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Kristin Roth

@kristinroth.bsky.social
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I have dogs and opinions, which are solely my own. (The opinions, not the dogs.) Uff da.

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 6h
In my opinion, we can improve society somewhat by treating admirers of Adolf Hitler with the public contempt they deserve, like we used to
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Sameer Ashar @sameer-ashar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is my nephew, please forward to your networks, esp any University of Maryland students.
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"
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Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Your taxpayer dollars are being illegally spent to air a literal Trump 2024 campaign ad.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tough competition of course, but the Trump admin deciding that white South Africans are the only group of people on earth currently worthy of refugee status has to be the most overtly racist thing any administration has done in decades
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Presidents don’t name things after themselves, people name things after presidents — and there is a big difference between the two,” said Jennifer Mercieca, a communications professor at Texas A&M University and the author of “Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump.”
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Kristin Roth @kristinroth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
YES! “until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip!”
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Kristin Roth @kristinroth.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Mar-a-Lago mafia” 🔥 🔥
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is stochastic terrorism. Ted Cruz is an extremist encouraging violence.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11/09/2026
After President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican midterm convention Thursday night that "we want honesty in our elections," he led them in a pledge to "cheat like hell" and "go out and vote" in the midterm elections. to.pbs.org/4yTjfzl
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WATCH: Trump leads RNC in pledge to 'cheat like hell' in November elections
After President Donald Trump told attendees at the Republican midterm convention Thursday night that “we want honesty in our elections,” he led them in a pledge to “cheat like hell” and “go out and vo...
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Politically, our lifetimes will be defined by a global fascist-inspired movement that allies, at times, with authoritarian regimes to undermine liberal democracy in their home nations. These parties are the greatest threat to global peace and prosperity that has emerged since the fall of the USSR.
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David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It is difficult to fathom the damage President Trump is doing to America’s national security. He is making our nation more vulnerable than it has been at any time since the cloudiest days of the Cold War. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/o...
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Opinion | Pete Hegseth Is a Wrecking Ball (Gift Article)
We are already paying a high price for the defense secretary’s purges and whims.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.
Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
SCOOP: After the Census Bureau issued a highly unusual report tied to a President Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau’s parent agency, the Commerce Department, cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, @npr.org has learned www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...
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Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report
After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“It is useful to remind ourselves that this president is engaged in an open conspiracy against the Constitution and the basic rights of the entire American people.” - @jamellebouie.net bluevirginia.us/2026/08/satu...
Screenshot of Jamelle Bouie from his latest video, "Donald Trump's presidency is a conspiracy against the constitution"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbPRVSHruzU
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 28/08/2026
Texas has suspended over 1.2 million voter registrations. Many valid voters in Texas have found their voter registrations were somehow canceled when they checked. Check your registration here and fix it immediately - Texas doesn't always honor provisional ballots cast on election day.
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Joseph Laycock @josephlaycock.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Dallas Morning News reported that Texas has suspended 6% of registered voters without telling them Texans can use this link to check their voting status: goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/... People who have been purged can still register before October 5. Tell everyone you know.
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Kristin Roth @kristinroth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Rural area health care is getting gutted by Republicans.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Our tax dollars are funding efforts to defy a court order and prevent voters from casting ballots in the November election. 
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The Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
You know the assignment. Let’s see those looks.
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We’re weakening childhood immunity at the same time we’re hollowing out the hospitals children depend on. Serious leadership would recognize the danger. Distraction politics ignores it.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 19/08/2026
Forcing the Ten Commandments on public school students is unconstitutional — period.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Stars & Stripes publisher announces sudden retirement, telling staff his philosophy of leadership and “understanding of the value and mission" of the newspaper differ in “fundamental ways” from the direction DoD wants to go in. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
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Stars and Stripes publisher announces retirement
Max D. Lederer Jr., the longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes, announced his retirement, ending a three-decade career at the organization.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I’ve got a crazy idea, but bear with me: What if senior U.S. officials took their oaths to the Constitution seriously? What if they put the national interest before their own personal interest? www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
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Top Trump official asked for more aircraft to fight a small fire near his Idaho ranch
Michael Boren, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, asked for more resources to contain a seven-acre blaze last month, officials said.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I'll never steal your pen.
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Jackie Kashian @jackiekashian.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
this
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 13/08/2026
The White House normally gets $2.5 million a year for maintenance. Trump’s team has allocated $875 million.   That’s 350 years’ worth of the usual budget spent by a single administration.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Tales of everyday corruption. Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned. Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
🚨Despite Cassidy saying he will back Todd Blanche for AG, anything can happen between now and the vote. If you are in a red state you need to google the local office phone number and please call NOW because these calls matter right now. We only need one more Republican to refuse to confirm.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/08/2026
New in PN: Moderate Democrats have a choice to make "They can spend the next three months reinforcing Republican messaging about their party & making it less likely Dems take power. Or they can put the 'battle for the soul of the party' off for a while and do what they can to help their party win."
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Moderate Democrats have a choice to make
Do they want to help their party win, or do they want to whine about the left?
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Kirk Rudell @rudell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Shouldn’t be shocked at any lie RFK Jr tells, but he whined to Dana Bash that businesses were shut down during the pandemic “with no just compensation.” There was an almost trillion dollar PPP loan program, and his organization got millions from it, none of it paid back, to make payroll.
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Why is my loan information here?
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$521,012
Amount Forgiven
$523,907
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New York, NY
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Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations
Date Approved
Jan. 22, 2021 (Second Round)
Lender
HSBC Bank USA, National Association
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Why is my loan information here?
Loan Amount
$130,260
Amount Forgiven
$131,434
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Santa Monica, CA
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Industry
Offices of Lawyers
Date Approved
April 10, 2020 (First Round)
Lender
Beneficial State Bank
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WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC
Location
NEW YORK, NY
Loan Status
Forgiven as of April 1, 2021
Loan Amount
$498,174
Date Approved
April 27, 2020
Recipient
LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER
Location
Santa Monica, CA
Loan Status
Forgiven as of July 14, 2021
Loan Amount
$130,260
Date Approved
Feb. 12, 2021ProPublica:
Search Every Company Approved for Federal Loans
Search for PPP loan applications by organization, lender, zip code and business type.
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For example: trucking, hospice, television, Kasowitz Benson Torres, 90210, Sole Proprietorship
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Trump has denied most disaster requests from Democratic-led states

