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Megan Peterson

@meganpgenie.bsky.social
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Avid amateur genealogist, retired communications designer, secular humanist, Liberal

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
1. Elon Musk is spending millions pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which bills itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is one way to summarize Trump's claims last night
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“At least 75 career officials who once held roles related to election integrity and safety are gone. Two dozen appointees — including many who either worked to reverse the 2020 vote or are associates of such people — have been hired to replace them.“ Trump's preemptive efforts to rig the Midterms.
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8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key ta...
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I'm gonna post this everyday so MAGA never forgets what Trump did on Jan 6
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Trump has repeatedly said the bunker will be ready on September 2028. Just in time to lock himself in. bsky.app/profile/muel...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
These are lawless violent vigilantes, not “patriots” or “martyrs.” Trump has already pardoned them. They most certainly should not now get paid from Trump’s proposed $1.7B fund.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
In which Isaac Saul attempts a comprehensive catalogue of all the corruption stories surrounding Trump and his family. Impressive. And still missing quite a lot. www.readtangle.com/the-everythi...
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The everything, everywhere, all at once corruption story.
I'm pleading with you to look at the president's self-dealing.
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Megan Peterson @meganpgenie.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
As if the proposed assault on our right to vote by requiring specific and onerous identification wasn’t bad enough, now the administration is trying to do the same thing with our access to banking! Please read this, or look for further confirmation. www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/b...
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is preparing banks to collect citizenship data
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Trump administration expects banks to comply in collecting citizenship information from customers.
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 03/04/2026
“They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science…And they’re replacing all of it — the offices, the scientists, the institutional knowledge, the professional independence — with fifteen political appointees”
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Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the ...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The Trump administration is attempting to dismantle the U.S. Forest Service. The goal is to cause constant chaos so you can’t follow what’s happening day to day. Here is what’s going on. BREAKING: The administration just announced a sweeping restructuring and it’s as bad as it sounds.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 28/03/2026
The new WH app demands the following permissions that are not usual for a news app: Precise location access Modify/delete storage Appear on top of other apps Run at startup + persistent background activity Biometric / fingerprint hardware access Prevent phone from sleeping (bg activity)
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Version 47.0.0 may request access to
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Location
• access precise location only in the foreground
• access approximate location only in the foreground
Storage
• modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
Other
• run foreground service

