙄

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Valuable and disgusting at the same time. Insightful breakdown of ICE influencer-style videos.

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The solution that saved my sanity from the deluge of political texts was to filter out those from unknown numbers. They still come, but no notifs and they are neatly kept out of the way. No more replying STOP or marking as junk. Ignore and move on with your day. Seriously, life changing.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

"I don’t care if Clinton is in the Epstein files. I don’t care if any Democrats are on the client list. I don’t care if any progressives are on the client list... You know why? Because I'm not in a cult." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/i-dont-car...

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I Don't Care if Democrats Are in the Epstein Files

Hold them all accountable.

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Mx. Tiffany Leigh @tiffanyleigh.northsky.social · 04/07/2025

Alternatives to NY Times Games & Puzzles 🧵 If it bothers you that your passive games subscription and clicks to the NYT Games cartel is funding their awful OpEd army and "journalism," there are a wealth of puzzle/game options less iffy/yikes complicit, and many are direct clones to your NYT faves.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 02/07/2025

Three Wins Today (July 1, 2025) 1. Yesterday - @cookpolitical.com just changed their rating for NE-02 from lean Republican to lean Dem when Don Bacon announced his retirement. 1/

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

As a boomer, I’m thrilled to see a generational and ideological shift in dem party leadership. I am so here for it. Well done, NYC 👏 Hit the road, Cuomo, and take the other entitled politicians with you.

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Get rid of all of the “action through sternly-worded letter” politicians. I don’t care how long you’ve served. Stand up and do something or get tf out of the way. Bring on the young, diverse, courageous action-takers.

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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Mike Johnson in public: we're not cutting Medicaid :) Mike Johnson in private: the Medicaid cuts we're doing are going to cost us the House :(

post from Aaron Rupar reading:

Mike Johnson brazenly lies: "We are not cutting Medicaid. The president has said that and I have said that. We've all said that. We're strengthening the program."

screenshot of Politico article reading:

With President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline drawing near, Senate Majority Leader John Thune told POLITICO on Tuesday night he believes the Senate is “on a path” to start voting on the megabill Friday.

But he’s got several fires to put out first. For one, he’s under immense pressure to water down the Medicaid provisions the Senate GOP is counting on for hundreds of billions of dollars worth of savings.

Speaker Mike Johnson is warning in private that Senate Republicans could cost House Republicans their majority next year if they try to push through the deep Medicaid cuts in the current Senate version, according to three people granted anonymity to describe the matter.

http://politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/25/congress/thune-johnson-medicaid-megabill-backlash-salt-tax-cuts-00422588

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Not me appreciating Tucker Carlson putting Ted Cruz on blast

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Song of the summer. GOTTOGO #nokings

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/06/2025

Newsom’s social media team is killing it. (This isn’t an old picture. It’s from right now. I asked.) 😂😂😂😂

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

San Francisco’s Ocean Beach 🔥 📹by @adampardee.bsky.social

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Reuters: U.S. JUDGE TEMPORARILY BARS TRUMP FROM DEPLOYING CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD IN LOS ANGELES - COURT RULING

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Reuters: U.S. JUDGE TEMPORARILY RESTRICTS MILITARY'S LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES IN LOS ANGELES - COURT RULING

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 10/06/2025

So I just watched today’s Daily Blueprint, the new daily @democrats.org news bulletin. They not only tell us what’s been going on, but they tell us what’s happening this week like @klobuchar.senate.gov and @whipkclark.bsky.social are hosting a joint peoples hearing on women on wed. 1/2

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Trump's Making America MORE EXPENSIVE?!

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

This was an intentional choice to shoot a reporter during a live on-air broadcast. Look at the cop before he does it. They don’t need to be “provoked” to break the law.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Breaking: WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with personal data on millions of Americans for now.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

United Church of Christ is helping congregations build banned book libraries. “We care about telling the truth here, and books allow us to have conversations across divides and differences in ways that are not violent. We can be the library for telling the truth.” www.ucc.org/service-proj...

