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Mary M

@mmastenbrook.bsky.social
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Saddened by the reversion to a time before the era I worked and fought for. Seeking opportunities to make a difference in a disturbing world. Notre Dame Alumna

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s not a real estate deal that needs to be negotiated. Don’t expect Trump, Vance, Witkoff or Kushner to even acknowledge this, much less condemn it.
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Annalinda Stewart @anna-linda.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
What is Mr. Trump really costing us? A lot. Not the least of which, our daughters. The consequences of his influence are real, tragic and will endure for generations to come. The end of my family's American story is now part of his legacy, and his alone. annalinda2.substack.com/p/narrative-...
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Narrative of An American Girl
What We're Losing
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A billionaire dictator who'll lose everything if the opposition replaces him on Jan. 20, 2029 is stockpiling killer drones and high-powered rifles on towering monuments and ballroom roofs I'm sure it's nothing to worry about
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 18/09/2026
Welp, now we know who their other clients are. As I've been saying, the tech fascists are buying up Democratic consultants by the bushel. They have enough money to *BUY BOTH SIDES* Time to burn out the rot and build a party that serves the people, not the billionaires.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 17/09/2026
Amazon only has 4 copies left. Bookshop is backordered. But never fear—more copies are on the way! THANK YOU all for making this happen. This is far beyond my wildest dreams. But it's not about me or my book. It's about how we save our future from dangerously insane AI-crypto fascists.
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is National Voter Registration Day Please check your status even if you've been registered and voted before Republicans are doing whatever they can to suppress the vote! If your vote wasn't important, they wouldnt work so hard to take it away nationalvoterregistrationday.org/register-to-...
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Register to Vote/Check Registration | National Voter Registration Day
If you’re looking to register to vote or check/update your voter registration, you’re in the right place! Not sure if you need to update your registration? Here’s a list of reasons to check your statu...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/09/2026
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I grew up Catholic in Tennessee. I’ve never accepted the idea that the Church in Trump country belongs to a political party. Across nine red states, I found bishops, priests, nuns, and lay Catholics standing up for their neighbors. Their stories deserve to be heard.
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Under Pope Leo XIV, MAGA-Country Catholics Are Standing Up to Trump
Across nine MAGA states from Cheyenne to Tallahassee, Catholic nuns, priests, bishops, and lay leaders are standing up to the lies, tyranny, and corruption of the Trump-Vance White House.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Trump regime doesn't want you to know how it's arresting record numbers of immigrants It's called 287(g) I went to Trump-loving Pa. coal country to report on how local cops, promised $$$ by ICE, have created a "show me your papers" police state My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/penn...
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In Pa. coal country, local police join with ICE to bring arrests, fear | Will Bunch
Schuylkill County is the new face of Trump’s mass deportation, as local cops, lured by federal cash, bust scores of migrants.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“.. after another employee said he was quitting the company over concerns that AI labs are ‘gambling with our lives.’” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/a...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
How do you defeat a president who’s trying to sabotage the midterms? 1. Use drop boxes. 2. Vote EARLY in person. 3. If mailing in your ballot, put it in the mail AT LEAST two weeks before Election Day. 4. Vote in person on Election Day. 5. Share these instructions with everyone you know.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 03/09/2026
1/4 From Reuters: HHS Sec. Kennedy asked CDC Director Erica Schwartz to remove two Pennsylvania measles deaths from CDC’s tally. CDC staff had already accepted the state’s classification. Schwartz implemented Kennedy’s directive, without objection... That is deeply disturbing.
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Trump is threatening to starve poor children if state employees don’t participate in his mass deportation campaign. So if DMV employees, teachers, and nurses don’t become snitches, the kids don’t eat? This is sick shit, even for him. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/02/d...
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States now must report undocumented immigrants to DHS or risk federal funding, DOJ says
The new DOJ opinion relates to funding states get for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and the Supplemental Security Income programs.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/09/2026
Time to call Glusenkamp Perez and Jared Golden. They voted with republicans on a rule in the House to advance 4 bills including the SAVE act. Turncoats need to be called out.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Whistleblower claims millions of Americans face being disenfranchised in a new election ballot mail system being hastily implemented by USPS. www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo...
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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USDA cyclospora research projects shelved amid funding cuts and relocations
The shuttering of three projects is expected to hinder vital research at a time when consumers are increasingly worried about the safety of the food supply.
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Zico @willownbirch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There is nothing sacred to Trump - l.smartnews.com/p-8o5DlR7P/u...
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Trump Is Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer (NOTUS)
For more than a year, the National Park Service has b...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/08/2026
Due to a 20-cent tax on delivery orders (that helps support food stability programs), DoorDash is now backing a bill that would give Trump more authority over DC and its residents. Delete your account until DoorDash stops fighting to give the regime more power.
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Delete DoorDash: our demands
Our demands for DoorDash on H.R. 9720, ICE raids, and the DC task force. How to close your account until it answers.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A new book by longtime Bay Area journalist Gil Durán investigates “tech fascism” and its mounting influence on U.S. politics. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy follows the rise of Vice President JD Vance, the former venture capitalist whose “outsider” campaign for
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“The Nerd Reich”: Gil Durán on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance & the War on Democracy
A new book by longtime Bay Area journalist Gil Durán investigates “tech fascism” and its mounting influence on U.S. politics. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy follows th...
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hi friends, can you do me a favor and share this and subscribe to my YouTube? It's free and I am about to drop some MAJOR investigations!! www.youtube.com/@aaronparnas1
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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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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson quoted Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov to criticize U.S. foreign policy: The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 15/08/2026
The right has its own version of "woke": "red-pilled." For some reason, it's bad to be woke, but GREAT to be red-pilled. The reason is fascism. You're always wrong, but they're always right—even if you are both doing the same thing. It's about *who has power* to decide what is morally correct.