• This app can appear on top of other apps

• run at startup

• Google Play license check

• Read badge notifications

• view network connections

• prevent phone from sleeping

• view Wi-Fi connections

• use fingerprint hardware

• show notifications

• receive data from Internet

• control vibration

• have full network access

• use biometric hardware
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The essential read for this Sunday is supplied by Cardinal Cupich in Chicago. www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Wow.
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Ambassador (ret.) Janet Sanderson @jastucaz.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
At a time when international order is under stress and alliances are buckling, in part due to its own actions, this irresponsible administration delivers yet another blow to our diplomatic preparedness. (Chart courtesy of @afsaorg.bsky.social)
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I see we’re at the, “C’mon, the Alabama state troopers were really being treated disrespectfully at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Also, a couple of them got scratches that day,” level of ICE apologetics.
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Lisa Catara (official)💎 @lisa-catara.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The "poverty penalty." Excellent points.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
listen I don't have any illusions about the United States military, what it does, or how many times this has happened before but the fact that they sat there for 41 minutes, watched two scared, human beings desperately struggling to stay alive, and then murdered them has fucked me up so deeply
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Megan Peterson @meganpgenie.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
For the first time in almost a year, I won’t be afraid to look at my phone in the morning. Could it be possible that people are actually realizing that one “political party” doesn’t give a crap about them?
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Megan Peterson @meganpgenie.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I’m not a betting person, but if I was, I would bet Sam Bankman-Fried will be out of jail by next week. And Tr* adding many $ millions to his account.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
IF YOU THINK YOU LOVE FREEDOM BUT YOU DON'T CARE IF IT APPLIES TO EVERYONE, WHAT YOU ACTUALLY LOVE IS PRIVILEGE
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 17/09/2025
Researchers at @umasschan.bsky.social were finding cures to childhood cancer — then Trump brought that work to a halt. That’s who Trump’s hurting. Little kids with cancer.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Tim Edwards @timzero4.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 06/09/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day. Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day. It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
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Megan Peterson @meganpgenie.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
If members of the military and police at all levels continue to go along with this increasingly fascist takeover instead of protecting their fellow citizens and their constitutional duty to democratic America, and the business and entertainment industries continue to act as if everything is normal …
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Megan Peterson @meganpgenie.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I am an American. Born from immigrant ancestors from Lithuania, Bohemia, Alsacia, Germany, England, France, who helped build this country of immigrants, to strengthen America in every way, work with our neighbors here and around the globe for a stronger and freer world for everyone.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
An idea:
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Megan Peterson @meganpgenie.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
We’re already almost there, but if this man has that much control over federal spending, then no amount of pushback by the American people may affect his decisions as political fallback from the pain won’t change his mind. Only removal by this president. wapo.st/41MO9Lp
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Trump budget officials claim sweeping spending power from Congress, records show
Russell Vought, the White House budget director and architect of Project 2025, would have vast authority to approve or block billions in federal spending, the records show.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
They are going to burn up billions in taxpayer funded equipment because they don’t want Americans to have access to scientific proof
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Jennifer @jlratl.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
This site shows the names Medicaid goes by for each state. www.medicaidplanningassistance.org/state-medica...
medicaidplanningassistance.org
Medicaid By State: Alternative Names and Contact Information
Medicaid and state specific Medicaid names, contact information and website links
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/06/2025
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
#Republicans say they’re targeting just criminals and gang members. Bullsh*t. They’re targeting anyone who “looks illegal” for their 3,000 a day quota, no matter what. And masked #ProudBoys and #OathKeepers get to decide who that is! “The homegrowns are next.” - DT, 04/14/25 #MAGAKidnappers
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city." Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 12/06/2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to acknowledge that the Pentagon has developed plans to take over Greenland and Panama by force if necessary but refused to answer repeated questions during a hotly combative congressional hearing Thursday. buff.ly/JoMkw5A
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Pentagon has contingency plans to invade Greenland if necessary, Hegseth says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is appearing to acknowledge that the Pentagon has developed plans to take over Greenland and Panama by force if necessary.
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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
youtu.be/baR4logaaOQ?... Jimmy Kimmel last night talks about what’s actually happening in Los Angeles for those who believe the city is some kind of totalitarian hellscape…
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Jimmy Kimmel Tells the Truth About What’s REALLY Happening in LA
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Mary Pezzulo @marypezzulo.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
This notion, that there always has to be a large underclass of people who aren’t well educated and just do manual work for the rest of us, is called “Mudsill Theory.” I bristled yet again at what the Party of Lincoln has become. marypezzulo.substack.com/p/the-mudsil...
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The Mudsill Theory and Karoline Leavitt
Education and manual work aren't opposed, and Republicans ought to know it.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Please read, this is important. Sorry it’s long. Trump’s move to have Elon Musk step aside wasn’t a retreat. It was a distraction. With Musk’s name out of the headlines, many assumed the controversial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had quietly ended. It hasn’t. It’s just changed hands.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 31/05/2025
ICYMI— 50 unidentified investors paid President Trump’s social-media company $2.5 billion this week
forbes.com
Trump Media Is Raising $2.5 Billion To Build A Bitcoin Reserve
As the pro-crypto White House moves to establish a strategic bitcoin stockpile, Trump’s media company is adopting a parallel approach.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 31/05/2025
Trump administration lawyers are arguing that the Library of Congress doesn’t belong to Congress — the latest move to erase the traditional lines that separate the branches of government.
wapo.st
It’s called the Library of Congress. But Trump claims it’s his.
The case is the latest example of efforts by the Trump administration to erase the traditional lines that separate the branches of government.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The entire point.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Experts reviewing RFKJr's magnum opus MAHA health report conclude that the whole document was faked by someone using Chatbot AI, and was probably never even proof read. They're not just fraudsters, they're very lazy, too. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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Experts say AI was used to create MAHA report and cited false studies
Experts found evidence that scientific citations in the MAHA report were generated by AI, which experts slammed as ‘sloppy’ and ‘shoddy’
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
This is naked corruption that uses federal policy to pour money into the pockets of the President's largest campaign donor. Forcing the nation's 70-some million Social Security recipients to sign up for the website owned by a Nazi saluting billionaire is outrageous.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Kinda important.
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Megan Peterson @meganpgenie.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Last week I received an email from the State Department letting me know when my passport expires and to get ready to renew it. This is the first time in my life I am terrified of my government and I'm not sure I want to interact with it on this.
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Megan Peterson @meganpgenie.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
Twenty-one civil service employees have resigned from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they're refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle ...
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 10/02/2025
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
What this long and detailed NYT piece calmly calls an “extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual” is in fact a blatantly unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’s Article I powers and delegation of the President’s Article II duties. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
nytimes.com
Elon Musk’s Blitz Shakes U.S. Government as He Sweeps Through Agencies
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Good. Now ask why the hell Speaker Johnson & Senate Majority Leader Thune are doing nothing while a random civilian runs amok violating Congress' powers & laws.
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a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open .
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