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Maria Knowles

@mariakbsky.bsky.social
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Retired teacher, mom, grand mom. Trying to live normally in Alabama. Desperate for news from smart, kind people

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/03/2026
NEWS: Bette Midler just released a remake of Woody Guthrie’s classic protest song “All You Fascists Bound to Lose,” updated to fit the current moment and urge action ahead of the midterms. You have to listen to this.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Somebody is making a fortune on the war with inside information and it is grotesquely corrupt.
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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Five-time draft dodger says what now?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The reason we have “stupid rules of engagement” is to make sure we don’t bomb elementary schools.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/03/2026
NOEM: I would disagree with the judge CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree? NOEM: A what? CROCKETT: A law degree NOEM: No I do no- CROCKETT: Okay
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this. open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Christian Nationalist Logic: "We're gotta waste millions of dollars killing folks in a useless war because Jesus is powerless to just come back himself and start Armageddon if we don't. He needs our help, y'all! Glory!"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/03/2026
Kaine on Fox: "The president can act to defend US against imminent attack without congressional approval. But if you're going to initiate war, you need Congress. The president not only did not come to Congress, he acted without even notification to the vast majority of us. This is an illegal war."
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The costs of this Iran war debacle will likely be more than the cost of extending the ACA health insurance subsidies. If you asked Americans, which do you want: another war in the Middle East or lower health care costs at home, is the margin 90 to 10? 95 to 5?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/03/2026
Let’s all call Massie today and get him to switch parties. Then force Gonzalez to resign. Then get the gavel, issue some subpoenas, and impeach some motherfuckers
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Didn’t watch the State of the Union address? Here’s everything you need to know about it. And you’ll definitely want to know. Here’s your response to anyone who says he was presidential last night: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The mens Hockey team can take those gold medals and shove them up their ass.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/02/2026
Does that seem fair to you?
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Talarico hits hard: America's so split we can't even share a Super Bowl—two halftime shows, two realities. What's driving this? Fear. Pure fear. But Bad Bunny's stage? Nothing but joy, unity, beats that lift us all. Ditch the division. Embrace the vibe. One nation, one show. #sheshed
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San Antonio Current @sacurrent.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.
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Two-month-old baby 'choking on his own vomit' while detained in Dilley
'His life is in danger,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/02/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
So good
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Cooper River Indivisible @crindivisible.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 13/02/2026
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.”

A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees.

The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Swalwell: ICE agents shot Alex Pretti and Renee Good. And the only person in the world who has been held accountable by DHS is the pilot who somehow forgot to move Kristi Noem’s blankie.
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BlueScotty Will Not Obey @bluescottyp.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
MAGA is too fucking stupid to recognize their hypocrisy and ignorance… #ProudBlue
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
5-year-old twins were denied bond because lack of assets and property. Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me. 😡
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/02/2026
SWALWELL: Will you apologize to the family of Renee Good for being called a domestic terrorist by the president and his leadership? LYONS: No sir SWALWELL: Is she a domestic terrorist? LYONS: I'm not going to comment on an active investigation
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Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
It is infuriating.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
“Can we agree this convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, likely child rapist (see the Epstein files), virulent racist, anti-democratic authoritarian…should not have his name attached to any public building once our beloved country is rid of him?” www.americaamerica.news/p/deleting-d...
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Deleting Donald Trump, Letter By Letter
The name of this blight on America should only survive on buildings as a warning
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency. She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/02/2026
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
lol
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Kurt Bardella @kurtbardella.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
“There is a reckoning coming for the Religious Right. The hypocrisy is too blatant, too bold, and too on-the-nose. Evangelical Christians may have finally reached the height of political power. But in doing so, they sold their souls.” open.substack.com/pub/kimbarde...
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A Reckoning for the Religious Right
How the Marriage of Church and State Birthed Bad Religion in the US
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
This document appears to have been removed from the Epstein records. I wonder why. Did Woody Allen complain?
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Don Lemon @donlemonofficial.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
PEDO ALERT: Kid Rock lyrics referencing underage girls face renewed scrutiny ahead of TPUSA event!
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Epstein and the right-wing promoted QAnon as a cover for their own international pedophile and criminal ring. Trump is a part of it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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The Epstein files reveal that a vast global conspiracy actually exists – sort of
The documents confirm what many have long assumed: elites live by their own special rules and codes of immunity
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 07/02/2026
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress. “She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me. But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
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Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The “Epstein Class”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!
Photo of 7 year old Diana Crespo sitting with her parents at a table in a restaurant. Her dad is giving a thumbs up.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
👇🏽
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
This. Dude is straight up howling at the moon bonkers.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Hard to imagine an event more effective at discrediting organized religion
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 04/02/2026
They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas. For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare. www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
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Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
In no functioning country is this allowed.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
One tweet. One hashtag. One message to Congress: #FundHealthcareOverICE Copy. Paste. Send. Let's flood their feeds.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Sen. Tommy Tuberville: "It all goes back to the 2020 election. They cheated the heck out of President Trump. They cheated some senators. There's people that are up here in the Senate and House right now that got in because the ballot boxes were stuffed." Tuberville is a real son of a bitch.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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