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✒️calligrapher🖋️ by profession ~ democracy 📜 defender/dreamer💭by avocation! community connector🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 gardener🌻👩🏻‍🌾 grandma 👶🏻 👵🏼 grateful girlfriend 👯👯‍♀️

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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Just. So. Crass. With absolutely no skin in the game, the Old Gray Lady can spew forth 💩-y headlines and focus on what “really counts.” Her capitalist clientele in Trump’s version of Amerika.
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 21/12/2025
12/21 U.S. Senate Republicans are already using AI slop to deceive Maine voters #maine #MEpolitics
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 03/11/2025
Judge Karin Immergut handed down a preliminary injunction late Sunday night, keeping the National Guard out of Portland. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/three-d...
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After 3-Day Trial, Trump Appointee Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Blocking Guard from Portland
Judge Karin Immergut handed down a preliminary injunction late Sunday night, keeping...
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I'm attending Volunteer Blue/Together We Elect's event, “The Time is Now! Meeting The Moment - Featuring Heather Cox Richardson and www.mobilize.us/volunteerblu...
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The Time is Now! Meeting The Moment - Featuring Heather Cox Richardson and Sen. Gallego · Volunteer Blue/Together We Elect
The pace of the damage being inflicted on our country is increasing with every passing week. Whether it’s immigration, the environment, our inalienable rights, or economic justice, we have no time to ...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025
This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/07/2025
Tulsi Gabbard is trying to gaslight you in the name of authoritarianism, points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
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Monique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/y...
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Social Security Email Says Policy Bill Eliminates Tax on Benefits. Does It?
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Join the nationwide movement to protect freedom, equality, and democracy. weholdtruths.com/privacy
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daviss @daviss.org · 14/06/2025
Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Kansas City definitely turned out to voice our opinions today on #NoKings #FlagDay #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Political protesting by way of theatre at it’s best on display at Union Station in Washington DC
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Political protesting by way of theatre at it’s best on display at Union Station in Washington DC
YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko
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FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The next few months need to resemble the 2017 fight to save the ACA. In the end, we won. Call Congressmembers, confront them at town halls, offices, airports & fundraisers. Hold events so Congressmembers look really bad for being afraid of constituents.
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Let's show up. Let's organize. Let's win.
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “RALLY NO KINGS -SATURDAY JUNE 14TH” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even... Make your little placard, or a giant banner, or come with your shining smile. But come.
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NPR @npr.org · 13/06/2025
Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan. n.pr/4dYZOvs
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Copenhagen is adapting to a warmer world with rain tunnels and 'sponge parks'
Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Just so we're all clear: It's not a coincidence that the first senator they've used physical force against is Sen. Alex Padilla, a Latino man representing California.
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
THIS from Cory Booker:  "… we have a constitutional obligation to provide oversight to the executive." And to speech. And to assemble. And to ask questions … of the very heads of the very departments over which the senator has fiscal/appropriations authority.
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Padilla’s manhandling and handcuffing is designed for optics, as always. It’s also a good barometer for just how comfy this regime and their goons have become in their fascistic ways.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I know everyone is occupied w authoritarian tactics of Trump sending marines & national guard to LA but wanted to show the hypocrisy of this lawless regime. Trump is installing a pardoned drug trafficker as deputy director of the federal Bureau of Prisons
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Former federal inmate pardoned by Trump tapped as Bureau of Prisons deputy director
Joshua J. Smith, a Tennessee businessman whom the president pardoned during his first term, now advocates for inmate rehabilitation.
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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
it isn’t and they know it which is why 1) they are rushing to do 4+ years worth of harm before the midterms, fully expecting to lose Congress but just hoping the damage is irreversible by then; 2) they are doing mostly small-scale symbolic horrors to intimidate the public, due to limited capacity
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
WTH, people?! Was this a campaign issue you demanded be “fixed” like this? Last year, credit unions were finally made to disclose the billions they made by charging their members unnecessary junk fees. Now? Well… Trump’s hiding their grift once again. www.levernews.com/trump-lets-g...
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Trump Lets “Good” Banks Hide Their Bad Fees
Last year, credit unions were forced to disclose the billions they made charging their members unnecessary junk fees. Now Trump is once again hiding their grift.
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Rep. Linda Featherston @linda4kansas.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
“They’re stealing it fair and square” ??!! Turning out to vote on 8/2/22 isn’t stealing. It’s exercising your constitutional right. #ksleg
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
honorable mention bsky.app/profile/mark...
