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@lauriedarln.bsky.social
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From Minnesota, land of the sky blue waters. It's kinda nice here on BlueSky with a lot less bots & disinformation (so far.) I support democracy, the environment and the arts. Classical music lover. ❤️‍🩹⚖️💙

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 22h
After eight months in ICE detention, Martin Soto is free! Back in May, "Soto was transferred and put in solitary confinement for being the suspected leader of the strike that included 300 Delaney Hall detainees, his wife, Gabriela Soto, has claimed."
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Man who led hunger strike at New Jersey ICE detention facility released from custody
Soto was released after eight months in detention after the state of signed off on his new visa certification.
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lauriedarln.bsky.social @lauriedarln.bsky.social · 22h
I hate that the world has moved on from Trump’s horrific statement in only one day- replaced with jokes about Queen Elizabeth’s last five words.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23h
What a comically out of touch response. Maine, please vote this idiot out.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump shouts out Russ Vought and then says, ominously, "we have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country."
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We didn’t learn anything from Covid. People are already confidently calling the plague a nothingburger. Sure, we have cipro and doxycycline. The obvious concern here is that this strain was modified to be antibiotic resistant or spread more easily. We simply don’t know yet.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m loving the “well akshually he didn’t REALLY mean let Iran take out Los Angeles and San Diego” excuses today. Cool. Explain the assholes in the crowd who thought it was fucking hilarious. Deplorables wasn’t strong enough.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 06/10/2026
“Refusing election observers is usually something that countries in a position of weakness do, when they know that they have corrupt or unfair elections."
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Intimidation Feared as Trump DOJ Boosts Its Own Election Monitors While Rejecting International Observers
International election observers criticize Trump's refusal to invite OSCE to monitor US midterms, raising concerns of voter intimidation. Is the administration trying to manipulate the elections?
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 06/10/2026
This should be considered a 5-alarm democracy fire.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump is declining international election monitors in the United States for first time in over two decades, aligning the country with Russia. Trump will instead deploy his own election monitors to polling sites across the country. www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 06/10/2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the president “dangerous and deranged” after his remarks at a political rally, where Trump said the Iran war was necessary to “keep the world safe.”
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Fury in California after Trump suggests Iran could ‘take out’ L.A. or San Diego
Gov. Gavin Newsom called the president “dangerous and deranged” after his remarks at a political rally, where Trump said the Iran war was necessary to “keep the world safe.”
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 06/10/2026
President Trump sent shockwaves after suggesting Iran could “take out” two U.S. cities, and the White House scrambled to reinterpret the remark. "He was clearly stating U.S. cities would have been threatened if a nuclear Iran hadn't been stopped. America is safer because of the President."
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Mass 'freakout' sends White House scrambling to sanitize Trump’s disturbing remark
President Donald Trump sent shockwaves across the globe Monday night after suggesting Iran could “take out” two major U.S. cities, and on Tuesday, the White House scrambled to offer a sanitized interpretation of the president’s controversial remark.Speaking about Iran at his rally in Grand Island, N...
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Sarah Spain ✨ @sarahspain.com · 06/10/2026
Remember when it would have mattered if the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES suggested that a foreign country bomb American cities?
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House Democrats @housedemocrats.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
No American life is expendable or a “small price to pay.” Donald Trump is a lunatic. These comments are dangerous and un-American.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
25th Ammendment. Hurry.
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump on the costs of the Iran war: "Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay." Millions of U.S. citizens, a "small price" in his war with Iran that is "essentially almost over with." #Trump #California #Iran
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NYT struggling to bury or sanewash Trump's latest comments about Los Angeles & San Diego.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From the beginning of the war in Iran, I've warned one reason that Trump wants such a war is to provoke a terrorist attack at home. History is full of leaders - from Putin in Russia to Orban in Hungary - who have used foreign wars and real or manufactured threats to expand their authority.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 06/10/2026
California officials denounce President Trump for saying at a campaign rally in Nebraska that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego, calling his remarks “deranged” and “irresponsible.”
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California officials condemn Trump for saying Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego
State and local officials called the president’s remarks “deranged” and “irresponsible.”
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is such a sick, evil thing to say. Especially because he’s not saying this as a joke. Just as sick that his supporters are laughing at it
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The breast cancer center appealed thousands of Blue Cross reimbursements for being too low. At trial, the insurer revealed that it had never considered any of the appeals — and that they were pointless: “An appeal is not available to review an underpayment.” (Published April 2025)
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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
RUHLE: Why do you think the president is taking this position? TILLIS: Uhhh. I think he got bad advice RUHLE: Why do you talk about advice? He's the president! You said he's got great political instincts, and millions of Americans are suffering
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👻 EARNED MY SPURS & UNABLE TO CURB MY CUSSING 🐎 @plannedtheride.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'd like to point out the military presence in San Diego. Naval Base San Diego, for one. He wants that 'taken out'?
