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@lwdhopes.bsky.social
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History & Social Sciences buff, small-business owner, enjoys local culture & activities of places I visit in US & other countries. Married to best friend, mom.)

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Guy Berger @econberger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
From the GOAT, George Washington
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good news: Wilber Garces Perez finally had surgery to remove the bullet that was in his back for 11 days. It took far too long, and it's more proof of ICE cruelty. But we kept up the pressure, and Wilber got the care he needed. Speaking up for our neighbors works.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's stunning to me how many corporate and elected leaders are showing their asses regularly these days. Not only through their corrupt actions, but also in a basic bare-bones lack of any capacity to think at even a rudimentary level.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Trump is selling nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia despite reported US intelligence that the Saudis still want a bomb—while the Trumps have taken billions in bribes from the Saudis. This is Trump corruption at the expense of US national security. Stop the deal.
Saudi Arabia Open to Possibly Developing Nuclear Weapons
An intelligence assessment examined Saudi Arabia’s military ambitions as Congress reviews a new civilian nuclear deal between the U.S. and the kingdom
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The chyron says it all
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Then walk out. Talk is cheap
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David Jolly @davidjolly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
An incessant whine. 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. 365 days a year. For this Virginia neighborhood, it never stops. This is how bad decisions by politicians hurt people. Day One, I’ll implement a data center moratorium and tell greedy developers that Florida’s not for sale.
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LWD @lwdhopes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When Americans are asked what they find disappointing about Democratic leaders - it's dems say our democracy & rule of law is endangered but they don't lead & act like they believe it. It requires more than a few actions or speeches. Need multiple plans,grit, giving their all until out of danger
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
White House correspondents, D.C. bureau chiefs, and media execs: The German government expelled Dorothy Thompson from the country in August 1934. She's remembered and respected today for her important coverage and analysis over the next decade of the German regime. Be like Dorothy Thompson.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 14/09/2026
⚡️ "Our answer is to increase support" NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte declared that Russia’s attack on a Ukrainian passenger train reveals Putin’s growing desperation.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Imagine having grifted millions and millions of dollars off your father’s political career like Don Jr, including government contracts in multiple businesses where you have an ownership stake, and STILL having a Russian oligarch pay for your lavish wedding. Just obscene.
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LWD @lwdhopes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It has nothing to do with the aging of America and the help people might need at home after a surgery or when they decide to reside in their house as they age? Instead of trying to better the later years of Americans and a large % of the Fox audience, he bashes the helpers.Try creating plans to help
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There have to be so many prosecutions. This all can’t just be forgotten or papered over.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
And this nails it www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAX5...
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Is the wellness industry selling you snake oil? #DailyShow #Wellness #DesiLydic
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Why did 2 large, pivotal clinical trials [vs interleukin-6 and Lp(a)] fail to lower heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular deaths? erictopol.substack.com/p/the-corona...
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The Coronary Artery Inflammation Controversy
How Two Large Outcome Trials Based on Surrogate Metrics Failed
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
BTW, this is why you dont go on Legacy Sunday shows that tiny audience watches. Dems cannot let the corporate owned media control the narrative. go on local media, podcasts, independent media. you'll reach actual voters. seriously, wtf even bother with MTP?
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LWD @lwdhopes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Important to know and follow the script. It protects your rights, rights of all Americans and all those who reside in the US as protected by law. We declared our independence 250 years ago from a king and his troops who tried this type of crap.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The families of the 18 U.S. service members killed in Trump's illegal war might not be pleased to hear Trump co-conspirator Howard Lutnick deny their deaths.
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LWD @lwdhopes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Fails to acknowledge reality plus how Trump’s & administration's actions, words triggered the resulting reactions from Canada. He shows a lack of leadership to guide us out of this mess. A bully trying to gaslight our nation and others. History is littered with such fools & their destruction.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I’m telling you - the default position of this administration is fear. Fear of questions, fear of transparency, fear of being found out, and fear of the American people.
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Treasury Bars Some Reporters From G20 Finance Meeting
Specific reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg were not granted credentials to cover the meeting of financial leaders next week in Asheville, N.C.
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LWD @lwdhopes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Texas voters check your registration.
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LWD @lwdhopes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Perfectly summed up by Kara Swisher.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/08/2026
BASH: Chris Murphy says ICE is targeting parents sitting at school bus stops to terrorize little kids. Are ICE officers detaining parents at school bus stops? HOMAN: ICE isn't in the business of terrorizing children. ICE is out there enforcing the law. (So, yes!)
