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Straddling the Carolinas. Searching for the sane in our insane political purgatory.

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SMART Elections @smartelections.bsky.social · 11h
If #vote counts go backwards on #election night we need you to be part of our Reporting program. Join us Thursday for our groundbreaking #CountTheVote training & learn how to monitor & protect the #midterms. www.volgistics.com/appform/2660... 10/1 7-8:30pm ET
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There are 8 days left to register to vote in Florida. October 5 is the deadline. If you're already registered, take two minutes and check your status anyway. Then go get your people together. Your mom. Your brother. The 18-year-old in your house who has never done this before.
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 27/09/2026
Vote! Pres. Carter was right: "Our American democracy is not a luxury, but a necessity — not the salt in our bread but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion.” President Jimmy Carter, farewell address, Jan. 14, 1981
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A ‘Big Problem’: Trump’s War With Iran Drags Down Republicans in Midterms As their November picture darkens, and gas and diesel prices soar, some Republicans who backed the war for months are now changing their tune.
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A ‘Big Problem’: Trump’s War With Iran Drags Down Republicans in Midterms (Gift Article)
As their November picture darkens, and gas and diesel prices soar, some Republicans who backed the war for months are now changing their tune.
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 21/09/2026
I’ll work with anyone in Congress to help reign in our debt, end Congressional stock trading, cut taxpayer funded pensions + health care for members of congress, pass term limits, and cut taxes for S.C. families. You can read my full plan at DrAnnieAndrews.com/TaxpayerPledge.
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Michael nc/sc @osbi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm attending Angie for Florida's event, “📣 All In For Angie Mass Call w/ Bernie Sanders! 📣” - sign up now to join me! #AngieForFL www.mobilize.us/angieforflor...
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📣 All In For Angie Mass Call w/ Bernie Sanders! 📣 · Angie for Florida
Our people-powered movement took the political establishment head on and won, y'all! Because when working people organize, we win! Now, it's time to take that energy to November: join our Volunteer M...
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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A thoughtful analysis addressing the possible legislative guidelines, dangers and implications of AI that goes far deeper than Republican Sen. Ted Cruz's “I’d rather they be American killer robots and not Chinese killer robots."
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As Fears of A.I. Catastrophe Magnify, Washington Stirs, but Mostly Slumbers (Gift Article)
President Trump has been in the forefront of the “what-me-worry?” crowd, refusing to engage on how to balance the risks and rewards of A.I.
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Michael nc/sc @osbi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Alice Weidel, the leader of the neo Nazi AfD party in Germany, is a lesbian woman married to an immigrant woman of color with two adopted kids She is proudly anti immigrant, anti LGBT and anti LGBT adoption and lives primarily in Switzerland. Rights for me, none for thee.
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 07/09/2026
Jesus Christ: after a recent ruling by the Eighth Circuit that allowed Act 372 to take effect, an Arkansas county has banned all children from checking out any books in the adult section, bringing home any DVDs, or using the self-checkout kiosk in its public libraries.
More recently in Craighead County — symbolically, at least, Ground Zero for the state’s attack on libraries, thanks to Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Jonesboro) — the library announced several changes to circulation as it relates to minors. In a Facebook post, the library listed a number of changes to library policies, including:

Minors are prohibited from using the self-checkout kiosks;
Children under 13 years old may only check out materials from the designated children’s collection, while minors age 13-17 can only check out from the children or teen sections;
Minors may not check out DVDs at all; and  
Minors are prohibited from entering or purchasing anything from the Friends of the Library Bookstore.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As local libraries grapple with how to implement Act 372, a national group calls for legislators to repeal and replace the pro-censorship law.
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As local libraries navigate censorship law, national group calls for repeal - Arkansas Times
Under Act 372 of 2023, librarians can face criminal liability for distributing content that some consider “obscene” or “harmful to minors.” The law also gives city and county governing bodies final…
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redword8.bsky.social @redword8.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Legal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’. Advocacy groups condemn president’s ‘self-serving attempts to take over midterms’. Democracy Defenders Fund, the Campaign Legal Center, the American Civil Liberties Union and others. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Legal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’
Advocacy groups expand legal challenges and condemn president’s ‘self-serving attempts to take over midterms’
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Bring back the corporate death penalty www.salon.com/2026/08/19/b... #corruption #law #Blues
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Bring back the corporate death penalty
We have a mechanism to punish corporations that harm us. We should use it
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
These religious leaders were arrested for protesting ICE. Looks like fascism to me. This was in Vermont
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I met a grandmother in Houston. Augusta works 10-hour shifts at the airport, but her wages don’t cover her basic expenses. Now she and her 5-year-old grandson are facing eviction. In the United States Senate, we’re going to have Augusta’s back.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/09/2026
NEW: the man who attacked Amy Acton is the brother of a Ramaswamy donor who worked for Husted’s campaign. tiffinohio.net/posts/patric...
