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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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julesirick.bsky.social @julesirick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If we have any hope of restoring our reputation in the world, we have to join the ICC and show a willingness to be held accountable.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I wonder how Texans think about children held in concentration camps in their state. With their Governors and Legislators approval. Are you out in the streets at least, blocking the entrances ...
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
More wonderful post partum care in Massachusetts. We need to be very ashamed and we need to do better at long last. Start by ending all cooperation with ICE. Declare them a rogue agency and revoke all access. I don't want them within our borders. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/14/m...
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He called 911 to get her help. Instead, she ended up in ICE custody during a mental health crisis. - The Boston Globe
For several nights, ICE held her at the agency's field office in Burlington without medical care. For more than a year, immigrants and their attorneys have alleged inadequate conditions at this facil...
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
George S, I was listening but couldn't quite hear you say that "Kushner is not, in fact, on the other side of the aisle, that he's not an official representative of anything", he's just a carpet bagger
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/09/2026
Shop at any of these grocery stores? Kroger Fred Meyer Ralphs Food for Less Mariano’s Smith’s Harris Teeter Seems like a lot of competition—except that every one is owned by Kroger. Now Kroger is trying to buy another: Giant Eagle. And when competition dies, you pay more.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Me thinks she was also on the decoy plane and didn't like being used as literal target practice www.cnn.com/2026/08/12/p...
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt leaving role, Trump announces | CNN Politics
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her role at the end of August, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This is that saddest thing. Even if NYC can't currently employ these people, I hope they can find a way to protect them. Especially the Haitians who would be sent back to horribly unsafe conditions in Haiti.
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New York City Dismisses Haitian Workers After Loss of Protected Status
Officials said that dozens of Haitian workers for the city would lose their jobs, but warned that the number could easily reach the hundreds.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Republicans must not recognize themselves. I certainly don't recognize them. 1988 debate: @AnnCompton asks Bush & Dukakis who their heroes are Bush: "Fauci ...top doctor at NIH, working hard doing something about research on this disease of AIDS" x.com/HowardMortma...
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Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) on X
10/13/1988 debate: @AnnCompton asks Bush & Dukakis who their heroes are, "point out to young Americans as figures who should inspire this country?" Bush: "Fauci ...top doctor at NIH, working hard ...
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
50 LEOs charged with stalking using Flock cameras. Imagine how many are abusing the system wapo.st/3S6rTuo
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How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A Hero. Never doubt that one person can change the world.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I don't know the details of this case and whether justice is being done That said, this is the direction I want to be going. Hold everyone involved responsible, criminally and civilly. Make reckless gun owners and dealers un-insurable.
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Colin Gray, Father of Teenage Shooter in Georgia, Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison (Gift Article)
Prosecutors argued that Colin Gray bore responsibility for the 2024 shooting because he had given his son a gun and failed to act as the teen’s mental health deteriorated.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Trump/Epstein files must not be reduced to a political football. Holding conspirators and clients accountable needs to pave the way for prosecuting cases happening today. Children being exploited need to see by example that we care about this issue and that there is hope for them
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Opinion | What Our Epstein Outrage Has Obscured (Gift Article)
It’s easy to shake our fists at a monster. It would be more effective to actually help exploited girls.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 29/07/2026
Today is another one of those uncomfortable times where I find myself looking wistfully back at the Bush Administration.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is so shameful and Rand Paul is remains unhinged because Fauci exposed Paul's ignorance about basic science
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Fauci Pleads the Fifth, Refusing to Answer Questions on Covid Origins at Senate Hearing
Senator Rand Paul said the committee he leads would vote next week on whether to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The opposite of lenience and compassion. This woman is paralyzed after a similar murder/suicide plan brought on by poorly-treated, post-partum depression. Still they are prosecuting with vengence Akin to a witch hunt. Or what you'd expect from a town with ICE detention camps Shame on Plymouth, MA
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At trial, former husband faces Lindsay Clancy for first time since their three children were killed - The Boston Globe
The trial of Lindsay Clancy on three counts of first-degree murder began Monday morning with her ex-husband Patrick Clancy’s testimony.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This is just insane. Congress needs to stop it for gods sake
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U.S. signs nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia that gives it path to enriching fuel
The agreement with a kingdom signaling it wants a nuclear weapon has sparked alarm among nonproliferation experts. Congress has 90 days to act on the deal.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We need more and better bike lanes everywhere
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Bicyclist, 83, struck and killed by pickup truck on Cape Cod, police say - The Boston Globe
The driver, 37, remained at the scene Monday, Wellfleet police said.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This is a win folks. Boycotts work Organize and work them
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Good for her taking one for the team and doing the right thing.
