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Laura Ragusa

@neveragain2024.bsky.social
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Roadie for a blues drummer. Public radio nerd/former staffer. Finance person in the non-finance world of academia.Will not accept Project 2025 without a fight. I mainly repost because others are more articulate than I am. Connecticut will always be 🏡

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026
Democrats vs. Republicans in a nutshell. This absolutely nails it.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 25/09/2026
Taxpayers are funding a campaign-style ad for Donald Trump, @mviser.bsky.social reports. “If the use of taxpayer dollars seems odd—and it should—the explanation that the White House gave me is even more bizarre," he writes.
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Trump’s Public Service Announcement: ‘Love Me’
Taxpayers are funding a campaign-style ad for the president.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So a Democratic president can ban Fox, Newsmax and other right-wing reporters from the WH and Republicans are good with that since they are apparently good with that precedent now?
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The fact that Jeff Bezos ruined the Washington Post for nothing is just peak 2026
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"I think it is imperative on me, as a faith leader, to proclaim that human beings are not targets and that God is a God of justice and of love," said Girrell, who serves United Community Church in Morrisville, Vermont, a congregation affiliated with both the UMC and the United Church of Christ.

"We are called to love our neighbors, to love the strangers and the foreigners that live among us, to recognize that we are all sojourners," she said.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 03/09/2026
The Trump administration is escalating its fight with the Smithsonian. Now it’s threatening to cut off artifact loans, grants and federal support unless the Smithsonian changes course. This is a fight over who gets to tell America’s history. The past shouldn’t be rewritten on command. #SheShed
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Trump administration threatens to cut federal agencies' support for Smithsonian
President Donald Trump's administration has threatened to cut federal agencies' ‌support for the Smithsonian, marking its latest escalation against the institution.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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The Good Liars @thegoodliars.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Conspiracies from the Road youtu.be/t1XjseKP5Ps
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Conspiracies from the Road
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
US data centers directly consumed about 66 billion liters (17.4 billion gallons) of water in 2023, according to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, with indirect water use from electricity generation adding nearly 800 billion liters more. Source: gpusmith.com/articles/en/...
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 03/09/2026
BREAKING: We just sued the DOJ for failing to respond to our records request about FTCA claims filed by people pardoned or commuted by Trump, including Jan. 6 defendants. The public deserves to know how these claims are handled—and whether taxpayers are compensating Jan. 6ers.
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CREW files records lawsuit on FTCA claims, including from Jan 6ers - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The federal government must respond to CREW’s FOIA requests seeking records about FTCA claims, including from January 6 defendants.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEW: Fired former US Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer files federal civil lawsuit against Trump Admin Oyer argues it was an unlawful termination that denied her due process Oyer argues only Pam Bondi was authorized to fire her, but that Todd Blanche did so democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
Comer says McConnell's staff hopes Mitch will be back when the Senate returns in 11 days. www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/p...
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GOP lawmaker gives expected timeline for Mitch McConnell’s return | CNN Politics
House Oversight Chair James Comer of Kentucky said Thursday that Sen. Mitch McConnell’s staff have told him they are hoping the senator – who has had an extended absence from Washington due to health ...
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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Christian nationalist Lance Wallnau gloats that the Trump administration is handing out billions of dollars so Christian organizations can evangelize under the guise of providing charitable services, leading to "a renaissance and a reformation of culture in America" www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
BREAKING: A U.S. Postal Service official has filed a whistleblower report alleging the agency is pushing ahead with a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement Trump’s order giving the federal government more control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking the plan.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/09/2026
Bessent on Democratic voters: "These are underachievers who are jealous of those who want to go and work every day"
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Laura Ragusa @neveragain2024.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The world is a little more gray today with the news that Dolly Parton has died.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/08/2026
WELKER: Paxton has faced allegations of bribery, fraud, abuse of power, he was impeached his own party. Why do you believe he has the character to serve? SCOTT: We know Talarico does not have the character to serve W: But does Paxton? SCOTT: Kristen, at the end of the day the contrast is clear
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He didn’t change. They did.
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#MorningVibe The Monroe Township High School Treble Choir’s performance of “What Happens When a Woman” by Alexandra Olsavsky is felt in your bones. An anthem of women’s strength, agency, and rising together voice by voice. Full. Body. Chills. 🎶
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 07/08/2026
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Julie Taylor @snarkymimi.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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SPAM (from Daniel Gamboa) @danielgamboa820.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
RFKJr Dr.Oz Medicaid Tim Waltz Gavin Newsom #California #Minnesota #Fraud
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/08/2026
NEWS: A federal judge rejected Donald Trump's effort to shield key evidence in his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC, ruling the network can seek discovery into Trump's intent behind his Jan. 6 speech because it goes directly to whether its reporting created a false impression. 1/
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/07/2026
Mark Kelly: "He's stuck. He doesn't know what to do. This is a guy who in his last term said he knows more than the admirals and generals. His high school military education certainly did not prepare him to be the commander in chief."
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 23/07/2026
Great news: The House passed my bipartisan legislation with Representatives Don Bacon and Maxine Dexter to protect pension payments during a government shutdown for thousands of dedicated and patriotic NOAA Corps Officers and USPHS Commissioned Corps Officers.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/07/2026
Ossoff: "We've learned in recent weeks that Mike Collins's office was briefing Nick Fuentes and other prominent white supremacists on its efforts on behalf of a prominent Holocaust denier, and that Mike Collins has had a neo-Nazi propagandist based on his property."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/07/2026
I wasn’t ready for this. ☠️ 😭 Low T Pete will never live this down.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Before Sister Rosetta Tharpe, it was guitarist, bassist and vocalist Memphis Minnie (1897-1973) who helped shape the sound of modern pop music and recorded around 200 songs #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a sitting Black woman playing the guitar next to a microphone wearing a light dress
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
“Nixon's undoing was ultimately his efforts to engage in a coverup. Donald Trump doesn't care about coverups,” says @leelevine.bsky.social. ”There is this long and detailed record of why these subpoenas are being issued... and what the motives are.” lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Guess who the conservatives are now?
Sarah Longwell: Things conservatives told me when I was in my 20’s: 