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Mary M @mmastenbrook.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Opinion | I Thought the CDC Shooting Was Rock Bottom. We're Still Sinking.
The gunman may be gone but the people who fueled him remain in charge
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Zev Shalev @zevshalev.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🔴 𝗪𝗔𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 — Iran’s rarest general went on American TV and proposed an audit of Trump’s war profits. Zev traced the money to Baku in 2017. The trap was decades in the making. 📖 www.narativ.org/p/wag-the-ma...
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Did you know you can support CPS students AND our independent newsroom at the same time? This back-to-school season, every $20 donation means a free book for a young person in Chicago 📕📖 Click here to learn more and donate: blockclubchi.co/3SjQNXv
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Private equity is price gouging firefighters now. Yes, you read that right. Firefighters. Is this the most evil thing they've done yet?
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Trump regime is ending student loans for majors that don't lead to high-paying jobs. You know, useless stuff* like teaching or social work (*sarcasm) We're losing liberal education right when we need it most. Why won't Dems fight for college? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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Should Democrats campaign for more English lit majors? | Will Bunch
A new Trump attack on student loans is part of a push to crush the liberal arts. How can the humanities fight back?
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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Judge Luttig is one of those who is never afraid to say the truth.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
What we learn from the summer of fires: the climate scientists' projection of extreme drought and fires as a consequence of warming were correct, and the fires are creating their own new weather systems which make them more difficult to fight. We were warned, and ignored the warnings.
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What Happens When the World is on Fire
"From America to Algeria, dangerous blazes are occurring around the world, giving us a glimpse into an age ablaze," writes John Valliant.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Meanwhile, in other unlawful federal occupation of D.C. news... bsky.app/profile/npr....
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/08/2026
Trump’s outburst over the Reflecting Pool is a sign of dangerous dysfunction in the Oval Office, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/OMivBxpl
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/08/2026
If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future. The @theguardian.com just published an amazing piece about my book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy." Coming August 18! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
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Gary Schwitzer @garyschw.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
RFK Jr. went off the rails on CNN, the second ugly health policy related TV event in a week, close on the heels of the Fauci hearing. Losing Americans’ trust. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p/is-this-th...
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Is this the “trust in science & health policy” that taxpayers deserve?
The question of how to prevent the next pandemic was posed - repeatedly - by CNN’s Dana Bash to HHS secretary RFK Jr. He never answered the question.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Fascinating -- I did not know any of this www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
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Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
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Mary M @mmastenbrook.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I am a super fan of the original Librarians and am now becoming one of the new Librarians The Next Chapter. Thank you Dean!
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Daily Stoic @daily-stoic.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Joy comes to us from those whom we love even when they are absent." - Seneca
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/07/2026
And the Razzie goes to...
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 31/07/2026
The California Forever model: secretly buy up 60,000 acres you’re not allowed to build on, then buy legislation that makes the rules go away.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
AT&T wants to cut the copper, ending its landline telephone service which dates back to the late 19th century. These lines are resilient during power outages. The FCC is accepting your comments. docs.fcc.gov/public/attachmen...
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Dean Devlin @electricentertainment.com · 28/07/2026
Need a refresher before Season 3? Here's everything you need to remember before #TheArk returns tomorrow at 10/9c on @syfy www.tvfanatic.com/7-things-rem...
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7 Things to Remember Before The Ark Season 3 Premieres
The Ark Season 3 is almost here, but there's a lot to remember from the previous season. Here are the 7 most important events.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
They're screaming the quiet part out loud. A Trump regime scheme to shift a whopping $200 billion into AI projects and away from traditional university research isn't just because it wants smarter computers American fascism also requires dumber people My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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Trump wants smarter computers, dumber people | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, the Gen Z revolution takes on India.
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Morning friends, please watch this short message from Ty Cobb who served as Special Counsel to the White House during the Mueller probe. Ty unflinching argues Congress has a RESPONSIBILITY to IMPEACH, CONVICT, and REMOVE Trump from the presidency. youtu.be/33yqBQ17BbU?...
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BREAKING: Former Trump WH lawyer calls for Trump's IMMEDIATE impeachment and removal
YouTube video by Free Speech For People
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Grounded with Jon Tester and Maritsa Georgiou @groundedpodcast.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Please share her story.
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A Mother in Minnesota
This morning, I learned of a Venezuelan woman sitting in a Minnesota detention facility who no longer believes her three young sons are alive.
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Daily Stoic @daily-stoic.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
If it is not right, do not do it. If it is not true, do not say it. - Marcus Aurelius
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/07/2026
This is an outrageous attack on the Smithsonian, on the professionals who work there and the Americans who love it. Like the Bolsheviks deliberately destroying churches www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Trump orders warning signs near Smithsonian, escalating fight over history
The president’s executive order calls for signage near the National Museum of American History cautioning visitors about “inaccurate information.”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Donald Trump's Venezuela scam. The Trump administration has collected more than $13bn in revenues from Venezuelan oil sales this year, according to FT calculations, but has said almost nothing about what has happened to the money. ft.trib.al/1K9B0QT
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The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?
Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country’s funds are going
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/07/2026
🚨 ICE just published their recent numbers and it's worse than we thought. JUNE: ICE and CBP took 43,138 people. That works out to 1,474 of our neighbors every single day. JULY: 65,765 people are now inside US concentration camps.
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ICE Quietly Arresting More People Than Ever According to Latest Data
NEW DATA ALERT 🚨 After months of data silence, ICE's new numbers show 65,765 people in immigration detention, deportations near 1,250 a day, and arrests now at 1,473 a day.
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