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Maureen LeFay

@maureenlefay.bsky.social
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Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness; writer: modern mythologist; study certain historical eras; reincarnation; a woman who has lived through some shit.🖖✨

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Prices would’ve DECLINED without the tariffs” 😕 The Trump Tax is real
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
This is as treasonous as it gets
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
Remember when Donald Trump promised his "Big Beautiful Bill" would make your life easier? 5 MILLION Americans got cut off SNAP. 15 MILLION are projected to lose health insurance. Higher costs are making life even harder.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 09/10/2026
Trump is trying to legitimize his unlawful, anti-Black smear campaign against Governor Lisa Cook. But we see this is for what it is. Trump must take his grubby little hands off the Federal Reserve and stop this brazen power grab.
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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Those tariffs that were meant to bring jobs back to the U.S. also slowed job creation ...
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Trump bet tariffs would bring back American factory jobs. New report says it didn't work
A new report claims Trump's Liberation Day tariffs suppressed hiring by up to 1 million jobs and cost American families roughly $1,000 more in 2025.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And here we are, with Trump and Putin colluding to tamper with another American election again.
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Charles Booker @booker4ky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This campaign is the culmination of years spent on the ground, listening to Kentuckians and putting their needs first. Together, we’re going to win this for the people of Kentucky. Chip in what you can at bit.ly/DonateCB26
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Di @dimoran.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They'll show s*** like that but Jimmy Kimmel has to watch what he says??
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
essentially becoming sponsors of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Just a day after a horrific terrorist attack by Russia that killed so many, and just before the winter when the Russian government screams from all the rooftops that they are going to create a humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Banned Books Week is almost over! The Trump administration had at least 596 books removed from schools serving military families. Don’t forget to get out there and read some of the books they tried to keep off the shelves. Happy Banned Books Week!
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“The spy runner is a Russia-backed network called Portal Kombat that operates hundreds of websites to spread disinformation…goal is to influence these models so that they will pass along propaganda to trusting users in response to questions.” (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
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Opinion | A.I. Is Lying to You. Here’s How to Fight Back. (Gift Article)
In the age of A.I. disinformation, we all need to use the tools of counterespionage to find the truth.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: We sued Trump for raiding $20M of your money, some meant to honor fallen officers, for his midterm ads He says "his" super PAC will cover the tab now. And the millions you already paid? @democracydefendersaction.org & Hecker Fink rep @wisdems.org & a D candidate👇
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/10/2026
ICE can’t be reformed. It must be eliminated. #AbolishICE *
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A win for voters! A judge ruled that the DOJ’s policy of collecting states’ unredacted voter rolls and urging states to remove voters flagged as ineligible is illegal.
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Federal judge shuts down Trump DOJ’s nationwide voter roll crusade, even in states that cooperated
The ruling also reaches voter rolls that states voluntarily turned over. By vacating the policy itself, the court barred DOJ from continuing to use those already-obtained files as part of the nationwi...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pritzker: I’m not going to spend much time at all talking about Trump because it can ruin a perfectly good meal for all of us. But I do need to get something off of my chest… There are too many women in this country who are living under the yoke of tyranny…
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Stace RN Resists 📎💙 OR @stacernresists.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Today is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day! Grateful for the amazing Aides, therapists and nurses I work with who provide palliative care for our homebound patients! Grateful for the amazing hospice care staff who helped us with my mom in law! ALL of you, every day, are a blessing!
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
NEW: Big Tech companies reveal to Congress they expect YOU to keep subsidizing their data centers. AND they’ll keep using NDAs to keep the public in the dark. I’m not letting them get away with it.
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Senator John Hickenlooper @hickenlooper.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
Undertrained and armed ICE officers are continuing to bring violence to American communities. ICE is completely out of control. Not one more penny for ICE’s lawlessness. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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ICE officer shoots man in New York City
The 28-year-old man was shot while in a vehicle and was in stable condition, officials said. The DHS said the shooting occurred during a “targeted enforcement operation.”
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Presidents use blind trusts so nobody has to wonder if the guy setting economic policy is trading on it Trump skipped that part —- Thousands of stock trades, nearly $2B in his pocket later Nothing like it in American history More on @cnn.com 👇 -TN
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/10/2026
Regardless of the legality of posting armed national guard members at drop boxes, whether the boxes were open yet, or whether drop boxes qualify as polling sites under the law; the optics are what matter. Lawful or not, it’s overt, intentional voter suppression.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million so far to defeat Prop 40. By spending their fortunes trying to stop California from taxing billionaires, they're making the argument for a billionaire wealth tax more clearly and articulately than anyone else possibly could.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Funny how Marco Rubio tries to differentiate himself from all the other children of recent immigrants who are now getting removed from the country by the master he now serves. Rubio, you see, is a descendent of *the West*
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And 175 years later, remains one of the most powerful forces in modern American politics.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Trump has moved the ethical line" drives me crazy. It pretends there are no other actors with agency in 🇺🇸 politics or the media. You could have treated this as a nonstop five-alarm scandal & crisis for democracy. You didn't do that. You did for EMAIL & BIDEN OLD. Other choices were right there.
