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Bay Stater. Retired. Mom, aunt, partner. ☘️

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paulatu.bsky.social @paulatu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Marc Elias: Who will stop Trump now from seizing voting machines? This is precisely why everyone needs to get out & vote in these midterms, the election results need to be overwhelmingly Blue & undeniable!🗳️💙🗳️
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Let's be clear: If not for state AGs, your access to mail-in voting would've been at risk in this upcoming election. While Donald Trump spreads chaos and confusion to suppress YOUR voice, you can count on my office to ensure that your vote is safe and secure. bit.ly/4hR3f9X
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Trump is suddenly urging Republicans to ‘vote by mail’
President Donald Trump has called mail-in voting "corrupt" and a "disaster." Now he says: “Vote early. Vote by mail.”
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
I am once again asking you to vote for B*tch, Listen to win the Listener's Choice Signal Award. My episode w/ Elie Mystal on how the Constitution is a scam to protect rich white dudes has been nominated. You can vote here. tinyurl.com/SignalAwardVote I'm currently in second place. Please vote!
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Susan Collins is showing just how out of touch she is. “I spent a whole year without health insurance…in ‘94” That was 3 decades ago, Susan, when insurance was $1500 annually… Thanks to Susan’s vote that helped pass Trump’s murderous budget bill, premiums are $1500 a month now for some folks.
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paulatu.bsky.social @paulatu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's a feature not a bug
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 07/10/2026
There cannot be lasting peace in the region without a two-state solution that protects the safety and dignity of both innocent Israelis and Palestinians. We cannot tolerate the ongoing efforts to prevent one.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BREAKING: ICE over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote. The internal documents, obtained by the Democracy Forward, showed that ICE's investigative arm also contemplated sending undercover agents to investigate the organizations.
democracydocket.com
ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: In Nebraska rally, Trump just suggested he would be unbothered to see Iran "take out" LA or San Diego: “They could take out a city,” he said. “Let them take—Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. That’s—this is a very small price to pay."
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paulatu.bsky.social @paulatu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
corrupt and crooked - corooked!
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
FYI this is happening in TX.
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tom Tiffany tried to overturn the 2020 election and throw out your votes. Now, MAGA billionaires are spending millions to make him the governor ahead of the 2028 election. Tiffany tried to throw out your votes once. We can’t give him another chance.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 03/10/2026
Stand With Irene Grimes: Legal Defense Fund fundrazr.com/f2mog6?ref=s...
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Stand With Irene Grimes: Legal Defense Fund
Irene Grimes told the truth about an attempt to fire Cumberland County's elections director behind closed doors, and now the same partisan majority she exposed is trying to remove her from the board.
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There’s a lot of talk about what will be in the Rules package when Democrats retake Congress. One thing I can say for sure: we won’t be banning reporters from the Speaker’s Lobby, as some of my Republican colleagues have suggested…
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paulatu.bsky.social @paulatu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So that makes you the Codfather?
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Congresswoman Lori Trahan @trahan.house.gov · 01/10/2026
This goes so far beyond compelling parents to do better raising their sons. We need new laws — and strong enforcement — that prosecute crimes against women and girls, and hold accountable those who look the other way. (2/3)
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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here’s the link again for the FIRE PAC where you can actually read about it & see the specific endorsements of the PAC itself, beyond those that were in the recent pic. www.thefirepac.com Try giving a shit about more than 1 race at a time instead of demanding Black women do everything for you.
thefirepac.com
FIRE PAC | Fueling Individual Rights Everywhere
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paulatu.bsky.social @paulatu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Real Dan Quayle energy there
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paulatu.bsky.social @paulatu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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@DefenceGeek 
NEW: All 5 Fairford Incident suspects bailed

Per @TerrorismPolice
Suspects released on bail, counterterrorism police says

The five arrested subjects have been released on bail, counterterrorism police Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, says.

