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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Seth Moulton is making bank on private equity investments in companies that sit before the committees he serves on. Until we started asking questions, he insisted there was nothing to worry about. Now he's scrambling to clean it up. Why should voters believe him now?
Today, Seth Moulton says he will “recuse himself” from congressional votes that benefit companies he has made private equity investments in.

Screenshot of WBUR article reading: 
"Hebble said Moulton will recuse himself from any congressional votes that could benefit Oura, webAI or Divergent Technologies."

But last year...Screenshot of press release reading: Statement from Congressman Moulton on Joint Investments

September 28, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) today issued the following statement regarding joint investments in Divergent Technologies made in August 2023 and July 2025 by Congressman Moulton and his wife, Liz. 

Seth Moulton said voting on issues impacting his investments was his constitutional duty.

Screenshot of press release reading: "I cannot recuse myself from my constitutional duty to vote on matters coming from the House, including those that may impact Divergent Technologies. However, I will not put forth policies or requests that principally benefit Divergent Technologies or any other company from which my wife or I personally benefit."
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IfNotNow Boston 🔥 @ifnotnowboston.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
BREAKING: @lynch.house.gov has signed on to cosponsor the Block the Bombs Act. If you're in Rep. Lynch's district, please send him a note to thank him. And if your rep hasn't signed on yet, urge them to join him! innmvmt.org/blockthebombs
CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN F. LYNCH'S STATEMENT

ON H.R. 3565, THE BLOCK THE BOMBS ACT
After the October 7, 2023, attack, I believed that the United States had a responsibility to support Israel in its efforts to protect its citizens and respond forcefully against Hamas. However, over time, I have become increasingly alarmed at the Israeli Government's conduct of the war, its resistance to allowing urgently needed aid to enter Gaza, and the devastating death toll of innocent children, civilians, journalists, doctors, and aid workers.

I have used my voice time and again to demand that Prime Minister Netanyahu abide by the rules of war and comply with international standards, and to press the Trump Administration to exercise its leverage and force greater restraint by Israel. However, as the carnage of civilian lives continues, I have come to the conclusion that we need to take stronger actions to end the suffering.

Therefore, I have decided to add my name as a cosponsor H.R. 3565, the Block the Bombs Act, to place limitations on the transfer of certain offensive weapons to Israel. Under this bill, these arms would be transferred to Israel only after a Congressional vote of approval and assurances from Israel that they will be used only in accordance with international law. It would not impact defensive weapons such as Iron Dome or David's Sling.

I did not come to this decision lightly. Having traveled frequently to the Middle East, including multiple visits to Gaza, I am aware of the dangers in this region.

