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I block wishes for violence or death against anyone, misogyny. No DM's, #Democracy #Equity #Caregiver #Ph.D. Never changed my name. #Vegan Congenital Rubella warrior.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Columbus Dispatch: "Fox News released a poll showing Trump-endorsed candidates trailing Democrats in the races for governor and Senate. And now, all of a sudden, one of Ohio's major get-out-the-vote groups finds Trump agents at their door and in their house..." www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
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Stench from Trump's Cleveland raid turning stomachs miles away. | Opinion
Fox releases a poll showing Trump's candidates trailing Democrats in Ohio. "Suddenly" a voter registration group finds his agents at its doors.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"Frustrated by a city council that has refused to oppose the opening of an immigration detention center, community activists in Surprise, Arizona are hoping residents will agree to disincorporate the city, stripping away the council’s power...." azmirror.com/2026/06/17/f...
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Frustrated by inaction on ICE warehouse, activists move to dissolve Surprise altogether
Surprise ICE warehouse facility opposition fuels a petition to disincorporate the Arizona city entirely, but it's a big challenge to do so
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
“Given the signals that we’ve received from this administration, all of the ways they have acted to intervene in elections and to insert DOJ in election processes in a way that is inappropriate, we would be foolish to not be prepared,” she said. “So we are prepared." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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ACLU to monitor election certification as part of $50 million midterm effort
Half of the group’s spending will go toward ensuring proper administration of elections in key states amid Trump’s efforts to exert greater influence over the process.
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Dave @carlsbaddave.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Exactly! Women and POC have had more positive impact on this country than any white xtian male with 3 teeth ever had!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"The door, locked. Its windows boarded up. The only indicator of what might have been is a green sign at the top of the entryway: 'African-American History'. "The would-be exhibit is one of dozens that were scrubbed from federal land by the Trump administration..." www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Trump and Republicans radically raised health insurance premium costs -- doubling them on average -- and so 5 million Americans who used to have health insurance now can't afford it. More than half the people who have this kind of health insurance live in GOP districts: www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...
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5 million have dropped ACA insurance after Trump and the GOP let prices skyrocket
Enrollment in Affordable Care Act insurance fell much more sharply in the first months of 2026 than it has in years past. Trump officials blame fraud. Health policy experts blame costs.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"Greenwater Services got a no-bid contract and is partly owned by a twice-convicted felon who is a Trump friend..." www.wsj.com/us-news/linc...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"High primary turnout among Black voters has given Democrats hope for upset wins in the South..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Why resisting Trump has galvanized Black Democrats as the midterms approach
High primary turnout among Black voters in the South has given some in the party hope for upset wins in the region.
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opedwriter @opedwriter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Trump Jr's 'Amazon of guns' could make millions under new proposed firearm rule - www.reuters.com/legal/govern... @texasgunsense.bsky.social
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Trump Jr.'s 'Amazon of guns' could make millions under new proposed firearm rule
GrabAGun, the online retailer where Trump's son is a shareholder and board member, could reap a windfall from a proposed rule change that would make it easier to ship guns directly to people's homes.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Donald Trump's idea of "The worst of the worst". ICE arrests Catholic nun from the Daughters of Mary Mother of Mercy congregation while she was on her way to Sunday Mass. South Texas lawmakers scramble to intervene with ICE to get her released: www.tpr.org/news/2026-06...
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South Texas nun released after being detained by ICE
Sister Letty Ugboaja's release came following a bipartisan push from Texas lawmakers.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Johnson: If we lose the midterms, these Democrats will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they'll go after the president's family, the cabinet, his donors, friends, half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you.
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opedwriter @opedwriter.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Epstein pal & fellow billionaire Leon Black denies he paid Epstein millions of dollars for access to women in Epstein's sex trafficking network. There’s only one way to know: The treasury dept must release Epstein’s bank records! share.weareultraviolet.org/s/0R58ulyW
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It’s time to see Epstein’s bank records
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“That’s a recipe not just for a politicized military, but an authoritarian military,” he said. “That’s the way militaries work in Russia and China and North Korea.” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Army general abruptly steps down as Hegseth’s Pentagon purge intensifies
Gen. Chris Donahue was described as “the latest casualty” in the defense secretary’s “purge of the military’s senior ranks.”
