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@jenjohnstonma.bsky.social
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Retired cat lady-hippie born in New Orleans; have lived on west& east coasts, Colorado, Texas and Minnesota. Worked as a teacher and speech/language pathologist for 40 years. Happily married Mom, Third Act member and music, book, and food lover.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If they’re admitting 81 planes, drones and helicopters worth $3.3 billion have been lost in Iran, imagine what they’re not telling us. The real cost is likely far higher, and our grandchildren will be paying for this unnecessary war and his reckless spending. www.businesstoday.in/amp/world/st...
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here @timothysnyder.bsky.social does it again with a perfect phrase: “Superpower suicide.” Except it was assisted suicide - 70+ million ignorant Americans helped put the needle in America’s arm.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Allison Gill has obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Epstein documents containing Donald Trump’s name for supervisory review. The DOJ is still refusing to release the actual videos. 👉 www.youtube.com/live/dYiQOhP...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That's by Artemisia Gentileschi, the great baroque painter/rape survivor. People who have been addressing violence against women for a long time do not enjoy hearing the non-solutions of those who have decided to think about it this week.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/09/2026
@timmiller.bsky.social on DHS announcing a record number of arrests, despite most in Ohio being Haitians who are here legally: “ They came here legally under temporary protected status, and we're treating them as if they're fentanyl dealers…And it's sick.”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women:
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why do we allow big profitable companies to offload costs to the public? They should pay living wages and provide healthcare benefits.
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loreleikelly @loreleikelly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This regime is killing us. #RussellVought
Street posters in DC decrying the elimination of cancer research funding.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've never liked ICE. Even back when they used to call themselves the Klan.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Investigate the killers. Hold all leadership accountable. Abolish the agency. Video: buff.ly/pqqzdLH
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tree03.bsky.social @tree03.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Every hour of every day this administration sinks lower and lower. Trump administration guts data collection on US education as math and reading scores plummet www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Trump administration guts data collection on US education as math and reading scores plummet
National Center for Education Statistics, which collects critical data to guide policy on learning, was decimated after Doge canceled crucial contracts
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seriously. That’s no cartoon.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sen. Ossoff always has the best framing. Video: buff.ly/GI7dJay
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"House Republicans will continue to hold Hunter Biden’s feet to the fire until we have his testimony...no one – not even the president’s son – is above the law.” - Tom Emmer, 1.17.24 "Don Jr is a private citizen and businessman so this unwarranted attack will go nowhere," Tom Emmer, 9.23.26
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 21/09/2026
One pardoned candidate who was convicted of participating in January 6th lost his bid for South Carolina state house in 2024—but ended up in the Trump admin instead. Elias Irizarry was hired for a role in the Defense Department.
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Pentagon hires convicted Jan. 6 rioter for sensitive counterterrorism job
The Trump administration’s appointment of Elias Irizarry, who was 19 at the time of the Capitol attack, has alarmed some in the Defense Department.
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Annette @donotgiveuphopeusa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Trump has made 29 private prison stock trades since taking office - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Trump’s brokers have made 29 trades of private prison stocks since he returned to office, with the first purchases early in his second term.
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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
👀👀👀
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loreleikelly @loreleikelly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
👀💪Tens of millions of workers strike in India theintercept.com/2016/09/06/i...
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Indians Staged One of the Largest Strikes in History, But No One on U.S. Cable News Covered It
A protest consisting of tens of millions of public sector workers shut down parts of the Indian economy on Friday. But that's probably news to you.
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AZDem @resistnonsense.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Good trouble. 👏 Abolish ICE.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026
In the face of threats, Sen. Mark Kelly continues to stand up to this incompetent regime. Full interview: www.meidasplus.com/p/sen-mark-k...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
You can’t say you weren’t warned
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
DHS lies, as usual. #Vote
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Can a Democratic Presidential candidate who takes money from the broligarchy, specifically AI, Crypto, and AIPAC, change a corrupt system and bring necessary reforms in 2028? @gilduran.com, author of The Nerd Reich, answers.
