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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
So much for state's rights. Source: ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos share.google/aDIsij61GVG6...
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DOJ sues 4 states that allow some noncitizen residents to qualify for in-state tuition at universities
The Justice Department filed lawsuits seeking to block laws in four states that allow residents without citizenship to qualify for in-state tuition and financial aid.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Working outside in this heat. Sure would ne nice to have a tall glass of water to come inside to. Especially if she made me a drink.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Don't show anyone your behind-the-scenes unless they earn it.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
There have been no moms of toddlers at #Gitmo. The prison doesn't want to deflate it's scores.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Anyone think Pam Bondi was getting high by smoking the #EpsteinFiles?
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
God, men suck. share.google/idqekxVwIpY2...
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‘It immediately puts men on the defensive:’ Single women say homeownership is hurting their dating lives.
More single women are buying homes and it’s causing some men to get cold feet.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I think the flamingos in a small crustacean, as evidenced by their facial structure, and how they dip their heads underwater and scoop upside down. Im guessing the small creature eats the algae. Just missed a link in the food chain. Source: My last SF Zoo visit. Crazy video, though.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
My 4 year old still doesn't associate that song with over-priced frozen desserts delivered on 4 wheels, and I'd like to milk this miracle as long as possible, thanks.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
What is it called when you just don't feel comfortable in traditional gender spaces anymore?
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Secretary Wright doing a lot of free work for an industry instead of, you know, guarding and expanding our energy infrastructure. policytorque.com/energy-polic...
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Energy Policy Inversion | The Power of Power | PolicyTorque
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Speaking of poss. civil rights violations, please see scandal in Chicago I exposed on the @chicagocta.bsky.social. FTA considers CTA even less safe now than before. $251M -> connected private security contractors @crainschicago.bsky.social @propublica.org Policytorque.com/cta-transit-enforcement
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
In other words: The legal architecture built a double bind. Comply with VRA → exposed to Equal Protection challenge. Ignore VRA → exposed to Section 2 challenge. Effect; permanent litigation regardless, with courts serving as the final arbiter of what a legislature is actually permitted to do.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Is Florida the state for floozies and scam artists? Sure, but, hear me out. Santa Monica is known as "Home of the Homeless," because the weather is nice. The scammers have to live somewhere, why not concentrate them in one place, and then we just don't go there?
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
430M spent by the City of Chicago in the last 8 years specifically to enforce fare paying & safety. $26,184.57 collected in fines + a letter to Mayor Johnson from the FTA saying in December of 2025 "The CTA is not safer." Private security companies paid 251M of it policytorque.com/cta-transit-...
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$251 Million Out. $26,148.57 Back. - PolicyTorque
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I Have the deeper story on #insidertrading. @davelevinthal.com I sent you a message. Can talk on Signal if you like.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
On my blog, PolicyTorque.com, I document the tool I created, Market Sentinel, designed specifically to explain and track anomalous signals in trading data, and to tie it to any filed STOCK Act PTRs. The finding was not subtle. @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov #insidertrading
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
@vikasbajaj.bsky.social vikas, please DM me. I have a story for you and Jack
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
@jackewingnyt.bsky.social jack, please DM me.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Listening to @aljazeera.com, we see trouble w/ news coverage. AJ cuts off journalist providing context of US involvement in stimulating drug trade in region, & Trump's pardoning fmr Honduran Pres Juan Orlando Hernandez, convicted of drug trafficking to US, AJ is more concerned abt describing 1PP.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Having taken over the bulk of domestic chores and child care for almost 1.5 years now, ladies...I get it. Zero interest, dead bedroom.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Believe it or not, I made this one myself. #beautiful #girldad
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
@haleycass.bsky.social is this the author?
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
"Mark of the beast of the ancient world." Sign me up. The ancient world was fucking dope.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Even if all of those times were twice the actual episode length, it would still be exhausting.