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Armed man arrested after pushing toward Amy Acton is brother of Ramaswamy donor who quit Husted campaign
Patrick Havas, 38, was arrested Sunday while carrying two pistols and a Taser. His brother, Andrew Havas, gave more than $10,102 to Vivek Ramaswamy and resigned from Jon Husted’s campaign after scruti...
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Possibly the most American news of all time
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Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And if you think this is wrong and needs to be addressed they call you a communist
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Karl @karlnintendostar.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Everyone who sees this needs to vote blue no matter what. #Blues
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This piece from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social made me cry all over again. An elegy. Read it. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
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Opinion | The Greatest Story Dolly Parton Ever Wrote Was Herself (Gift Article)
She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer.
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larry.earth (he/him) 8647 @larry.earth · 26/08/2026
“Conservative gay rights group”? Seriously? @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
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Conservative Gay Rights Group Ends Support for Trans Causes (Gift Article)
The Log Cabin Republicans, which is dedicated to gay causes, says that trans rights advocates focus too much on minors.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This fucking ROCKS.
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1199SEIU Florida @florida.1199seiu.org · 18/08/2026
It’s Election Day! Polls are open 7am to 7pm. Find your polling place and other voter info at dos.fl.gov/elections Support Angie Nixon for US Senate and all of our endorsed candidates. #ourpowerourvote #wecarewevote
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 18/08/2026
Florida's Senate primary is tomorrow. Alexander Vindman's wife told Angie Nixon that she should "buy some professional clothes." Vindman won't debate Nixon. He's lived in FL 3 years. Angie Nixon is a lifelong Floridian who has polled stronger against Ashley Moody. Vote for Angie Nixon tomorrow.
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Florida Has Until August 18th to Get This Right. Vote Angie Nixon.
Rachel Vindman mocked a Black woman’s clothes and shoes. Alexander Vindman won’t debate her. The polling says Nixon wins the general. The choice is clear.
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Michael nc/sc @osbi.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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National park signs on women and LGBTQ+ history are disappearing. Librarians are preserving the record
The revisions have scrubbed or softened accounts of violence, slavery, activism and lived experiences, raising questions about whose stories the government considers worth telling.
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Michael nc/sc @osbi.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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LGBTQ Community Wants Input as Private Club Opens Up on Historic Public Beach
The community that has made a home out of Jacob Riis Beach is using every lever of power available to preserve it.
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Michael nc/sc @osbi.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Come chat and listen to Kentucky District 2 Congressional Candidate, Megan Wingfield. Tonight she is on Kensconsin's Tuesday Unfiltered www.youtube.com/live/WKpQI1q...
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Can Grassroots Beat Big Money? Megan Wingfield vs. Brett Guthrie
YouTube video by Kensconsin Politics
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 08/08/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul LGBTQnation Dept of Ed says it will stop tracking trans students which means it will also no longer be able to track when they are targeted for bullying or harassment in the classroom. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/depa...
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Department of Education will no longer track the bullying of trans & non-binary kids - LGBTQ Nation
The lack of data collection will leave harm to the children left unreported.
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Milkii B, Mx @mxmilkiib.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
AFAB enbian person uses womens' toilets. mob then beats them & their waiting transfemme(?) partner. no fight back. ambulance needed. couple get arrested for disorder. AFAB is put in men's jail under the name of an attacker. Louisiana, #USA textbook fascism.
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A mob viciously beat a trans couple. Now the alleged victims could get sent to prison. - LGBTQ Nation
Police criminally charged Shae Sanders and Aurora Rush, who were both injured in the cruel attack.
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Michaelle @michaellevotes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I'm attending Angie for Florida's event, “All Eyes on Florida, All Hands on Deck: Angie Nixon for US Senate” - sign up now to join me! #AngieForFL www.mobilize.us/angieforflor...
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All Eyes on Florida, All Hands on Deck: Angie Nixon for US Senate · Angie for Florida
This is your invitation to be part of Angie Nixon's people-powered campaign to bring affordability back to Florida! Join U.S. Senate Candidate Angie Nixon and special guests, for an energizing power-...
