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Karen Gurney

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A look back at the September 11, 2001 attacks and the aftermath anntelnaes.substack.com/p/september-...
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A brilliant and honest look back at the 9/11 attacks and how the Bush administration misled the American people into the Iraq War by Joel Pett. Be sure to support him on substack: joelpett.substack.com/p/75-months-...
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75 months, 40 panels, 0 sense at all
September 11, 2001 to December 2, 2007
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It is our solemn duty not just to remember what happened 25 years ago but to acknowledge and repudiate the brutality it summoned in America. robertreich.substack.com/p/a-quarte…
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
SCOTUS needs an amicus brief on this as they consider whether to transfer control of our elections into his hands 🙄
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
🚨 JUST IN: Iran-backed Houthis just SEIZED U.S.-made M-ATVs and MRAP armored vehicles after overrunning Mokha port on Yemen’s Red Sea coast
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
DC Cir. holds that Trump administration had no authority to order a Michigan power company to keep operating a coal power plant that was scheduled to decommission in 2025 and be replaced by renewable energy. DOE gets no deference under Loper Bright Enters. media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...
The Department’s reading of “emergency” invites frequent federal interventions that are unsupported by the statute and threaten the stability of the energy market.  By directing a generator approved for retirement to remain operative while effectively walling it off from planning and market frameworks, the Order challenged here interferes with ordinary methods to assess a region’s true generation capacity and distorts price signals that otherwise prompt appropriate capacity investments.  See Energy Law Scholars Amicus Br. 16.  DOE’s use of its expansive interpretation of “emergency” to prevent planned retirements of generators slated to close, for example, will likely discourage development of needed new resources by artificially lowering capacity market prices and destabilizing those markets.  See id. 16-20.  Such distortions may be justified in the face of the rare emergency requiring DOE’s immediate, short-term intervention.  But unless DOE’s involvement is needed in response to a genuine emergency as defined by section 202(c), it must be avoided.   The text and statutory structure are alone sufficient to settle the “best” understanding of FERC’s section 202(c) authority.  See Loper Bright, 603 U.S. at 370.  The correctness of our reading is powerfully confirmed by the executive branch’s consistent interpretation and limited exercise of that
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
'Congratulations, MAGAs, You Really Won With “Lake America” ' johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/congratula...
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 31/08/2026
The Trump Administration is trying to dismantle some of our most cherished public lands. Our National Parks are for every American. They aren’t for sale.
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In 2024, billionaire Richard Uihlein and his wife spent $59 million backing Trump and other conservative candidates across the country. Now, they’ve set their sites on a new target: Minnesota’s Governor’s race. Read more from ECU President @tiffanymuller.bsky.social.
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Opinion | The Minnesota governor’s office shouldn’t be bought by a Wisconsin billionaire
Billionaire Richard Uihlein was a major funder of Lisa Demuth’s primary campaign.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 31/08/2026
He doesn’t understand you and he doesn’t want to. His billionaire friends need data centers, and the GOP thinks your backyard belongs to them.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Only with massive R defeat can Congress recover its constitutional role, implement real checks on his mad reign of terror, and devise a plan for holding accountable those who have driven the country into a ditch. But, in the meantime, more Trump self-reverential ads please!
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Yes, More Trump Self-promotion!
*64 Days to the Midterms*
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
fits with latest UMass/Amherst poll: "With no end in sight to the ongoing war in Iran, the continued rise in the price of gas, groceries, utilities, and housing, an escalating trade war with Canada, and the likelihood of higher interest rates" .. Trump’s approval at 32%... so YES, more DONALD TRUMP
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Yes, More Trump Self-Promotion!
*64 Days to the Midterms*
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/08/2026
The rate at which mail votes have been rejected for arriving late has risen in primaries this year and general elections last year in about a dozen states. Officials are worried about the U.S. Postal Service's ability to deliver midterm ballots, urging voters to mail ballots early or use drop boxes.
