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Marcia Kelley Plagens

@mplagens15.bsky.social
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Retired Educator, mother, sister, mad proud grandma, dog owner. Love animals. World class procrastinator. Hope and joy are still possible! We will emerge on the right side of history together to rebuild/reform our nation. 🇺🇸 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 #ANTIFA

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A civil lawsuit. A renewed criminal investigation. And a very complicated area of the law. I’ve tried to give you the information you’ll need to understand the unfolding investigation into an alleged gang rape at a Cornell fraternity. joycevance.substack.com/p/jane-doe?r...
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Jane Doe is the name by which we know the young woman who has come forward to say she was gang raped in a room at the Chi Phi fraternity house while she was a student at Cornell in 2024.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h
Every day more instances of disgusting & blatant corruption revealed as our money is being plundered by the Trump Crime Family & their cronies. Do American voters care anymore about corruption? I guess we’ll find out soon because it’s just staggering with this crew of criminals.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5h
For the folks who are still in my mentions telling me this was a hoax: The military doesn’t move strategic bombers for funsies. There was clearly specific intelligence that necessitated emptying Fairford of B-1s.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 6h
Big news: Donald Trump has spent the past 18 months misappropriating taxpayer dollars for personal gain. I'm not just a journalist. I am also a lawyer. I map out exactly all the ways Trump misused taxpayer funds, and how a future prosecutor, or a future Congress could investigate him. Subscribe:
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Major Deep Dive: Trump Is Defying Congress' Power of the Purse. Here’s a Roadmap for Investigating His Misuse of Taxpayer Funds
He was once forced to pay $2 million for misusing his own charity's money for politics. Now it's the federal Treasury. Here's the roadmap Congress needs.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 11h
Bernie Moreno blocked a bill to make data centers pay their own way, then complained that Congress never does anything. My guy, you are the reason. That's setting the kitchen on fire and leaving a one-star review. #BlueWaveIn30Days www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
Wolfers: Wage growth has just been falling month after month after month now... So the purchasing power, the amount of stuff that a typical American worker can afford is actually going backwards. This is not how it’s meant to be. Full analysis: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 10h
Impeaching a chief justice takes a House majority. In 30 days we can elect one. Put your letter on John Roberts on the record now, so they know what we expect: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... #BlueWaveIn30Days
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Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h
Angie Nixon wants to know which eyeliner Vice President J.D. Vance uses: “His eyes look so beautiful. They pop.”
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 7h
Tim Disney’s new satire graphic novel, The A.R.C., is a darkly humorous novel set in a world where if you lie, you die. Tim joins me to reflect on our current pandemic of lies that have infected our politics, our culture, our lives: youtu.be/aBM6ZUHmpWQ?...
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SHOCKING NEW Book REVEALS The DEADLY Cost OF LYING!!
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h
Poindexter: Every allegation has been met with defamation lawsuits and all these different silencing tactics that he uses. And we’re not going to be silenced because people need to know who Max Miller is and who they’re voting for come November 3rd.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Local community activists and faith leaders from Louisiana and beyond marched and prayed Thursday at the fenced-off barracks and trailers at the airpark site where the Trump Administration is preparing to open a privately-run facility to hold children..." religionnews.com/2026/10/02/a...
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As ICE readies Louisiana facility for children and families, faith leaders hold vigil
ALEXANDRIA, La. (RNS and Verite News) — Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up deportations, the facility — which will hold unaccompanied minors and families — is situated beside an air...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
Wolfers: Imagine we had a female president who was so idiosyncratic and so moody and whose policy decisions were up and down like crazy... Could you just imagine the coverage? It’s utterly bizarre what we allow to happen.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h
At a time in history when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, democracy, and decency, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction — fawning over the most dangerous authoritarian America has ever witnessed. Do not forget this.
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God @thegodshow.com · 11h
Trump could hand me a check for a billion dollars and I’d still vote against him. I don’t understand why so many Americans are happy to be bribed. Don’t you have any pride?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17h
I guess it’s just a coincidence that Elon Musk comes out of the woodwork before every major election and gets handed a government position with major consequences for the American people. 🤔
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 13h
Trump put Kevin Newsom on the appeals court. This week he and two other judges got Trump's request to save his IRS deal. Trump's side had one job: show the lawsuit wasn't collusion. The panel wrote down how much evidence it got. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h
I continue to warn against complacence. It’s still vitally important that we vote and remain vigilant against Trump’s interference in our elections. But with a little more than four weeks to go before the midterms, I’m breathing a wee bit easier. Here's why...
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Sunday thought: What’s Up With Kansas?
The power of kitchen-table economics
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 8h
📌It is absolutely appalling that OUR tax money is being used by the President of the United States to take to the airways to celebrate himself and attack US. This is clearly against the law, but what would you expect from a woman-attacking and America-attacking convicted felon?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h
“President Trump hasn’t failed to deliver at all. The economy is booming.”🤔 They’re really just gonna try to lie their way through it. Bold move!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h
Last month, the Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail voting by executive order. But it greenlit his administration’s use of a flawed immigration database to help states purge voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s citizenship lists could be in effect for the midterm
We’re waiting for a federal court to rule on a third prong of Trump’s voter suppression scheme — one you might not have heard much about.
