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LeftCoaster44

@leftcoaster44.bsky.social
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Grateful for family, friends, nature, reading, photography, music, walks, and travel—and animals. Cat person 🐈‍⬛. Married for decades to the love of my life. May we all survive the current chaos, cruelty, and hate. 💙🇺🇸💙

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We need to get a full accounting of every dollar each media company accepted of our money stolen by Trump to run his partisan political ads on their channels. Companies who accept these ads are receiving property stolen from the American people & are a disgrace for accepting them
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The 2024 version ended with Trump’s campaign logo and a number to text. The new version ends with: “Paid for by the U.S. Government.”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We found some more fraud, waste, and abuse. The third government-funded Trump ad has been identified by AdImpact in recent days. The latest ad is nearly identical to a video Trump posted during his 2024 presidential campaign. It shows him walking down a hallway declaring, “This is the final battle.”
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think this might be what pundits call “polarization”?
Tweet from NH libertarian party supporting assassination of every elected Democrat in the state
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Sitting on a corn flake @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is not AI. This is the president of the United States lunging at a black, female reporter.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Poor, sad, stupid orange white man. He would sell his soul—and country—for a few hollow words of praise."
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And a malignant narcissist is a narcissist who ends up trying to destroy everything he hasn’t contributed to and isn’t entitled to. ht: @narceducator.bsky.social
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/09/2026
People aren’t buying what Trump’s selling on his own social media platform these days. Brutal.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I asked the White House, the Pentagon and other officials this morning — is this real? A military complex in the middle of a traffic roundabout? Really?
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
How do we make teaching a sustainable career? We need: 🎒Education budget tied to the defense budget 🎒Teacher minimum wage 🎒Strong teacher unions 🎒Investment in the paraprofessionals that a kid needs to be their best learner and so teachers can focus on teaching
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Charlie Fox. @realseafox.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Dear maga, This is what a peaceful protest actually looks like. No property damage. No injured police. No shooting. No red hats.
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Jeanne R @hollijr27.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Once again, the Trump regime is causing hardship for American citizens. Many Americans are only able to afford their medications by ordering through Canadian pharmacies. Effective 10/22/26, prescription imports from Canada will be blocked. Trump really doesn't care if we live or die.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026
He's not got any idea what he's even voting on. He has to be told how to vote. He's incapacitated. He's incapable of representing the people of Kentucky who are currently being taxed without representation.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/09/2026
OOF -- Enten details how Trump went from +2 on Russia-Ukraine in 2024 to -33 (!) now, and how Zelenskyy polls among Americans at +13 compared to Trump's -18 (in other words, Zelenskyy is 31 points more popular in America than Trump!)
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Congressman Greg Landsman @repgreglandsman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Haitians living legally in Ohio have built families, careers, and churches here. Ending their protections and treating them like criminals serves neither justice nor humanity.
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Don't send Ohio's Haitian neighbors 'back to hell' | Opinion
Opinion: Haitians found safety in Ohio. America shouldn't send them back.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge Nichols, a Trump appointee in Washington, D.C., has *blocked* the administraiton's mail-in ballot plan, saying USPS lacked the authority to issue it. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm convinced that this is just a big a reason for the tariffs as any (misplaced) economic claims: Tariffs give Trump discretionary power, and he likes being the sort of guy who can use govt power on a whim to impress people (in this case), or in return for other favors.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
There is a reason Jared Kushner's dad has to bribe Harvard to accept him: He's just not very bright. And he shares a moral compass with his father and father-in-law, both unethical, greedy, scheming felons.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Trump’s claim that his $5k payoff isn’t a quid pro quo for voting Republican is undercut by the fact he’s not pushing to do it now, when Republicans already control Congress
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Lawyers for a witness to the killing of Alex Pretti confirmed she has given an interview to the feds. She witnessed Pretti murdered. Negotiations for the interview were in the works for weeks as she secured immunity so she could testify freely & without retribution as the probe is underway.
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She Watched Agents Kill Alex Pretti From The Backseat Of An ICE Vehicle. Now She Can Share What She Saw.
She’s been experiencing some trauma,” James Cook, an attorney for Wynnie Savageford, told HuffPost.
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LeftCoaster44 @leftcoaster44.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Nothing is dead if the boss wants it. Illegal, immoral, unconscionable, sure. But not dead
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/09/2026
It's a feature, not a bug
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is not the way it's supposed to work.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
$25,000 tickets for Trump's self-soothing party are now free. Supply and demand, my friends, is a wonderful thing
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/09/2026
not sure what's going on here but sorta looks like the old Air Force One is rolling up to confront Trump's bribe jet
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
When I said things couldn’t get dumber it wasn’t meant to be a dare
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Your annual reminder of what REALLY happened: Donald Trump went on WWOR Radio on 9/11/01--yes, that very day--to say that with the collapse of the Twin Towers, he now had the tallest building in New York. Which was a good preview of things to come, in that it was both disgusting and a lie.
