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@midwestwanderert.bsky.social
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Blue dot, blue city, but red state. Creator, writer, publisher, dreamer. Pet mom. We should leave our communities and the world better for us having been there, not worse.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
We just saw this, and it’s a good idea for businesses to post. Private businesses are allowed to set dress and conduct rules. Requiring no full face coverings has long been standard for safety and loss prevention reasons, and it is within a business’s rights to refuse entry or service.
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Shannon7218 @winniefloof.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
He’s one of a several people with interests in Greenland.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 19/01/2026
The doctor who formerly treated Dick Cheney, longtime cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Reiner, called on Congress to launch an investigation into President Donald Trump's mental health over his obsession with owning Greenland.
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Dick Cheney's doctor demands congressional inquiry into Trump's mental fitness
The doctor who formerly treated Dick Cheney, longtime cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Reiner, called on Congress to launch an investigation into President Donald Trump's mental health over his obsession with owning Greenland.In a recent letter, Trump linked his quest for Greenland to a failure to secure t...
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Time to shutdown ice youtu.be/TP5TmVRJhCI
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
This is an incredible round-up of the dozens of on-the-ground orgs in Minneapolis and across Minnesota, doing the hard work of supporting community and fighting ICE in every way possible. Find one (or ten) to support. www.standwithminnesota.com
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Stand With Minnesota
A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 18/01/2026
Minnesota is more than what you see on TV. We’re a state that believes in the dignity of all people. We feed our kids and take care of our neighbors. I’m proud of the ways Minnesotans are meeting the moment with decency and generosity - as we always do. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Donations pour in for Minnesota families impacted by ICE, Border Patrol surge
At Moth Oddities in northeast Minneapolis, volunteers moved through stacks of boxes as donations continued to pour in for families impacted by the increased presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs En...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
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In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
"FREE AMERICA" walkouts are scheduled for tomorrow, Jan 20th, in 50 states and several countries around the world. 800 actions already planned. Women's March Executive Director Rachel O'Leary Carmona on thelefthook.substack.com talking about it now. Join us!
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The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali | Substack
A political, cultural, and intellectual playground for the rest of us with writer Wajahat Ali. Click to read The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscr...
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midwestwanderert.bsky.social @midwestwanderert.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Missourians...heads up! youtu.be/dQQDk6j6P2c?...
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“Five alarm fire!” Republican pulls SHOCKING election scheme
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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
PROOF THAT TRUMP IS "JUST KILLING PEOPLE" - INNOCENT PEOPLE, with no ties to gangs or drug trafficking. Trump and Hegseth's. heartless, soulless random MURDER and WAR CRIMES is STRATEGIC. The plan is to expand Trump's power to kill ANYONE via illegal orders to our military, to normalize killing us.
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They died in U.S. boat strikes. AP found out who they were
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The Supreme Court’s order cites: “Irreparable harm to a protected national heritage site,” “Significant unresolved legal questions,” and “Immediate risk of permanent loss of federally protected historic assets.” The ruling freezes construction, demolition, and contracting activities.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
My name is Peter Morley. I live on fixed income. I have Lupus & chronic illnesses & disabilities & have subsisted on Social Security Disability for 18 years. I've survived cancer 2x & had 11 surgeries. I DEPEND on Medicaid & SNAP. I will NEVER GIVE UP fighting for me & for you until my last breath.💜
Peter Morley, Patient Advocate after spinal procedure.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/05/2025
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Education to reinstate thousands of employees it fired in advancing President Donald Trump’s mission to eliminate the department.
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Federal Judge to Trump: Reinstate fired Education Department employees
Two lawsuits “paint a stark picture of the irreparable harm” the firings caused.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Trump cut nearly $3 billion in the first 100 days. Cancer is the #2 killer of people. Anyway, MAGA. www.axios.com/2025/05/19/n...
