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Michael

@michael-sfba-np.bsky.social
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Hiker, music and art lover, cat dad, life model. LGBTQ+ ally. Extremely concerned about climate change and fascism This is a 2nd account I'll be using primarily to follow politics and climate change.

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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 17h
Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia, Keisha Lance Bottoms: My opponent is making money off of the broken health care system. He has a staffing company that lures staff away from hospitals. It has sent many hospitals into bankruptcy. #momsky#sheshed
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10h
Whatever one thinks about this place, all of the larger ones, controlled by Zuckerberg & Musk, are nothing but giant propaganda/misinformation/porn/surveillance machines owned by oligarchs actively collaborating with fascists.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is so sick. So a Russian blood diesel vessel is on its way to NC set to arrive tomorrow. It left St Petersburg on Sept 22nd. This Trump-Putin plan has been in the works for weeks can’t picture what allies America will have left after this
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 18h
Bingo. When will he stop lying and killing innocentpeople? #USDemocracy
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#VeryAsian Eric @ektaka.bsky.social · 19h
Trump's traitorous deal with Russia not only betrays our Ukrainian friends, but also our own troops whom Russia is helping Iran kill. It's embracing a war criminal and adversary in a desperate attempt to temporarily bring down the cost of diesel before the election.
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#VeryAsian Eric @ektaka.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump's fascist regime is trying to make an example of #MajorJasonWatson. Their cruel and unusual treatment of him is only legitimizing his protest. We are all #MajorJasonWatson!
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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 22h
🗳️ You don’t have to be a political activist to make a difference. Sometimes, all it takes is asking one simple question: “Have you made a plan to vote?” Our latest Guardrails of Democracy article shares practical ways to help get out the vote. Read more: bit.ly/4y5ZKTf
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What You Can Do to Help Get Out the Vote
Saving Democracy, one action at a time
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 12h
Not going to lie, I love seeing Ukraine destroy Putin’s oil refineries and I truly love seeing President Zelenskyy triggering TF out of MAGA lunatics all because he’s a wartime hero who refuses to allow a despot to destroy his country. Slava Ukraini! 💙👊
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h
The allegation that James Talarico disappeared to a mental health facility was a malicious lie. But on the bright side, Paxton and his right-wing cohorts just handed Talarico a TON of free media attention and publicity. Complete idiocy. 🤡
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 16h
#ResistanceEarth Scientists can now estimate how much climate change contributes to a hurricane's wind speed. In the case of Hurricane Isaias, climate-warmed Gulf waters drove up wind speed by 6%. A 5% increase in wind speed results in 50% greater damage. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/10/how-...
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How climate change worsened Hurricane Isaias » Yale Climate Connections
Climate Central says climate-warmed Gulf waters made Isaias’s winds 7 mph stronger than they otherwise would have been. This would result in over a doubling of the hurricane’s damages, because of the ...
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 23h
🗳️ PINKS | BEYOND THE BALLOT Virginia voters face three constitutional questions on November 3: reproductive freedom, marriage equality, and voting rights restoration. Three questions. Three decisions with lasting consequences. Know what’s on your ballot. #Pinks 🌊
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 22h
🗳️ PINKS | BEYOND THE BALLOT Arizona, Nevada, and North Carolina voters face ballot questions involving election procedures, voter identification, and constitutional requirements. Three states. Three important decisions. Understand the proposals before casting your ballot. #Pinks 🌊
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17h
Zelenskyy: “Don’t attack us. Don’t kill our children. We will stop attacking your diesel. I think it’s a fair deal.”
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h
Talarico: I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. People are concerned. He has asked for proof of life from me. I'm asking for proof of spine from him.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 13h
Republicans are so flustered about Paxton losing Texas that they’re making up wild rumors about Talarico They claim he sought mental health treatment at the Linder Center of Hope in Ohio But both the facility and Talarico exposed the lie-with the candidate saying he’s never even been to the state
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 17h
So true 👇 😂
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 9h
Trump Administration Seeks to Exempt Oil and Gas Exploration in the Western Arctic from Environmental Review and Public Comment ...
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Trump Administration Seeks to Exempt Oil and Gas Exploration in the Western Arctic from Environmental Review and Public Comment
The administration’s proposed categorical exclusion aims to fast track and cut the public out of oil exploration approvals in the Western Arctic
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 9h
The Guardian view on the US, Russia and the international criminal court: Trump’s assault on the rule of law intensifies | Editorial Editorial: A fuel deal with Vladimir Putin, and sanctions against the legal institution, ram home the president’s belief that might is right ...
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The Guardian view on the US, Russia and the international criminal court: Trump’s assault on the rule of law intensifies | Editorial
Editorial: A fuel deal with Vladimir Putin, and sanctions against the legal institution, ram home the president’s belief that might is right
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 21h
Science is doing essential reporting on the decimation of NSF social science funding. We need public accounting. If you’ve benefited from an NSF grant from SBE, add to this 🧵. Tell the world what was funded that will not be funded from NSF anymore. I’ll start… www.science.org/content/arti...
Graph showing the number of NSF grants over 7 years—moving to zero in 2026.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The more Putin escalates his attacks on Europe, the more Europe should support Ukraine | Timothy Garton Ash
Moscow’s imperialist strongman believes decadent European democracies can be cowed. Our job is to prove him wrong, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 8h
Putin Cons Trump Into Making Massive Oil Deal With Russia The Trump administration has just given Russia a huge break from sanctions. ...
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Putin Cons Trump Into Making Massive Oil Deal With Russia
The Trump administration has just given Russia a huge break from sanctions.
