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Former sp ed teacher and now a grandma. I want my grand's future to be bright! Democrat, so running, biking, and hiking for my sanity! I don't care about followers. I'm here to follow interesting, knowledgeable, funny people so I can stay informed.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you want to know how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/09/2026
NEW: Hegseth and Trump are lying about how many troops have been killed in their war. The DoD website says 14. The actual number is 23 or 24 according to multiple DOD officials 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I hope folks realize this Bab al-Mandab situation will be much worse than the Strait of Hormuz if it’s not sorted out quickly. And it doesn’t currently look like it will be sorted out quickly.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NEW: This piece was originally written for Democracy Docket members. Democracy Docket decided to share it with everyone because the stakes for this election are too high not to. Premium members always get my exclusive analysis first. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/here...
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Here is Trump's blueprint to rig the 2026 midterms
We are less than two months until Election Day for the most important midterms of our lifetime.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This clip should be in every Dem campaign ad
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/09/2026
Just an FYI: the judge didn’t block the USPS ballot scanning rule from going into effect, she blocked them from making it mandatory. Make sure you have a back up plan to vote.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is amazing news! Pancreatic cancer is hard to treat, with limited treatment options. It is often diagnosed at late stages. This drug gives additional hope for those who have had chemotherapy that may not have worked. This pill can be a second line treatment. 🧪 archive.today/HaZDP
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F.D.A. Approves Drug Poised to Transform Care for Pancreatic Cancer
In a key clinical trial, patients who got the pill, daraxonrasib, lived twice as long as those who got chemotherapy.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We need to rev it up. Cancer vaccines. nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Check your Secretary of State’s website - they’ll have information for you. It seems like a lot of them are going to be letting you pick a ballot up in person and then mail it in after you fill it out.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Whether it's a trade war with Canada or an actual war with Iran, the pattern is the same: Americans are paying the price for the President's choices.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I will be direct: Here how you can help me. 1. Spread the word about the threats to democracy and free and fair elections. 2. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Mark your calendars: August 13 at 1 p.m. ET. The public can call in and listen as a federal court holds a hearing over the Justice Department’s compliance with court orders involving the Epstein files.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
THURSDAY: A federal judge is opening a public phone line. You can listen….live…as Katie Phang’s suit against Todd Blanche over the Epstein files goes before Judge Sullivan. No spin. No panel. No press release. Just YOU, a phone, and a judge who isn’t taking DOJ’s word for it. Dial in.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Updated COVID vaccines cut risk of hospital care, heart complications, new data reveal www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/upd... via @cidrap.bsky.social
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Updated COVID vaccines cut risk of hospital care, heart complications, new data reveal
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/06/2026
ADA leaders were forcibly removed from their own meeting for sharing copies of an ADA OpEd critical of Jay Bhattacharya. Thanks to you it's now got >125,000 views. As CDC interim director, Jay also blocked publication of this paper because it showed that COVID vaccines work. You know what to do.
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Interim Estimated Effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 Vaccines in Adults
This case-control study estimates vaccine effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccines among adults with COVID-19–associated emergency department or urgent care encounters and COVID-19–associated hosp...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Periodic reminder that Ukraine is one of our best allies. Between the intelligence sharing, capability sharing (drones, counter drone systems), and the fact they’re degrading the capability of one of our primary adversaries, anyone rooting against them looks even dumber now.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/07/2026
1956 Republican National platform.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If you are asking how to support my work, I have only one ask: Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. Thanks. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. Thanks. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is big. The first vaccine tested to PREVENT pancreatic cancer in high-risk individuals aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...
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First-in-human testing of a mutant KRAS vaccine for pancreatic cancer interception in high-risk cohorts
Abstract. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) arises from precursor lesions over a decade-plus, offering a window for interception in high-risk individuals, but current surveillance detects a mino...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Stock trades by President. The blatant corruption is just staggering
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
It should have been a celebration that reminded us of everything that connects us as a nation a moment to showcase the incredible diversity and creativity of the American people. That would have been a celebration worthy of this historic milestone.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Remember scientists aren’t giving up. After the Trump administration redirected Climate.gov and dismissed many of the federal employees who maintained it, former staff members launched a new independent website called Climate.us to help keep trusted climate information available to the public.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
If you a lawyer looking to help in the fight for free and fair elections, Democracy Docket is hiring for a Legal Research Director. ats.rippling.com/democracy-do...
