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Kayla Gillan

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Retired attorney and corporate governance gadfly.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Don’t know too much about Koko, but am pretty sure the comparison is unfair to him.
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Wayne Wilson @waynefackelzug.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
4. The whole sordid tale, featuring an interview with the father, in today’s Popular Information.
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How a GOP super PAC tricked a grieving father into appearing in a political ad
In an interview with Popular Information, Ronald Hayes described how he was deceived, manipulated, and exploited.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“wE CarE abOUt tHe tRooPS” shut up no you fucking don’t, they’re just cannon fodder for your bloodlust
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Widow of Epic Fury airman denied death benefits as Iran conflict is 'not a war'
The widow of an Alabama airman has revealed she and her children are not eligible for some benefits because the Iran war has not officially been declared a war
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Kara Swisher calls @Google @googlemaps @googleearth “NOODLE SPINED” “UNCTUOUS QUISLINGS” who “SOIL THEMSELVES” 🔥
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I was today years old when I learned Dolly Parton recorded Woody Guthrie's song "Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)" in 1980. It's a heartbreaking song about immigration and specifically deportation plane that crashed in 1948 killing dozens of Mexican "bracero" workers. Her version is beautiful💔
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Dolly Parton - 04 - Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
YouTube video by littlesparrow185
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Geek Ken @geekken.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Been thinking a lot about this quote from Roger Ebert today.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I stand with Canada, not Trump. I stand with Ukraine, not Trump. I stand with NATO, not Trump. I stand with the free world, not Trump. You?
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Roy Cooper @roycoopernc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Let's go.
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Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"One Guard member put it bluntly, telling NPR, 'I will say very frankly that the bad taste that this mission left in my mouth, it actually embarrasses me to be involved in any way.'”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Roy from Carolina" has always been a winner.
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Roy Williams Enters to Applause
ALT: Roy Williams Enters to Applause
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
🤑
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The Drip @therealdrip.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Trump And Iran Agree To Only Fight On Tuesdays, Thursdays, Bank Holidays, Crazy Whims, Perceived Insults, Slow News Days, And Epstein File Updates. Stock Market Rallies 1000%
Composite photo of Trump and the Ayatollah
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Peace @dogsmile.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 04/08/2026
Veterinarian Sophie Dennison-Gibby was one of three defendants charged with a misdemeanor related to Reflecting Pool damage. In an exclusive interview with The Post, Dennison-Gibby details what happened that day.
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Arrested at Reflecting Pool, woman details ‘heartbreaking’ toll case has taken
Sophie Dennison-Gibby was one of three defendants charged with a misdemeanor related to Reflecting Pool damage. The charges were all dropped.
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Shawn "Smith" Peirce @silversmith1.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New report by Sen. Ron Wyden confirms the new MAGA-fied '60 Minutes' Quietly Killed Story About Epstein’s Shady Banking Tactics newrepublic.com/post/213927/...
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60 Minutes Quietly Killed Story About Epstein’s Shady Banking Tactics
Senator Ron Wyden sat for an interview with correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi about Jeffrey Epstein’s bank transactions. Alfonsi was fired for other reasons shortly after, and the story never aired.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026
🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."
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Whitehouse on Blanche: "Today is a sad and embarrassing day"
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
With every persecution of the LGBTQ community, every unprovoked attack on immigrants, every planet-wrecking salvo, every defense of a serial predator, every regressive civil rights assault, and every attempt at theocracy by these professed believers, the flight from Christianity rightly continues.
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Christian Nationalists Are Mocking Jesus, Making Atheists, And Creating An Exodus From The Church
Growing up in the Church, I was taught that the worst thing one could be was a non-believer; that nothing was as tragic as a damned soul that condemned itself by rejecting God.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This is fantastic.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Election security depends on our neighbors. By staffing polls and hand-verifying counts, community members provide the oversight our system relies on. This grassroots work keeps elections safe and secure. That is a fact. #LoserTrumpsElectionLies
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Bill Prady @billprady.com · 13/07/2026
Trump appoints RFKjr Sec of HHS. RFKjr ends tracking of cyclosporiasis. Cyclosporiasis outbreak occurs leading to epidemic of explosive diarrhea. Apply transitive property: Trump causes explosive diarrhea.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Flavor Flav and Paris Hilton teaming up to handle the US women's hockey team travel for an awards show is the crossover event I didn't know I needed
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I don't know, man, I think if Joe Biden had kept confusing Zelenskyy with Putin and Iran with Japan, the media might have made a pretty big deal about it?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/07/2026
"Christian nationalism is not primarily a flavor of Christianity. It is a sub-brand of nationalism." From the recent archives:
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The Department of War vs. the Pope
Christian Nationalism is the logical conclusion of prosperity gospel paganism.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Trans rights are human rights always and forever.
