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JenL

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Retired civil service. Glitter enthusiast.

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 5h
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with an Attorney General nominee? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz! [SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz
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JenL @nextjen13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lotta talk right now about the President using public money to push political propaganda. It didn't start with these TV ads. Let me remind you of the political nonsense he forced the Census Bureau to publish: newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-to-fak...
newsletter.platypuseconomics.com
Who Put the Census Bureau in the Propaganda Business?
A once-trusted agency has dressed up partisan election claims as official statistics—and hidden the evidence needed to test them.
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cdpositive @cdpositive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The good news is: bsky.app/profile/cdpo...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The fact that this was *previously used as a campaign ad during the presidential campaign* removes any real defense as to its purpose. Its not a public service announcement. Its a campaign ad that has become state propaganda.
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength —Orwell, “1984”
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Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New: The Trump administration has spent more than $1M in public funds so far to boost the president on the airwaves. Experts including a Bush WH ethics lawyer said it likely violates federal laws against propaganda & political activity by gov’t staff. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by The Government (Gift Article)
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
This pricey ebike is a gamechanger for going around town, getting groceries and hauling cargo with ease – without paying for gas
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‘It’s such a joy to ride:’ this cargo e-bike makes errands and commuting a breeze
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The man and the money behind Sen Jon Husted (R-OH) all flow straight to Jeffrey Epstein. Fortunately for Husted, the Ohio voters haven't figured that out yet. www.timesofisrael.com/les-wexners-...
timesofisrael.com
Les Wexner’s political donations make Epstein files focus of Ohio Senate race
While Jewish billionaire has disavowed links to late sex offender, his support for GOP Sen. Jon Husted and ties to Epstein have been targeted by Democratic opponent Sherrod Brown
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Vought is breaking the law but he is not “going rogue.” At his confirmation hearings, Vought told Republicans he would do this and they voted for him anyway. If they want to stop him, they still can via impeachment. They won’t.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“We are the first generation with the tools to end the fossil fuel age – and the last who can avert #climatecatastrophe,” #AntónioGuterres said, calling on countries to draw up credible roadmaps with clear timelines to transition away from #fossilfuels news.un.org/en/story/202... #ActOnClimate
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Guterres calls on countries to set clear timelines for transition away from fossil fuels
“We are the first generation with the tools to end the fossil fuel age – and the last who can avert climate catastrophe,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, calling on countries ...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New at Can We Still Govern?: At a time when other institutions have bent the knee, public sector unions have fought Trump, acting as canaries in the coalmine, warning us how cuts will lead to disasters like the explosion of food borne illnesses we've seen. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/unions-aga...
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Unions Against Voughtism
Federal unions can connect the dots to reveal the dangers of gutting government capacity.
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Representative Val Hoyle @repvalhoyle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Federal workers just won an important protection: federal agencies can no longer use a government shutdown as an excuse for mass firings. Workers should never be political pawns in a budget fight.
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Unions Win Withdrawal of Shutdown Mass Firing Orders
Settlement Agreement Avoids Mass Firings of Federal Employees Attempted During Government Shutdown San Francisco – A settlement agreement has been announced in a case brought by labor unions that…
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 25/09/2026
Pour yourself a cup of ambition. It’s Dolly Parton Day.
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It's officially Dolly Parton Day, with parades, pink lights and book drives
Communities worldwide are dedicating Friday to honoring Dolly Parton. The day falls on Sept. 25, a wink at her hit song “9 to 5.”
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 25/09/2026
Happy 9 to 5 day, Sister Dolly. We miss you ❤️
Photo of Dolly Parton in the movie "9 to 5."
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It could be all about the 2028 presidential election. Experts and Census employees who spoke to WIRED worry that the noncitizen voting report is the first salvo in Census data possibly being used to undermine the results of the upcoming midterms or 2028. This is future proofing at its finest.
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The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
my plea: read this article carefully, read @wired.com, and keep in mind that Trump allies are still making their way into various parts of the government that are supposed to neutral. But government data, at least in this case, isn't neutral anymore. And that should really really worry you.
wired.com
The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
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CNN @cnn.com · 16/09/2026
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill is pushing back on a seismic shift in US environmental regulation that experts say exposes previously protected endangered species' habitats to destruction from land use such as logging and real estate development. cnn.it/4ril9GY
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Trump regime is redefining the Endangered Species Act to consider only the intentional killing of endangered animals to be illegal, removing accountability for incidental harm caused by economic activities. Psychopaths.
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Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection (Gift Article)
An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.