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Legal Research Director | Work With Us
Job Overview  Tracking key voting and election cases is at the heart of Democracy Docket’s mission. The Legal Research Director leads ...
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Monster
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/06/2026
I swear to god I thought this was fake www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
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Did Trump's motorcade drive through newly painted reflecting pool?
A White House official posted a video of the motorcade crossing the landmark on May 7, 2026.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🚨BREAKING: Postmaster General David Steiner told senators that, under a new proposed rule, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don’t give Trump admin voter rolls
“You are going to make a decision that people cannot vote by mail. That’s unacceptable," one senator told the postmaster general.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I just sent this out to Democracy Docket premium members, but in light of the Postmasters comments this morning threatening voting by mail, I felt it is urgent to post it online for everyone. Please read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/mail...
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Mail-in voting is under attack. Here's what you can do
The USPS is proposing a rule that would require states to share information about voters who request mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections.
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Can someone do a FOIA with NPS to find out exactly what paint was used on the reflecting pool? Was there a primer? Was there a sealant? Which company made them? Which product was it? We can science this with test/results!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
You're invited to join us for an election night party, availability is extremely limited, so RSVP now! mobilize.us/s/k7RIbj
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
We are suing to prevent Donald Trump from controlling mail-in voting by dictating to the Postal Service of whose ballot they will and won't deliver. All of this is laddering up to Trump trying to dictate who gets to vote and who doesn't.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/06/2026
If my math is right, the crime rate for pardoned insurrectionists is roughly three times higher than that of immigrants.
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Alice Kobres, Athens Georgia Democratic Post Seat Holder D5 @alicekobres.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
@whitetigerwarrior.bsky.social @milliekitkat.bsky.social Any chance that you can help us 🙂 write post cards for the GA Supreme Court election? We have until Monday to get it done! Details here 👉 www.postcardstovoters.org #postcardstovoters All of Blue Sky is welcome& encouraged to write with us!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Now his allies are gearing up to spend big, and we need to be ready to fight back. Can you chip in $10 to my campaign to help us ride this out? → gc4ny.com/One-Objective
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Support George Conway!
Donate to send George to the House!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/01/2026
Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The president of the United States is extorting the Federal Reserve Board Chairman by threatening criminal prosecution if he doesn't lower interest rates. DOJ is compromised, legacy media is cowed and Big Law is AWOL. As I wrote last year: "We are on our own."
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We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The big data and increased computing power that enable artificial intelligence are emboldening Republicans to deploy more sophisticated techniques to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat next November. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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Trump’s DOJ Wants Your Data
Donald Trump and the Republican Party know that they are likely to be voted out of power in November 2026. The tools they are counting on to prevent this are the same ones being deployed by the larges...
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Well Done, ETSU….
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
New information here on how Trump has turned the Department of Justice—which is supposed to work on your behalf—into his own personal law firm, punishing his enemies and rewarding his friends. "Worse than Watergate" doesn't begin to cover it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Did you know that the GOP Congress has worked less than 20 days since July? Yet we’re still paying their full salary.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 30/10/2025
DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Acute and chronic viral infections, including Herpes Zoster (Shingles), Hepatitis C, HIV, CMV, influenza, and SARS-CoV-2, are linked with a substantial increased risk of cardiovascular events, from a systematic review. Figure for SARS-CoV-2 below newsroom.heart.org/news/some-ac...
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 28/10/2025
The USDA has funding set aside to keep food assistance programs running during emergencies. Trump just won’t release it. 440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/10/2025
Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families? Now you know.
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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Trump says he is both the President and the Speaker of the House. Congressional Republicans are nothing more than a rubber stamp for his extreme agenda. You deserve better.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
There he goes again
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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