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Rebecca

@rurallife.bsky.social
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Policy wonk. Staunch dyke feminist. Trans ally. Birds, gardening, whiskey, books. 🏳️‍🌈

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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 2h
A cartoon by Joel Pett has a line of shackled and hooded persons entering a Paddy wagon in the dark. A masked figure with a rifle and a vest labeled ice stands guard. The caption to the guard says  (stormed the Capitol). The cartoon is titled worst of the worst?
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is horrible, trump is buying votes Trump administration begins mailing out $500 ACA refund checks. Here's what to know - ABC7 Los Angeles share.google/3VkyVszRzRcK...
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Trump administration begins mailing out $500 ACA refund checks. Here's what to know
The Trump administration began this week mailing out $500 Affordable Care Act checks to enrollees who were allegedly overcharged for coverage. Here's what to know.
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
kalshi.com/markets/kxin...
kalshi odds on Trump invoking the insurrection act ,before January 20 2027. 45%
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the night of the long knives...
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh well. Just another day of incompetence
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Elmo I Don't Know Idk
ALT: Elmo I Don't Know Idk
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
exactly
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
welp. now we know exactly how Trump was able to actually bankrupt a casino. Guess that was practice for the US www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Unused Tents and Uneaten Food: Watchdog Finds ‘Waste’ in Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)
In a report Thursday, the Government Accountability Office said the Trump administration squandered millions of dollars to expand detention.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Robin Knew
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
it's not over. Storm troopers cruelly abducting people off the streets, at airports, in our neighborhoods, disappearing or detained to make $ in forprofit prisons. Girls separated, raped & impregnated. The US is trafficking human beings. When is enough enough? www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Video: Videos Show ICE Agents Mistakenly Detaining U.S. Citizen
Federal immigration agents in Evanston, Ill., mistakenly detained a U.S. citizen, who was later released after he identified himself.
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
and yet my neighbors are still drinking Kool aid www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns (Gift Article)
In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/s...
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Steve Kolb, Head of C.F.D.A., Placed on Leave After PETA Protester Confrontation
The Council of Fashion Designers of America said its chief executive, Steve Kolb, would be placed on leave “pending a full review” of an incident at the Cos fashion show.
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Any guesses on which political party elected this senator? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. (Gift Article)
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
photo of a poster titled 11 steps to fascism. number one invoke a threat. number two establish secret prisons. Three develop a paramilitary force. for surveil ordinary citizens. five infiltrate citizens groups. six arbitrarily detained citizens. 7. Target key individuals. eight restrict the press. nine cast descent as treason. 10. subvert the rule of law. at this point there's a handwritten note saying the USA is here at point 11 disarmed the citizen.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Damn. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
this:
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I still think this is one of the most egregious acts of Treason ever committed….
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
THEY SAY IMMIGRANTS ARE THE PROBLEM.
BUT WE ALL SAW WHO STORMED THE CAPITOL.
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
U.S. Forest Service announces emergency logging project over 5 million acres in Montana, Idaho dailymontanan.com/2026/06/25/u...
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U.S. Forest Service announces emergency logging project over 5 million acres in Montana, Idaho • Daily Montanan
The United States Forest Service said that it will include more than 5 million of federal forest lands in an emergency order that will log forests with trees that were downed by powerful wind storms i...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/06/2026
"The DOJ is nothing but a blunt, brutal weapon, deployed to destroy people’s lives with laughable investigations and ginned-up charges. The indictment of 15 Minnesotans is meant to terrorize, not to fully and fairly lay out support for the charges." — @snipy.bsky.social
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Minnesota anti-ICE protesters get the Broadview 6 treatment
The process is the punishment.
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
it just keeps getting worse! this is particularly relevant to me because as a Minnesotan I'm well aware of the falsehoods. the Minnesota Federal DADan Rosen is promulgating & could not be held accountable if Blanche succedes in his attempts to shelter the attorneys dishonoring their law license
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
As the government raids “antifa groups” in Minneapolis with the SAME charges levied against myself and the rest of the Broadview Six, we need to be asking how they got this indictment. And as charges (hopefully) get dropped, we must remember the process is the punishment.
