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J Rae

@raejenn.bsky.social
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Wife, mom, grandma, nurse, meditator, gardener, humanist and lover of animals and live music. Continuously evolving. No DM’s - don’t make it weird!

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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Whoever wins the governorships in the battleground states will certify the 2028 presidential election. There are election deniers running, in Wisconsin and elsewhere. We've got to beat them. My new NYT op-ed:
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Opinion | Want to Avoid Another Jan. 6? Defeat These Republicans. (Gift Article)
The 2028 election is on the ballot right now.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Good vibes sent your way!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“For $45 you can start a school and charge $7000 per student — no background checks, they weren’t teachers — and taxpayers foot the bill… SCHOOL VOUCHERS ARE A SCAM.” @GovBillLee (H/T @piper_for_missouri) Pro Publica’s expose: www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 06/10/2026
A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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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 than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yes I do! Especially coming from a mixed household. Hubby is a Sox fan but GO CUBS GO!!!
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump is an atheist whose regime has seized control of a) powers assigned to other branches of government, b) significant private corporate assets. He curbs civil liberties and his foreign pals are Communists or ex-KGB. Only one person in DC can be accused of being a Communist.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/09/2026
NEW: Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, has launched an investigation into Donald Trump Jr.’s relationship with a Russian oligarch who paid for much of the president’s son’s Bahamas wedding earlier this year.
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Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding
Rep. Robert Garcia said the revelations that Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise “serious national security and public corruption concerns” and requested the president’s son provide financia...
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Check your registration regularly, regardless of when you last voted. This is a great site to do so, and it is run by the League of Women Voters. www.vote411.org
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VOTE411
Election information you need. Brought to you by The League of Women Voters Education Fund.
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Andrea Suozzo @andreasuozzo.com · 15/09/2026
When my colleagues and I started digging around in CDC data on pregnancy-related deaths, we noticed something surprising: the rate of ectopic pregnancy deaths had more than doubled in recent years. Nearly 200 women died between 2020 and 2025. So we set out to learn why 🧵
A chart showing an increase in the rate of deaths after an ectopic pregnancy, normalized by the number of live births. In the three-year period starting in 2014, the rate is a little above 4 deaths per million live births. The rate rises sharply for the 2020-2022 period and continues to increase, to 9.8 deaths per million births, in 2023-2025.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses at Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, including renting out a private island and paying for the fireworks show.
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 09/09/2026
Why would we not want Europes help? Are we… protecting someone? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Europeans investigating Epstein say DOJ has not agreed to requests for help
Some European law enforcement agencies chasing leads spurred by information in the so-called Epstein Files say the U.S. Justice Department has not responded to their requests.
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motherofmushrooms.bsky.social @motherofmushrooms.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
One good way to send love to Hawaii is to support their food banks. ❤️🌈❤️ hawaiifoodbank.org
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Homepage - Hawaiʻi Foodbank
Hawaiʻi Foodbank's network of more than 250 hunger relief partners is available and ready to help.
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What they are doing to people in our name is horrifying. Here’s one family’s story from the Dilley camp and how we can help by collectively getting loud.
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Marco Rubio Is Punishing a Teenage Boy for His Grandmother’s Sins
America gave Rubio’s family a second chance. He gave this family a cage.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Republican @RepJamesComer on why he won’t do town halls: "If it's all the village idiots, I don't have any desire to do a town hall.” When they tell you who they are, believe them. (P.S. this is also why @MarshaBlackburn hides 🐔 — as local media lets her)
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It says you’re tired. 500 miles is no joke.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/08/2026
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says RFK Jr. offered federal help after two unvaccinated people died from measles, the first U.S. deaths this year. Shapiro declined, saying PA could handle it, and confronted Kennedy, telling him: “There’s real life consequences to spreading misinformation.”
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“My parents died so fuck yours too,” is quite the argument against reasonable healthcare
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The GOP healthcare plan is finally announced, and it appears to be "work yourself to death before your kids can grow up."
