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Janet Carter

@janetdcarter.bsky.social
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Retired academic librarian who fights for our democracy and civil rights, and fighting against voter suppression. 😎 I am actively opposing MAGA & Fascism. 💖 Substack. I also enjoy reading mysteries, old movies, and listening to jazz.

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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's hilarious how Donald Trump is talking about "foregoing his $400,000 presidential salary" two days after he spent $1,700,000 of taxpayer money on personal political ads Post Anything Here: InteractInk.com
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The data center industry has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into Ken Paxton's campaign. He's corrupt and can't be trusted to put Texans first. #TXSen
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Ken Paxton’s Political Operation Rakes In Data Center Donations as Texans Turn Against Industry
The Republican Senate candidate has tried to avoid data center fights. His Democratic opponent, James Talarico, has called for more regulations.
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 02/10/2026
Trump's "trapped in a fantasy world" where "he is doing a great job, he's fantastic, the economy's great," says John Harwood. "His psychological disfigurement will not allow him to feel the voters' pain."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
At least 56 people have died in ICE custody during Trump’s second term. According to ICE’s internal reviews, detention staff did not provide sufficient medical care to at least six of those detainees. ICE has now taken down those reviews from its website. What other cruelty is ICE trying to hide?
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ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care
Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of il
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
We’re making all Meidas+ news updates completely paywall-free through the midterm elections. Quality information shouldn’t be locked away right now. This may hurt our business, but some things are more important. Spread the word and join us: meidasplus.com
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump forced out more than 8,000 Social Security staffers and is trying to claim it's working better than ever. So I talked with folks outside the Social Security office in Seattle, and guess what? Trump's lying... youtube.com/shorts/Z4yiS...
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Trump forced out more than 8,000 Social Security staffers and is trying to claim it's working better
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
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Janet Carter @janetdcarter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
MLB: do not build a stadium in any of our national parks!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
The American Bar Association laid out the receipts. Big donors get appointments. Big money flows in, investigations disappear, pardons follow, regulations loosen and foreign governments get favorable treatment. The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.” #PayToPlayPresident
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 02/10/2026
Voters want AI guardrails. Trump gave them a new name for AI and a glitzy lunch for its executives. Democrats have an opening—and a month to make the most of it. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-ai-b...
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Trump + AI = Blue Tsunami
It doesn’t take super intelligence to realize the GOP is screwed.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/10/2026
A deep dive into the Baltic states' extensive preparations for a Russian invasion, from @isaacstanbecker who tracks "the emergence of a new order, in which Ukraine matters as much to the security of Europe as the United States" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Baltic States Prepare for War
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are readying themselves to fend off a Russian attack—with the help of the United States, or without it.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Eric Schmitt got every detail right about Jack Smith‘s basketball game. Except the team, the league, the gender, the city and the state. Magats constantly prove the infinite depth of their stupidity.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 02/10/2026
Congress appropriated taxpayer dollars to honor officers killed in the line of duty. Donald Trump used that money for campaign ads. If you need a clearer illustration of who he is and what he values, you won't find one.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
-Trump Airlines -Trump Beverages -Trump Casinos -Trump Magazine -Trump Mortgage -Trump Steaks -Trump's Travel Site -Trumpnet -Trump Tower Tampa -Trump University -Trump Vodka -Trump Fragrances -Trump Mattress -Trump Mobile All massive financial failures led by Trump. Now this...
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The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over
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Michael Hawthorne @scribeguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In the WSJ: "Every popular item that we tested in the poll has someone standing between you and a fair price. These aren’t conservative or progressive issues. These are big institutions standing in the way of what voters perceive as fairness.”
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CosmicHomicide @cosmichomicide.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"We gave billions of dollars to 40 year old nepobaby whose daddy has funded his Hollywood fantasies. How could this have gone so wrong?" Dolts.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 01/10/2026
Human Rights Groups Ask UN Panel to Help End ICE’s ‘Enforced Disappearances’ of Noncitizens | “Disappearing people into a network of remote detention sites, hiding their whereabouts, and cutting off their access to outside help is the definition of an enforced disappearance.”
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Human Rights Groups Ask UN Panel to Help End ICE's 'Enforced Disappearances' of Noncitizens - Bucks County Beacon
The practice involves withholding the whereabouts of thousands of detainees facing deportation from families and lawyers.
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
He doesn’t care if he loses the election because he plans to steal it if he can. He can’t! We won’t let him.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026
The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The lone woman on Tennessee's death row was still alive after she was administered two lethal injections, her lawyer said in a motion seeking to halt her execution Wednesday night, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.
At 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said
"executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring," her lawyers said in a federal court filing.