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HELLFRAZIER @popnpizza.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
As a result, I'm gonna lock this thread down b/c I don't want to spread misinformation if the runtimes and titles aren't correct.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
This is your reminder that even if what is happening in #gaza is working, which it isn't, it's only because we have normalized #warcrimes, & made a mockery of the International World Order WE set up. Either we start following the law, or we all agree it never worked in the 1st place. Can't do both.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
@awscloud.bsky.social, I see what you are doing here, and it's giving antitrust vibes. Cheaper from whole foods, but I either pay 10 for delivery or drive to whole foods and walk through your store...to buy more stuff. Smells like nonsense.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Please point to the language I used that was even vaguely misogynistic. I'll wait. Didn't think so. Another one bites the dust.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
It bothers me that once again a Karen is telling progressives in the background to be silent, and...do what? What can we do about that concentration camp, Margie? When we don't have power, you tell us to be silent and watch atrocity. When we do, the knives come out and our legislation is gutted.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
There is a reason it all fits together so cleanly, and the Clinton Democrat narrative falls apart into fallacies and mouth foaming. Voters care about feeling like your politician is honest, and Trump, for all his lies, won oodles of votes for a reason, including people who claim independence.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The flower that tries to grow can't even worry about aphids if the gardener rips it out of the soil.
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The Existential Cafe @theexistentialcafe.creator.blue · 15/07/2025
Take your whataboutisms and your vapid and vain pretense at both being a non-partisan and having some sort of moral superiority over your "both sides are the same" garbage. ESPECIALLY when a non-centrist candidate is mentioned and instead of lauding it, you whinge like an attention-starved Karen.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
“The parallels are chilling. The consequences, if we stay quiet, will be catastrophic.” - Attorney Jon Hyman I’m sharing to make it loud. open.substack.com/pub/jonhyman...
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ICE is Trump's Gestapo
ICE is a chilling historical echo to Nazi Germany that we cannot ignore
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
This baby, and the great great great great great great great great great grand niece both died of measles.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Me: Wasn't that fun? What happened when you jumped? Toddler: I didn't fall. Me: Why? T: Because Daddy caught me. Me: THAT'S RIGHT, AND I'M ALWAYS GOING TO, High freaking five kiddo! Her face:
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a smiley face with a big smile on it and a missing tooth .
ALT: a smiley face with a big smile on it and a missing tooth .
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
@ucsb.bsky.social Excellent political Science presentations!
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Took off my toddlers pants, underwear, and put a diaper on her: -in the dark -upside down -laying on my arm -with only one hand -not my dominant hand -while she was asleep -without waking her -while she's on top of me -by myself If he can't do that, he's not the one.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
New pardon attorney #Martin saying 'we dont want to leave those guys behind,' is a not so secret dog whistle proving that all of the RW conspiracy nuts all recognize each other as compatriots. What crimes their buddies are convicted - immaterial. It's how #fascism works. Pull your allies regardless.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
@emrazz.bsky.social at Ninos, i thought of you.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Stop agreeing that there is so much bloated Government with #GOP. Everything that musk has cut illegally were services that are desperately needed by our nation; by our people. This wasn't done to cut spending. Trump doesn't give a shit about fiscal responsibility. HE'S TRYING TO STAY IN POWER. /1
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
I changed last to female, but because of the Trump presidency, I can't comply and go back to my original gender. What should I do?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Does anyone who want to be a beta reader for my book? I prefer female readers since they are most likely to be the customer, but I will take anyone who can provide good feedback.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This isn't that hard. You can find all kinds of revenue in making drug companies pay for research NIH does. Medicare can negotiate for all drugs. Increase the number of IRS officials. All of these provide revenue and or specific savings that are significant. Cutting medicare or not is false choice.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
We are too reliant, and every year the OEMs shift more and more away from Michigan to southern states or foreign countries. You'd have us fight over scraps; why not adapt to be less dependent on the Auto industry. As someone who has been burned 3 times now with layoffs, I couldn't care less anymore.
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Umm why are activists being targetted in Michigan?
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
@reason.com I'm not saying your writers are RWNJ, but your readers and commenters certainly are. In a world where the press is destroyed, your paper will be next. You wont be given any special treatment. reason.com/2025/04/16/c...
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Colorado bill would force judges to consider 'misgendering' a form of 'coercive control' in custody cases
A recently introduced Colorado bill seeks to require judges to consider "misgendering" as a form of "coercive control" during child custody disputes. If
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PolicyTorque @mfr1003.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
If Trump is so powerful he can't strongarm El fucking Salvador into submission, what is his plan for Venezuela, or even China.
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