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
🧵🧵🧵IT’S A CULT, AND 6 OTHER TAKEAWAYS FROM THE NATALIE HARP STORY. A THREAD.🧵🧵🧵 1. What looks like a media feeding frenzy sometimes is just overdue coverage. The unqualified and mentally unhinged people in Trump’s clown-car White House deserve more intense scrutiny than they’ve gotten.
pix of Harp and Trump
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/08/2026
The algorithm is bombarding us with Darlene Graham clips, but what folks need to do is immediately after watching one of those listen to Annie Andrews. Here’s one. Night and day: Unserious vs intelligent and thoughtful.
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Gorgeous!!
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/07/2026
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
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Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Everything about this is a lie, and if you’ve ever had your child vaccinated, you know it. 25th Amendment.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The American Academy of Pediatrics released this statement earlier.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/08/2026
Dear corporate media: instead of parsing the language of one of the DSA’s platform issues about the two-tiered system of justice in an effort to divide the opposition, how about discussing the fascism on the other side?
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
In Trump's America: Some ICE prisoners have gone on hunger strikes to protest being detained and their treatment in these concentration camps. They are being force fed- a plastic tube forced thru their nose into their stomach. This is torture www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘What they’re doing qualifies as torture’: new details of ICE force-feeding revealed
Exclusive: cases of Afghan man, Ukrainian man and Saudi woman show repeated nasogastric tube insertions and lack of legal representation
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Newsweek: Two GA Republican mayors are supporting Jon Ossoff’s reelection: “You talk to farmers in South Georgia. They can get him and his staff on the phone. They can get help. You talk to Republicans in Houston Co. they know that they can reach out to Ossoff.💙 #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Beautiful!
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
1/ 🧵 You woke up and checked your phone. Searched a symptom. Drove to work. Texted your partner about a medical bill. By 9am you shed enough data to build a profile so precise it knows exactly what scares you most. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“When corruption is the very foundation of a regime, those who battle it are extremists.” - Navalny
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/08/2026
1/ What’s going on with America’s farms and food? Join us for our next Inside the Big Story event, a virtual discussion about America’s farms, how our food is made and where regulations are failing to keep workers and consumers safe. Members, check your email for the invite 📩
Text: Inside the Big Story: Exposing Harm in Food and Farms. Join us for a members-only virtual discussion about America's farms, how our food is made and where regulations are failing to keep workers and consumers safe. Tuesday, Aug. 4. 4 p.m. Eastern time. Image: Gloved hands picking green fruits and placing them into a red basin.
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🧵Macalester College Buddhist studies professor Erik Davis and Home Health Care nurse Natasha Rakotz have been arrested and charged with domestic terrorism charges for their roles in protests against ICE in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. The charges are ludicrous.
Prof. Erik Davis of MacAlester college, standing in his officeNatasha Rakotz
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Will Smith & Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys
Alt: Will Smith & Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“The GOP way is to do the thing and dare someone to undo it.” That’s a perfect way to describe it. I wish Dems would be bolder in that way. It’s not dirty or corrupt, it’s just calling their bluff.
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A Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
7/30/26 🎥 RepWalkinshaw youtube.com/shorts/G4PWA...
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Complete piece of garbage. Disgusting.
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
While he awaits deportation…I mean extradition for crimes…maybe he should be moved to an ICE internment camp…I mean detention center…to see if that’s any better. Maybe he would get more attention from the guards there.
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🙌🏼🙌🏼
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Ellenⓥ🌱☮︎ @ennievegan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I agree the Dems play too nice and play by old rules. That time is over.
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
It’s worth a try but you know they’ll deny a visit, especially from a dem. They don’t play straight and don’t feel obligated to do anything. The people who pay his salary should demand it. Hopefully his office is being inundated with calls.
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I’m just saying that unfortunately the governor can’t just walk in and demand to visit with him. But yes, I believe his team is obligated to disclose what’s happening. Personally love the idea of the gov appointing someone to the seat and let them fight it. Smoke him out.
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J Rae @raejenn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Bring It Satya
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Statement from Annie Farmer on meeting with Todd Blanche: "After meeting with Todd Blanche, I feel even more confident in urging senators to vote against his confirmation as the United States' Attorney General. "I found him abrasive, condescending, and intentionally noncommittal to survivors."
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