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Lauren OBrien

@lobrien428.bsky.social
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Veterinarian, animal lover, dog & parrot owner, survivor, & American who believes in accountability & freedom -moving forward with hope...not going back (even if we are stuck in a quicksand of insanity/hate/ignorance for 18months to 4yrs.) MassBooklets.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10h
ha!! www.ms.now/news/a-gop-p...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'll be on MS NOW with @nicollewallace.bsky.social at 5PM Eastern tonight/Friday -- see you there! @deadlinewh.bsky.social
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 24/09/2026
Judge Kelly basically says the government’s invocation of “national security” as a reason to ban the media is BS and not the true reason for the Trump media ban. Nor is national security furthered by the ban. Immediate reinstatement ordered.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
1/That didn’t take long: Judge Kelly enters a 14-day temp injunction based only on due process. CNN, MSNOW & Politico get their hard passes back while briefing for a prelim injunc happens. No stay of the order b/c it’s likely not appealable the Judge says. joycevance.substack.com/p/king-trump...
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King Trump: Privileges, Not Rights
It’s all about whether the press can criticize the president
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING: We won! And we get discovery into this crazy demolition threat to boot. Kudos to our wonderful client @repbeatty.bsky.social and to my colleagues at DDF and WLG. Formal statement to follow.
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WCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston @wcvb5.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Senate blocks cryptocurrency regulation as Democrats push back on Trump investments | Click on the image to read the full story
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Senate blocks cryptocurrency regulation as Democrats push back on Trump investments
Senate Democrats have blocked legislation to create a new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
At the top, Lac Ontario identified on a map from 1688. On the bottom, the announcement in February 1867 that the new province would take its name from Lake Ontario.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to compel Washington, D.C. to provide the DOJ with access to its complete voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-21 in these cases. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...
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🚨 United States of America v. Evans
Learn more.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/08/2026
FYI: Blanche rescinded the ORDER establishing the slush fund, not the underlying “settlement.” The settlement says any changes must be agreed to by ALL parties, not just Todd. This “rescission” isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
In case anyone needs a quote from me about this: "I'm still not tired of winning." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump DOJ loses bid for New Jersey voter rolls, now 0 for 18
The ruling arrived one day after New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) formally rejected a new DOJ request for personal information about people mistakenly registered through a software failure.
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Today, in violations of the rule of law that would be sufficient for impeachment in any other American presidency but aren't in this one because pathological partisan loyalty has rotted the constitutional order:
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
2 minutes in Jen said Rachel has the night off and will be back next week :/
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
2 minutes in Jen said Rachel has the night off and will be back next week :/
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
2 minutes in Jen said Rachel has the night off and will be back next week :/
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
2 minutes in Jen said Rachel has the night off and will be back next week :/
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
2 minutes in she said Rachel has the night off and will be back next week :/
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I feel like some White House reporter needs to ask Trump about the fact that his DOJ has lost 16 straight cases to access state voter rolls and that in 7 of the cases it was before judges he nominated. Oh and point out that I am still not tired of winning.
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
New reporting from the Portland Press Herald and the AP reveal the violent history of the ICE agent who fatally shot a 25-year-old father in Maine—and raises urgent questions about how he was hired.
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HOW did ICE hire him? Bombshell report reveals violent past of agent in Maine shooting
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. Thanks. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Lawrence O'Donnell @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I watched the whole insane thing so you didn’t have to. It was a 25 minute pitch for one piece of legislation that the Republican Senate refuses to pass. Included gems like “We are winning big in Iran.” msnow at 10pm
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Congressman Raul Ruiz, MD @repraulruizmd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Step one in the authoritarian playbook is to sow mistrust in our elections to justify not accepting the will of the people and imposing their own.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 17/07/2026
Trump does not believe in fair and free elections. He believes in one thing: authoritarianism.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
In 2020, Trump lied before the election, lied after the election and -- when he lost in court -- incited a violent insurrection at the Capitol. Right now, he is lying and losing in court ahead of 2026. He is going to escalate and we need to be ready.
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Maybe it's like a mood ring...then the color change makes sense ;)
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
WOW. The ex-wife of the ICE officer who shot a 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine has come forward to say that he had mental health issues and was abusive in their relationship. She says after the shooting he called asking her to vouch for him — instead, she went to the press.
Ashley Brouillette told the Portland Press Herald in a phone interview Thursday afternoon that her ex-husband called admitting to the shooting and defending his actions. The Press Herald reviewed a screenshot of incoming calls Ashley Brouillette received from her ex-husband’s current wife’s Facebook account on Wednesday.