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 8h
Sierra Club Slams Trump Administration's Decision to Bypass Environmental Reviews for Arctic Oil Drilling ...
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Sierra Club Slams Trump Administration's Decision to Bypass Environmental Reviews for Arctic Oil Drilling
Today, the Trump administration invited fresh controversy when it announced it will abandon environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to allow oil and gas companies to run roughshod over pristine Arctic ecosystems to search for expensive, far flung oil. The Bureau of L...
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 8h
Trump’s deal with Putin will have little impact on US diesel prices, experts warn Analysts say fuel will take weeks to ship and is too small to affect prices, with the full deal unlikely to be met given damage to Russian refineries ...
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Trump’s deal with Putin will have little impact on US diesel prices, experts say
Analysts say fuel will take weeks to ship and quantity is too small to affect prices, while full deal is unlikely to be met given damage to Russian refineries
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 8h
There is, writes @davidfrum.bsky.social, an "implicit quid pro quo in these lucrative deals offered to Trump’s family and friends: If you compel Ukraine to surrender, we will enrich you beyond reckoning" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump Is an Easy Mark for Putin
The president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 6h
NEW. Andrew Egger & Will Sommer on an attempted MAGA smear of James Talarico, promoted by Elon Musk and others, and its spectacular implosion. What other lies will Trumpists try in the face of their impending rout? Be ready for more desperate acts by desperate men. www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-james...
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MAGA’s Talarico Mental Breakdown Conspiracy Implodes—Instantly
The holes in this one were evident pretty quickly. Now the big question is will there be lawsuits in response?
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 6h
Physicians’ group calls for ban on raw milk – as it’s becoming increasingly popular in the US As raw milk industry experiences record growth, experts say it might contain pathogens that can sicken people ...
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Physicians’ group calls for ban on raw milk – as it’s becoming increasingly popular in the US
As raw milk industry experiences record growth, experts say it might contain pathogens that can sicken people
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 6h
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Truth Matters (@martymcsweeney)
She’s not wrong, economic vampires are at work. My thanks to Elizabeth Warren for the clip. 🎥 TikTok - http://vm.tiktok.com/ZN8BSHLcH/
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Timothy Snyder (@snyder)
A good time to remember lesson 18 of On Tyranny: Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.  Modern tyranny is terror management.  When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/10/2026
Millions of Americans depend on the Affordable Care Act for healthcare and protections for preexisting conditions. And Joe Mitchell wants to repeal it. Iowa, believe him when he tells you exactly who he is.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’m sorry, but Susan Collins can go fuck herself.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Alicia @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Wow for 3 billion dollars we could have given every child in America free lunch and health physicals at the start of the last few school years. Imagine how much that'd save us down the road from people growing up healthy instead of chronically ill. F trump and maga. Trump is FAILING and FLAILING
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US has lost or sustained damage to 81 military aircraft worth up to $3.3 billion in Iran war, congressional report says | CNN
That’s almost double the 42 aircraft the non-partisan agency counted in a report released six months ago.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
IDK anyone who is surprised, but everyone I know is angry.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Darline Graham makes the "China threat" the centerpiece of her campaign. Now WaPo discovers that her husband's business is entirely predicated on China trade, and that's what she lives off. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Darline Graham opposes Chinese manufacturing. Her husband’s job relies on it.
The senator and sister of the late Lindsey Graham has said the U.S. must “stop depending on Communist China for things America can make ourselves.”
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If Americans view, clip, share, and permanently enshrine an American public killing in a million ways on the internet, we will move towards fascist rituals of violence. snyder.substack.com/p/four-wrong...
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Four Wrongs of a Public Execution
Psychological, Historical, Political, and Ethical (Video and Text)
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Thank you, America! Money from diesel will help me kill even more Ukrainian children.
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Michael @michael-sfba-np.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And a traitor
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Democracy Docket does not sponsor events with Trump. We don't shake his hand, laugh at his jokes or make small talk with his cronies. Instead, we provide pro-democracy news information and analysis of what is happening to democracy in court. If that interests you, subscribe now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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FactsOverFeelings @thunderstorming.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Never forget, right, Republicans? We didn’t.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@lucid)
Let’s be clear about what is happening.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My conversation with @rbreich.bsky.social about Trump, power, and what comes next. snyder.substack.com/p/trump-powe...
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Trump, Power, What Comes Next with Robert Reich
A recording from Timothy Snyder and Robert Reich's conversation
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Tim Snyder on Trump's fixation with Putin: If you believe in countries, the United States is a much more powerful country than Russia. But if you just believe that it’s gangster on gangster, well then sure, Putin is a much better gangster than Trump.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Heartbreak in Springfield, Ohio. Please read this important reporting. It all begins with big lies and it ends with ethnic cleansing and deaths for which we must not only mourn but feel ashamed. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I spelled out "superpower suicide" in this essay from May 2026. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power, and succeeded with such rapidity. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
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On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Of course when Russia said Ukraine had bioweapons labs what they really meant was that they did. There's a lot we don't know about the current situation. Russia should be bringing in experts from the WHO to clarify and advise. Will they? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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U.S. officials seeking details of reported Russian plague death, quarantines
Officials said they need to learn more about the evolving situation before determining the potential threat to the United States.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes, the White House sometimes serves as a branch Kremlin press office, which would be humiliating for anyone who had the slightest hint of patriotism or for that matter personal dignity.
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Michael @michael-sfba-np.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Where Do Democrats Go From Here? With Rep. Jake Auchincloss
A recording from Timothy Snyder's live video with Rep. Jake Auchincloss
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