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I love food. Declaration, Constitution, Bill of Rights. Also, there is no Republic w/o Democracy

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Sen. Chris Murphy: "Right now members of Congress are being denied the ability to see the damage at these bases because there's a coverup underway. There's a coverup underway to try to hide the cost of this war and the debacle it has caused in the region."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump was so fundamentally unprepared for this war that within days of the war starting, our billion dollar air bases and naval bases in the region were obliterated by the Iranians. Every single American should be furious about that."
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LibraryBanana @librarybanana.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
SO 1984!
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LibraryBanana @librarybanana.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
WHAT riot????
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LibraryBanana @librarybanana.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Yes!!!
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
Putin throws lifeline to try to save Trump in the midterms. In return, American dollars go to Russia and get put toward killing innocent Ukrainians. Trump/Russia right out in the open. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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Putin throws Trump midterm lifeline as Russia agrees to supply diesel
Donald Trump announced today that Vladimir Putin has agreed to supply the US with hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
WOW!! Let’s go!!!
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Coward.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump has denied disaster relief for Illinois following severe storms in August. Trump approved a request from Indiana for damage resulting from the same storms. One is a "blue state." The other is a "red state." No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hi folks. I live-streamed tonight a little earlier than usual. And had a LOT to say about living up to this moment. All of us. m.youtube.com/watch?v=LPzG...
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A Few Thoughts For Those Who Can't Sleep -- October 4 Edition
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I’m picturing Barack and Michelle in a room going, ‘what the fuck is he talking about!?’
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
They literally don’t want your vote. They’re eliminating polling places and working against mail-in ballots. The majority is against them, and they know it.
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
House Republicans failed to muster the necessary votes to back a proposed constitutional amendment that would set membership of SCOTUS at nine, although they did remind everyone that the number of justices is not enshrined in the Constitution and can be amended at any time by statute.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Her death is a reminder to KEEP PUSHING FORWARD.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rando story: 40 years ago, I was on a subway reading her essay, “If Men Could Menstruate.” Noticed a guy reading it over my shoulder. So before I turned a page, I glanced to see if he was finished. Figured the more men who read her work, the better. The essay: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK565...
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If Men Could Menstruate
In this satirical piece, Gloria Steinem scrutinizes the sexist social constructions dominant Western attitudes towards menstruation by imagining a world in which men, not women, are menstruators. Thro...
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In Steinem’s words:
“If feminism means each of us finding our unique power, and helping other women do the same, Dolly Parton certainly has done both.”
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tomorrow on "History Matters...:" Party Realignment: What Comes Next? Both parties are divided and chaotic. Right before an election. What does it mean? Let's explore. Friday 10AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4vh...
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Party Realignment: What Comes Next?
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied a right-wing group’s request to force Michigan to place a proposed constitutional amendment requiring proof of citizenship to vote on the November 2026 ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court denies right-wing group’s bid to force Michigan proof-of-citizenship measure on November ballot
The denial, issued by Justice Brett Brett Kavanaugh, likely means the measure is dead.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 03/09/2026
James Talarico on America’s backwards priorities: “I wish our government would go after pedophiles the way they go after brown men headed to work at 7 a.m.” Me too. #SheShed
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/09/2026
Republicans gave the Education Department an extra $1 billion to manage federal student loans. Since then, student loan defaults have hit record highs —and the agency won't tell us how it’s spent the money. I’m pressing for answers.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨NEW from @propublica.org: over "the strongest possible" objection from the Minnesota federal prosecutor in charge of the case, senior Trump officials reportedly rejected civil rights charges against the ICE officer who shot a man and then lied about it. He'll be charged with false statements only.
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota had been preparing to charge Castro with deprivation of rights under color of law for the shooting of Sosa-Celis, according to several people familiar with the case. Those charges are similar to the ones leveled against Minneapolis police officers accused in George Floyd’s killing and can carry hefty prison sentences. 

Late on Tuesday, Matthew Evans, the assistant U.S. attorney in Minnesota in charge of the case, told lawyers for Sosa-Celis and other victims to prepare for Castro to be charged “only with False Statements,” according to an email that was reviewed by ProPublica. 

That charge would likely carry a far less severe punishment if he were convicted.

