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Cindy LMN OP QrST

@samuraicindy.bsky.social
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Squirt's mom. Walla Walla WA

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Cindy LMN OP QrST @samuraicindy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My little free library does every week as a #BannedBooksWeek. Winning!
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with an Attorney General nominee? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz! [SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Cindy LMN OP QrST @samuraicindy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Quiet piggy!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
🚨 Obama rejects the argument that the market and lawsuits alone can keep AI companies in check: “That’s not how we treat airlines, or drug companies, or food companies.” He says there’s “no replacement” for effective government regulation.
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Cindy LMN OP QrST @samuraicindy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I vacilate between thinking some frequently dumped on people are just victims of SM bullshit, and then seeing they really are purveyors of said bullshit. Hint: economics is complex.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 17/09/2026
the midterms are just one grand exercise in the american electorate finally coming around to the single most accurate political axiom of the past decade: orange man bad
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW POLL: 53% of Americans support expanding the Supreme Court, including majorities of both Democrats and independents. Two weeks ago, House Dems stood united to keep that option on the table. Happy Constitution Day! law.marquette.edu/poll/
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Expanding the Supreme Court is a popular idea, pass it on
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skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
talarico reminds me of how democrats spent years trying to "moderate" on immigration and getting nothing in return and now we have the best funded paramilitary force on the planet disappearing people across the country while running a system of concentration camps with no oversight
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
one of the stadiums that said they would cancel Ed Sheeran's show if he brought Macklemore with him "because something something antisemitism" is literally hosting a concert by Kanye West
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Atlantic Industrial Coatings, the contractor that renovated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, admits errors in its own work and flaws in the repair plan, NOT VANDALISM, caused the pool’s blue liner to peel and break loose. Atlantic is being paid $14.7 million. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/c...
nytimes.com
Reflecting Pool Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Damage
The contractor said the pool’s new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026
Carney standing by Zelenskyy: "Ukraine will never submit"
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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Happy birthday Freddie Mercury. He would have turned 80 today.
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We spent thousands of years trying to produce enough food, shelter and energy for everyone. We finally became capable of doing it. Then we invented shareholders.
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Cindy LMN OP QrST @samuraicindy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I love love love watching Mamdani stuff. It gives me hope! I look for it.
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Cindy LMN OP QrST @samuraicindy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I lived in Canada for a year plus. Never had better healthcare, before or after, ehh?
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Cindy LMN OP QrST @samuraicindy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“Quiet piggy” from a sitting POTUS, but this is news?
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The moderates have lost several races in which they’ve outspent the left by 8-10x—and the NYT did not once frame it as “showing the limits of the establishment.”
nytimes.com
Hong’s Defeat in Wisconsin Shows the Limits of the Progressive Movement
Francesca Hong’s defeat in the Democratic primary for governor defied expectations and may have shown the democratic socialist wave cannot reach beyond urban centers.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Here's Politico, calling him Platner on steroids. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
politico.com
‘Platner on steroids’: Max Miller abuse claims have Republicans silently sweating
The Ohio lawmaker denies the allegations as an Aug. 5 deadline to drop off the ballot approaches.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I'd love to hear why my book White Flight -- which won prizes from the Southern Historical Association and the American Political Science Association -- was deemed not good enough for students at Texas A&M.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.
chicago.suntimes.com
Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed
Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...
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Cindy LMN OP QrST @samuraicindy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
OMFG I’m guessing thought showing this was a good thing?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/07/2026
Trump: "They're coming from Africa, they're coming from South America, they're coming from different parts of Asia, and they're invading Europe. They're invading Europe! It's an invasion. And the UK is a prime suspect."
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
NEW: DHS' top number-cruncher just left the department -- and blasted the administration's "war on immigrants" on the way out. He's one of the very few DHS officials to step down and speak out publicly against this White House. Me in @wired.com ... www.wired.com/story/dhs-of...
wired.com
DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’
The outgoing executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics is one of very few federal officials to speak out against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
So did I hear this correctly? The WSJ got an award at the WHCD for reporting on the pedophiles in the Epstein files, and then walked over and shook hands with the head fucking pedophile? I really don't know how much more of this insanity I can take.
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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Dear lord, what are they trying to AVOID discovery of? Cancelling grants solely because the state where the grantee happens to be located did not vote for Trump is the less damaging thing they will admit in writing?
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Ian Bremmer remains the most embarrasing graduate of Tulane poli-sci. "Effects don't have causes" man if you want Musk's money that nadly just say it.
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i don't accept the argument that if you cut foreign aid—even valuable, well targeted foreign aid (which some of usaid was)—you're responsible for killing people.
this should be obvious. so it will probably be controversial.