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An Outrage in 2019. No Problem in 2026. Trump Has Moved the Ethical Line.
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.
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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 04/10/2026
New reporting by CNN reveals that Jaren Kushner has a massive conflict of interest—and it’s quite shocking. youtube.com/shorts/AhnP0...
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Major Kushner conflict of interest
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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 08/10/2026
DOJ’s civil rights division has hired a new class of lawyers. And it’s really quite unsettling. Here are some highlights from a @nytimes.com investigation. youtube.com/shorts/ZnqWM...
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DOJ’s new hires
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 08/10/2026
Trump's vengeance tour continues:
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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus... #USDemocracy #ProudBlue Cassidy Hutchinson bravely told the truth about Trump’s insane actions on Jan 6. Now corrupt AG Todd Blanche is seeking to indict her This will be another failed DOJ prosecution that will cost Cassidy a fortune to defend and ruin her life
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Justice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson
The former Trump aide was a star witness before the Jan. 6 committee. The case is being pursued by the Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon.
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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 08/10/2026
Cassidy Hutchinson displayed true courage when she testified about how Trump incited a deadly mob to attack the Capitol. The President’s targeting of her shows yet again that he’s more concerned with imprisoning his opponents than the cost-of-living crisis impacting Americans across the country.
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Justice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson
The former Trump aide was a star witness before the Jan. 6 committee. The case is being pursued by the Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Cassidy Hutchinson’s crime was providing honest testimony about what an unhinged lunatic Donald Trump is. This made the thin-skinned twit angry.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 08/10/2026
The DOJ has found a new victim as Trump continues his revenge crusade. trib.al/NSwDtlN
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Justice Department Finds Its Newest Target: Cassidy Hutchinson
The DOJ has found a new victim as Trump continues his revenge crusade.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: Harmeet Dhillon's Civil Rights Division is trying to indict former Trump White House official Cassidy Hutchinson, a star witness before the Jan. 6 Committee.
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Justice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson
The former Trump aide was a star witness before the Jan. 6 committee. The case is being pursued by the Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The terrible crime of responding to a legal subpoena, facing questions under oath, and answering truthfully about a violent attack on the United States.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026
It's Artificial Intelligence. It's Twitter. It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Lake Ontario. It's the Department of Defense. It's the Kennedy Center.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
8/ Amanda Trebach, a nurse and member of an immigrant advocacy group, was detained in California while filming and protesting immigration enforcement operations. Trebach says she was held for almost 36 hours without access to a phone call or a lawyer.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
7/ Among the most jarring trends we found: 36 U.S. citizens were not allowed to contact their family or a lawyer.
36 U.S. citizens held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their family.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
6/ Others were arrested while trying to protect colleagues. Quentin Williams, a staffer at Minneapolis' Roosevelt High, was trying to help a teacher when he was shoved by Greg Bovino and tackled by agents. He was charged with assault, but like others, his case was dismissed.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
5/ Hundreds of Americans were also held while they were engaging in their First Amendment rights. 60+ were held while they were filming.
60+ U.S. citizens detained while recording
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 06/10/2026
In June, Belgium’s diamond industry gifted Trump an 18-karat gold ring encrusted with 321 diamonds and 75 gemstones. A month later, European diamonds got an exemption from Trump’s tariffs. We don’t know where the ring is today. Where did it go? Did Trump keep it for himself?
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Reagan really did a number on white America with his "Black welfare queen driving a Cadillac," and now they CANNOT believe it was BS then and still. www.rawstory.com/arkansas-wel...
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MAGA's frothing demands for a Black 'welfare queen' ad collapse under red state's own data
Conservatives who blasted Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders for casting a white man as her Medicaid freeloader ran into a problem, as a new report pulled her own state's numbers.About 60% of people...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 06/10/2026
New: As Trump's meme coin dangled a gala dinner with the president for its top buyers, the wallet holding the creators' tokens moved ~$70M of $TRUMP to an account where it can be sold. @jeffstein.bsky.social for @washingtonsun.com
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Trump’s Meme Coin Firm Wants You to Buy. Insiders Are Preparing to Sell.
Trump personally made more than $600 million from his meme coin last year.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Very worthwhile to follow @zacheverson.com if you're trying to stay up to speed on the Trumps' crypto machinations.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The federal government is lying to you." "The government has said that ICE does not zip tie or handcuff children." "They’ve denied engaging in racial profiling" "They’ve said the government is not wrongly arresting U.S. citizens." *We found the truth* projects.propublica.org/american-cit....
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