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Escapee from billionaires controlling the news…. Politics, sports, travel, photography, books, cooking all of interest. Equal rights, rule of law and justice isn’t woke, it’s necessary.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that. The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one. This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation. 

Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror...

I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes. 

A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her. 

Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard. 

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Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.
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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
From a distance you can see a mountain landscape with a blue sky and a few hazy clouds. on the sides of the picture you can see parts of trees. On the left in light green, on the right a smaller dark green tree further away. in the center is a black box on which is written in white “Only caring about your own right is exactly how you lose them”.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 30/06/2025
I just left the Senate floor after speaking out against the Big Ugly Bill. It breaks my heart that this is what we’ve come to as a Senate — and as a country.
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Robyn @robyn780.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Within 10 days Lara Trump announces she’s running for NC Senate….
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 29/06/2025
Over 660,000, in fact. medicaid.ncdhhs.gov/reports/medi...
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Medicaid Expansion Enrollment Dashboard | NC Medicaid
This dashboard, updated monthly, tracks how many people are enrolled in NC Medicaid as a result of Medicaid expansion. View and filter below by health plan, demographics, or county.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 03/06/2025
Sat down with Greg Rosen, the former chief of the Justice Department's Capitol Siege Section, to discuss Trump's Jan. 6 pardons and the ongoing brain drain at DOJ. Watch the full segment tonight on Hallie Jackson Now. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Top Jan. 6 prosecutor says Trump's Capitol riot pardons signal approval of political violence
Greg Rosen, who headed the Justice Department's Capitol Siege Section, said the notion that Jan. 6 defendants were "railroaded or mistreated is belied by the actual facts."
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
New: How the Trump Administration has smashed the government’s bulwarks against corruption www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Firings, pardons and policy changes have gutted DOJ anti-corruption efforts, experts say
Trump administration changes in the Justice Department have fostered what critics say is the ripest environment for corruption by public officials and executives in a generation.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The message that [the pardons] send is that political violence towards a political goal is acceptable in a modern democratic society” Former head of Justice Dept’s Capitol Siege section steps down www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
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Justice Dept. Capitol Siege Section head Greg Rosen resigns, says Trump Jan. 6 pardons sent "terrible message"
Former DOJ attorney Greg Rosen said Trump's decision to pardon all Jan. 6 defendants sent "a terrible message to the American people."
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The United States Justice Department micromanaging how the Harvard Law Review’s internal reprimand of a student editor is insane
Still, the department was intent on removing the
reprimand from Mr. Wasserman's file inside The Law Review.
"Prior to Mr. Wasserman's Harvard Law School graduation, scheduled to take place on May 29, 2025, H.L.R. must retract the disciplinary action it instituted against him," the Justice
Department told Harvard in the third letter, sent on May 23. "Any record of his discipline must be permanenuy expunged." The department also told The Law Review to "retract any instructions to Mr. Wasserman or others to delete responsive documents."
It was an extraordinary effort to use federal power on behalf of a friendly witness.
Fearing the wrath of the Trump administration, Law Review officials tore up the reprimand and dropped their demand that Mr. Wasserman stop disseminating the documents and that others return or delete them.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
June 2, 2025
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The Republicans’ giant budget reconciliation bill has focused attention on the drastic cuts the Trump administration is making to the American government.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
"California Republican Reps. David Valadao and Young Kim's districts are among the highest Medicaid enrollment rates in the state. In an April 14 letter, both said they were against the bill if it included Medicaid cuts — but then they voted for the bill anyway..." www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
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9 Calif. Republicans in hot seat after consequential health care vote
California's nine House Republicans voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes cuts to key programs such as Medicaid.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
if it takes years, has to be consequences for all these people, and even more for those who gave the orders.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
“.. it’s unclear why the children were zip-tied during their detention or why they were detained at all.” @mysanantonio.com www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/06/2025
"The shooter became frustrated when Waziri briefly double-parked in front of a mailbox to get his mail. Waziri’s family’s lawyer, Omar Khawaja, said the two men then engaged in a heated exchange before the shooter went back to his car to grab a weapon."
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He Saved Americans’ Lives in Afghanistan. Then an American Took His Life in Texas.
Why was the war hero’s killer allowed to walk free?
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House Judiciary Dems @democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 23/04/2025
NEWS: RM Jamie Raskin, Senator Schiff, and Senator Booker are demanding details from DOJ over its threatened use of armed Special Deputy U.S. Marshals to block a fired former pardon attorney from testifying in Raskin and Schiff's bicameral spotlight hearing.
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NEWS: Rep. Raskin, Sens. Schiff, Booker Seek Details on DOJ’s ‘Thuggish’ Attempt to Block Former Pardon Attorney from Participating in Congressional Oversight Hearing
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The free speech website where the owner (who believes in free speech) will throttle your access if you criticize him - even if you support all the far-right conspiracy theories and bigotry he supports. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed. (Gift Article)
Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 21/04/2025
"The findings shock the conscience."
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Every time the Justice Department tries to claim the military isn’t actually banning transgender people, Pete Hegseth tweets that it is. This is likely to come up at oral arguments at the DC Circuit Court of appeals — conveniently scheduled for tomorrow.