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Cindy LMN OP QrST @samuraicindy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Oh fuck you so much. Idiots.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 17/07/2026
A human rights lawyer who fled China, applied for asylum in the US, and was delivering packages for Amazon when ICE took him this week:
theguardian.com
ICE arrests human rights lawyer who fled Chinese crackdown
Arrest in Pennsylvania of Wu Shaoping, who is awaiting asylum decision, raises fears of deportation and persecution
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Tillis prodded a rape survivor to go public with allegations against Hegseth, promising her that it would sink the nomination of a dangerous man to a powerful position. She did, at significant risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote in favor of Hegseth. He has always been a coward.
radleybalko.substack.com
Profiles in poltroonery: Senator Thom Tillis
Recognizing the cowards who choose Donald Trump over our republic
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Just want to say that @jaketapper.bsky.social wrote a book on the wrong candidate’s dementia and that should be obvious to every American.
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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 13/07/2026
Other angles show it more clearly. Evidently, from what can be gathered from reports, the 26 yr old Colombian man, authorized to work in the U.S. and issued a Social Security number, was shot through the windshield in his face and body.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Reminder there is no evidence that any initial statements by ICE or DHS should be trusted — and reporters should state that in all coverage and stories. Every ICE shooting we’ve seen the agency lie about the circumstances.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 12/07/2026
What noise is this? Not dead? Not yet quite dead?
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Journalists, you’re smart people. Find a way not to do this
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Jesus Christ. This is appalling. I’m wracking my legal brain for how to solve it and given the 5th circuit being the 5th circuit, I’m not even sure how.
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Snitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
NBC should be embarrassed to let Vance use them for image rehab like this: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-...
nbcnews.com
Vance calls his ‘childless cat ladies’ comment ‘one of the dumbest things I ever said’
Vice President JD Vance, who previously stood by the insult of Kamala Harris and other Democrats, writes in his new book that the remarks were “a clear moment where I failed.”
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
NBC is ready for Trump to die, for Vance to blame everything unpopular now on Trump, and for the white supremacist patriarchal Christian nationalist Theil era of control to just sweep in and do what they will. NBC is owned by Comcast. The Comcast PAC helped fund Jan 6th & the East Wing demolition.
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Cindy LMN OP QrST @samuraicindy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We’re fighting a huge Amazon data center in Walla Walla. Hit me up, tees at cost.
Tee that says no data centers in Walla Walla
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 16/06/2026
After charging 15 people with "Antifa" crimes for participating in rapid response networks, federal agents are pepper-spraying people outside the Federal Courthouse in the Twin Cities right now. They want to establish an autocracy. Everyone's freedom is at stake.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I'm posting this video every day so we NEVER forget what insurrectionist Donald Trump did on J6 Instead of accepting defeat and honoring the peaceful transfer of power, Trump unleashed a deadly mob on the U.S. Capitol in a last-ditch attempt to stay in power THIS is what an insurrection looks like
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Georgia DiPirro 📎 @georgiadipirro.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Paying Tribute to the 168 school girls murdered by Donald Trump
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Ths is flying under the radar, but Russ Vought is advancing a new scheme to give Trump's cronies total control of nearly $179B in federal grant funds. Billions for lifesaving disaster relief and medical research would be subject to Trumpian loyalty oaths. Make no mistake: this is fascism.
commondreams.org
Alarm Grows Over Vought Plan to Give Trump Cronies Control of Federal Grant Money | Common Dreams
"The test will be a simple one: Are you sufficiently loyal to the president? If the answer is no, it will result in the
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
JD Vance's "anti-fraud" task force has suspended funding for 43 legitimate hospice providers. Meanwhile, Trump continues to pardon actual fraudsters — including a nursing home executive who made $1.3B in fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims. "Tough on crime."
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 14/06/2026
Kharkiv art museum is burning as the enemy tries to destroy culture at any cost. This is Kharkiv mayor helping to evacuate the art pieces
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Sharp thinking by the world’s most brilliant baby boys to create the biggest billboard projection opportunity in D.C. with the Kennedy Center tarp.
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Morgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Jared Kushner makes Hunter Biden scandal look like pocket change: author www.rawstory.com/jared-kushne...
rawstory.com
Jared Kushner makes Hunter Biden scandal look like pocket change: author
Jared Kushner's foreign business entanglements make Hunter Biden's overseas dealings look minor by comparison, an investigative author argued this week, accusing Washington of waving through a conflic...
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Cindy LMN OP QrST @samuraicindy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
As a not prominent Bluesky poster my article will be about wanna be prominents quote tweeting so wrong. I’m still hung up on how many jumps in logic used to dis a tweet of mine. Weirdo. Muted. And my dogs.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
as many of you will remember, I dug into detailed local reporting about a different ICE victim every day of Lent to meditate on their stories, and when you read them all lined up some clear patterns start to emerge. the starkest to me was that every employee of GEO Group should be sent to The Hague
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