"I can confirm that following extensive interviews and enquiries, the five men who were arrested are being released on police bail this afternoon," Taylor tells reporters.
"To be very clear, this does not mean that the investigation is over.
"They are subject to stringent conditions on their movement and contact with others.
"They absolutely remain under investigation as we explore multiple lines of enquiry."
He also confirms the details of the incident, including that the men were travelling in three vehicles that were searched afterwards "with the support of military assets and forensic experts":
"Significant resources" remain deployed at the scene and it remains cordoned off while investigations continue.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Do you know your voting deadlines? Depending on your state, you may be running out of time to register to vote in the midterm elections. Take 10 minutes today to make sure you’re ready to vote by November 3 & vote early if you’re able. #HandsOffOurVote
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paulatu.bsky.social @paulatu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I heard it for the 1st time when i read the story last week. Since then, I've heard it in the fish store, at the grocery, on NPR, and in a clothing store. I wouldn't have registered it but for the story. Can I still claim that cultural cachet? Lol
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paulatu.bsky.social @paulatu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Radar map showing projected nor'easter storm over CT, RI, and MA
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026
Q: Mr Sununu, would you have voted for a war powers resolution in the Senate? JOHN SUNUNU:🚶🚶🚶 Q: Would you admit that Trump’s war was a bad decision, or are you just going to do everything that Trump tells you to do? JOHN SUNUNU:🚶🚶🚶
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L. Louise Lucas (mirror bot) @senlouiselucas.bluesky.bot · 25/09/2026
Think people are making too much of data center noise? Turn up the volume. I’ve heard these concerns at every stop on our Data Center Listening Tour. I’ve read them in your comments. So I went to hear it for myself. That’s a data center you hear behind me during this interview. In the
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is heartbreaking. Once again…there’s not a single good thing that came out of not electing Kamala Harris as POTUS. IDGAF if it makes you mad because the truth is ALL of this could have been avoided. The world is a dumpster fire & anyone that didn’t vote, voted 3rd party, or for GOP did this.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to 5 yrs in prison over a voting error, will end with an acquittal The wife of the current district attorney, who fought to keep her conviction in place, asked Crystal if she would consider voting for him
theguardian.com
Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case
Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
John Sununu caught on tape saying he would privatize Social Security after telling New Hampshire voters it was basically old news 👇
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
Tierra Walker should be alive. She thought her pregnancy was killing her—then it did. She asked for an abortion. None of the 90-plus doctors involved in her care even offered her one. Her son found her dead on December 30, 2024. Now her family is suing. New Baby Boom! Lawyered. Out now.
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Tierra Walker Died Under Texas's Abortion Ban. Now Her Family Is Suing
YouTube video by Rewire News Group
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paulatu.bsky.social @paulatu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nixon was pardoned by Ford
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paulatu.bsky.social @paulatu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The GOP embrace Elon's statements.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the vice chair of the appropriations committee, wrote in a statement that “Breast cancer patients shouldn’t be denied hope of a new lifesaving treatment because Russ Vought thinks women’s health research is woke… I’m going to fight this corrupt heist every step of the way”
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Members of Congress push back on plan to create a commission of political appointees to review NIH grants
Several members of Congress voiced strong opposition about a reported plan to create a panel of political appointees to sign off on NIH grants
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paulatu.bsky.social @paulatu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The name of Kao's dummy LLC formed to make illegal contribution for Collins? The Society of Young Women Scientists and Engineers. I imagine the fellas were snickering about how clever that was.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So in addition to being a former clerk to SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch, Mike Davis’ lobbying clients include Hewlett Packard and Walmart. Have the CEOs of those companies been asked to “disavow” and “sever their relationships” with Mike Davis?? He is a grotesque racist.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trahan: Between the president saying things like “let data reign” or “this is a hoax,” no one is buying that. We all lived through social media and the failure that we did not put more guardrails in place when we had the opportunity to do it, whether that’s around privacy or kids’ design.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The first black-owned newspaper, Freedom’s Journal, was published in early 1827 by Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm who, like many early Black journalists, really should be considered among the originators of contemporary U.S. media and muckracking.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump asked Russ Vought, OMB Director and the devil incarnate, to draft an executive order placing political appointees in charge of NIH grant funding, following the NIH director’s refusal to cut grants to Harvard.
politico.com
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control
The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.
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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you're a criminal defense lawyer, this may have happened to your clients—and the government won't tell you that unless you specifically ask. I wrote this model motion to suppress for you to file in your cases to challenge the seizure: www.nacdl.org/getattachmen...
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026
Late last month, ICE put 12 Somali men on a plane and told them they were being deported to Somalia, according to interviews with community leaders, friends, and family members who are in touch with the detainees. Instead, they arrived at the notorious US military base in Cuba.
motherjones.com
The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants at Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democrats *cannot* support the Protection College Sports Act. It’s the most anti-labor coming out of this Congress. We cannot cap the mobility of black athletes, but not white coaches. My newsletter is up. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.com
We Need to Protect College Sports from Ted Cruz
In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent looks at the many ways Ted Cruz’s college-sports bill threatens athletes’ labor rights. Plus: why our mail-in voting nightmare isn’t over.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.huffpost.com/entry/compan...
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ICE Relies On Hundreds Of Companies. A Texas Mom Is Making Sure We Know Exactly Who They Are.
“If being brave means trying to do the right thing even when you’re afraid, I’m becoming brave,” Laura Berlin told HuffPost.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: A group of pro-voting and civil rights organizations is asking a federal court to prevent the Trump administration from using federal law enforcement to intimidate voters during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Pro-voting groups sue to prevent Trump admin from sending federal agents to intimidate voters
The administration's "conduct has transformed voting and voting-related activities—ordinary acts of civic participation—into sources of anxiety, uncertainty, and fear," plaintiffs say.
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paulatu.bsky.social @paulatu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
There's a whole National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program for vaccine injury and it's administered by his own HHS.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, New York! Hispanic New Yorkers have strong roots here, and Hispanic history and culture shine in every corner of our state. Today and every day, I am honored to celebrate our Hispanic communities.
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paulatu.bsky.social @paulatu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'll never forget my kid's kindergarten classmate sweltering in his first day of school corduroy overalls. 🥵
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“Two U.S. citizen teenagers who were on their way to file enlistment papers to join the Marines were violently attacked by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who reportedly detained them for nearly eight hours before letting them go.” newrepublic.com/post/215393/...
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ICE Attacks Two U.S. Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in Marines
The ICE agents reportedly said they didn’t care after being told the two teenagers were citizens.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We have seen Russia’s recklessness at full display in the past 48 hours. A Russian warship fired flares at a Danish helicopter. NATO jets had to shoot down a drone over Lithuania. Russia struck a passenger train near the border with Ukraine. And Poland pulled a drone from its shores. (1/2)
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/09/2026
Here is AOC and Mamdani laughing at the solemn 9/11 commemoration. Oh wait…
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I hope everyone is paying attention to Yemen. If the Houthis are able to hold Mokha and significantly impede Bab al-Mandab, this gets really, really bad.
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