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Retired, dog lover, Nana to 5, I live in Kentucky.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/08/2026
Three years ago, our reporter received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of thousands of files: years of secretly recorded conversations, private militia chat logs and videos sent by a man named John Williams. (Published Jan. 2025)
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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 29/07/2026
CBP updated its 2026 device search policy at U.S. borders: • Basic searches: Officers can inspect phones and laptops with no warrant or suspicion. • Advanced searches: Connecting equipment to copy data requires approval, but national security broadens this authority.
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Joan @joanem.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The American People Need the Truth About the Iran War
The president and the Pentagon are not being up front about what has happened in more than 20 weeks of hostilities.
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Mary Anne Franks @maryannefranks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The ex-wife "had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health. She said he was abusive in their relationship. She said that she’s been inundated with calls ... threatening her and her family" www.pressherald.com/2026/07/16/i...
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ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer
An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Sen. Fetterman says he’ll leave the Democratic Party if it ‘officially’ becomes ‘anti-Israel’ "If they put that in our platform—no aid for Israel, and officially become the anti-Israel party, then yeah, that’s a red line for me." First time he's put down a condition www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Sen. Fetterman says he’ll leave the Democratic Party if it ‘officially’ becomes ‘anti-Israel’
The Pennsylvania Democrat laid out a red line that would cause him to quit his party, although he didn’t say whether he would become an independent or a Republican.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Wait wait wait Hegseth is going to conduct surveillance on military members’ testosterone levels and give free meds to those who are found wanting? I thought MAGA and the military were opposed to gender-affirming care.
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Pete Hegseth Announces New Required Pentagon Testosterone Tests: Who It Impacts
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon will begin requiring annual testosterone deficiency screenings for active-duty service members age 30 and older.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Y’all need to stop
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I don’t want to hear any BS from anybody saying “Platner was the liberals’ fault” or “he was the left’s fault.” I’ve been yelled at by plenty from across the lib/left spectrum for opposing Platner. There was widespread denial of the obvious asshattery of this man.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
England red card.. So does the king call fifa now? Is that how this works?
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Joan @joanem.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Has the MAHA Movement Given Up? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/m...
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Has the MAHA Movement Given Up?
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Joan @joanem.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Naughty "Nahtalie" Nataly (his personal fluffer who is with him late into every night firing off "truths" for him, has probably benefited from insider information.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Talarico: Every bar has that guy. He’s loud, he’s obnoxious, he makes all the women in the bar feel uncomfortable. He hears you say your name to the bartender and then adds his drink to your tab when you’re not looking. That’s Paxton. And I don’t know about y’all, but I’m done picking up his tab.
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Susan Collins owes Maine an answer for why she voted to send this man to the Supreme Court to overturn Roe.
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Joan @joanem.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
@pbsnews.org @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @jonathancapehart.bsky.social @thebulwark.com @karaswisher.bsky.social @onwithkaraswisher.bsky.social @profgalloway.com @pivotpod.bsky.social Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
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Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
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Jonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Pulte is set to become the acting director of national intelligence. His father and grandfather had multiple ties to The Family, the secretive Christian group pushing right-wing agendas around the world.
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Bill Pulte’s Family Has Ties to “The Family”
The new acting national intelligence director’s grandfather was close with Fellowship Foundation leader Doug Coe
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I’m proud of Trump for celebrating Pride Month! 🌈🌈🌈
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/06/2026
Trump dozes off as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin delivers remarks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune: the wind blowing from the Supreme Court brings the smell of rotting fish and fecal matter
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Joan @joanem.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I would love to see him get picked up by PBS Newshour @pbs.org
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Scott Pelley took a stand. We need more Scott Pelleys
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Please don't forget that there is a very solid second candidate running on the Democratic ticket, and to the best of my knowledge he doesn't even have a Nazi tattoo. he's a career USAID guy from an ACTUAL working class family
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Maine Democrat David Costello makes his second bid for US Senate
Two years after he tried to unseat independent Sen. Angus King, Democrat David Costello is now running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Sorry, but the WHCA dinner is NOT sponsored by the White House. Nobody is forcing the VP and other Cabinet members to attend this fancy black tie event. Sit down and worry about your primary.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
"Trump is not the architect of the Iran war, only its vehicle." On who's really in charge: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-wor...
