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Mark Laporta

@marklaporta.bsky.social
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New York-based composer and author. www.youtube.com/@marklaporta_music heartofearthscifi.com www.youtube.com/@marklaporta_scifi

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h
Not sure if the point of Angela Paxton’s video was to cause people to search Angela Paxton’s name only to find out that she helped facilitate Ken Paxton’s corruption for many years before ultimately filing to divorce him on “biblical grounds”, but that’s what happened.
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Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 11h
This is a point that should be restated every time journalists report on an ICE kidnapping. Why can’t they step up to support the truth?
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Moon-Watcher @bobsmyusername.bsky.social · 20h
So anyway being undocumented in the United States is a civil violation of the law not a criminal one
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 19h
The challenger in Los Angeles is Nithya Raman, an Indian-born urban planner and two-term City Council member who is trying to unseat Democratic Mayor Karen Bass on Nov. 3. Note: The latest poll I saw showed Nithya Raman ahead.
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New York has a socialist mayor. Los Angeles may be next
Could L.A. join New York's new urban left?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h
At a time in history when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, democracy, and decency, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction — fawning over the most dangerous authoritarian America has ever witnessed. Do not forget this.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Despite having having far more people, Russia also has about an equivalent GDP to California minus Los Angeles and Santa Clara County. Seems pretty low T and beta!
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 21h
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 19h
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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 14h
"It's up to all of us to ensure that the illuminating power of the written word is not under malicious control." We're proud to have Honorary Chair Tony Weaver, Jr. leading #BannedBooksWeek! #LetBooksBe ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 20h
It's Fire Prevention Week in New York City. Learn more about fire safety at fdnysmart.org.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15h
Justice Alito is confusing court reform with attacking the court. Many of us simply want the Court to be better. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 19h
Caring for each other isn’t controversial, no matter how loudly MAGA yells. You know who made “bad choices?” Everyone who stifled their empathy at an early age.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22h
I believe in Medicare for All like I believe in public schools. There for you no matter what.
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Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 19h
Amen!
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Bunkunin @bunkunin.bsky.social · 22h
Jewish human rights barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
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‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is psychosis. The president of the United States is psychotic. Is the media going to start talking about this, or continue to normalize it?
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Dutch eyewear chain Hans Anders halts sale of Meta glasses, citing privacy concerns
One of the largest Dutch eyewear retail chains said on Friday it had suspended sales of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands ​and Belgium amid growing privacy concerns, in one of the first ...
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t remember anyone giving Jerome Powell a check for $100 million. Who gave it to Kevin Warsh, days before he was confirmed and why?
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What basic research is in science: it is looking—for years—at the spit of toad, or the quiet collection of data over a child’s cough. I will explain it another way: it is the Lionel Messi of science. It is sitting back quietly and then all sudden: boom, a swift innovation that changes our lives.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A few years ago, I said greedy egg producers like Cal-Maine were using their market power to deliberately drive up egg prices. My right-wing critics fried me for saying this — but now they all have egg on their face.
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Fox News Mocked Me For Being Right
When I said three years ago that egg companies were using the avian flu as cover to price-gouge, Fox News called me craz
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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Funny. I cannot recall any "diplomat" seeing their net worth rise by roughly 📈 $100 million to $200 million since taking the position. Yet Jared Kushner has. So, spare me any BS about his job description. It has nothing to do with diplomacy.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 04/10/2026
Germany's Merz visits Kyiv as Russia steps up attacks on Ukrainian cities
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Germany's Merz visits Kyiv as Russia steps up attacks on Ukrainian cities
The German chancellor was visiting Kyiv as Moscow has intensified attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On this day in 1944, a 13 year old German Jewish girl arrived at Auschwitz from Westerbork with her mother where they were murdered after selection. Her mother is recorded as having perished on the 6 Oct 1944. Her name was Eva Voss Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
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SATX Indivisible @satx-indivisible.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Earlier today, we were at the #SanAntonio March for Freedom and Justice protesting the #ICEdetentioncenter concentration camp proposed on the East Side. #ICEout #CloseTheCamps @50501satx.bsky.social
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Every Bite Counts @sandybeach805.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Some good news. Today, retired US Navy Captains and former NASA Astronauts Mark Kelly and Scott Kelly are being inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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David Combest @decombest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Innocent Couple Confused When Armed Cops Surround Their Home Following a Wild Tip From a Flock Camera futurism.com/future-socie...
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Innocent Couple Confused When Armed Cops Surround Their Home Following a Wild Tip From a Flock Camera
A family in Lexington, Kentucky is demanding answers after police descended on their homes with guns drawn following a lead from an ALPR.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A Growing Movement Is Working to Evict ICE From Its Buffalo Command Center truthout.org/articles/a-g...
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A Growing Movement Is Working to Evict ICE From Its Buffalo Command Center
Activists are pressuring Buffalo corporations to kick ICE out of the office building where it is imprisoning children.
