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Minka

@minkab.bsky.social
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Retired college English professor. Grandmother to 10. Lover of nature, books, and quilting. Person of faith. Believer in democracy. ❌👑 #BlueCrew #Resist #cats

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 11h
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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Twingrandpa77 @twingrandpa77.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
👇 Vote Vote Vote 💙🌊🌊💙🌊🌊💙🌊🌊
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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the absolute, unshakable truth.
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Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙 @dovewoman.bsky.social · 22h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6h
Way to go, California! Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill yesterday banning law enforcement (ICE) from using electric shock gloves.
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 4h
The “wimpy weirdo” is the one doing the talking. His preening only reveals how weak and clueless he is.
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 4h
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Appeals court backs finding Trump colluded with IRS, Treasury (The Hill)
An appeals court Tuesday sided with a lower court judge who determined President Trump colluded with the Department of Justice (DOJ) in bringing and later di...
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 7h
FTC opens probe into AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAI - www.reuters.com/business/ftc...
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FTC opens probe into AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAI
The Federal Trade Commission is conducting an industry-wide probe into Anthropic, OpenAI ‌and other AI labs to uncover the potential dangers their technology poses to consumers, a senior FTC official ...
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 7h
Iran says it receives US response to latest proposal - www.reuters.com/world/us/ira...
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Iran says it receives US response to latest proposal as Washington pulls out of Iraq
Iran said it had received a US response to its latest proposal to resurrect the ​collapsed ceasefire in the Gulf, days after President Donald Trump said he had rejected it.
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 9h
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UK believes Iran involved in RAF Fairford incident, Burnham says (BBC News)
The government believes that Iran played a part in the RAF Fairford incident which resulted in five men being arrested and then bailed, Prime Minister Andy B...
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 10h
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Republican Caught TRASHING Trump as MAGA ERUPTS, This Could LOSE Them the ELECTION!!
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 10h
We are “governed” by idiots. 🙄 youtube.com/shorts/Wd19_...
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This is peak super intelligence.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23h
Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw
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'COMPLETE DOOFUS': GOP’s Jack Smith ‘smoking gun’ CRUMBLES over Caitlin Clark game
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 23h
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Maddow: 'Why are we doing this?'; Trump makes dangerous deal with Russia
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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US, Russia Strip Safeguards From UN 'Killer Robots' Pact
US, Russia Strip Safeguards From UN 'Killer Robots' Pact
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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FBI counterterror experts demoted in fallout over Stephen Miller's wife
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The actions are the latest examples of experienced counterterrorism agents being sidelined or pushed out of the bureau entirely….” www.ms.now/news/fbi-ste...
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FBI agents probing threats against Stephen Miller’s wife demoted
“Director Patel did not order this decision,” Darren Cox, the assistant director of the FBI’s Washington field office, said in a statement.
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Texas Just Got Handed a Statewide Disaster Declaration, and the Emergency This Time Is the Price of Diesel Fuel Due to Iran War (National Security Journal)
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued a 30-day statewide disaster declaration amid rising diesel prices in the Lone Star State. Diesel prices across the coun...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Republican members of the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) adopted a resolution Monday seeking the Trump administration to intervene in a vague crusade against the state’s voting system just weeks before the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Georgia election board asks for Trump admin to help go after state’s voting machines
“I think this is federal overreach," the board's lone Democrat warned.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The government's AI chatbot is able to say something that no Trump nominee is allowed to.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Tuesday allowed a pro-voting challenge to Louisiana’s proof-of-citizenship voter registration law to move forward, including claims that the law discriminates against voters based on national origin. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Judge greenlights challenge to Louisiana anti-voting law, citing discrimination claims
The judge found that the pro-voting plaintiffs had plausibly alleged that officials in Lafayette Parish discriminated against some registration applicants based on national origin.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Plaintiffs fighting North Carolina’s newly passed absentee ballot rules filed for a preliminary injunction that would block the rules they called “disenfranchising” for the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Voting advocates keep fighting North Carolina mail ballot restrictions with midterms underway
The PI request comes as the county boards of elections across the state are set to start weekly meetings to process absentee ballots. There have been 93,402 mail ballots requested and 13,495 counted i...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is piloting a training program for Wisconsin election observers to identify discrepancies with voting machines, as the GOP piles additional scrutiny on voting processes in the swing state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP trained Wisconsin election observers to target voting machines in pivotal swing state
The new RNC program appears to mark an escalation from typical poll watching activities.
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Election denier Kurt Olsen leaves DOJ after failing to find evidence of stolen election
A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the...
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Supreme Court lets Trump resume third-country deportations - www.reuters.com/world/suprem...
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Supreme Court lets Trump resume third-country deportations
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump's administration resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them the chance to ​show the harms they may fac...
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Hands Off Our Vote! Live from NYC: How We Can Protect Our Elections” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Hands Off Our Vote! Live from NYC: How We Can Protect Our Elections · Indivisible
On Sunday, October 4th, movement leaders, artists, and issue experts will come together in New York City for a special Hands Off Our Vote live and nationally live-streamed event. It will inspire and m...
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings: Vote Early: Election Protection 201” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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No Kings: Vote Early: Election Protection 201 · No Kings
Join the No Kings coalition for this training to prepare for engaging in sustained mobilization and results protection work depending on opposition response to election results. *A core principle beh...
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Russia murders animals.
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is pure evil. Completely evil. youtube.com/shorts/xdRw0...
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Children are being forced to appear in immigrant court often times alone. This is pure evil.
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Republicans STORM OUT as Trump IMPLICATED in CRIMES, Hearing BLOWS UP!!
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE IS SICKENING......
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury, claiming he had evidence Smith secretly went to an Atlanta Hawks game. Then it all backfired in real-time.
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GOP Senator’s Jack Smith ‘Gotcha’ Blows Up in His Face
Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over supposed evidence placing him at an Atlanta Hawks game. There was just one problem: It was the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Children with brain cancer lost access to clinical trials.
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
US forces exit Iraq after two decades, leaving opening for Iran - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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US forces exit Iraq after two decades, leaving opening for Iran
The departure is celebrated as a victory by Iran and its allies ​who now have deep influence in the country where 4,500 Americans died during more than two decades of war.
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Banned news outlets ask judge to extend block on White House enforcement (The Hill)
News outlets that sued to regain accessto the White House after President Trump banned their reporters from the grounds are asking a federal judge to interve...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My Building a Healthier America Policy Agenda. 🌱🧑‍🌾🍏💧
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I spend my days fighting for voters in court. Most of what happens there never makes the news. That's why I started Democracy Docket. Sign up now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith tells Senate he won't be 'silenced' by prosecution threats www.msn.com/en-us/news/n...
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Breaking: One of the seven Cornell 7 fraternity members has reportedly lost his job.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Advocates sound the alarm over ICE at the polls.
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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Ken Paxton: Critics say I freed a child predator after one day. He actually served 60 days.
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