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Marti Hanson

@martislp.bsky.social
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Retired speech and language pathologist, previously in FL, now living in the western NC mountains. My husband and I are refugees from Hurricane Ian and Ron DeSantis.

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Marti Hanson @martislp.bsky.social · 7h
Well worth the read. Horrorfying.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 21h
Quotas all but ensure that ICE will skip the investigative work it takes to identify the undocumented immigrants who are genuine risks to public safety in favor of quick-hit arrests. www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/p...
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Exclusive: ICE agents told to ramp up daily immigration arrests despite GOP unease as midterms near | CNN Politics
Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership told agents nationwide on Tuesday to increase immigration arrests by 1,000 more people daily, returning to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests, accord...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22h
“…most commonly carried out in a handful of countries including Iran, North Korea and the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan. “releasing video of executions is most often associated with extremist militant groups like the Islamic State...” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From Hopium: - More encouraging Senate polls - Early vote is picking up, Dems off to strong start in NJ/PA/VA - MAGA hearts Putin, 24/7/365 - Jackson holds his own in Maine, launches powerful "can't eat road salt" meme - Support our intrepid candidates! 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/more-encou...
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More Encouraging Senate Polls, Early Vote Is Picking Up, MAGA Hearts Putin, “Can’t Eat Road Salt”
Our friend Devon Murphy-Anderson of the Maine Democratic Party joins us live at 115pm ET today to talk about last night’s debate, the early vote, more
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pe[low]te Hegseth can’t keep up with women he claims aren’t strong enough to compete with men in his “warrior” military.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.
The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 05/10/2026
Tourism in Washington, D.C. is experiencing a significant downturn, with local guides and businesses reporting sharp declines in visitors....
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Trump Controversy Sparks Dramatic Decline in DC Tourism Numbers
Tourism in Washington, D.C. is experiencing a significant downturn, with local guides and businesses reporting sharp declines in visitors. Many attribute this lack of interest to a combination of ongoing construction, closed landmarks, and growing dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump's leadership. E. David Luria, who has operated Washington Photo Safari for nearly three decades, stated that his bookings have plunged by about 50% compared to last year.
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Princess of Ely @princessofely.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
😡😡😡😡
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/10/2026
Trump even lies about the most obviously false shit. It’s a disorder.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Conservative Cuban Americans have long made S. Florida GOP-friendly. But Trump has deported a record number of Cubans. Older Cubans who lived in the US for decades were deported to Mexico, where they've struggled to get by. Some have been deported to Africa..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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How Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House Race
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.
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Marti Hanson @martislp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Because criminals must be exalted, and law abiders must be punished...
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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
We can’t sleepwalk into a U.S.-Saudi Arabia nuclear deal that would hand Saudi Arabia the tools to build a nuclear bomb. No way.
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Opinion | The shadow of Jamal Khashoggi looms over Trump’s flawed nuclear deal
Saudi Arabia’s regime tried to hide its assassination of a Post columnist eight years ago. Don’t trust it.
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Marti Hanson @martislp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Corruption on steroids, and in plain sight.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
These two lawsuits brought by Renee Nicole Good’s family are exceptionally well-written and legally compelling. Well worth the read, I promise. I break down both complaints in this episode: youtu.be/2kU7_-Yt-Ig?...
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Trump HIT With TWO NEW LAWSUITS Over DEADLY ICE SHOOTING!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The agency appears to regard the change as a customer experience improvement — as if interacting with a TSA agent who has been forced to stand in a crowded airport for hours on end will definitely be positive..." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
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Trump Administration Makes Life Worse For TSA Agents
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Marti Hanson @martislp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I vaguely remember a little thing called separation of church and state...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Renee Good’s family sues the U.S. government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis.
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Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis
Renee Good’s family has sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials, alleging wrongful death and other violations of federal law in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration officer during a federal crackdown in Minnesota.
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Marti Hanson @martislp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Public funds to finance discrimination. Does anyone with any power to change that see anything wrong with this?
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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 30/09/2026
The attacks on Jack Smith expose something far bigger than one ugly Senate hearing: a collision between personal political loyalty and America’s constitutional system… hartmannreport.com/p/the-final-...
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The Final Stage of a Strongman’s Takeover Is Turning the Law Against the People Who Defended It
The attacks on Jack Smith expose something far bigger than one ugly Senate hearing: a collision between personal political loyalty and America’s constitutional system…
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
El Salvador is still imprisoning ICE deportees from the U.S., even after Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case sparked a backlash. Some are disappearing.
