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NowBaxter (she/her)

@nowbaxter.bsky.social
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Love dogs, civil rights, good food, one particular drummer, and Boston sports. Hate fascism and cancer. Opinions are mine and decidedly not those of my employer. Lawyah in MA

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is a community note for the ages.
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NowBaxter (she/her) @nowbaxter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is there anything awesome this guy won’t do
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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The questions for MA are so weirdly written this year. I liked the set up and explanations here: ballotpedia.org/Massachusett... Remember, you can bring in a piece of paper to help you remember how you want to vote.
ballotpedia.org
Massachusetts 2026 ballot measures
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NowBaxter (she/her) @nowbaxter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
God I wish Cambridge would do this
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
They are trying to get DCF to return the teen to their custody even though the teen has a restraining order against them that they agreed to abide by as part of a plea agreement. They're also trying to stop DCF from helping the teen get testosterone.
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NowBaxter (she/her) @nowbaxter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Seth would never. Thank you Sen Markey!
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
As I was standing by this gas pump filling up my truck with six dollar gas I couldn’t help but think that this was a small price to pay so that every child wanting to play sports in elementary school has to submit to mandatory genital inspections
My jeep with a gas pump in her fuel filler $94.59 at 5.999/gal
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I think this is a very beautiful idea. Shana tova, everyone.
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Core, The (DO NOT PERCEIVE) @the-core.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Michael Phelps being genetically built like someone developed him in a lab specifically for swimmers: celebrated Olympic hero A girl whose only “crime” is being born with the incorrect parts is the second best player on her volleyball team: HELLO, HUMAN RESOURCES?!
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”
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Jordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 09/09/2026
Any answer other than “who gives a shit, republicans are using a dozen kids playing JV volleyball as a distraction from looting the county and covering for elite pedophiles” is cowardly horseshit
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
SCOOP: He was one of a handful of Democrats who joined Republicans in May to pass an anti-trans bill through the House. Last night, instead of listening to trans constituents at a meeting that I attended, Eugene Vindman got angry. It went downhill from there. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
advocate.com
Virginia congressman's meeting with transgender Democrats erupts into profanity. Then he walked out
Constituents in King George County confronted Rep. Eugene Vindman over his vote for Republican-backed legislation affecting trans students, triggering a heated exchange.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Last month, the head of Belgium's diamond industry presented Trump with a gift: a specially-made 18-karat gold ring worth an estimated $25,000 that celebrated Trump's two terms. Four weeks later, his admin approved a tariff exemption worth billions of dollars to Belgium's diamond industry.
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Democrats want answers about 18-karat gold ring given to Trump
Weeks after Belgium’s diamond industry gave Trump a ring with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies, it was exempted from paying a U.S. tariff.
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WBUR @wbur.org · 11/08/2026
With supplies running dangerously low, the American Red Cross is urging people to donate blood -- particularly people with type O blood.
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Red Cross urges more donations amid supply shortage
The organization has limited distributions of the most commonly transfused blood type to hospitals in order to ensure its available for patients with life-threatening emergencies.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“The supreme court justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from his fossil fuel interests between 2005 and 2024, a new review of financial disclosures shows.”
theguardian.com
Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis shows
Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 10/08/2026
Trump is raiding wildfire prevention funding to pay for his vanity projects while over 2.3 million acres burn in Oregon
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 10/08/2026
José Olivares's continued coverage of ICE force-feeding hunger striking detainees, widely considered torture: "DHS sources told the Guardian over the weekend that between January 2025 and 4 August, 2026 ICE obtained court orders for involuntary medical treatment for 18 hunger strikers."
theguardian.com
Kurdish hunger striker says ICE force-feeding ‘mentally broke me’
Exclusive: Film-maker Gabar Choli describes how he endured coercive treatment over eight months in detention in Texas
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
They had contracted Blue Angels for 43 years; 43 years The owner says she never received a personal notice that Hegseth was canceling her or any reminder that her contract renewal was coming up This is how the Trump administration treats people, especially Black people
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
In honor of Ross Douthat's last day at the NYT, let's remember this particular headline tweak from just last year.
The New York Times OPINION INTERESTING TIMES Did Women Ruin the Workplace? And can conservative feminism fix it? Nov. 6, 2025, 5:02 a.m. ET @ Share full article Hosted by Ross Douthat Produced by Victoria Chamberlin

