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I ck each Follower. Just sayin in the times we're in............

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1h
How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 7h
Ok I just have to say this. Guy Ritchie is Great Britain's version of Quentin Tarrantino. He just hides it in great scenery, music, actors and storyline in THE GENTLEMEN on NETFLIX
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Laura Packard @laurapackard.com · 11h
"Most of the Medicaid cuts haven't even taken effect yet, but already my insurance premiums for the same exact insurance plan I had last year have gone up 21%. We are all facing less care, or no care at all. And we are sick of it"-me #RepublicanHealthCareCrisis www.foxbangor.com/news/healthc...
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Healthcare advocacy bus tour going across the country, begins in Bangor
BANGOR, MAINE -- A bus tour advocating for healthcare rights kicked off in Bangor. The non-profit 'Protect Our Care' is brining speakers to communities across the nation to talk about
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11h
🎥 NEW: Trump recently told a reporter that anyone looking for mail voting fraud should "start off by taking a look at California." Marc Elias explains the real reason Trump is targeting the state: its 52 congressional seats could decide control of the House, and he will have a window to interfere👇
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ALERT: Trump Reveals Details in Plot to Steal Election
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h
🚨BREAKING: A Florida lawyer who previously pleaded guilty to illegally accessing election websites monitored the primary election in Maricopa County, Arizona for the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to records viewed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ lawyer convicted of hacking election sites monitored voting in Maricopa County, Arizona
The involvement of the two lawyers in a state where President Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results adds to concerns that the administration’s monitoring program for the fall — which it ha...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10h
It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.
The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10h
NEW: In 2016, David Michael Levin served jail time for hacking election websites in Florida. Now, new records reveal Levin helped the Trump DOJ monitor the 2026 primaries in Maricopa County — a key target in Trump's bid to contest the 2020 vote.
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DOJ lawyer convicted of hacking election sites monitored voting in Maricopa County, Arizona
The involvement of the two lawyers in a state where President Donald Trump challenged the 2020 election results adds to concerns that the administration’s monitoring program for the fall — which it ha...
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 10h
International Observers from OSCE have been invited to see our elections for more than 20 years -- and allowed us to demonstrate to the world our free and fair elections. Why does the Trump Administration not want the world to see how we vote in America? #holdfast #corruption
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 9h
Trump is literally telling us he's about to attempt to take control of elections. We should believe him.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 9h
📑 Ohio also provided the sensitive voter data of nearly 8 million Ohioans to the DOJ as part of the Trump administration’s nationwide investigation into how states are maintaining their voter rolls.
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Ohio Dems put GOP elections chief on notice for handing voter data to Trump DOJ
This isn’t the first time LaRose has danced to DOJ’s tune.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 9h
ATTN: Students who want to become a social worker, preschool teacher, mental health counselor, or pursue the arts: Trump has decided that your career doesn't pay enough to deserve a student loan. Here's what you need to know.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 7h
Bordering?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice tapped criminal prosecutors and an FBI official to watch voters in Arizona’s primary elections earlier this year in a major break from past norms, according to records reviewed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ dispatched criminal prosecutors, FBI agent to monitor Arizona’s primary, documents reveal
The deployments mark a major break from past departmental norms.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 12h
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/n... GOOD for them!
