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News junkie, weather fanatic, avid hiker, skier, coffee lover ☕️ (TG) and proud grandma. Married for 44 years! Nature is my church.❤️historical fiction. Blue dot in a blue state.🔵 No DM’s. #nevertrump

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico jury finds Meta's platforms are harmful to children's mental health and imposes $375 million penalty.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Think voting doesn’t matter? 766 votes.
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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Because he’s dumb. We don’t call it global warming anymore because too many stupid people were thinking it was just going to get hot. So we changed the name to Climate Change. I guess he must have been on an Island and missed the memo.
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Marty🇺🇸🇺🇦 @martyoflg.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Read the Clintons’ Personal Letter to Comer www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read the Clintons’ Personal Letter to Comer
Bill and Hillary Clinton wrote a lengthy letter to Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee, refusing to testify in Congress.
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Democrats Organizing For America @democratsofa.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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CNN @cnn.com · 18/11/2025
Dozens of Israeli settlers set Palestinian vehicles and homes on fire in a village in the occupied West Bank on Monday after Israeli forces tore down settlers’ illegal outpost structures in the area.
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Israeli settlers torch Palestinian vehicles and homes in West Bank village | CNN
Dozens of Israeli settlers set Palestinian vehicles and homes on fire in a village in the occupied West Bank after Israeli forces tore down settlers’ illegal outpost structures in the area on Monday.
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KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 17/11/2025
Just months after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a Washington law to keep medical debt off consumers’ credit reports, the Trump administration is looking to block such policies.
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WA’s new ban on medical debt in credit reports at risk of federal override
Just months after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a Washington law to keep medical debt off consumers’ credit reports, the Trump administration is looking to block such policies.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 17/11/2025
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians received a grant for its Choctaw Dictionary project in 2020. However, as the department was nearing completion of the dictionary, the Trump administration terminated the award. buff.ly/5ApEvre
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Mississippi Choctaw Dictionary Project Helps Preserve Language
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians’ Choctaw Dictionary Project is designed to help teach the language and encourage more daily use.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 17/11/2025
Steve Bannon, MAGA influencer and former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, promised to shield Jeffrey Epstein from prosecution just months before his death in prison, newly unearthed text messages suggested Monday.
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Texts reveal Trump's right-hand man promised protection for Epstein: 'Don't have to worry'
Steve Bannon, MAGA influencer and former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, promised to shield Jeffrey Epstein from prosecution just months before his death in prison, newly unearth...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos." factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy @progavalanche.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Hanging on the wall in Ohio Republican Congressman Dave Taylors office. His aide, Angelo Elia, was so used to having it there he forgot to take it down before hosting a Zoom. We warned you, this is who they are.
A snap shot taken during a Zoom hosted by Elia, showing the red stripes in an American flag converted into a swastika.
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Pinky @pinky1259.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The White House says it’s now limiting how much classified intelligence it shares with Congress, following criticism from lawmakers over the Iran bombing.
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Troubadours of Divine Bliss @troubadours.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Assholery of the Highest Order. FUCK your Inhumanity. Look at yourselves? ZIP TYING old, disabled sick elders in WHEELCHAIRS! Where is your heart? CALL CONGRESS!
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Iran should never—ever—be allowed to build nukes. Crush every attempt. Period. But having an administration that lies... bulldozes the Constitution...and silences accountability? That’s also a danger to us. Stopping one threat doesn’t justify creating another. #NuclearWeapons #Accountability
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Indeed, who are the real criminals?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
is that bad? Seems bad
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/03/2025
Duckworth: "Hegseth is the most unqualified sec def in history & this is further demonstrating his incompetence. He's literally leaking classified war plans via group chat...if you're our allies, I'd be thinking twice about sharing classified information...All these people need to lose their jobs"
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I can’t believe this has to be said, but: You cannot tell the story of Jackie Robinson—as a ballplayer, serviceman, or human—without discussing our country’s history of racism. From Around the Horn:
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Imagine calling yourself the master race and have to resort to erasing the achievements of minorities to make yourself feel better.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The Commerce Secretary of the US is telling people to go out and buy stock in a specific company on national television.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
DOGE is forcing the Social Security Administration to stop providing sign up support by phone and requiring people to visit an SSA field office in person while also shutting down field offices across the country. www.ajc.com/news/nation-...
ajc.com
Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures — which will require millions of recipients and applicants ...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money. He was not dead.
