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Lady Chapin

@ladychapin.bsky.social
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I'm a horse and cat lover and am married to a jewel of a man. I'm a traveler. Born and bred Californian. Ex-SDA and am grateful to be free of religion. My beliefs align with the Democratic party.

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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 18h
Once again. Just like the Paramount Merger Gavin Newsom does what he always does. Sells out the working class people for the billionaires again and again. Not only that but endorses a bill that will make it impossible to tax the wealthy at all. www.commondreams.org/news/newsom-...
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Newsom Endorses Ballot Measure That Would Cancel Out Billionaire Tax—and Ban Future Wealth Taxes | Common Dreams
"He’d rather millions of children and families lose their healthcare than ask a couple hundred billionaires to finally pay their fair share."
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Dr Erika’s (spookily) Online, PhD @erikas.online · 26/08/2026
Apparently ICE arrests are at an all-time high and I'm guessing they've managed that by decentralizing. Focus on a specific urban area, and you get a lot of targeted resistance. Anyway, helpful reminder that ICE are literally everywhere and we should all be watching out for our neighbors.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
a million pieces/segments sneering at hasan piker and the co-chair of the DSA, meanwhile a republican congressional candidate in upstate new york named peter oberacker is the grandson of an actual nazi germany soldier and his former staffer was part of the 'i love hitler' young GOP group chat
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury.
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Jack Nicholson’s Alt @thevinyllitigator.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A good way to think about the relevance of James Carville is if someone who worked on Grover Cleveland’s successful 1892 campaign spent all their time critiquing FDR’s 1932 campaign as not being the real Democratic Party that Cleveland represented.
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW: Teen boys are using smart glasses — mainly Meta's AI Glasses — to film themselves harassing classmates at school, following girls around and "rizzing" them or "ragebaiting" them w/ insults. In several videos we reviewed, girls plead w/ the poster to stop filming. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Harass and Bully Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools
Teen boys are using Meta's AI glasses to harass and bully victims -- overwhelmingly girls -- at middle schools and high schools.
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404 Media @404media.co · 19/08/2026
NEW: Body camera footage obtained by 404 Media shows a police officer explaining why he used police databases and license plate reader cameras to research, stalk, and pull over a woman he met on the set of a TV show. "I mean, I saw a shiny thing," he said in the footage. Watch and read more here:
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'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman
Body camera footage shows police surveillance abuse is common: "We’ve told them over and over again: 'You see a hot chick, you don’t look them up in a database.'"
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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A third of longtime miners in Central Appalachia now have black lung because federal regulators have caved to mining companies fighting the rule to protect workers from deadly dust. Workers are dying without safety protections all in the quest for more profits.
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UMWA calls for ‘immediate’ enforcement of silica rule as black lung hits new high in WV, Appalachia • West Virginia Watch
The UMWA made a for the “immediate" enforcement of previously approved policies that would protect coal miners from black lung disease.
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Jennifer Keith @jkcreative8.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The guy that's trying to put Data Centers into all the California Fairgrounds has a daughter that works for the company that wants to build them. California is not immune to massive corruption. #fuckai #datacenters
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Exclusive: California fair official has key link to firm trying to put data centers on fairgrounds
The California official overseeing state fairgrounds has opened doors for a company that wants to revitalize venues by adding data centers and helipads. His daughter works for the firm.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 04/08/2026
After a recent surge of ICE brutality, now is the moment to learn rapid response strategies for mobilizing when Trump’s secret police visits your community. Join our upcoming training to get the information you need about the components and roles of a rapid response activation.
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Immigrant Justice Summer Call #3: Show Up With a Plan — Roles and Rapid Response Strategies · Indivisible
When an ICE surge hits and there is no clarity on what to do, responses stall and the window to act closes fast. This call trains you on the components of a rapid response: the coordinated set of acti...
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW
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A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Cause and effect: Republicans in Congress voted last summer to cut food stamp budgets by nearly $200 billion. Now more children and families are going hungry in America.
On the left: A NYT headline from May 2025, saying "Millions could lose food stamp benefits under Republican bill." On the right, a story from this week with the headline: Faced with Mounds of Paperwork, People are Losing Food Stamps.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In 2016, San Antonio cop Matthew Luckhurst was fired after giving a homeless man a sandwich filled with feces. Last month, he became police chief in Benavides, Texas.
