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Dr S.L. French

@p-french.bsky.social
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Prof; historian; genealogy buff; feminist 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ she/her

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8h
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4h
Weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration is sending $500 checks to select Americans. Why that is less a policy win and more a voter bribery scheme is worth understanding. So is how Trump is turning the presidency into a corrupt family business. Two stories. One familiar Trumpian playbook.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
This Week In The Big Picture
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Jessica Wakeman @jessicawakeman.bsky.social · 4h
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
phoenixnewtimes.com
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Ed Overbeek @edoverbeek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I would point out that there’s only one of them on that stage who helped overturn Roe v Wade, and that’s her
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 8h
This is impeachable. The president can't do whatever he wants.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h
Just five giant conglomerates now control 90 percent of the media. The reason this is so dangerous might not be what you think.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 3h
Why am I not suprised that Trump will try to create a crisis before the midterms??? Yet another play out of the authoritarian playbook… www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
theatlantic.com
Trump Is Considering a Plan to Strike Iran Before the Midterms
Pentagon planners are weighing options, though no final decision has been made.
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Dr S.L. French @p-french.bsky.social · 3h
No. This will not appease the three Magats who might change sides. And it will profoundly piss off real followers. Eff all the way off.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: Christa Pike - who survived two botched executions in Tennessee - is AWAKE and able to speak. apnews.com/article/chri...
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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after Tennessee failed execution, her attorneys say
Attorneys for Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her, say she is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22h
You cannot convince me that frat brothers organically walked into separate police interviews using the same word, “consensual,” and that it wasn’t coordinated. Especially after a witness told police there was allegedly a fraternity meeting to get everyone “on the same page”.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 13h
NEWS: California leaders call Trump "mentally ill" as calls for the 25th Amendment grow. Ken Paxton caught on tape admitting Trump's war and gas prices are sinking his campaign. Senator says the Pentagon blocked him from a US base. Trump wants to turn Mar a Lago into the next Camp David.
aaronparnas.substack.com
NEWS: California Leaders Call Trump ‘Mentally Ill,’ Paxton Turns on Trump's War, Gold Star Families Snub Trump, Trump Eyes Golf Club Camp David
Good morning, everyone.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 13h
What a comically out of touch response. Maine, please vote this idiot out.
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 12h
NPR: Wait, prison staff are actually told to check wikipedia for the correct dosage? And that pentobarbital is stored in an unmarked mason jar in the fridge? On the one hand, I don't want to hear details about executions. On the other, the more people know, the more they oppose the death penalty.
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 12h
The transcript's not up yet, but:
npr.org
Former Tennessee prisons chief also oversaw botched executions in Arizona
Before Tennessee's prisons chief stepped down in the aftermath of a horrific failed execution, he oversaw botched executions in Arizona. A review of protocols there spelled out serious issues.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Indie Aut. Stuart Miller📖✍️🤓 Believe in yourself & your potential @stuartmiller1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨TRIGGER WARNING🚨 Women aren't -Baby making machines -A "maid" for cooking, cleaning & childcare -For satisfying a man's desires/demands etc. Women don't HAVE to sacrifice goals/dreams Women have the RIGHT to be -Unmarried -Childless -Career driven etc. #Women aren't slaves or objects to be used
White House to restrict abortion and birth control after midterms
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Buy 500 Kavanaugh bobble heads. In various ways demonstrate the violence of these snatches. Then set it up outside SCOTUS. Add some Stop signs.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026
A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026
Last time we reported the 170 number, Kristi Noem denied the administration had detained any citizens. This time, we’re releasing the full list — and a host of video evidence — along with our story.
A screenshot of a ProPublica database showing incidents of citizens being detained A screenshot of videos showing US citizens being detained with a large number 506 at the bottom
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Early voting starts today in my state. Here's the dates for the others. Early voting is on-time voting. Waiting till election day is late
Early voting start dates per state. Election day itself is November 3rd.
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Dr S.L. French @p-french.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How can someone this dumb be a supreme Court justice? Oh yeah, white guy...
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Dr S.L. French @p-french.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What is the movie that came out before you were born that you’ve watched the most times?
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Auntie Mame Rosalind Russell: How Vivid
ALT: Auntie Mame Rosalind Russell: How Vivid
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/10/2026
The Department of Homeland Security signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft at a substantial markup from a company owned by a political contributor of Kristi Noem on her last day as secretary, documents show. trib.al/a3d0s6B
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"
gadgetreview.com
Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
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Dr S.L. French @p-french.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I've been sitting next to a dad and four little boys aged 2 to 7 for about 15 minutes and I just now heard the word "booger"- that's got to be a record!
