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magdalene2.bsky.social

@magdalene2.bsky.social
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Former X. Life long Democrat. Old broad. Political Science degree. Grandma. Wife of the guy across the room passed out sleeping. Battle axe. 🏌🏌‍♂️🏌‍♀️ Did I mention golfer?? Avid reader and play at photography.

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strawhat 🐾🐈‍⬛🐾 @strawsunhat.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
My two cents on The Chicago Bears threatening to move to Indiana if Illinois doesn't give them eleventy-zillion taxpayer dollars to build a new stadium: F 'em. If they want a new stadium so bad, they can pay for it themselves. Illinois taxpayers have better things to spend their money on.
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All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 07/06/2026
When EMI pulled funding on LIFE OF BRIAN days before shooting, the Pythons turned to a fan. George Harrison put up around £3 million of his own money to make the film, simply because he wanted to see it. Eric Idle called it "the world's most expensive cinema ticket."
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I was exposed to network television nightly news tonight for the first time in many years, and I have no idea how they select the potpourri of items they present, but not a single one of them was useful to fostering an informed citizenry.
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Strautz1 @strautz1.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
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@spiritbeing.bsky.social @spiritbeing.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Every State that trump accuses of voter fraud and cheating needs to immediately file a lawsuit against him personally and make him prove it. Sue for Billions, you know, like he does. Like he just sued our Government for 10 Billion.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/06/2026
the single biggest takeaway i have from this interview is that on top of being profoundly incompetent, bari weiss and her flunkies at CBS are genuinely terrible human beings. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...
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Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’
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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
“Some inmates who served with Ghislaine Maxwell say they were punished by prison staff for talking about her alleged special treatment. One woman says after speaking to a reporter, she was punished.” Totally normal and not suspicious at all.
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Zachary Beasley @zacharybeasley.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Debris from the White House East Wing demolition was dumped at a nearby public golf course and contains toxic metals, National Park report finds share.newsbreak.com/icvbgoij?s=i16 Source: Fortune
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Debris from the White House East Wing demolition was dumped at a nearby public golf course and contains toxic metals, National Park report finds - NewsBreak
A Washington, D.C., nonprofit filed an injunction in February, claiming the debris dumped on the golf course was hazardous.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/05/2026
Combe is investing $30M to expand and retain manufacturing operations in Rantoul. With more than half a century of calling our state home, Combe’s long-term commitment speaks to why Illinois continues to bolster its reputation as a manufacturing powerhouse.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This is depressing mostly because it shows how powerful pop culture is compared to education. The Flintstones helped normalize the image of humans living alongside dinosaurs, and if someone grows up with that as a “default mental picture,” it can stick even if they later learn otherwise.
dear Atheists: How is it that cavemen survived the asteroid but dinosaurs didn't?
Scientist: Social distancing, they stayed 65 million years apart.
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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Pope #Leo: - pumps his own gas - climbs ladders and prunes trees (which I do have issue with given his age, though he looks in incredible health, but still) - talks to his brother every day - is tech support for his family from Rome - plays Words with Friends and watches Jeopardy BEST POPE EVER
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Erin Burnett OutFront on X: "Erin’s entire interview with Pope Leo’s brother and his priest about the pope’s stand against the Iran war, what the brothers talk about every day on the phone and that time a customer service rep hung up on Pope Leo. https://t.co/3RM2z6JCM5" / X
Erin’s entire interview with Pope Leo’s brother and his priest about the pope’s stand against the Iran war, what the brothers talk about every day on the phone and that time a customer service rep hung up on Pope Leo. https://t.co/3RM2z6JCM5
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Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻 @punkonbuslives.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The most hilarious part of this is that the recall only affects 173 total vehicles, because that's all Tesla's sold of its rear wheel drive model.
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Tesla Recalls Cybertruck Because Wheels May Fall Off - Kelley Blue Book
The 2024-2026 Tesla Cybertruck is being recalled for faulty wheel studs.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Mainstream TV news has shifted from “inform the public” to “don’t offend power.” The worst part is the tone: everything is delivered like a calm weather report while the country is on fire. These past anchors understood that journalism is supposed to apply pressure. Not host a brunch panel.
Dear present anchors of
ABC, NBC, and CBS,
Last night I was visited by 3 ghosts:
Peter Jennings, David Brinkley, and Walter Cronkite.
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usWEd
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HISY
They wanted to knock the sniveling complicity out of your worthless souls.
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Jonathan Harris @jonathan-a-thon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I want someone whose policies I agree with, but I have a feeling I’d be very compelled by any Democratic presidential candidate who confidently says aloud what the plan is - to reform SCOTUS, to abolish ICE and prosecute the criminals, to assure fair congressional representation, etc.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/05/2026
yes. change the statute on which this decision turned and redistrict according to the legitimacy conferred by the people of the state
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Reminder... Any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message — they can't win on their ideas alone.
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Markfry🍁 @markfry.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Every time I see someone driving a Cybertruck I can’t help but think how breathtakingly stupid that person must be.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/05/2026
virginia voters should call their delegates and senators and demand that they ignore this illegitimate ruling
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Based on this Virginia ruling, the Tennessee and Florida maps should both also be shot down. If not, Virginia should just pull a Tennessee and change the rules to ram it though the legislature. 🤷‍♂️
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/05/2026
The Supreme Court’s decision to gut the Voting Rights Act is an attack on our constitutional republic. Illinois will fight back, uphold our values, and safeguard democracy.
