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(((JaneInNJ)))

@janeinnj.bsky.social
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Nonprofit world veteran, very happily retired. Lifelong Democrat. Live and let live.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h
This is just despicable by MS NOW, which has accepted stolen taxpayers dollars for 38 illegal ads. Give me a break with this bullshit statement too. So your hosts are on air all day saying this is illegal while you are taking the money and running the ads? Just gross.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 13h
The plaque reads "this ... honors the extraordinary individuals who bravely protected and defended this symbol of democracy on January 6, 2021. Their heroism will never be forgotten." Trumpers want to forget them. And the judge ruled these brave individuals have no standing to object.
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Judge rules officers have no standing to sue over Capitol Jan. 6 plaque
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, have no standing to sue over their names — and those of other first responders — not appearin…
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(((JaneInNJ))) @janeinnj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Husband’s and my VBM ballots went into the drop box today!
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Cheryl Harris @cdh111.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hate that the biggest story from Jack Smith's testimony yesterday was that kerfuffle with that Senator looking like an idiot for confusing the Iowa Hawkeyes w/the Atlanta Hawks. It's obscured the important story of the crimes of which Jack Smith was investigating DJT + the evidence uncovered.
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
The idea is that, since USPS trucks are constantly traveling anyway, they can be used as a way to collect data, eventually potentially across the nation.
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USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
RFK Jr Promotes Raw Milk It Nearly Killed A Toddler A 17-month-old nearly died of E. coli after drinking raw goat milk from an unlicensed California farm. Regulators had texts showing the seller knew a child was drinking it. The state imposed no penalty. 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They took away Medicaid from my 82 year old mom. They don't answer the phone and when she showed up in person, they refused to talk to her and told her to go home and call them. She got her low income senior housing because she qualified for Medicaid.
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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester @bluntrochester.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
Finally, a member of this adminsitration that tells the truth.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nearly all the Extras in this iconic scene were French expatriates. Their tears during the stirring rendition of La Marseillaise were genuine— filmed at a time when the fate of France was still uncertain. CASABLANCA (1942)
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Heather Thomas @heatherthomasaf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Many states have engaged in wrongful purging and there are just days left until those same states close voter registration. Please stay fierce and keep checking! www.dontgetpurged.org
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Verify Your Name is Still on Your State’s Registered Voter Roll
You have the power to beat voter suppression, glitches and Russian hacking!
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#EpsteinFiles Because I haven't said that in too long.
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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Editorial cartoonist Joe Heller strongly suggests it’s time for Americans to elect younger lawmakers.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/09/2026
In the middle of a workday, a Russian drone struck the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv, setting the top two floors on fire and forcing people to crawl out of windows to await rescue. The attack killed at least two people and injured six.
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Russian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center
A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump's new student loans rule sets new standards for federal student loan eligibility: namely, by denying loans to students pursuing degrees that lead to careers that “don’t make enough money,” with programs for art, music and social work being “hit the hardest.” www.rawstory.com/trump-educat...
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'I'm speechless, my God!' Dismay as Trump admin rolls out 'worthy' student rule
The Trump administration issued updated guidance on the rollout of a new rule that could shape the future of higher education in the United States — leaving critics dismayed about the potential ramifi...
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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
50 years ago today, Stevie Wonder's 'Songs in the Key of Life' was released. It spent thirteen consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and won a Grammy for Album of the Year...
Album cover for Stevie Wonder's 'Songs In The Key Of Life."
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a pathetic fact. We must elect leaders who want to do the work for the nation and not do all they can to protect a predator in the White House. In November all the Big Ugly Bill truths will emerge and our ability to live will be more difficult.
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Vote Democrat All The Way Down The Ballot
Alt: Vote Democrat All The Way Down The Ballot
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Republican members of the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) adopted a resolution Monday seeking the Trump administration to intervene in a vague crusade against the state’s voting system just weeks before the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Georgia election board asks for Trump admin to help go after state’s voting machines
“I think this is federal overreach," the board's lone Democrat warned.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
elifesciences.org/articles/08347
Dengue
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 28/09/2026
DHS used a Brian Dawkins highlight to hype ICE raids on a migrant caravan and got a takedown notice from the NFL before Eagles fans even finished cursing them out. They stole a beloved player's legacy to sell a deportation dragnet and didn't even ask permission first.
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'Scumbags!' Eagles fans unleash profane takedown of DHS after using player footage in ad
The Department of Homeland Security put out a highly charged social media post in response to reports of a migrant caravan approaching the U.S. The post said "our time has come," accompanied by video ...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: In a win for voters, a federal judge ruled FEMA cannot withhold grants aimed at preventing terrorist attacks from states refusing to adopt Trump's anti-voting measures. States would have previously been forced to run their full voter records through a DHS immigration database to receive funds.
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Judge strikes down Trump’s bid to cut states’ anti-terror funds unless they impose new voting restrictions
The judge ruled that FEMA had no “authority to extract unfunded reforms from states in exchange for grants.”
