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Retired educator, Ed.D., Pacific NW, pro-democracy, love needle and paper arts, reading, family, friends, music, genealogy, travel. 🇺🇦 🚫 DMs, MAGA, crypto, gofundme, or scams, please.

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Hellishchildren @hellishchildren.bsky.social · 5h
June 23, 2026 archive.ph/oxkp5 White House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind the Justice Department’s recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities and the DOJ seeking public guardianship/conservatorship of homeless veterans.
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Stephen Miller Said to Drive DOJ Memo Eroding Disability Rights
White House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind the Justice Department’s recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based ca...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17h
These two lawsuits brought by Renee Nicole Good’s family are exceptionally well-written and legally compelling. Well worth the read, I promise. I break down both complaints in this episode: youtu.be/2kU7_-Yt-Ig?...
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Trump HIT With TWO NEW LAWSUITS Over DEADLY ICE SHOOTING!!
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 16h
We owe it to our children to act - in these uncertain and pivotal times - so that they can live in a better future.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13h
From accelerating Epstein file disclosures to reinstating illegally fired U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff, DDF & DDA scored 5 major court wins this week A microcosm of how we're holding this administration accountable Full list in my weekly column @ContrarianNews.org 👇 -TN
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We Object! DOJ’s Latest Attack on our Heroic Federal Judges
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pennylearner.bsky.social @pennylearner.bsky.social · 11h
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@zg4ever.bsky.social, thank you for including me in your starter pack #17.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A federal judge has ruled that Roger Rogoff, the judicially appointed U.S. attorney in Seattle, has been illegally fired by the Trump admin and must be provisionally reinstated by the Justice Department.
washingtonpost.com
Trump illegally fired Seattle’s U.S. attorney, judge rules
The ruling is the latest in a string of decisions finding that the administration bent federal law to keep loyalists in key prosecutorial posts.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: NY Governor, Kathy Hochul, has named NY Attorney General, Letitia James, as the Special Prosecutor to investigate the Cornell rape case. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
nytimes.com
Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The family of Renee Good have filed a wrongful death lawsuit and a civil rights conspiracy lawsuit against the MAGA regime and MAGA officials including dog murderer Kristi Noem, white supremacist Stephen Miller, Nazi thug Gregory Bovino and more. Good, sue them all, they murdered her.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A win! A D.C. Superior Court judge has permanently barred Jeanine Pirro’s office from prosecuting a former Olympic canoeist over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
apnews.com
DC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Reflecting Pool
A judge in Washington has agreed to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amazing news! MLB has dropped its proposal for a baseball game in Grand Teton National Park! Thank you to everyone who pushed back and stood up for our parks!
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: SCOTUS’s Republican appointees will allow Tennessee to kill Christa Pike tonight, vacating a stay of execution entered by the Sixth Circuit this morning. The three Democratic appointees dissent.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 26A428
KENNETH NELSEN, WARDEN v. CHRISTA GAIL PIKE
ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY
[September 30, 2026]
The application to vacate stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE KAVANAUGH and by him referred to the Court is granted. The September 30, 2026 order of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Cir-cuit, case No. 26-5864, granting a stay of execution is vacated.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.
The State of Tennessee is set to execute Christa Pike for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer. Earlier today, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a stay of Pike's execution solely to "adequately address and resolve" the issues presented in Pike's pending application for relief. Order in In re Pike, No. 26-5864, ECF Doc. 10-2, p. 2. Tennessee now asks this Court to vacate that stay and permit it to proceed with Pike's execution today. Stunningly, the Court acquiesces. Because its decision clears the way for the State to execute Pike before her still-pending legal challenges to her conviction can be properly considered, I respectfully dissent.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
TRUMP VOTER: “Trump is a bald-faced liar. That's all I can say nicely… I was planning to retire, and I went back to work just to cover my insurance, my gas, and the price of food that keeps going up.”
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Renee 💙🦋🇺🇸 @reneechris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wrong hawks. What a joke, Senator Schmidt. Mr. Smith is not a liar. This is referring to excellent character. Nice try with the blatant lies, disrespect and gotchas.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
ANOTHER DHS VOTER FRAUD CLAIM COLLAPSES Trump’s DHS claimed as many as 15,903 noncitizens were on Nevada’s voter rolls. Nevada pushed back and demanded evidence. 15,903 became 185. Nevada checked the 185. The new number: ZERO. Every single one was a US citizen.
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pennylearner.bsky.social @pennylearner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Addressing reader concerns about the Supreme Court’s SAVE database decision.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Atti 17.11 @atti1711.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good news! www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Washington state hands Trump DOJ its 25th straight voter roll loss
The ruling was particularly notable because DOJ’s own attorney conceded during oral arguments last month that Washington’s case was factually indistinguishable from the department’s other voter roll l...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Want to understand the mentality behind corporate greed? Just watch The Lorax.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I just checked my voter registration. I encourage all of you to do the same. Try your state's official site. AVOID VoteSafe.Org. It's an Elon Musk scam to harvest data.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s amazing how many Republican senators and senate nominees in close races are suddenly against the Iran War this week after backing it 100% for 7 months. Is there an election coming up soon?
