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Laure

@laureanne.bsky.social
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Digital platforms & life-long grassroots pol expert. Supports insightful art, research and journalism. ID as lesbian; my progressive (not far-left) feminist godmothers taught me principles & tolerance over ideology & dogma. - Dislike prolific meme posters.

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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 16h
Drazan is extremist maga. Now is the time for visible & vocal support for Kotek and $$ for her campaign. The Oregon State House has been progressing under Kotek. Don't let online slimers smear another strong woman leader in #Oregon, out of office. #portland Portland #orleg www.tinafororegon.com
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Tina Kotek for Oregon Governor
Governor Tina Kotek is running for reelection because Oregon values are on the line. Since taking office, Tina has focused on tackling Oregon’s biggest challenges - lowering costs, reducing homelessne...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 19h
Unprecedented corruption & constitutional crimes. Again, it all should have ended in 2017, when he began openly monetizing the presidency at his hotel two blocks from the White House. We are not a serious country.
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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 21h
Have your media told you Russian drone bombed the metro bridge in Kyiv today while metro train was running with people inside ?
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oregon, let's not wake up to a true MAGA-t in Salem. The State IS making progress under Kotek. Don't let the ONLINE slimers, successfully smear yet another strong woman leader. Show your support ONLINE. #Oregon. #portland Portland #orleg Give now ⬇️ to @tinakotek.bsky.social www.tinafororegon.com
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Tina Kotek for Oregon Governor
Governor Tina Kotek is running for reelection because Oregon values are on the line. Since taking office, Tina has focused on tackling Oregon’s biggest challenges - lowering costs, reducing homelessne...
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
so this ⬇️ #sexism #abuse #cornell7
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026
SCOTUS/abortion/interstate conflict bat signal @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social @rebouche.bsky.social @azizaahmed.bsky.social @marzhang.bsky.social @evanbernick.bsky.social @mikesacks.bsky.social @amwhelan.bsky.social @jillwieberlens.bsky.social @maryannefranks.bsky.social @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oregon, let's not wake up to a MAGA-t in Salem next year. The State House has been rocking progress under Kotek. Don't let the online slimers, smear another strong woman leader in #Oregon, out of office. #portland Portland #orpol #orleg Give now ⬇️ to @tinakotek.bsky.social www.tinafororegon.com
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Tina Kotek for Oregon Governor
Governor Tina Kotek is running for reelection because Oregon values are on the line. Since taking office, Tina has focused on tackling Oregon’s biggest challenges - lowering costs, reducing homelessne...
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
thread 🧵on #ice #immigration - stay informed. eyes wide open as the MAGA-ts try to be quieter extremists. ⬇️
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
would love to see @democrats.org in the US act as a real oppo party and develop a set of bold principles like this... hopefully this signals a positive direction in the UK.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For 4+ years, Russia terrorizes communities across #Ukraine. ➡️ Putin failed to expand #Russia from an #oil #gas corrupt oligarchy state so he turned to barbaric imperialism. Hundreds of towns reduced to rubble, millions of refugees, injured and killed, 1.5 million Russian casualties.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
state propaganda. What will @democrats.org do to undermine this messaging? zero. zip. nada. "The 30-second ad is a black-and-white video of Trump walking down a hall over audio of his warnings against “the deep state,” “warmongers,” “globalists,” “Marxists,” “communists,” and “fascists.”
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These #Oklahoma #journalists are risking their lives to tell stories about injustice. I wish the #whitehousepress would grow a spine. wherefore #journalism? www.kjrh.com/news/local-n...
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Documentary 'Kill. Bury. Print.' revisits McCurtain County newspaper's fight for justice
Peacock's "Kill. Bury. Print." documentary premieres Sept. 27, revisiting the McCurtain County Gazette News investigation into the county sheriff's office and the reporters' fight for justice.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
liars. "Among #rural voters overall, Trump’s net job approval...fell from +20 in early 2025 to -14 in May 2026. Among white rural voters, his net approval fell from +27 to -6. As of now, only 25% of these voters strongly approve of his job performance, compared to 41% who strongly disapprove.
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President Trump’s support declines sharply in rural America | Brookings
Brookings Senior Fellow William A. Galston analyzes Trump’s declining support in rural America amid worsening approval and economic concerns.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
sue the eff out of #x. "By Monday afternoon, #Maddiekowalski was trending on X nationwide, with more than 1,200 posts using the hashtag. Content about her—much of it showing her incapacitated, naked, and engaging in sex acts—had been viewed more than 8.5 million times.
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 26/09/2026
Dan Sullivan owns up to $5 million in his brother's chemical company. And he used Alaska’s Senate seat to vote for the tariffs that allowed the company to raise costs on customers and pay out $349 million to shareholders. Self-dealing at its finest.
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Sullivan’s family company’s profits grow as Alaskans struggle with rising costs
Sen. Dan Sullivan holds up to $5 million in shares in the company, which just paid shareholders $349 million in dividends.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
and a highly intertwined, massive agitprop network of channels + mediums to promote their extremist views, to dominate discourse. run by fanatics, opportunists, scammers and billionaires.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The maga dunces don't care about medical patients in the US. Bigotry trumps #healthcare, economy, civil rights etc #h1bvisa #visas
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
file under "no shit, Sherlock!"
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I adopted #manatees in honor of someone I loved & lost. Then I fell in love with them even though I live on the other side of the country. Adopting a #manatee is good for your soul (they are very soulful) and the adoption comes with a complete educational package. #florida + beyond #wildlife
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/09/2026
If "your goal is to advance science in the United States," Jeffrey Flier, former dean of Harvard Medical School said, that kind of political interference "would be like shooting yourself in the head."
