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Anne Baker

@mittenbabe.bsky.social
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Holistic nutritionist @ Www.nourishholisticnutrition.com organic cook, gardener and outdoor enthusiast, avid reader of books, cat lover, recovering news junkie, still in love w my husband of 36 years. 💜 cats deep conversations and authentic people.

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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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State voter registration lists largely accurate and up-to-date, new research shows
Most of the states with higher active registration rates utilized cutting-edge methods to get voters to register, like automatic voter registration, same day registration, and online voter registratio...
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I just submitted a public comment urging EGLE to reject Enbridge's water discharge permit for Line 5 - hope you'll join me! www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/submit_water...
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Submit Water Discharge Permit Comment
Enbridge is asking permission to cause irreparable damage to Lake Michigan, one of the world's most ecologically sensitive and important freshwater passages. Tell the state NO - DON'T ALLOW THIS TO HA...
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Voter confusion and headaches for election officials follow hasty GOP push to redraw US House seats apnews.com/article/redi...
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Voter confusion and headaches for election officials follow hasty GOP push to redraw US House seats
Republican state officials are confusing voters and creating logistical headaches for local election officials across the South by redistricting U.S.
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FOX8 WGHP @myfox8.com · 08/05/2026
Report: Removal orders for immigrants nearly double
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Report: Removal orders for immigrants nearly double
The number of removal orders issued by immigration judges doubled in March from the previous year, according to new data.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 08/05/2026
⚡️Ukraine expects US envoys in late spring or early summer, hopes to revive peace talks. Discussions between Umerov and U.S. officials focused on humanitarian issues, prisoner exchanges between Kyiv and Moscow, and details of Washington-backed security guarantees for Ukraine, according to Zelensky.
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Ukraine expects US envoys in late spring or early summer, hopes to revive peace talks
Discussions between Umerov and U.S. officials focused on humanitarian issues, prisoner exchanges between Kyiv and Moscow, and details of Washington-backed security guarantees for Ukraine, according to...
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 08/05/2026
Tennessee Republicans pass US House map carving up Memphis days after SCOTUS guts Voting Rights Act From @tennesseelookout.com kentuckylantern.com/2026/05/08/r...
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Tennessee Republicans pass US House map carving up Memphis days after SCOTUS guts Voting Rights Act • Kentucky Lantern
The Tennessee Legislature passed a gerrymandered U.S. Congressional Map to favor Republicans in all nine of the state’s districts.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 08/05/2026
⚡️Russian attacks kill at least 6, injure 58 across Ukraine over past day. Ukrainian forces downed 56 out of 67 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones, that Russia launched overnight, the Air Force reported. Eleven strikes were recorded at eight locations, according to the report.
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Russian attacks kill at least 6, injure 58 across Ukraine over past day
Ukrainian forces downed 56 out of 67 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones, that Russia launched overnight, the Air Force reported.
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IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 08/05/2026
The President of the United States has been labeled the "enemy of America" amid accusations of "destroying the country".
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Donald Trump labeled 'America's enemy' as he's accused of 'destroying country'
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/05/2026
NEW: The Trump administration has granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules. All they had to do was send an email.
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Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.
In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering...
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Supreme Court decision to roll back VRA to the Jim Crow era must be fought ferociously. Pro-democracy coalition should boycot corporations in Tennessee Louisiana Florida Mississippi.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/05/2026
🔎Here's what we're tracking today: Active Voting Rights Cases: 161 Active Redistricting Cases: 44 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 80 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 79 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 29 ✅ 84 Victories ❌ 36 Losses
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Jonathan Shorman @jonshorman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NEW - A week after Callais, the decision is roiling politics across the South as GOP states rush to gerrymander districts with large numbers of Black voters www.newsfromthestates.com/article/kill...
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‘Killing our vote’: GOP states rush to break up Black districts after US Supreme Court case
The day after the U.S. Supreme Court crippled the federal Voting Rights Act, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson addressed a virtual gathering for the group’s members and supporters where he ranke...
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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Would rather disenfranchise Black people than save themselves from a tornado
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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Yes, the whole mess was built upon the media-manufactured illusion of Trump as a successful businessman rather than a sociopath, born into a fortune, whose orthodox business ventures had been spectacular failures (until he ventured into crime and overt fraud, which proved somewhat more successful.)
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
MET GALA raised $42 million. I'm all for supporting the arets but this is grotesque. MET take 3/4 of this $ and help struggling people!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/05/2026
Gas is $4.56 a gallon Let's check in on what the president is working on today:
image of Trump TS post featuring an image of a golden statue of him with the caption; "The real deal -- GOLD -- at Doral in Miami"
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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BREAKING — Protest at Kennedy Center
A recording from Miles Taylor's live video
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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AI Expert Tells Bernie: “The Humans will be Discarded”
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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Terrible tragedies are coming. And the Republican Party owns them.
Trump has thrown America into financial crisis, expanding war, and a surging terror threat. The only good news is that he's all-but-guaranteed Republicans will lose in November.
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Congress Can Control Trump’s Iran War
And it has a better tool than the War Powers Act.