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Republicans in the greater LA/SD metro areas (including LA, SD, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino counties): there are about 3.2 million of you and Trump has just admitted he does not care about your lives. Vote Blue in November to hold this mad man accountable!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/10/2026
Not my president. Clearly, not a president for all Americans. “Let them (Iran) take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.” Then Trump called it a “small price to pay.” Millions of us dead. And his audience laughed. Reporting from my local news…
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Linda Arbuckle @lindaarbuckle.com · 06/10/2026
Time to get Trump out. His comments are off the chart. What sane president would say this? "Trump suggests he would let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump suggests he would let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego
Gavin Newsom calls comments ‘deranged and dangerous’ after president tells Nebraska rally: ‘They can take out a city’
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In the last hours of Kristi Noem's tenure as Homeland Security secretary, her agency delivered a windfall to one of her political donors by buying five airplanes from the man's firm at a substantial markup, documents show.
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m bummed out that our president thinks that Iran taking out Los Angeles or San Diego is a small price to pay. I realize the right-wing media will do their best to spin what he said. I live in NYC. I know what a terrorist attack can do to a city. Trump is a disgrace.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 06/10/2026
The President of the United States just offered to sacrifice American lives.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
An NBC News/Telemundo poll finds Latino voters prefer Democratic control of Congress 59%–35% — a 24-point advantage, double the margin the same poll found in 2024. A CBS News/YouGov poll finds Hispanic likely voters favor Democratic House candidates 60%–39%.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 04/10/2026
Texas-based Dynamic Frontier Holdings, linked to Konstantin Sokolov, RU-US businessman who was a private donor to Trump’s $350M WH ballroom, received authorization from the Treasury Dep to complete an acquisition of Teghut, one of Armenia’s largest copper mines, involving sanctioned Russian bank.
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Jason Woodrow @jasonwoodrow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This morning's message from Indivisible
Your vote is not small to the people spending millions to make sure you never cast it. They know what happens when working people, young people, women, and every fed-up voter show up together. We flip Congress. They lose control. That’s the whole assignment.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tom Homan: “I think September is going to be the highest deportations of any month in the history of ICE. We are removing and arresting more people right now than we ever have in the history of this nation. Wait until you see what we do next year.” ABOLISH ICE. www.thebulwark.com/p/doral-flor...
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Trump Turned His Beloved Golf Hub Into a Ghost Town
In Doral, there are empty tables, shuttered businesses, and families struggling to survive after their loved ones have been thrown in detention.
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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ashley Hinson said the war in Iran that she voted seven times to continue is “out of sight, out of mind” for Iowans. Watch this Iowa farmer react:
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David Rodgers @daverodgers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
At tonight's Power to the People music festival, Nathaniel Rateliff joined Joan Baez to perform Woody Guthrie's "Deportees." Just an incredibly powerful moment.
Joan Baez singing on stageNathaniel Rateliff and Joan Baez performing together
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 04/10/2026
The deal reportedly would include the sale of Russian oil infrastructure to individuals with ties to Donald Trump, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.
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U.S. Talks With Russia To End Ukraine War Now Involve Oil Deal Tied To Trump Allies: NYT
U.S. Talks With Russia To End Ukraine War Now Involve Oil Deal Tied To Trump Allies: NYT
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Alright folks, gotta stop there for now! Thanks for spending part of your Saturday with me. <3 Check your registration. Vote early if you can! Let’s win this fucking thing.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Someone please tell Natalie to keep the incoherent ranting to 500 characters or less.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
USSS CAT rocking the BNVD-FUSED. Those things are nuts. Binoculars, night vision, and a full color heads up display in one. They also have a rapid target acquisition feature that transmits weapon sight to the goggles, allowing shooting around cover without exposing a head. Photo cred: @apnews.com
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don’t think there will be any moving on. This is a criminal administration and should be treated as such.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If this reads like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails, it’s because it’s exactly like one of those Nigerian prince scam emails
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m spitballing here, but: “Petrol thieves” sent to scout base and get information on surveillance/response times. Trump’s “they wanted to do big damage” comment could be a lie, but could be a leak of a classified assessment referring to the actual would-be attackers, not the recon element.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You really can’t make this shit up.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
DUN DUN DUN -- Fox Business on the September jobs report: "The numbers do not look good. I'm looking at 29,000 jobs added. That is well below expectations for 90,000, and our unemployment rate jumps up to 4.2%. A significant slowdown."
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wow, these job numbers are TERRIBLE. Many people are saying we must have an “incompetent” president who is “asleep at the wheel”
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
👀👀👀👀
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The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
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Real Blue Patriot @realbluepatriot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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