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Sharing things on my mind. Currently a lot of political news but other things will certainly mix in.

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Jerry Wayne @jerrywayne.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
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Federal government "cannot be trusted" with investigating Minneapolis shooting, Walz says
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 24/01/2026
The DOJ is investigating Becca Good under a law against “assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers,” sources tell NBC News.
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Justice Department will investigate Renee Good's wife but not the man who killed her
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
She nailed Jennings to the wall with this. Good for her.
Screenshot of an X post by Acyn. The post quotes a dialogue: “Jennings: Let’s not get our knickers in a twist here” followed by “McGowan” saying the attitude is “insane,” calling for bringing people down regardless of party, and alleging a “giant cabal” that doesn’t have to listen to the law. At the bottom is a TV clip still with a man on the left and a woman speaking on the right, with on-screen text including “SUDDEN REVERSAL.”
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
New data illustrates devastating impact of Trump administration on LGBTQ+ Americans www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/16/trum…
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New data illustrates devastating impact of Trump government on LGBTQ+ Americans
LGBTQ+ Americans are going back in the closet, as a new survey reveals people feel queer acceptance has decreased under Trump 2.0.
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Ren Madden @renmadden.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Do yourself a favor 😋
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
They think we’re all so stupid
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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
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Ren Madden @renmadden.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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Federal Reserve $29.4 billion liquidity injection: Is the Fed quietly signaling trouble ahead? Powell injects $29.4B into the banking system — biggest repo operation since 2020 — as U.S. bank reserves...
Federal Reserve just made a huge move — and few noticed. It quietly injected $29.4 billion into the banking system overnight. The largest liquidity boost in more than five years. Official data from FR...
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Rep. Gabe Vasquez @repgabevasquez.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
New Mexico cattlegrowers get up everyday to get beef on our tables, and the last thing they need is an administration that favors the cattle industry in Argentina over our own domestic producers. Enough. Let’s support our own ranchers.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/10/2025
The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
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Ren Madden @renmadden.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings Chicago
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WBEZ @wbez.org · 29/09/2025
BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker said the Illinois National Guard has received word that the Department of Homeland Security is seeking the deployment of 100 military troops to Illinois.
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Trump plans to send 100 National Guard troops to Illinois, Gov. Pritzker says
Pritzker said the Illinois National Guard obtained a memo that DHS sent to the Defense Department which sought to request 100 military personnel for Illinois.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 21/09/2025
Street vendors quietly disappear during ICE surge. “People don’t really go out anymore. They’re scared of ICE. We’re scared too, but we have no other choice.”
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A culture at risk: Chicago’s street vendors quietly disappear from familiar corners during ICE surge
Their quiet disappearance marks not just a loss of income for them, it’s also the erosion of a cherished culture by many in the city.
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YTJF. @thewayoftheid.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Extremely rare Veritas w
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/09/2025
NEWS: A federal judge has ruled that Trump’s deployment of military forces to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, a law that prohibits the use of the armed forces as a domestic police force.
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Federal Judge Rules Trump's Deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles Illegal
This ruling can set precedent for Trump's deployment to Chicago and elsewhere
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/08/2025
Meiselas: Stop both-sidesing it, media. Stop trying to sow division within the Democratic Party when we literally have military invasions into American cities, aided and abetted by red state governors, who, again, are the takers who wouldn't exist without the blue states
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Trump threatens to pull funding for all California schools over transgender policies www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/21/trum…
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Trump threatens to pull funding for all California schools in trans row escalation
Donald Trump has threatened to pull funding from California school districts that do not adhere to his administration’s trans policies
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Claire McCaskill @clairecmc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Yah right, convicted pedophile who wants a pardon vindicates guy who had sex with a porn star weeks after his wife gave birth, and then paid her off to keep quiet about it. Right.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
NEWS: Trump Administration will deploy thousands of National Guard members to 19 states, Trump set to deploy military to Chicago and New York next, Abrego Garcia is home with his family, and more. All the news you missed: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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NEWS: Trump Administration Deploying Thousands of National Guard Members to 19 States
Trump Administration will deploy thousands of National Guard members to 19 states, Trump set to deploy military to Chicago and New York next, Abrego Garcia is home with his family, and more.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
This did not age well.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 13/08/2025
Despite President Trump’s decision to federalize the Washington D.C. police force and deploy the National Guard to fight violent crime in the capital, he cannot deliver on his threat to do the same in Chicago, state and local officials said Monday.
