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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 09/10/2026
My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️

"Today in Marble Hill, ICE agents fired multiple shots at a man in his vehicle while his 5-year-old child was in the back seat.
ICE's already unwelcome presence in our city has been growing more escalatory and dangerous by the day. Today's shooting is a grave development that requires a swift and immediate response to protect the safety of all New Yorkers.
First, we must have a full and independent investigation of this incident.
"There must also be a full and immediate release of all body camera footage of the incident.
In addition, the Target Corporation must stop offering their Bronx properties as private staging sites for ICE, in compliance with requests from New York officials. Target opening up large, active retail parking lots for paramilitary activity is unacceptable and places the entire community at risk.
ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency.
It does not belong in New York City and it should not exist in the United States of America. Abolish ICE.”
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tillis wants credit for almost being brave enough to sink Hegseth’s nomination, while luring Hegseth’s accuser into the spotlight. The gall of such a person is enraging.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Say you live on the Eastern Seaboard without saying you live on the Eastern Seaboard: Elevation Gain: 111 feet
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’s a good idea for all of us to share when we vote. The more boring and safe the experience was, the more important it is to share. If anyone is scared to vote, find a friend, a neighbor, or a family member to go with you.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’ll be a surprise if you don’t like it.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If your politics require you to stop seeing someone as human the moment you learn their immigration status, something is very wrong with you!
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Schumer’s equivocal
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There will be no peace until the lies stop. There can be no peace, if there are only lies. Truth is difficult. Truth can be hard to agree on, but we will drown without it.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Is anyone, regardless of their party or ideology, more infuriating than Chuck Schumer?
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There must never be equivocation about the dignity we as humans owe to other humans. We must observe certain human rights regardless of citizenship. Any politician who gives excuses about how they thought this was going to be about the “worst of the worst,” is explaining their moral failure.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
A tiny bit of gentle advice for the men: before you try to explain or pontificate anything about the Cornell 7 to a woman, please remember chances are she’s already an expert 🙏🏻
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Keep those plans secret! Also, there might not be any plans. Who knows? Election lawyers are probably ready to file lawsuits, so there’s that.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s waiting to be abused. It’s terrible and it’s a crime against civically minded citizens across the nation. We’re all getting told to ‘just’ vote, which sounds great, if the president and his minions ‘just’ accept the will of the voters. It’d be nice to hear about some ‘just’ in case plans.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s so immature.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Think of the perspective from a neighboring or nearby country. If you don’t share intelligence of an impending attack, what could Israel justify doing to you? Also, if you prevent Hamas’s attack, how many innocent lives would be saved?
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thinking of ‘Being John Malkovich,’ but as Al Roker. What an opportunity.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As long as one secret billionaire’s hospital survives, and one secret supplier of jet fuel, and as long as the guards don’t get ideas, and … has anyone seen the end of ‘The Jerk’?
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nueve años después del huracán María, recordamos las vidas perdidas y las familias afectadas. Mi corazón está con Puerto Rico y con la comunidad puertorriqueña de Florida. 🇵🇷 #Angie4FL #PuertoRico
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Somebody should write a skit or a short play where rightwing politicians are subject to tenacious journalism, uncompromised prosecutors, and a public that won’t vote for corrupt politicians. It’d be pure fantasy. It’d be some enjoyable escapism.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
These are the same type of arguments that explain why AOC shouldn’t be allowed to go on a nice vacation or Hasan Piker must be dressed in a burlap sack if he wants to be authentic. At the center of these malodorous critiques there’s always an overgrown man baby having a ‘mantrum’.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Cassidy could keep his guilty mouth shut. But no, he has to come out and remind us of his complicity.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What would be a proper way for a news organization with integrity to introduce a guest like this?
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Back in 2007-2008, bonds were interesting to follow, and it got easy to remember that, as yield goes up, prices go down. Over the years, the grasp of this concept slipped. Then, over the last few weeks, the comprehension came back. Weird, huh?
