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Margaret

@purpleaster.bsky.social
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First-gen Cuban-American, retired law librarian, lover of books, cats, nature, photography, Zentangle and bad-ass folks fighting for freedom, justice, and democracy.

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God @thegodshow.com · 10/10/2026
HOLY SHIT. WOW. 🤦‍♂️
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In case you can’t get there
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
THIS EVERY DAY ✊
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is so true from @mjtoma.bsky.social: "It took some guts for Ossoff to decide to make his central attack on Collins his racism...but Ossoff has pressed the point of Collins’s bigotry relentlessly." Big 2028 implications. newrepublic.com/post/216452/...
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Jon Ossoff Just Delivered Maybe the Greatest Debate Zinger in Ages
Yet again, the Georgia senator showed in Thursday’s debate that he knows how to throw haymakers. Until someone else proves otherwise, he’s the front-runner for 2028.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Until they find, I duuno, 1000 real voters (not DC insiders, pollsters, lobbyist, media types) who want Rahm Emanuel to run for president how about no stories or interviews? The legacy media look like morons slobering over him.
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
James Talarico’s new ad is hilarious. 😂 Also be sure to call! Because that’s literally the best part. 1 (844) WHOS-KEN (1-844-946-7536)
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wah wah wah
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Love this guy’s sense of humor.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
John Roberts is Natalie Harp in a robe. A cringeworthy handmaiden
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Always listen to Anat!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Trump said deportations would lead to more jobs for American citizens. But according to new research, his cruel immigration raids actually COST jobs, including those held by American citizens. This was never about “protecting American workers.” It was always about racism and cruelty.
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Ethan Nichtern @ethannichtern.com · 08/08/2026
There are so many reasons why the entire "left/right" frame fails to capture anything, and is designed by conservatives to create symmetries between different value systems where no symmetry exists. Another simple reason the frame fails: When it comes to policy, MOST HUMANS ARE PROGRESSIVE.
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Yes, it’s that obvious.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
At @democracydefendersfund.org we don't just document Trump's biggest grifts—we take them to court From helping stop the DOJ slush fund to challenging Trump's efforts to profit from the presidency, we've fought some of the worst abuses of power I break it down in my latest publisher's note 👇-TN
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Trump & Cronies’ Top 10 Corruption Scandals (Round 4)
Publisher's Roundup 78
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Texas - Senate Polling: 🔵Talarico: 51% 🔴Paxton: 48% Beacon/Shaw Research / July 27, 2026
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Trump is trying to sabotage the midterms and it's up to all of us to make sure he doesn't succeed. Come sign up and join me for this important session on July 30th! share.indvs.org/s/NFsIPGBd
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Americans Are Taking Action - Join Us
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Stay alert. It’s coming.
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
She’s pretty spot on here.
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Excellent. Must watch.
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
He knows he’s going to lose bigly, so he’s going to his reliable friends on the SC.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Announcing my new podcast series👇 Election Watch: Countdown to the 2026 Midterms: a new weekly series breaking down what's really at stake ahead of November. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd4L...
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Election Watch: Your Vote is Trump's Target
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If Dems don’t make the primary system the province of a tiny number of overwhelmingly white states, don’t chase people out of the race, don’t let legacy media run the show, don’t fall into the “electability” trap, they can avoid past pitfalls open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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How To Choose a Nominee
Democrats cannot blow it in 2028
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Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Please let me know if you agree with these grades. And subscribe to American Crisis, my newsletter on media and democracy. open.substack.com/pub/margaretsulli…
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A 'D' and a bunch of 'B's — my report card for the media covering Trump's awful speech
Some flashes of courage, some good analysis and still too much normalization
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Think about this.
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Probably why we had an incoherent prime-time ramble last night … ICE has to go!
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AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to c...
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Mentally ill and chronically violent…perfect description of the entire Regime.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Go fucking off Sen Ossoff (D-GA) ‘Trump was humiliated and furious as a committed lifelong racist that it was Black voters in Georgia who were instrumental in his defeat in 2020.’ No lies detected. This man is Presidential material. Damn💥🔥💥
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14/07/2026
Susan Collins could have insisted on guardrails or measures to rein in abuses. She didn’t and now her state is being terrorized by ICE.
(over an image of Susan Collins) JUST LAST MONTH, SUSAN COLLINS VOTED FOR $38 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL ICE FUNDING
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
No one wins.
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Petri dish allowed this cancer to grow.
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Murder by the US federal government.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Don’t come to us for mealy mouthed nice words about Graham. He was a reprehensible figure
contrariannews.org
Anti-Democratic Party Hysteria Is Out of Sync With Reality
Democrats’ successes should not be ignored; plus a note on Senator Lindsey Graham
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The best analysis.
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/07/2026
Mamdani got into office and instantly: • Froze rent for 2 million New Yorkers • Cut subway fares in half for low-income riders • Fully funded NYC parks • Added $680M for public schools • Launched free child care for 2-year-olds If establishment politicians actually wanted to help you, they could.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
That's my publisher! They're principled and a joy to work with -- and brilliant at making books and getting them into the hands of readers, aka selling them. And addressing the crises and possibilities of our time. (Crashing means putting books out quickly, outside the usual ponderous schedules).
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Emphatically no.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Mother Nature has joined the resistance.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham…” —Frederick Douglass, 1852
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Correct!
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
👊👊👊
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Supreme Court is broken., an arm of the fascist.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Sat down with the great @hcrichardson.bsky.social today to reflect on this remarkable nation turning 250. Was a wonderful conversation. Enjoy, share, and keep working hard all 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-conversa...
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A Conversation With Heather Cox Richardson
Dr. Richardson dropped by this afternoon to share her thoughts on where this remarkable nation is at 250
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Please RT this piece and share on other social channels talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: DOJ Taps Gang, Terrorism Prosecutors to Crack Down on Political Groups
The Department of Justice has tapped two prosecutors with expertise in organized...
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Exactly how I feel.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Hey, Dems, let's do this: Instead of centrists freaking out about the success of progressives, maybe we could take Mamdani as a model and focus on listening to and delivering for the voters. What if we had big competition among candidates to see who could do most for voters? Just imagine.
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Bad news.
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
So glad to see AI data centers regulated.
ocasio-cortez.house.gov
Ocasio-Cortez Introduces House Version of the AI Data Center Moratorium Act
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) introduced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Center Moratorium Act, legislation that would create a temporary prohibition o...
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This won’t cheer you up; but it will certainly take off your blinders.
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Utopias of Violence
The Unlearned Lesson of the Iran War
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Margaret @purpleaster.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“Juneteenth is the only national holiday that celebrates the freedom of over four million people, in a nation that has long claimed to be ‘exceptional’ in advancing freedom.”
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Juneteenth Is Not Someone Else's Story
Emancipation didn't just free four million people. It rebuilt the country the rest of us still live in.
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