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@itasanders.bsky.social
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Retired legislative history attorney and researcher. Busy retiree, wife, mother, grandmother, reader, gardener, traveler, and voting Californian. Will join coalitions of the sane. They are out there … We are all keepers of the flame.🗽

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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 18h
I DO remember … www.instagram.com/reel/Ddxauaf...
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“She agreed to take the boys …not knowing that doing the right thing would go so wrong: that county officials would (investigate) her for trafficking; that her bank account would dwindle to almost nothing; that Eber would still be in her home…nearly a year after (his mother) was picked up.”
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"As Cardinal McElroy put it, we need to not avert our eyes but to 'recognize the evil that is being carried out in our name and fight it.' And we need to 'seek to convert our political representatives or replace them.' In five weeks, we can replace a lot of them." www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-los...
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‘We Are Losing Our Soul as a Nation’
What we saw in Springfield, Ohio.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s going to be another buckle up kind of week, with lots of lawsuits and legal issues in motion. Here’s what I’m watching and why it matters: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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The Week Ahead
September 27, 2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
YOU NEED TO SEE THIS Rob Bonta (California AG): “We think it’s limitless what he (Trump) will try and what he is capable of. So, if you can imagine it, we have thought of it and we have a plan.” Every attorney general should be planning for this.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The midterms may not be enough to stop our descent www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
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White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If Trump damages or demolishes the Kennedy Center he will be so hated by Americans, they will bury him in the midterms. We must vote in high numbers that Trump and Musk cannot undermine the results with their illegal election interference. Ask what can you do? VOTE. www.youtube.com/watch?v
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The FBI’s beastiality controversy leads to this rewritten moment in 2024 … “They’re fucking the dogs! They’re fucking the cats!”
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I'll confess I'm shocked by this: seeing a respected progressive voice openly argue that it's better to defeat Democrats who have been flaky on trans rights than to secure Democratic control of the US Senate and US House. Unbelievably foolish, short-sighted, self-sabotaging nonsense.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Inflation is sticking around. Trump did that all by himself (and sycophantic support from the GOP) with his stupid war and tariffs.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Vote blue To find out who Wants to imprison you For your skin’s darker hue.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I know what Ben would have done … “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night nor interference with any election stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” www.newsnationnow.com/politics/202...
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Mail-in voting: State-by-state guide as Supreme Court weighs Trump’s limits
Here’s what to know about each state’s rules for mail-in voting and deadlines when voters must return their ballots
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Not voting is not an act of protest, it is an act of surrender.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Liz Cheney: "Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES Missouri’s emergency stay application leaving the 2022 congressional map protecting Black voters in Kansas City in place for the midterms. A victory for Elias Law Group, its client and voters of Missouri! www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...
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🚨 von Glahn v. Hoskins
Learn more here.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Not voting is not an act of protest, it is an act of surrender
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Goodnight 🌙
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
$16 million later, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was supposed to be open by July 4. Instead, it looks like this.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Trump wants to be prominently featured in the midterms, so they are holding an unprecedented GOP midterms convention this week where he will be the keynote speaker on both days. Okay - Here’s a little breakdown on how he’s abusing the office of POTUS and wasting our taxpayer dollars.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“A 2-degree-Celsius increase in the Niño 3.4 box typically earns the title of “Super El Niño”; we’re already past that threshold, and experts project that the warming could peak at roughly twice as high.” www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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This El Niño Will Be Unlike Any in the Past Eight Decades
Die-offs and floods have started already, a prelude to supercharged storms and droughts.  
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🚨Alarm! Voters in various states are finding they are no longer registered and without notification. Every state has different rules. This link provides states’ voter registration deadlines information for same day and earlier. BE PREPARED‼️ www.ncsl.org/elections-an...
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Same Day Voter Registration
Search our table and map providing information on same-day registration (SDR) legislation and polices in each state.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It is always a good idea to gather information - maga voters are disappointed with Trump but they hate democrats. Can democrats win enough of their votes to take the senate in November?? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
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Opinion | ‘Trump Voters Are Finally Starting to Sour on Him’ (Gift Article)
Democrats want fighters. A former Republican has ideas.
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ridem24.bsky.social @ridem24.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
💙💙💙
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/08/2026
This should be setting off alarm bells. Service members trying to leave the military on moral grounds have surged to SIX TIMES the normal rate since Trump’s war with Iran began in February.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 27/08/2026
Florida found a way around a 72-hour detention limit. Then kept using it. Immigrants were released, immediately rebooked, and the clock started over. One woman was rebooked 10 times and spent 26 days behind bars. Cruelty is the whole point. Evil. #SheShed www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days.
Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusu...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
One of the criteria necessary to obtain a TRO is proving-when the litigation is done-it’s likely you’ll ultimately win Judge Talwani determined plaintiffs would probably win because the USPS rule places unconstitutional requirements on states-and improperly punishes them should they refuse to obey
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🦆It’s a Quack Up!🦆
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Anti-left=Anti-woke “But calling the new right anti-left understates the case. It hates the left, with all of its heart, soul and mind. And when you hate a movement that much, you don’t care about its supporters’ civil liberties. You will gladly violate their rights.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
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Opinion | There Is a Sickness Worse Than Wokeness
The anti-woke movement’s “cure” was more intolerance and more repression.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“We know, too, that if she had it her way she would have lived well past 80. Once, when she was asked how she’d like to be remembered in 100 years, Parton quipped, “I want ’em to say, ‘God, don’t she look good for her age!’”” I wish she had. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
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Dolly Parton Had the Voice, and Concerns, of an Earth Angel
Parton gave hopeful expression to songs she wrote about the hard times and hard-won triumphs of her life.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“The administration that insists “there are only two genders” seems determined to make it only one.” Truth. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/o...
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Opinion | The Barbie Backlash (Gift Article)
‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Barbie’ show a zeitgeist shift that goes beyond Hollywood: The hero’s narrative is corroding our political and public life.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Some posts are furious bc almost every move being made by Trump&Co. is guided by Project 2025 but who has read it? Below is a link to the Project. Also here are TOC pages. DO READ what interests you in P2025. 🇺🇸BE PREPARED🇺🇸 Heritage is not finished reshaping our country. static.heritage.org
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I'm not pro-death penalty, but I might make an exception for this guy.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Trump regime is firing journalists for telling the truth about its illegal war with Iran.
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Pentagon dismisses Stars and Stripes leadership after editor, reporter oppose military interference
The editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes says the Pentagon has fired him as well as its publisher and a reporter.
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
NEW: Days after announcing it had received ICE contracts that could pay it $165m/year to detain immigrants, the private prison company the GEO Group donated $1.4m to the Trump-backed MAGA Inc. super PAC.
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Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts (Gift Article)
The GEO Group has profited from the administration’s mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more than $1.4 million to the president’s super PAC last month.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 21/08/2026
everyone needs to care about how the Roberts Court is actively, but quietly, helping Trump enact his agenda. We are in a separation of powers fight, a fight for constitutional meaning, and a fight with the conservative politicians on the corrupt Court.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The famous phrase "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" comes from Shakespeare’s play, Henry VI, and is spoken by the character Dick the Butcher, plotting a violent overthrow of the government. And here we are … Project 2025 is the Godzilla overthrowing our country.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
GOP attacked Obama for wearing a tan suit, crying it was disrespectful to the office. GOP supports a convicted felon and rapist using the office to avoid his criminal past while stealing millions$, and more. Both, the pedantic and the historically consequential, sits squarely on the GOP’s shoulders.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
When you have the power to go after all your enemies, Trump will. He’s going after the judge’s kid. He is not serving as president of all Americans - only one, himself. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/u...
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Prosecutors Examined Firm With Tie to Judge in Trump Hush Money Trial
The U.S. attorney in Chicago subpoenaed a fund-raising firm that had been co-owned by the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan, who conducted the trial that led to Donald Trump’s felony conviction.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Call the attorneys!
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
ICE’S SHOCK GLOVES CAN BE AVOIDED
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
“The FDNY lost 343 men on September 11; 65 of their sons and daughters now serve in the department.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Man Who Refused to Sit on the Sidelines
Kevin Dowdell, a lieutenant in an elite FDNY rescue unit, taught his sons to take action. When he disappeared on 9/11, they went to Ground Zero to search for him.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is truth.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It is an obvious question with an obvious answer in today’s GOP and magaland.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🍿🍿🥤🥤🍿🍿 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
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How the Pro-Trump Media Ecosystem Is Splintering Ahead of the Midterms (Gift Article)
Once united in support of President Trump, right-wing influencers are embroiled in feuds and losing viewers, creating a problem for Republicans in the midterm elections.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
So how does Heritage deal with the thousands of mentions of Trump’s name and pedophile reports in the Epstein files? I mean, besides ignoring it completely? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/m...
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What the Crackup of the Heritage Foundation Says About the Post-Trump Right (Gift Article)
The bastion of American conservatism best known for Project 2025 has been consumed by an ideological — and generational — civil war.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
What is old is new again. Wait … what is new is really the same old “old” again. Hold on … I think I almost got it … www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/m...
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What the Crackup of the Heritage Foundation Says About the Post-Trump Right
The bastion of American conservatism best known for Project 2025 has been consumed by an ideological — and generational — civil war.
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
www.threads.com/@joeflood/po...
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Joe Flood (@joeflood) on Threads
Lafayette Park is closed indefinitely
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Fiat justitia ruat caelum @itasanders.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Something positive to share. 🥰 www.threads.com/@my_only_ang...
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Angel (@my_only_angel_1991) on Threads
Ok....ugly crying. Now you can too. How very very far we've fallen 🥺💔
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