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Native Kentuckian currently living in Arizona. Looking at New Mexico for possible relocation.

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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
On the insanity of the "medicalized" facade of the death penalty with @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social and SCOTUS versus all environmental protections, ever, with @whitehouse.senate.gov. Another non-curtainraiser show.
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Cruel and Unusual, Bought and Paid For
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · October 3 · 1h 12m
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
GOP ads right now are all about attacking trans people. Over, and over, and over. I was a gay teen in 2004 watching the Bush campaign try to win on attacking gay marriage, but the resort to this hate drive in campaign ads feels so dialed up now. I can’t imagine being an lgbt kid watching tv today.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 03/10/2026
Voters are still outraged that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal right to abortion. If the Trump administration tries to impose a backdoor nationwide abortion ban on top of that, whether now or later, voters will remember. We’ll make sure of it.
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. @annepmitchell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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YES!!! Judge Dismisses Olympian David “Davey” Hearn’s Reflecting Pool Case *with* Prejudice, and I Have the Full 26-Page Opinion for You!
WOOHOO!! In a *glorious* spanking, Judge Todd Edelman just handed this administration it's as..er.. head on a platter, dismissing Olympian David "Davey" Hearn's case WITH PREJUDICE in the reflecting ...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Who will fund my movie featuring a Ben-Shapiro type character (but not Ben Shapiro). In every scene, he gets slightly smaller, but his eyebrows get slightly larger, his voice slightly faster and squeakier.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A $250,000 donation to a pro-Ken Paxton super PAC came from a businessman whose dad got pardoned by Trump — and who used a fake name and rented mailbox on the donation record.
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Who was behind a $250K mystery donation to super PAC backing Ken Paxton?
The Texas Senate hopeful has ties to the donor’s family going back decades.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
NEW: The criminal investigation into the "grand conspiracy" fell apart with everyone resigning because they failed to indict anyone, so now they're just going to make up a report about it. Pathetic. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
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Kash Patel commissions classified, internal FBI report to examine department ‘failures’
Sources tell MS NOW the ‘Patel Report’ may be the latest effort to re-write history in President Trump’s favor.
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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Speaker Johnson is back to falsely claiming that the millions losing #Medicaid coverage under H.R. 1 are either those who were fraudulently enrolled or were ineligible undocumented immigrants even as hundreds of thousands of *lawfully residing" immigrants lose their Medicaid eligibility tomorrow.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If Trump started injecting every immigrant with bubonic plague, the Supreme Court would rule that while they take a year or two to decide if it's constitutional, the program should go forward because to not let Trump inject people with bubonic plague would do irreparable harm to the government
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
Donald Trump is like AI itself—over confident, often wrong, and prone to hallucinating facts. His “morally binding” agreement means nothing. We can’t let Big Tech regulate itself. Congress must act now.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 29/09/2026
Privatizing Social Security should NEVER be on the table. It will NEVER be “reasonable” to cut benefits that Americans have earned over the course of their entire working lives!
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ACLU @aclu.org · 29/09/2026
NEW: Today, Florida Governor DeSantis and other state officials voted to designate two leading Muslim civil rights nonprofits as “domestic terrorist organizations.” The state's actions are baseless and unconstitutional.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/09/2026
The Trump administration plans to sharply scale back fuel-efficiency rules for new cars and light trucks, gutting one of the government’s most significant efforts to reduce gasoline consumption and speed the transition to electric vehicles in the U.S.
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Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules
New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The controversial plan to gerrymander Missouri’s congressional map to help Republicans has finally been squashed by the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS), which on Friday ruled against it. It was the Court’s third time rejecting it in two weeks. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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SCOTUS Missouri gerrymander ruling praised by pro-voter groups, attacked by GOP officials
“People, not politicians, will be the final deciders on this DC power grab," says group opposing Missouri Republican gerrymander.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) violated state law when he seized 650k ballots from last year's redistricting referendum. The ruling marks the end of a battle spurred by Bianco's pursuit of debunked claims of a massive ballot discrepancy.
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California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to return seized ballots, affirms state’s power over local law enforcement
The twin rulings stand to make it significantly harder for local law enforcement to create election chaos and use unsubstantiated fraud claims to seize ballots outside California’s established electio...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction upbraiding ICE for mass arrests that have strained detention facilities and forced detainees all over the country into "overcrowded, squalid, and degrading rooms for excessive periods of time" www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul...
