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Mary

@mbkoss.bsky.social
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Trying to keep my focus on HOPE, and make my way through this nightmare. I love my Wire Fox Terrier, and I feed birds, squirrels, and stray cats. Wisconsin Election Inspector.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 15h
Mike Rogers has the audacity to lie to you about his plan like he didn't vote 4 times to stop you from getting cheaper medication from Canada, take $1M from Big Pharma, and vote 19 times to keep prescription drug prices higher. GTFOH.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 16h
The mortality reviews that ICE published late last week show that medical neglect is widespread in Trump's concentration camps — something immigrants, advocates and attorneys have said for years, and which ICE routinely denies. New from me in @prospect.org.
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Disturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews - The American Prospect
The federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect.
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Gayer Than Thou 🏳️‍🌈 @gayerthanthou.bsky.social · 15h
Cell phone plans, famously transparent and consumer-friendly.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 14h
I encourage you to open this article to read these stories for yourself. It’s a disgrace that this is happening with our taxpayer dollars in our name.
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 14h
ICE's own reviews of cases of immigrant deaths in custody show a pattern of neglect: confiscation and refusal to provide routine medication, lack of follow-up care, even incompetence in reading tests or supplying medication. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social has this report. prospect.org/2026/09/30/i...
prospect.org
Disturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews - The American Prospect
The federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect.
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Theresa Marie @tree-05.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
JFC. And magats believe him
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And as their voters cry out for help affording basic necessities, Tom Tiffany, Derrick Van Orden, Bryan Steil and the other Republicans running Congress are doing nothing about it.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We need to get a full accounting of every dollar each media company accepted of our money stolen by Trump to run his partisan political ads on their channels. Companies who accept these ads are receiving property stolen from the American people & are a disgrace for accepting them
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump had $400 million in his PAC and he STILL decided that he needed to steal taxpayer money to pay for campaign ads for the midterms.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The pay for a US Secretary of Defense is $246000 a year. They don’t even bother to hide the corruption these days
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Investigate DOGE @investigatedoge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Elon Musk and his DOGE operatives ran roughshod over our government...& created real-world disasters that impacted 100s of thousands of lives. We need lawmakers who will commit to issuing subpoenas & launching immediate investigations into Musk’s actions...” www.aol.com/articles/adv...
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Advocacy Group Demands Congressional Pledges To Investigate Elon Musk’s DOGE - AOL
An advocacy coalition known as the Investigate DOGE campaign is urging congressional lawmakers and midterm candidates to commit to formal investigations into the Department of Government Efficiency, t...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Mary @mbkoss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@nytimes.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do you know how much the pay of CEOs at major companies has skyrocketed since 1978? 50%? 100%? 500%? Try 1,316% Meanwhile, the typical workers’ compensation increased only 28%. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Two months ago Trump gave a primetime address claiming China attacked US elections. Yesterday, he flew their flag on top of the Oval Office. If like me, you worked on a TV show w Trump when he rented an entire floor of Trump Tower to China’s largest bank, you won’t be surprised.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Politico: Trump is airing a pro-Trump midterms ad on TV that -includes “paid for by the U.S. government” disclaimer text -features a song by an artist who says they didn’t approve it’s use and are now looking for a lawyer
politico.com
Trump administration launches pro-Trump TV ad ahead of midterms
The 30-second ad, apparently paid for by U.S. tax dollars, features photos and videos of Trump, the American flag and military aircraft.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The MAGA regime has officially removed all traces of the orange felon’s corrupt pardons off of the DOJ website. Covering up crimes is an endless task for this fascist criminal syndicate.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Xi, an actual Communist leader who silences dissent, is slavishly adored by Trump. As for pretend communists in America, they are treated as enemies. I can’t wait for this sickness to end.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
“Garces Perez said he was making a DoorDash delivery Sunday when an unmarked black vehicle began pursuing him on Anderson Lane in North Austin. He said the vehicle did not activate its emergency lights or otherwise identify itself before striking his car.”
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After ICE shooting, Austin man and DHS tell sharply different accounts
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez said ICE agents sideswiped his car before shooting him. His attorney says video supports his account and seeks to block his removal.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
That means the transfer could move forward while the larger lawsuit continues. Transferring these protected public lands to SpaceX will further fragment critical wildlife habitat and threaten species including ocelots, shorebirds, and northern aplomado falcons.
law.justia.com
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY et al v. NESVIK et al, 1:2026cv02053 - Document 35 (D.D.C. 2026)
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY et al v. NESVIK et al, 1:2026cv02053 - Document 35 (D.D.C. 2026) case opinion from the District of Columbia U.S. Federal District Court
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
US Intelligence has definitively linked commercial Chinese satellite imagery to the Iranian attack on a Jordan airbase that killed 3 US service members. 1/
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Jim Witkins @jimwitkins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Look, it's Trump Tiffany campaigning for trump in 2024. Same guy voted for trump's Iran War 5 times. Same guy gutting Medicare/Medicaid and can't be trusted with Social Security. Same guy won't regulate AI bc daddy trump says no. Tiffany=trump. Don't vote for trump tiffany. #Wivote #WiGov #Nov3Vote
"Tom Tiffany" (looking like trump) campaigning for trump in 2024.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The only press coverage Trump should get right now is coverage of how he's banning the press. Nothing else. None of what he wants them to talk about. Just coverage of his anti-American, anti-first amendment authoritarianism. Then go back to covering the results of his disastrous policies.