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The Minnesota conspiracy case against ICE watchers, like the Broadview Six case, is going to be yet another test of how judges handle a habitually deceitful Justice Department
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The ‘Presumption of Regularity’ Is Evaporating
Judges have long defaulted to a posture of trust toward the federal government, but under Trump that is changing, and a new set of legal possibilities is emerging.
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MoveOn @moveon.org · 10/06/2026
Wait, so Republicans have hundreds of billions to throw at ICE and Border Patrol, billions more for endless wars, and tax breaks for the wealthy... but when it comes to Social Security and Medicare, suddenly we're told we can't afford them?
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Johnson says no cuts to Social Security and Medicare to fund Trump's agenda
House Speaker Mike Johnson said cuts to Social Security and Medicare won't be part of the legislative plan being worked out to fund President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/d...
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This Restaurant Stopped Charging for Food. And Profits Are Up.
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
the future is here and it looks miserable www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/m...
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The Small-Business Owners Managing Whole Armies of A.I. Employees
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...
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Jan. 6 Police Officers Sue to Block Trump’s Payout Fund
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
rage www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/b...
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Fidelity and Vanguard Won’t Allow Donations to Southern Poverty Law Center
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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US boards ship carrying Iranian oil, as Trump orders navy to shoot any boat laying mines in strait
Meanwhile, Donald Trump says the US has
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
everyone said I was overreacting when I said we won't have fair midterms.... open.substack.com/pub/rightsan...
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Trump Has Eliminated Election Safeguards and Installed Loyalist Election Deniers in Key Roles
“The election denial movement is now interwoven within the federal government.”
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
NEW: The Trump administration has cut more than 4,000 employees from some of the nation’s top law-enforcement agencies, even as it vowed to crack down on crime, according to ​records obtained by Reuters. www.reuters.com/world/trumps...
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
losing battle
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
too many white men /imagepages/2026/04/22/multimedia/23california-govenor-debate-wbgl-copy.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
If you believe a war criminal on the run from the ICC and a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and financial fraudster (who is most likely also a pedophile) are waging a moral and just war in the Middle East right now, I have some bad news for you. You’re an idiot.
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Incredibly stupid question, (2025 plan goal to increase pregnancies). Also follows the GOP administration moves to destroy or wreck anything that benefits us - consumer protections, clean air, great parks, education, free press healthcare - do I have to go on? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/o...
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Opinion | Does the Trump Administration Really Want More Teen Pregnancies?
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/b...
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is preparing banks to collect citizenship data
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Trump administration expects banks to comply in collecting citizenship information from customers.
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
www.startribune.com/live-hennepi...
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Live: Hennepin County Attorney charges ICE agent with felonies for allegedly pointing gun at civilian
A nationwide warrant has been issued for the arrest of the agent, a Maryland native.
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This is pretty much all of us waking up everyday to the destruction wrought by GOP/Epstein administration "I'm not okay song by Damon" share.google/tUx4pyA3WB0v...
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Rebecca @rurallife.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
photo showing two women on a light rail platform holding protest signs from No King's protest. Sign says " worst sequel ever"
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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Hearing from folks! I know the FS has barred employees from talking to the press. I can keep your name and identifying details out of my story—won't publish anything without explicit ok. Seems equally important I talk to researchers working with the FS, who can talk about what we stand to lose...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/04/2026
Trump is kicking 100,000 veterans out of their homes. www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...
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Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it
Foreclosures on VA loans are at their highest level in a decade. VA has a fix but it is months away and could still leave vets worse off than most other homeowners.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
They're looting the federal government
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Martha Rich Art Projects @martharichart.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Making art today. Cats know what is what. Martharichartprojects.bigcartel.com
A piece of by Martha Rich. Two cat heads on a horizontal piece of card stock with a painterly background. There is a green head on the left and a light orange head on the right. Above the heads are the words “all racists” and below the heads is “are losers.” The text is hand cut from orange-painted paper. Copyright 2026 Martha Rich.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I love when he accidentally tells the truth!
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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Young Nashville mother detained by ICE, separated from 10-month-old breastfeeding baby
NASHVILLE—Another immigration outrage in Nashville, where young mother Misslenys Hernandez Zabala has disappeared. Hernandez was arrested, detained, and taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Trump Calls Us Radicals We are Radicals For Democracy Radicals For Decency #NoKings
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