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PennyAK

@pennyg1.bsky.social
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I love democracy. A proud "snowflake"= snowflakes are beautiful. When gathered together in glaciers and avalanches they change the world around them.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
There it is. Any questions?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
We upset the Trump person running the US Forest Service Facebook account. Read their latest post. Read their recent Facebook post. Here are the facts: - Research “continues”? 57 research stations are being closed across 31 states. That’s not continuing (that’s gutting).
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Sunsong23 @sunsong23.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Spread this dear ones: "Bernie Sanders is suggesting the Epstein files be read during the filibuster on the SAVE Act this week. Let's get this to TREND! Answered that for you
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I’m very grateful for everyone that reads my stuff, but I think it’s important more people read this piece so they can put together what is actually happening with the Dept of War 👇
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Yeah but also.....
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The Curious Case of Election-Denying White Supremacist Freakshow Joe Kent
There must certainly be a word-stacking German term for the uncanny feeling...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Markwayne Mullin, Trump's new pick for Homeland Security, talked about the "smell of war" when he's never served n the military.
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MAGA senator slammed for describing ‘smell of war’ when he’s never served
Oklahoma Republican provokes uproar by presuming to speak for soldiers: ‘He probably thinks war smells like Mountain Dew, couch cushions, and control sweat’
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/03/2026
Wow. The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem tells Americans they’re on their own.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
oh dear Kash Patel was using the FBI's private jet to visit his mom... "The evidence response team instead had to drive through the night amid a snowstorm..." www.ms.now/news/senator...
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Kash Patel’s use of jet delayed FBI team’s mass shooting response, whistleblower tells top senator
Sen. Richard Durbin says FBI director’s “misplaced priorities” led to the delayed response to the Brown University shooting in December.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 25/02/2026
The Coastal Plain is a 1.56-million-acre national treasure — sacred ground where the Porcupine caribou herd gives birth, migratory birds flock from all around the globe, and polar bears build their dens. The Trump administration wants to drill there. We can't let that happen ➡️ bit.ly/3MyKNYb
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
BREAKING: I read the new version of the “Save America Act” (S. 1383) so u don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru DHS’s faulty “SAVE” voter purge program. Points 6 & 7 are new too. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE 1/
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James Brooks Cascade @alaska.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
I made an important error in the prior version of this article, which I’ll explain in a thread. It has a new headline and some additions, and I’ve deleted the old skeet to limit the spread of bad info. #akleg
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Federal government may seek removal of individual Alaskans from state voter rolls | Alaska Beacon
A memo signed by the head of the Division of Elections in December, says the state must clean its voter roll of people identified by the DOJ.
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AMPTsuper @amptsuper.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
"Lee said clients he later spoke with told him the protest was triggered by concerns over the treatment of Liam Conejo Ramos, a five-year-old who was taken into custody with his father in Minnesota earlier this week and transferred to the Dilley facility." www.tpr.org/border-immig...
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Protest breaks out at Dilley immigration detention facility holding 5-year-old Liam Ramos
A protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/01/2026
Rep. Veronica Escobar on a homicide in a Texas immigrant detention facility: "I've learned nothing else from DHS, and I think what's also very telling is DHS tried to deport the witnesses to this homicide"
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
3/ bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Here’s TMZ with a headline every outlet that cares about the truth should have. www.tmz.com/2026/01/24/n...
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Send This URGENT Letter to Your Senators: VOTE NO On DHS Funding!
Violence is un-American. Funding it is unacceptable.
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
🔥🔥🔥🔥 📌 Don’t wait until it comes to your town — be prepared ❌ Don’t assume “it won’t happen here” What does this admin struggle with — Organized, early, boring preparedness
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PennyAK @pennyg1.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
virginia redistricting
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James Brooks Cascade @alaska.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The Alaska Court of Appeals is hearing oral arguments in this case tomorrow. There's also a rally at noon outside the courthouse. I'll be following the arguments by web stream and intend to write an update. #akleg #Alaska
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PennyAK @pennyg1.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
The Democracy Fair will have exhibitor booths, talks, a suffrage exhibit and a movie on elections. We have a passport- visit/experience at least 8 of the talks/exhibits/movie you will be eligible for the lottery drawing for a prize.
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PennyAK @pennyg1.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
League of Women Voters-Anchorage is hosting a DEMOCRACY FAIR, Sat. Jan. 10, 11-3 at Loussac Library. It will be fun and educational
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
You know the Assignment 60 minutes pulling a segment about immigrants and what they faced at C Cot. I have emailed them and reminded them what happens to cowards that bow to a pedo regime. 60m@cbsnews.com Time to boycott too. youtube.com/shorts/6eDaT... #IndivisibleMemphis #FreeThe901
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends. It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
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PennyAK @pennyg1.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Anchorage folks! Mitzvah Mall is only a few days away! We have 22 interesting & important non-profit organizations participating this year. We have music. We have parrots & dogs to enjoy. Come to Mitzvah Mall at Congregation Beth Sholom, 7525 E. Northern Lights Blvd from 12 noon-3 PM.
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PennyAK @pennyg1.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Mitzvah Mal in Anchorage, AK is Sunday, 11/16/25. Come visit with representatives of 22 non-profit agencies, and donate money to the ones you like. Hear music, see service dogs and parrots. It is a fun, worthwhile event.
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Jo Ann Gruber @jgruberak.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
“It is highly unusual for prosecutors to fail even once — let alone three times — to obtain an indictment from a grand jury given the way the process is stacked in favor of the government.” Understatement. I’m going with unprecedented and unheard of. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
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Prosecutors Fail 3 Times to Charge Woman With Felony Assault of F.B.I. Agent in D.C.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Stupid, Ignorant, Uninformed, And Corrupt…. Trump: "We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting." He's right – except for the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, Canada, India, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Russia, and 22 other countries.
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PennyAK @pennyg1.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Trump had our military on their knees to roll out the red carpet for Putin. Our LOSER baby-man president talked tough about sanctions in the safety of his cocoon. Faced with Putin he became a groveling minion.
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PennyAK @pennyg1.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
PROTEST in Anchorage.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Literally everyone is responding to this with such naivete. It's not the pee tape (and never was). It's not Epstein. Putin has used Trump to destroy every aspect of the United States that he loathed: rule of law, free market, human rights.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I remember the “it won’t be a police state” reassurances.
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PennyAK @pennyg1.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Jen Psaki interviewed Texas Rep. Wu. He was passionate, articulate & correct. We are in so much trouble!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
whatever else republican house speaker mike johnson (and the congressional republicans who serve under him) ever do in this life, this headline will last forever and ever, for their whole blessed lives. (gift link, no paywall) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
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5 Calls @5calls.org · 18/07/2025
Instead of seeking justice for the American people, Trump's DOJ has been solely focused on protecting the personal interests of Trump & his allies and shielding them from accountability and prosecution. Call on your reps to stop this unjust politicization of the DOJ 🔥📞🔥 > 5calls.org/issue/doj-po...
List from 5calls.org of grossly politicized moves by the Trump's DOJ