A graph  showing Presidential approval rates for disaster requests from Democratic-led states and Republican-led states

Source: POLITICO's E&E News analysis of FEMA records
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/07/2026
some classic Traditional Patriarchal Values right here. also with Moreno's refusal to call it out, because the whole thing is largely conspiracy to enable the abuse of women, even your own daughter www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
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Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock Max Miller’s Ohio House Race
Representative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 29/07/2026
Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG was spending that money on its stated mission.
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This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.
This story was originally published by ProPublica In a private ceremony on...
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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Trump began chipping away at our food safety net in 2025 when his administration laid off thousands of FDA workers, including food safety inspectors, scientists at a product safety lab & comms staff at the FDA & the CDC, hamstringing efforts to track outbreaks & inform the public about tainted food
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Food Safety Was Slipping in the U.S. Then Came Mass Layoffs
Food inspections are falling behind, and food safety law isn't being enforced, experts say.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"The erasure of the deaths of Lt. Feehan, Pvt. Gonzales, Sgt. Rampersand, and Sgt. Swinton is one of many instances of the administration’s dishonesty. The dishonesty cannot diminish the honor due to these soldiers. But it does stain the honor of our country." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-trie...
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Trump Tries to Erase the Casualties of His War
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/10/2025
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Under Trump, U.S. federal debt has surpassed 100% of GDP for the first time since WWII. And it's on track to beat that all-time record by 2030.
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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 18/07/2026
It was a really bad air day for DC. A pollution double whammy. Not only did smoke pollution reach code purple (very unhealthy) levels this AM and hover at code red this PM, but ground-level ozone, another pollutant, spiked to code red this afternoon. This is not something we can remember seeing.
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 17/07/2026
So Trump’s position is that elections under him were the most corrupt in the world, then Biden was elected (by the Communist Party of China) and four years later they all oversaw a fair election that he won
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Trump says Democrats forgot to rig the election in 2016, successfully rigged it while *he* was president in 2020, then forgot how to rig it again in 2024. So the only election Democrats supposedly stole was the one he himself controlled. You have to be a special kind of stupid to believe this BS.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14/07/2026
Susan Collins could have insisted on guardrails or measures to rein in abuses. She didn’t and now her state is being terrorized by ICE.
(over an image of Susan Collins) JUST LAST MONTH, SUSAN COLLINS VOTED FOR $38 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL ICE FUNDING
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This is the way: "Donald Trump will deliver a primetime television address this week on the 2020 presidential election, which he lost but still can’t accept." www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump Hijacks Primetime TV to Peddle Crackpot Voting Claims
OLD GRIEVANCES
The president hasn’t said which countries he will be talking about.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 14/07/2026
In politics, Americans who struggle to keep up with current events and who tend to be ill informed about key issues are known as low-information voters. In 2026, the nation appears to have a low-information House speaker. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Stumped on ICE killing, Mike Johnson keeps struggling with the basics of current events
Confronted with questions he should know how to answer, the House Republican leader has proven to be surprisingly ignorant about day-to-day news.
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Thomas (he/him) @thomas--72.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Seems like a good time to talk about (1) Trump's call to Raffensberger (2) the giant defamation judgment against Guiliani (3) Fani Willis's criminal indictment in Fulton County, that was shut down as soon as they got rid of her.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Don’t look away from Memphis. Don’t look away from Houston. Don’t look away at the nationwide ICE surge. The trump administration is counting on you losing interest and falling for its tweak in tactics. zeteo.com/p/trumps-vio...
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🆘 Trump’s Violent Crackdowns on U.S. Cities Are Still Happening. Don't Look Away
Horror in Minneapolis caused a reset of attacks on immigrants and liberals but the administration remains fascistic and lethal. In Maine, meanwhile, Graham Platner confirmed he'll withdraw Monday.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.
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