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING Federal Judge Timothy Kelly — a Trump appointee — has ordered the Trump administration to immediately restore CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s access to the White House.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 21/09/2026
From my personal experience people don't want to pay you to tell them they can't do anything about, eg, the very likely anti-Dem. midterm backlash in 2030 (or, gulp, 34). But it's true. So consultants make up stuff like "Kamala Harris would have won if she ran anti-trans ads"
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court on Monday ordered Missouri to reinstate a gerrymandered map that eliminates a Democratic district in Kansas City, even though the state has already distributed ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Missouri again ordered to use gerrymandered map for midterms — Supreme Court likely to decide
The circuit court ruling injects even more confusion into a year-long battle over which map the state will use for the general election.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill
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Susan Park @susanpark60.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We in other countries just don’t understand you couldn’t see what we saw.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“We are also looking at whether the Earth is flat”
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/09/2026
NEW: We released a report showing how mass deportations are worsening the affordability crisis for everyone — driving down wages, killing jobs for Americans and noncitizens alike. It doesn’t have to be this way. A broad path to citizenship would create jobs, lift wages, and help working families.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: We're suing Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the National Institutes of Health Director for their ideologically-driven termination and censorship of biomedical research grants. Targeting views the government disagrees with for not aligning with a political agenda is unconstitutional.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thanks to Donald Trump's illegal and never-ending war, diesel prices are skyrocketing at the start of the harvest season. Farming is hard enough without chaos from Washington.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) tried and failed to force voters to use a gerrymandered map for the upcoming midterm elections. Now, several voters are demanding he pay $80 million in damages. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Missouri voters seek $80 million in damages after Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ redistricting debacle
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) tried and failed to force voters to use a gerrymandered map for the upcoming midterm elections. Now, several voters are demanding he pay $80 million in da...
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Senator Ruben Gallego @gallego.senate.gov · 15/09/2026
The Supreme Court just rejected the president’s attempt to restrict mail-in voting. 80% of Arizonans—Republicans, Democrats, and Independents—vote by mail, and Trump can’t change that.
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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A MAJOR win for the rule of law at SCOTUS in our case blocking the USPS rule on mail-in ballots. The federal government has no authority to upend how elections are run weeks before voting starts. As we have said all along—states run their elections, not the postal service and not the President.
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans. The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn…
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Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans.
The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn…
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 10/09/2026
40% more kids are eating breakfast and 15% more are eating lunch since we launched free school meals in Minnesota. Now we’re making sure 100% of kids eat their broccoli.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 09/09/2026
Cutting Social Security benefits is NEVER an option. Cutting disability benefits is NEVER an option. Cutting Medicare is NEVER an option. Cutting Medicaid is NEVER an option. This November, vote for candidates who want to protect your earned benefits and health care!
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NEW: In Washington state, a right-wing sheriff has been pressing for the authority to collaborate with ICE. He's also drawn complaints about many public, transphobic statements. A ballot measure this fall would cut his term short—and it'd also end all sheriff elections in Pierce County (Tacoma).
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In Washington, a County Mulls Ending Sheriff Elections—and Ousting Its Right-Wing Sheriff - Bolts
The ballot measure in Pierce County follows controversies surrounding Sheriff Keith Swank, at a time Washington is grappling with poor oversight over law enforcement.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 08/09/2026
Imagine having more money in your pocket. Imagine being able to see any doctor you want without checking whether the provider is in your network and covered by your insurance. On the road to Improved Medicare for All, traditional Medicare should be expanded to cover ALL essential services.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
For those catching up, 3 major state supreme court rulings this evening. 1. Missouri court blocked GOP's 2025 gerrymander & validated a veto referendum 2. Missouri court validated measure protecting direct democracy 3. Maryland court validated a Dem measure meant to pave the way for gerrymandering
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ACLU @aclu.org · 03/09/2026
BREAKING: We filed an amicus brief in support of a woman whose children were removed from her custody by the state of Georgia solely because her son had just died by suicide. The government shouldn't be able to rip people’s kids away without notice or a hearing, harming families in the process.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 03/09/2026
Sam Forstag is a champion of protecting and expanding Social Security by making the wealthy pay their fair share. We need to send Social Security champions like Sam Forstag to the U.S. House in November! @samforstag.bsky.social
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
MORE FROM MISSOURI: Besides stopping the GOP gerrymander, the state Supreme Court also ordered placed on the ballot a citizen measure that is meant to protect direct democracy and make it harder for lawmakers to ignore popular initiatives. www.stlpr.org/government-p...
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Missouri Supreme Court puts Respect Missouri Voters plan on November ballot
The Respect Missouri Voters plan would make it much harder for lawmakers to overturn voter-approved ballot initiatives.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied a right-wing group’s request to force Michigan to place a proposed constitutional amendment requiring proof of citizenship to vote on the November 2026 ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court denies right-wing group’s bid to force Michigan proof-of-citizenship measure on November ballot
The denial, issued by Justice Brett Brett Kavanaugh, likely means the measure is dead.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
JUST IN: Voters in Independence, Missouri's fifth largest city, have recalled a city council member who had supported a data center. This follows regular local elections in April where they ousted two city councilors for the same reason.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 02/09/2026
Enough is enough. Tell Congress to put a stop to these illegal and immoral strikes at aclu.org/stop-boat-strikes-
Black graphic with red and white text reading "The Trump administration has killed at least 227 civilians in 68 illegal strikes on small boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific since September 2, 2025."
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 30/08/2026
If you know someone under 30, they need to hear this: the future of Social Security is on the line.  Democrats have ideas to save Social Security so future generations can retire with something to show for it. Meanwhile, top Republicans think Social Security is a “Ponzi Scheme.”
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Suddenly due process matters.
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Democrats @democrats.org · 01/09/2026
Nearly 2.5 million children have been kicked off Medicaid since Trump took office. So much for the party of "family values."
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Here's the NYT on the whistleblower report: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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