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This Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Medical Research
Future cures and America’s innovation lead are in jeopardy thanks to Donald Trump and Russ Vought’s latest scheme.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Dems have a moral duty to expose #immigration extremism w UNIFIED #Democrats edu messaging w each other and coalitions to ⬆️ reach. Indv posts mean nothing. “They said it was about border chaos, about violent criminals. They lied. Instead #ICE picks up grandfathers. People in the legal processes.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
read this ⬇️ 🧵re how surreal life is in a vibrant city, while a loser corrupt oil gas dictator tries to colonize Ukraine and cosign Ukrainians to in-essence a Russian work camp. And Putin throws his people in the meat grinder to gain one km. www.youtube.com/shorts/zsMgs...
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Zelensky says Russia lost nearly 249,000 troops in Ukraine in eight months
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I doubt Drazan would care. at all. #oregon #orpol #orleg
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
- #maine
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"they even fuck you up if you are a US citizen" watch the video video linked below to see how the neighborhood reacts to this bloody #ice #immigration harassment #chicago #evanston chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Evanston man, a U.S. citizen, injured in Sunday confrontation with federal immigration agents
Agents later determined the man was not the person they were seeking and he was released; Evanston police are investigating
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"earlier this month, some of the children inside #CHOP (Children’s Hospital of #Philadelphia) were exposed to a potentially deadly threat that medicine learned to stop a long time ago, and that until recently was mostly gone from the United States. #measles #NICU #maha bs
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
this upcoming series looks great. if you want to know what growing up in Chicagoland was like... this series is truly iconic. #chicago #wttw #opb I am a member of OPB with passport so I assume I can watch it?
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ok so #maha unless you have $$$$
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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
terrific piece by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu for @theatlantic.com on those she rightly calls "the clan of predators currently in charge of the U.S. federal government." They are making a huge mess for us, while cleaning up for themselves. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"El-Sayed is not a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, and he describes himself as a capitalist. These days, when he is asked about divisive cultural issues, he tries to pivot to affordability.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
thread ⬇️ #nih
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
➡️ #Democrats need to talk about Trump's massive #corruption non-stop. Start podcasts etc. That's how the maga info engine pushed dishonest messages about the border and the economy in 2024. Dems don't hammer messages or even have convos w/each other, so are not heard beyond the base & engaged.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We are all swimming in info ops "In the original, Sand is wearing neither a mask nor a face shield. ...Sand was speaking with advocates from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network... he said he would support a funding boost for pediatric cancer research #iowa @robsandia.bsky.social
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Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Maria Elvira Salazar thinks Trump’s immigration policies have gone too far. “You can be for immigration what Lincoln was for slavery” 🫠🐆
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When Donald Trump says our country is in a "golden age," he isn't talking about a golden age for your family. Only for his.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
the pupster on her first real hike. 4.5 months old with a 15 year old.
2 dogs walking in a river in the Cascades
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 18/09/2026
DOGE wasted $9.5 BILLION taxpayer dollars to pay cancer researchers, park rangers, and so many others to NOT work. Republicans love to talk about waste, fraud, and abuse. So, let's talk about it.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
➡️ #Democrats need to talk about Trump's massive #corruption non-stop. Start podcasts etc. That's how the maga info engine pushed dishonest messages about the border and the economy in 2024. Dems don't hammer messages or even have convos w/each other, so are not heard beyond the base & engaged.
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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This morning on the show, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu unpacks how MAGA officials are realigning the world order and benefitting from it financially. wnyc.org/browse/shows...
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How MAGA Has Overtaken Foreign Policy for Personal Gain | WNYC
Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic, historian and author of Autocracy Inc.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
wtf? right wing media is cheering this? not surprised but still chilling. we need to undermine this dehumanizing macho rhetoric. and by we, I mean a bunch of young smart guys need to start media conversations dissecting this crap. where are the smart young guys who mock this inhumanity and macho bs?
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Singh said his life was saved by a Hispanic family, who just so happened to be at the rest area. He said the family tried to attend to his wounds and seek medical help.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
gas prices #iran #gas
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For 4+ years, Russia terrorizes communities across #Ukraine. ➡️ Putin failed to expand #Russia from an #oil #gas corrupt oligarchy state so he turned to barbaric imperialism. Hundreds of towns reduced to rubble, millions of refugees, injured and killed, 1.5 million Russian casualties.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"I asked Ash what he did before the war. “Musical theater,” he said. “I was a performer.” I asked about his greatest fear as a combat medic. “Losing one of our guys en route,” he answered. Not seeing the gore of injuries, or wondering whether his bunker would be hit. #ukraine
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We're losing guardrails on the BLS, Census, and BEA numbers. I'm not alarmed yet, but if they give us reasons to not trust them, then the US joins a club with Russia, Argentina, and Venezuela. Great crowd platypuseconomics.substack.com/p/th…
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
wtf? #orpol #oregon cc @washcodems.bsky.social
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
we are all swimming in info ops and scams. all the time. #elections #disinformation #deepfakes "Today in America, there isn't a single child who isn't under threat from Democrats," a voice-cloned version of "How I Met Your Mother" star Alyson Hannigan is shown saying in one.
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Laure @laureanne.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
- #maha my azz. #RFK is a scammer loon. #cdc #nih #hhs #measles
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 14/09/2026
URGENT: One of the Greater #Yellowstone Ecosystem's oldest living #wolves, 1090F, is in imminent danger. But it's not too late to help. Please urge the Commission to use its adaptive management authority to protect the scientifically significant Mollie’s pack from hunting 🐺➡️ bit.ly/45D8MLy
Picture of a wolf standing in snow and looking directly at the camera. The headline reads: Nevada Hunter Vows to Fill Famous Yellowstone Mollie's Pack Wolf 1090F in Wyoming.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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