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The No World Order
Meir Kahane, Netanyahu, Trump, and the war beyond Iran.
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Joan @joanem.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The kind that we peasants will never be allowed to enter, even if a bomb is coming.
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 07/04/2026
Rally at the White House tonight
April 7
EMERGENCY RALLY TONIGHT
"A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT."
-DONALD TRUMP
STOP THE WAR ON IRAN
6PM AT THE WHITE HOUSE
DC
ANYERS AGAINST TRUMP
LPS
NIAC
AFLARE
CODE PINK
DOELALISME
PSL
ACTION
ORPS
PALESTINIAN
YOUTH
MOVEMENT
الشباب
الفلسطيني
FRS'O
DC
APOWEL
ACTION
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TONIGHT DC! Join us at the White House
to stop Trump's war on Iran!
2 hours ago
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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
@houserepublicans.bsky.social - what do you plan to do about this? Impeachment? Allowing him to stay in office is irresponsible TO THE WORLD! Your legacies are destroyed for supporting this to this point. You have nothing to lose. @housedemocrats.bsky.social - can you help them see the truth?
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Joan @joanem.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
#QuitChatgtp #resistandunsubscribe Scott Galloway hinted that the new phase of resist and unsubscribe may be more focused on one or a few companies.
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Joan @joanem.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
@cnbc.com Sara Eisen's smug smirk face when talking to Sen. Warren is very off-putting.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I'd say it's less outrageous than simply absurd but it's those too. I mean, you go into NIH and you close down the ability to review or issue grants, send out stop work orders and then fire half the people. That's probably going to have an impact on research and patient care.
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Michael Jons @jonsurgi.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Don't let Tom Nichols see this, or we'll all be subjected to a 30 post tantrum about why we are all stupid for calling it fascism.
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Joan @joanem.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Has that turd in the picture been identified yet?
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Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Remember folks, Stephen Miller said Alex Pretti was “an assassin who tried to murder federal agents" and J.D. Vance retweeted it
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Please SHARE if you agree!
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Can GLP-1 drugs reduce the incidence of cancer, independent of weight loss? Results from cohort studies are encouraging for many types (Figure) and clinical trials are ongoing nature.com/articles/s43...
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Joan @joanem.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
www.propublica.org/article/heal...
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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
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Joan @joanem.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
@karaswisher.bsky.social @profgalloway.com This is a good topic for Pivot
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Bill Barr had the reporter who broke the Epstein story surveilled. Nothing to see here, folks.
Screenshot of an X post by journalist Julie K. Brown questioning why her American Airlines flight booking information from July 2019 appears in Epstein-related DOJ files. Below the text is an image of partially redacted government documents showing flight and personal data tables.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 06/12/2025
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David Nir @davidnir.com · 05/12/2025
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders. What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Reporter: You said that that second strike was in full accordance with the law of armed conflict but the Navy's own manual of law of war says that specifically firing on survivors from a wrecked vessel is an example of a war crime that's forbidden under U.S. Law and the law of armed conflict…
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/11/2025
Real men don’t punch down, and they especially don’t punch down at women. This mashup of Trump’s disgusting attacks on female reporters — the same reporters who consistently show the most courage. And it’s past time for the other reporters in the room to have their backs!
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
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Haters_gonna_hate (Princess Kim K) @princesskim.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I need someone for this terrified girl Lucy! Her house burned down and now she’s going 2b euthanized #nycacc bc she’s so scared! 😱 we need a foster and miracle! Pls repost her! If you can foster her- pls DM me asap!
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
My friend Mike, just ignore it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2025
Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"
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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Here are some suggestions from @glennkirschner.bsky.social The reason why is in his post.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I was reliably told celebrating political violence was cause for government reprisal and private sector termination.
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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Worth your time.
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