*Character counts
*Crony capitalism is bad
*Russia is our enemy
*Tariffs are taxes
*The Constitution is sacrosanct
*Government power should be limited, restrained, and checked by congress. 

Guess they were just joking.
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Gus Moyer (梅子超) @gusmoyer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
1/2 Senator #TommyTuberville (R-AL) alleged on Thursday that “four or five” of his colleagues were fraudulently elected to the Senate but offered no evidence for his claim. In his State of the Union address, #Trump alleged that Democrats can only win elections by cheating.
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Senator Tuberville Claims ‘Four or Five Senators… Didn’t Legally Win’ Their Elections (Mediaite)
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) alleged on Thursday that “four or five” of his colleagues were fraudulently elected to the Senate, but offered no evidence for h...
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 17/07/2026
Why do corn dogs and Joe Biden eating ice cream have the VP all hot and bothered?
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 17/07/2026
A major story here. A longtime Republican tax expert and Trump appointee was just ousted from a key position at the IRS after warning that the White House was potentially violating federal law. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Top Treasury Tax Official Ousted After Clashes With White House Over IRS Audits
Kenneth Kies warned that political officials risked breaching a law that limits who can influence tax enforcement.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Says the guy who, after losing in a free & fair election, incited an insurrection against his own country: the very definition of treason. #ImpeachConvictRemoveImprison
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Tampa Bay resister 🇺🇸🇨🇿🇨🇴🏴‍☠️⚡️🐶🎧 @depechemodefan101.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Raging Pencils @ragingpencils.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I created this 'toon in September of 2025. Don't know what made me think of it today. 🤣
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Baseball GIFs @baseballgifs.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
CJ Nitkowski, the Braves announcer who once courted controversy by following/liking the Proud Boys on Twitter, in responding to bench player Eli White's recent paternity leave, stumbles into saying the phrase: "The more Whites [in this world], the better off we're going to be." (via r/baseball)
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/07/2026
NEWS: Rep. Andrew Clyde owns a gun store. He sits on the committee that funds the ATF, and he's spent years trying to gut its budget. A gun sold by his store just turned up in a federal trafficking case.
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A Congressman's Gun Store Is Linked to a Federal Trafficking Case. He's Trying to Defund the ATF.
A sitting member of Congress owns a gun store. He also serves on the House committee that controls funding for the federal agency responsible for regulating
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 07/07/2026
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”
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Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
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Laura Ragusa @neveragain2024.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
For anyone outside of the DMV: Meridian Hill is also known as Malcolm X Park which should have given the people planning this event a clue...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/07/2026
just a couple minutes into his speech, Trump sounds like he is getting winded and is having trouble reading the teleprompter
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God @thegodshow.com · 01/07/2026
Not enough people talking anymore about how the president is a pedophile.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/06/2026
At least 12 states break down SNAP program participation by age, and of the 1,670,011 people who are no longer receiving benefits in those states, 776,134, or 46%, were children. Read our full investigation: propub.li/4eB1PPb
770,000+ children are no longer receiving food assistance following the signing of Trump’s domestic policy bill
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A nun arrested by ICE while walking to Mass was released from custody one day after Congress members intervened on her behalf.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/06/2026
Nehls on how House GOP will make case for affordability back home: Nehls: What are you talking about? I'm gonna get me lobster tails. Some nice rib eyes. Reporter: Do you think the 60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck can afford that? Nehls: Maybe not. Maybe they don't work as hard as me.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is EXACTLY what I said earlier today. Despite the Supreme Court decision, birthright citizenship remains in jeopardy Trump is a racist who hates immigrants. He's said it many times, in 1,000 different ways. That's why Stephen Miller works for him And he needs to flip just one more vote
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Texas implemented the age old Christian Imperialist Doctrine of “Make the children read the Bible before even thinking about offering to feed them lunches.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/06/2026
Nehls: You have to love our country. This is what we gotta do. We gotta put a big bed sheet over the Statue of Liberty. She gotta go to sleep for a while. I'm not saying she's dead. Instead of having a torch, maybe it needs a stop sign.
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