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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/09/2026

The Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million to pay for the campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump that have drawn widespread criticism from Republicans and Democrats as a misuse of taxpayer dollars that likely runs afoul of anti-propaganda law. to.pbs.org/46W8fFh

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Homeland Security spending $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump ads

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...

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The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 26, 2026 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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Maurie Manning @mauriejmanning.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Come on, Liberals. You're disappointing me big time. Stop sharing doctored photos. Mis/disinformation is the job of the far-right. Our job is to share the truth. #TylerRobinson

Side by side of suspected Charlie Kirk shooter, standing in dorm room. Left photo shoes him wearing a maroon shirt, right photo has been altered to depict him wearing a Trump shirt.

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Maurie Manning @mauriejmanning.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

🎃🐾 Sept '25 Freebie! One simple Cat truth: “Where I fits, I sits.” 😼🧙‍♀ 👻 Sign up at any level (even free!) to download → www.patreon.com/mosdigitalpe... Huge thanks to my amazing paying Patrons 💛 #blackcatlove #mosdigitalpencil #digitalstamps #halloween #CatsofBlueSky

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Maurie Manning @mauriejmanning.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

3K words deeper into FADE this weekend. The glass child is cracking, the Mob’s hungry… and Lydia just learned which breaks first. #WritingCommunity #AmDrafting #YA #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #DarkFiction #Dystopian

$*Caught between memory and nightmare.* Book cover mockup for FADE by Maurie J. Manning. The image shows two worlds bleeding into one another. In the foreground, a teen girl with closed eyes leans against a faded floral wallpaper. Her form is dissolving—she seems to fade into a glowing curtain of light, half-vanishing from the room behind her. On the other side of that veil lies a stark contrast: a dystopian cityscape rendered in tones of gray. Towering buildings loom under a heavy sky, their windows dark and empty. Rain slicks the pavement, and a lone boy stands silhouetted in the gloom. His figure feels distant but steady, more like a beacon than a threat—a fragile connection in a hostile world. The imagery blurs domestic comfort and urban desolation, suggesting parallel worlds and fractured identities. The mood is eerie, suspenseful, and charged with psychological unease—hinting at hidden threats, vanishing boundaries, and a haunting coming-of-age struggle at the core of the novel.$

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Maurie Manning @mauriejmanning.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

🍁 FREEBIE ALERT! Meet Otto — leaf cruncher, sweater model, and official mascot of fall coziness. This digital image is FREE for all patrons (including free-level Patrons) to use in their handmade crafts, but only until August 31. www.patreon.com/mosdigitalpe... #freebie #dogs #illustration

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Don’t let this fade away

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Maurie Manning @mauriejmanning.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

What if the new Superman movie actually taught MAGA that being "Woke" is just being kind and empathetic, and that Fox News has been hatemongering on Christlike behavior all along?

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Maurie Manning @mauriejmanning.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

The people who used to call themselves the "Moral Majority" did this. Guess they don't even need to pretend anymore.

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L.A. Kauffman @lakauffman.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

You can always count on The New York Times to minimize the scale and impact of protest. Yesterday's 2000+ No Kings actions smashed records for the most demonstrations in a single day. So the Times decided to publish a horseshit map of just a handful of "confirmed locations." We're not fooled.

$A screenshot of a map of the United States in the New York Times, showing a tiny fraction of the more than 2000 No Kings protests that took place across the country yesterday. This erasure is justified with a smug little note saying "Note: This map shows protests that have been confirmed and is not comprehensive."$ The actual map of No Kings protests in the United States, showing a map of the country nearly covered with black dots connoting individual protest locations. The 2000+ actions represented one of the very largest days of coordinated protests ever in American history and were noteworthy for their energy and commitment to nonviolence.

The actual map of No Kings protests in the United States, showing a map of the country nearly covered with black dots connoting individual protest locations. The 2000+ actions represented one of the very largest days of coordinated protests ever in American history and were noteworthy for their energy and commitment to nonviolence.

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

No Kings

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Maurie Manning @mauriejmanning.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Come on. How many of you needed Elon Musk to tell you Trump was on Epstein's list? Sheesh!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

at times like these I am reminded of my commitment to keep saying that lying should be politically and socially costly

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Lisbeth Williams 🇸🇪 🌻 @liwill.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

In Man Up, Cynthia Miller-Idriss is revealing how an epidemic of misogyny—both online and off—and a patriarchal backlash are driving an exponential rise in mass and far-right violence. She also offers essential strategies that all of us can use to fight the rising tide of violence.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Just read the full Atlantic article about the Houthi group chat. One part that stuck with me is when they say “God Bless” and send prayer emojis to each other after killing 53 people who they considered enemies because they killed others in the name of their God.