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wishda @wishda.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The DSA in Wilmingotn, N.C. has created a "crisis" by putting benches at city bus stops, after literal decades of the city promising and failing to do so.
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Democratic Socialists’ bus benches remain, city mum on next steps | Port City Daily
WILMINGTON — The handmade bus benches installed by the Wilmington Democratic Socialists of America have highlighted a problem nearly everyone agrees exists: most Wave bus stops have nowhere for riders...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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WKMS @wkmsfm.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
On Friday, a federal judge in Louisville ordered the release of a Ugandan woman who says she was denied medical care for sickle cell anemia after she was detained by U.S Customs and Immigration Enforcement at the Muhammad Ali International Airport earlier this month.
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UPDATE: Louisville woman with sickle cell to be released from ICE custody
Friends and family said Wednesday a local jail was holding Sarafinah Bukirwa for federal immigration charges and wasn’t giving her proper care.
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News Facts Network @nfnnews.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Kentucky Woman Released From ICE Custody After Medical Care Complaints
LEITCHFIELD, Kentucky — A Louisville woman with sickle cell disease was released from federal immigration custody Friday after her family and a member of Congress raised concerns that she was not receiving essential medical care. Sarafinah Bukirwa, 31, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents July 22 at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport while traveling to a sickle cell conference. She was transferred to the Grayson County Detention Center, where her brother, Isaac Kabunga, alleged that she sometimes received incomplete medication or medicine diluted in water. A federal judge ordered Bukirwa released, and her family paid a $1,500 bond. She was admitted to a hospital for treatment after leaving custody, according to local reporting. Bukirwa came legally from Uganda with work authorization, operates a nonprofit supporting people with sickle cell disease and has a pending asylum case. Her family said she had been hospitalized for a medical crisis one day before her arrest. Grayson County Jailer Jason Woosley previously denied that Bukirwa was deprived of treatment, saying she received all prescribed medications. Rep. Morgan McGarvey welcomed her release but said many noncriminal detainees remain confined in Kentucky facilities. Approximately 1,200 people are being held for ICE across about 10 Kentucky jails, which receive federal payments for housing them. Sources: * News From the States – MBFC Rating The post Kentucky Woman Released From ICE Custody After Medical Care Complaints appeared first on News Facts Network.
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Rep. Morgan McGarvey @repmcgarvey.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I’m so relieved Sarafinah is finally getting the care she needs and this nightmare is behind her, but so many families are still going through it. As long as this cruel administration continues its campaign of terror in our communities, we have to keep standing up for our neighbors. bit.ly/4x6xAao
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Judge orders release of Louisville woman in ICE custody case
An immigration judge granted bond to a Ugandan woman with sickle cell anemia after her family raised concerns about her medical care.
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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Maine Just Told ICE to Get Out Hundreds of the state’s police departments, school districts, and libraries are now required to refuse cooperation with the agency. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Maine just told ICE to get out
Hundreds of the state's police departments, school districts, and libraries are now required to refuse cooperation with the agency.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers who went on strike for 3+ years, only to have the owners sell the paper and fire most of them, have started their own cooperative news org. Important reporting by @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social
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Corporate profiteers destroyed journalism. Worker-owned media can save it.
Former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers went on strike for over three years and won. Then, the owners sold the paper and most strikers lost their jobs. Now, they’ve launched “a cooperative news organiz...
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
💥 We've got our first-ever monthly KAPOW calendar!!! August is packed with movie nights, game nights, Mutual Aid Days, tax workshops, park cleanups, art builds, livestreams, door knocking, mending, and more. Take a look, save the dates, and come hang!!
