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NC Mom & political news junkie, working for good karma points and hoping to one day have a proper "y'all" roll off my tongue... (she/her)

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026
Katie Phang: "Todd Blanche wants to continue to hide the Epstein files from the American people. He wants to allow the existing redactions and withholdings to stand as a matter of law. He's saying what he has done is legally sufficient. And I am here to say, hell no, it is not."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 6h
Letitia James AND Sally Yates??? AMAZING.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My new piece is up. Not so fast SCOTUS…. sherrilyn.substack.com/p/the-new-sc...
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The New SCOTUS Term Begins Today. But Let’s Not Move on Too Quickly From What SCOTUS Did Last Week
The new Supreme Court term begins this week.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h
Does protesting actually work? Yes — just look at history. My friend, activist and author Annie Leonard, explains why protesting is so important and why we must protect this powerful tool of dissent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rvafufqH7g
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Why Protest Is More Powerful Than You Think (ft. Annie Leonard)
Does protesting actually work?Yes — just look at history.My friend, activist and author Annie Leonard, explains why prot
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Rep. Jennifer McClellan @mcclellan.house.gov · 9h
The House is in recess through the November midterms, but I’m still busy at work for Virginia’s Fourth District. Here’s what I’ve been up to.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 10h
I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.
The Trump administration says none of this is happening. 

"DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake." "There are no 'indiscriminate' stops." Allegations of "racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE." "The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force." "ICE does not zip tie or restrain children." 