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Important note about this breakthrough: Literally would not exist without the kind of Federal support the current administration is slashing. Took 15+ years of research at a federal lab (Lawrence Berkeley) to get this to a point at which private enterprise could take over and make these at scale.

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Maurie Manning @mauriejmanning.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Okay. So it's obvious Rubio is not happy. This is what a man looks like when he removes his spine.

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Trump yelled at Zelenskyy, interrupted him, told him to stop talking, knocked him on the shoulder at one point. Zelenskyy came back at him, tried to interrupt back. By the end, Zelenskyy was sullen in his seat and Trump was red in the face, yelling about Obama and Hunter Biden.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Jesus, Trump and JD Vance playing bad cop-bad cop with Zelensky is stomach churning here.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/02/2025

New in PN: MAGA's Orwellian notion of "free speech" "What MAGA celebrates as 'free speech' is typically rightwing propaganda. While this alienates America from our allies, it perfectly aligns the administration with autocratic regimes in places like Russia."

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MAGA's Orwellian notion of "free speech"

They only value it insofar as it advances authoritarianism.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 24/02/2025

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

an archival black and white photograph of the KKK marching in Washington DC with the capitol behind them

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 23/02/2025

Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota. But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies

Senator Tina Smith said: This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.

That was in response to Musk saying “Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump's instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”

Musk responded @SenTinaSmith “What did you get done last week?”

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

80 years ago today: Marines raise the flag on Iwo Jima. We in the pro-democracy camp fight for the America that won World War II, and for the America that after the war worked to further advance the American idea. We know what side we would have been on 80 years ago, and what side we're on today.

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Maurie Manning @mauriejmanning.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

If anyone would like to weigh in on Hillsdale College's "National Opinion Survey" on #CriticalRaceTheory #CTR #DEI #BLM #Atheist -- Here's the link to let 'em know what you think! info.hillsdale.edu/crt-survey/?...

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Hillsdale College National Opinion Survey

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary... "Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress

With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.

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Maurie Manning @mauriejmanning.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Does anyone know who took over the US Department of Education’s social media handles and is using them to spread highly Trumpy, partisan alt-right propaganda? What’s up, @usedgov.bsky.social? #education #teach #library #kidlit

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I like that he posted a picture of a print-out of the email.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

You cannot determine whether you saved or cost money based solely on one side of the ledger. Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Democracy & the rule of law

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

A convicted felon who undermines institutions endangers the very foundation of a free society. Protest is not merely an act of dissent; it is a vital mechanism of accountability, a declaration that the people will not be ruled by fear.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

A tweet by Michael McFaul (@McFaul) that reads: "In 2012, when I was the US ambassador to Russia, Putin shut down USAID inside Russia. Why? Because their work supported free markets, democracy, human rights — ie causes that threatened Putin's dictatorship. Shutting down USAID is exactly what autocrats all over the world want."

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

On his first day at DOD, Pete Hegseth ordered the military to suspend all recognition of holidays like MLK Jr’s Birthday, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Black History Month, Juneteenth,Women’s Equality Day, National Hispanic Heritage Month Pride Month, & National Disability Employment Awareness Month.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

So far the war on so-called "DEI" - has come for - women at the CIA who want to get together and celebrate women spies - people at the Defense Intelligence Agency who want to observe...Holocaust Remembrance Day. - apparently, any federal celebration of...Black History Month.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Serious question: can the president just spend all his time in office suing people and then use the litigation as a "legal" way of accepting bribes via "settlements"?

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Maurie Manning @mauriejmanning.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

As usual, this is precisely the opposite of what it pretends it plans to do. What the White House wants to put in place IS RADICAL RIGHT WING INDOCTRINATION IN K-12 SCHOOLING. Study fascist history, folks. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and

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Maurie Manning @mauriejmanning.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

General Strike before it's too late.

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 19/01/2025

“Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead," Biden said. buff.ly/40EublK

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Maurie Manning @mauriejmanning.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

The Trump Administration. Making Rape Acceptable Again. #Hegseth

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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

In 1976, the Supreme Court declared it a constitutional violation to make partisan loyalty a requirement for a job by a civil servant. Trump of course already violating the Constitution even before taking office.

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