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Lois

@loislew.bsky.social
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I appreciate truth, kindness, compassion, snark, and good books. “Live your best life.”

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 1h
When JFK ran, they said the country would never elect a Catholic president. When Obama ran, they said the country would never elect a Black president. Michiganders care a lot less about how I pray than what I pray for: peace, dignity, basic goodness for all of our kids.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3h
Meta suspended the No Kings Instagram account today. Mark Zuckerberg is fixing elections everywhere. The US should charge and imprison him Voter Coercion (via silencing the opposition) can be punished by 5 years in jail.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h
A trillion dollars in interest expense — in one year. And a 100 basis-point rise across the yield curve would drive up 2027 interest costs by another $310 billion. “A snowballing of debt.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Adam Schiff @adamschiff.com · 11h
Elon Musk has decided the cheapest way to get what he wants is to simply buy a Senator. And there's no one more corrupt — or more willing to be bought — than Ken Paxton.
nytimes.com
Elon Musk Spends Heavily to Back Ken Paxton’s Senate Bid in Texas
The world’s richest person, who has become the biggest known midterm donor, gave $158 million to a group that quickly spent that much to help Mr. Paxton’s Senate bid in Texas.
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Lois @loislew.bsky.social · 3h
16% of the electricity used in China comes from wind turbines. Natalie needs to correct Trump. www.forbes.com/sites/mattra...
forbes.com
China Does In Fact Have Wind Turbines, A Lot Of Them.
China has more wind power than any country in the world and is currently adding twice as much as the rest of the world combined.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h
Asking Marsha Blackburn how she’d stop rural hospital closures is like asking a lifeguard who watched 18 people go under for swimming tips. On her watch, 18 rural Tennessee hospitals closed or stopped inpatient care and now we lead the nation per capita in closures.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 5h
UPDATE: While the No Kings Instagram is back up, admins remain locked out and cannot post Meta must restore full access immediately Until then, continue following for updates: @ACLU.org , @MoveOn.org , @publiccitizen.bsky.social & @Indivisible.org -TN
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Norm Eisen (@normeisen.bsky.social)
🚨 BREAKING: Meta pulled down the main No Kings Instagram accounts. We demand answers for why this happened during our Na
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 4h
Didn't Trump leave military plans in spilled boxes of classified documents in the shitter and then wave a military attack map around in front of Susie Wiles?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h
X is owned by Musk. TikTok is blocking the Musk movie account. Meta blocked the No Kings account. This is why Democracy Docket is not built on SubStack or any third-party platform that could one day turn against it. It costs more to operate but is worth it. Subscribe now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h
Despite assurances from the Trump administration, ProPublica found the government has turned its vast security and surveillance apparatus against the Tohono O’odham Nation. “The drones flying over us all day,” one tribal member said, “it’s a lot.”
propublica.org
As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones
For decades, the Tohono O’odham Nation collaborated with DHS to stave off a border wall. Despite their cooperation, the Trump administration is barreling forward with a project that would divide their...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6h
Trump oligarch Mark Zuckerberg has suspended the No Kings Instagram account in the middle of the national day of action.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 6h
Mark Zuckerberg has suspended the No Kings Instagram account in midst of Day of Action. Billionaires want you under their boot heels ... or worse.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h
Taylor: He has turned the presidency into a side hustle. He has turned the White House into a deposit box for bribes, and he has turned your government into, forgive my words, a fucking ATM machine. So no, we don't want his name on the buildings.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 7h
Russia is cooperating with Iran. So why is Trump cooperating with Russia? Like the diesel deal, this decision is a gift to the very forces attacking our service members.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h
Nobody hates free speech more than the fascist tech oligarchs who claimed to care about it more than anyone. What an absolute joke. P.S. they also hate democracy. As we hand them control of the country. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 7h
Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas calls to investigate Republican President Trump's Aid and Comfort to Russia/Putin. Zelensky confirmed Starlink continues to disconnect above 161km/h - Ukraine can't intercept Russian drones, and tests outside Ukraine border show the sabotage is willful.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h
Millions are marching while Trump hides in Palm Beach, waives his own Russia sanctions, threatens LA election workers with jail, and tries to boot the judge who caught him chopping 430 trees for a golf course. Today’s Saturday Update:
meidasplus.com
Saturday Updates: No Kings Protests TAKE OVER USA as Trump Hands Putin a Gift – 10/17/26
Important updates. Paywall Free.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h
(THR) - TikTok has banned the entire Musk film account, citing political content that violates its policies. .. raises concerns about Big Tech suppression that the very film seeks to expose.” @thr.com www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h
From @mehdirhasan.bsky.social on ‘NAZA’: Abraham asks a soldier a remarkably blunt question: “Do you think it’s a genocide?” “Yes,” the IDF soldier replies. “Completely.” He points to the “intentional” killing of Palestinian civilians, including children. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h
A federal judge has threatened to sanction Trump for failing to sit for a deposition in the $10 billion lawsuit he filed against the BBC.
