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Holly Torgerson

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Holly Torgerson @plantsandmischief.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Remember a little over a week ago when the airspace over El Paso was closed when the CPB insisted on trying out its new anti drone laser on a party balloon? My new made up conspiracy theory is that they tried it again on all the weather balloons tracking this storm. ❄️
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The UFW stands w/ @sbworkersunited.org workers going on strike today. For nearly 4 yrs, Starbucks baristas have been fighting for a fair union contract, just like the fight that farmworkers face, far too often, when up against greedy employers. Join us in our support. #NoContractNoCoffee
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Patricia Zengerle @reuterszengerle.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
It’s wild how MAGA falls in love with people like nepo baby developer Bill Pulte, who was born on 3rd base and thinks he hit a triple, because he investigated Schiff, then he rolls out a plan for a lifetime of debt slavery with 50-year mortgages and they are somehow surprised.
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Holly Torgerson @plantsandmischief.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Who else thinks there will be an insurance company bailout that exceeds the cost of the ACA subsidies?
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/10/2025
Changes to Oklahoma’s curriculum rules make it so teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists. ➡️ Full story: propub.li/3WXTkFm
Article excerpt with a section of the second paragraph highlighted: State social studies standards for years have included discussion of how white Tulsans murdered as many as 300 Black people. But once the 2021 state law that restricted teaching about race and gender passed, some teachers avoided the topic.

The law prohibits teachers from singling out specific racial groups as responsible for past racism. It specifies that individuals of a certain race shouldn’t be portrayed as inherently racist, “whether consciously or unconsciously.” In addition to teachers’ licensure being on the line, repeated failure to comply would allow the state to revoke district accreditation, which could result in a state takeover.

When educators questioned how to teach about a race massacre without running afoul of the law, state legislators and the Tulsa County chapter of the conservative parent group Moms for Liberty weighed in to say that white people today shouldn’t feel shame and that the massacre’s perpetrators shouldn’t be cast as racists. A Moms for Liberty chapter representative did not respond to questions from ProPublica.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
A coalition of local legal advocates together with Amica Center for Immigrant Rights and Free DC are teaming up to offer weekly Know Your Rights sessions. Join the next one tomorrow at 12 PM on Zoom, or at an upcoming session that works for you: freedcproject.org/kyr
DC, Know Your Rights. Weekly Online Sessions. Led by Amica Center for Immigrant Rights in partnership with several local organizations, including Free DC. Upcoming Dates: Friday September 26 @ 6 PM. Thursday, October 2 @ 12 PM. Friday October 10 @ 6 PM. FreeDCproject.org/KYR
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 27/09/2025
BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.
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FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
“The most recent carrier strike group to return from combat operations had more than 500 sailors with shaving waivers, including several senior leaders.”
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New Grooming Policy Will Undermine Recruiting, Retention, and Readiness
The policy will immediately distract from warfighting readiness.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 31/08/2025
Here is the terrifying truth: D.C. residents outnumber the populations of Vermont and Wyoming. What’s happening to them now could happen to those of us who enjoy the full privileges of the Constitution. trib.al/iYqQKGR
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Like It or Not, We Are All D.C. Now
The residents of the nation’s capital have long been denied their democratic rights. If Trump has his way, other cities may soon feel what that’s like.
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CivicTracker @civictracker.us · 31/08/2025
Trump declares intention to issue an Executive Order mandating Voter ID for all votes, restricts mail-in voting to exceptions, and insists on paper ballots only.
Donald J. Trump via Truth Social: Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!! Also, No Mail-In Voting, Except For Those That Are Very Ill, And The Far Away Military. USE PAPER BALLOTS ONLY!!! President DJT
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/08/2025
CHAOS ERUPTS AT CDC CDC Director Susan Monarez has been ousted after RFK Jr. demanded she change her policy on the COVID vaccine. Top officials from the Vaccine Unit, Zoonotic Division, and the Chief Medical Officer are resigning, per reports. Horrifying news for public health.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
This wasn’t just a security breach, documents obtained by NPR from a hotel guest who found them on a printer revealed something even more disturbing: a planned luncheon in honor of Vladimir Putin. The menu literally read, “In honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin.”
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
This is enraging and heartbreaking. Another senseless death caused by a chaotic ICE operation. They took 13 workers from the scene they even chased workers with their cars. abc7.com/post/man-fle...
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Man fleeing ICE raid at Home Depot in Monrovia hit and killed by vehicle after running onto 210 Fwy
A man was hit and killed on the 210 Freeway Thursday in Monrovia as he was fleeing from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation at a Home Depot in Monrovia.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
New At 11: #Erin still a Tropical Storm but now forecast to become a category 4.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Vladeck: There’s one video showing a DEA officer telling a D.C. resident he couldn’t drink alcohol on his porch—D.C. law says exactly the opposite. It also highlights how these officers aren’t even trained in the laws they’re purportedly enforcing.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/08/2025
NEW: After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.
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How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map
After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand: $678M raised through those spam tactics $282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies. $11M to actual campaigns (1.6%) The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
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The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
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Rick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
“Wait,” I said, before clicking the link. “What does Google have to do with earthquake emergency alerts in Turkey?” spoiler alert the answer is “giving us all a haunting glimpse into the privatization of science and emergency management”
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Google failed to warn 10 million of Turkey earthquake severity
The tech giant said only 469 serious warnings were sent out ahead of the 7.8 magnitude quake.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Darren Beattie, fired from the Trump White House in 2018 after it was revealed he attended a white supremacist conference, has just been appointed acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to the State Department.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 27/07/2025
The Scots did not hold back
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Top Scottish Protest Signs of Trump
As I carry on my tradition of featuring the best protest signs against Trump, this time we go international as the Scots turned out to protest his visit to their country as he plays golf on the US tax...
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
They waited *more than an hour* to enter the Hortman home after watching Mark Hortman get shot in the doorway Unbelievably tragic & heartbreaking And, of course, they publicly congratulated themselves on a great, lifesaving police response when they’d let a lawmaker bleed out. Uvalde is everywhere
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New details about police activity after lawmaker shootings raise questions about response
The Minnesota Star Tribune found that Brooklyn Park police waited more than 60 minutes to enter the Hortman home and that several law enforcement agencies were unaware of the situation for hours.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Heat kills. A bill just reintroduced in Congress can save lives. Urge your members of Congress to back federal heat bill introduced on July 16th. Go to: act.seiu.org/a/heat2025?m... #WeFeedYou #Calor
A photo of farm workers laboring in the field on a sunny day with the words Heat kills!