“This is being directed by the Main Justice and the US Attorney,” Evans wrote in a remarkably candid account of internal deliberations. “I objected in the strongest possible terms and fought it as hard as I could. It wasn’t enough.”
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
NEW: @epic.org has filed the latest lawsuit to challenge the Department of Homeland Security's work on adult U.S. citizen lists for President Trump's order that's trying to restrict mail-in voting for the midterm election www.courtlistener.com/docket/74728...
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#1 in Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (D. Maryland, 8:26-cv-03457) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Joseph B. Edlow, U.S. Social Security Administration, Frank Bisignano, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, U.S. Departm...
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
UPDATE: The U.S. Postal Service is "carefully reviewing" concerns a whistleblower raised about its online portal system for President Trump’s push to restrict mail-in voting for the midterm election, a USPS spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday www.npr.org/2026/09/01/n...
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USPS 'carefully reviewing' whistleblower claim on plan for Trump's mail in voting order
A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Was just watching “I’m Still Here”, a film about a family suffering under the Brazilian dictatorship, and one thing not discussed enough about the rise of fascism is: for a lot of people, it’s the perfect chance to unleash hate as a recreational activity. For them, it’s fun.
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c4miles222.bsky.social @c4miles222.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Only 1️⃣ Way Forward … #BlueWaveDecade2026-2036 🗳️🌊🌊🌊
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
First time I’ve used this meme. How could I not?
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شكرا
Alt: شكر
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,
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Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Sam Waterston, the television and film actor, said he was motivated to attend the demonstration because he did not want his alma mater to “give in to a bully.” “This [presidential] administration has been getting us all acquainted with what it feels like to live in an authoritarian society."
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Yale demonstrators challenge potential Trump DOJ settlement
The university prohibited reporters from covering the event on campus.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hook this right into my veins.
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Joe Morelle @morelle.house.gov · 01/09/2026
These whistleblower allegations are extraordinary. If Trump Administration officials knowingly built a system designed to prevent Americans from receiving their ballots, that is not election security. It is a betrayal of our Constitution and the American people.
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 01/09/2026
@nbcnews.com is reporting that ICE arrested 50,000 people in August — 100,000 over the course of the summer. At the pace they're building or contracting jail space, that number can only realistically be expected to go up from here.
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ICE arrests 50,000 people in August, continuing record pace
ICE is in the midst of a nationwide arrest surge that is not as visible as aggressive enforcement efforts from earlier in 2026.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is likely why Republicans keep hawking data centers when they're deeply unpopular with actual voters. The money demands they do.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 01/09/2026
*88* thousand dollars is not a random choice. 88 = HH = Heil Hitler
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa www.tampabay.com/news/2026/08...
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Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
ICE sent them away under a controversial policy without knowing where they were going or what would happen next.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Interesting!
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“To avoid the White House’s rage…” The president as a classic abuser. Any victim of abuse has lived/lives this dynamic. Do whatever you have to do to avoid rage.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
To folks who think caving on things like “Lake America” doesn’t matter in the long run… It does. It invites more such ego-serving It suggests that there’s no push back. It teaches people to expect more of the same. It matters.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The new CDC Director is indeed the one who ordered the count of measles deaths to be changed from 2 to 0. “The highly unusual decision departs from the agency’s practice of including such data from state health departments, which historically make the determinations”.
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New CDC director delays adding Pennsylvania deaths to measles data
The deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D).
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Constitution is a nuisance to Trump, & trashing it has become a hobby The Kennedy Center is the latest object of it, & he has no legal power to touch its name or close its doors. Congress wrote that into law & he doesn't get a veto @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG are in court👇 -TN
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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This change grants Commerce political appointees veto power over data and research releases by scientists and statisticians at NOAA, NIST, Census, and BEA.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Yes, they were. We were. In the Orwellian way — the courage to see the absolutely obvious. But the most important way they were right was in the insistence on speaking out, on showing up, on organizing. (1/2)
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.
Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/09/2026
the press has gotten completely habituated to the ugly and hateful behavior of the people in this government so i will be surprised if anyone ever asks hegseth why he thinks it is appropriate to mock children for wanting to learn, grow and maybe serve their country
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 01/09/2026
Why the erosion of the presumption of regularity presents significant opportunities to those challenging the Trump administration’s agenda in court, from Governing for Impact's Jordan Ascher. www.justsecurity.org/155321/presu...
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What the Presumption of Regularity’s Erosion Means for Challenges to Executive Action
The erosion of the presumption of regularity presents opportunities to those challenging the Trump administration’s agenda in court.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Mangoes recalled in 4 states over salmonella risk #TheHill
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Mangoes recalled in 4 states over salmonella risk
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Simon J. Reynolds @semperaliquid.net · 27/08/2026
Have a tissue handy when you watch Joanne Freeman’s tribute to Dolly Parton and her under-the-radar generosity. @jbf1755.bsky.social is too classy (but I’m not) to contrast he who demands applause for never doing nothing for nobody! (Yes, that’s exactly whom I mean!) www.youtube.com/live/2iWmK-Z...
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A Few Thoughts For Those Who Can't Sleep -- August 26 Edition
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
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