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Martha Baskin

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#Poetry #Painting #Nightime This is my letter to the World That never wrote to Me— The simple News that Nature told— With tender Majesty - Emily Dickinson 🎨 Hayato Nakata
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Pentagon Watchdog Reveals Devastating U.S. Losses in Iran War
The Defense Department’s inspector general reports a major munitions shortfall—and damage to U.S. bases throughout the region.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
No shit, 100% agree here.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A data center in New Jersey spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a local creek, putting the area’s entire river system at risk. Is it any wonder nearly 70 percent of Americans don’t want a data center in their community?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Meiselas: Katie Miller has been posting about you. I want to give you the opportunity right now to respond. What do you want to say to her? Paulina Mangubat, Content and Creative Director for @TheDemocrats: I want Katie Miller to know that her husband is an ugly fuck.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Remembering Amal Khalil
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The end of Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime is a victory not just for Hungary, but for people who value democracy around the world. Congratulations to Tisza, to incoming leader Péter Magyar, and to Hungarians everywhere.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/04/2026
I’ll have what Hungary’s having.
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an elderly woman is sitting at a table in a restaurant and looking at the camera .
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beaker66.bsky.social @beaker66.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
When you control all the branches of government, you still have to have someone to blame for not actually governing.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 05/04/2026
Google Changes Gmail After 22 Years—Why You Need A New Email Address
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Google Changes Gmail After 22 Years—Why You Need A New Email Address
Google's upgrade means 2 billion Gmail users must now decide what to do next.
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datdemlady.bsky.social @datdemlady.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
How many times did she say this? And 77 million people ignored her and played Russian roulette with their country.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 05/04/2026
Jeff Bezos has $222 billion. If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over. And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 06/04/2026
"20 yrs ago the world took a year to add 1 gigawatt of solar. Now it takes just half a day. Solar costs have fallen by around 90% over past decade, & as costs fall, installations accelerate. Nowhere is this clearer than in China 🇨🇳. It now accounts for well over half of global solar installations"
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi, and others in the regime are all living in government housing at Fort McNair. If hearing this makes you think of barracks or modest ranch houses, don't.
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Frosted Poptart @toastertrollop.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Alice Augusta Ball found the cure for leprosy at 23. She died in a mysterious lab accident at 24. Arthur Dean stole her research, stole it and renamed it from "The Ball Method" to "The Dean Method." It took 90 years before her original research papers were found and she got the credit due to her.
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Anti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Please share this with everyone
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Meta paid an effective fed tax rate of 3.5% on its latest tax bill — its lowest on record. Mark Zuckerberg's net worth just hit $222 billion. And Meta is pumping $65 million into elections this year to boost AI friendly candidates. Now it's reportedly planning to lay off 15,000 workers. Hello?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
After working with the U.S. military in Afghanistan, Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal died in the country he spent years of his life helping. The cruelty is endless.
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Afghan asylum-seeker dies after less than 24 hours in ICE custody
Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, a father of six who worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan, had no known health iss
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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Trump may be losing his mind, but let's not overlook the fact that he has always been an incompetent asshole.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Oh my God. What an absolute fiasco
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
TRUMP’S PLAN BACKFIRES: Iran's new supreme leader — Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country's slain ruler — is expected to be more hardline than his father. His ascent to power means the Iranian regime may become even more repressive.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
He's letting Rubio own this thing.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Who knew one dipshit could wreck the global economy in a week?
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court
String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I just want to live in a country where the leader can’t enrich themselves with our tax dollars, the government does what the people want, and the wealthy have to follow the laws. You know, like a democracy.
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lucygevy18.bsky.social @lucygevy18.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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a bald eagle sits on a desk next to donald trump
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Our senators could put a stop to this. Ask them why they won't.
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat says Trump’s falling into same trap that’s undone authoritarian-minded leaders throughout history. Despite declining approval ratings, she said in essay for New York TImes, president is making age-old error of believing his own hype. apple.news/AFiOBuTiJSsu...
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An Authoritarianism Expert Says Donald Trump Is Doing This 1 Exact Thing That Never Ends Well — BuzzFeed
The professor of history at New York University described the phenomenon as “autocratic backfire.
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Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Democats won in deep red Louisiana tonight! Congratulations.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
When you’re losing hope. Take a deep breath. Close your eyes. Think back to when this guy was your president. When you could associate the presidency with class, decency and integrity. Now open your eyes And fight like hell to get someone like him back in office again.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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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Terndis Shipperound @clearsonnyday.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
'𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝' by Minn.-based community song circle leader, Annie Schlaefer in response to escalating ICE raids and violence. It is inspired by Otpor!, the Serbian civil resistance movement who overthrew dictator Slobodan Milošević in 2000.
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ICE OUT SING-IN Resistance Songbook
The ICE OUT Resistance Songbook brings together protest songs rooted in civil rights, community healing, and interfaith movements for justice, offering historical context and lyrics to inspire collect...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Otay Mesa "Detention Center" (prison camp) in San Diego, CA: lataco.com/captive-loti...
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Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Wow, NBC edited out the audience booing JD Vance at the Olympics. And this is one of the few remaining news outlets NOT owned by right-wing billionaire Trump sycophants www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast
The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The Trumpers see this as a compliment. The rest of us wonder if we're seeing a future president.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
BREAKING: A 5th Circuit panel has backed ICE's mass detention policy, a decision that clears the way for the administration to lock up people who are in immigration proceedings It's a 2-1 ruling Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump) Minority: Douglas (Obama) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Lester @lesterlee.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I'm convinced that a sign of getting old is how I keep buying new and fancy potato chip flavours, getting 1/3rd of the way through the bag and realizing I actually just want sour cream and onion.
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Red Lori Bright Eyes A Fucking Bitch @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I am so proud of the America I see fighting back
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I'm so old I remember back when most of us used to be proud of being American.
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
We really don’t have a functioning mass (corporate) media anymore. We have a travelling band of minstrels singing propaganda praises to their knights.
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a group of people are standing in a forest with the words `` bravely ran away away '' written on the screen .
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power. They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Today in Politics, Bulletin 297. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 297. 1/30/26
… DOJ released a massive amount of Epstein files documents today.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
🔥 Massive Protests Erupt Nationwide—And They're Just Getting Started
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Hope Rises As Massive Crowds Protest Trump’s Abuse Of Power, AOC Calls For Pam Bondi’s Impeachment, and Arrested Journalists Remain Defiant Against The Regime
Onward!
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Thank you Minnesota. 💙
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Jems @jemsdb.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." ― Harry Truman
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year. Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This was posted in the new Epstein files release and removed about 20 mins later. Wonder why that is.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/01/2026
It hasn’t gone unnoticed that all four people arrested today, including two journalists, were Black. And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act. Sit with that.
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