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Ashley Esqueda @ashleyesqueda.com · 18/06/2026
"What a gift it is to be brought together by pure, unfiltered joy." Even as a lifelong Lakers girl, I can't help but be thrilled for NYC. I'm genuinely moved by the joy the city is experiencing 🥹
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Thousands gather at a peaceful anti-racism rally in Belfast as the crowd chants, "Refugees are welcome here”🙏
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 14/06/2026
Turning the White House South Lawn into a UFC venue is a historic low for presidential decorum, but watching the whole spectacle get derailed by a biblical combination of 100+ degree humidity, apocalyptic thunderstorms, and massive swarms of bugs would definitely be poetic justice.
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
These are the real people of Belfast. Thousands of anti-fascists rally against the far-right at Belfast City Hall today. They sent a clear message that racism is not wanted in their city. Things you love to see ✊❤
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Jay Clayton is a Trump loyalist who has no business being this country’s next Director of National Intelligence. He will push Trump's bullshit election fraud claims like he just did the other day about California's recent elections.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
If it is based on inside information used in violation of his fiduciary responsibilities, it is brazenly criminal conduct, and he would not be immune from prosecution for that criminal conduct even under the Supreme Court's 2024 decision in his favor in the Jan 6 case www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...
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Fmr. government watchdog says Trump stock trades are ‘completely unprecedented’
NBC News Senior National Political Reporter Jonathan Allen and Don Fox, former acting director and general counsel of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, join Meet the Press NOW to discuss the new s...
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I love these kids.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/04/2026
Is the president going to stop going to MMA fights since they can’t be held in the ballroom? Is he unsafe at the fights? Is he going to demand an arena be built at the WH now? Or…. Is this just about using this bad thing to justify another stupid thing?
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
melania’s mad and i really don’t care do u
First Lady Melania Trump
@FLOTUS
Kimmel's hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country.
His monologue about my family isn't comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.
People like Kimmel shouldn't have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.
A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him.
Enough is enough. It is time for ABC to take a stand. How many times will ABC's leadership enable Kimmel's atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.
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Andy Ostroy @andyostroy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Start the clock…
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
A federal judge forcefully struck down HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s attempt to impose far-reaching restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors, ruling the policy unlawful and blocking its enforcement in the states that challenged it.
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Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’
Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded. “This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’
Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 16/04/2026
A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.
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ICE agent charged with two felonies for pointing his gun at motorists during Operation Metro Surge
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
A Minnesota county just opened a KIDNAPPING investigation against federal agents. This is the news they don't want you to see. 🚨 Read and share:
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ICE Agents Face Kidnapping Investigation, Virginia Defunds Confederate Groups, and Federal Judge Blocks Voter Suppression
Plus, a historic win for clean energy
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Just to go back to basics: I once worked on a (winning) presidential campaign. Something too obvious for anyone to mention was: "Don't get into a fight with the Pope over who knows more about Jesus." These people are morons.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
JUST IN: John Eastman, the conservative attorney who helped devise President Trump's last ditch strategy to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has officially been disbarred, per the California Supreme Court:
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Actually if you want more babies the answer is to convince men to *actually* do 50% or more of the work to raise them (including the mental work)
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 13/04/2026
The Presidio Trust is a national treasure. The Trust was written into a law — authored by Nancy Pelosi and passed by a Republican Congress — it has received the same bipartisan support ever since. President Trump’s continued partisan attacks on it must end.
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Trump fires entire San Francisco Presidio Trust board
The Presidio Trust confirmed the president sent termination letters to the National Park’s entire board on Wednesday.
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Margaret @periwinkleinok.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I agree the song was awful but it was worth it if only to hear Bob and Ray sing it on SNL with Jane, Laraine and Gilda. Hysterically funny and an instant classic. youtu.be/pqbW-L_xt18?...
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Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda - "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (1979)
YouTube video by MVerdoux
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SharonLandry @sharonlandry.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Springsteen's crusade. The arts prevail.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Watch this and share widely please.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Second: bsky.app/profile/simo...
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If Trump does give an order to attack civilian targets that have no military value as a means of collectively punishing the Iranian people - and make good his threat to begin a genocide - Marco Rubio should resign and the military must refuse the order. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Did Trump Just Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons in Iran?
If such an order comes to pass, the military can and must refuse.
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