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Trump and Republicans "Big Beautiful Bill" has already taken food assistance away from more than 770,000 American kids: www.propublica.org/article/snap...
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More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...
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opedwriter @opedwriter.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Trump told Maggie and Jonathan that a "historian" had written that Trump had more power than Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler. The "historian" turned out to be a golf caddy. 25th Amendment, anyone?
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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
If you love animals, keep them away from your plate. 🙏🌱 🎨 VeganFTA
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Love @celiebug.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Kat 🕊️ @smith83k.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The official portrait of Michelle and Barack Obama was unveiled at the Obama Presidential Center today! #Pinks #ObamaAppreciationDay #MichelleObamaAppreciationDay
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Barack Obama: “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time — we are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek” #ObamaAppreciationDay
Former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama & 44th U.S. President Barack Obama smile during the 75th NBA All-Star Game. (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)
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GoBlue @blu2b4u.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It’s obvious that these made up “charges” in Minnesota are intended to try to intimidate legitimate protesters and anyone opposed to the fascists of the corrupt and ethically devoid Trump regime/cult… Because their “leader” is a weak and hypersensitive Crybaby 😭😢
Notice that, somehow, No Kings protesters were able to protest without breaking into Capital buildings and smearing their feces all over the walls.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
make america have kidney failure again! when they find that their raw milk is contaminated with E. coli, campylobacter, or listeria... they *make cheese* with it?? the donald j. trump administration: pioneers in diarrhea governance. www.propublica.org/article/mark...
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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Former GOP official breaks with party in ad to play during Republican convention
The one-minute ad featuring former Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley will be on conservative airwaves in Houston on Friday and Saturday during the GOP’s state convention.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
"Since Trump entered the White House last year, at least 500 babies and toddlers have been held by ICE ICE has dramatically increased detentions of children aged 3 and under, holding 25 of them in custody on an average day between January 2025 and March 2026..." www.ms.now/news/trump-i...
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ICE has detained over 500 babies and toddlers under Trump
On an average day, ICE has 25 children aged 3 or younger in custody, according to joint research by MS NOW and The Marshall Project.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"Days after the completion of a politically-charged renovation project at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, DC visitors are reporting the problematic green algae is back, and seemingly stronger than ever..." www.wusa9.com/article/news...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
🚨 RED ALERT: Trump has formally nominated his former personal criminal defense lawyer, Todd Blanche, to run the entire DOJ permanently. A single Republican "no" vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee can sink this nomination. Tell your Senators to vote NO right now: 👇
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Tell Your Senators: Oppose Todd Blanche for Attorney General
Contact Congress today!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Wouldn’t it be nice if the world’s first trillionaire wasn’t responsible for policies that led to the deaths of several hundred thousand people worldwide?
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
the scaffolding seems well and truly built at this point, no? 48 mins til midnight! www.youtube.com/live/aAhm880...
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LIVE: See Donald Trump's name come off the Kennedy Center as it happens
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It's that melanin thing. You're not allowed to be a member in good standing of the "We're the Only Real Americans" club if you're not clearly melanin deficient and assumed to vote Republican.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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Whistleblower warns a devastating economic bubble is about to pop Trump’s rotten economy
President Donald Trump has significantly boosted AI throughout his second term — and a whistleblower confirms that major economic bubble is about to burst, and take many Americans' fortunes with it.“W...
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opedwriter @opedwriter.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Join Jews across the country to demand that Salah Sarsour be released from custody and returned to his family immediately with his green card intact. Learn more and add your name:: www.bendthearc.us/release_sala...
