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RySyd

@rysyd.bsky.social
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Hi! Just another angry, scared American wanting to help rebuild a democracy where all can flourish. I like little colorful frogs too.

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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h
TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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J.D. Scholten @jdscholten.bsky.social · 10h
Recap of Turek-Hinson debate: the chaotic tariffs and economic costs from war with Iran have added costs to all Iowans. Hinson voted 5 times supporting the tariffs and 7 times supporting the war while enriching herself 15 times in her time in DC. @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social for the W! 🇺🇸
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Senator Chris Murphy was denied entry to US military facilities and meetings with military leaders. The guts of the Pentagon and its leadership are so fetid it cannot stand to see the light of day, no less withstand scrutiny from a United States Senator. Pete Hegseth must be impeached.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11h
The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday proposed a $70,000 fee for international students seeking to work in the United States, the latest effort from the Trump administration to crack down on foreign enrollment. to.pbs.org/4hAy7N3
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Trump administration proposes a $70,000 fee for international students to work in the U.S.
The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday proposed a $70,000 fee for international students seeking to work in the United States, the latest effort from the Trump administration to crack down o...
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 13h
I have a crazy idea… CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION: midterms.voteamerica.org/vote/verify/...
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 14h
Folks can’t afford to get to work. $10 of gas used to get you to work and back. Now it only gets you there.  We need people in office who will repeal the Trump tariffs and put working families first. Volunteer at AngieNixon.com/volunteer.  #AngieForFlorida
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 21h
If your election-security plan begins by removing independent observers, the optics department has already called in sick.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 06/10/2026
The Trump administration’s deportation agenda is destabilizing our communities, costing taxpayers billions while working families can’t afford groceries, rent, gas, and other essentials. Our report makes the case for lawmakers to create a broader path to citizenship, stabilizing our economy.
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Trump’s Deportation Agenda Is Worsening Affordability
A new report from the ACLU and AFL-CIO shows how mass deportations are killing jobs, raising prices, and harming businesses.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Rep. Greg Murphy describes people who have lived in America for decades and have families here and are brutally deported by ICE as "collateral damage," and says "thank God we're getting rid of the garbage that's in our country:"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
UPDATE: Trump just awarded another $3 BILLION military contract to a company backed by his son Don Jr. (and Peter Thiel) — what skilled businessmen these Trumps are! Robbing the American taxpayer in broad daylight.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
incredible this will get little to no coverage
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"We can't eat road salt." What more needs to be said? Thank you @troyjackson207.bsky.social
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Treason!
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RySyd @rysyd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And capital gains, C suite compensation rather than decent wages and work conditions. The list goes on for the ways regular people get punished for existing.
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RySyd @rysyd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Think of all the things we could be losing because so many just struggle to survive. Wealth inequality has so many consequences.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it.
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Since taking office, Ken Paxton has skipped at least 730 workdays as Attorney General. He has instead traveled to Europe and the Caribbean.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Feeling energized and hopeful after joining Congressman Chris Pappas, Stefany Shaheen, and Cinde Warmington to rally in Rochester last night. Thank you to everyone who took time out of their Friday to join us.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ONE MONTH FROM TODAY:
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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I won my first election by just 6 votes. I would drag my wheelchair up stairs just to knock on someone’s door. Why? Because that’s how important your vote is to me.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/10/2026
There are new and specific numbers in this story, so it’s worth reading. I continue to resent the lack of credit to Nick Schwellenbach at @pogo.org, Dan Friedman at @motherjones.com, and me, who have previously reported every other aspect of this story, including that the sale prices were very high.
Kristi Noem's Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She
Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Incredible how the editors at @nytimes.com still don't understand how embarrassing it is to do this, and how it undermines the credibility of the paper and its journalists. It's like a toddler covering their face to play hide and seek. We see you but it's not cute, you look like an asshole.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Tarrant County voters filed an emergency lawsuit Friday accusing Republican county officials of intentionally making it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote by eliminating dozens of Election Day polling places. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Tarrant County voters sue to block GOP polling site cuts targeting minority voters
The lawsuit comes a month after the GOP-controlled Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved the cuts in a 3-2 vote despite intense opposition from residents and the court’s two Democratic commissio...
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Josh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Had a great conversation with Heather Cox Richardson last night about the generational opportunity we have to deliver real change for Iowa in November.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Let’s be clear: this is *the* fight.
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EXPLAINER: Shield Laws Under Siege
Everything you need to know about the two new lawsuits targeting abortion providers & pro-choice states
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When my kids grow up and look back at the 2020s, I want them to see that I worked hard to make their world better.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
The White House is coordinating with the Justice Department to hide its abortion agenda from voters until after they've voted in order to try to influence the results of the election.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The GOP promised their tax cuts for the rich would lead to growth. But growth slowed down. They said their tariffs would bring back manufacturing. But factory jobs are down under Trump. Republican policies don’t work. Change begins on November 3.
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🌊🧩Perpetua🪭☔️ @barrylarkin06.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The country really needs & wants TALARICO not just Texas. He's a spiritual, kind ethical person, but understands what #SeparationofChurchAndState means. Enough of these'GOP brained' 🇷🇺fauxChristians, NationalistChristofascists Nat-Cs, who are the OPPOSITE of Christianity. REMOVE FatSenileHairHitler.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026
TSA says it is removing chairs at document checks in airports, requiring staff to stand for their shift. TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.
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TSA officers must now stand up on the job
The agency is removing chairs from document-checking stations.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Ossoff on Mike Collins: "This is a congressman who called for executing immigrants by throwing them out of helicopter. He is a fanatic and Trump puppet."
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When Linus asked me how he could make the world a better place, it made me think: What could the world look like if more adults asked that question every day?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
NEWS: GOP candidate Brandon Herrera defended massive CEO salaries, mocked renters as “bums,” joked about people who don’t “tip their landlords,” then compared being called a “renter” with a hard R to a racial slur.
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Brandon Herrera Defended High CEO Salaries, Joined Mocking of Renters
GOP candidate: "Did you really call me 'renter' with a hard 'r? It's 'renta' to you."
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Texas, do you have a plan to vote? Just six days remain to update your registration or register to vote in this election. Make a plan to vote & share this graphic with two friends to help us build the movement we need to take back Texas.
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RySyd @rysyd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And Lutnick states the tariffs are what makes this possible…and IA will likely need to give some serious subsidies. They jumped the gun for political purposes. Lee county would need serious electric and water upgrades.
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Sen. SCHMITT: We have texts saying you attended an Atlanta Hawks game in February 2024. Former Special Counsel Jack Smith: I believe it was a Maryland-Iowa game. Sen. KLOBUCHAR: The Iowa HAWKeyes. Perhaps the Senator from Missouri should have looked at these texts more carefully.
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