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I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Congratulations to @schumer.senate.gov and the others who just played into the hands of an insane dictator who just said it's illegal for cnn and msnbc to criticize him
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I’m amazed how little coverage this story has gotten. They’ve burned well over $16 million to briefly hold 290 immigrants and several photo ops to GITMO. Just a total train wreck and they didn’t even mention it officially. Check out my latest. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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Smoke and mirrors in Cuba
They are all lying but they got the pictures and that's what matters
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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 #AbolishICE, #SlavaUkraini @andreasor.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Trump: F' the First Amendment! dailyboulder.com/trump-rages-...
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Trump Rages at 'Sleazebag Journalists' For Exposing 'Hot Mic' Comment He Made to Chief Justice Roberts
Late Wednesday night, Donald Trump took to Truth Social, angrily attacking journalists for reporting on a hot mic moment in which he was heard speaking to Chief Justice John Roberts following his spee...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
That is exactly true.
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MicheleWitchyPoo🦋🤍🐾🦋🤍🐾🦋🤍🐾🦋 @michelewitchypoo.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
An 11-year-old girl took her own life in Texas after she was tormented for weeks by her sixth-grade classmates at Gainesville Intermediate School, who threatened to call ICE authorities and have her family deported from the US, her grieving parents have said. 💔 💔
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11-year-old took her own life over deportation threats, family says
‘I waited a whole week for a miracle that my daughter would be well, but unfortunately, nothing could be done,’ despaired her mother
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LC @lc1summit.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
The king has lost his crown.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 19/02/2025
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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a dictator. He is a champion of democracy, freedom and truth.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 18/02/2025
The administration is forcing VA workers out without legal authorization or a clear plan. This isn’t efficiency—it’s sabotage. Fewer staff mean longer wait times and weaker care, all to shrink the VA and push veterans into private healthcare.
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Rep. Mike Levin raises concerns over potential cuts to Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Rep. Mike Levin is worried about how federal layoffs could impact not only workers, but military veterans. He tells NBC 7’s Joey Safchik why he is calling for more details about layoffs within the Dep...
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
food-borne illnesses are a great way to "make america healthy again"
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
A freeze on the hiring and onboarding of thousands of federal firefighters could have deadly consequences as the national wildfire response operates at a "diminished capacity," a federal firefighting captain told NBC News. www.nbcnews.com/weather/wild...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Donald Trump has sent out a letter banning everyone from calling him a felon with instant dismissal for all who disobey. But he can't fire us. Donald Trump is a Felon. Donald Trump is a Felon. Donald Trump is a Felon. Donald Trump is a Felon.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Spot on.
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Mainstream media is compromised.
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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website. “People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk’s programmers, said one federal intelligence employee. apple.news/AeaQ4cFdhR1m...
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website — HuffPost
“People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk’s programmers, said one federal intelligence employee.
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Gavin Sherlock @gsherloc.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
On January 6th, 1995, my (now ex) wife and I boarded a flight from Heathrow to JFK on a one way ticket. We had two suitcases and about $900 in cash - this was everything we owned and we were moving to the US. We thought it was maybe for 2-3 years. I had visited the US once, for a conference, and
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NotBob74 (he/him/his) @notbob74.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 14/02/2025
When I heard Musk say this on Tuesday, my assumption was that it was a programming issue. Because I can code and have written to databases and because I am familiar with other examples of default values being misinterpreted. Yet somehow Musk isn't.
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
It's very peculiar that trump says he wants to root out corruption, but his Department of Justice is determined to get the corruption charges against corrupt Mayor Eric Adams dropped, so he can corruptly pursue a quid pro quo wit Adams. The whole deal is corrupt AF.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
“Sources told CNN the officials did not seem to know this agency oversees America’s nuclear weapons.” 🫣 www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
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