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God @thegodshow.com · 11h
I don’t give a damn if Theo Von and Joe Rogan change their tune and become full-out Democratic socialists. They will say whatever is deemed widely popular in the moment to retain their podcast audiences. They gave you Donald Trump.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 10h
In 30 days we pick the Congress that decides whether Pete Hegseth keeps his job. Mike Johnson already ducked the vote. Tell your rep where you stand before they ask for your vote: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... #BlueWaveIn30Days
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Tell Congress: Impeach Pete Hegseth
Contact Congress today!
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 13h
republicans: we are nazis media: do democrats have a Hasan Piker Bin Laden problem?
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 8h
Love that Jack Smith can go out in public without getting booed.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h
AI isn't reliable enough to get even a hamburger order right, but reckless Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pushing to expand artificial intelligence across the U.S. military, including AI-enabled targeting. "Would you like fries with that obliterated girls' school?"
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
🚨 NEWS: A 28-year-old researcher at a Russian anti-plague institute has died following a suspected lab accident in Siberia. Nearly 200 people are reportedly under observation and hospitals have been quarantined amid concerns over possible pneumonic plague.
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Russian Lab Worker Dies After Suspected Plague Accident as Quarantines Expand
A 28-year-old worker at a Russian anti-plague institute has died following a suspected laboratory accident in Siberia, with nearly 200 people under observation and conflicting accounts emerging from R...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h
When Trump says it’s the greatest economy ever, he means for himself and his family — and the tech kleptocrats that want to dismantle our democracy to seize power for themselves
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10h
"Congress has already said no to taxpayer funding for the big, beautiful ballroom, and this should have been a stop order on the project." So if Congress already said no, how is this pet project getting taxpayer dollars?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
HASSETT: What are you gonna believe? The government hard data or the polls that have been wrong about every single election? TAPPER: But the govt hard data is that only 29k jobs were created last month H: Oh come on! That's just last month T: And it was revised down by 60k jobs in July & August
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8h
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Allison Gill has obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Epstein documents containing Donald Trump’s name for supervisory review. The DOJ is still refusing to release the actual videos. 👉 www.youtube.com/live/dYiQOhP...
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 8h
Schmitt: Did you attend a concert wearing an anti-Trump shirt? Smith: I wore a “No Kings” shirt. It used to be a bipartisan American sentiment.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 8h
Cool, cool. Lots of reporting that theres a suspected pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia, and several hospitals are under forced quarantine. Obviously, it’s Russia, so accurate information is scarce.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 9h
Memorable Presidential Quotes In History From FDR: "The only thing we have to fear... is fear itself." From JFK: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." From our Vulgarian-In-Chief:
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 8h
The Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline is now receiving thousands of voicemails. Listen to what they’re saying: “Ken Paxton is corrupt.” “I’m voting for James Talarico!” Texans are tired of corruption — and ready for something new.
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The Liberty Pear @thelibertypear.com · 10h
Texans are tired of Ken Paxton stealing their tax payer dollars. Paxton = Corruption.
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Valleygirl1964 @valleygirl1964.bsky.social · 9h
Angela Paxton from Texas. You’re an embarrassment to women everywhere where’s your pride? you sound like an abuse woman. We also suggest you seek help.#Pathetic. 
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h
Cocchiarella: You said that you do support a moratorium on data centers, but if there were to be one that had to be built, Mar-a-Lago seemed as good a place as any. Nixon: They have a huge golf course that it can be dropped onto.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h
The collective ignorance of MAGA, a cult that mindlessly repeats whatever they've been told by liars—and knows no actual history.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This “$5,000” thing is fooling no one. But it has made one thing clear: Republican desperation at the 1-month-out mark.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 9h
“Every act of art is an act of resistance” -Tom Morello
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Hahaha. There ya go! Perfect statement for losers!!!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h
Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As Trump and Republicans strip health coverage from millions (for tax cuts for the rich), Dems plan to expand Medicare. #MedicareForAllNOW www.newsweek.com/medicare-upd...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The plans have drawn condemnation from some residents of central Louisiana, and immigrant advocates and child welfare experts have expressed concerns about possible trauma inflicted on detained children..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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New Facility at Louisiana Airport to Hold Immigrant Children and Families (Gift Article)
The site in Alexandria, La., a major expansion of the Trump administration’s busiest deportation hub, will streamline and accelerate removals.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h
Justice Alito is confusing a desire to reform the court with an effort to intimidate it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026
Trump’s top national-security team quietly met at Camp David as the G7 agreed to release 100 million barrels of emergency oil reserves. And what they were reportedly discussing could expand the war even further.
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Trump’s Iran War Team Huddles in Secret as G7 Drains 100 Million Barrels
As JD Vance chaired a closed Camp David meeting on the Iran war and Yemen, G7 governments committed emergency oil reserves while Trump kept the next military move concealed.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h
The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger was officially approved this past week. Corporate concentration means more power for CEOs — and less freedom for everyone else. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
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The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
From your grocery bill to your paycheck, monopolies are making you less financially secure and ultimately less free. For
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