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣)
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LWD @lwdhopes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Yosemite is land set aside for all Americans to enjoy with national parks protecting these wild spaces, what grows within, and species that call it home. It's the American people's land, not a president's, nor rich person's property to squander away for personal gain or convenience. NPS protect it.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Since I praised my colleagues at NPR News for doing stories that might displease the Administration while under threat from them, I should and will extend the same admiration to the people at ABC News. abcnews.com/US/family-al...
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Family of Alex Pretti speaks out in exclusive interview: 'They murdered our child'
Alex Pretti, an American citizen and ICU nurse for the Department of Veterans Affairs, was shot and killed on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.
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LWD @lwdhopes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hurting our communities, families, friends, and businesses. Ruining our economy. Why didn't they fix the immigration system multiple times when they had a chance in Congress? They gain personal power, profit for private prison camps. No benefit for our nation by making it more safe or prosperous.
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Greg Gabrielse @newtons-third.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Just got a mailer for Mike Rogers in Michigan. It has a lot of blue in the artwork and does not mention either Trump or the Republican party. He is trying to run from Trump.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
And as we reported last year, foreign food inspections plummeted to a historic low after the Trump administration took over due to staffing cuts at the FDA. Food safety experts told us, “It’s only a matter of time before people die." www.propublica.org/article/fore...
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LWD @lwdhopes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Excellent. I hope there are future science leaders still being funded to work under Peter Hotez. Our country and world needs this approach.
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LWD @lwdhopes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Collins is in leadership that controls the senate and house . Organize your fellow senators to create laws and actions to vote against the tarrifs and what's being done with USPS. Have them called back early. Words of concern, opposite actions, are true reveal.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 23/08/2026
The United States and Canada have been friends, partners, and allies for more than 150 years across 32 presidential administrations. And now, solely because of the arrogance, incompetence, and ego of the current occupant of the White House, that relationship is being driven straight toward a cliff.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Congress spent months opening the Boundary Waters to copper mining. It passed. Trump signed it. Twin Metals celebrated. Nobody thought to check whether Minnesota had to go along with it. Tim Walz checked. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21/08/2026
Donald Trump’s decision to flood our grocery stores with foreign-raised beef is another hit to Illinois farmers — it will kill jobs and destroy rural communities here. He needs to reverse course immediately. For those who stand with him, it’s time to rein him in and fix this.
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U.S. to Boost Beef Imports to Address High Prices, Trump Says
The president said he would temporarily allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to be imported into the U.S. without paying higher tariffs.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This.👇
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“A 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation.”
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Judge to Baby: File an Asylum Application
The 1-year-old is one of the migrant children who advocates say appeared in immigration court without legal representation.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
John Roberts is Natalie Harp in a robe. A cringeworthy handmaiden
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
So…they pretended that the problems on the USS Abraham Lincoln were “fake news” to hide the reason for the problems. Because…heaven forbid we know what’s REALLY going on in the War-Without-A-Purpose, especially when we’re suffering because of it.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“Long live Stars and Stripes and the honorable service the paper has provided for decades to soldiers and to the nation.” luciantruscott.substack.com/p/stars-stri...
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Stars stripped
The big story that’s all over the place this afternoon is the firing of the editor of Stars and Stripes, the quasi-governmental semi-independent newspaper that is provided for free to service members ...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/08/2026
yep, i will note that the fugitive slave act was used to try to kidnap free blacks and sell them into slavery
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Correct. The White House was deliberately designed to NOT be a palace. Early Americans defined their country AGAINST European monarchies.
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
My people are in Canada and I go there a lot. They absolutely hate Donald Trump. They hate Donald Trump more than they hate winter. The stores (even US stores like Costco) mark every product "Canadian made" on the shelves. Canadian national identity is built against US identity.
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Natalie Harp/Ossoff newscycle is interesting because it shows that Dems can cause newscycles too. Dems can say stuff and it can have an effect on what dominates the framewars. Dems can set the agenda. Most issues Dems want to talk about don't do this (why?). This one did (again, why?)
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This has been really interesting to me. Ossoff made one vague, snide comment, and it's been the *Republicans* doing a kind of self-inflicted Streisand effect with it, making sure the whole world now knows who Natalie Harp is. Which seems crazy to me, but Republicans 🤷‍♂️
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 17/08/2026
This is low-grade corruption, but it's legal and Musk did it,,, I would stay away from the stock.
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