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lpoynton16

@lpoynton16.bsky.social
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Devastated Dem. News Junkie. Wife and mom of two daughters. M.S. in Child and Adolescent Psychology.

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Alicia @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 8h
As crooked as felon-father-in-law. A terrorist.
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Bombshell Report Exposes Jared Kushner’s Ties to Company Backing IDF
Kushner, who has been tasked with negotiating peace in Gaza, has a huge financial stake in one of the biggest backers of the Israeli military.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 22h
Two private prison companies. Nine Republican Senate candidates. $157,866 in checks sitting in public filings nobody added up. Every one of those seats is on the ballot in 32 days. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...
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Trump Fills The ICE Prisons. The Prison Companies Fund Nine GOP Senate Candidates.
Every name, from the filings nobody added up. Also: Georgia’s voters, Jerome Powell, and 30,000 prison workers all beat Trump this week.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This seems to be based upon a false premise that either SS is making seniors wealthy and/or that there are plenty of jobs just waiting for a 70 year old to show up and get.
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lpoynton16 @lpoynton16.bsky.social · 23h
ALL of this. Perfectly captures the sheer rage we are feeling.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Putin smiles.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reminder he admitted to visiting Epstein’s freaking island. 🏝️ 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 #lutnick (look up his name and nanny)
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
FWIW, not only can consensual sex turn into a rape, I'd argue that a large number of rapes follow that pattern. The rapist lures the victim with the promise of a pleasurable, consensual experience. Once he's got her naked and trapped in a room, he turns it into a rape.
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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW from me: The resurgence of measles in the US is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they haven't seen in decades. www.wired.com/story/measle...
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Measles Is Forcing Hospitals to Adapt to a New Normal
The US resurgence of measles is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they thought was in the past.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I cannot over emphasize how wild it is that this isn’t a top story constantly. Any other admin, yes. This one? They’re causing death and suffering in so many novel ways that in terms of body count and scale, this actually credibly ranks lower
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Gabby Giffords @gabbygiffords.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today, my heart is in Las Vegas and with all the families grieving nine years since their loved ones were stolen in the attack at Route 91 Harvest music festival. All in a matter of minutes, the gunman was able to use rifles equipped with bump stocks to fire more than 1,000 bullets into the crowd.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
Americans in crisis deserve support—no matter what state they live in or who they vote for. Trump is putting his ego over essential aid and is playing political games with disaster victims and communities. Unacceptable.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: The big problems with Wednesday’s SCOTUS order allowing a Tennessee execution. SCOTUS cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike over the dissent of the Democratic appointees. The order from the court’s Republican appointees is alarming on several fronts. Tonight, at Law Dork:
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The big problems with Wednesday’s SCOTUS order allowing a Tennessee execution
SCOTUS cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike over the dissent of the Democratic appointees. The order from the court’s Republican appointees is alarming on several fronts.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/10/2026
Here's a list of 64 previous botched executions in the United States. Christa Pike will make 65.
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Botched Executions | Death Penalty Information Center
The Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to serve the media, policymakers, and the general public…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/09/2026
This is obviously disgusting in so many ways. Gonna highlight one: Servicemember beard exemptions are all on religious or medical grounds. They're either Sikhs (mostly South Asian) or have a skin condition related to shaving curly hair (mostly African American). "No beardos" is racist as hell.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every clip I've caught of this Hegseth speech is batshit insane. What a delusional moron. Impeach his ass now, before he gets more Americans killed.
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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the Hawks/Hawkeyes thing is really funny, but the fact that the brains of a sitting U.S. Senator *and his entire staff* are so thoroughly cooked that they thought this nonsense meant anything at all is going to make me go doomer if I think about it too much
Katie Britt enduring the stupidest fucking piece of posterboard ever displayed in the US Senate
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News. He didn’t pick up.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The orange felon wants to stupidly rename Artificial Intelligence into “super intelligence.” Nothing says super intelligence quite like the MAGA regime misspelling the United States on their document which announced their ridiculous name change.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/09/2026
Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (sound ) DAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2O26 #ICELAWLESSNESS You may have seen sketches but please listen as this horrific tragedy unfolds I can't imagine a 13 years old sitting there, then he bursts into tears & says "I have no one, I have nothing " How does the judge sleep at night?
