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Michelle Chesebro

@michellechesebro.bsky.social
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Dog&cat mom. Democrat. Avid reader. Music lover. Nature enthusiast. Attorney.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A hill I will die on.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As they should.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It would have taken one good man to spare her a lifetime of trauma. And the fact that there was not one good man there to be found should fully sicken all of us. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/cornells-j...
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Cornell’s Jane Doe Needed One Good Man In That House And That Group Chat. She Would Find None.
Warning: this piece includes references to sexual assault, as well as words many may find offensive.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“‘Ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation or promoted voluntary return of non-white immigrants'... This is, of course, beyond alarming...” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Name another song that mentions the word "Pretty."🎶 Written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees, the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" was released as a single in August 1964. It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 26, 1964. Orbison's second #1, the song stayed at the top for 3 weeks.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Still unfathomable to me given the horrendous destruction of DOGE and how unfathomably heinous he continues to be on his social media duchy, that he can shovel cash to Republicans, go to a state dinner, and the press still doesn't treat him as remotely problematic as Hasan Piker.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Twitter not laughing at your jokes, buy Twitter. HBO owns streaming rights to an unflattering exposé, buy a piece of HBO. Government regulations threaten your businesses, buy the government. Elon Musk seems determined to be a case study in the problem with unfettered wealth.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Interviews with more than 30 current and former employees reveal the agency is now tightly controlled by Mr. Kennedy and his associates, and its scientists are finding it increasingly difficult to do their jobs effectively. (Some spoke on the condition of anonymity because of a fear of retaliation.)
The changes have hindered the C.D.C.’s ability to respond to outbreaks as measles spreads at home and Ebola abroad, and to issue timely guidance on vaccinations as cooling temperatures kick off the respiratory season, according to current and former employees. State and local health departments, which rely on the C.D.C. for resources and technical advice, have been stymied by delays. Entire divisions have been shuttered, including teams that worked on smoking, sexual violence, child abuse and falls among older adults.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. (Published Feb. 2025)
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Name another song that mentions the word "Days." 🎶 Composed by Boris Fomin, but credited to Gene Raskin with lyrics by poet Konstantin Podrevsky, the song, "Those Were The Days," covered by Mary Hopkin in 1968 hit #1 on the UK Singles Chart on September 25, 1968. Produced by Paul McCartney,
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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A president mocking his predecessor to the communist dictator of China is some real bottom feeder shit
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wild stuff. Sheri Mecklenberg, career prosecutor accused of misconduct in Broadview 6 case, resigns from DOJ. The NYT obtained her scathing resignation letter, in which she says the U.S. attorney directed her to bring felony charges over her objection. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read the document (Gift Article)
Sheri H. Mecklenburg resignation letter
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge (Trump-appointed Stephanie Gallagher) has held the Trump administration in contempt for deporting a man to El Salvador in violation of three court orders. She's ordering the government to return him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just putting this out there. If Democrats win the midterms, we need a full-court press to reverse the damage Russell Vought and RFK Jr. have caused. No half-measures will do. Put on your big boy pants and get to work. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Trump Is Destroying Public Health. Democrats Need to Fight Back.
If they win in the midterms, the party must move quickly and aggressively to undo the harm Trump and his cronies have caused.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Finally, segregationists have achieved their dream of capturing the Civil Rights Division and turning it to their own ends
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts Court. Our September + October cover story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.
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The Deportation Project Map
Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This courage— from the woman who witnessed and filmed Alex Pretti’s murder—is like nothing I’ve ever seen OMG 😭 Thank you to Senator Blumenthal and Rep. Garcia for giving Stella an opportunity to finally tell her story.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jfc.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026
i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Name another song that mentions the word "Getting." 🎶 Released as the lead single from her 4th studio album on August 12, 2012, the Taylor Swift single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," topped the Billboard Hot 100 for its 3rd week on September 22, 2012.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A US citizens out on a stroll to the local drug store, suddenly and inexplicably brutally assaulted by a officers of Trump's secret police, who beat him senseless, throwing him to the street and then nonchalantly drive away. Evanston Now has documented the entire incident.