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
“The administration’s action skipped over requirements that say the government must identify and list violations, offer a hearing, notify Congress and then wait 30 days before applying penalties.” www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Trump’s freeze on $2.2 billion to Harvard provided no proof of wrongdoing
The Trump administration skipped over requirements, including offering to hold a hearing, when applying financial penalties related to civil rights violations.
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has “100% hatred” toward Russian leader Vladimir Putin. “How else can you see a person who came here and murdered our people, murdered children?” says Zelenskyy. cbsn.ws/3YyaIlp
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/04/2025
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 13/04/2025
Last May, elite law firm Paul, Weiss launched its award-winning "Center to Combat Hate" to fight extremism. Now, the firm’s been silent on the Center's future after striking a deal to lift Trump's order against the company. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Paul, Weiss Said It Felt ‘Called Upon’ to Launch a Center to Fight Hate. Now It Won’t Talk About It.
Read more here.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The bill is egregious, it’s essentially a poll tax, especially on married women—it’s approx $130+ for a passport, $45 for a certified Birth Certificate and Marriage Certificate. And there’s no language stating what is acceptable proof.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
APOLLO: “.. arrivals at the top 10 airports in the US has shown a rapid decline since late February ..” [Slok] ✈️
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Justice Allison Riggs @allisonjriggs.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
As a proud member of military family, I will keep fighting to ensure that those serving our country overseas can make their voices heard.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
“.. millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws” lasted about a week. 🤡
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/04/2025
The FBI has suspended an analyst on Kash Patel’s so-called enemies list after Patel told lawmakers that the bureau under his leadership would stay out of the political fray and not punish employees for partisan reasons.
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F.B.I. Suspends Bureau Employee on Patel’s So-Called Enemies List
The employee was a longtime counterintelligence analyst who had worked on the F.B.I.’s investigation examining Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/04/2025
yeah man, please make my 85 year old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
April 7, 2025
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April 7, 2025
Major indexes on the stock market began down more than 3% today when, as Allison Morrow of CNN reported, a rumor that Trump was considering delaying his tariffs by three months sent stocks surging upw...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Does anyone remember Signalgate?
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
he did this just *after* going to the funeral of an 8 year old girl. he walks away from where the hearse is idling and immediately starts hyping this stuff again. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The U.S. "has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the United States off the street and remove him from the country without due process. The Government’s contention otherwise, and its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable."
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Every word of this piece from @cmgreer.bsky.social is on point. READ and share it. We’re sick of it. Wake up! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
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Opinion | Black Americans Are Not Surprised by What Trump’s Doing (Gift Article)
Many Black Americans are not surprised by the way Trump is running roughshod over the rule of law, because they have seen it happen throughout American history.
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Robyn @robyn780.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I really think America’s view of their own exceptionalism will be the downfall. WE ARE THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD! How? Also you can’t grow coffee and multiple other crops and you/we don’t have the factories we need immediately (Biden was trying to get the vital/sense making ones via IRA)
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Hosting the Olympics and World Cup are going to be impossible. What athlete in their right mind would risk coming to the US now?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Yesterday: Lithuanians lined the streets to honor the 4 fallen U.S. soldiers Today: Trump went to a LIV golf dinner reception instead of being present for their dignified transfer at Dover
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Reuters @reuters.com · 04/04/2025
A Kenyan court has ruled that Facebook's parent company Meta can be sued in the East African country over its alleged role in promoting content that led to ethnic violence in neighboring Ethiopia, a plaintiff in the case said reut.rs/3XJybje
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Meta can be sued in Kenya over posts related to Ethiopia violence, court rules
A Kenyan court has ruled that Facebook's parent company Meta can be sued in the East African country over its alleged role in promoting content that led to ethnic violence in neighbouring Ethiopia, a plaintiff in the case said.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social. #TrumpTariffs
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 04/04/2025
Gen. Timothy Haugh, who was chief of U.S. Cyber Command in addition to leading the NSA, was fired by the Trump administration Thursday night.
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Trump fires top boss at NSA, nation's elite spy agency
Gen. Timothy Haugh, who was chief of U.S. Cyber Command in addition to leading the NSA, was fired by the Trump administration Thursday night.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 04/04/2025
Almost half of the country’s health insurance now rests in the hands of a man who once sold miracle pills — with zero proof they worked — on daytime TV.
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Michael Stambolis @mstambolis.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
As we watch the stock market crash and businesses suffer dramatically, this sentence from Levitsky and Ways's "The Path to American Authoritarianism" article in @foreignaffairs.com makes much more sense to me now.
Wealth cannot wholly inoculate the private sector from the pressures imposed by a weaponized state. But the larger and richer a private sector is, the harder it is to fully capture or bully into submission.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Dave Min @daveminca.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Abandoning (and even threatening) our longtime allies. Tearing apart our Constitution. Blowing up the economy. Putin himself couldn't do a better job of wreaking havoc on the United States of America.
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Robyn @robyn780.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
He’s so wrong
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