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yes, corruption explains a lot. It’s important for the broad public to understand that corrupt people will let the world fall apart, before they abandon their scheme.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cowardice is a great description. Those cowards are good at digging. They’re digging the world deeper and deeper into one miserable pit.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Yes, it’s far more insane than cunning. There’s more logic in a grift, unless the grift is to make financial markets and international relations so chaotic that even the grifters are putting themselves in jeopardy, then yes, the grift is working.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
AI needs cheap, cheap money in large, large heaps.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sorry, but you’re not qualified to work for the US Press. Too curious. Too many questions. You might embarrass important people.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Mars will be fine too. Jupiter is going to keep on trucking. Earth will still be in the solar system. Okay, but how many animals and plants will be lost? It’s a mass extinction, but Earth will still be a planet.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
One question for September ‘26 is how to keep a united Dem party. People that feel entitled to lead the party e.g. Carville, Sarah Longwell and Scarborough are also very misaligned with its voters. It’s going to be a challenge to meet voter expectations if the same crew lands in leadership.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here’s the disagreement, the entire population would hold Biden accountable, without prompting from the media, if it was $9.99 for diesel. What you’re talking about is also true, but is more of a media campaign. High fuel prices don’t require political operatives to go on news panels.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If diesel were $9.99 in California, under Biden, it’d be wall-to-wall coverage. It’d be fatal. I can agree that Biden closed his eyes to a genocide, and went against his word to be a one-termer, but also did some solid stuff.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🤷. It wasn’t that long ago, that people would imagine Biden or Obama or HRC doing or saying something that Trump said or did, and imaging what the response would be. Maybe it worked, but people got tired of saying it. It was pointing out a double-standard, and a lack of accountability for GOP.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The overdone formula of, “if Biden did this …” could be a way for people to understand that they shouldn’t shrug it away, because IOKIYAR. But, they shrug. Media says to shrug. Dems shrug. Billionaires shrug. Honestly, America needs to stand up and say, “No to SHRUGS.”
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Without good journalism, sports lose integrity. Without integrity, fans no longer watch to see a competition. The result of the game tells us nothing about who the better team was. It may be the reality of our times, but it sucks if you love to see sports played to the best abilities of players.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s a shame that leaders and constituents can only talk in terms of cheap fuel. Wars of aggression have been fought for cheap fuel. Cheap fuel has degraded the planet. Wars and unlivable conditions cause mass migration. Yet, we go back to promising cheap gas. We’re in a trap.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Dude can just hand out 1 Trillion? If he meant it, the bond market would say, “excuse me, interest rates are going higher.”
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Horrific though unsurprising report from @propublica.org: Ectopic pregnancy deaths have basically doubled since the end of Roe
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
!Animo!
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
AMLO lost a hard fought presidential campaign in 2006. It appears the loss was due to fraud. AMLO came up short in 2012. AMLO won in 2018, and Sheinbaum won in 2024. They were patient. It’s a good lesson. It’d be great to turn things around in a sprint (26), but prep for a 10K too.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
AI will feed us anything. It doesn’t care.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Let’s not stop with the prez. Let’s thank RFK Jr, Hegseth, Bessent, and Rubio. Let’s really thank every republican in Congress who has either closed their eyes or endorsed everything. Most of all let’s thank the Supreme Sicks. Tainted food, suffering service members, climbing costs, thanks GOP!!
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The “worst of the worst” was objectively stated in bad faith the entire time. Every democrat who voted for the Laken-Riley Act should resign. If those dems were willing to go along with obvious lies and propaganda, they’re unqualified to lead.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Great story. The bus is a space where strangers often do a good job of caring for each other. Maybe it’s because everyone is stuck for the ride, but whatever the reason, it’s uplifting to see it.
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This sounds like the parents in the 60’s saying those darn kids need a haircut. Piker will sit for hours and analyze foreign affairs, congressional races, and dismantle rightwing arguments. He’s a humanitarian and he argues for an agreed reality. What’s wrong with that?
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If Clarence the Angel came down from heaven, it’d be to show David Brooks that, “It’s Been a Wasteful Byline.”
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lotusrice.bsky.social @lotusrice.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This morning we’re hearing from potus and vp about the need to cut interest rates. Can’t help but wonder who’s calling them and begging them to cut rates. Who needs real cheap money, real bad, these days?
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