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💙Matthew U.💙 @match74.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Blue-winged Teal One of the smaller members of the dabbling duck group, it occurs in North America, where it breeds from Alaska to Nova Scotia, and south to Texas. It winters along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and south into the Caribbean islands and Central America. 📸: @mikullashbee
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Georgia’s election board asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate a leading nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program, potentially adding yet another probe based on hyper-partisan conspiracy theories to the department’s portfolio. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Georgia’s GOP-controlled election board wants DOJ to investigate nonpartisan voter roll maintenance program
Despite his request for a federal investigation into ERIC, the board's executive director appeared to know very little about the organization during a meeting earlier this week.
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Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Will the judge order the ICE agents and their DHS supervisor jailed for defying a court order? “I was just following the voices in my head,” is not a defense.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From Josh Helfgott: CE handcuffed a nurse in front of her 3-year-old son on their way to Disneyland—even though a judge already ruled she could NOT be sent back to Indonesia. After 15 days behind bars, a federal magistrate just ordered her FREE.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“He’s gotta resign. … We have to let our own people and everybody else know why it had to be done—because of what’s on the tape, because he lied.” — White House speechwriter Patrick J. Buchanan to White House chief of staff Alexander M. Haig, August 2, 1974
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Can't believe trump would be bribing voters after Susan Collins assured us that he learned his lesson when she voted to acquit him in the Senate after he was impeached for trying to bribe Ukraine.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Some say they haven't signed up for Democracy Docket because they don't want spam or endless solicitations. Democracy Docket doesn't sell its list. It doesn't solicit products or services. It sends you the news/information you sign-up for. Try it and see! demdock.com/4w6emld
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026
Katie Phang: "Get the fuck out of here. Are you kidding me? You think it's a good use of taxpayers time and money to be able to do illegal redactions and withholds that are now forcing me to have to go and sue? Are you joking? But this is how Todd Blanche thinks."
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 03/10/2026
The U.S. and its G7 allies will release 100 million barrels of oil over the next four months, including “substantial amounts of diesel.” In a statement Friday, the group said the action would start immediately as nations grapple with sky-high energy prices.
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Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sick people are *more* of a burden on society than universal healthcare. 3/3
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Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Worse, they think that needing help is weak and immoral — all until it happens to them. Our schools teach nothing about the way this country works, when they teach anything at all. Ultimately, they can only feel empathy for characters on a film or TV series. Not to mention the obvious: 2/3
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Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Some of these fools think that people only get sick when they make “bad choices.” They see illness as a punishment from an imaginary being and forget about accidental injuries. They don’t understand inherited diseases or conditions or how corrupt the healthcare system is that drives up prices 1/3
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What I've always wondered about MAGA voters so against "socialized medicine": Does it seem fair to them that we so often see charity events and GoFundMe pages for people who have worked hard, played by the rules, and are going bankrupt simply because they got sick? www.gofundme.com/discover/med...
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GoFundMe - Discover Medical fundraisers
View Medical fundraisers on GoFundMe, the world’s #1 most trusted fundraising platform.
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Mark Laporta @marklaporta.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They take revenge on T by ruining their own political futures? Even their defiance is tainted with the same madness. It’s like setting yourself on fire to protest the actions of an arsonist.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Playbook: Sen. Thom Tillis lashed out in private texts to Trump earlier this year, saying he refused to take his "bullshit" and that, had Trump directly threatened him with a primary challenge, he would've "immediately told you to fuck yourself" and announced his retirement early.
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SJSCentralTX @sjscentraltx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
KUT reports on more ICE fuckery, from checking license plates for immigration status to lack of body cameras or ICE turning them off when it suits their purpose.
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ICE is checking 'random' license plates in Austin and other takeaways from Garces Perez hearing
A hearing over charges alleging that Wilber Garces Perez assaulted and resisted federal officers provided rare insight into ICE operations in Austin.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING MS NOW: Kash Patel has commissioned a classified report examining purported past FBI shortcomings — including in the Russia and special counsel probes — in what current and former officials see as the Trump admin's latest effort to rewrite history in Trump's favor.
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Kash Patel commissions classified, internal FBI report to examine department ‘failures’
Sources tell MS NOW the ‘Patel Report’ may be the latest effort to re-write history in President Trump’s favor.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham suggested British voters could be given the chance to reverse Brexit, the country’s highly contentious departure from the European Union a decade ago. Burnham said it was “possible” a referendum on rejoining the EU could be included in a future election manifesto.
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A Brexit reversal is on the table 10 years on from the vote that changed Britain. Here’s what’s at stake
Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
We spoke with dozens of librarians from across the U.S. about the challenges and triumphs of running a library. Here is what they told us. nyti.ms/4yw4O4k
A grid of photos of people in front of a green background. A headline reads: " Librarians on Libraries."
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