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💥Richard with an💥R @rbwaltonthereal.com · 04/05/2026
To this day, the kid who used to bully me at school still takes my lunch money... On the plus side, he makes great Subway sandwiches.
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TJ resists! Bluestormcoming! @tjjohnson.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 05/05/2026
Nearly 3,000 Indivisible groups are organizing across 430 congressional districts to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority. Join us: indivisible.org/get-involved...
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 05/05/2026
More than 75 Tribune reporters, photographers, senior editors, copy editors, audience engagement editors, page designers and editorial board members contributed to coverage of the unprecedented incursion, reporting that frequently challenged or disproved the Trump administration’s version of events.
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Chicago Tribune wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Which is the backwards country now, United States?
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sierranicole1426.bsky.social @sierranicole1426.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
When you got three drunks and a felon running the country what could possibly go wrong?
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Congrats to Julie K. Brown! She was awarded a #Pulitzer Prize special citation today for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 & 2018 for the Miami Herald exposing Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women and the justice system & powerful network of associates that protected him for years.
A powerful narrative portrait of Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald investigative journalist celebrated for her "Perversion of Justice" series, which exposed the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and led to her 2026 Pulitzer Prize special citation. Brown sits in the heart of a newsroom, leaning forward with her hands clasped over the back of a vibrant lime-green chair. Her expression is steady and resolute, a faint, knowing smile playing on her lips. She has shoulder-length, strawberry-blonde hair and wears a crisp, white short-sleeved linen top. Her look is punctuated by bold, artistic accessories: a long necklace featuring large, multi-colored geometric beads and matching statement earrings. The background is filled with the tools of her trade: Dell computer monitors and large wall-mounted screens displaying blurred news segments, including one featuring her own likeness. The composition is balanced and centered, capturing a mood of quiet authority and tireless determination. This image stands as a tribute to Brown’s historical significance in journalism, marking her as a champion for victims whose reporting forced a global reckoning on power and systemic failure.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026
While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.
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Jimnauseum @jwgagne.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
How about a TV that automatically cuts the volume by half during the commercials and back to full when the show comes back. Now THAT would be a SmartTV. 🧠 📺
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This is the most anti-Christian presidential administration in modern American history, and it's not even close. That so many in political media are terrified of openly acknowledging this will be a mark of shame for decades to come.
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Bellavavenus @bellavavenus.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Didn't LowIQDonnie say that about grocery stores? "you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID" Then rhapsodized about using an "old fashioned but beautiful word; groceries" & "it's a bag with different things in it". 🙃 Don't knock public ed, they don't turn out dolts like Blanche and Stunad-Don
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kathe24.bsky.social @kathe24.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Why public education? It is more likely small, private religious schools or home schools are to blame. They’re the ones putting braces on kids’ brains and teach them to accept dogma.
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docscarborough.bsky.social @docscarborough.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
It’s not public schools. It’s these right wing, so-called Christian conservative schools and the huge homeschool system. It drove me nuts when I would get those students. They came into a classroom and didn’t know their ass from a hole in the ground.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
1. ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 MONTHS The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a MASSIVE SPIKE in detainee deaths. This is a health crisis and a moral crisis. Follow along for details. 🧵
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ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 months
The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a massive spike in detainee deaths and medical crises.
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Leon Barillaro is UNIONIZING @barilleon.com · 04/05/2026
I’m sorry I don’t want to hear the phrase “left-wing‘s tolerance for political violence“ when the right wing currently holding power is starting wars, doing extrajudicial killings, and sending masked soldiers into our communities
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Surviving Texas @itscindyrae.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Oh, it’s ok to show “hard on” pills commercials every 10 minutes on tv which are by mail.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Could someone please explain to the low IQ president of the United States that members of Congress cannot be impeached.
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Bradysbeau @bradysbeau.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Rather misleading...they are going to get what they want with reconciliation. I can't wait for November. Then they will get what they deserve.
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bmazing.bsky.social @bmazing.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
TFW you realize you have to play four rounds of golf on real courses against real competition without guaranteed money
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 17/04/2026
Missouri's murder rate is 73% HIGHER than California’s. No amount of right-wing spinning can change reality: our state is investing in prevention, enforcement, and is holding criminals accountable. The U.S. Senator from Missouri should fix his own failed policies before lecturing us.
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We should be learning from other countries...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This is what happens when you have an incompetent fool with no experience in charge of the Pentagon. Pete likes to put on makeup and appear on camera, boasting about war and its warriors, while essential tasks, like making sure those warriors are fed, are not seen as flashy enough to bother with.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Congrats on “opening” a strait that was open six weeks ago, and all it cost was at least 13 dead service members, thousands of dead Iranian civilians, tens of billions in taxpayer dollars, our loss in global standing, and the Iranian regime’s increase in power. Phenomenal work.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 06/04/2026
“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Rep. Al Green held a sign as Trump walked by him in the chamber reading "Black people aren't apes." He was just removed from the chamber.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Former DHS Asst. Secretary: “To suddenly see DHS become this kind of mechanism of authoritarian intimidation and incipient fascism is disorienting, and frightening.”
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‘Maybe DHS Was a Bad Idea’
Two decades after its founding, the department has become what its critics feared.
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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 18/01/2026
A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws.
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