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Michele Mleczynski

@michelemleczynski.bsky.social
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Blue dot in PA, wife, mom of two boys and grandma to six awesome grandkids. 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈No DMs ✊🏻STAND WITH MINNESOTA ✊🏻

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/10/2026
Cait Conley to Mike Lawler: "I do not need you to mansplain to me what domestic abuse and sexual assault against women is and the appropriate response. Don't start. Sit over there."
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14/10/2026
The White House is hiding a report about your taxes until after you vote. Each year the IRS publishes data on what people at every income level deducted and owed. This version is the first look at the GOP tax law from 2025. It was expected in July. It’s October. Full story at link in comments ⬇️
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/10/2026
We’re looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization — the extra layer of approval insurers require before covering a medical expense — impacts patients. We need your help. 👇
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We’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica Understand Your Health Insurance Denial.
ProPublica is looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization impacts patients. We need your help to figure out if the process is still leading to delayed or missed treatments, tests...
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Sunday's sermon should be about this 👇
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” (Published Dec. 2025)
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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In Trump's second term, Bezos has received... -Huge new tax cuts for himself and Amazon -Millions of dollars in new Blue Origin federal contracts -A slap-on-the wrist FTC settlement for Amazon -A gutted NLRB led by a union-busting lawyer No wonder he's been such a Trump sycophant.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.
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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
London tabloids today reporting that RFKJr made a major grant to the Irkutsk biological weapons laboratory where the plague broke out, apparently part of his effort to back Putin's development of biological weaponry, with US taxpayer dollars. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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Russian plague lab reportedly received research funding from RFK's HHS
The death of a worker from the lab last week caused concern worldwide and is said to have killed at least one other person since and has many curious about the Siberian lab.
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🎀FANCY🎀 @fancysplace.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/10/2026
🚨 OCTOBER 5 DEADLINE #BlueWaveIn30Days If you live in one of these states, Monday is the voter registration deadline: • Arizona • Arkansas • Florida • Georgia • Indiana • Kentucky • Louisiana • Mississippi • Montana • Ohio • Tennessee • Texas Check your registration. IWillVote.com
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is a great slogan! Everyone is pissed about the price of fuel right now, and it's not going to get better before the election.
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Morna @morna6.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Deport this immigrant piece of shit
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
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Michael Scherer @michaelscherer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: NEW: John Fetterman's fundraising firm, MissionWired, quit working for him in June. So he started offering right-wing groups like RedMajorities and TrumpTruth a hefty commission to raise him money. Even Sen. Mike Lee has joined the rush for cash. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Right-Wing Groups Are Making Money Off John Fetterman
After losing his Democratic fundraisers, the Pennsylvania senator found a new firm with MAGA-world ties.
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JanFromTheBruce 🍁 @janfromthebruce.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every day I am going to post this (permission from Del Schilling). Will you join me? Over 5700+ Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls #MMIWG #cdnpoli
A group of Indigenous women holding signs to raise awareness for MMIWG. There are large poster boards of pictures of the missing women. They are on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the location of Canada's federal government.
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Dollyanna @my2centsay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
LOOK HOW YOUR CHRISTIAN SUPPORTED LEADER RAPED OUR TREASURY FOR HIMSELF.⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️ WE MUST SEIZE HIS ASSETS. WE MUST USE BANK EXAMINERS TO FOLLOW THIS WEB OF CORRUPTION, SEX TRAFFICKING AND MONEYLAUNDERING.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New whistleblower account: Former employees of the Kennedy Center say that center officials canceled a plan to start overhauling its leaking infrastructure months ago, despite those officials now asserting the leaks posed an urgent safety risk requiring the building to close.
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Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
37 more wounded troops. Added quietly. No explanation. Here's the No B.S. truth: when anyone (a vendor, a CEO, a government) revises the numbers without telling you why, the silence IS the message. 861 wounded. Their families deserve the full story.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026
I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It’s a lawless gangster government that murders people routinely and nobody knows who they are, what they were doing, or whether they actually committed any crime. The US military is now a Star Chamber with Hegseth as judge, jury and executioner.
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call634-5789 @call634-5789.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
NEW: Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped publishing the narratives.