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Records: Ex-SAPD officer fired for giving feces sandwich to homeless man promoted to South Texas police chief
A former San Antonio police officer fired for giving a homeless man a feces sandwich was promoted to serve as the chief of a South Texas police department, according to records reviewed by KSAT Invest...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/07/2026
Quick advice to any Democrat running for anything or already in office: Every interview, in fact almost every sentence should end with “Trump crime family” or “corrupt.”
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Lady Chapin @ladychapin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Long time listener with a question, is there a reason that you use the words, "okay" and "right" SO often? I really appreciate all that you do but was curious if there is indeed a reason for this
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This woman, who also represented three J6 defendants and well as Roy Moore in one of his defamation suits, is one of the people they hired to be an immigration judge; a person who will have to decide on gender-based violence cases.
Another recruit is Melissa Isaak, who alleged in a 2021 speech at an anti-feminist convention that accusations of domestic abuse by men against women and children are “one of the most abused allegations in family court.” Domestic violence can also come up in immigration court, because victims often cite their experience as grounds for seeking asylum. Isaak’s official court bio did not detail any immigration-related experience.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 27/04/2026
Iranian forces have caused far more extensive damage to U.S. military assets than Trump administration officials have admitted to in public and private, new reporting finds, as Germany’s chancellor says the U.S. is being “humiliated” by Iran.
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Trump Administration Covering Up “Extensive” Damage Done to US Bases By Iran
Meanwhile, Germany’s chancellor has said that the US “is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership.”…
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
She was the first to speak out against Andrew Cuomo. Now some of his biggest donors are flooding Tuesday's special election with money to stop her. That tells you everything about who the progressive choice is: @lindseyboylan.bsky.social nysfocus.com/2026/04/27/c...
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Cuomo Allies Pour Money Into Race Against Lindsey Boylan
A super PAC has spent six figures on the race over the last week — more than all the candidates had raised as of last month, combined.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 28/04/2026
This whole presidency is just bouncing back and forth between murder and money laundering with occasional unholy mashups of the two
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/04/2026
there is something genuinely clarifying and useful about this kind of stuff. they are totally hoods off and proud of it, which means we should not hesitate to describe them accordingly
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The Justice Department seems to be going out of its way to avoid saying that Cole Allen didn't fire any weapons at all inside the Washington Hilton — and that the officer hit was most likely hit by friendly fire. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/is-the-jus...
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Is the Justice Department lying about Saturday's "shooting"?
A central point of the government's case doesn't add up.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Really important read this morning that I will also be discussing on the broadcast. 158,000 people over 170 studies on conspiracy theorists. Notably: "many turn to conspiracy theories to fulfill deprived motivational needs and make sense of distress and impairment.” www.apa.org/news/press/r...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Here they are: our two top Iran negotiators. No diplomatic experience. In way over their head. Both with massive financial conflicts of interest, their fortunes tied to the Middle East dictators that make them rich. What a disaster.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Over sixteen years of federal financial disclosure forms, Chief Justice John Roberts mischaracterized more than twenty million dollars in household income from law firms appearing before the Supreme Court. substack.com/@protzman/no...
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protzman (@protzman)
Let's make this the most shared post EVER on Substack. Chris has lit the spark. He's pushing for Roberts to be disbarred, a case we can all get behind. The fuel is right before us. It's our job to fan the flames. Please restack and share his original post.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Does this look familiar?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/04/2026
The Epstein crisis is escalating. Reports say Ghislaine Maxwell may be seeking a pardon as lawmakers demand answers from the DOJ over missing files and unanswered subpoenas. This isn't going away.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:
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Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book
Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Prime Minister Sanchez: “.. Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.” 🇪🇸
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
April 7, 2026
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April 7, 2026
At 5:06 this morning, President Donald J.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Imagine if jill Biden did this
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Trump: do as I say, or I will bomb you back to the stone ages

Iran: best I can do is this 10 point  plan where you give us everything we want

Trump: deal! 