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ICE Deportees Are Vanishing Into Salvadoran Prisons
The world moved on after Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but people continue to disappear.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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Marti Hanson @martislp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These R-morons in Congress are no match for Jack Smith. No one better than Jack Smith to expose their incompetency and illogic.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Glendy and Nixon's children are now orphans," the archbishop said... "The family was a beloved member of our community; their children received their first sacraments in our parishes..." "This is not a gray area... What is happening is gravely immoral." www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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St. Louis Archdiocese wants end to 'mass deportation,' says immigrant treatment 'sinful'
Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski called for a path to legal status for those without documentation.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For decades Americans in Republican counties have died sooner than those living in Democratic ones Now they’re dying faster than they’re being born These are policy choices
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Hunting Ground is the documentary everyone should be watching to learn more about the scope of campus assault. Made in 2015 but as relevant as ever. Women's safety is sacrificed by college institutions for financial gain. Our administration is doing the same thing by protecting predators.
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Marti Hanson @martislp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Unbelievable...but par for the course for this prez
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
New in PN: Trump loves Xi because he wants to be him "Trump throws tantrums and damaging trade wars at utterly imaginary sleights from close allies like Canada. Yet he falls to his orange belly to abase himself before a country that is directly endangering US troops. What is he thinking?"
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Trump loves Xi because he wants to be him
Kowtowing to tyrants makes him think he’s strong.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump officially rolled back fuel efficiency standards today. The new target for 2031 is about 34.5 miles per gallon, down from 50.4. That means more gas burned, more pollution, and more money out of drivers’ pockets. So much for making things affordable.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“‘Ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation or promoted voluntary return of non-white immigrants'... This is, of course, beyond alarming...” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"A group of pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere... to preach and sell white supremacy, antisemitism and patriarchy to angry young men..." religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...
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The rise of the Jim Crow theobros
(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Because of the Texas state government's error, Texas "counties are now dealing with nearly a year of backlogged voter registration tasks to process. They could include new registrations or simply updates to voters’ existing records, like a change in address..." www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...
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Tens of thousands of Texas voter registration applications likely ensnared in state error
Democrats are calling for investigations into why voter registration applications submitted via a DPS portal weren’t forwarded to counties.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Marti Hanson @martislp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
WTAF did he even say here, and is there a translater who speaks fluent crazy...
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the solution, right here…👇 Call your state legislature and governor and insist that they do not use any tainted voter rolls. Do. It. Now. 😎✨
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The law is clear! Federal law prohibits armed troops at polling places, interference, and using government power to undermine our elections. We will not be intimidated. Know your rights! Make a plan. We must protect the right to vote. 🗳️
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
DILLEY DETENTION CENTER NUMBER 2 Call it a “staging facility” all you want. The contract says detention. There’s playground equipment behind the fence. And Dilley has already held children far beyond the roughly 20-day Flores limit. Now they’re building “Dilley 2.” We know what this is!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN3t...
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Trump-tied group bought a house for former Greenland politician, Danish report says
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Indivisible ReSisters Contra Costa ❌👑 @indivisresistcoco.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Bring Maureen Home | Support Maureen Wanjiru Ngure
Learn about Maureen Wanjiru Ngure, a Concord nurse and mother of two who is wrongfully detained in Louisiana, and find clear ways to support her family.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Republican Who Runs South Dakota Elections Backs Democrat to Succeed Her
Monae Johnson, the secretary of state, is the latest Republican incumbent to speak out against conservative candidates as President Trump loses support before midterm elections.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Redacted Reading Room in Dallas showcased the searingly honest artwork of Maria Farmer with the Reflection Wall with its notes of encouragement & condemnation. Epstein Survivors, Dani Bensky & Liz Stein, call the DOJ to demand that it stop protecting the abusers. youtu.be/ahdKLdKcqFA?...
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Trump DOJ SCRAMBLES As Epstein Survivors Blow COVER-UP WIDE OPEN!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We really are getting into 'The Death of Stalin' and "Der Untergang' ('Downfall') territory.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Two men deported to Equatorial Guinea by the Trump administration were hooded, bound, beaten with guns and shoved down a flight of stairs recently by police officers at a remote hotel where Trump administration deportees are being held indefinitely..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
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A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
hahahahahahahhahahaha😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump says planned 250-foot arch will be ‘military complex’ for drones, snipers
The president’s post about the 250-foot arch planned near Arlington National Cemetery comes as veterans groups, historic preservationists and others attempt to stop the project.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“There were dogs and bikers; elders with gray hair and babies with no hair; people in Nationals jerseys and business casual attire (equally ubiquitous DC uniforms). Most wore one common item: a red pin that read, 'Hands Off the Arts'...” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Thousands rally outside shuttered Kennedy Center, chanting ‘Hands off!’
The vigil took place at the end of a week that saw the doors to the marble building locked shut.
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