bloomberg.com
Judge Threatens Trump With Sanctions to Testify in BBC Lawsuit
A judge threatened to sanction President Donald Trump for failing to sit for a mandatory deposition in the $10 billion defamation suit he filed against the British Broadcasting Corp.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 8h
This is pathetic. Ukraine tested Starlink speed restrictions in Europe and had no issues - the restrictions only exist in Ukraine. The Trump administration is actively helping Russia kill Ukrainians - and risking the lives of US and NATO advisors in Ukraine.
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Sarah Trone Garriott @sarahforiowa.bsky.social · 10h
Since the Iran War began, Iowa gas prices have climbed faster than the U.S. average, costing us an extra $815.8 million. Zach Nunn’s 5 votes for this war are driving up our costs. Eight months into a war they said would take 2 weeks, Trump & Hegseth clearly had no exit plan.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h
So the president claims not to know who did something that should only be doable, if at all, with the president’s knowledge, if not by the president himself.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h
COLORADO — 🔥 @kyleclark.bsky.social grills senate candidate @MarkBaisley for lying about the 2020 elections: “Do you have any interest in answering for the election-rigging lies you stoked?” Why are they all not handled exactly this way?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
New in PN: Who wants to visit an authoritarian America? "Data shows the US on its way to being as unpopular a tourist destination as Russia, & for roughly the same reasons. In both countries, a tourist who runs afoul of the govt might spend months in a freezing warehouse without no legal counsel."
publicnotice.co
Who wants to visit an authoritarian America?
Trump take tourism.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 14h
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h
One thing we need to be prepared for on election night is that there will be a premature rush to characterize the results from incomplete and early results, and once that narrative sets in, it can be hard to shake even as the numbers change. I wrote about this phenomenon in the 2018 midterms:
washingtonpost.com
Perspective | Yes, Mr. President, Tuesday was a blue wave
Why pundits and the president got it wrong, and why it matters
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h
BRAZIL 🇧🇷: A judge ordered META to stop intentionally helping Bolsonaro (son of an insurrectionist) against Progressive President Lula. Tech oligarchs meddling with elections across the globe. www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h
🚨BREAKING: Trump DOJ Threatens to PROSECUTE Election Officials for Counting Votes youtu.be/ZSbtmNnSRYI?...
youtu.be
Trump DOJ Threatens to PROSECUTE Election Officials for Counting Votes
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
#Iowa When a former GOP state rep crosses party lines to endorse Josh Turek-joining a former U.S. Senator, four sitting Senators, & 28 Iowa legislators, that says something! #IA unions, teachers, & machinists have made their call. These endorsements matter. Vote 4 Josh Turek! #ResistanceUnited
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 12h
And lying that he was in a hospital in Ohio for depression; I'd just like to ask, where's Mitch's cognitive tests?
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Abolish ICE.
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 11h
A fitting tribute to a bad person who sacrificed what few morals he had in support of an even worse person
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 12h
Holy cow. Donald Trump just admits he’s fully covering for Putin directly insinuating he has “details” he will release that show Putin didn’t start the war. The President of the USA is doing propaganda for Russia and Putin. MAGA you are a joke.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11h
Zelenskyy says Starlink restrictions REMAIN in Ukraine, crippling interceptor drones and military operations. He says Ukraine has evidence the restrictions are DELIBERATE after testing Starlink systems in the EU, where they worked perfectly at speeds that cause connections to fail inside Ukraine.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12h
Evidence clearly shows that Trump directed the sabotaging of Ukraine's StarLink systems in order to help Russian ballistic missiles reach their targets (Ukrainian civilians) with no defensive interference. He has blood on his hands. www.ft.com/content/e267...
ft.com
Zelenskyy says Starlink speed limits in Ukraine are a ‘planned operation’
President says restrictions only apply in Ukraine and are hampering efforts to intercept Russian attacks
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Canada is the greatest country on earth. A country where you are free to be who you want to be. To speak your mind. To worship as you choose. To live your life as you wish. That is independence. That is sovereignty.