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE brutally detain woman's gardener-right in front of her house. 4 goons drag and violently pull man out of truck head-first. Kneel on his back after pinned down to pavement. "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" he cries out. Incident occurred in Everett, Washington.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
USPS in Utah dumped 300 mail-in ballots into a parking lot garbage bin. USPS’s current defense? “Laziness.”
deseret.com
Utah postal worker accused of throwing away 300 mail-in ballots in church parking lot
Over 95% of Utah voters rely on mail-in ballots, making destroyed ballots critical loss.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docket Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Exclusive: Over half a million voters registered in a single day last week
At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docke...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware.
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onewickedwonka.bsky.social @onewickedwonka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🎩 #MAGA 🚫 #LEAVINGMAGA 👀 #USA
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Christine Hallquist @christinehallquist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Another reminder of the cruelty of the Trump Administration and the Republicans who are supporting him. ICE detainees are kidnapped and isolated in secret locations. Their loved ones cannot find them or hear from them and they do not have access to legal counsel. apnews.com/article/ice-...
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Mike G. @mestizoqueso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I once said that Trump’s bottom was between 32-35. I’ll will happily admit that o was wrong.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was making a door dash delivery. Every time they get away with this it guarantees it will happen again. #AbolishICE
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
evanstonnow.com
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026
KARL: Do you support Trump banning news organizations because he doesn't like what they're reporting? SCALISE: Look, Biden removed the press credentials from 400 agencies KARL: That's not true. 400 reporters who had credentials didn't reapply. They weren't banned from the WH. That did not happen.
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Joe "Radical Left Scum" Fink 🇸🇮 🇺🇦 🇨🇦🇬🇱 🇺🇳🌈🇯🇴 @joefink53.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
THANK YOU! YOU SHOWED THAT EVIL BASTARD THAT WE WON'T LET HIM DESTROY ANYTHING ELSE! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Thousands protest closure of the Kennedy Center amid fears Trump is set to demolish the institution
Demonstrators gathered outside the building in Washington, after the president was spotted holding a placard that read: ‘Kennedy Center DEMOLIS ...’
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Joe "Radical Left Scum" Fink 🇸🇮 🇺🇦 🇨🇦🇬🇱 🇺🇳🌈🇯🇴 @joefink53.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 19/09/2026
The Trump administration ended its latest effort to block federal funding for the $16 billion Gateway tunnel project connecting New York and New Jersey, dropping an appeal of a court ruling against the US.
bloom.bg
Trump Drops Legal Bid to Block $16 Billion NY-NJ Gateway Tunnel
The Trump administration ended its latest effort to block federal funding for the $16 billion Gateway tunnel project connecting New York and New Jersey, dropping an appeal of a judge’s ruling that funds couldn’t be suspended even as the US vowed to continue the fight.
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump just said he's kicking CNN, MSNOW, and Politico out of the White House. I was there the day he ejected CNN's Jim Acosta in 2018... Trump's staff gloated... then I watched a federal judge body slam the WH and order Jim's pass restored. The First Amendment will prevail.
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pennylearner.bsky.social @pennylearner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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I blame John Roberts.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/09/2026
🚨 NEWS: Katie Phang just scored another major development in her lawsuit seeking the full Epstein Files. After Attorney General Todd Blanche blew a critical deadline and argued he didn’t need to respond, Judge Emmet Sullivan has now ordered him to file an answer by September 24.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026
ICE agent Christian Castro - who shot Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis and lied about it, and who TX Governor Abbott refused to extradite - has been ARRESTED by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. www.startribune.com/minnesota-of...
startribune.com
ICE agent wanted in Metro Surge shooting is booked into Hennepin County Jail
Christian Castro will now appear in state court one day ahead of his federal court proceedings.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump's hand-picked board is holding the Kennedy Center hostage until his name goes on it They can vote all they want -- A court order says it stays OPEN @repbeatty.bsky.social stood her ground in that room & @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG are proud to have her back in court @CNN.com 👇-TN
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel suggested at a Senate hearing Tuesday that federal agents may be present at the polls in November. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Kash Patel suggests FBI agents may be at polls
“I don’t know that we can’t legally do it,” Patel told lawmakers. “I’m telling you we’re going to house our agents and intel analysts in our field offices for election security.”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reuters: U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE VOTES TO RECOMMEND FINDING BILLIONAIRE LEON BLACK IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS OVER SUBPOENAS IN EPSTEIN PROBE
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The House Oversight Committee voted unanimously 41-0 to recommend billionaire investor Leon Black be held in contempt of Congress for not cooperating with its Jeffrey Epstein investigation. It marks an escalation in an already contentious standoff, where Black defied two congressional subpoenas.
politico.com
House panel recommends Leon Black be held in contempt for stonewalling Epstein investigation
The billionaire investor defied House Oversight Committee subpoenas.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why is Trump planning to shutter the Kennedy Center? Because they told him to take his name off the building, and a malignant narcissist can’t accept rejection. He can’t accept defeat. He can’t accept not getting his way. It’s the same reason he will never concede losing in 2020…
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