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Maria Lorraine

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Thinking about the American version of the WWII French Resistance: clever, organized, relentless. Journalist: Medicine. Wine drinker, cook, gardener, singer.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10h
Pulling the napkins out of the drawer and plopping them on the table with silverware somehow subconsciously sets the tone for our meals. It says that this meal is worthy of something that feels nice in your hand and looks pretty on the table.
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Break out cloth napkins for everyday meals. You’re worth it.
Cloth napkins are not the crooked-pinky flex you might think.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h
Yes, in case you didn't read into the text of the motion in the images, this is an absurd argument for the privilege to apply.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What will the Court do to us this term? It’s already taken away Roe v. Wade, given Trump a pass from prosecution for January 6, and permitted partisan gerrymanders. How much worse can it get? This term, there are some distinctly unpleasant possibilities. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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The Week Ahead
October 4, 2026
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Dashingclaire @dashingclaire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Father showing his #disabled son a beautiful day, when this Random Acts of Kindness
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 04/10/2026
The US is ramping up the Iran war. Feds are being sent to polling places. Musk has crawled back out to meddle in elections again. Nobody should be shocked if November gets gutted, delayed, or "postponed for wartime security." Their playbook isn't hidden.
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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon Two of the Defense Department’s biggest contractors will help lead a project that could directly benefit them www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon
Two of the Defense Department’s biggest contractors will help lead a project that could directly benefit them.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Mehdi Hasan: “Is Elon Musk the most dangerous person on Earth?” Alex Gibney: “Right now, I think he is. Pete Hegseth made him co-director of the new Defense Department plan for war in the future. It’s a little bit like The Joker being handed the keys to The Manhattan Project.
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Politico @politico.com · 02/10/2026
Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon politi.co/4yswarP
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Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon politi.co/4yswarP
Musk-led war commission triggers alarms in Pentagon politi.co/4yswarP
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
France’s Foreign Ministry owns Elon Musk in this response:
French Foreign Ministry responds to Musk
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Maria Lorraine @marialorraine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Superlative shade.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026
"Our rape statutes were written decades ago, at a time when women were gravely underrepresented in the legislature, and when we understood far less about rape than we understand now."
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The loophole that likely doomed the Cornell rape case before it even started
Accusers who voluntarily drink have little protection under an antiquated law many see as victim-blaming.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
De Niro: When that coward, that fucking piece of shit Donald Trump tries to take our voice and power away. What do we tell him? Your fucking hands off our vote
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Historian Tim Snyder compares what Trump is doing in Latin America to Soviet tactics in Eastern Europe after WWII: rig elections, apply threats, install the leadership you want. His description of Trump’s approach: “smash and grab.”
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 04/10/2026
Last week the D.C. Circuit heard argument over Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry into top Trump administration officials. @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org sat down with @annabower.bsky.social , @rparloff.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social to break it down. youtube.com/live/OXziyHG...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Incredible www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weeke...
Screenshot of Dave Grohl performing onstage with the Foo Fighters, wearing a black Iowa Hawkeyes T-shirt with the team’s yellow logo while singing into a microphone and playing guitar. Text above the photo says Grohl “trolled Sen. Eric Schmitt’s humiliating performance questioning Jack Smith in a Senate hearing” by wearing the Iowa shirt during the Power to the People concert.
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
New from France Interesting long Covid research where all participants satisfy ME/CFS criteria Evidence for transcriptomic changes impacting muscle contraction in patients with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #LongCovid #MEcfs #PwME #CFS #postcovid #postcovid19
Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS) overlaps with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) but, due to frequent muscle pain and exertional intolerance, neuromuscular disorders are often suspected. We report the results of a comprehensive neuromuscular evaluation in 27 PACS patients (22F/5M; median age 41 ys). All patients developed chronic fatigue (>6 months), post-exertional malaise, and cognitive impairment, with muscle pain in 88% but no neuromuscular deficits at clinical examination. 18/27 patients were unable to work. All patients fulfilled established ME/CFS diagnostic criteria (CDC 1994, ICC 2011, Inst Medicine 2015, NICE 2021). Electrophysiological studies and CK levels were normal. Brain 18FDG-PET/MRI (14/27) showed posterior hypometabolism in 8/14. Muscle biopsy (7/27) showed moderate dysimmune changes in 2/7. Exploratory transcriptomic analyses performed in muscle biopsies from PACS patients and pre-COVID controls unveiled in PACS differentially expressed genes in the cytokine and autophagy pathways. Interestingly, other genes were also differentially expressed in pathways affecting actin, the cytoskeleton, and contraction. Indeed, we found upregulated genes involved in the troponin-tropomyosin complex, a key regulator of muscle contraction through calcium binding. We also found downregulated genes involved in the formation and stabilization of actin bundles at sarcomere Z discs and in mechanical signaling. These findings indicate that PACS patients with prominent muscular symptoms do not exhibit overt neuromuscular involvement on standard investigations but may show subtle myopathic or dysimmune changes and central metabolic alterations. At the transcriptomic level, the data show an impact on key pathways involved in contraction. The overlap with ME/CFS highlights the importance of careful differential diagnosis and suggests a complex pathophysiology beyond a basic muscle disease.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I thought this was a very clear explanation of what happened with the Supreme Court a couple weeks ago… Thank you @thedadbriefs