They said Pike "has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat," and that curtains to the death chamber "have gone down twice."
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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Christa Pike, who was supposed to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years, is still alive after the state tried and failed to execute her on Wednesday. TDOC officials refused to comment after the state’s second failed execution this year. nashvillebanner.com/2026/09/30/c...
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Christa Pike survives botched lethal injection attempt - Nashville Banner
Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike for a 1995 murder, but the lethal injection failed. Pike survives and was moved to a medical facility.
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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He does have the magic touch when it comes to bankrupting businesses.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you've ever wondered how ridiculously profitable tech companies avoid paying taxes . . .
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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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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says
Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What did we learn today? That Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clack fan and that Senator Eric Schmitt is a dirtbag! The senator mistook the Atlanta Hawks for the Iowa Hawkeyes and tried to accuse Jack Smith of perjury. Epic fail. I'm still a fan of Jack Smith. A real American patriot. 🇺🇸
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Robin 🦋 @robinh2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This guy knows the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes! #JackSmith
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Webanalyst @webanalyst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My take from the Smith hearings: To be a GOP senator today, you have to be a lying piece-of-shit, who puts loyalty to party & our lying piece-of-shit president, above their oaths to the Constitution & their obligations to tell the truth & do what rights to the American people! Repost if U agree
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Happy213 @happy213.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Los Angeles 👇👇
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We cannot let ICE hide their crimes behind the anonymity of masks and cover-ups by the Trump administration Any citizens or immigrants harmed by DHS agents deserve justice-with both civil remedies and criminal prosecution, if applicable And we must rid the country of these bloodthirsty thugs
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) will face “legal consequences” after the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that his seizure of roughly 650,000 ballots violated state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California Attorney General vows ‘legal consequences’ for GOP sheriff who seized ballots
The ballot seizure case highlights the risks to democracy when election deniers in positions of authority abuse their power to interfere with vote counting. Bianco seized an estimated 650,000 ballots ...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: MS NOW and CNN journalists have just been denied access to covering Xi Jinping's arrival back at the White House for tonight's state dinner.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Daily reminder: elon entered our Home/country illegally, has CCP loyalty/obligations, purchased Twitter with 5 of putin’s oligarchs covering his/epstein time/date/location data, hacked swing 7 states w/ ES&S, sent entire voting database abroad🇺🇸🙏 Youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8SyndC10
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
Watch the Official Trailer for Musk Only in Theaters This Fall Get Tickets: https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/musk -- An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the wealthiest, and most unchecked, man on the planet. -- Official Bleecker Street Site: https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/ FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bleeckerstfilms/ LIKE us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BleeckerStFilms FOLLOW us on X: https://x.com/bleeckerstfilms
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Janet Carter @janetdcarter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tonight, EST, the WH blocked MS NOW snd CNN from the Chinese dinner event! Apparently, the court order does not apply to the convicted felon’s dinner festivities for Xi. Keep the blackout of the WH pool!
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Dr. Evil: One Million Dollars!
ALT: Dr. Evil: One Million Dollars!
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: Heads of major AI firms warn the UN that without intervention, "AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole".
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Heads of AI firms tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Karen Bass’s LAPD is openly defying a judge’s order to hand over moonlighting records, and it's obvious why. They are desperately hiding a shadow workforce where cops moonlight for ICE contractors, creating blatant conflicts of interest. It's time to enforce the subpoena and demand accountability.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Richmond Virginia... richmond.com/news/local/c...
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ICYMI: Richmond airport sees sharp rise in ICE flights as protesters call for answers
Human Rights First tracked 128 ICE-related flights from Richmond in 2025 and 132 so far this year. Activists gathered Saturday to protest the flights.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Texans: you can't drink data, but you can have water with contaminants and high electric bills. That's your gift from data centers and Paxton/Abbott.
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Jen Resists 🌊 🇺🇲 🇺🇦 @jenbellona.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You know how much DJT loves being on camera, and Natalie basically just took that away from him. All the major networks are united, lawsuits are going after the government, and they violated our First Amendment rights. You look like an idiot, Natalie. ✌🏼
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns.
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Daily reminder: elon entered our Home/country illegally, has CCP loyalty/obligations, purchased Twitter with 5 of putin’s oligarchs covering his/epstein time/date/location data, hacked swing 7 states w/ ES&S, sent entire voting database abroad🇺🇸🙏
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]
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Janet Carter @janetdcarter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Mullin’s Gestapo thugs ARE the domestic terrorists!
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE-Gestapo killers shot and injured a DoorDash delivery driver in Texas whilst he was doing his job. I’ll say it again, they aren’t agents, they are terrorists.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.
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