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stealing money specifically appropriated for Slovakia and North Macedonia FEELS like a favor to Putin. Stealing money specifically appropriated for Iraq -- from which we've withdrawn a SECOND major base in the Middle East -- feels like a favor to Putin's allies in Iran.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WaPo reports that Trump is stealing money again, this time money appropriated for (among others) Eastern Europe and sending it to Latin America. But I think stealing $$ from Iraq is just as important. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Late Wednesday, the administration quietly notified Congress it was defying the hold and moving ahead, diverting to Panama, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia $52 million that had been approved for Slovakia, North Macedonia, Tunisia and Iraq, the officials said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss security matters.
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Dr S.L. French @p-french.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Any family historian has seen multiple child deaths in the 18th and 19the centuries. It's the 21st century. We're supposed to be better. 🤬
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Five people should be alive now rasmussenretorts.substack.com/i/215029745/... @angierasmussen.bsky.social Five measles deaths have occurred this year in Pennsylvania. That brings the death toll for this measles outbreak to eight people, at least four of them children no older than six.
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not only does HHS continue to deny that two babies and now two adults have died from measles on its watch, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. continues to lie about it. For example, he’s fond of saying completely untrue things like this:
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
TODAY: New SNAP cuts are kicking in because of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." 5 million people have already lost food assistance, including 1.5 million+ kids since the bill was enacted. No kid deserves to go hungry so Trump can give his billionaire buddies another tax handout.
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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The idea that Newsom is even remotely a serious candidate for president is so goddamn clown shoes at this point In the past month he's vetoed LGBTQ+ rights measures, pushed the Paramount merger through, further cozied up to AI barons and now this. Dude couldn't even win a Governor reelection now
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Dr S.L. French @p-french.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I attended the women's college 30 minutes north of Cornell in the 1980s. I spent a lot of time watching out for my friends & was lucky enough to find "the good frat" where the brothers would make sure we were safe. In the last week, dozens of friends from the 80s to 2020s have shared their stories
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Jessica Wakeman @jessicawakeman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
nytimes.com
As Cornell Reckons with Sexual Assault Case, Will Applicants Think Twice?
Many alumni and some prospective parents are rethinking their relationships with Cornell. But as one admissions consultant said, “Prestige is a powerful draw.”
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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think its important to understand the campus sexual assault crisis is way worse than you think. universities suspend just 1/12,400 students each year for sexual misconduct & expel 1/22,900. once you read title ix administrators in their own words, you get a sense why that is:
jezebel.com
Not Only Do Campus Sexual Assailants Go Unpunished, They Often Get Special Treatment
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
US poised to boot LEGAL immigrants from Medicaid, including 177,000 in #Florida www.bradenton.com/news/immigra... via @bradenton.com
bradenton.com
US poised to boot legal immigrants from Medicaid, including 177,000 in Florida
Florida alone identified nearly 177,000 immigrants who would no longer qualify for the state’s Medicaid program starting in October.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ICE tackled an American citizen at work, called his REAL ID fake, and handcuffed him. Three times. The judge Trump appointed just wrote one sentence about it that ICE is going to hear for years. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-billiona...
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Gloria Pan @glopan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ICE is not grabbing headlines like it did before, because it's gotten sneaky by distributing its efforts, making it more effective and even more cruel. Don't be fooled. They are the bones of Trump's dream of a police state that must be stopped!
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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
whenever you feel like you’re too small to change anything know that citizens from small towns and cities that speak up against flock and axon cameras in their communities (and sometimes get arrested for it) are fighting and sometimes succeeding against this
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is clear that Democrats are set to sweep control of Congress in free and fair elections. It is also clear that Trump and the GOP are working to make sure the elections are not free and fair. I founded Democracy Docket to help you stay informed to fight back. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Senior editor Cereese Qusba spent months reporting on the case before breaking the news of the lawsuit on September 18.”
thecut.com
How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case
“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Kimmel to Mamdani: "I live in Los Angeles and that is not the reception our mayor would get"
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here's the CNN story that cites it. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
cnn.com
Trump personally helped orchestrate taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies, source says | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has personally driven the controversial, tax-payer funded video ads promoting himself and his administration’s policies, including helping select the imagery and videos used, a ...
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this is the rape culture btw. the one women have been warning you about, and were told we were hysterical and over-sensitive and couldn't take a joke, and that rape allegations ruin men's lives, and now we live in a meritocracy where the only "merit" is who has hurt the most women
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