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Birding Fella 🐦🇺🇦🐦 @birdingfella.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
USA friends: please speak up for wildlife by opposing Trump's plan to open up more forests for logging by repealing the roadless rule. Keeping this rule in place is extremely important for saving our #birds and other wildlife!
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The Rollback of the Roadless Rule Puts Birds at Risk - American Bird Conservancy
The Roadless Rule conserves millions of forested acres for a quarter of all Endangered animals in the U.S. Submit a comment to prevent its rollback.
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pshene-agent99.bsky.social @pshene-agent99.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests 👇 Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests
Contact Congress today!
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NEW: Rep Joyce Beatty (D-OH) files emergency motion in court challenging closure of Kennedy Center Beatty: "The building is currently inaccessible to the public during normal operating hours today, despite a federal court order barring Trump & his handpicked board from shutting down the Ken Ctr"
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m proud that I stood up to him” Rep Joyce Beatty (D-OH) about Trump’s unraveling at Kennedy Center board meeting ====>
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Nate Rathjen @rathjen.us · 15/09/2026
that he is petty enough to destroy another man’s memorial is beyond disgusting
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge blocks Kennedy Center board from putting Trump's name on the building or grounds in any way.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: In a major win for voters, the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to reinstate its mail voting restrictions ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections.  www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to revive mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms, in huge win for voters
Read more here.
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Beatgrrrl @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Commemorative drone show on September 9, 2026 in NYC. 2977 lights rose to rebuild the World Trade Center at full architectural scale with one light for each life lost produced by Sky Elements. #September11
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“There will be a seventh bell-tolling this year, for the thousands who have since died by suicide, or from cancer and other illnesses caused by the ravages of terrorism.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The America That 9/11 Made
A quarter century after the attacks, the grief, wars, and political furies of their aftermath still shape American life.
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JenL @nextjen13.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘Toon by @mluckovich.bsky.social
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich of Statue of Liberty looking at the New York skyline where the twin towers used to stand, with a thought bubble over her head that says “I will never forget”.
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The Tactless Gnome @hoppy75.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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What the Aftermath of 9/11 Taught Me
Government should be about producing results for people.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In my decades of public service, I have rarely been as angry as I was the day the damning inspector general’s report was released about the EPA's response to the World Trade Center collapse. Read my new piece on the lessons of 9/11 at @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Aside from the blatant illegality here, you’ll get this right after your tariff dividend, your freedom dividend, Trump’s health care plan, and your $2 gas
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: diesel history is about to be made. $6/gal nationally — never seen before, days away, it's now in the pipeline, unavoidable.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 07/09/2026
Remember to thank a union today.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
RIP The Hatch Act -- 1939-2026
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 06/09/2026
I'm deadly serious about this: every Republican should be shown this photo on TV and asked if they repudiate/reject/renounce Musk. And if not, why not.
Musk doing his Sieg Heil salute
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Arch: NOW WITH A "Military Observation Deck" Suddenly the Arch is necessary for National Security @anntelnaes.bsky.social
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MWilson in DC @mattiewilsondc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Dear America: Just a little reminder that there will be 600,000 fewer Democratic Party votes during the midterms because DC residents can't vote. We don't have a governor here, nor do we have representatives in the House or Senate. And 90% of us are Democrats. #midterms #DCvotingrights
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Michael Greene @michaelgreene.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
First killing off the wild mustangs and now the wolves. Add turning sections of national parks into mining or oil production and lastly, selling national park land to developers. Where does it stop!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Me crossing beef off my shopping list …
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Today's cartoon by Nick Anderson. "There is no evidence Americans are about to unknowingly eat wild mustangs. But the fact that so many people found the rumor believable says something about the moment we’re living in..."
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Save Democracy @detroitwon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...
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Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter (Gift Article)
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
yall are gonna hear me say this a lot so here goes again: make plans to vote in person, and do it as early as possible. literally make turnout this election too big to steal.
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billbramhall.bsky.social @billbramhall.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Cartoon
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Rachel Leggett @rleggos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I got the shot. I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶
A broad-tailed hummingbird hovers next to an anise hyssop plant framed by purple blooms and with a rainbow behind it!!! The bird also has a little bead of water on its bill because it is raining.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NEW @wired.com: A federal judge barred the Trump admin from designating Anthropic a security risk over a dispute about the use of its AI models AND vacated Pete Hegseth's order blocking other companies from working with Anthropic www.wired.com/story/a-judg...
wired.com
A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic
A federal judge has called the Department of Defense’s designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk “illegal and baseless.”
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