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Kelly @kellybb.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It was clear from the beginning who Miller is.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Yo 👋 I’m not new here
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Keep digging. You’re doing great work.✍️
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/08/2026
Dems & the DSA are all democrats, and we need to beat united. We need each other. The primary election winners are demonstrating that perfectly; why can’t the pundits & party leadership? We need to beat the REPUBLICANS, not ourselves. Bad actors will try to exploit perceived rifts. Don’t let them.
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Finnan Haddie @finnanhaddie.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If you live in Massachusetts, have kids, & are struggling to afford food, check this out
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Sue in Rockville 💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋 @sueinrockville.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Trump's personal attorney, this bastard must go to prison "Blanche campaigned for NY MAGA/GOP Bruce Blakeman" “A blatant violation of the Hatch Act, if anyone believes an AG should follow the law"-Joyce Vance 1- www.rawstory.com/todd-blanche... 2- heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-15-...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We could eliminate $7 billion in medical debt with the $70 million they spent to beat me in the primary. Those same corporations and special interests are trying to buy the seat for Mike Rogers now. In November we teach them once and for all: Michigan is not for sale.
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Finnan Haddie @finnanhaddie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Heads up: ICE in Dorchester
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This from the CO Attorney General is exactly right. If it was up to the Trump administration, such information would not be revealed. This is the stuff they are admitting in lawsuits (another example below). How bad is the stuff we are not hearing about? donmoynihan.substack.com/p/governing-...
The Trump administration cancelled more than $7.5 billion in Biden-era clean energy grants, saying they were wasteful. But in court documents, the Department of Energy admitted that cancelations “was based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state, i.e., whether the recipient’s location and/or place of performance was in a Blue State or a non-Blue State.”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Adam Zyglis, Buffalo News
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
For-profit mass detention and deportation, with contracts going to Trump cronies. Truly appalling. And the GOP enables it. Vote them out this November.
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Tiffany Muller @tiffanymuller.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Blanche served as Trump’s personal attorney from 2023 to 2025. The conflict of interest here is so glaring that it doesn’t need any explanation. The Senate must vote no on his confirmation.
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The GOP Considers Trump’s “Personal Henchman” for Attorney General
The defense lawyer who represented Trump in United States v. Trump may soon run the Department of Justice.
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The Reflecting Pool debacle is a perfect example of why Trump corruption matters. Goons get fat contracts to do craptastic government work. They get rich. Taxpayers get ripped off. And when people point it out, the feds hammer them into silence. We used to mock Communists for this garbage.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Frum: The 20% who lived in the most pro-Trump places suffered 70,000 more COVID deaths than the 20% in the most pro-Biden places. Red America obeyed those who told them not to mask, not to vaccinate. They died for it. No, Fauci is not the villain here. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Anthony Fauci Is Not the Villain in This Story
The doctor was thrust into his pandemic-leadership role because of Trump’s deadly dereliction of duty.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
See, it's funny because it's true. #Sad
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Impeach this corrupt villain
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Ireshresists @eilishparker.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
He cares so much that in 2014 CNN obtained documents showing Trump shirts were made in a Honduran factory, where workers earned about $1.30 an hour. The factory’s contract reportedly ended in 2015, because even that wage was too high. Between he and Ivanka one could write a book on forced labor.
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🦋 Still Standing 🦋 @imstillstanding.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Well…isn’t this a little gem. @jenpsaki.bsky.social did you know about this?
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Thread. Rapists running a coercive sex ring AND transmitting CSAM AND inducing other men to abuse women and girls in turn. The alleged behavior is legitimately monstrous and it’s a HUGE deal that the Trump regime is undermining law enforcement to help/free them. Epstein in real time
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“I mean, this is random Trump bull****,” Bruce Schneier, a security technologist at Harvard University, told Democracy Docket. “He wants to destroy democracy, and this is the next step.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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‘Everyone has this data’: Security experts debunk Trump’s ‘absurd’ China voter file claims
One cybersecurity expert said Trump's claims were “complete bull****.”
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
👀⚖️💸 #ghostguns
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The detail I can’t get out of my head here is how he told his ex-wife that he had been hired by ICE, but she thought he must have been having a delusion, because how could ICE hire someone who had such a long history of family violence?
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