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 16h
Washington takes a concrete and reckless step toward World War III. This decision undermines American interests and may go down as one of the gravest mistakes in American foreign policy, emboldening the aggressor to wage more war!
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13h
Peter Thiel's Growing Empire. The most revealing report yet into the AI company’s business across the continent, by a consortium led by Follow the Money, shows that Peter Thiel's Palantir holds €1.4bn of contracts—but that, as in the UK, doubts are growing about it as a partner.
thenerve.news
‘A new kind of power’: investigation reveals spread of Palantir’s influence across Europe
The most revealing report yet into the AI company’s business across the continent, by a consortium led by Follow the Money, shows it holds €1.4bn of contracts – but that, as in the UK, doubts are grow...
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
“The letter states Omar and her lawyers weren’t given a copy of the warrant prior to the search, as had been required by the judge. It says she made numerous efforts to contact counsel at the start of the search, but the agents prevented her from doing so for more than an hour.”
wsj.com
Exclusive | In New Letter, Ilhan Omar Fights Back Against Home Search
Lawyers for the Minnesota congresswoman asked federal prosecutors to return items seized this week from her Washington residence.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14h
“Destruction of the state. Liberation of those Olympic Gods, to pillage wherever they want without having to worry about messy laws to constrain them. Everything will belong to them.”
chadbourn.substack.com
Musk’s Personal Bible
The terrifying book that explains everything going wrong
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thegr8beagle.bsky.social @thegr8beagle.bsky.social · 12h
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Nacho Libre's 'This Is Bullshit' Tantrum
ALT: Nacho Libre's 'This Is Bullshit' Tantrum
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h
Again: Elon (with Trump’s permission) throttling Ukraine via Starlink to help Putin kill Ukrainians. Building Starlink into essential systems is handing Elon supervillain-level powers. More: www.ft.com/content/e267...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h
🚨NEWS: Trump just WAIVED sweeping sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia under the Lindsey Graham Russia and Iran Sanctions Act, which he signed just LAST MONTH. The executive order suspends 500% tariffs on Russian goods and 100% tariffs targeting major buyers of Russian energy.
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Lois @loislew.bsky.social · 12h
www.ms.now/news/zelensk...
ms.now
Russia hits more than 15 energy sites to force blackouts in Ukraine, Zelenskyy says
The Ukrainian president urged supporters to speak out in defense of the new U.S. sanctions against Russia hours after Donald Trump paused a package of restrictions targeting the Russian economy.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 18h
⚡️ Update: Trump sides with ‘bloodthirsty thug’ by Russia sanctions waiver, Senator Blumenthal says.
kyivindependent.com
Trump waives latest Russia sanctions amid growing Ukraine-US tensions
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a broad waiver of sanctions under the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act on Oct. 16.
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Marjorie Taylor Greene comes out with a statement opposing the raid on Ilhan Omar before Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Democratic Party
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16h
Trump now completely out of the closet as Putin’s puppet. Things must be getting desperate if he can’t hide it any more.
bbc.co.uk
Trump waives several Russia sanctions as row with Zelensky intensifies
The US president temporarily ends many restrictions on Moscow recently passed by Congress over "national security" concerns.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h
The United States is actively helping Putin murder civilians in Ukraine. Trump is doing everything he can to force Ukraine to surrender to his friend and ally Putin so they can be subjugated by the Russians again.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h
In a leaked and verified audiotape published today in the Bolivian media, Brad Parscale's partner in MAGA SUR, Fernando Cerimedo is heard discussing with Bolivia's minister of public works their scheme, funded and supported by the Trump administration to kidnap former Bolivian President Evo Morales.
brujuladigital.net
Un audio más: Cerimedo y Zamora habrían coordinado un operativo para capturar a Evo
La voz atribuida al exasesor dice que el operativo costaría hasta $us 8 millones y admite que “la Policía va a ser todo dentro de la norma, todo lo que sea por fuera lo voy a hacer yo”.
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