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Ruth Birkholz (She / Her)

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Todd Blanche: “I am not sure of the uproar of having a Border Patrol or ICE agent at a polling location. What's the risk?” Uhm, maybe because it’s illegal? Federal statute 18 U.S.C. § 592 prohibits deploying “troops or armed men” to locations where elections are held. An AG should know this.
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Local Resister @projectspacetime.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
He always announces in advance his intention. There won't be a free/fair election. And you know what the most amusing part of this is? Red State governors will instantly comply. It's over folks. We do not live in a Constitutional republic We already now know in advance what's up.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Richard Nixon was never arrested for his crimes, but his Attorney General John Mitchell was—for helping Nixon cover them up. Have fun with the next administration, Todd Blanche!
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Katie @rebelrouser1962.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Fat Nixon is a Traitor 🇺🇦 🟦🟧🚩 @lbusdoor90.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I completely understand 1930-40s Germany now.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
More Ignorance than Political Ideology….
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.
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Blue Woman Voting 📎 @bluewomanvoting123.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Every word true.
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NPR @npr.org · 07/06/2026
Adults on Medicaid will be required to work 80 hours per month. The Trump administration says people who are sick will have to prove they are too sick to work to be exempt from the new work rules.
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People with cancer or HIV could lose Medicaid under new work rules, advocates say
Adults on Medicaid will be required to work 80 hours per month. The Trump administration says people who are sick will have to prove they are too sick to work to be exempt from the new work rules.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“Idaho health officials are investigating the latest outbreak of Darwinism.”
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Nearly 60 Idahoans sick after drinking raw milk in past two weeks, officials say • Idaho Capital Sun
The Department of Health and Welfare didn't disclose the names of dairies in North Idaho and southern Idaho that are linked to the outbreaks.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/05/2026
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0
Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/05/2026
COLLINS: But if someone was paying $2.98 a gallon before the war, and now they're paying $4.53, saying 'that's life' might not make them feel better JIM JORDAN: Those are your words, not mine COLLINS: You said that just now. I quoted you.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
C-SPAN Trump Voter: “Before he went to war the strait was open and gas prices were beautiful… he put up gold statues of himself… I drank the kool-aid— when are people gonna wake up?” (From @nowthisimpact.bsky.social )
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TheBaldEagle @whowillsaveus.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Okay, everybody, here's a lesson in economics. Pepsi was charging $7 a bag for Doritos, and people decided they were not paying it. That cost PepsiCo billions. .They will continue to Jack up prices based on what you are willing to pay. Stop paying it, stop buying it. It doesn't matter what it is.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Me me me me me me me me me
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Kamala Harris is the biggest "I told you so" winner in history.
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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If we ever go to a formal dinner and shots are fired, I don't care if we have on make-up and gowns, get in the car, bitch. We're going to Popeye's
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I completely agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene is a sentence I never thought I would ever write.
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Cranky Cracker @timmyturmoil.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Anyone who called Hilary Clinton or Kamala Harris "the lessor of two evils", should apologize to the world.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
While the President sends more American troops to the Middle East, the price of everything - groceries, gas, mortgages - keeps rising. Let’s be clear: we are worse off today, and no safer, than before this unnecessary war began.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 26/03/2026
Over their lifetimes, women on average will still make hundreds of thousands of dollars less than men for doing the same work— And the gender wage gap has increased for the second straight year. Fair is fair. We need equal pay for equal work.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion. That's roughly $1 billion per day. $41,666,667 per hour. $11,574 per second. People do not want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/03/2026
Well would you look at that
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled: Voters as “Votors” Emergency as "Emeregency" United States as "United Staes" And, it included a non-party in the caption. These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Then what happened?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 25/02/2026
Gov. Abigail Spanberger: "The scale of the corruption is unprecedented. There's the cover up of the Epstein files, the crypto scams, cozying up to foreign princes for airplanes and billionaires for ballrooms, putting his name and face on buildings all over our nation's capital."
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,, Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
It’s rare to see a Republican call out Republican behavior...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/02/2026
Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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Jeff Galvin @docgalvin64.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
JFC, cut that shit in half and you’ve eradicated hunger, provided healthcare for all and made education free for all Americans. What the fuck are we doing?
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
This is what ICE does every day. Hunt little kids who are here legally. They get sent to a place called the “baby jail” in Texas. Very little of it ends up on video like this. But it’s routine. And disgusting.
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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
When you go to vote in the midterms, please vote for the Democratic candidate.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
We have now entered the "His Opponents Are Afraid of Falling Out of Windows" stage of Donald Trump's emulation of Vladmir Putin.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Yikes😬.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Klein: People are afraid to come into clinics or hospitals because they’re afraid they’ll be snatched. So they’re staying home with acute conditions like appendicitis. They’re not going to their follow-up neonatal appointments. They’re allowing their jaundiced babies to go untreated.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
In a country with a bad president, be a Bad Bunny. [Cartoon by Matt Davies]
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12/02/2026
Wonder how MAGA and GOP congressmen will feel when the next democratic administration treats their members in oversight hearings with the same respect they’ve shown
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Seething River @seethingriver.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Living in Minnesota right now is wondering if your patient is late because they got caught in traffic, because they got arrested, or because they got detained and all of these are perfectly plausible and equally likely.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
When you’re offended by “love is more powerful than hate.”
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Wow, NBC edited out the audience booing JD Vance at the Olympics. And this is one of the few remaining news outlets NOT owned by right-wing billionaire Trump sycophants www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast
The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday
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SandyPBW @sandypbw.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Remove ICE and CBP funding until real changes are made. With apologies, I can’t find the artist to credit.
Two panel cartoon. 
How it started: masked man beating Police Officer at the Capitol. 
How it’s going: identical masked man with ICE badge beating Statue of Liberty.
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Dwander @dwander.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Can we just call these what they are? Concentration Camps!!! www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
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