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Peggy Ertl

@pertl.bsky.social
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Retired massage therapist, mother and caregiver of disabled daughter, fabric & wallpaper designer at www.spoonflower.com/profiles/whispe… Believes in caring for each other and the planet, progressive democrat

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h
Marta Brizeyda Renderos Leiva's arrest at Salt Lake City International Airport captured a disturbing moment: a mother of four screaming, "Help me, please! I have my papers!"
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h
LIKE THE NEW SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK, BUT FOR GROWNUPS Billionaires bankroll politicians. Senators confirm Supreme Court justices who serve for life. Roe overturned. Voting rights weakened. Presidential power expanded. This didn’t happen by accident. Elections have consequences & we’re living with them.
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 22h
MacKenzie Scott donated $7 billion in 2025 bringing her five-year total to $26.2 billion, even as she stays out of the spotlight. fortune.com/article/mack...
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MacKenzie Scott alone accounted for one-third of America's $19.2 billion in megagifts last year | Fortune
MacKenzie Scott donated $7 billion in 2025—a third of all U.S. megagifts—bringing her five-year total to $26.2 billion, even as she stays out of the spotlight.
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER PAXTON SCANDAL Paxton will fly all the way to Dubai to party w/fugitives wanted on federal fraud charges, but won’t show up on a debate stage to face James Talarico in front of Texas voters. One of those fugitives donated $190K to Paxton, including $25K AFTER being indicted.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
WANTING A CHILD
BORN IS PRO-BIRTH
WANTING A CHILD
FED
HOUSED EDUCATED
WITH PARENTS WHO EARN A
LIVING WAGE
IS PRO-LIFE!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h
AIPAC's Super PAC spent a record-setting $30 MILLION in Michigan's Senate primary to try to stop Abdul El-Sayed. Now they're spending AGAIN to boost his GOP opponent. We must show them that organized people will always beat organized money.
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Meet the Biggest Super PACs of 2026
Voters are increasingly opposed to U.S. aid to Israel, cryptocurrency, and AI data centers.That's why the Big Money grou
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 23h
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h
This judge is not fucking around 🔥 Trump bulldozed ahead with cutting down hundreds of trees at the historic East Potomac Golf Links, despite a federal judge’s warning. She ordered work stopped & warned: “If that order is violated by as so much as two seconds, there will be contempt proceedings.”
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 16h
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That's Not How It Works! That's Not How Any Of This Works!
ALT: That's Not How It Works! That's Not How Any Of This Works!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11h
🚨 WOW: WSJ reports Ken Paxton partied in a luxury Dubai high-rise with 2 FUGITIVES, Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail, facing fed charges over an alleged $15 MILLION hospital embezzlement scheme — alongside his gf (not his wife). Ahmed donated $190K to Paxton, including $25K AFTER his indictment.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15h
NOW: Minnesotans are rallying to protest today's outrageous, racist, politically motivated Homeland Security raid on congresswoman Ilhan Omar. Stop Trump's attacks on the Somali community!
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Better Ratings Too, KegsBreath.....
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelenskyy might be saving our democracy. The mad genius is bombing Russian data centers linked to FAKE NEWS bot farms. Without them, Putin’s midterm influence will accidentally fall from a 30th floor window. I 💙 Ukraine 🇺🇦
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h
Zelensky on bombing the Russian data centers: “It’s pretty clear where the bots were coming from.”
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.
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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 th
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
How long until they cave and put money in his pocket? Or at least hold a black tie dinner in his honor?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump has denied disaster relief for Illinois following severe storms in August. Trump approved a request from Indiana for damage resulting from the same storms. One is a "blue state." The other is a "red state." No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has.
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God @thegodshow.com · 10/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Lettuce, jalapenos, blueberries, beef. All these recalls and illnesses aren’t a coincidence. They’re the result of incompetence and corruption within the Trump regime, and unchecked corporate power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hAzTOEuCJA
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Trump's Food Policy is a Literal Sh*tshow
The Trump administration was too stupid to realize that cutting food safety programs and firing thousands of public serv
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Peggy Ertl @pertl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay Wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize - TIME apple.news/AJ7U-zoiHSpm...
