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Mrs. Wilberforce

@mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social
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aka Mrs. Lopsided “Don’t agonize, organize” - Nancy Pelosi Ways to get involved - call and canvas swingleft.org

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 8h
Democrats will put affordability issue front and center, says Budget Cmte. ranking member youtu.be/TOvuy2MXoVM?...
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SlavaUkraini033 @slavaukraini033.bsky.social · 6h
Sumy city direction, Sumy oblast. Ukrainian forces, in conjunction with their recent clearing operations in the area of Mala Korchakivka, have now launched an opportunistic counterattack to re-enter the town of Yunakivka.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14h
When a rapist sticks up for other rapists it's called a professional courtesy.
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Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 17h
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 16h
Good LORD.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 17h
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
“This is entirely indicative of the decay and oligarchy that has taken over our government and, in many cases, directly through purchasing influence and power and authority, blatantly right in front of us,” said Wes Bryant, a retired Air Force master sergeant who until last year led the Pentagon’s civilian harm assessments. “They’re not even trying to hide it anymore.”
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This sounds like a positive development but it's impossible to trust David Ellison after what we've seen over the past year at CBS. Keeping Thompson would be the smart move, keeping Bari Weiss away from CNN would be even smarter. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
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David Ellison’s Vision for CNN: Same C.E.O and No Bari Weiss, for Now. (Gift Article)
David Ellison is negotiating to keep CNN’s chief executive, Mark Thompson, in place without oversight from Bari Weiss, the CBS editor in chief, when the networks’ parent companies merge.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 02/10/2026
When Trump made campaign stops in 2018, one paper estimated that it sank 15 GOP candidates. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Analysis | Trump brags about getting Republicans elected. Research suggests his endorsements cost 15 seats.
Trump spurred turnout with his endorsements — including for the Democratic candidate.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“According to Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue, the law’s exclusion of faith-healing practice from the definition of ‘neglect’ means child protection laws for neglect don’t apply, so unless there is evidence of a crime, his deputies can’t take action and don’t notify child welfare agencies.” 1/
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
During a sworn deposition on Monday, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) declined to answer repeated questions from one of his ex-wife’s lawyers about whether he pushed a girl down a staircase during high school.
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In a sworn deposition, Rep. Max Miller was silent on staircase assault allegation
"If the incident never occurred, why are you afraid of answering the question?" asked his ex-wife's lawyer.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. a flurry of angry calls from money managers to Wall Street banks that underwrote the debt. .. The paper losses for the investment-grade notes alone topped $100 million, according to an analysis late Thursday ..” @bloomberg.com $PSKY www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026
Saudi Arabia says the attacker and pilot who was stabbed have both been sent back to United Arab Emirates. Emirati officials are investigating the incident for possible terrorist links. n.pr/4iV9yeT
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A midair stabbing on a flight to Israel is investigated for possible terrorist links
Saudi Arabia says the attacker and pilot who was stabbed have both been sent back to United Arab Emirates. Emirati officials are investigating the incident for possible terrorist links.
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sanneru.bsky.social @sanneru.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Cornell #WestandwithJaneDoe
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stpauldeb.bsky.social @stpauldeb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank goodness @normeisen.bsky.social is on our side.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. The department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the famed Watergate break-in committed misconduct ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Doesn’t sound like America First. bsky.app/profile/meid...
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Plot to Enslave America
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 01/10/2026
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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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Most Americans wake by alarm at 6:30am or earlier. Daylight Saving Time is making most wake in darkness, against natural health. Restore permanent Standard Time!
Two photos of a house in Flowery Branch, Georgia, on September 23. First photo taken at 6:30am EDT, and it’s pitch black. Second taken at 6:30am EST, and it’s sunlit.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Now seems like a good time to say that the more I look at what doge did with USAID the more it looks like a straightforward eugenics project and Elon’s protests that he didnt know anyone might die seem doubly evil
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
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West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you want to see a witch hunt, watch Sen. Erik Schmitt attack Jack Smith. Schmitt makes false accusations, suggests being in Atlanta proves conspiracy, and when it becomes clear Smith was not in Atlanta at all, persists in name-calling. And no, he has no shame. www.nbcnews.com/video/republ...
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‘A total dirtbag’: GOP senator mistakenly accuses Smith of perjury over NBA game
Former special counsel Jack Smith’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing became tense after Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., presented a text message to Smith that he suggested showed he was in Atlanta for a b...
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 30/09/2026
Blackburn is suing Smith for attending a women's basketball game. Not true; but admit it, you believed me.