August:

Office closed Mondays & Tuesdays, Aug 17-23, except virtual events & volunteer-led park cleanups

8/1: Tax workshop, 12-3P
8/2: Mutual Aid Day, 10AM-12P, Kat stream, 7-9P
8/3: Virtual game night, 6-8P
8/5: Game night, 6-8PM, Kat stream, 7-9P
8/6: Tax workshop, 12-3P
8/8: GOTV door knock for Francesca Hong, 10AM-6P
8/9: Mutual Aid Day, 11AM-1P, Kat stream, 7-9P
8/10: Art build, 5-8P
8/12: Movie night, 6-8P, Kat stream, 7-9P
8/13: Chicago Ignition Front art build, 5-8P
8/15: Tax workshop, Penny Park cleanup, 1-2P
8/16: Mutual Aid Day, Game day, 1:30-3:30P, Kat stream, 7-9P
8/17: Virtual movie night, 6-8P
8/19: Kat stream, 7-9P
8/20: Virtual game night, 6-8P
8/22: Garfield Park cleanup, 1-2P
8/23: Douglass Park cleanup, 1-2P, Kat stream, 7-9P
8/24: Virtual game night, 6-8P
8/26: Game night, 6-8PM, Kat stream, 7-9P
8/27: State of KAPOW, 5-8P
8/28: Art build, 6-8P
8/29: Tax workshop, 10AM-1PM, Smith Park cleanup, 1-2PM
8/30: Mending Day, 11AM-1PM, Kat stream, 7-9P
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Michael nc/sc @osbi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Sarafinah Bukirwa "She's declining": Family fights for medical care as Louisville woman sits in ICE custody www.shayinformed.com/shes-declini...
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"She's declining": Family fights for medical care as Louisville woman sits in ICE custody
A week after her arrest at Louisville's airport, Sarafinah Bukirwa's family says her condition is worsening- and they're still waiting on answers. "I'm Shay McAlister, and this is Shay Informed: an i...
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Michael nc/sc @osbi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"She's declining": Family fights for medical care as Louisville woman sits in ICE custody www.shayinformed.com/shes-declini...
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"She's declining": Family fights for medical care as Louisville woman sits in ICE custody
A week after her arrest at Louisville's airport, Sarafinah Bukirwa's family says her condition is worsening- and they're still waiting on answers. "I'm Shay McAlister, and this is Shay Informed: an i...
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Michael nc/sc @osbi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Woman detained by ICE at Louisville airport says she isn’t receiving needed medical care share.google/uMncwk81kJTG...
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Woman detained by ICE at Louisville airport says she isn’t receiving needed medical care
After being detained at the Louisville airport, friends and family say a local jail is holding Sarafinah Bukirwa for federal immigration charges and isn’t giving her proper care – now she’s in a healt...
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Lexington Herald-Leader @kentucky.com · 29/07/2026
Sarafinah Bukirwa is a Louisville woman who has sickle cell anemia. Her family said they believe she has not been given her medications.
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KY woman held in ICE detention has not received prescribed medications, family says
Sarafinah Bukirwa is a Louisville woman who has sickle cell anemia. Her family said they believe she has not been given her medications.
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Ryan Van Velzer @ryanvanvelzer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
After being detained at the Louisville Airport, friends and family say a local jail is holding Sarafinah Bukirwa for federal immigration charges and isn’t giving her proper care – now she’s in a health “crisis.” www.lpm.org/news/2026-07...
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Woman detained by ICE at Louisville airport says she isn’t receiving needed medical care
After being detained at the Louisville Airport, friends and family say a local jail is holding Sarafinah Bukirwa for federal immigration charges and isn’t giving her proper care – now she’s in a healt...
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timewaste.bsky.social @timewaste.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is a good article thoroughly explaining Phang’s lawsuit against the DOJ.
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Michael nc/sc @osbi.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We need 4 seats for the Democrats to control the Senate. Nothing, nothing, is more important than Democratic control of the House and Senate. Here are the races to watch for U.S. Senate in the midterms : NPR share.google/QeqZPe2hteHL...
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With just a few primary elections to go, the competitive Senate map keeps shifting
For Democrats to take control of the U.S. Senate, they have to flip four seats currently held by Republicans. Republicans, meanwhile, are playing defense and pickup opportunities are harder to find.
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I’ll be marching at Trans Pride in London today. Say hello if you see me. 🏳️‍⚧️💜🏳️‍⚧️🩵🏳️‍⚧️ #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Marv Scott @marvscott69.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Biggest ever Trans+ Pride in London as state ramps up attacks ‘Andy Burnham needs to stand up to the transphobes who do not represent the majority’ socialistworker.co.uk/lgbt/trans-p...
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Biggest ever Trans+ Pride in London as state ramps up attacks
The streets of London were filled with blue, white and pink flags on Saturday as some 150,000 people joined London's Trans+ Pride March.
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Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Others have noted that this gigantic march hasn't gotten the level of attention it deserves—so let's amplify the story. This seems like a good writeup from the Independent. "An estimated 150,000 people marched through central London in the world’s largest trans pride event, organisers have said."
independent.co.uk
150,000 march through London in world’s largest trans pride, organisers say
Protesters voiced anger at the new guidance on single sex-spaces and fears that trans people are being excluded from society.
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