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Monica Bell

@mgbell54.bsky.social
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Proud lifelong Democrat, retired IT Specialist for DOD. Mother of three, grandmother of seven (one in Heaven) great grandmother of two. Isolated Democrat in a sea of red in Texas.

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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
No one should have to become an expert in insurance just to afford healthcare. It’s a basic human right. But until our system reflects that, I hope these practical steps help families secure the coverage they need
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Leave it to Alito to dissent and argue without evidence that voting by mail promotes voter fraud.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Slaughter case, overturning precedent, returns us to a spoils system where a president can “clean house” every four years, destroying our professional, independent civil service.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Trump starts today as a loser. E. Jean Carroll wins. The Supreme Court has declined to hear his appeal of her defamation verdict against him. It’s over, and it’s time for him to pay up. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Trump Loses: E. Jean Carroll's Defamation Win Is Now Final
Trump loses.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
At long last, E Jean Carroll can get paid.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Time for some shoe-leather reporting. Multiple NO DATA CENTER lawn signs spotted in York County, South Carolina.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"The door, locked. Its windows boarded up. The only indicator of what might have been is a green sign at the top of the entryway: 'African-American History'. "The would-be exhibit is one of dozens that were scrubbed from federal land by the Trump administration..." www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...
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Ariana Niko @ariananiko.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
President Biden accused President Trump of using the presidency for personal profit, saying he has made billions since returning to the White House. Trump is corrupt. This is what corruption looks like in plain sight. “He has no shame,” Biden said. “Frankly, it’s embarrassing for the country.
President Biden accused President Trump of using the presidency for personal profit, saying he has made billions since returning to the White House.

Trump is corrupt. This is what corruption looks like in plain sight.