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Nebraska’s Democratic Senate Nominee Files to Withdraw From Race
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski: “You know, we are in Europe sometimes castigated as a declining civilization. “But in Europe, we think that allowing people to go bankrupt for the sake of medical bills is not how a good society should be treating itself.”
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Figured my local CSA was in the clear. Bet yours is too.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
What a strange tradition of giving political offices to family members. It's also how a sizable number of women have entered politics. Only it shouldn't be about what the deceased wanted. It's not part of an estate to be willed to someone. It is a public office
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Lindsey Graham’s Sister Appointed to Finish His Senate Term After Trump’s Backing
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina named Darline Graham Nordone to replace Mr. Graham, who died on Saturday.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
In 1970, students in a fifth-grade class at Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills were assigned to write a letter to someone they admired, asking them “What makes a good citizen?" So 10yr old Joel Lipton wrote to Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz. Joel got a reply.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 04/07/2026
A year ago, Donald Trump signed a bill to slash health care for millions of Americans, including children. Here’s how many kids have lost Medicaid and CHIP because of Donald Trump so far. Alabama: 5,663 kids Alaska: 12,388 kids Arizona: 74,680 kids Arkansas: 10,523 kids
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 11/07/2026
BREAKING: the clock struck midnight and our bipartisan housing bill is now law. Trump refused to sign it, but he couldn't stop it. This law is GROUNDBREAKING. It will build more housing, bring down costs, and for the first time, stop private equity from buying up homes.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Trump is deep in Richard Nixon levels of Paranoia Of course, it doesn't mean people aren't out to get him
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Who did this? Step up and take a bow.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I never heard of this experiment, wild with dramatic results and hope for us all.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The problem isn't that he was treated with lenience and compassion; the problem is that others are treated so harshly. We have to create a path for people to remain part of society whenever possible. Locking people out is a waste of money and human potential
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Charges Against Man Who Drove Family Off Cliff Are Dropped After Treatment
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
💔 www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This is what I like to see. Ari Shtein, 18, arrested and charged just after the assault. This better not be pled away. It needs to stay on his public record.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The Congress and President we elect over the next 2 and 4 years will be the ones deciding how we fix Social Security. Everyone will be telling you they will protect it. Many of them will be lying to you, they really want to dismantle it. Choose wisely, I beg, for you and your kids
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Credible allegations of sexual assault cannot be ignored. Voters in Maine deserve a choice for US Senate that doesn’t force them to make a moral compromise between sexual violence or corporate servitude.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Doesn't Susan Rice have roots in Maine. Could we conscript her now for Maine Senator?
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway
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The Death of Renee Good Has Yet to Be Properly Investigated
Six months after she and Alex Pretti were shot on the streets of Minneapolis, little has come of the probes into their killings.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Trump is putting his own interests before the needs of real people for affordable housing. He wants home values and rents to be sky high. He'll rake in a lot of money that way
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Trump humiliates supporters by killing deal he touted as his 'best': Ex-GOP operative
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Andrew M. | Founder & Advisor 🇬🇷 🇺🇸 @andrewmfounder.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The corruption is just staggering.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
To Senator McMorrow, her family, her staff, and her supporters: thank you for the work you did for democracy. The same party insiders she had the courage to challenge have been bullying anyone who opposes their chosen candidate.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
What if we lost our war of independence? Is Canada so bad, Australia or New Zealand? Clearly not. Then again, Ireland, India, and the Caribbean certainly went through some things.
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Bodhi Boo 👩🏻‍🌾🌿 (Cara) @bodhiboo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone. - Roy T. Bennett Major Jason Watson, USAF American. Patriot. Hero. 🇺🇸
Man in an air force uniform standing alone on the US Capitol steps holding up a sign that says Impeach, Convict, Remove
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Missed this the first time around. Enjoy it for free
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Opinion | My State Was a ‘Democracy Desert.’ This Is How We Turned It Around.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Our movement, our team, our message will beat Mike Rogers in November.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Wish I could gift this fun article. Alas the Globe is too closed off
bostonglobe.com
50 years ago, the Globe predicted what life would be in 2076. We’re halfway there. How are we doing? - The Boston Globe
In 1976, we took a jokey swing at a future world. Some of it hit the mark. Some didn’t age well.
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Peace @masshole8647.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is such an important victory for decency and humanity. Thank you NY10. Keep doing good things Rep Lander
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