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@paulamac.bsky.social
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Humanist, liberal, dog and cat lover, books, gardening, cooking, wife of 44 yrs, mother of sons, Henry’s grandma. Democratic socialist. 🇺🇸

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Well done, jeffrey toobin! “the invocation of the possibility by a president who put the prosecutorial process in motion suggests that the nation has moved to a never-before-seen era of malevolence and reprisal.” The Line Trump Crossed by Accusing Obama of Treason www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/o...
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Opinion | The Line Trump Crossed by Accusing Obama of Treason
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
In unexplained order and dissent on the Monday order list, Supreme Court, 8-1, grants Administration's request to remove temporary protected status from some 350k Venezuelans. The status was granted by Biden Admin, but it is by definition nation-wide and temporary. Justice Jackson noted her dissent
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Dorian @flvillager.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Stolen Valor
Stolen valor
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/05/2025
“Sesame Street” has signed a new distribution deal with Netflix, as well as a separate deal with PBS, the show announced on Monday. This gives the children’s show a much needed-boost as it battles a financial crisis. nyti.ms/3Zswh7l
Elmo and other “Sesame Street” characters with their puppeteers on set. Text reads: "‘Sesame Street,’ Facing Crisis, Signs New Deal With Netflix." Photo by Jonah Markowitz for The New York Times.
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paulamac.bsky.social @paulamac.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
www.huffpost.com/entry/econom...
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Economics Professor Utterly Shreds Trump’s Trade Chaos In 5 Seconds Flat
University of Michigan's Justin Wolfers also warned why "everything we buy is at risk."
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paulamac.bsky.social @paulamac.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Those are some fancy rings
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Walz: We don’t need to run government like a business, because we’re not in the profit-making business. We’re in the business of improving lives and looking toward the future. And second, this guy has a proven track record of being an absolute failure.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Kleptocracy
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Walz: When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child has? Government just big enough to fit in your bedroom, your womb, and apparently now in your toy chest.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/05/2025
Amid dropping vaccination rates, 25 children in New York State died from influenza during the 2024-25 flu season — more than in any recent flu season, state health authorities said on Wednesday.
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Flu Killed 25 Children in New York This Season, the Most in Many Years
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 07/05/2025
Two fighter jets gone in a week, totaling over $100 million. Hopefully Hegseth can put the bottle down long enough to explain to DOGE. www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-fig...
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For second time in 8 days, U.S. fighter jet assigned to USS Truman is lost in Red Sea
Two pilots suffered minor injuries in the ordeal.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/05/2025
I talked to @davidfrum.bsky.social about kleptocracy, autocracy, and what connects them youtu.be/cpU26qBcBuw?...
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Anne Applebaum and the Most Corrupt Presidency in American History | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
trying to imagine the reaction to two planes falling off an aircraft carrier with kamala harris as president
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
This is good news
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Some Good News: It’s Working: Ed Martin is out, National Parks are in, Trump is being contradicted by the Intelligence Community & the NC Sup Ct race from last November finally gets decided. Democracy wins. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Some Good News: It’s Working
Last night, I wrote to you about Ed Martin, Trump’s nominee to be the United States Attorney in Washington, D.C..
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/05/2025
So we are back to where we were three months ago: the war will be over when the Russians stop fighting www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Washington will scale back role in Ukraine-Russia peace talks, US says
The State Department announcement marks a significant shift in Washington's approach and comes after months of stalled diplomatic efforts to get Kyiv and Moscow to agree to a deal to end Russia's thre...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/05/2025
Auchincloss on Fox News: "What I'm seeing is a president who is more interested in the valuation of his memecoin than he is about people's 401ks. What I'm seeing is a president who along with Howard Lutnick is self-dealing on crypto instead of worrying about the strength of the US dollar."
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paulamac.bsky.social @paulamac.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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Destroying America Was The Plan All Along
Trump wants to be the anti-FDR — and his goal is to smash the country built during the 20th century.
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paulamac.bsky.social @paulamac.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
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U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter as Trump Tariffs Loomed
Underlying economic growth remained solid in early 2025, but tariffs and uncertainty are expected to cause a further slowdown.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/04/2025
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Dear Canada- Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever. ❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸 #MakeAmericaNormalAgain
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paulamac.bsky.social @paulamac.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Well I see the US is for sale today….