But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 9h
The President of the United States just gave a foreign adversary permission to bomb the United States of America, while standing on American soil. WAKE THE FUCK UP EVERYONE.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 9h
2/ Truth: "Through the first three quarters of 2026, Chicago is on pace for fewer homicides than it recorded in 2025, a year that closed with the city’s fewest recorded killings in 60 years. ... That’s also the fewest homicides in any September dating back to 2010, according to CPD records."
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Chicago on Pace for Fewer Homicides Than Last Year’s Historic Low: Police
Through the first three quarters of 2026, Chicago is on pace for fewer homicides than it recorded in 2025, a year that closed with the city’s fewest recorded killings in 60 years.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12h
This Is 👇 Who KegsBreath Is.......
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h
4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 23h
This gets my vote for the best thing I've seen on the Internet today:
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 20h
#TheMoreYouKnow
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20h
Footage here of Trump in Grand Island, Nebraska, taunting Iran to launch a nuclear attack on two US cities, Los Angeles and San Diego. meidasnews.com/news/trump-s...
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Trump Says to Let Iran ‘Take Out’ Los Angeles, San Diego in Nebraska Speech
At a Nebraska rally, Trump called higher prices a “small price to pay” before suggesting allowing Iran to "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 20h
REALLY REALLY hoping some journalists who are not from The Oregonian get all the way into it on this "clarklewis restaurant hosts Nazi meet & greet" story because it is very, very fucked
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lizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
would VERY much like a local journalist to get ahold of the Clark Lewis employee who quit due to the scuffle yesterday and get their take on what happened, especially wrt the level of awareness management had prior
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And that led to my words appearing in a victim-blaming article written by a journalist I have never met about how Jane Doe's story was "inconsistent."
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Working on a story about this and hoping to speak to USA Today journalists or journalists at other Gannett to better understand the editorial process. Anonymity granted. Contact info in bio.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dispatch from southwest Florida, where I watched ICE and Border Patrol work with local cops as they arrested hundreds of immigrants.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/10/2026
NEW: After unlawfully firing FBI agents that worked on Trump cases, Patel's FBI is arguing that the reason they can't release Epstein redaction training videos featuring agents is because "assignments to cases are not by choice." Read my latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
At a marathon runtime of four hours, Alex Gibney's new documentary 'Musk' strains to cover the sweep of the oligarch's business empire and its capture of U.S. government. But the interviews with first wife Justine Wilson and latest ex Ashley St. Clair about his vindictive nature hit hardest.
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Elon Musk’s Exes Are the Most Damning Part of a Massive New Documentary
Interviews with Justine Wilson and Ashley St. Clair in the nearly four-hour-long “Musk” paint the world’s richest man as capricious and cruel even toward those closest to him.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
One of our stops in Denmark was a new arts district in Aarhus where, among other things, we met this guy who builds custom offices that you can pull behind your car like a trailer. Just builds them custom, one at a time.
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Welcome to Tiny Office
At Tiny Office, we build unique offices for both rental and sale. We are good at our craft and always working on exciting projects.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
These facts are VERY similar to the case of Mohamed Jama in MN. They were looking for a 5'5" guy and snatched Jama, who is 6'5" (his lawyer did a big Perry Mason moment to have him stand in the court room). These rulings may help the victims sue.
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Ethan Elkind @ethanelkind.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Helpful write-up here of the oral argument this morning in the climate lawsuit preemption case at the US Supreme Court.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There's a takeover of the American news industry going on, pushed by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis and others. Democracy is impossible if the truth is buried under right-wing propaganda, so we've got to push back against this "media capture." My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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American oligarchs and foreign fatcats are attempting ‘media capture’
Your access to real news is threatened by Elon Musk, the Ellisons, the Saudis, and others
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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kagan cites tobacco and opioid cases and asks why this isn't like that? "I'm waiting to see the distinction." "This is the same kind of lawsuit against the same kind of actors for the same kind of harm." She gives the A the lawyer failed to give: it's "about air and water." She doesn't buy it.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
America's healthcare system seems intend on producing extremely wealthy healthcare investors and insurance executives, while delivering an absolute minimum in healthcare to Americans. It's a model of how capitalism does healthcare wrong. www.ft.com/content/7dea...
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How the booming US healthcare economy is penalising patients
A collision of demographic, economic and financial forces has caused a crisis in the sector
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ConnieL 🟥🍁🟥🐝🌲 Living with COPD @connieskp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
She has less than 10,000, we need to show her some love and support. @ginafortexas.bsky.social Can you all follow and share, We need to help her out. #BlueCrew #BlueWave @tonyhq1985.bsky.social @peggystuart.bsky.social @bonhanson.bsky.social @softtail65.bsky.social @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 05/10/2026
Media outlets exposed that the Pentagon was hiding how many Americans have died in Trump’s war with Iran. That very same day, Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. Coincidence? I don't think so.
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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This morning, the NYC City Council will kick off a marathon hearing where members will grill AI execs on how their models are putting New Yorkers at risk. Here's 4 questions we should expect to hear answered: hellgatenyc.com/ai-execs-fac...
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Grilling the New Masters of the Universe
To save humanity as we know it. And more links for your Monday.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 04/10/2026
British banker who exposed Howard Lutnick's ties to Epstein has died, allegedly from suicide.
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How US commerce secretary's Epstein links were uncovered by British whistleblower
Simon Andriesz made the discovery about Howard Lutnick in publicly released Epstein files.
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Bluebry @ndages.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Died Sept 25th and not a word in our press. The coverup is really impressive. Someone is willing to do anything to silence those who know. www.timesnownews.com/world/uk/sim...
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Who Was Simon Andriesz? Banker Who Exposed Howard Lutnick-Epstein Emails Dies
Andriesz gained attention earlier this year by revealing emails concerning their involvement in a start-up, Adfin, UK, Times Now
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Slander is spoken; libel is written. But this isn't either of those. It's detailed reporting from a respected outlet with damning evidence. And "most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history" is as impressive as "shortest NBA player from Luxembourg"
Speaking on behalf of Lutnick, the White House said: "The BBC's pathetic and desperate attempt to slander Secretary Lutnick will do nothing to change the fact that he has been the most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history."
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mcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026
Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Much like after the 2020 election, Trump’s attempts to manipulate his way to victory will depend on whether or not he can get enough people in enough positions of influence to go along with his schemes. We must not help him by perpetuating the Trumpist assertions of dominance and inevitability.
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Liberal Warrior 🏳️‍🌈👬🌊💙🌊👭🏳️‍🌈 @liberalwarrior.eu · 05/10/2026
I listened to Leigh’s post from last year, and it echoes my own view. We shy away from the word “socialism,” yet many U.S. citizens now live in a socialist corporate welfare system shaped in GOP think tanks long ago. Its time to rethink and reboot IMHO. #Blues youtu.be/MfJgqVBxycY?...
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Democratic Party Reboot
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 05/10/2026
"The most important fact they establish is that the traditional narrative of Marbury v. Madison—the decision that supposedly established judicial supremacy in the United States, as taught in high schools across the country—is an invented tradition." prospect.org/2026/10/05/o...
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The Supreme Court’s Power Is Based on the Lie of Its Supremacy - The American Prospect
The Constitution does not establish a judicial dictatorship.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Snap back to reality, oops, there goes gravity” Supreme Court term about to start
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My Latest: Earlier this year, The New York Times asked Donald Trump whether he regretted not ordering the National Guard to seize voting machines in swing states after the 2020 election. His answer was chilling: "Well, I should have." newsletters.democracydocket.com/this-time-ta...
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This time, take Trump literally
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Levin: People then said, “Do you think you can take out a fascist just by voting, just by organizing? You think that’s how this works?” Yes, that’s how this works. If they can do it in Hungary, we can do it here.
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s appalling how many full-on media organizations are just on Twitter and nothing else in 2026 …
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Exactly. This is such a lie. Email had a purpose. The internet had a purpose. Search had a purpose. Everybody loved Silicon Valley in the 90s because they made shit that did what it promised. Now 3 guys who never made SHIT have ALL the money in SV. They're scam artists. Not engineers.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t remember anyone giving Jerome Powell a check for $100 million. Who gave it to Kevin Warsh, days before he was confirmed and why?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/10/2026
Going live in 15 minutes. I’ll show you the table listing the 9 Epstein redaction training videos and their descriptions provided by the FBI
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Weekend scoop from me for @votebeat.org: Two GOP members of Georgia’s State Election Board say Executive Director James Mills sent letters to DOJ and DHS without telling the board or getting approval — and that the letters went beyond what the board voted to request. www.votebeat.org/national/202...
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Georgia election board director allegedly goes rogue, asks feds to crack down on state voting equipment
Two members of the Georgia State Election Board say their executive director sent unauthorized letters to the Trump administration.
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jeanrene62.bsky.social @jeanrene62.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Vote Blue. Protect our air and water. www.environmentalhealthproject.org/post/the-dan...
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The Dangers of Data Centers
Data Centers are large facilities containing computer servers used for data storage, data analytics, generative AI, and streaming services. Data centers represent health risks for their neighbors. The...
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nickforbrains 🏳️‍🌈 @nickforbrains.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump is what happens when you don’t punish people appropriately.
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