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Jews Demand: Release Salah Sarsour
The Trump regime using antisemitism as a smokescreen to crush our civil liberties and divert attention and resources away from real antisemitism
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Practical Magic ✨ Aunty Em @strike26.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We have to take it seriously! If we do not and he pushes the button what will we say then? "Oh wow, I didn't really think he would do it, my bad" - NO you prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
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Practical Magic ✨ Aunty Em @strike26.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
@reptedlieu.bsky.social @tedlieu.bsky.social where is your name? @citizensimpeachment.com @flareusa.bsky.social
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Absolutely nothing is stopping John Cornyn, Tillis, Murkowski, & Paul from caucusing immediately with Democrats & giving them control of the Senate. The same is true of Thomas Massie & any 2 retiring GOP Reps in the House. It is a choice to continue caucusing with the authoritarian personality cult.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Senile Satan is making ads for the Democrats now.
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Jori M. @jorinyc.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
88 Corporations That Paid No US Federal Income Tax in 2025 Spent $852 Million on Recent Lobbying, Elections www.commondreams.org/news/tax-dod...
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88 Corporations That Paid No US Federal Income Tax in 2025 Spent $852 Million on Recent Lobbying, Elections | Common Dreams
"The result," said the author of a new Public Citizen analysis, "is a self-reinforcing loop where corporate cash buys policy, and policy pays cash back."
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The former, top elected Republican in Tarrant County (Texas’ largest red county) is putting out on an ad urging Republicans not to vote for Ken Paxton. Ad will air tomorrow on the radio in Houston, where the Texas GOP is holding is convention.
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Former GOP official breaks with party in ad to play during Republican convention
The one-minute ad featuring former Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley will be on conservative airwaves in Houston on Friday and Saturday during the GOP’s state convention.
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Newsweek: A new poll shows Talarico leading Paxton 47% to 44%. While Texas remains a challenging state for Democrats, Paxton’s unfavorable ratings and past controversies, including a 2023 impeachment, may give Talarico an opening. Yes, please! 🙏 #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Apparently, Iran shot down the US Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz last night while the US commander-in-chief was busy sleeping at the Knicks game.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The CFPB was created to protect consumers from scams, fraud, and financial abuse. After years attacking the CFPB, the Trump administration has turned the bureau into a weapon pointed at nonprofits and political opponents. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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How Trump allies turned a consumer watchdog into a political weapon
The administration that tried to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has found a new use for it: advancing its political goals.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 09/06/2026
Imagine being the most decorated gymnast in history, almost dying, and media referring to you as “NFL Wife” as your greatest achievement.😑 Misogyny is a helluva drug. Smh. Truly hope Simone is safe and makes a full recovery. What a horrible experience.
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Jim Robert @mollygrub.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
tell me more about trump/republican populism www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Team Trump’s latest no-bid contract: $5 million to coat horse statues in gold
The Republican’s administration’s aggressive renovation agenda for the nation’s capital now includes yet another controversial addition.
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Jay Juno @jayjuno.com · 21/05/2026
Politicians who don't understand why voters say things like "both parties are the same" should really consider how a child abused by one parent usually feels about the other parent that just stands by and watches...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
As you read about how DOD is cooking the books so poor Donny doesn't have to hear about what a loser he is, remember that almost all media outlets repeat Trump's claims about the Iran War as if he knows fuckall about it and has agency to affect it.
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💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you!” #RBG #pinks
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Trump keeps bragging about “acing” cognitive tests designed to detect dementia… while rambling about horses and imaginary math to crowds. If you have to keep insisting you’re mentally sharp, you definitely aren’t. 🙃 #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/AsEIVF8mxTYq...
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Trump’s ‘Dementia’ Test Boasts Break Jimmy Kimmel’s Brain — The Daily Beast
The president can’t stop bragging about having to take cognitive tests.
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opedwriter @opedwriter.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Trump Falls Asleep Again After He Says Medical Checkup Went Perfectly newrepublic.com/post/210989/... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump Falls Asleep Again After He Says Medical Checkup Went Perfectly
This time, the president fell asleep as his Cabinet discussed war.
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