RThe New York Times OPINION INTERESTING TIMES Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace? And if so, can conservative feminism fix it? Nov. 6, 2025 f Share full article A ¢ -11K Hosted by Ross Douthat Produced by Victoria Chamberlin
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
To quote Harry Reid on Collins, "always there when you don't need her."
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Seems relevant: Canada is creating jobs at a rate that is roughly 4x that in the United States.
Line chart titled "The pace of job growth in Canada has outpaced job growth in the United States" showing cumulative percent change in employment since December 2024 for Canada and the United States. Canada's employment has grown 1.34% while US employment has increased just 0.34%, meaning Canadian job growth has outpaced the United States by nearly four to one. Canada's employment growth accelerated sharply from 0.98% in June 2026 to 1.34% in July 2026, the highest rate in the period shown, while US employment growth has remained relatively stable between 0.3% and 0.36% from April through July 2026.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I see mass deportations have ushered in a golden age of American prosperity, exactly as promised.
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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We flipped two local office seats in Tennessee tonight. School board & county commission. It's been 30+ years since a Democrat won any race in our county. Holy smokes. We did it.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
If you exclude one specific scene, Mrs. Lincoln actually enjoyed the Ford's Theatre production of "Our American Cousin"
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
NEWS: Knox County is Tennessee's 3rd largest county, and it voted for Trump by 20%. It has a GOP-run school board known for banning books & approving controversial charter schools. Democrats last night flipped control of the school board in Knox County.
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Beth @girlanachronism.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
popular.info/p/senate-rep...
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Senate Republicans launch network of fake news sites
One Nation, the Senate GOP's primary dark money group, is producing propaganda masquerading as journalism.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Third Way is not a 'leading centrist group'. It is the far right fringe of people who don't call themselves Republicans, and a foil for reporters like you to bash mainstream Democrats to further a right-of-center agenda. It has no popular support.
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AW Stiles @awstiles.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 06/08/2026
i'm the eldest of 5, 3 are boys; the self esteem problems they've faced stem from how men (plus misogynists) talk about gender. it's not feminism! it's transphobia! it's white supremacy! stop fucking acting like men are being oppressed by anything but patriarchy! literally what year is it!
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NowBaxter (she/her) @nowbaxter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I was today’s year old when I found out Ray Flynn came from this (in my defense I live in Cambridge)
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NowBaxter (she/her) @nowbaxter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I just hate Peyton Manning so much
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@abdulelsayed.bsky.social triumphing over something like $60 million, $32-ish million of it AIPAC money, is not a "narrow" victory, it's a people's earthquake. This kind of spending is oligarchy in action, to smother democracy through its formal channels, and is getting normalized. Still he won.
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NowBaxter (she/her) @nowbaxter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This part
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Alex Bradley @alexbradley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Seth Moulton is so desperate for power he threw together a fake Epstein attack to slander Ed Markey. The good people of @wgbh.org tore it apart. #mapoli
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NowBaxter (she/her) @nowbaxter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I did NOT have this on my 2026 election bingo card
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 05/08/2026
We've updated our Open Seat tracker TWICE today to reflect GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards' decision to end reelection campaign in #NC11 and Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar's loss in primary for #MI13.
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The Downballot's House open seat & uncontested race tracker
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 03/08/2026
The question is whether someone wanted to do Moulton a big favor by giving him the chance to get in on the ground floor of a company wired for rapid growth, helped by policies championed by Moulton. prospect.org?p=141929
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) speaks with reporters
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Abbie Richards @abbierichards.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Kinda funny how Seth Moulton has made so much money in defense-linked start ups while sitting on the House Armed Services Committee. Not funny haha. Funny weird…..
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Joi Ito's Jibo sez friendly plane wave ✈️👋 @joi-itos-jibo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
If you’re like me and live in Seth’s district, check out @beth4ma.bsky.social!
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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
In a single tweet 6 years ago Seth Moulton undercut his entire reason for running.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The same old Susan Collins charade. As soon as a controversial nominee or a bill has enough votes to pass, she announces she will vote no when it doesn’t matter. She never casts a deciding vote against Trump. Now she will claim this shows how she is so “independent.”
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
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Matthew Kelly @bymatthewkelly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Sen. Roger Marshall has repeatedly taken credit for funding programs he voted against, The Star found. The Republican senator has touted at least $250 million in Kansas projects funded by legislation that he voted against. Story w/ @kacen.bsky.social www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
kansascity.com
In Olathe and beyond, Marshall votes against funding for big projects — then takes credit
Throughout his five years in the U.S. Senate, Roger Marshall has repeatedly touted projects funded by legislation he voted against.
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💉Josh Rubin, MD @drsandman11.medsky.social · 04/08/2026
Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 04/08/2026
Yep. Earlier this year I was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media is aiding the Trump administration’s Epstein cover up.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
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