I have also heard from many constituents on all sides of this matter, and I appreciate the immense sensitivity of this issue. But the Netanyahu Government's extreme conduct in Gaza needs to be stopped if there is to be any chance for a negotiated two-state solution, which is the only way to ensure a lasting peace for Israel, the Palestinians, and the Middle East.
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ivylear.bsky.social @ivylear.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A fun part of being pregnant is that I now have House Tums and Car Tums.
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ivylear.bsky.social @ivylear.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Any analysis of why Democrats lost in 2024 that doesn’t mention their support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza is a joke. I’m not saying it was the only factor. But certainly that is a glaring omission, if the reports I’m reading are correct.
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ivylear.bsky.social @ivylear.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
With this and the Supreme Court of VA striking down the new Congressional maps, I’m feeling like this is a bad week for the government caring about the will of the people… #mapoli
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Zhang Shan won the gold medal for the mixed skeet shooting event in the 1992 Olympics. The International Shooting Union *immediately* banned women from competing against men.
Zhang Shan holding a rifle.
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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Rohingya refugee, died due to Border Patrol neglect on a Buffalo street in February. Authorities have officially ruled his death a homicide. He was nearly blind and didn't understand English & was left on the street and froze to death days later. CBP must be held accountable.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21/04/2026
Israel has killed more than 700 people in Gaza since last year's US-brokered 'ceasefire' aje.news/niqwe0
Israel has killed more than 700 people in Gaza since last year's US-brokered 'ceasefire'
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Isaac Bogoch @isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
mRNA vaccines continue to show major promise. In a small Phase 1 trial led by Dr. Balachandran, some patients with pancreatic cancer (one of the deadliest cancers) reached 6-year survival. This is why sustained investment in science & research matters. tinyurl.com/f4n4anhk
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Roses are red I like to sin
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Absolutely historic vote today where 40 US Senators voted to block the sale of Caterpillar D-9 bulldozers to Israel, citing civilian harm Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon. Though the measure was defeated (as expected), the tide is turning. Just last year, this number was 27.
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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Please share as widely as possible. This is open to Palestinians anywhere in the world, published or not. Call for Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror stories! Pro rate pay: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...
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Thyme Travellers 2 – Call for Submissions
Roseway, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing, will be publishing a sequel to the award-winning and acclaimed anthology Thyme Travellers featuring speculative fiction by Palestinian writers. Editor So…
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
when i am elected President, i promise to start screaming, one-sided fights with the Pope much more often, but for very different reasons
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ivylear.bsky.social @ivylear.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Why does filing my taxes evoke the same stress response in me every year that I imagine my ancestors experienced while, like, single-handedly fighting off a wild boar
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ivylear.bsky.social @ivylear.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Time to play my favorite game: Anxious All Day About a Social Gathering I’ll Ultimately Enjoy and Be Very Happy I Attended
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Michael G @michael21910.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
David Simon said it best
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
33 year old Leqaa Kordia has FINALLY been released after one year in ICE custody. (📷: @gazamom) Leqaa came to the US ten years ago on a student visa. She was detained for her participation in a Palestine protest, held 1,500 miles away from home, and kept in harrowing conditions.
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ivylear.bsky.social @ivylear.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
We used AI to kill 200 children last week. Sorry if I don’t have the energy to care about a hat.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
 _________________________________________________
 FRED BIERY
 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
the video of another person being murdered by the state on the streets of minneapolis shows exactly what people are saying it shows. make your own choices but don’t feel like you are obligated to bear witness to it. reading a description is enough.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/11/2025
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.
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jasfriedman.bsky.social @jasfriedman.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Reminder www.foxnews.com/health/new-v... "Stratus COVID variant shows ability to evade immune system better than previous strains" Yeah, from fox news
foxnews.com
New virus strain spikes in 9 US states with symptoms from brain fog to persistent cough
The XFG variant, also known as Stratus, is now the predominant COVID-19 strain in the U.S. after spreading to 38 countries, according to WHO and CDC data.
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ivylear.bsky.social @ivylear.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I find it disturbing that I was disinvited from @sethmoulton.bsky.social’s event, along with another social worker, after donating money to his campaign. I guess I can’t purchase the chance to talk to my congressman. Or maybe my $25 just didn’t go far enough? #mapoli
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/08/2025
US state department stops issuing visas for Gaza’s children to get medical care