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Promises to be very interesting session on messaging, generally and quite specifcally! mobilize.us/s/KZp8Pc
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Democratic Messaging: Meeting the Moment with Brian Tyler Cohen · Jewish Democratic Council of America
Please join the **Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA)** on **Tuesday, April 8 at 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT** for a conversation on Democratic messaging with author and political commentator, **Br...
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FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Trump Moves to End Federal Union Protections Across Government
An executive order signed by the president would cancel collective bargaining for hundreds of thousands of workers, the largest federal employees union said. The union was preparing legal action.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
JUST IN: Judge James Boasberg has been assigned to the Signalgate lawsuit.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Once you make a deal with the devil you are his forever.
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
“We are not safe…” Period.
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Super Easy/Quick. I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org will walk you through it all. Take five minutes (or less)
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5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Trump did what Project 2025 said he would do. joycevance.substack.com/p/education-...
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Education: Project 2025 Comes True
“Federal education policy should be limited and, ultimately, the federal Department of Education should be eliminated.” Those are the opening words in the Education Chapter of Project 2025. In other w...
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
A reminder to subscribe and use the 5 Calls Newsletter to boost your advocacy and effectiveness. buttondown.com/5calls
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5 Calls Newsletter
The 5 Calls Newsletter breaks down what your representatives are voting on and what you can do to influence them. From your friends at 5 Calls
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
#STOPTHESTEAL2025
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 04/02/2025
🚨Democrats, led by VoteVets members, are fighting back against Trump’s illegal assault on USAID—driven by unelected President Musk and his puppet in the White House. Blocking public servants, gutting security, handing power to Russia & China—this is an attack on America. We won’t stand for it.
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Democrats, Led by VoteVets Members, Take on Musk & His Puppet in the White House for Gutting USAID
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
What bravery looks like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcUe...
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'Mr. Nobody Against Putin': exclusive first trailer for undercover Russian propaganda documentary
YouTube video by Screen International
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I thought you would appreciate just what @taxwarroom.bsky.social has been working on for all of us!!
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Tax Breaks
YouTube video by Families Over Billionaires
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
This is a great read.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 16/01/2025
Marc Elias explains the ruling, the RNC's goal and the connection to ongoing litigation regarding the state Supreme Court race. Watch here:
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BREAKING: North Carolina Court Rejects RNC Request To Toss 60,000 Ballots
Today, a North Carolina judge rejected a request from the Republican National Committee (RNC), North Carolina GOP, Wake County GOP and two voters to toss out...
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Remarkable demand for its chutzpah and destructive short-sightedness. Buckle up, folks.
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graham steele @grahamsteele.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
If there’s a silver lining to Wall Street’s retreat from climate commitments, it’s clearer than ever voluntary industry action won’t solve big economic and societal problems. Governments must make them do the right thing with regulations and other tools. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
President Biden sat for a generous interview discussing a range of issues and challenges and hopes. Take what you will from it, but the honesty and decency are real. And apparently very triggering for those utterly committed to the Naked Emperor.
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Another day, another school shooting in America. #EndGunViolenceNow Let’s spread our message in the wake of our latest self-inflicted tragedy…
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Leslie @ldmark.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Understand. What’s a girl to do about that? @marcelias.bsky.social
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Defeating Brozilla Solidarity, reality, truth, and unity www.bettedangerous.com/p/defeating-...
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Defeating Brozilla
Solidarity, reality, truth, and unity
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Dave Troy @davetroy.com · 18/11/2024
If I were in the White House, I would want to know why Artem Klyushin is offering a steady stream of policy picks to Musk and Trump, and why they keep mirroring those recommendations and talking points. I’d want to know why @FBI is apparently dead.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next. I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
As we watch the decapitation of American democracy in real time, I find myself turning to the scholars of history who have guided my writing to date.  “Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.”—Timothy Snyder, Lesson 18, On Tyranny  9/
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Heidi Siegmund Cuda — Bette Dangerous @heidicuda.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Looking back now, I also understand that what Western nations have been enduring is the digital carpet-bombing of the minds of their citizens by hostile powers, using social media as the weapon’s delivery system, to make people overthrow their own governments. 8/
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
It's been 12 days since the election. Judging from the weekend papers and "the shows," 90% of DC media is full into normalization mode.
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