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@lkwriter.bsky.social
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Novelist. Marine biology, coral reef enthusiast. Interests: French language and politics, travel, mystery & spy fiction, literary classics, women artists.

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philsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social · 1h
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 2h
BBC had to ask the magistrate to allow for alternative service mechanisms, which they granted. But Trump was trying to use his presidential power to win an absurd suit against a news outlet. This should be an impeachable and jailable offense.
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lkwriter.bsky.social @lkwriter.bsky.social · 1h
“You’re robbing your constituents to subsidize your donors.” The entire GOP in a nutshell.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 11h
Yesterday afternoon, ICE agents — who did not present a warrant, and who appear to have been disguised as construction workers — fired 7 shots into a car with a 5-year-old child, hitting Oscar Belgal in the neck.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/10/2026
ICE can’t be reformed. It must be eliminated. #AbolishICE *
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“We want ICE out of the city. All they do is terrorize the city.” This is going to go big
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
7 shots fired. 4 pm in afternoon. At a car with 5-year old in it. Can’t use deadly force except in response to imminent threat of death of serious bodily injury. As in, from what we know, a blatantly illegal shooting. That’s without regard to victim’s criminal record. 7 Shots Fired.
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Ed Cote * Leftists and liberals are very different things. @edcote.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Literally, in the past two minutes I have seen at least 3 different Dem candidates call their opponents on their bullshit to their faces, plus Mamdani calling Trump to tell ICE to GTFO of NYC, and this is just the men. Wait till the women finally take the gloves off. It's gonna be glorious.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you're wondering what the real threat to "election integrity" is, it's billionaires.
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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 07/10/2026
good work justice kavanaugh
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mike Rogers led the charge to flood opioids into our communities. Here's what happened.
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Jax (the original) @jacqueline321.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
Letitia James AND Sally Yates??? AMAZING.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump called for a massive Iranian attack on Los Angeles. But what did he really mean?
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"In my 65 years of living, I've never seen the city in such an uproar..." deceleration.news/san-antonio-...
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'March Will Not End Tomorrow': San Antonio Immigration Protest Resists New ICE Facility
Community organizers and local elected leaders join vigil outside 640,000-square-foot warehouse slated to house thousands amid growing ICE violence and deportation enforcement pushback.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Full frame @shutterspeed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My submission for #birdoftheday, #blueskies
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Eyes on the prize (sending Rogers back to Florida.)
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/10/2026
NEW: Nearly 150,000 California mail ballots were thrown out in June's primary — most for arriving too late. Midterm voting starts TODAY. Don't let your ballot be next. Mail it by Oct. 27 or use a drop-off location. Here's what you need to know:
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California early voting starts today. Here’s what you need to know
Californians are voting amid an unusually turbulent fight over how ballots are cast, delivered, counted and protected.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Weird coincidence
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Louis Nelson 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @anelson1818.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
people are getting too high on the polling there. at the end of the day polls usually underestimate the GOP in the midwest and TX
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
a competitive texas is like a vicksburg level defeat for the GOP
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whether it’s Obama saying “yes we can” or Donald Trump say “we’re gonna shove it up their ass” both presidents adopted divisive slogans.
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shep @shepherdone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's become crystal clear by now that, for whatever reasons, the Times simply cannot or will not tell the ugly truths about Trump.
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🦋 C.G., PhD 🐸 (🪖"Prima" AKA "Battle" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🖊 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
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Kygosi @kygosi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
College athletics: get outside the power conferences and major sports, and the gambling and tv money, and it can be kinda inspiring! Fraternities: burn them to the ground and salt the earth
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🇨🇦 thimbles.bsky.social 🇨🇦 @thimbles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As @bluegal.bsky.social might say, "Say polarization one more g-dddamn time!" It appears people are catching on to this polarization cop out that @jamellebouie.net makes work of in this video: youtu.be/gwW90Xrfon4 containing real @driftglass.bsky.social vibes.
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Forget about "polarization"; the real problem with American politics is the radicalized right-wing
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
we all are 57 men were on that text chain women have been reporting they have been dismissed or even blamed “Victim blaming" by law enforcement is cited in 25% of cases as a reason why survivors stop cooperating 98% of rapists will never spend a day in prison #cornell
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mayor Mamdani Enjoys Doing His Job For New Yorkers.......
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks Reagan 😕 The Republican agenda for the past 45 years in one chart 👇🏽
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Chrysalis4444 @chrysalis4444.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've only managed to get thru page 22 of the Complaint & I am sick to my stomach already, reliving the brutality, racism and lies leading to Good's & Pretti's deaths. When will this vile insanity cease?
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda.
44. At all relevant times, Defendants Ross, Miller, Noem, Lyons, Homan,
Bovino, and the John Doe Federal Agents acted under color of federal law and within the
scope of a joint enterprise with the private actors described below. Defendant
Lewandowski acted in part under color of federal law and in part, as alleged below, as a
private person, his federal status having been limited to a temporary part-time designation
that his conduct exceeded. Shirley, Rufo, and Ben Bergquam, and the other non-party
private actors described below, agreed to and in fact participated in the conspiracy alleged
here: each acted in concert with, and with the knowledge and encouragement of, federal
officials.
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“The State Department’s Office of Remigration, a small unit carved out of its refugee bureau, has pledged at least $410 million in taxpayer money to secure deals with 31 countries, mostly in Africa and Latin America, that agree to accept third-country deportees.” [Linda Chavez, @theunpopulist.net]
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The Supreme Court Just Consigned Migrants to Cruelty Far Beyond Their Crimes
Letting the administration deport them for now to nasty third-country dictatorships should shock our conscience
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John Lechner @johnlechner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here's a dahlia from my garden. 🌺🌱 #bloomscrolling
Photo of a pale pink dahlia with an endless swirl of conical petals growing out from the center.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026
Black text on white page that reads:

The Rent Guidelines Board’s rent freeze for one- and two-year leases goes into effect today! 

If you’re in a rent-stabilized apartment, any lease renewal starting today must remain at the same rent that it was last year.

Contact 311 and ask for the Tenant Helpline to find out whether your building is covered and your rights as a tenant.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
What happened after Donald Trump took a wrecking ball to federal child care programs? 400+ day cares shut down in Oklahoma. 300+ programs shut down in Indiana. HUNDREDS more have closed nationwide. Our families deserve better.
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schweinberghere.bsky.social @schweinberghere.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is leading on an issue instead of cowering behind focus groups and consultants, and far too rare in the Democratic Party.
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ElieMar @eliemar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#michigan Vote Dr. El-Sayed #michiganders he is a Health expert/believes in Health/Child care for ALL Free Public Education Money out of Government Money in your Pocket Affordable Housing Democrats for Workers Republicans serve OLIGARCHS & Trump No Healthcare for workers UNAFFORDABLE economy
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
✖️The changes in this bill will eliminate tens of thousands of energy and manufacturing jobs in Michigan due to lost investment. ✖️Michigan hospitals will lose $6 billion in Medicaid payments by 2036. ✖️Over 200K Michiganders are set to lose healthcare.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
To name some of the worst... ✖️Medicaid and SNAP have been cut to deliver $4.5 trillion in tax cuts primarily for billionaires and corporations. ✖️Michigan is set to lose $2-3 billion annually in federal Medicaid and SNAP funding.
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lkwriter.bsky.social @lkwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Making both teams transgender
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The Mighty Jungle💙💛 @ocanannain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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lkwriter.bsky.social @lkwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also confused genders of the teams
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Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/09/2026
Being a leftist means taking big shots. And making them.
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Mini @minerva-xk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The corruption, self dealing, and bigotry need to be tied to the cost of living problem.
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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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