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LeftCoaster44 @leftcoaster44.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Well, this is interesting
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders the Trump admin to provide 48 hours’ notice before doing any work on President Trump’s proposed arch.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/09/2026
Ha. Chutkan pulled the Arch case!!
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H. John Tran @johnhtran.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Former Fetterman staffers say yesterday’s Wall Street Journal story was “just the tip of the iceberg.” They say they have “stories and screenshots.” First drop: September 14. I’m following this one.
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Not only does this make perfect sense I predict its going to keep happening with no real oversight by corporations. The amount of completely AI generated media we encounter daily now is utterly terrifying.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 02/09/2026
JUST IN The challengers of Trump's mail-in voting executive order alerted a federal judge to the whistleblower's explosive warning that the IT system risks a "catastrophic failure" that could "derail" the midterm elections. Background www.allrisenews.com/p/usps-is-de...
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“Nurses and community activists gathered on South Congress Avenue in Austin on Thursday to call on hospitals to cut ties with [Peter Thiel’s] Palantir… The demonstration began outside 8VC, an investment firm whose founder, Joe Lonsdale, also co-founded Palantir.” 8/27/26 … 1/
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Nurses urge hospitals to cut ties with Palantir as protesters rally in Austin
Nurses and community activists gathered on South Congress Avenue in Austin on Thursday to call on hospitals to cut ties with Palantir Technologies, a company th
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is no coincidence. This is a multi-part plan by the GOP to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat. Please read and share. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Republicans, Trump DOJ press Supreme Court to weaken federal protection against last-minute voter purges
If the Supreme Court accepts their reading, states could have substantially more freedom to run systematic purge program in the final weeks before federal elections — precisely when an erroneous match...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The message he's sending to the Iranians is "the president is deeply insane and spiraling out of control along with his war"
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I called it. That is why he’s been traveling around the country doing political rallies at taxpayer expense in the middle of the week.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 28/08/2026
"For more than a year, the National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer." www.notus.org/agencies/tru...
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Trump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer
The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I hope it’s clear to everyone who cares about the survival of our democracy that we need massive turnout and landslide margins to counteract the lies and cries of fraud that are coming after the midterm vote.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/08/2026
"Look at the last 3 GOP presidents. One oversaw a double-dip recession with a savings & loans scandal that looted the Treasury. That was Bush I. Another oversaw near meltdown of the whole capitalist system. That was Bush II. Then the next presided over a pandemic-driven collapse. That was Trump I."
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Are voters finally realizing GOP presidents are disasters?
Michael Tomasky makes the case that they are.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The number of ways this is idiotic is… a lot
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Disappointing to wake up and find our economy and foreign policy is still in shambles despite the DC car race.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The central problem with Chief Justice Roberts’s Friday afternoon “administrative” stay in the White House ballroom case isn’t just the lack of any clear standards for such relief; it’s that it’s hard to see how, *whatever* the standards are, this case could satisfy them. Me in today’s “One First”:
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245. Irreparable Harm, “Administrative” Stays, and the White House Ballroom
Chief Justice Roberts’s order in the ballroom case is a useful illustration of how standardless the Court’s approach to “administrative” stays appears to be.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
On 9/11, US airspace closed, Canada launched Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander, a town of 10,000, received 38 airliners. Residents immediately sheltered, fed, clothed, and supported stranded passengers for days, providing this hospitality free of charge. interestingengineering.com/culture/oper...
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LeftCoaster44 @leftcoaster44.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Absolutely true. Trump is incapable of understanding sovereignty or alliances. He treats the whole world like his fiefdom. I’m so sick of this behavior!
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I am so tired of the relentless abuse of the law of stays by the Supreme Court. This is EXACTLY the opposite of what a stay is supposed to do. Roberts has given up pretending to apply the law on the shadow docket www.npr.org/2026/08/21/n...
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Supreme Court allows Trump's ballroom construction to continue for now
The ruling comes after months of back and forth between the Trump administration and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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LeftCoaster44 @leftcoaster44.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Well, that’s a good tradeoff, then: replace an experienced senator who sold his soul to kiss Trump’s ass but knew the importance of our global alliances with a domestic nutcase who has no experience with or understanding of strategic international relationships.
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