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Trump's warning on replicating DC police takeover in Chicago an empty and illegal threat, local officials say
The president asserted that his takeover of DC police and use of troops to battle crime in Washington could potentially be applied to cities like Chicago. But Gov. JB Pritzker emphatically dismissed…
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Ren Madden @renmadden.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Last stop before Chicago: Omaha NE
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
CNN - White House official portraits of some former presidents with whom Donald Trump has had a contentious relationship moved out of view.
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Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell | CNN Politics
Once a dramatic feature of the White House entryway, the official portrait of former President Barack Obama has been moved to a decidedly less prominent position, underscoring the years-long tensions between the 44th and 47th presidents.
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Ren Madden @renmadden.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
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Liberalism’s enemies are having second thoughts
Why Trump 2.0 is giving some anti-liberals second thoughts.
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Some important facts about Greg Abbott.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/08/2025
NEW: The Trump administration plans to expand the military's role in immigration and law enforcement, intertwining ICE and our troops, and returning us to some of the darkest times in U.S. history. Deploying the military in our communities puts our democracy, our freedoms, and our lives in peril.
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Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows
A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.
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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Brookfield Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a pair of Amur leopard cubs, whose birth on July 14 represents a significant milestone in the global effort to save what’s often called the “rarest big cat in the world.” to.wttw.com/4l8yFID
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2 Amur Leopards, the ‘Rarest Big Cat in the World,’ Born at Brookfield Zoo
Amur leopards are critically endangered, with fewer than 100 estimated remaining in the wild.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
According to new polling, the Democratic Party's favorability is now the lowest it's been in 35 years. This is what happens when Democrats start chasing the "center" instead of fighting for working people. youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?feature=shared
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The Failures of “Centrism”
By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening ine
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Ren Madden @renmadden.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
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1776. 1861. Jan 6. We never punished the Confederacy. Instead, we rehabilitatated it. 🎙️ Inspired by Dr. Allison Wiltz. Follow @karencoxhistorian #PublicHistory #LostCause #1776 #america250 #american...
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Ren Madden @renmadden.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Jeffries isn’t going to endorse the Democratic nominee? Surely he knows this isn’t that much different than what Hogg was doing. The hypocrite needs to go.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/07/2025
REPORTER: Will you commit to include California in any disaster aid package? MIKE JOHNSON: We've not seen the formal disaster relief request from California yet REPORTER: The formal request was sent to your office in February
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Sort of curious to know why EVERY Republican in the House thought it necessary to block the release of files that their Attorney General assured them do not even exist.
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Fightful Wrestling @fightful.com · 13/07/2025
Toni Storm retains the AEW Women's Championship!!!! Mercedes Mone suffers her first singles loss in AEW #AEWAllIn
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 22/06/2025
The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences. The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences. The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
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Ren Madden @renmadden.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Fucking “men”
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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal." That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
No wonder Trump wants to defund public broadcasting www.threads.com/@simfidel/po...
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🚫👑🚫👑🚫👑 The "No More Kings" Schoolhouse Rock episode aired in September of 1975 #nokings #nokingsday
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God @thegodshow.com · 15/06/2025
The right wing claims that: 1. Both Trump assassination attempts were done by the left 2. The Minnesota assassin is a member of the left On both LIES we must push back HARD. Because the TRUTH IS: 1. Both Trump assassins were Trump voters 2. The Minnesota assassin is a right wing extremist
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
"Iran doesn't have nukes. Israel does. Iran is a signatory to the NPT. Israel isn't. Israel has allowed IAEA inspectors into its country. Israel doesn't." But Israel is the victim? My video for Zeteo on how the media's coverage of this crisis is abysmal & ridiculously biased. zeteo.com/subscribe
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
LET’S MAKE SURE THIS PATRIOT IS PROTECTED!!! 🚨DISTURBING: Airman Christian Stephens posted a video saying he’s not proud to serve under Trump and disapproves of ICE. Now it’s gone—replaced with a chilling message that he was forced into a psych hold, despite not being a threat. Please share.
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Democrats demand proof that deported gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero is still alive
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Democrats demand proof that deported gay asylum-seeker is still alive
A coalition of 52 Democrats are demanding proof that gay asylum seeker Andry Hernández Romero is still alive.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 15/06/2025
A quarter of major US corporate backers pull out of Dublin Pride over Trump fears
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A quarter of major US corporate backers pull out of Dublin Pride over Trump fears
Organisers say event will be bigger this year due to more new firms coming on board
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
What we learned yesterday. The Times They Are a-Changin'
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14/06/2025
Bet DC hasn’t had more people praying for rain than today since the Brits burned the Capitol
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