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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Rhonda 🌊 @silverarticfox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
PSA: For any SA survivors triggered or having flashbacks right now--Counselors are available AT NO CHARGE 24/7 @ the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network WWW.RAINN.ORG/HELP-AND-HEALING/HOTLINE phone or chat or text.
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Republicans only worked 72 DAYS in 2026 & they haven’t done a damn thing. Nothing to rein in costs. Nothing to overturn Trump’s tariffs. Nothing to stop his war of choice. What they’ve been doing already is running the laziest & least effective Congress in history.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Buying fast food for my family, it’s over $50, which feels like a lot. Not unreasonable from the restaurant, but like going out to dinner, not grabbing something cheap. So I looked up fast food prices, and they’ve risen faster than inflation. Add that to the why people say stuff’s expensive list.
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Chart of the Day: Fast Food Inflation
Today’s Chart of the Day shows the inflation of fast-food prices over the last of 10 years vs. actual inflation of everything else.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jesus Christ dude
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After Eric Schmitt lied and was corrected at the Jack Smith hearing, the NY Times called it a “misunderstanding.” This might be fair if Schmitt had a record of honesty (he doesn’t) and if Schmitt didn’t repeat the same lie after the hearing (he did). What the hell is the NY Times doing?
Devlin Barrett and Charlie Savage
Reporting from Washington
Jack Smith, who as special counsel twice charged Donald J. Trump with criminal offenses after his first term, defended his actions in testimony before Congress on Tuesday, as a Republican senator accused him of perjury based on what appeared to be the lawmaker’s misunderstanding about a basketball game involving the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's one thing to be so incredibly incompetent as Eric Schmitt that your dramatic "GOTCHA" moment falls apart in real time. It is quite another thing to be so incredibly dishonest as Eric Schmitt that you then go on a right-wing show and pretend it didn't happen. "My job is to ask the questions."😜
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith out there doing more to support girls’ sports more than any transphobe has ever done.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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MS NOW @ms.now · 29/09/2026
"...one of the biggest gaslighting attempts we have ever seen in our 250 years as a country." Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, rips Republicans for their attacks on former Special Counsel Jack Smith and says they're 'perpetrating a lie' about the 2020 election. WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/live/H69_OqF...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 29/09/2026
If you’re tired of South Carolina being the butt of a joke, vote for change this November.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In addition to having 16 of the wealthiest billionaires in America pouring money into Republican PACs to buy the midterms, Democrats now have to deal with media companies accepting stolen taxpayer money to run illegal government ads for Republicans.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What makes this even funnier is that Axios published a piece earlier this morning portraying Eric Schmitt as a potential VP candidates in '28.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ignore the polls. Just assume EVERY battleground race is super close, assume they’re all a dead heat. Because that’s the truth. So why look at the polls? You already know what the deal is. All these battleground races are super, super close. Period. From here on out, ignore the polls. Vote.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
“Guard” US election systems? This is not good.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Really really bad
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Michael E. Carter @deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You need to have expertise in education to decide what is effective. Grandma Fake Fighting is a Trump stooge whose job is to support whatever nonsense the tech donors pour into her sundowning boss's ear.
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Proud to stand with the clinicians confronting Pennsylvania’s escalating measles outbreak. While federal rhetoric shifts attention elsewhere, they are caring for the patients living with the consequences. Their voices, their stories, and the suffering they’re witnessing deserve the spotlight.
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Kate Willett Hate Account @antifamanchin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh my god
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This also sums up the American healthcare experience pretty well. American healthcare is a travesty. This is the bad place.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
This is Michael Kotlikoff. He became Cornell’s interim president in July 2024. The assault was reported to Cornell police Nov 8, 2024. He was president while this unfolded. We need to know how some accused students were allowed to remain. Kotlikoff needs to address publicly, or go.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stop voting for politicians who are in the president’s pocket-like Mike Lawler We need Congresswoman who will hold Donald Trump and the thieves in administration accountable One who will listen to her constituents We need a real patriot-not a MAGA phony We need @caitfornewyork.bsky.social
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