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Marilyn L

@mledoux.bsky.social
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"A lie ain't a side of a story. It's just a lie." (The Wire) Will not obey in advance! POC 🏳️‍🌈 ally. Proud Democratic Socialist Reclaim & reframe our 🇺🇸 Eclectic and prolific re-poster. No bio, no posts = no follow #Rest #Resist #Dem #Blue

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Denise Felton @denfel.bsky.social · 1h
Exclusive: Trump administration removes resources to help U.S. citizens born abroad vote www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: Trump administration removes resources to help U.S. citizens born abroad vote
The move could make it harder for a small but significant group of American citizens abroad to understand their voting rights. It’s part of a sweeping attack by the administration on access to the bal...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h
Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h
The American Bar Association laid out the receipts. Big donors get appointments. Big money flows in, investigations disappear, pardons follow, regulations loosen and foreign governments get favorable treatment. The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.” #PayToPlayPresident
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
South Korea says Trump is lying
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h
This is the most heartbreaking stories I’ve heard in a long time. ICE detained 2-year-old Orlin Hernandez Reyes’ mother. She begged to be reunited with him before deportation. ICE refused. What happened next is horrific. No matter how you feel about immigration, normal people don’t like cruelty.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 4h
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 3h
For the Tompkins County DA to go from "I recognize the reality that it can take years of therapy & healing for victims of sexual assaults to fully process & understand what happened to them" to "the evidence did not support the filing of criminal charges was legally correct" makes my blood boil. 1/
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 2h
If you’re curious and wondering what Putin said in Valdai, don’t waste your time. He spouted his usual nonsense and lies about how russia never attacked anyone and is the kindest, humblest nation in history, always victimized and threatened by its nefarious European neighbours.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 2h
And the absolute friggin losers who travel from free and threatened countries to listen to this drivel and then spread it back home as “analysis”, I just hardly have words to describe them.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 9h
Yesterday I tried to fast track my bill to ban data center development on public lands, like this one in Oregon. Republicans blocked it. In case there was any doubt, it’s clear Republicans are all in on Trump’s plan to hijack your public lands for data centers.
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Data centers proposed on federal land in eastern Oregon, western states • Oregon Capital Chronicle
A data center proposed on BLM land near Hermiston would be the first on federal public land in Oregon, one of dozen proposed in six western states.
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The Mighty Jungle💙💛 @ocanannain.bsky.social · 6h
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 9h
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Al Toth @atoth99.bsky.social · 3h
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 3h
On this date in 1946, the main Nuremberg Trials concluded with the imposition of final verdicts and sentencing for major Nazi war criminals. Twelve were sentenced to death by hanging, including the former Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop and Hermann Göring.
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Auntie Megz ♿😼💙 @auntiemegz.bsky.social · 13h
Women are rarely believed. Usually, we're blamed, shamed, and made to feel that we are responsible for being raped or sexually assaulted. It's been like this for centuries. Women are angry and tired of this bullshit. We're sick of living in fear, sick of the blame, and sick of the shame.
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Clyde Barnchaser @clydebarnchaser.bsky.social · 8h
How many more botched executions will occur before people realize that the death penalty is barbaric?
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 8h
See also what I wrote for CJR on liberal anger at The Times. It rises unabated. www.cjr.org/analysis/lib...
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Why Are Liberals Infuriated with the Media?
From sanewashing to false equivalence, many readers have had it with their favorite news publications. Editors would do well to listen.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 9h
This, on the #BrokenTimes, is very good. I'm more polemical because I see urgency. The Times, as the winner-takes-most survivor, has a near monopoly on newsroom resources and public-discourse attention. As @perrybaconjr.bsky.social says, we need radical leadership for post-Trump 🙏 Reconstruction.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 9h
"Had law enforcement and prosecutors engaged more thoroughly with Jane Doe’s original complaint, they might have tempered the vigilantism that would eventually tinge much of the response to the case." This is such a critical point (made by Jessica Winter via @newyorker.com)—and a lesson for others.
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How the “Cornell Seven” Rape Case Became a National Scandal
The dismal responses from both the D.A. and the university reveal a larger pattern of institutional carelessness.
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stopdjt-now.bsky.social @stopdjt-now.bsky.social · 9h
The answer on why you would mass pardon people who attack police officers is…because you are corrupted AF and you want them to do it AGAIN in the next election you lose!!