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The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move
Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped pu...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Eight U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during its extended deployment, according to a letter from acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao obtained by CNN. None died.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WAPO: The architect quit “after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on a preliminary design that did not provide adequate emergency exit routes or fire-containment measures .. .. ‘I am the code,” Trump said.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Can you give my dad back? I miss him.” 💔 ICE kidnapped her father Luis at a DOT inspection. Her mother says he is legal and did everything the right way. #AbolishICE
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Art of the Deal is buying fertilizer from a Putin-aligned repressive dictator and paying to ship it 6,000 miles from his landlocked and sanctioned country so you can teach Canada a lesson.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We are still 380 subscribers short of our weekend goal. If you want to help Democracy Docket grow its influence and scale, sign-up now (free or paid). demdock.com/4w6emld
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
According to Danish diplomats, Trump sought US control over the process of natural resource licensing and land use planning across Greenland. The answer was "no." Instead the US got precisely what the US has always had in terms of base rights and SOFA. The deal is a big nothing burger.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 18/09/2026
The Trump administration is reportedly considering a dozen data center projects to be built on public lands, a plan that would grant tech firms at least 17,600 acres of protected lands across six states — Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming.
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There Are 0 Data Centers on Public Lands. Trump Is Considering Building 12.
The Trump administration quietly fast tracked a data center project in Nevada earlier this year.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 18/09/2026
"Trump's FCC just approved Trump pal David Ellison's deal to allow Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE to own nearly 50% of a merged Paramount-Warner Bros," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Outrageous: We don't need Middle East dictators to control American media."
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'Outrageous': Sanders Slams FCC for Approving Saudi and UAE Ownership of Paramount-Warner Bros.
"We don't need Middle East dictators to control American media."
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Venus is 2.8 times hotter than Mercury, despite Mercury being closer to the Sun. Why? Venus' atmosphere is primarily CO2, which traps heat. So what happens when we add CO2 to our atmosphere? It traps heat. This shouldn't be that difficult to understand.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.metrotimes.com/news/mike-ro...
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Mike Rogers opposed 9/11 responder health care not twice, but nine times - Detroit Metro Times
Newly uncovered record shows Mike Rogers repeatedly opposed efforts to establish, advance, or fund medical care for people sickened after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🧵The Trump administration is required by law to provide legal representation for children detained by ICE. In early August, HHS awarded a no bid contract worth $158m to Our Rescue. 12 of 24K detained kids have gotten representation since, per @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social
Detained migrant children waiting outside immigration court hearing room in NYC
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Unsurprisingly, New Hampshire Republicans today nominated a star member of the Epstein class for a seat in the US Senate. Jeffrey Epstein thought that Sununu had some "great stories." Maybe he can now fill us in on what they were.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
He buys almost nothing made in US for himself or his business. Almost everything he sells on his website is made overseas, he hires foreign workers, he advertised Trump Mobile as made in US then deleted that from website after people paid. Even his Trump Bibles are from China.
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Uncle John @realazmoderate.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Even money bet Trump is among those reading below the sixth grade level. Just watch him struggle as he reads a teleprompter.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Israeli company NSO developed spyware with research funded by US taxpayers. It then aggressively marketed this spyware to the more brutal dictatorships around the world. One of its customers was Serbia, which, predictably, deployed it against journalists and students. www.ft.com/content/c9c3...
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Students and opposition activists targeted with spyware in Serbia
Twelve of those targeted received notifications from Apple that their iPhones were compromised
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Under Biden, wages at the bottom of the distribution outpaced those at the top -- because the way to build a stronger society is from the bottom up. Under Trump, wage growth has declined across the board -- and the highest-paid are seeing bigger gains than the lowest. #UnionsForAll
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Two oil tankers shuttling oil out of the Gulf were hit on Mon night amid a rise in attacks on shipping in Hormuz, even as the US claimed its military was safely guiding vessels through the waterway and denied the strikes occurred. The strikes follow a renewed round of US-Iran violence.
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Saudi and South Korean oil tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz
The increase in shipping attacks comes after a period of relative calm in the war
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Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Corporate incomes are soaring. Worker incomes are barely treading water against inflation. #EconSky Via Steve Rattner.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Wealthy White Men Who Care Only About Wealthy White Men.......
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Natalie Harp: Writes letters to Trump saying things like, “you’re all I care about” and “I want things to always be right between us, with all my heart” And forces her way into SUV cargo bays to follow him to court. Totally normal aide-boss relationship. Not creepy at all.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
On the left: Oliver North, convicted for his role in illegally selling missiles to Iran during the Reagan administration. On the right: Fox News “military analyst” Oliver North, who thinks Iran shouldn’t have missiles. Same guy. Same Oliver North.
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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🚗☀️ Solar panels are moving beyond rooftops. Chinese automotive glass manufacturer Fuyao Glass says it now has mass-production capabilities for vehicle-integrated solar roofs, with PV cells built directly into laminated car glass.
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Chinese automotive glass giant announces vehicle-integrated solar roof - pv magazine Global
Fuyao Glass has confirmed mass-production capabilities for solar sunroof glass, with photovoltaic cells embedded in laminated automotive glass to power auxiliary vehicle loads. While reports have link...
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