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More Mail Ballots Are Arriving Late This Year, and They’re Getting Tossed
State officials say they worry about the Postal Service’s ability to deliver votes this fall. They are urging voters to mail their ballots early or use drop boxes so their votes count.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
They were spot on. This was The New York Times Sunday Opinion section on October 27, 2024.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The traveling exhibit and bookmobile gives people access to roughly 3.5 million pages of Epstein-related records released by the Trump administration after Congress forced their disclosure.
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The Epstein Files Bookmobile is going on tour
Starting September 10 in Dallas, the Bookmobile is bringing 3.5 million pages to cities across the country.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is awesome! Someone is taking the Epstein files on the road. The “Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room” is launching a national tour Sept. 8 in Dallas, just ahead of the Republican midterm convention, where Trump is expected to appear.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 31/08/2026
In violation of the First Amendment and a direct court order, the secret police at ICE spied on at least 5 Lutheran, Baptist, and Unitarian Churches, in an attempt to crush religious protests against them in the Upper Midwest. religionnews.com/2026/08/19/d...
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DHS, probing anti-ICE activists, spied on at least five Midwest churches, court records indicate
(RNS) — Church leaders were outraged and vowed to continue their advocacy for immigrants.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A win, at least for now. The Trump administration has paused all border construction inside Big Bend National Park following intense bipartisan backlash. CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott says he is heading to the park for an on-the-ground evaluation before deciding how to proceed.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
It had taken me nearly five full days away from America to begin to realize how very unwell I’d been, how physically and emotionally depleted the past eighteen months had left me, and most alarming of all—how normal that exhaustion had become... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/i-didnt-re...
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I Didn't Realize How Sick America Was Making Me Until I Left It
So, this is what it’s like to feel normal.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
AOC Makes Life Harder For The Supremely Corrupt Grifter 6.......
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Elon Musk spent $290M to elect Trump in 2024 — and has spent $85M+ so far this cycle to keep Republicans in power. Now, Trump's DOT is gutting safety rules to clear the way for Musk's driverless Tesla Cybercab. We must get Big Money out of politics.
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Trump quietly clears the road for Musk’s Cybercab
“It’d be wonderful for the United States to have a national set of rules for autonomous driving”
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I'm never going to get over the fact that the president of the United States paid a woman more than $5 million after a jury found him liable for raping her. And he's still president. And people still support him. Never. Get. Over. It.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Jon Favreau: The government is giving guns and badges to violent, psychotic individuals and setting them loose on our streets
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is how to speak to every single one of those sycophants.
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Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I just heard someone call Trump’s speech The Pettysburg address and now I have to go lie down 🤣🤣💀
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 17/07/2026
The blood drawn by ICE is on every Republican’s hands. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLrx...
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NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: Shame in Maine
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Three witnesses were in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Per their attorney: no ramming, no danger to agents & no reasonable basis to open fire Unreasonable force opens these agents to liability This is becoming another national outrage & it should be👇 -TN
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This is what governing on behalf of the people looks like. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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New York City becomes first in the US to ban deceptive subscription practices
Rule from Mamdani administration bans companies from trapping customers into paying recurring charges and ‘junk fees’
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The same Republicans who were hysterical when asked to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID19 have no problem wearing masks to spread their White Nationalist Christian hatred.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The Trump administration has found a new way to reduce the number of deaths ICE publicly reports change what gets counted. Under the previous policy, ICE reported deaths that occurred both in custody and shortly after a detainee was released.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
No, Laura. It’s not “Antifa.” It was Patriot Front, a white nationalist organization. They covered their faces because they’re cowards who don’t want to be identified. We’ve been saying for over a year that ICE officers shouldn’t be allowed to wear masks either. They are cowards also.
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Strider @reluctantranger.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
400 masked cowardly Patriot Front bros walking through D.C. once, then fleeing ain’t shit, peeps. They are a tiny fetid drop in the American bucket. Remember Minneapolis at -20F. We are bigger, braver, and stronger. By a mile.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Just 10 people have already poured $617 MILLION into this year’s midterm elections. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. This is not sustainable. We need to get Big Money out of our democracy.