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Live now! YouTube. Defiance.org
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Save this! If Rubio runs for office in the future this us what folks need to remember.
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Liberal Warrior 🏳️‍🌈👬🌊💙🌊👭🏳️‍🌈 @liberalwarrior.eu · 24/02/2026
Happy Tuesday, my friends! How about we just call all of them corrupt imbeciles! #UnitedBlue #ResistanceReborn
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
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They Are Training Officers to Disregard the Constitution
What ICE’s internal whistleblower just revealed is worse than anyone feared
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
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Everything you need to know about the historic State of the Union rebuttal.
Where to watch, surprise announcements, how you can defy Trump, and more!
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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ICE Gains Fast-Track Access to Private Prison Giant as It Plans to Nearly Double Detention Capacity
Navy contract allows immigration agency to bypass normal bidding and hire one of its largest detention operators directly as it plans to add 92,000 beds by November
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Let's do this!
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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The Epstein Files: The Nightmare at 301 E. 66th Street
The Apartment Building Where “Grape Soda” and “Pizza” Were Delivered
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Help me let Gov. Whitmer and EGLE Dir. Roos know we expect them to protect the Great Lakes and deny the Enbridge Oil Tunnel permit: www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/decision_wat...
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Decision Watch
Send a message to let Governor Whitmer and EGLE Director Roos know we are watching and waiting for them to make the right choice to protect the Great Lakes.
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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What a federal immigration raid looks like to a 2-year-old girl
Chloe Tipan Villacis was swept up during a raid and detained by ICE. Child detentions have skyrocketed ‘sixfold’ in Trump’s second term, research shows.
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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Tell Hilton: ICE out of our communities
Hilton Hotels has chosen to be complicit in the Trump regime’s invasions of our cities. After ICE agents spend their days terrorizing our communities and ripping families apart, Hilton is providing th...
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Federal immigration officials scout warehouses as they eye more detention space - ABC News share.google/VkJUPg3ykfwk...
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Federal immigration officials scout warehouses as they eye more detention space
Federal immigration officials are scouting warehouses and beginning to purchase some of them to transform into detention and processing facilities
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Fight Against Federal Overreach share.google/wq9gmuRE5qqt...
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Fight Against Federal Overreach
The Fight Against Federal Overreach (FAFO) is a national coalition of District Attorneys collaborating to ensure federal officials are held accountable when they exceed their lawful authority.
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
FACT FOCUS: Images of NYC mayor with Jeffrey Epstein are AI-generated. Here's how we know apnews.com/article/fact...
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FACT FOCUS: Images of NYC mayor with Jeffrey Epstein are AI-generated. Here's how we know
Images circulating online that show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child with millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are generated by artificial intelligence.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 31/01/2026
Trump sued the IRS for $10 billion of taxpayers’ money for leaking his tax returns during his first term in office. Any payout to the president from the lawsuit would effectively allow him to pocket tax dollars paid by Americans.
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Trump and sons demand $10 billion payout in new lawsuit against IRS
Any payout would effectively allow the president to pocket tax dollars.
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
This lawfirm is offering to litigate for folks wrongly detained or worse by ICE. I don't know them personally. They work nationwide.
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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Local Prosecutors Launch “FAFO” Team to Go After Feds Breaking the Law
Prosecutors across the country have a plan to hold ICE and Border Patrol agents account—since the federal government won’t.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Trump’s deployment of federal troops has cost taxpayers nearly $500 million so far — and could surpass $1 billion for the rest of the year. That’s after slashing SNAP and Medicaid, letting ACA subsidies expire, and gutting countless other federal programs. Priorities.
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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CALL TO ACTIVISM (@calltoactivism)
🚨BREAKING: A massive banner of Alex Pretti has been reported in Times Square. In the image, he’s wearing scrubs - honoring his parent’s wishes to show the world how Alex lived - not just how he died. ...
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Anne Baker @mittenbabe.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Your Michigan Guide to ICE: The Bills, The Votes, The Senate DHS Vote & More
Read this if you want the straight answer on how MI politicians are voting and which bills are expanding ICE power versus putting real guardrails in place.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Alex Pretti’s last words: “Don’t touch her!”  “Are you okay?” 
Renee Good’s last words:
“I’m really not mad at you dude…”
And this administration wants you to believe these fellow Americans were “domestic terrorists.”  This must end.  Abolish ICE.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
🇩🇪 German journalists uncovered a large-scale smuggling network that delivers sanctioned goods from the European Union directly to Moscow. Former employees of a Russian Post subsidiary created this illegal scheme to bypass trade restrictions. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/journalists-...
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Journalists Uncovered “Putin’s Shadow Mail” Network
German journalists uncovered a large-scale smuggling network that delivers sanctioned goods from the European Union directly to Moscow. Former employees of a Ru
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/01/2026
Read this if you still need proof that Trump is going to try and rig the midterms👇
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it... Arizona, November 2020
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Let me try to articulate what I think the central economic issue of the current moment really is.
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MarcJSpears @marcjspears.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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