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Service Project at General Synod 35 encourages churches to build 'banned book' libraries - United Church of Christ

The practice of banning books has been at an all-time high. Last year, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom reported more

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 31/05/2025

This is why "you're right, it isn't what you voted for, because your values aren't shared by the Republican Party" is a much more effective message to help build a better America than "yes you did vote for this, you bad person" which fails to take advantage of this once-in-a-generation opportunity

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue. It is here: wclivestream.com/watch

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🗣️ WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THIS WEEK - May 19-25 - MAGA Murder Budget Please share this flyer far and wide! Print and post them everywhere - hand them out at your next Tesla Takedown, at your church, at your grocery store! We are all we’ve got! And everyone has something to give. 💜

MAGA Murder Budget
Republicans in the House of Representatives passed their mega-budget bill in the wee hours of the morning on Thursday. They held the debate and vote starting at 1am because they didn’t want the public to see what was happening in real time. This budget is bad news for almost everyone, the exception being people who earn more than $1M per year *and* who are US Citizens.
Work reporting requirements: enrollees who are between the ages of 19-64 would be required to upload proof every month that they worked at least 80 hours during the previous month. They would have to do this reporting every single month.
Eliminate gender affirming care for Medicaid and ACA beneficiaries: the bill bans gender affirming care for all Medicaid recipients, including adults. It also prohibits “gender transition procedures” from being included as an “essential health benefit” for all insurance plans purchased in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace.
Almost 1 in 4 trans people are medicaid beneficiaries. It is unclear how many trans people are enrolled in ACA plans.
For the first time, parents with children over the age of 6 would be required to prove they are working at least 80 hours-per-month or face losing their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits. This would affect more than 4 million children.
Reducing free school lunch eligibility: Right now, if at least 25% of students participate in programs like Medicaid or SNAP, then a school automatically qualifies for the free lunch program. This budget would increase that requirement from 25% to 60% of students.
Work requirements do not make it easier to achieve gainful employment.
They can’t change how many or what kind of employers are hiring.
They don’t provide people with training or education to become gainfully employed.
Work requirements don’t increase employment rates.
Study of states that have added more stringent work requirements found no meaningful change in employment rates.

Good news of the week:
The Boss (a.k.a. Bruce Springsteen) has been using his tour to speak out against the Tyrant President. Boy oh boy did Trump get mad about it. From The Boss himself,

“It's in the union of people around a common set of values, now that’s what stands between democracy and authoritarianism…There’s some very weird, strange, and dangerous shit going on out there right now. In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world’s poorest children to sickness and death. This is happening now, in my country.”

Now, we don’t all have the platform that Bruce Springsteen has, but let’s take inspiration from him and use our thousands of voices to speak bravely about what is happening.

Call your Senators and US Representative - find them here.
Check out https://5calls.org/ for scripts on what to say!

Protest: mark you calendar for June 14 https://shorturl.at/OY3wN
Trump wants to have a dictator’s birthday celebration.
Get ready to show him there are no kings and no dictators in this country.
Learn about the origins of the Public Library https://tinyurl.com/pbslib
Public libraries are one of the last, great public goods we have in the US.
We must protect them.
Donate: Local food banks https://tinyurl.com/468293ck
They will need all the help they can get if this budget passes as-is.
People will lose their SNAP benefits, and children will lose free school meals in many places. They will be turning to food banks for help.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” isn’t just about tax cuts it quietly guts federal protections and reshapes entire agencies. Here’s what’s buried inside:

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

What were the targeting parameters for this ad? In no universe am I their ideal hire.

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

What were the targeting parameters for this ad? In no universe am I their ideal hire.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/05/2025

THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck. So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🚨HIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT 🚨 TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts. MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here. Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️ OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid

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Save Medicaid

Please call your Representative right now and leave a voicemail, or first thing on Monday morning before the mark up session begins.

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Inequality Media @inequalitymedia.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Attorney General Pam Bondi says it's legal for Trump to accept a luxury jumbo jet from Qatar. Here's the kicker: Just five years ago, Bondi earned $115,000 a month as a registered lobbyist for the government of Qatar. Nothing to see here, folks!

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Helpful explanation of why the “test vaccines against placebos” is a misdirect

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Irene Koehler @irene-koehler.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

“Fuck you, Susan” is the rallying cry we need right now

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