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Laurelink

@laurelink.bsky.social
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Former college professor, retired government social worker, current volunteer tutor in public schools, human and animal rights advocate

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Eliana @otrodia.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
fuck the #GreedyOldPendejos and "tepid legality"
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Laura🇨🇦 @lbp60.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
MAGA has always supported Project 2025; it’s their manifesto. Did they read it, know what it contained? Highly unlikely. They just didn’t care as long as their bigoted, law-breaking, anti-establishment, gun supporting, white nationalist Demi-god got into power.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Absolutely 💯 Agree….
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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Louisiana Republicans have eliminated a city clerk position in New Orleans days before a Black man was set to take office. “It’s a sad thing to see the state government repeating what happened to Black public officials during Reconstruction,” said Calvin Duncan, who was set to take office Monday.
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Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected position days before an exoneree was set to take office
Louisiana Republicans have eliminated the office an exoneree was set to take after being overwhelmingly elected to the New Orleans-based seat. Republican Gov.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I put out a montage of him a while ago sniffling in nearly every podcast interview he did for two years, but maybe that wasn’t the only thing he had going on.
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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Talk, Talk, Talk. 25th Amendment. Impeachment. It’s all talk n no action. Congress is a Huge Coward! How about Article II Section 4 cuz Taco n his Cult ALL of them committed TREASON n other high crimes n misdemeanors! #arresttrump
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Ricci @riccisergienko.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
LOS ANGELES CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEYS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FILE LAWSUIT AFTER BEING SHOT WITH 40MM "RUBBER BULLETS" BY LAPD OFFICER Media advisory for press conference tomorrow Tuesday 4/7 at 9 am outside LAPD HQ 👀 See videos below 👇🏻
MEDIA ADVISORY for Tuesday, April 7, 2026

LOS ANGELES CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEYS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FILE LAWSUIT AFTER BEING SHOT WITH 40MM "RUBBER BULLETS" BY LAPD OFFICER

Colleen Flynn, Law Office of Colleen Flynn Jacob Loup, Law Office of Jacob Loup
Mr. Reedy, Mr. Sergienko, Mr. Rahman, and their attorneys will be available for questions following their introductory remarks and additionally able to speak by phone after the press conference.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 7, 9:00 am
WHERE: Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters
100 W 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
WHAT: Press conference to announce the filing of a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Police Department officers for unlawfully targeting and shooting civil rights attorneys and a community organizer with 40mm "less lethal" rubber bullets during an anti-ICE protest.
On June 9, 2025, community organizer Jason Reedy and civil rights attorneys Ricci Sergienko and Shakeer Rahman were attending a protest against ICE when they observed LAPD Officer Rick Linton aiming a 40mm rubber bullet launcher at non-violent protesters. Reedy, Sergienko, and Rahman exercised their First Amendment rights to record Officer Linton and demand he identify himself, as he did not display his name and serial number were removed from his helmet. In response, Officer Linton shot all three men with rubber bullets from close range, including shooting Mr. Reedy and Mr.
Rahman in the groin. Reedy, Sergienko, Rahman, and their attorneys bring this lawsuit to hold LAPD and Officer Linton accountable for his outrageous, unlawful, and targeted acts of violence against them.
"copies of complaint will be available in person and posted online on the Hadsell Stormer site by Tuesday morning
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
In all seriousness, one thing that might be worth doing today: Tell your Reps and Senators to call Adm. Richard Correll, the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, which controls the nation's nukes, and remind him of *his* unique responsibility to refuse an illegal order.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
How many people have Trump and his ICE thugs DISAPPEARED? In 1 year, there were ~393k arrests,~350k deportations & 1.9M self-deportations. In detention centers, there have been dozens of deaths, reports of torture, abuse & medical neglect of even children & babies. We must stop #ICELawlessness!
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Here's the full story behind that "Iran cuts off direct diplomacy" headline. Sourced to Middle Eastern officials which could be ... anyone but Steve Witkoff. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Iran Cuts Off Direct Diplomacy With U.S.
By

Alexander Ward

and

Summer Said

Iran has cut off direct communications with the U.S. over President Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s “whole civilization” Monday morning, though talks with cease-fire mediators continue, Middle Eastern officials said. The move has temporarily complicated efforts to make a deal by Trump’s 8 p.m. deadline Tuesday but hasn’t ended the talks, the officials said.