A bill just reintroduced in Congress can save lives.

E-mail your Congressmembers today
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Holly Torgerson @plantsandmischief.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Oh look, The NY Times can use active voice after all. Gazans are dying of STARVATION. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
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Gazans Are Dying of Starvation
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Holly Torgerson @plantsandmischief.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
On top of this the Knesset voted 71-13 today to annex the West Bank. Symbolically or otherwise it’s a full out assault on the lives and ancestral rights of Palestinians in Gaza and beyond.
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 22/07/2025
🚨 RIGHT NOW opposite Labour Party HQ in London. We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
Building wrap of Jabaliya camp in Gaza opposite Labour Party HQ reads "Protesting this isn't terrorism"
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WSSC Water @wsscwater.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Update 12:30 a.m. A Boil Water Advisory has been issued affecting customers in Hyattsville, Cheverly, Seat Pleasant, Capitol Heights & other nearby communities. Customers can click on this map and type in their address to see if they live in the impacted areas. gisportal.wsscwater.com/alerts/
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Not only is Medicare for All popular, but it would save the country $450 billion and, more importantly, 68,000 lives annually. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA
Although health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million more have inadequate access to c...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Trump is pledging full support to Texas after its deadly floods – and rightfully so. But California has yet to receive $40 billion in aid to rebuild from January’s devastating wildfires. A president is supposed to govern for all Americans – not just those who voted for him.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
“.. traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter ..” @niemanreports.org #Hellsite niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
“Water is the messenger that’s delivering the bad news about climate change to your city, to your front door.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
The newly established “Make America Beautiful Again Commission,” created under a Trump executive order, may sound harmless, or even beneficial, but beneath the surface, it represents a major threat to public lands.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
More dunking on “arrogant” @RepTimBurchett for not even bothering to Google that China leads the world in wind turbines before burping that out on Fox
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CyKoore @cykoore.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Here are some of the times Florida has left inmates behind: Storm/# left behind Hurricane Irma/4,500+ Hurricane Michael/2,900+ Hurricane Milton/22,000+ Hurricane Helene/2,500+ Hurricane Ian/1,000+ Hurricane Andrew/4000+ They're going to evacuate migrant detainees? You haven't paid attention.
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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Disaster porn has always kinda been CNN’s bag but maybe mention global warming at least once every few hours when you show us the damage and death. These storms are not an accident or isolated maybe add some climate scientists to your roster.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
More than 880,000 workers will get a raise this summer due to state minimum wage increases. Anyone upset about this should consider the following: If the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
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NPR @npr.org · 05/07/2025
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
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Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Call to Action: DC Protest, July 4th. If you are in the DC area we ask for all hands on deck. Gather at 2 PM at Logan Circle, culminating in a march to the White House. #3E #RefuseFascism #NoKings
WWW.REFUSEFASCISM.ORG
text NOTRUMP to 855-755-1314
CALL TO ACTION
DC PROTEST, JULY 4TH
GATHER AT 2 PM AT LOGAN CIRCLE, CULMINATING IN A MARCH TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
"END IMPUINITY"
"END AUTOGENOCIDE"
"END OLIGARCHY"
"REFUSE FASCISM"
"REJECT TYRANNY"
"TRUMP MUST GO"
#3E
#RefuseFascism
@refusefascism
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 04/07/2025
A moment of silence please for #USAID, which is officially shuttered after months of dismantling. Why a moment of silence? Not only for the employees. But also for the estimated 14 MILLION deaths by 2030 predicted without the agency. @altusaid.altgov.info www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
"The BBC should hang their heads in shame" for not airing the 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' film, said Gary Lineker at a screening in London tonight. Luckily, Zeteo bought the global rights to this hugely important documentary and is airing it here: gazadoctors.film
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 03/07/2025
The #ICE #budget will be bigger than FBI, Bureau of Prisons, DEA & others COMBINED. $150 BILLION over 4 years. Bigger than most countries’ militaries. Let that sink in. The police state just got its backing with money that could have been used to build healthy and safe communities for everyone.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/07/2025
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans. This is Washington at its worst. We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 02/07/2025
CDC Public Health Service physicians are being deployed to migrant detention centers. We know you face a difficult choice: go in an attempt to provide medical care or refuse to participate. If you go, DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. We need proof of human rights violations perpetrated by this administration.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/07/2025
She knows what she did
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/06/2025
I have literally never seen a graph like this once in all my years of being an election sicko 18-24 always lags, always, it’s just a natural law of politics and this is the guy they want to throw out of the party?!
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Refuse Fascism @refusefascism.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
This July 4th: A Declaration of Independence from Trump’s Fascist America
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This July 4th: A Declaration of Independence from Trump's Fascist America.
In Washington DC, On This July 4th, 2025 IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY, WE DECLARE OUR INDEPENDENCE FROM TRUMP’S FASCIST AMERICA Whenever any fascist regime of government becomes destructive to the future ...
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