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Mark Platt

@mabbes1408.bsky.social
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SE1’er. Promulgator of stuff: LGBTQ, health & care, workers rights, renters rights. Centrist Liberal. Views only/all mine via received wisdom

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A win! A D.C. Superior Court judge has permanently barred Jeanine Pirro’s office from prosecuting a former Olympic canoeist over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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DC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Reflecting Pool
A judge in Washington has agreed to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It was like a superhero turning the bullets around on the shooter.
Illustration of Jack Smith dropping a mic.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It still astounds me how fast the cult and their corrupt politicians will ignore and violate the Constitution in order to protect their own.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
✖️211,000 Michigan households will suffer from SNAP cuts. Nearly 121,000 Michiganders have already lost their SNAP benefits. ✖️Energy bills across Michigan will go up by a total of $8.7 billion by 2034.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
✖️The changes in this bill will eliminate tens of thousands of energy and manufacturing jobs in Michigan due to lost investment. ✖️Michigan hospitals will lose $6 billion in Medicaid payments by 2036. ✖️Over 200K Michiganders are set to lose healthcare.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
To name some of the worst... ✖️Medicaid and SNAP have been cut to deliver $4.5 trillion in tax cuts primarily for billionaires and corporations. ✖️Michigan is set to lose $2-3 billion annually in federal Medicaid and SNAP funding.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Historian of French Revolution here to say the guillotine (named for the physician who invented it) was intentionally designed to be all these things. It was also envisioned as democratizing the death penalty and ending the long tortured spectacle of someone perishing on the gallows.
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
😡Russia just struck a school in Kyiv while children were sheltering inside. Dear world, please share this. See this. Talk about this. Pressure Russia. Support Ukraine. I hope every child in that shelter is safe.
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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I do wonder what some politicians are scared of ….
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Mark Platt @mabbes1408.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#r4today Absolutely deluded interview with a GOP strategist. Trump is weighing down the party with his policies and his attempts to keep control of who runs. But the GOP took the deal, and now the price needs to be paid. #Trumpasstrophy
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 30/09/2026
NEW: Some Republicans, worried about their re-election bids, are "suddenly beginning to see ICE’s aggressive enforcement and lawlessness as politically toxic, something Americans have been signaling to pollsters since last summer." www.thebulwark.com/p/skittish-r...
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Skittish Republicans Discover That ICE Is Bad—for Their Campaigns
Some endangered incumbents are trying to outrun the electoral consequences of Trump’s immigration agenda.
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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 30/09/2026
Russia’s principal target is now “the will of the Ukrainian people and of their partners,” writes Dmytro Kuleba. “Putin intends to break Ukrainian morale by breaking the country’s economy and external support for it.”
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Russia’s Plan to Break Ukraine
What Kyiv needs to survive.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Susan Collins acts as a rubber stamp for Trump's extreme agenda. By voting to give $70 billion to ICE and CBP, she owns the results of those billionaire-backed policies. We must support Democrats to change course.
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Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremists
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Mark Platt @mabbes1408.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social I should never have doubted, but so pleased and glad that your #R4 programme on masculinity has an episode on gay men’s experience of being a man. Thank you. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Understand - Seven Ages of Man, with Michael Rosen - 4. Matthew Todd's in his 50s - BBC Sounds
Journalist and writer Matthew Todd talks about self-acceptance in his 50s.
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Thank EU for The Music @thankeuforthemusic.com · 26/09/2026
The @telegraph.co.uk decided not to publish our response to Tim Stanley’s 13 September piece, in which he called those organising the EU flags at the Proms “sad sack Remainers”. We believe in open dialogue and free speech, so we’ve published our response here... #LastNightOfTheProms
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 26/09/2026
They keep lying about public ownership of water Thank goodness we have fighters like Feargal Sharkey to call them out on this lie every time Make sure your MP has the facts. Take 2 minutes now to send them our NEW REPORT on how Andy Burnham can deliver public ownership: vist.ly/5jytv
Screenshot of a Feargal sharkey tweet that says ""Thatcher Minister Defends Water Selloff Despite Thames Crisis."  Let's be clear about this renationalising the water industry does not force water company investment to compete with other demands on the public purse like the NHS or education. Frankly that's a lie.  We, the consumer, the bill payer, we are already paying for all this today, upfront, now. EG over the next 5 years we the bill players are financing 99% of the so called investment, paying for it directly from our water bills, that's why they gone up so much, it's not coming from shareholders, not from govt, not from tax payers but from us, directly from our bills.  When will they stop making this stuff up?"
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🇱🇻 Latvia’s eastern border surveillance gear is being deliberately sabotaged – cables cut, cabinets smashed and camera supports damaged to slow the rollout of automated border control, the Latvian State Border Guard reports. Officials link the tactics to Russia and Belarus.