One of the officials said Iran intended to send a signal of disapproval and defiance by severing communications. It is unclear if direct talks will resume before the deadline. The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud Dept.-Kinda sounds like he's admitting he interfered in the election with VERY specific statistics. I quit Twitter because he bought it, way before his confession he stole the election for the Orange Atrocity. 🍊💩 Now I'm SURE I made the right decision! 👍
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Innocent Bystander on a Scooter: The $100 Million California Lawsuit After Being Blinded by Police in Los Angeles
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Auntie Fa @madamew.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I somehow missed this. UNBELIEVABLE.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The historical parallel is Benedict Arnold’s popularity before and after he was outed as a foreign spy.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
WELP fortune.com/2026/03/18/h...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
US National Debt hit $37 trillion in August. Then $38 trillion in October. Now $39 trillion in March.
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@fmch6444 @fmch6444.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/03/2026
🚨WHOLESALE PRICES SURGE: Inflation is moving through the pipeline again. Producer prices are up 3.4% over the past year, the highest annual increase since February 2025, as wholesale costs jumped 0.7% in February, the biggest monthly gain in seven months. 1/
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Skye (Antifa: Phantom Division) 🇺🇸🌎🇺🇦 @dramaticskye411.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Mullin represents the typical MAGA mentality. These people are the problem, not the solution. Confirming Mullin would be an even bigger disaster than Noem or Bovino were.
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Chris Burd @cb253tx.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I would like to remind everyone that Markwayne here never served in the military, ran a plumbing business he got from daddy, and was never in a real MMA fight run by a real MMA sanctioned body. He’s just a rich kid from Oklahoma. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump’s DHS pick, Markwayne Mullin, never served in military but talks as if he did
Oklahoma senator has repeatedly made cryptic claims about ‘overseas’ work and war experience, while refusing to explain them
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Kathy Byrne @kab-fair.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
they say trump was drawn to noem because of her callous accounts of killing her daughter’s pets, this stooge’s verbal threats can only enhance him in the eyes of a man known as not all that smart but a violent bully to any student younger or smaller, gop senators surrendered their spines in 2021
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Rand Paul confronts Markwayne Mullin at his confirmation hearing to replace Kristi Noem about his history of advocating for violence to resolve political differences, including caning, fistfights, biting, dueling, and punching people in the face.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/03/2026
wow! Rand Paul begins Markwayne Mullin's hearing by confronting him about comments he made describing Paul as a "freakin' snake" & "celebrating" Paul getting assaulted "I wonder if someone who applauds political violence is right to lead an agency that has struggled to accept proper use of force"
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/03/2026
Iran’s Foreign Minister on Trump temporarily loosening sanctions against Russia
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/03/2026
BREAKING: As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to sources familiar—far higher than the Pentagon’s publicly disclosed figure of just 8 seriously wounded troops. The true toll of this war is already far worse than the public has been told. (Reuters)
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
You can judge a family by the company it keeps.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
ICE taking a watchdog community member Simi Valley, CA
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
This is the guy who likes to downplay non-fatal injuries suffered by US service members in combat.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/03/2026
Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Michael Wolfe: "I think he is the person who Trump most turns to on this, probably the only person Trump listens to. If you wanted to say who is the brains of this operation, within the context of using brains in a very relative sense, it would be Jared Kushner." www.rawstory.com/iran-trump-2...
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'The only person Trump listens to' on Iran is family member outside admin: biographer
Donald Trump is listening to just one person when it comes to decision-making on Iran, the president's former biographer has claimed.Michael Wolff, the author behind Fire and Fury, believes an unlikel...
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 04/03/2026
Minnesota is mourning the loss of Sergeant First Class Nicole M. Amor of White Bear Lake who was killed in Kuwait on Sunday. She answered the call to serve and gave her life in service to our state and nation. Minnesotans are wrapping our arms around her loved ones.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 04/03/2026
1/2 Trump boasted "I got him before he got me" after killing Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei — and even claimed the strikes wiped out the line of succession. But Iran's Assembly of Experts was already meeting. Khamenei's son Mojtaba is now the frontrunner to lead. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/w...
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Son Emerges as Leading Choice to Be His Successor
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Heartbreaking, yet beautiful. We have so much to learn from kids they are so resilient.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad. "The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖˡᵉˢˢ ᵁˢᴬ @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A segment of US Christianity has gained control of the US government and is waging war on all nations for a biblical reason and I don’t think a lot of folks have realized it yet.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
i know not everyone on bluesky is familiar with pete hegseth’s pastor doug wilson so let me paint a picture for you: imagine if pete hegseth had a pastor.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The FBI Director, a hockey nut, flew the FBI jet to Italy to...uh...inspect security, prior to the Olympics and World Cup. So be grateful:
A source familiar with the director's role told the Daily Mail that the FBI 'will be in charge of security completely for FIFA [World Cup] and the 2028 American Olympics.'

'So if you don't like to get blown up [at] major events, be grateful he is putting in this work now,' the source fumed.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
This is a huge deal, and the number of people I see pooh-poohing this as just a loss to a supposedly elite group sucks. A) most of the jobs that disappeared were the working-class ones; B) bye bye not just to local coverage but to arts, sports, everything that’s not tech/biz/politics/opinion/advice
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Civil liberties threat 🚨
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kaizhen.bsky.social @kaizhen.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Half of the hospital ship is a billing department.
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Angie Craig: "They removed everyone from the ICE facility 30 minutes before we arrived — this is not the intent of the law. DHS is violating the law" Ilhan Omar: "What happened today is a blatant attempt to obstruct members of Congress from doing their oversight duties"
U.S. Reps Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (R) and Angie Craig (D-MN) speak to press after conducting oversight at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in St Paul, Minnesota. The two congressional representatives from Minnesota were touring the facility after being denied access last month. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images)
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
And yet it’s even more dumb: Both hospital ships are in dry-dock in Alabama, so they won’t be arriving anytime soon. This is a weird distraction from the Danes medically evacuating a sick US sailor from a US Navy nuclear sub yesterday 9 miles from Nuuk. What was a sub doing nine miles from Nuuk?
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Jeff Merkley @jeff-merkley.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The Trump family has pocketed more than $4,000,000,000 from their crypto schemes—using the office of the President to line their own pockets. That’s why I wrote the End Crypto Corruption Act—we need to stop this grift in its tracks.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/02/2026
Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)
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Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.)  If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.
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Laurelink @laurelink.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
substack.com/@cfhunfilter...
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CFH Unfiltered (@cfhunfiltered)
Two combat veterans headed to Minneapolis ready to raise hell but do it the right way. Me and my camera guy, Kyle, came to serve the community, not roll in, cause chaos, and leave locals to clean up t...
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Resist the World’s Oligarchy @greyghost65.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
He’s the stupid people’s President.
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Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Gestapos opened fire, striking Martinez 5 times in the arm, chest & both legs 1 gestapo had body cam ... Martinez has said in court that it shows an officer shouting "do something b--" The gestapo who shot her, in a group text: "I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys."
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'My own government attempted to execute me,' Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol testifies
Marimar Martinez said she believes that she survived her encounter with Border Patrol agents so she could share her story.
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