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NPR @npr.org · 13/06/2026
The president is trying to downsize the U.S Forest Service and eliminate wildfire and smoke research as the American West is facing a potentially epic summer fire season.
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Trump is taking aim at forest and wildfire research just as the West is poised to burn
The president is trying to downsize the U.S Forest Service and eliminate wildfire and smoke research as the American West is facing a potentially epic summer fire season.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Musk didn't make a campaign contribution. He made a huge business investment. Trump got the White House. But what did Elon Musk get? That's the question America should be asking. Helping elect a president who makes you the world's first trillionaire is a Quid Pro Quo of the impeachable kind. 👇👇👇
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It Wasn’t a Campaign Contribution. It Was a Business Investment
Why did Elon Musk spend hundreds of millions helping Donald Trump return to power?
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Karen Gurney @karen-gurney.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
www.facebook.com/share/v/1aSX... If you can, please share. Not everyone understands about the Melt ICE resistance hat. It is time to reclaim the color red as we reclaimed the flag.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 13/04/2026
This is a hard story to read. Imagine being asked to ignore a dead coworker to maintain productivity that further enriches shareholders. What would that do to your mental health? How could you return to work the next day? The human costs of our late-stage capitalist economy are all too real.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Update: Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee, came to America seeking safety. Border Patrol left him alone in the cold outside a closed coffee shop. He was found dead five days later. His death has been ruled a homicide.
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Death of a refugee left at a Buffalo doughnut shop by Border Patrol is ruled a homicide
Medical examiners have ruled that the death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar, five days after Border Patrol left him at a Buffalo, New York, doughnut shop, was a homicide.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 31/03/2026
The law applies a 9.9% income tax on income over $1 million.
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Washington State’s 9.9% ‘Millionaires Tax’ Signed Into Law
The law applies a 9.9% income tax on income over $1 million.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Accountability brings consequences. And consequences are the only language corruption understands. Money and political power do not outrank the Constitution. They just need a wake up call and it’s coming at the midterms.👇
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 31/03/2026
A letter for those who voted for him. “The president was asked whether Americans should worry about Iran retaliating on our own soil.. he said, "I guess."… This is the man you voted for… I am asking you what you intend to do about it." www.decaturish.com/opinion/lett...
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Dear Decaturish — A letter to those who voted for him
The writer expresses grief over the voting decisions that led to possible unintentional outcomes, such as bombings in Iran and grave civil rights concerns.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
ICE agents showed up at airports across the country this morning. Most seemed to have no clear purpose just standing around. Apparently the only goal was to make travelers uneasy with federal agents hovering around.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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‘Never Trumpers’ launch ad blitz in 27 Florida newspapers to promote ‘No Kings’
A nonprofit group whose board includes high-profile dissident Republicans placed advertisements in 27 newspapers in Florida Monday to promote the “No Kings” rallies protesting President Donald Trump a...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/03/2026
As the Trump administration requests sensitive voter information from states, many — including deep-red Idaho — have refused to do so. Some have since been sued by the Justice Department.
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As Trump Demands Voter Data, This Fiercely Independent Red State Says No
Wary of federal intrusion, Idaho passed a law three decades ago allowing it to sidestep so-called motor-voter laws. The exemption and the sentiment behind it are fueling resistance to President Donald...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
They get involved in everything, but somehow can’t release the Epstein files. The Justice Department asked a federal judge to drop the remaining criminal charges against two Louisville police officers involved in drafting the no-knock
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DJ @darnich.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Close every single concentration camp! Laws are needed to prohibit all "camps," prisons, holding facilities, from being private, for-profit, businesses. Stockholders of these anti-human facilities should be considered complicit in crimes against humanity. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Record deaths in US immigration custody expose systemic failures
Families, advocates and lawmakers say poor care, opaque investigations and bureaucracy leave deaths unexplained
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Just a Dad 📎 @dadmakingcans.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Let’s stop softening the language. The pregnant detainees in the Texas ICE camp are children. They are not “young women.” They are minors. If pregnancies occurred while they were detained, every ICE officer must be investigated for child sexual assault. These children must be freed.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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