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US state department stops issuing visas for Gaza’s children to get medical care
Program providing key aid halted after complaints from Laura Loomer, the far-right influencer close to Trump The US state department announced on Saturday that it would stop issuing visas to children from Gaza in desperate need of medical care after an online pressure campaign from Laura Loomer, a far-right influencer close to Donald Trump who has described herself as “a proud Islamophobe”. “All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days,” the state department said in a message posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, which Loomer was banned from before it was purchased by Elon Musk. Continue reading...
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ivylear.bsky.social @ivylear.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
The thing that people need to understand about #TaylorSwift is that she is a person, but she is also a brand. And we need to convince her that being silent on genocide is bad for her brand.
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ivylear.bsky.social @ivylear.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
If you are a former #TaylorSwift fan who is feeling outraged about her not speaking out about #Gaza, please sign and share my petition to boycott The Life of a Showgirl until she publicly condemns the genocide! chng.it/Z5jkfsMCNj
chng.it
This campaign needs you now
Pledge to boycott Taylor Swift's upcoming album and donate to Palestinian aid instead
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Treating Executive Orders as law is another autocratic constitutional amendment that's being effected by widespread fear and judicial surrender
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General Strike US @generalstrikeus.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Hey all! If you haven’t heard, a large fire is happening in Arizona right now. Indigenous communities are being harmed so please watch this video & donate to CodyArtis on Venmo. The first person speaking is @modern-warrior.bsky.social who is Modern Warrior on Instagram, where I saw this video
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 26/06/2025
NEW: The govt says it plans to begin proceedings to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to an unnamed third country (not El Salvador, where an immigration court found he is in danger of persecution) once he is released from TN criminal custody (as soon as tomorrow).
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November. Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/06/2025
Last night, Trump said Iran’s nuclear program was “completely and totally obliterated.” This morning, JD Vance says we will “permanently dismantle that nuclear program over the coming years.” Which is it? Sounds like more endless war against the will of the American people.
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ivylear.bsky.social @ivylear.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
At the #NoWarWithIran rally at the state house in Boston. I’d estimate there are at least 250 people here. Not bad for 7 pm on a Wednesday. The American people do not want this.
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MD @musicdunnright.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 15/06/2025
From a new interview with @chenoweth.bsky.social, who coined the "3.5% rule": "Most of the movements in our database never got to that threshold and still won with like 1.8% or something like that." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Kseniia Petrova walked out of the Boston federal courthouse this afternoon on pre-trial release. My writeup for @cambridgeday.com www.cambridgeday.com/2025/06/12/p...
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Petrova released on bail from federal detention, walks out of courthouse; indictment still possible - Cambridge Day
Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova was released on bail after a 10-minute hearing in her criminal smuggling case – of frog embryos meant for scientific use.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I was just putting Orin to bed and he said, “I don’t know how to use my life,” so now there’s three of us in the house like this.
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⭐️Angela 🐿️ McEwen⭐️ @angelamcewen.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
The fires are so extensive across Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Ontario currently that there are not enough air crafts to rescue remote Native Canadians. I am sending an SOS to every nation to help save the lives of people who are going to burn alive. Literally. Canada needs evacuation assistance.
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Pressure their foreign ministries and help us keep them safe! E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr ...2/
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Rima Hassan is a French citizen. Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep them safe! E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr X : @FranceDiplo_EN & @francediplo & @jnbarot ...2/
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Yanis Mhamdi is a French citizen. Pressure the French foreign ministries and help us keep Yanis safe! Email: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr ...2/
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Sergio Toribio is a Spanish citizen. Pressure the Spanish foreign ministries and help us keep Sergio safe! E: consular@maec.es ...2/
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Pascal Raymond Maurieras is a French citizen. Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Pascal safe! E: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
🚨12 Hostages kidnapped😢 🇸🇪 Greta Thunberg 🇫🇷 Rima Hassan 🇩🇪 Yasemin Acar 🇫🇷 Baptiste Andre 🇧🇷 Thiago Ávila 🇫🇷 Omar Faiad 🇫🇷 Pascal Maurieras 🇫🇷 Yanis Mhamdi 🇹🇷 Suayb Ordu 🇪🇸 Sergio Toribio 🇳🇱 Marco Van Rennes 🇫🇷 Reva Viard
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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Greta Thunberg is a Swedish citizen. Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Greta safe! Web: government.se/contacts/ X : @SweMFA FB : @SweMFA IG : swedishmfa #AllEyesOnMadleen
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ivylear.bsky.social @ivylear.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
@warren.senate.gov Please speak out now to protect the #Madleen as Israel prepares to attack them! The hopes of the world are riding on that boat, and Gazans desperately need the aid it is carrying. Don’t fail them now!
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