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
But, but .. my “DOGE dividend.” 💔 www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-p...
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The Plan: Impeach Trump after the midterms, 2 years into his term and the struggle to hang on to the country we hope we really are. If Republicans resist, a Democrat-led impeachment proceeding would at the very least be a watershed moment—an essential reckoning: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...
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Trump Is More Likely to Get a Third Impeachment Than a Third Term
In 100 days, he has amply demonstrated he deserves it.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
My takeaway from this: He is so fucked.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Donny Crybaby’s last post of the day at 11:43 PM.
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paulamac.bsky.social @paulamac.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Seems Maoist
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Sunshine, Philosophy & Atticus 🐕‍🦺 @philosophydj.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Pure evil. 🤦‍♀️☮️💙🌊🐕‍🦺
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Inflationary
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paulamac.bsky.social @paulamac.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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Secret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The Rise of Trump’s Crypto Firm
World Liberty Financial has eviscerated the boundary between private enterprise and government policy in ways without precedent in modern American history.
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paulamac.bsky.social @paulamac.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
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paulamac.bsky.social @paulamac.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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Scotty Hoop Shots 🧡🏀💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 @bbwave2024.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
First shoe to drop will be in 2 weeks when the trucking industry is wrecked with almost no freight coming out of the west coast ports.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
BREAKING: we won! A federal judge has enjoined the administration's shut down of Voice of America Another success for the Constitution and for us @sddaction.bsky.social & our many wonderful partners & clients More details to follow--stay tuned!
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Unbelievable. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I’m old enough to remember when conservatives got mad because they thought women were having babies to get cash
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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
A+
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 22/04/2025
'He embraced all people': Californians mourn a pope who shared their values, brought excitement to church
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'He embraced all people': Californians mourn a pope who shared their values, brought excitement to church
Pope Francis was a particularly loved figure in the Los Angeles region. The pontiff's death finds the community grappling with a "big loss."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/04/2025
Pope Francis says in his will that he wants to be laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, where six other popes are buried, in a simple, undecorated tomb with only the inscription “Franciscus,” according to the Vatican, which released the document on Monday.
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Pope Francis’ Will Says He Wishes to Be Buried in Simple Tomb in Rome
Pope Francis stipulated that he be laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, where six other popes are buried.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
He did it. He crashed the entire economy. In exactly 90 days.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21/04/2025
National security clearances? Overrated. Now you too can stay in the loop—thanks to Pete Hegseth’s Friends & Family Plan! youtube.com/shorts/-CKXq...
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Pete Hegseth's National Security 'Friends & Family Plan'
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Pope Francis knew the enemies within: “In every religion there is always a fundamentalist group that does not want to go ahead and lives on bitter memories, on the struggles of the past, looking for more war and also sowing fear." www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
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Pope inflight presser: 'He who builds walls will end up imprisoned by them' - Vatican News
Answering questions put to him by reporters on the papal flight back from Morocco, Pope Francis touched on various topics including dialogue with ...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 22/04/2025
Serious question. Kristi Noem was pictured with a Rolex in El Salvador, and got 3k in cash stolen. She has been on a govt salary for years. Something aint right
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This, sadly, is true. The United States government is in the hands of morally depraved and morally corrupted people who are enabled by moral cowards and the morally apathetic.
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paulamac.bsky.social @paulamac.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Workaround
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/04/2025
A federal judge just ordered intensive expedited discovery into Trump’s illegal deportation of Abrego Garcia. The latest:
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Federal Judge Set to Order Two Weeks of Intensive Expedited Discovery in Abrego Garcia Case
This is another step in a long legal process. But, it's moving fast.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 16/04/2025
“They’re not really using AI, they’re not really driving efficiency. What they’re doing is smashing everything,” the former official said. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse
Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE. “Either we die quickly or we die slowly,” says the director.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Exactly. And if he had committed a thousand crimes, it wouldn’t be a heavy lift to prove just one. But DHS and the White House offer nothing but conclusory bullshit.
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 15/04/2025
Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?" Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’” “I’M PISSED!”
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This is in fact what we have done. Foolish, shortsighted, appalling.
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