The DOJ has dropped charges against former NYC mayor Eric Adams and Trump’s co-defendants in the classified documents criminal case.

Bondi has fired the director of the Department of Ethics Office, at least three Jan. 6 prosecutors, and 20 DOJ prosecutors who assisted Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal investigation of Trump.

The DOJ has opened up criminal investigations into two of Trump’s political rivals, former FBI director James Comey and former CIA director John Brennan.

Bondi, Blanche, and Bove have fired and discredited a whistleblower who provided information about the officials encouraging DOJ lawyers to defy court orders.

The DOJ has fired Maurene Comey, one of the Jeffrey Epstein prosecutors, and released a new memo that contradicts Bondi’s previous statements about Epstein’s death and case files.
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PennyAK @pennyg1.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Good trouble protest in Anchorage. Food drive did well
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L’Etat C’est Moi @letatcestmoi.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
This first-person history of the liberation of #Dachau comes from @markzaidesq.bsky.social, whose grandfather witnessed it as a Jewish chaplain. Hate is alive now with renewed zeal. It's in Islamist antisemitism, and in rising violence against immigrants. Don't collaborate with hate. Fight it.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Someone (@lewfoo) posted a long thread on the THREADS app about this. I’m posting the @npr.org story on which her thread was based here. PLEASE READ & SHARE. It’s so important. @cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com @abc7.bsky.social www.npr.org/sections/the...
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When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers
In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.
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kick out the JAMS @kickoutthejams11.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
#Boycott #Walmart
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Bongtologicalshock 🫲👁️〰️👁️🫱 @bongtologicalshock.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
nah we're at 10
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NoSabo @vcla85.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Trump told the media he hated Democrats. He opened up concentration camps and is openly speaking about slavery. Then he sends people with weapons to terrorize places ran Democrats. The American media: Mamdani is antisemetic !
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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Important heads up - as the new appropriations for ICE make it one of the largest militaries/police forces in the world. Theda Skocpol has it exactly right. ICE is the muscle behind autocratic capture in the US.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
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Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy
TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared...
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.
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Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 04/07/2025
Cartoon of Uncle Sam celebrating the 4th of July with the Statue of Liberty.
Uncle Sam- -a 249th birthday!  What do we wish for?
Statue of Liberty-a 250 th
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