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Maria Lorraine @marialorraine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Musk can block access to satellites to disable a nation‘s defenses in war. Drones can’t navigate, no Internet/cell access. He already shifted satellites to benefit Russia, not Ukraine. USAID complained; funds killed, 700K people killed. Too much power. No paywall: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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With Elon Musk’s Return to Washington, Possible Conflicts of Interest Resurface (Gift Article)
The founder of SpaceX, with billions of dollars in military contracts, joins several other defense industry executives on a Pentagon advisory board.
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MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's like something right out of a horror movie. Pete Hogsex, Secretary of War, just handed over our military & a trillion dollar budget to Elon Musk to run an autonomic War machine under AI. He owns the world's communication system, StarLink. He owns SpaceX, our satellites & space station access.
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Maria Lorraine @marialorraine.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
. There’s no rehabilitation with evil Stephen Miller. He’s a Full-Tilt Sociopath, has been since he was a teenager. Somehow he manipulated the mentally deficient Trump into giving him power, like Elmo did, and now Miller is mass-engineering cruelty and dictator-power throughout the nation.
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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Jennifer Welch: “Stephen Miller is a complete psychopath of the highest order. This man is right up there with some of the worst actors ever in history — Hitler, Joseph Goebbels. And his wife and all the people around them, it is a death cult. The thing they accuse Muslims of, that’s what they are”
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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Actor Richard Gere on Trump: “We’re living in the darkest moment I’ve experienced on this planet. Whoever thought America could turn like this? Whoever thought a maniac like this would be president and dismantle all the good things? America’s never been a perfect place, but it has a perfect ideal”
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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Jennifer Welch: “Boycott every fucking thing on CBS News. These are the same people that fired Stephen Colbert because Trump got his feelings hurt. These people don’t care about the truth, they don’t care about journalism, they don’t care about the Constitution, they don’t care about a free press”
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The president’s son-in-law is reportedly engaging in more than just peace-making.
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Kremlin Rushes to Defend Jared Kushner as Murky Deal Is Exposed
The president’s son-in-law is apparently engaging in more than just peace-making.
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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
T/L Cleanser: Robert Reich’s 10 Commandments to restoring government. How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess? Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress. These are major structural reforms that every midterm candidate should support. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjAl...
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The 10 Commandments (for Cleaning Up After Trump)
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Maria Lorraine @marialorraine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
69% of US adults disapprove of Trump. Only 31% approve. • Cost of Living: 69% say Trump’s handling of this crisis has been worse than expected. • Iran War: 69% feel it has not been worth fighting. • Economic Blame: 65% attribute higher prices to Trump's policies. www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...
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Stunning New AP Poll Shows Whopping 69% of Americans Disapprove of Trump — An All-Time High
New polling shows the lowest number yet of Americans approve of President Donald Trump's job performance.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is unreadable. He’s incoherent. I don’t think he successfully stated a single fact, answered a single question, or provided a single example of any point he wanted to make. Not that it was clear what points he wanted to make—because he was incoherent.
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What's becoming difficult to do is name any of Donald Trump's closest friends abroad who AREN'T war criminals. He himself is of course ALSO a war criminal—but there are still people in the United States who are surprised when they realize he's willing to commit Crimes against Humanity here at home.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
it's Saturday, and it's time for: "This week in stupid: October 3 edition" — Donny’s in a ghost town, Gutfeld is the most clown, and so much more... thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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This week in stupid: October 3 edition
, Donny spells it, and so much more...
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Maria Lorraine @marialorraine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
. So now ending the Ukraine War, or the *tease* of ending the Ukraine War, is tied to Trump and Kushner amassing huge OIL profits, in cahoots with Putin. Lovely. Gift article, no paywall: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
Trump on Letitia James being special prosecutor for the Cornell rape case: "I feel badly for whoever she's looking at, because they won't get a fair shake"
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Maria Lorraine @marialorraine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Will they block or destroy votes? What are they being trained to do? Discard massive numbers of votes that don’t need their “scanning standards?” @marcelias.bsky.social @normeisen.bsky.social
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 02/10/2026
Read about how the new DOJ ethics filing begins with a false statement! substack.com/@weissmann/n...
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Andrew Weissmann (@weissmann)
The new Department of Justice ethics filing against numerous federal judges in Minnesota contains, on page 1, a glaring falsehood. The predicate for their ethics complaint is that the judges spoke ab...
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Stephanie Mathis, MLS(ASCP) 😷💜 @stephmu00mls.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🤬‼️ www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Nearly 1,000 private armed guards deployed in USPS plants, as Trump continues offensive against mail-in balloting
The guards are being rushed into USPS facilities five weeks before the midterms, as the Supreme Court has blocked enforcement of Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Taxpayer dollars are funding a new government-sponsored ad.
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Trump Splashes National Security Cash on Propaganda Ads
Taxpayer dollars are funding a new government-sponsored ad.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Maria Lorraine @marialorraine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
. Massive liar. Selfishness and cluelessness on a level that causes harm to almost all Americans. Tragedy.
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Maria Lorraine @marialorraine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
. Trump won by a few lines of “if, then” code applied to tabulator vote totals when uploaded via cellular modem to satellites. 7 esteemed computer scientists said so. You don’t hire the guy who won a world hacking contest for his vote-changing software for nothing. @thebulwark.com @meidastouch.com
List of names:

Duncan Buell Ph.D.
Chair Emeritus — NCR Chair in Computer Science and Engineering
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
University of South Carolina*

David Jefferson Ph.D.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory* (retired)
Election Integrity Foundation*

Susan Greenhalgh
Senior Advisor for Election Security
Free Speech For People

Chris Klaus
Founder
Internet Security System*

William John Malik
Malik Consulting, LLC*

Peter G. Neumann Ph.D.
Chief Scientist,
SRI International Computer Science Lab*

John E. Savage
An Wang Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
Brown University*
*Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only and do not imply institutional endorsement
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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sorry I missed the AMA, after the craziness of the week, it would have come in handy! Cheers! 🥃
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 27/09/2026
Hands off our press. Hands off our bodies. Hands off our museums. Hands off our healthcare. Hands off our democracy. Hands off our immigrant neighbors. Donald Trump is attacking everyone & everything EXCEPT the cost of living.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It will never be called Super Intelligence, because that sounds like a fucking six-year-old came up with it Which is basically what happened
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A sheriff grabbed 650,000 ballots. Gavin Newsom just made the next sheriff's order a felony. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Measles is not COVID, and the differences all point in the same direction. It is extraordinarily contagious, which is why it finds unvaccinated people so reliably. It is a stable virus with one serotype, so a vaccine designed in the 1960s still works,
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/09/2026
In a new paper, researchers argue that changes in the brain associated with aging aren’t a sign of decline, but a new phase of development that supports perspective, emotional regulation, and passing on knowledge to the next generation.
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New study suggests the aging brain is adapting, not declining
As we get older, the brain prioritizes wisdom over remembering details for good reason, according to researchers.
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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“POTUS is attempting to deflect and obfuscate from his own precarious health, the disastrous war in Iran and his damage to the global economy.” noelcasler.substack.com/p/in-a-senti...
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‘In a Sentimental Mood’
Every awful thing I observed working around the Trump family on Celebrity Apprentice seems to be front and center this week; from the revelations that a Russian oligarch and Putin enforcer paid for an...
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