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prison. Solicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning. Today, at Law Dork:
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Breaking: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prison
Solicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: The Trump administration must disclose any plans to publish voter eligibility lists or a related internet portal 30 days in advance, a judge ordered last week. But there are signs the administration may not comply, which could allow it to help states conduct voter roll purges before midterms.
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Trump admin was ordered to give 30 days notice before releasing citizenship lists. It might not comply
Read more here.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration cannot leverage grants meant to help prevent terrorist attacks to force states and local governments to adopt a slate of new anti-voting measures, a federal judge ruled Monday in a major win for voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge strikes down Trump’s bid to cut states’ anti-terror funds unless they impose new voting restrictions
The judge ruled that FEMA had no “authority to extract unfunded reforms from states in exchange for grants.”
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
The entire motto of this administration towards LGBTQ youth is "fuck them kids." thehill.com/homenews/edu...
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Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump is going to say that US/Iran negotiators are meeting this/next week all the way up to the election and then once we're past the election, he's going to restart his air campaign because he is not yet convinced what every general has told him: You can't win a war from the air alone.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Censorship is alive and well in the American tech oligarchy. 🇺🇸 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Truth 💥 🤣🎉
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Old Hippie @oldhippie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Since these media outlets have been kicked out of the WH, they have personnel and the time now to investigate and report on the Epstein Files. ✌️😀💙🌈
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
apnews.com/article/trum... says it was left off Air Force One for Trump's Saturday trip to a college football game
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CNN says it was left off Air Force One for Trump's Saturday trip to a college football game
CNN says it has been left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump’s Saturday trip to a college football game.
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bythepeople1863.bsky.social @bythepeople1863.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump is canceling ~$1B in spending approved by Congress for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives. The Government Accountability Office, says the maneuver is illegal. And, isn't $1B the amount he requested for his ballroom? Coincidence? I doubt it.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
🚨 TEXAS PEEPS, CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION. A DPS screwup left voter registration applications sitting unprocessed for months. The deadline to register is October 5. Don’t find out at the ballot box that you’re not registered. CHECK IT NOW. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... Error leads to backlog of voter registration applications in Texas. Incomplete voter registration applications that were missing some information were not sent on to election officials, potentially leaving Texans unregistered or with out-of-date voter files.
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Error leads to backlog of tens of thousands of voter registration applications in Texas
County election officials are rushing to deal with the pile of delayed records before early voting begins in the state next month.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 25/09/2026
😂🎶 Randy Rainbow has done it again! “Dummy with the Wig On Top” is clever, hilarious and absolutely worth the watch. Sometimes political satire says what the rest of us are thinking, with a much better rhyme. 😂👏 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/zv7CvZn2dZc #RandyRainbow #SheShed
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Dummy with the Wig On Top - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don't trust the polls… Trump will cheat. So… We still have to show up in overwhelming numbers. And… We still have to put in the work. Now, go VOTE! 😎✨
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Abbott gave $500,000 to Trump's inauguration fund. Now the DOJ case over its allegedly tainted baby formula is reportedly gone. Call your members of Congress and demand answers. If a check can make a case vanish, no parent is safe from the next one. #TrumpsCorruptCongress
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Seems like a lot of ICE-led ops are taking place in blue states because in the red areas they've signed up the local cops under 287(g) to do their dirty work
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.jezebel.com/ken-paxton-c... Debate an empty chair if you have to, James. Do it repeatedly. Let Texans watch as Paxton slinks away….
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Ken Paxton Is an Absolute Coward, and James Talarico Should Make Sure People Know It
Ken Paxton already agreed to and then promptly fled from multiple debates. Talarico should debate an empty chair if he has to.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
About damn time
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 23/09/2026
NEW: Reports show that just one Wisconsin billionaire has spent $13 million and counting to fund attack ads against me from my opponent's Super PAC. He is one of Donald Trump's biggest donors, and he knows Lisa Demuth will be a rubber stamp for Trump's agenda. I will fight for Minnesota.
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𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤 @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A man is dead after crashing his car into a tree, catching it on fire while fleeing from ICE in Grand Rapids over the weekend. He was identified as Mario David Coronado Juarez. No traffic stop should end in a fatality. #ProudBlue #FuckICE #Michigan #ICE www.freep.com/story/news/l...
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Man dead after fleeing ICE agents in Grand Rapids
A man died after crashing his car while fleeing ICE agents in Grand Rapids. Michigan State Police will investigate.
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Paulette Feeney ❌️👑 @pauletteparis1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
😅😅😅
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Powerful plea today from my colleagues on the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board, urging Pennsylvania to join most of our neighboring states in blocking local cops from working with ICE under 287(g), in which police terrorize our immigrant communities www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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Pennsylvania’s shameful contribution to President Trump’s immigration crackdown | Editorial
Gov. Shapiro should seize the opportunity to counter a cruel attack on the state’s communities.
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As we suspected:
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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