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Victim in ICE stop was walking to pharmacy, witness says - Evanston Now
Agents drove off, leaving the man bloodied on the pavement.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 21/09/2026
ICE is purposefully trying to make it harder for lawyers and loved ones to contact people held in detention, making it nearly impossible for some people to challenge their removals. ICE must let the outside world know where they are detaining people.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Name another song that mentions the word "Enough." 🎶 After leaving the Supremes, Diana Ross scored her 1st solo Billboard Hot 100 number one song on September 19, 1970, with, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." Written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966,
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
SHOUT-OUT to all proud members of the MAGA-Resistance Movement in their defense of the Kennedy Center. It will NEVER have the Orange Felon's name on it, just as it will continue to be the Gulf of MEXICO, Lake ONTARIO & the Department of DEFENSE. #AccountabilityIn45Days 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
Justin Wolfers: “What we have is a carnival barker as president, a reality TV show… a fake sort of boxer, a bloke who spends his life just provoking others because provocation yields attention.”
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... (cartoon from the archives)
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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This unelected monster 🤡 inflicted on the country is out of control, & his dirty deeds need to keep being dragged out of the shadows. With the bullying & uncaring way they're treating the kids, "this [regime has] no credibility to claim that they are acting with children’s safety as their priority"
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Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump misstating and touting a meaningless deal over Greenland, while the entire Middle East security architecture falls apart due to his own actions, is emblematic of this administration’s foreign policy.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Stephen Miller was exposed in a new report as the "mastermind and enforcer" behind Trump's unprecedentedly "cruel and racist" assault on children in the U.S. A damning analysis details a whole-government attack on at least 200,000 undocumented children who are denied legal immigration pathways.
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Stephen Miller's attack on kids exposed in damning report that details 'Nazi' sentiments
Stephen Miller was exposed in a new report Saturday as the "mastermind and enforcer" behind President Donald Trump's unprecedentedly "cruel and racist" assault on children in the United StatesA damnin...
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Name a song with the word "You" in the title or lyrics...🎶
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/09/2026
POWERFUL MOMENT Americans forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center to protect a national memorial from a president threatening to tear it down. JFK’s niece, Kerry Kennedy, called on people to show up, and they did. This will never be the Trump Center, in the people’s eyes.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This corruption is why nothing works for ordinary people. It's why you pay a fortune for prescriptions. It's why your insurance company gets away with denying your cancer treatment after you paid your premiums for decades.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Can't crack down on corporate polluters. That would be tyranny. Can't make sure our food safety laws are adequate. That would eat into profits. Can't regulate dangerous AI. That would be intruding on the "free market." The "party of small government," folks.
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The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Name another song that mentions the word "Ain't." 🎶 Written by Fats Domino & Dave Bartholomew and originally released by Fats as "Ain't It A Shame" in April 1955. His version reached #1 on the Billboard R&B chart and #10 on the pop chart. Pat Boone released a cover of the song as
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The Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Obama family shared that Sunny passed away yesterday after 13 years by their side. She was fiercely protective of her big brother, Bo, and we can imagine the two of them together again. Today, hold your pets a little closer and cherish every moment you share.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/09/2026
New in PN: Alito & Thomas keep pedal to the metal "The only place where election fraud is real is in the right-wing media ecosystem where they marinate. And b/c they are so steeped in online misinfo & conservative grievance, they're willing to sacrifice every principle of law they ever espoused."
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Alito and Thomas keep the pedal to the metal
Their mail voting dissent is legal hackery. But it makes sense politically.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Vote like your life depends on it. Because it does.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 15/09/2026
I pushed for independent oversight. Now, for the first time, we have an official glimpse at the damage—and it’s still an underestimate. Resources drained. Munitions depleted. Diplomacy wrecked. Troops exhausted. The American people deserve the full truth. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Iranian strikes have damaged hundreds of structures at U.S. bases, watchdog says
The report by the Pentagon's inspector general also detailed the extent of munitions shortfalls in the first comprehensive public accounting of the cost and military impact of the war with Iran.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As if they weren't bad enough, AI data centers — which Trump strongly supports — could drive a surge in "forever chemical" production. And that's after Trump's EPA already approved new forever chemical pesticides and rolled back limits on them in our drinking water. "Make America Healthy Again."
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Research Warns of Surge in Cancer-Causing Forever Chemicals From AI Data Center Build-Out | Common Dreams
Experts warn of a global surge in PFAS production driven by AI and data centers.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 under DOGE. As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
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