“He has no shame,” Biden said. “Frankly, it’s embarrassing for the country.
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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Devastating.
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rabianyc.bsky.social @rabianyc.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I think people have compounding trauma and deep down we know he never legitimately won in 2016 ( Meuller report even Marco R said he got an assist from 🇷🇺). 2024 no chance you can wear a garbage bag and give a 🎤 a BJ and win 7 swing states. We need to believe the public is not that stupid #hesacrook
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Class, in accordance with Texas’s new law, we are going to engage in Bible study. Please open you Bibles to Ezekiel 23:20. “There she lusted after her lovers, whose penises were like those of donkeys and whose ejaculations were like that of horses.” The Bible, pornography for the WHOLE family!
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Jane Fonda @janefonda.com · 28/06/2026
On June 14th, Flag Day, which also happened to be Trump’s eightieth birthday, the Committee for the First Amendment (CFA) hosted an event at New York’s historic Town Hall: Rise Up! Sing Out! A Concert for the First Amendment. Continue reading at Jane Fonda Wellness: wellness.janefonda.com
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CYNC Verity Media @cvmedia.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
CFR: China is rapidly reshaping education for AI and future jobs, while the current U.S. Administration risks clinging to yesterday's economic playbook. Falling behind in technology means falling behind in jobs, competitiveness, and the economy. #AI #Economy #Europe #China #USA @volteuropa.org
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
When you normalize Nixon as a 12 hour news cycle, but then to try for a laugh or clap you Quote “Diddy?” Who is this guy?
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
🧵🧵🧵 I’m not forgetting that when Trump’s followers stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Trump did nothing to stop it for 187 minutes. I’m not forgetting that in 2022 Trump called for “termination” of the U.S. Constitution and the New York Times put the story on Page 13.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
🧵🧵🧵 I'm not forgetting that Trump falsely accused Haitian immigrants of eating dogs and cats and that he called Somali immigrants "garbage." I’m not forgetting that Trump pressured a Georgia official to “find 11,780 votes” in what certainly looked like an attempt at election fraud.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/06/2026
Massie: "I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections."
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A Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
📎🚨👇👁️ 👁️ bsky.app/profile/joyc...
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Dr. Thurber, EdD | Dr. T. @drthurber.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Yes 🙌🏾
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The White House, its surrounding grounds, the Monuments and Ellipse were designed by brilliant architects. Trump has managed to ruin them all. He should use some of the 4 billion he has made since 2025 to restore them.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Important court decision today striking down Trump’s exective order directing USPS to control voting by mail. Our Constitution gives the president no role in voting. Hands off! www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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US judge blocks Trump's mail-in voting executive order
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, June 25 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Boston on Thursday blocked implementation of U.S.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Trump and Republicans "Big Beautiful Bill" has already taken food assistance away from more than 770,000 American kids: www.propublica.org/article/snap...
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More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“They hope that they can slink away in the middle of the night without explaining to anyone what they did, why they did it, or how they proposed to clean up the mess that they’ve made... And we don’t intend to let them get away with it.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/u...
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Vendors Told to Start Dismantling ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Whoa! Well done, Katie!
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Wolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
(cartoon Dave Granlund) #politics
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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
And don't forget that it was Susan Collins who gave us Brett Kavanaugh and was "saved" by corrupt Federalist Society founder and chief goon Leonard Leo! I explain how I think they cheated for Collins in her last election as her reward for voting to confirm Kavanaugh.
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CYNC Verity Media @cvmedia.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A U.N. inquiry accuses Israel of deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza, alleging genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Israel rejects the report as false and politically motivated. #Gaza #UN #Israel #Palestinians www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says
Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting ​in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, and war crimes in the occupied West Bank, an...
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CYNC Verity Media @cvmedia.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro argues that Judaism and Zionism are not the same and that Israel does not represent all Jews worldwide. #Judaism #Zionism #Israel
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Donald Trump keeps trying to limit Americans’ right to vote. He is terrified of his 30% approval rating and the public who will show up to vote against his mismanagement of the war in Iran and the economy in the upcoming midterms.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
101 former judges have asked New York disciplinary authorities to investigate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, alleging ethics violations tied to his conduct at DOJ. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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101 Former Judges Ask the New York Bar to Investigate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche
Today, 101 former judges filed a complaint, asking the New York State Bar Attorney Grievance Commission to “initiate an investigation into Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (Registration No.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Here's an idea. Instead of giving MAGA your millions, fight back a litte. "The Disney-owned broadcast network launched an on-air campaign Monday urging viewers to weigh in against the Federal Communications Commission’s early review of its broadcast licenses." www.wsj.com/business/med... Gift link
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ABC Launches On-Air Campaign Against FCC Investigations
The Disney-owned network is encouraging viewers to tell the FCC to drop probes into “The View” and ABC broadcast licenses.
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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/06/2026
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her. (Published Nov. 2025)
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“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Because Trump, Musk, and their goons have never paid a price for thier crimes, they keep criming. And invent crimes for others such as having Jeanine Pirro abuse her position as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia by arresting citizens for touching the green water in the Reflecting Pool
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Fox News: Trump said he told Iranian officials: "You close the Strait and you won't have a country. We'll take over the rest of the country. We may take over the Strait, if we have to. I'll blow the shit out of them." It's hard to believe there's no peace deal yet.🙄 #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I’m old enough to remember when the Department of Justice used to prosecute crimes instead of commit them.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Father's Day this weekend at Delaney Hall immigrant prison in New Jersey. photos: Sussex Visibility Brigade
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"He doesn't know anyone detained at the center, but he says he was there because of his faith... 'If you're a Christian, you care about people and their treatment and their circumstances,' he said. 'The least we can do is be here for them'..." www.krgv.com/videos/prote...
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Protest held at Raymondville detention center in support of detained families
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CYNC Verity Media @cvmedia.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Trump's false claim that Meloni "begged" for a photo sparked outrage across Italy. Top officials rallied behind her, Italy canceled a planned U.S. visit, and Trump's insults continue to hurt transatlantic ties and turn the USA into a global punchline. #Italy #Politics decode39.com/15322/italys...
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Italy’s political spectrum reacts after Trump remarks on Meloni - Decode39
Remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump about Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni triggered a broad political reaction across Italy on Friday, with government officials, coalition allies and several ...
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Judy Weston @westonjk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Not an iota of doubt, the 2024 was rigged and stolen.
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ThirdTimesTheCharmHillary @flyingbuttress2016.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
This
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m mcclure @memc74.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨This is elections interference, period, full-stop. It should be considered treason and an impeachable offense that Congress has an obligation to act on. 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
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Resistance is persistence! @chuckspaeth.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
They are actively planning to steal the elections. The machinations of this regime has no limit. I strongly advocate street protesting now so we can show we are a FORCE to be dealt with. Our weaknesses are the divisions amongst us. We must be prepared to rise up against this oppression.
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salbr29891.bsky.social @salbr29891.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Follow @cherijacobus.bsky.social youtu.be/krb2XqlDpjQ?...
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Trump cheated in 2024 in swing states. Elon helped. Trump gave him "something" in return.
YouTube video by Cheri Jacobus
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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The government of Qatar decided to give 747 airplane to Donald Trump. The taxpayers are paying to retrofit it and then Donald Trump gets to keep the plane after his Presidency. Why isn’t he paying for this himself?
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Better link: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-execut...
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The Executive Order To Restrict Vote By Mail
Trump is still trying to suppress your vote
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Dune @dune54.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Remember the Supreme Court’s decision that it isn’t really a bribe if it comes after a decision by a politician. So watch for work being done on his pools being done on his properties. I’d also watch for more gold leaf trinkets hung in his properties along with marble being installed.
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Themistocles’ Wall🇲🇽🇵🇷🇨🇷🇭🇳🇻🇪🇵🇦🇬🇵🇸🇻🇧🇿🇳🇮🇧🇷🇨🇴🇪🇨🇺🇾🇧🇴🇦🇷 @themistocleswall.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
including @cherijacobus.bsky.social
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Facts matter. Trump is trying to restrict mail in voting by taking control of who is eligible. That’s up to the states, but Trump has decided the states can’t mail ballots to anyone who isn’t on his list. Read here to understand the EO & lawsuits challenging it: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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The Executive Order To Restrict Vote By Mail
Trump is still trying to suppress your vote
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