“He was asking me to lie for him and to cover for his character,” Ashley Brouillette said. “I told him that I was not going to lie for him. And then he tried to say that it was a justified shooting because the guy tried to hit him with his car.”

She said she has seen videos of Brouillette on the scene of the shooting and confirmed that was him on scene, telling him: “nowhere in there does it show that this man charged at you with a car.”

“In his head it’s justified. He’s unusually calm about it,” she said.Ashley Brouillette told a reporter that she wanted to speak publicly because she had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health. She said he was abusive in their relationship. She said that she’s been inundated with calls, since reports of Brouillette’s involvement began circulating online, threatening her and her family.
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
When institutions fall short, people still deserve the facts. Here’s what every family should know about Cyclospora—and how to stay safe.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Good to know this week that DHS has a 2-death limit.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
We cannot accept the reckless use of deadly force by federal agents as normal. There is a pattern of this administration misleading the public and withholding key facts after these killings.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Elias Law Group has defeated DOJ lawsuits to access state voter files in: California Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Wisconsin DOJ has not won a single case. It is 0-12.
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Wow -thought this was a gag- but actual idiots holding the reins behind the scenes🤦‍♀️(on the Democratic side)wtf -now Platner makes sense www.threads.com/@jreakle/pos...
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Joshua Reed Eakle (@jreakle) on Threads
Meet the team who vetted Graham Platner. Their reaction after the interviewer asks about the Nazi tattoo speaks volumes.
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Governor of Kentucky just asked for proof of life...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
“What kind of man would cheat at this golf?” 😂
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Definitely. Wondering if all these artists allowed their songs to be used after the trump rally speech though 🤔
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Orange trash (interesting)
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MS NOW @ms.now · 02/07/2026
MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: "There is no way I'm going to be intimidated." Former special counsel Jack Smith tells @nicollewallace.bsky.social why it's important for him to speak out.
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 29/06/2026
In the Slaughter case today, the S. Ct signals that civil service protections for DOJ and myriad other government agencies are a nullity, in favor of the "vigor" and "secrecy" of presidential power. This decision will have huge consequences for our government and system of checks and balances.
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Ted Lieu @tedlieu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It is simply a FACT that a jury found trump had sexually abused E. Jean Carroll.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 25/06/2026
Trump is having tourists arrested over imaginary vandalism.
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
SCOOP: A priest who is close to Trump successfully lobbied him to grant clemency to the fraudster David Gentile. Gentile privately indicated Father Frank Mann was paid for his help. EDNY prosecutors opened an investigation into the commutation. But it was closed by Trump political appointees.
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Trump Administration Shuttered a Criminal Probe Into Fraudster’s Clemency
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
...also outlawing use of all Invisibility cloaks in DC area. A great guy, Harry Potter made them famous, but not allowed near the reflecting pool as they fool the 24/7 cameras. Harry once said to me "sir,..."
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"suggested"? pretty sure he was citing facts
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Update: Back on in Boston 🎉
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
downdetector.com/status/xfini... 26,000+ reports (Check comments at bottom of their page to see wide range of locations) ugh... I did manage to use my xfinity login to watch msnow online on msnow.com (so thinking that should work for other channels as well)
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Real-time outage overview for Xfinity. Problems with your TV signal, phone issues or is internet down? We'll tell you what is going on.
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Xfinity @comcast TV outage in Boston,MA ...looking on Downdetector appears to be out across the country (DC,NJ, Chicago, CA, FL) But comcast outage map not load😑 #xfinity
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Lauren OBrien @lobrien428.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
...and he created a giant pool of "dip"
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Graph of Strait of Hormuz crossings since June 2025. See that little spike all the way on the right? The one that's much lower than the leftward 2/3 of the graph, and immediately crashes back down? That's what the US government and quite a bit of US media tell us is fully open, with normal traffic.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/06/2026
The $1.7 million no-bid contract to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool went to a company ultimately owned by Trump donor John J. Cafaro, who previously pleaded guilty in separate federal cases involving bribery and campaign finance violations. The company's name? Greenwater Services.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026
Trump struggles to clasp the Medal of Honor to Major Nicholas Dockery -- and then ties it?
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