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
He’ll sell you a dream, but deliver a nightmare. Alex Gibney’s epic 3¾-hour documentary ‘Musk’ provides an unprecedented insight into the mind of a dangerous far-right megalomaniac.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Referenced this yesterday in a post. The guy lives in Florida. More notable is that half of the GOP Congress seems to live there. Like Mike R and Tommy T. It’s part of MAGA identity. Like red hats and bad plastic surgery.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ukrainian forces used drones to deliver food to residents of occupied Oleshky! During one of their recent large-scale operations, they delivered 4,000 kg of food across 100 locations in the city. This gives people a little bit of time, but pressure must be put on Russia to let people evacuate!
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💙Christine Slemmer💙 @slem63.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Every single one of these people view their government appointments as an opportunity to promote themselves and make money grifting while we pay them to do it.
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Doug O'Loughlin - Comic Cave PDX @comiccavepdx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wow, this is amazing. I've tried to kinda not complain about our current mayor too much but seeing what's possible in Seattle, Denver, NYC makes it obvious.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As the Tories tie Reform in the polls, the high profile online influencer Raheem Kassam (a longterm associate of the leader) is persistently promoting a xenophobic racialised focus on Bsdenoch's heritage: a "Nigerian scammer" & encouraging the use of 'Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi” Badenoch'
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All.
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Interested to read just how well the left did in ‘other’ elections in Germany. Apparently 54% of young women voted left. Completely under reported and considered of no consequence to the Media. The media only offer biased reporting seemingly. Who knew www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Look again – there’s more to Germany’s election trends than far-right success | Cas Mudde
Defeatist narratives abound. Yet Germany’s latest elections suggest voter dissatisfaction is benefiting the left as well as the right, says the political scientist Cas Mudde
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Today, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow Trump's voter suppression database to move forward. It then ruled 9-0 to reject the GOP's gerrymander scheme in Missouri. I created Democracy Docket for times like this. Help support it by subscribing now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Seeing that number at the gas pump is the difference between being able to afford your groceries or not. All because of an insane war that we had no business fighting.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
California’s Supreme Court rules that a MAGA “sheriff” in California named Chad Bianco illegally seized upwards of 650K election ballots for a fake investigation into voter fraud and ordered him to return all ballots back to election officials. Better yet, prosecute him for election fraud.
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Jeffrey Winfield 💙 🌈 🫂 🫘 🏳️‍🌈 @maverickhammed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨 In just a few days his ‘Love Thy Neighbor’ grocery drive has brought together thousands of Texans. James Talarico is proud to announce that his campaign has collected over 20,000 pounds of groceries for working Texas. 🔹Talarico organizes MASSIVE grocery drive for Texans. @jamestalarico.bsky.social
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James Talarico organizes MASSIVE grocery drive for Texans
YouTube video by James Talarico
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/09/2026
New Yorkers, a storm is arriving today. Don't travel if you don't have to. Never drive or walk through floodwater. Call 911 if you are in danger, and report nonemergency issues to 311. Look out for one another and stay safe.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If a politician takes money from weapons manufacturers, don't be surprised when they back weapons contracts. If a politician takes money from Big Pharma, don't be surprised when they try to stop guaranteed healthcare. That's why I don't take ANY corporate money. None.
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Union Thug™️ @theunionthug.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a big fucking deal! ✊🏼
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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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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
MAHA is a project built on vanity, grifting, racism & survival of the fittest A colleague of mine has a friend in Los Angeles who went to the gym, &, um, RFK Jr was there, working out, surrounded by a HUGE ENTOURAGE of security dudes & snipers Black infants *MUST* suffer so RFK can get big pecs!
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Families and Witnesses to Five ICE Killings Testify Before Congress truthout.org/articles/fam...
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Families and Witnesses to Five ICE Killings Testify Before Congress
“I don’t think justice can be served until ICE is off our streets,” said Stella Carlson, witness to Alex Pretti’s murder.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Susan Collins is blatantly corrupt. Hollywood couldn't write this in a script.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If we had actual journalists in this country, this would have been reported as a story.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 24/09/2026
Texas mothers are dying, and instead of giving us answers, Abbott’s administration is hiding that data. Texans deserve the truth. They deserve transparency. And our state officials have a legal obligation to give it to them. I’m demanding the report be released immediately.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"FAKE NEWS" is Nazi rhetoric. He knows this.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: The state of New York is suing Polymarket, claiming the company operates an illegal gambling platform in violation of state gambling laws.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It now costs the truck drivers on average $1,200 to fill up a single tank because of the war in Iran. Mike Rogers said it's a win-win-win. Are you winning?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
NEWS: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has secured a record $131.5 million settlement from DoorDash after a NYC investigation found the company underpaid or failed to properly pay 264,000 delivery workers. 1/
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RoseInOregon @roseinoregon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This 100% 🇺🇸 Nothing he does makes sense unless you look at it from Putin’s perspective of dismantling our democracy. Who exactly is winning here?
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Resistenza @resistenza.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More corruption.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Total collapse: 70% say his Iran war has hurt the US 75% say he has no plan for the war 76% say the war isn't worth the costs
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