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NIH funding cuts put current and future cancer patients at risk
Cancer remains the second-leading cause of death in the U.S.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 23/05/2025
The House passed a bill this morning that makes massive cuts to Medicaid. Now, it goes to the Senate. Medicaid provides vital, lifesaving care to millions of people with disabilities nationwide. Tell Congress: Protect Medicaid.
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Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
- Translation: Officials can violate court orders and face no consequences. - Even if a judge tries to hold them in contempt, they’ll be blocked from enforcing it.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This is what an authoritarian regime would do. Hidden deep in Trump’s 1,100-page bill that passed the House today is a provision that would block federal courts from enforcing contempt charges against government officials who violate court orders.
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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 23/05/2025
USDA’s illegal demands for states & 3rd-party vendors to turn over the personal data of SNAP recipients must be stopped. That’s why we filed a lawsuit against the USDA w/ @studentdefense.bsky.social & @nclej.bsky.social on behalf of @Epic.org & @mazonusa.bsky.social.
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Protecting SNAP beneficiaries from government overreach
We filed a complaint in federal court challenging a demand from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for states to turn over the personal data of tens of millions Americans.
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Allan Lichtman @allanlichtman.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Please join us LIVE now www.youtube.com/live/-vwyjJm...
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House Passes Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ Bill [What They AREN'T Telling You] | Lichtman Live #139
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Dennis @carmi987.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Your Mother’s Day weekend reminder that the so-called “party of family values” has historically blocked: -Paid family & medical leave -Universal childcare -Universal pre-K -Expanded Child Tax Credit -Programs to support reproductive health Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Holy shiitake! Trump fired Shira Perlmutter, the Director of the US Copyrights Office apparently because she refused to let Elon Musk raid the place to steal author’s intellectual property rights democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
“So far, the most energetic opposition has come not from civic leaders but from everyday citizens, showing up at Congressional town hall meetings or participating in Hands Off rallies across the country. “Our leaders must follow their example.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
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Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This was a great conversation — thank you Stacey!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/04/2025
The CDC has eviscerated divisions that oversee a database on accidental deaths and injuries and the team that maintains a tool for tracking sexually transmitted diseases. The EPA will stop requiring that industry measures greenhouse gas emissions.
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Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose…
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Early Trump 2.0 is failing, the people of America and the world are just not bending the knee and we need to work very hard now to find a better path forward, together. My latest, 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-brutal-n...
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A Brutal NYT Poll, A Judge Is Arrested, The People Of America And The World Are Just Not Bending The Knee
"It makes me think maybe he doesn't want to stop the war, that he's just tapping me along, and that he has be dealt with differently"
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 01/04/2025
🔥 Polls are open in WISCONSIN now! Don't let Elon Musk buy the WI Supreme Court election. Vote for Susan Crawford today.
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Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) @boldprogressives.org · 01/04/2025
Big news from @propublica.org: Activists exerted leverage on #PaulWeiss & won 200 hours of pro bono time to RE-START lawsuits against Big Tech / Big Banks. Originally started by CFPB. CANCELLED by Trump/Musk. CFPB was a watchdog for your wallet. Now @elonjet.net Musk lines pockets of billionaires.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Leadership is doubling down, but GOP members are getting nervous about the budget’s extreme unpopularity. You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.
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midwestwanderert.bsky.social @midwestwanderert.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
@lindagcomanche9103.bsky.social HI there, just checking if you will receive this message? Follow you on YT and know you're having account issues. Thanks!
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I’ve been warning that the Tech Bros want the S.F. Presidio for a “freedom city”. Now this. 👇 1/
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Michael Meyer-Resende @meyer-resende.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Spiegel reports on our research into murky political accounts on TikTok. Most of them: Support AfD. The platform has removed many of them after we reported. www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/app...
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(S+) TikTok: Die AfD profitiert angeblich am meisten von Fake-Konten
Auf TikTok machen Dutzende falsche Accounts von Spitzenpolitikern Wahlwerbung. Laut einer Untersuchung bekommen insbesondere falsche Alice-Weidel- und Björn-Höcke-Konten viel Aufmerksamkeit.
