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Ringuette

@ringuette.bsky.social
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Chronically sleep-deprived. Not in the mood for fascism. Former Cassandra.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A Thiel-Altman-&-Andreessen backed “network state” called Praxis is planning a tech colony in Uruguay & has a nonbinding deal w/ a development led by a former advisor to Javier Milei. Located a short ferry ride from Argentina, the move aligns w/ the “Tech Bros”’ increasing interest in the region. 1/
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jon Husted has now voted 14 times to continue the Iran war. That’s 14 votes causing record high gas and grocery prices, and Ohioans are paying the price.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every. F*cking. Time. The. Same. Story. Make a big fraud claim that doesn't hold up on inspection. The goal is to create doubt, not provide truth www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Ed Dept is a propaganda shop now- used for whatever political attack this administration wants-against teachers, unions, equality, etc. What it does not do is serve students. www.npr.org/2026/09/24/n...
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The Education Dept. hasn't been dismantled. It's become more inefficient, staff say
Education staff are being scattered across several other federal agencies. Despite the Trump administration's claims, employees say it's adding bureaucracy and making it harder to serve students.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
NEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
i wrote about all these airport repairs and upgrades. millions of people pass through these places. they had NO IDEA biden is the one who got it done. michiganindependent.com/economy/fede...
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Federal Government Invests $5.7 billion for State Infrastructure Projects
Invest.gov details how $699 billion in federal manufacturing and public infrastructure funding is being allocated in different states. Oliver Willis The White House on Tuesday launched a new website, ...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We @democracydefendersfund.org are proud to be among "Civil Rights Groups Suing to Keep Armed Agents Away From Voting Sites" We are representing labor unions @aft.org, UFCW & IUPAT together w/ many from our coalition that also stopped Trump's USPS cheating! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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Civil Rights Groups Sue to Keep Armed Agents Away From Voting Sites (Gift Article)
The lawsuit argues that the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and suggestions that it could send agents to polling stations violate the Voting Rights Act.
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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Ringuette @ringuette.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
McChrystal, Hayden join other flag officers to promote trust in American elections www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
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McChrystal, Hayden join other flag officers to promote trust in American elections
Seven prominent retired general officers are imploring the U.S. electorate to have faith in the election process.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
‼️🚨 Breaking News 🚨‼️ The Speaker has cancelled votes and is sending us home. And there is really only one reason—impeachment of Pete Hegseth. Here’s what’s going on ⬇️
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AFT @aft.org · 15/09/2026
NEW: @rweingarten.bsky.social sent a letter to Treasury Sec. Bessent urging an investigation into financial risks from the AI sector’s rapid debt-laden expansion, expressing concern over the existential threat these dangers carry for AFT members’ retirement security and the U.S. economy as a whole.
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AFT Demands Financial Regulators Investigate AI Bubble Risks to Workers’ Retirement Security
WASHINGTON—Today, AFT President Randi Weingarten sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who chairs the Financial Stability Oversight Council, urging an immediate investigation into serious...
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Ringuette @ringuette.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
OMFG о мфг myrussianwedding.com
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America First. Open Bar Courtesy of Russia.
An independent wedding satire. Explore the very normal registry, find your wedding oligarch, and read the reporting behind the joke.
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Princess Moss @neapresident.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is an important step forward, but voluntary standards can only go so far. Congress must act to establish strong, enforceable protection for students, educators, and public schools nationwide.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 04/09/2026
HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction. www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-ca…
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HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED
Officials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise.
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Erie Meyer @erie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A DC mom asking the national guard for help clearing a tree blocking her kid’s title 1 school: Her: Aren’t you supposed to be here to help? The national guard: Nope.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Register, Make a plan to vote and make sure your vote is counted.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Linda McMahon really thinks this is ok.. OMG AI and screens substituting for real humans at the beginning of every day Schools are essentially human endeavors. Forget the education issues, starting school like this every day is not how you connect with children x.com/atrupar/stat...
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) on X
Linda McMahon on successful uses of AI in classrooms: "The first couple hours every day students really have on headphones, they're in front of their computers, they're getting their subjects fed to t...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
NOTE: It was Chief Justice John Roberts who granted the Trump administration the administrative stay requested in the ballroom case, not, as NBC and the WSJ push alerts said, the “Supreme Court.”
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Tonight I can write the saddest lines. The entire post-WW2 global order counted on Lindsey Graham being alive to kiss Donald Trump’s ass.
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Alex Russell @infrequently.org · 15/08/2026
Stephen Miller deserves to spend the rest of his natural life fighting a legal system charging him of crimes he didn't commit in a language he does not speak, alone, and without counsel: publicnotice.co/p/stephen-miller…
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Stephen Miller's secret campaign against helpless kids
That it's happening in the shadows doesn't make it less of a moral blight.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 11/08/2026
All of this is because Republicans seek to juice corporate profit. Their hatred of government oversight caused this.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 04/08/2026
It’s Amy Coney Barrett all over again. Collins, facing reelection, will vote no on an anti-abortion nominee who gets confirmed anyway
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Navigator Research @navigatorsurvey.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Where do YOU get your news? Like for social media or online and repost for TV or print! Check out our latest breaking report about passive news consumers here: navigatorresearch.org/tuned-out-not…
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Russian farmers: Every fifth farmer is on the brink of bankruptcy. Due to record low prices, it's more profitable to throw away part of the harvest than to harvest it. Grain is just poured on the ground. If the situation doesn't change, tens of thousands of farms could disappear.