FoxNews: Trump is a master negotiator
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
One good use of the supposed two-week ceasefire is to get back to talking about the Epstein files
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Today at 11 am ET, we're talking about Trump's insane 24 hours of g*enocidal threats against Iran and what's next, the differences between impeachment and the 25th Amendment, special election results, and way more. Join us live or on the replay. youtube.com/live/75oEQKZ...
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TRUMP MUST GO! Insane 24 hours of Genocidal Threats: WHAT COMES NEXT?!
YouTube video by Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
It is hard to capture what a sweeping strategic defeat the war in Iran has been for the United States. I’m going to thread here some of the posts today that try to capture those effects. Here’s the first:
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LunaLuvgood2020 @lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t... BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
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BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
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I Resist Fascist Trump @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Food for thought...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The Arctic just hit its lowest winter sea ice level in 48 years of recorded history for the second year in a row. On March 15, Arctic sea ice peaked at just 5.52 million square miles a statistical tie with last year’s record low. To put that in perspective, the missing ice compared to the
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Jenn Chávez @jennchavez.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
74yo Cuban immigrant Avelino Gonzalez completed almost all the steps to become a citizen, passing his civics test & interview. But a day before his final step — the citizenship ceremony — he learned it was canceled without explanation. “It was as if I had been splashed with a bucket of cold water.”
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Their citizenship ceremonies were abruptly canceled. Months later, they are still waiting for them to be rescheduled
Dozens of citizenship ceremonies were canceled across the Pacific Northwest. They’re the final step to becoming a U.S. citizen.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Vance’s chief of staff, Jacob Reses, arrived at Princeton as a Dem, but that “changed when he met Prof. Robert P. George, a Catholic conservative” (& ally of Leonard Leo) who “had mentored…Yoram Hazony,” who has since “become one of the most prominent Jewish defenders of Christian nationalism…” 1/
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I don't think enough people are paying attention to Anthropic's lawsuit against the DoD. Hegseth wants Terminators, while Anthropic just doesn't want Claude to pull the trigger (probably for liability reasons). Dystopia is already here. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Anthropic’s Lawsuit Should Absolutely Destroy the Pentagon in Court
But make no mistake: The company is not one of the good guys.
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Peter Wade @peterwade.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Billionaires’ % share of federal election spending in: 2008: 0.3% 2024: 19% @nytimes.com #GildedAge www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 10/03/2026
In a time of war, you can count on Democracy Now! to cut through the noise with in-depth coverage of the human cost of military aggression and voices from across the globe calling for peace. Donate TODAY and your gift will go 3X as far!
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Please donate today! Your support is vital to sustain and grow Democracy Now!
A daily independent global news hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 08/03/2026
A conservative lawyer helping coordinate a Trump takeover of federal elections is pushing for the president to sign an emergency executive order that would grant him such powers. And he’s weaponizing a bizarre 2020 conspiracy theory involving Michigan voting machines to justify the scheme.
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Key Trump ally behind emergency elections order reveals loony conspiracy theory motivating his effort
Peter Ticktin said Trump should sign an executive order to take over voting machines, because machines in Antrim County, Michigan flipped votes from Trump to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/03/2026
that the Trump administration is trying to shut down a leading AI company because it’s unwilling to develop autonomous murder systems is terrifying, and should be of grave concern to everyone in the world
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/03/2026
The 17-page executive order Peter Ticktin is lobbying Trump to sign would completely upend how Americans vote and have their ballots counted in an unprecedented attempt to usurp powers that the Constitution gives to states and Congress.
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These far-right conspiracists are pushing Trump to take control of voting
Election deniers are lobbying the president to declare a national emergency.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/02/2026
When the Trump administration awarded a $1.26 billion contract to operate a new detention center in Texas, it made headlines. Why? Because the company that won the job was so small, it operated out of a single-family home in Richmond, Virginia.
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How a tiny, inexperienced firm landed a $1.3 billion detention deal
To hold 5,000 human beings.
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