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@martye.bsky.social
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Podcaster; drummer, guitarist, singer, songwriter; vinyl junkie; sensible progressive; Gen X; avid wiseass; casual hermit.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2h
Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
300,000 tons isn’t even a day of diesel, lol.
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Sleeper Classics with Bookie Reader @sleeperclassics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Episode 6 is now available, wherever you get your podcasts! In tonight's reading, homesickness nearly leads to a mutiny among Tom's fellow pirates, before a grand plan is revealed, preceding a great storm, and a triumphant return home. rss.com/podcasts/sle... #podcast #literature #MarkTwain
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Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Chapters 16 - 17 | Sleeper Classics
In Episode 6, your faithful host, Bookie Reader, brings us to the peak of one of Tom Sawyer's greatest feats, yet!
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
Immigrant New Yorkers belong here. ICE does not. If you need help, call our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 or dial 311 and say “Immigration Legal.” Help is here in your native language, no matter your immigration status. More info: nyc.gov/knowyourrights
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Know Your Rights: Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) - MOIA
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Sleeper Classics with Bookie Reader @sleeperclassics.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
If you like having books read to you on YouTube, our channel just went live overnight! youtube.com/@sleeperclas...
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Sleeper Classics With Bookie Reader
Relax, unwind, or just kill some time, while I read you the Classic Literature that you always loved, or never got around to reading. I am your host, Bookie Reader, and welcome to Sleeper Classics, w...
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Sleeper Classics with Bookie Reader @sleeperclassics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Episode 6, covering Chapters 16 & 17 of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, is now available wherever you get your podcasts, or just click this link & hit “listen on”: rss.com/podcasts/sle... #MarkTwain #TomSawyer #Podcast #ClassicLiterature
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Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Things I don’t do: respect Sam Alito.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Agreed, but we also have to be conscious of what they can (and more importantly, can’t) do. They could impeach them every day of the week, but getting enough votes in the Senate to convict and remove will be extremely difficult. No blaming Dems if the impeachment succeeds but conviction fails.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Alright folks, here we go! Ask me anything, 20ish mins, gogo!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“There are always people who profit from war or government policies. The difference is that the people profiting should not be the people making the decisions to make that policy. And that is what is happening here...” www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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✨Cramer©️ @cramer-1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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News for 38 Year Olds @newsfor38yearolds.com · 30/09/2026
During Senate hearing, Jack Smith defends criminal investigations of Trump PBS News www.pbs.org/newshour/show/during-se… Subscribe →
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During Senate hearing, Jack Smith defends criminal investigations of Trump
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The camera cut to Katie Britt right after Eric Schmitt’s attack on Jack Smith turned out to be bogus. Schmitt claimed Jack Smith attended an Atlanta Hawks game in Atlanta. However, the texts were actually about the Iowa Hawkeyes playing Maryland in Maryland.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Alright folks, here we go! Ask me anything, 20ish mins, gogo!
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I dunno what they think that’s going to solve, but he’s probably dumb enough to try it. Still gonna lose. 🤷‍♂️
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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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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 26/09/2026
'Susan Collins makes first appearance since bribery allegations' Not exactly a headline you want to see if you're a 5-term Senator running for re-election while your fully-in-charge party has become synonymous with high prices and rampant corruption. wgme.com/news/local/s...
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Senator Susan Collins makes first appearance since bribery allegations
Senator Susan Collins held a fundraising event in Gorham Friday.
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Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
NEW: The Supreme Court revived the Trump administration's flawed citizenship database that's been used to erroneously kick eligible voters off the rolls ahead of the midterms. A total of 27 states voluntarily use the modified SAVE system — this is what it could mean for voters👇
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The Supreme Court is letting Trump use a faulty database for purges. What it could mean for voters
The Trump administration said states made “some 60 million voter-verification queries" to its flawed SAVE system between January 2025 and April 2026.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They really hate that the Internet is forever thing. It makes it harder to lie.
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Your Scary Ad Here @cooluser354.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Genuinely it does shock me sometimes that the extant Republican party is managing to shamble forwards despite having so many opposed groups Like you have psychotically pro-israel types and literal hitler worshipping neonazis in the same party over there. That's just one faultline.
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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 19/09/2026
“the republicans” are fucking fascists. “the democrats” are a broad base coalition group spanning the left of center spectrum. some of them suck ass on trans rights. some of them *are trans*. that’s what a coalition group is. welcome to democracy, the worst of all options except for every other.
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MidnightMinute @midnightminute.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Their big move is to *checks notes* kick hundreds of thousands of people off their health insurance illegally, including their own supporters, and call it a victory!!!
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You scared? You sound scared.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thanks to the community speaking up, Wilber has left the detention center to get medical care. This is important news & a positive first step. Now, we have to make sure he fully recovers, is reunited with family, & gets to tell law enforcement the full story of how he was shot in the back by ICE.
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Arkangel99 @arkangel99.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Forget 2028 gossip. Democracy needs fighters, and Democratic voters need to act now. Kamala Harris is campaigning for Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and plans to help Jon Ossoff defend Georgia. Support Democratic candidates, volunteer, donate, and prepare to vote.🔵 #USDemocracy #RisingBlue #VoteBlue
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
An @DoorDash driver. They are hunting brown people. #AbolishICE
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
His brain is completely broken. What the actual fuck is this nonsense
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning. As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law.
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Don Comer @doncomer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 22nd Amendment limits a president to 2 terms, the wisest amendment EVER
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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
WAPO is reporting that at least four more service members have died in the war in Iran than DOD is publicly acknowledging. CNN is reporting that the US almost seized a Chinese vessel because AI incorrectly identified it as containing Iranian nuclear material. Clown show.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This deal doesn’t appear to be fundamentally much different than our current agreement, but naturally, MAGA will swear it’s the biggest win in history
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...
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A Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter Fraud
His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trump: "I could've banned fishing. The power of this office is crazy. I could've banned fishing. I think I'm gonna do that."
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The companies run by the likes of Musk, Thiel, Bezos, Altman and Zuckerberg should be the first self-regulated industry in history. Because...these are men of such great character? Who have demonstrated such responsible behavior in the past? Who are public-spirited? Who aren't monsters?
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I love Ossoff too, but if Dems win midterms, there's a high likelihood that Jeffries' role in redistricting and Schumer's in recruiting will be a big part of the reason why -- even aside from their fundraising.
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Happy Valentine @martye.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why great art requires risk | Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth & Robert Vargas youtube.com/watch?v=gaJf...
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Why great art requires risk | Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth & Robert Vargas | TEDxFargo
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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🤡: only guardrails AI needs is ‘a strong and smart (High IQ!) president’ Rest of the world: '- and you'll let us know as soon as you reach out to one?'
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Trump rants only guardrails AI needs is ‘a strong and smart (High IQ!) president’
President’s outburst follows calls for a slowdown in AI development by some of the industry’s most prominent executives
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
ProPublica says Russian boxing executive Umar Kremlev, who has ties to Putin, paid for a private island and fireworks at Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/russian-ol...
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Sagebear @sagebear24.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
OMG how dare Jeffries met with Kushner. The hypocrisy these people have.
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