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Jesse Lee @jessecharleslee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Trump allies at Heritage celebrating the Cornyn cave on Blanche because you actually need both parties to sign off on changing the “settlement.”
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Pacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is · 01/08/2026
Here is our full list of all 145 sex pests and sexual predators from ICE and Customs & Border Protection in a single image. The entries outlined in red indicate entries involving alleged sex crimes against children.
A full list of 145 sex pests and sexual predators from ICE and Customs & Border Protection in a roughly 12 rows X 12 columns yearbook style grid with booking photos where available. The entries outlined in red indicate entries involving alleged sex crimes against children. Agencies are noted along with latest disposition of criminal cases.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The Real H̶o̶u̶s̶e̶w̶i̶v̶e̶s̶ Agencies of Washington, D.C.
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Ringuette @ringuette.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A beloved of mine who is not known for being funny just sent me a joke made by a former Bush appointee: What’s the difference between Vietnam and Iran? Trump knew how to get out of Vietnam.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Millions of Americans with student loan debt will soon pay far more in student debt payments because of Trump’s Big Tax cut last July -about 4k a year for a typical family with student debt. This is a betrayal of young Americans who need loans to pursue college or career www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Opinion | America’s student loan system is a mess. Along comes Trump to make it worse.
Randi Weingarten and Mike Pierce: Ballooning student loan payments are Trump's latest contribution to the affordability crisis
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/07/2026
The man who shot and killed a former speaker of the Minnesota House and her husband at their home last year was sentenced to life in prison.
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Man who killed Minnesota lawmaker in overnight attacks sentenced to life
Vance Boelter, who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting Minnesota state Sen. Melissa Hortman and her husband at their home in June 2025, was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday.
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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Love to see two white idiots admit to misrepresenting a successful, BIPOC-led protest for voting rights as a “failed No Kings” event to fundraise off of it. How much money did you raise, & how much of it is going to groups like Black Voters Matter? Here’s Leah calling y’all out too.
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Tell Your Senators to vote ❌NO ❌on the SAVE Act! 📱 (202) 224-3121 ✅Passports cost $165. ✅Birth certificates cost up to $45. ✅Naturalization certificate replacement costs $555. ✅Voting is supposed to be FREE. 📹 @rachelgoodman.bsky.social
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Pro tip: if you’re going to send out a text blast fraudulently claiming you’re the organizer of No Kings and fraudulently soliciting donations, maybe don’t send it directly to me
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Lmao… they’ve already pulled the Qatari Air Force One from service to be upgraded with all the capabilities that it should have had before Trump forced them to rush it for his birthday. Daily proof that confidence and competence are unrelated.
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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Brutal photo caption from The Guardian: “Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the Spanish national team.”
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AFT @aft.org · 19/07/2026
“The people who show up every day to make our communities stronger. You deserve our thanks, you deserve our respect, and you deserve our solidarity. There’s no stronger force to build the future we want than the people in this room.” Thank you Brian Bryant! ✊ ⚙️ @machinistsunion.bsky.social
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
He died at Irwin, the detention center made notorious by allegations of unwanted gynecological procedures, and that Biden had shut down. Trump reopened it. Now it’s the site of yet another death in ICE detention following claims of medical neglect.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/07/2026
SHOCK NYT REPORT: DHS now admits the man ICE killed in Houston wasn't even their target. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 35-year U.S. resident, was just driving to work when agents — with no body cameras — shot him dead searching for two other men who weren't even in the van. Gift link in reply.
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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The AI bailout is going to come from within the Fed!
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I am begging you not to ask a damn chatbot who to vote for
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner @rowefinkbeiner.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We can't accept the future Trump is giving us where getting sick means going broke. Grateful to @pelosi.house.gov for partnering with me on this piece & for her decades-long leadership fighting to make health care more affordable for families. Read: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Pelosi, Rowe-Finkbeiner: We can fix health care, but Trump chooses Iran
Republicans triggered this health care crisis by slashing $1 trillion from Medicaid and failing to extend the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
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Ringuette @ringuette.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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They Killed a Man Looking for Work
ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston’s East End. We have heard this story before.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My latest. Don’t read if you live in DC. You’re just going to end up feeling bad about yourself or someone you know or America or all of the above.
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Liza Goitein @lizagoitein.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Nineteen retired senior defense and military leaders who served under presidents of both parties have sent an extraordinary letter to 18 governors expressing concern over other governors’ recent deployments of National Guard forces to DC at Trump’s request. 1/8
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