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Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay Wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize — TIME
Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a South African jurist and former U.N. high commissioner for human rights, has been announced as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize 2026. She has won “for her efforts t...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: FEDERAL AGENTS SHOOT PERSON IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK The NYPD has confirmed that a shooting involving federal law enforcement agents occurred around 4 PM today in the Marble Hill neighborhood of the Bronx.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
War With Iran Is Too Profitable For The Trump Family To Stop Now.....
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump says the Kennedy Center is too dangerous to walk into Unless you play in the National Symphony, which rehearses there most weekdays @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG are still in court w/ @repbeatty.bsky.social. Say one thing, do another, as we told @nytimes.com👇 -TN
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If the Kennedy Center Is ‘Dangerous,’ Why Is the Symphony Rehearsing There?
The National Symphony Orchestra is practicing inside a building that President Trump and his allies say could fall on their heads.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: We knew in April that DOJ was investigating Hutchinson. Now NBC reports they are seeking a grand jury indictment for lying to Congress. The thing is, she didn't lie to Congress. She testified truthfully about what someone else told her. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Justice Department seeks criminal charge for former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson
The former Trump aide was a star witness before the Jan. 6 committee. The case is being pursued by the Civil Rights Division, led by Harmeet Dhillon.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For months Gabriela Soto has relentlessly advocated for her husband Martin, unlawfully detained by ICE while buying diapers for their baby. Martin played a key role in the Delaney Hall hunger strike this summer. Last night we was RELEASED from ICE custody. ALWAYS FIGHT BACK.
Beautiful young family outside a detention center.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump is fueling a culture of misogynistic impunity. My latest for The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
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Trump is fueling a culture of misogynistic impunity | Robert Reich
The allegations against seven men at Cornell University come amid a climate of belligerent sexism
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/10/2026
Imagine being Blake Johnson, an Iowa father of 3, discovering your water has 3X the legal nitrate limit. He goes to Washington for answers, and Rep. Ashley Hinson, who takes agribusiness money, reportedly RUNS AWAY and hides behind a locked door. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Heartbreaking 💔 Children scream while masked ICE goons kidnap their families in broad daylight in Harrison, New Jersey.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
VICTORY! A Georgia judge Wednesday dismissed a Republican lawsuit seeking to restrict where Gwinnett County voters can return mail ballots, ruling the law allows the county to accept ballots at designated early voting sites. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Georgia court rejects RNC bid to restrict mail ballot return access in state’s second-largest county
The ruling preserves an additional way for voters in Georgia’s second-most populous county to cast their ballots ahead of the November election.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: Former President Barack Obama endorses Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate in Maine: "Troy Jackson is running to be your next senator and I'm proud to be on board" Obama cites Jackson’s record on wages, drug prices, school meals, and abortion rights as Democrats target Susan Collins' seat.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good on you Emma 👏 👍
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
DHS reportedly collected data about anti-ICE protestors in Maine, uploading their photos and license plate numbers into a database. That database was built by Palantir — which may be the most dangerous corporation in America. Watch.
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The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/10/2026
This tells you everything about how Trump sees this country. The destruction, the fear and the innocent people who would pay the actual price are just collateral damage to him.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
AI data centers are sucking up water and power. Industry PACs are spending millions to buy our elections. And AI is already being used to facilitate online scams, deny insurance claims, and price-gouge consumers. Sam Altman's response? We should "accept some bad things happening." Hello?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Well Said,Pope Leo.......
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.
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'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common Dreams
Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The NAACP sued the Trump administration, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thousands of Cornell students have taken over the main plaza on campus to demand the Cornell 7 be held accountable for their crimes. 21% of undergraduate women are raped or sexual assaulted during their time on campus.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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