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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Too bad Dems won't do daily press briefings from the Capitol on par with White House press briefings. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. About 7,000 reporters have House and Senate press gallery credentials.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I am setting a very ambitious goal this weekend of 1000 new Democracy Docket subscribers. No spam, or unwanted emails. Just information and analysis about what is happening to voting and elections. Link: demdock.com/4w6emld
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📌Important piece today, folks, as I lay out that deploying troops to our polling places is CLEARLY against the law, and the notion that it is even being discussed is fascist, anti-American and despicable.
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NOTICE TO MILITARY:
Your commander in chief is a fascist thug, and going anywhere near our polling places Nov. 3 is against the law
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Res Creativa @rescreativa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
WASHINGTON, DC - #HandsOfftheArts invites you to join Hands Around the Kennedy Center, Fri, Sep 18, 6:30 p.m. Participants will create a “human chain” around the Kennedy Center to voice their objection to the call to possibly demolish the #KennedyCenter. actionnetwork.org/events/hands...
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joemillenbach.bsky.social @joemillenbach.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ope! Looks like gas in Glidden, WI where Tom Tiffany took this pic is up to $4.47, a $1.99 increase since his dumb ass posted this terrible take.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is negotiating U.S. wars and peace deals while Senate investigators estimate his firm has collected $157 million in fees from foreign investors. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/jared-kush...
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Jared Kushner Negotiates for America as His Firm Takes Millions From Foreign Governments
Jared Kushner is helping conduct U.S. diplomacy over war and peace while Senate investigators said Affinity collected about $157.5 million in fees from foreign investors.
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Rep. James Walkinshaw @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pete Hegseth is putting American servicemembers’ lives at risk in Trump’s war of choice. He’s brought chaos to the Pentagon and pushed out qualified military leaders. I was ready to vote to impeach him. Speaker Johnson sent us home early, shielding Hegseth from accountability.
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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Forget Ed Sheeran and Macklemore, FFS. This keeps getting buried: Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩 @lesleyabravanel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Florida Republican candidate marched with neo-Nazis in infamous Charlottesville rally: report www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Florida Republican candidate marched with neo-Nazis in infamous Charlottesville rally
Marshall Rawson was seen marching alongside the League of the South during the deadly 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a new report finds
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Madwit @madwit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational." - Guess who
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory self-regulated.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Apparently it is of no concern to any Republicans that Trump and Bessent are taking in billions of dollars from plundered Venezuelan oil and nobody knows where the money is, where is has been going, if anyone is getting proceeds, with no accounting of any of it made available.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Instead of saying "the Kennedy Center board decided to close" we should note that "a group of Trump appointees including Laura Ingraham and Dan Scavino decided to shut it down"
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Don’t believe the lies. Trump is *not* selling $2.8 billion of bombs for Israel’s genocide. It’s worse. Trump is *giving away* $2.8 billion of bombs for Israel’s genocide. American taxpayers are paying for those bombs.
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Convolver @convolver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The interesting thing about this is that the chairman of the board, who has specific fiduciary responsibilities, is Donald J. Trump in his capacity as a private individual.
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 15/09/2026
Two American teens were on their way to enlist in the Marines and serve their country, only to have their basic human rights violated. They were pepper sprayed, physically assaulted, and detained for 8 hours for the “crime” of filming ICE agents as they detained parents outside of a school.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 15/09/2026
The three questions we asked were: 1. Did ICE bring or hold detainees at the Roxbury warehouse on Sep. 4? 2. Has the property been used for staging, processing or temporary custody at any point since May 12, 2026? 3. Is security footage at the warehouse collected on that date retained?
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/09/2026
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed FBI agents will be deployed to the polls this fall, saying he "will not shy away from that effort." Let it be known: this administration will do everything in its power to dissuade voters from showing up in November.
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Maanvi Singh @maanvisingh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEW: ICE is arresting and detaining a record number of pregnant women and teens. At the same time, it has lost count of how many had miscarriages, according to a Guardian review of internal ICE documents. w/ @amyqin.bsky.social, @wcraft.bsky.social and Flávio Pessoa
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Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women
ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving b...
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
All of this is a lie. Anyone who has visited recently knows the KC was not "in a virtual state of collapse," and anyone who can read a tax filing can see that it was not "losing hundreds of millions of dollars". In fact, its finances were pretty healthy UNTIL Trump trashified it.
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WHS @laseitz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Should have been a follow up. "Prior to this change, how many people who were required to engage in bestiality against their will were denied a position at the FBI because of that required engagement?"
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nycrogue.bsky.social @nycrogue.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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lesliead717.bsky.social @lesliead717.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Actually he made it abundantly clear with his non answer that they will be interfering
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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: Records obtained through a FOIA lawsuit shows that despite record number of pregnant women are in detention, ICE has lost count of the number of miscarriages. A Deleted Data/Immigration/Guardian investigations collab
theguardian.com
Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women
ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving b...
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