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Madison Swart @madisonswart.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
NOW. hundreds have gathered in union square for the rise up for trans youth rally here in NYC! shooting videos and stills
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I'm hearing a lot from the media NGO sector about the impact of USAID cuts. A lot of small investigative media organisations across the globe are facing imminent closure as the funding they've budget for has vanished overnight, and the funder community has no capacity to absorb the shock.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Rep Raskin making sense on Musk’s attempted coup. More of this please. newrepublic.com/article/1911...
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Transcript: Jamie Raskin’s Brutal Takedown of Elon Musk Hits the Mark
An interview with election law expert Andy Craig, who digs into Raskin’s warnings about Musk’s lawlessness, explains the threat Musk poses the constitutional order, and assesses what Dem resistance ca...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Musk and his coup are very unpopular. People who oppose it have much to gain. newrepublic.com/article/1911...
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Trump-Musk Purge Scandal at Treasury Takes Yet Another Unsettling Turn
As the Treasury Department offers some new spin about Elon Musk’s takeover of payment systems and ousting of a top career official, Senator Ron Wyden tells us why this “reeks of a cover-up.”
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 06/02/2025
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'She just said we’re all white supremacists': CNN goes off the rails in heated discussion
A spirited debate on one of CNN’s primetime shows — over the cascade of political issues swirling around the 2024 election, President Donald Trump’s executive actions, and his recent remarks — quickly...
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Nothing but the best people.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
"His handle is literally Big Balls" www.wired.com/story/edward...
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DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"Flood the zone" is ultimately unsustainable for Trump. Don't chase every outrage. Focus on the big stuff, and keep messaging he's hurting the economy, and American families. They want you screaming about the "Gulf of America" while they cut off SNAP for poor kids. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...
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Trump’s ‘Flood the Zone’ Strategy Leaves Opponents Gasping in Outrage
A deliberate effort by the president and his team to roll out an unceasing flow of initiatives has knocked his rivals off balance in the first days of the new administration.
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The Secretary of Plague: RFK, Jr. Must Be Rejected open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The Friday Brief, January 31, 2025 Inside: The OMB Debacle hurts MAGA most, the Potomac Crash, GITMO redux, Kash Patel’s arrogant hearing, the return of Executive Time, stupid Gaza tricks, fast airplanes, scary robots, and White House hustlers. open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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The Friday Brief
January 30, 2025
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 31/01/2025
When Trump said he would lower prices he meant stock prices, actually.
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The Elephant in the Room: RFK Will Kill Us All open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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The Elephant in the Room: RFK Will Kill Us All
January 31, 2025
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Republican Senators and members of the House are about to realize how badly their constituents are getting fucked by Trump. And they'll do absolutely nothing to stop it.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 31/01/2025
HOLD UP. Did Trump just say he will put tariffs on medications? Americans already pay more for prescription medications than anywhere in the world - and he wants us to pay EVEN MORE? Americans want cheaper drug prices. Trump is giving us higher taxes instead.
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Worth Noting @worthnoting.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
👉🎯IMPORTANT! Without federal employment or security clearance, Musk & his team were handed our Social Security numbers, tax data, Medicare info, and bank details by the Treasury Dept, this is a major privacy violation. 👇👇👇Key Federal Privacy Laws Violated👇👇👇 skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
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Page by Original Cat Dude | @jon639.bsky.social
IMPORTANT! Without federal employment or security clearance, Musk & his team were handed our Social Security numbers, tax data, Medicare info, and bank details by the Treasury Dept, this is a major p...
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Linda Marie 🕊️ @lindam174.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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Fight Against Elon Musk’s Government Takeover ⭑ 5 Calls
After spending $288 million to help elect Trump, billionaire and Nazi sympathizer Elon Musk has begun to influence various parts of the federal …
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