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10h
Hey you, Europe, You know how we started a war without telling you, failed badly, and hurt all our economies? No, after we tariffed you, lectured you that Russia isn’t a threat, and demanded territory. Okay. So. Weaken yourself to rescue us or we’ll hurt our own economy more and you’ll be sorry.
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Tom from Temecula @tomfromtemecula.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Is it only a coincidence that all the greatest fools in America today are Republicans? charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/the-most-e...
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The Most Embarrassing Moment in a Congressional Hearing. Ever.
History was made today.
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LunchCounterPunch @theultrasecret.bsky.social · 10h
Life in America will only deteriorate further unless leaders speak out like this, and the rest of us listen, learn and act (*never vote Republican again is a very simple start*).
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 23h
Watchdog clears former US Fed chief Powell in renovation probe
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Watchdog clears former US Fed chief Powell in renovation probe
The US Federal Reserve's Office of the Inspector General found no 'reasonable grounds' to justify criminal charges against the institution's former chair, according to a report published on Wednesday. The US president demands that Powell should be 'forced to resign' or 'sued, at the highest level.'
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 9h
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h
🚨 BREAKING: A judge DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE the DOJ’s case against former Olympian David Hearn, warning that leaving the door open could expose him to a “meritless, politically motivated prosecution” and what would “objectively” be harassment.
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Judge Permanently Kills Trump DOJ’s Botched Reflecting Pool Case
A D.C. judge dismissed the prosecution of former Olympian David Hearn with prejudice, warning of the “extraordinary possibility” that he could otherwise face a “meritless, politically motivated prosec...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 14h
"'We're rapidly running out of time': 7 of Earth's 9 life support systems already breached, and the situation is getting worse, report warns" 'Our planet has had its annual health check, and the prognosis is pretty grim ...' www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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'We're rapidly running out of time': 7 of Earth's 9 life support systems already breached, and the situation is getting worse, report warns
Our planet has had its annual health check, and the prognosis is pretty grim. Despite breached planetary boundaries, however, scientists argue that Earth can still have a safe and sustainable future.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 13h
Hegseth’s breach of competence continues.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 13h
I think this investigation needs an independent prosecutor to conduct a thorough, transparent investigation into Jane Doe's allegations.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12h
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12h
Collins Nails Jennings.......👏🏻
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12h
Robert's Right ✅️.......
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 11h
If you're angry about the men at Cornell University, wait until I tell you about the men in the White House, the Pentagon, health and human services, and on the Supreme Court.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11h
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 9h
BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow!
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 23h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h
Bahahaha 😂😂
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22h
Three million highly sensitive records, out in the open for nine months.
Pete Hegseth drunk and drenchedKash Patel drunk
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 22h
This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.
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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 22h
apnews.com/article/nato... warns NATO of a possible nuclear response if Kaliningrad is cut off
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Russia warns NATO of a possible nuclear response if Kaliningrad is cut off
Russia has warned NATO it could use nuclear weapons to defend Kaliningrad if allies attempt to cut off the exclave.
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Sylvia Greier @sylviagreier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Theres a memo? #Blues
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says
Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...
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Tom from Temecula @tomfromtemecula.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Deb Haaland @debhaalandnm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My grandparents survived the terrible abuse of the Federal Indian Boarding School Era. That trauma wasn't isolated to the past—it was carried down through my family all the way to me. And there are so many families like my own across Indian Country.
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Tom from Temecula @tomfromtemecula.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith remains an incredible voice for freedom in America. He will make an incredible Attorney General starting in 2029.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
Big Tech wants us to subsidize the AI takeover too. This is exactly why we need guardrails. #GuardrailsForAI
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David J. @mallee-man.bsky.social · 23h
"When we reflect on the immense wealth of the tech barons, it’s the deep and distorting imbalance of that wealth and the dangerous power it delivers to them that we should all take serious and urgent issue with," says Kerry O'Brien. Billionaire's buy power! 😎 www.themonthly.com.au/share/1426d2...
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Tech, truth and the decline in democracy
In his Thea Astley Address at the Byron Writers Festival, the celebrated journalist used the occasion to reflect on the perfect storm that is destroying our politics
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let a Democratic President do this and see what happens….
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