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Senator Marsha Blackburn Sues Over Jack Smith’s Subpoena During Trump Inquiry
The lawsuit, brought by Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, tests the reach of the Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump & Republicans cut millions off of health care between the ACA & Medicaid. And many of the cuts haven't hit yet. It will hit AFTER the election. #GOPWarOnHealthcare They also cut about 5 million off of food benefits, many are kids. Why would anyone support that.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A good case from @dickpolman.bsky.social that this man’s selfish short-sightedness set us on path to where we are today. Excruciating insights on the wreckage of a legacy. dickpolman.substack.com/p/ralph-nade...
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Ralph Nader is still a pariah. He deserves to be.
Tilting the ‘00 race to Bush was his original sin. We’re still suffering the consequences.
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pushin2hard.bsky.social @pushin2hard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Utah is proud of its Trump sucker. Don't kid yourself.
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Closing in on 10k now. I won't be able to keep boosting this over rosh Hashana, so if you could help this spread before that, that would be fantastic
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Pie Arc Squared @wbfmorningstar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
when I was working in comms, abusing public funds for advertising was serious shit. Any procurement or contracting officer involved with this, ranging from creation to posting on the govt dime has PERSONAL LIABILITY, depending on his or her warrant.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Watchdog group Public Citizen files a formal FCC complaint about Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads “Broadcasters may be held liable for airing any ad that is in violation of federal law. Federal law explicitly prohibits using appropriated public funds for government propaganda"
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somedudenamedcarl.bsky.social @somedudenamedcarl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
HEM: "But you'll ruin that young man's life if you report him for sexual assault." ME: Correct. I'd prefer if he didn't get to become a Supreme Court Judge or run for President.
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Karen Gillan Points Up: Yes, That
ALT: Karen Gillan Points Up: Yes, That
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P Collirigger @pcollirigger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On Jan 7, 2021 everyone knew what had happened. I was deeply disappointed when the tide turned and Republicans refused to do the necessary things in the weeks that followed. But I would never have predicted that five years later, Republicans would be spinning a false narrative to defend Trump.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Florida Trump voter: I'll probably for Democratic this time. I feel like I've been let down.
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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Consent needs to be not just second nature but the only instinct. I’m disgusted by the heinous actions at Cornell and the University’s cowardly response. The victim deserves so much better.
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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We have completely lost the plot in America, when seven men can drug and gang rape a woman who was in no condition to give consent and so much of the concern is for the “men’s” futures. There needs to he a reckoning when it comes to male-first framing and societal expectations.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 28/09/2026
Just flagging that the two Trump admin staffers now running Oval Office operations who were allegedly involved in mishandling classified documents last term also got $20k and $45k in cash gifts from Trump last year.
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Oval Office operations run by alleged Trump classified documents co-conspirator - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Trump loyalists Walt Nauta and Chamberlain Harris were implicated in mishandling classified records. They're running White House operations.
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fox contributor: Republicans losing Congress in the midterms points to “self-inflicted wounds by President Trump”
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The Economist @economist.com · 28/09/2026
RAF Fairford is one of the biggest airbases in Europe, and the only one in Europe set up to act as a forward operating base for America’s huge strategic bombers. That has made it a site of some controversy bit.ly/4hfxh8m Photo: Getty Images
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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This may be one of the WORST government data breaches EVER. And it hit the FBI. Hackers say they stole home addresses, SSNs and secret job assignments of tens of thousands of agents. Many agents learned about it from the news. Then the bureau
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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees (Gift Article)
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Taken over" is an interesting word choice when it appears to me they are being invited in with open arms. "Good people on both sides" and all that.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 28/09/2026
A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit.
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Prosecutor reopens probe into Cornell gang rape allegations after accuser files lawsuit
A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit.
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Effie Seiberg @effies.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
This is super cool bc: 1) Many of the highest-risk conditions, like ME/CFS & Long Covid, aren't on the list 2) The best way to protect the vulnerable is to protect the population so others don't infect them 3) None of this accounts for Novavax which is not mRNA www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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CDC panel votes to limit who is eligible for this fall's Covid vaccine
Only people 65 and over or with underlying health conditions should get the shots, the advisory group recommended. There may be insurance roadblocks for others.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: Federal Court blocks Trump Admin attempt to misuse homeland security funds to force states to bend to its efforts to interfere in local election processes. Big win for our clients, partners, and American voters. @protectdemocracy.org
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Pope Leo:
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As a lifelong baseball fan, can I say: this is a truly bad idea. Fenway Park is for baseball, Teton Park is for wildlife www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
washingtonpost.com
Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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