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Sally Yates to Lead Internal Investigation Into Cornell’s Handling of Sexual Assault Report (Gift Article)
The university hired Sally Yates, a career federal prosecutor, to investigate how it handled a former student’s claim she was raped in 2024.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
White House defends new press aide who posed with rifle in ‘Fuck Joe Biden’ shirt www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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White House defends new press aide who posed with rifle in ‘Fuck Joe Biden’ shirt
Beni Rae Harmony, 24, has been ‘a trusted voice for the Maga movement’ as a correspondent, White House says
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
He does that thanks to his short pants he has a foot of bare leg showing lol
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The most Republican thing ever is to claim you suddenly care about affordability by giving a speech at a yacht club.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 05/10/2026
I can't believe I have to say this: Richard Nixon was corrupt and Congress was right to force him out. But, according to Trump's DOJ and a GOP congressman, Nixon was subject to a Deep State coup. Nonsense. This is just Trump trying to rewrite the past to obscure his corruption today. Link below ⬇️
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 05/10/2026
Trump is ignoring bipartisan legislation—legislation he signed into law!—to cut health care and education funding while spending billions on vanity projects and war. What is the Republican Congress doing to stop him? NOTHING.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In other words when that guy named Ronald Reagan was President
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My Latest: Earlier this year, The New York Times asked Donald Trump whether he regretted not ordering the National Guard to seize voting machines in swing states after the 2020 election. His answer was chilling: "Well, I should have." newsletters.democracydocket.com/this-time-ta...
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This time, take Trump literally
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 05/10/2026
Actors linked to Iran, Russia, China, and other states are using AI to write and translate propaganda, create personas, mimic target audiences, and produce content at scale. @noupside.bsky.social investigates whether AI-generated influence operations are actually changing public opinion.
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Production, Persuasion, and Power: How Generative and Agentic AI Are Transforming Influence Operations
Generative AI can increase the quantity and quality of malign foreign influence campaigns. However, questions remain as to whether these campaigns influence public opinion.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
At a time in history when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, democracy, and decency, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction — fawning over the most dangerous authoritarian America has ever witnessed. Do not forget this.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026
NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Guess he'd rather let that happen by letting all that nuclear thingy stuff go on on the Moon instead
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“The Russian president has reason to believe that he has bought off Trump and his envoys with flattery, fake talk of “peace” and business deals.” anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/who-is-ame...
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Who is American foreign policy for?
Definitely not Americans
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pretending that expertise becomes unnecessary when the questions involve war, public health, financial stability, aviation, or national security is reckless. steadystate1.substack.com/p/hold-fast-...
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Hold Fast: The Importance of a Nonpartisan Civil Service
Tell Me What I Need to Know
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 05/10/2026
Jared of Arabia? On this episode of The Steady State's Daily Swamp episode, we dive into how Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, and the Trump Enterprise privatize US foreign policy, trading national security for personal profit. Like, share, and follow! 🐊
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This one went beyond barbaric
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Basically all taxes have been plundered
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh is THAT what it is?
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why Qatar?
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What exactly does he mean they're "sold out"? Typically "rallies" are FREE
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hmmmm just as we're close to the MidTerms. I'm sure it's all just a simple coincidence
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just when we think it can’t get worse … it does.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Kinda late to the party I'd say
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Apparently Alito has been so sequestered from life in America he no longer can tell the difference between intimidation and concern. That then speaks to his judgement which clearly is lacking
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits (Gift Article)
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/w... Sorry sometimes the Times just won't let me gift it
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Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon
The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u... These men are literally INSANE. Didn't they see what happened in 2001? You CANNOT I STILL "CONSCIOUS MORALITY INTO A SOFTWARE PROGRAM.You can't even do it to a human
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Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n... Ahh yes easy to understand how kind and caring frat guys are when it comes to sex. And 6 drinks don't make you drunk. Ever.
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Men Accused in Cornell Sex Assault Suit Give Varying Accounts of Night (Gift Article)
Their accounts, detailed in hundreds of pages of investigative files obtained by The New York Times, were disjointed and sometimes contradictory. All the men denied any wrongdoing.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cornell Police Report Omitted Student’s Claim She Was Raped www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n... Sure. She filed a police report to confirm she had consensual sex with multiple men. Right.
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Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🤦
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘Of course I’m the underdog’: the British former spin doctor trying to turn California red www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... Well to be polite his statement "millions have moved out" is incorrect. But you can be sure "millions" might if HE became Governor.
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‘Of course I’m the underdog’: the British former spin doctor trying to turn California red
Steve Hilton’s long-shot campaign for governor is courting Golden state voters with unapologetically populist message
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I guarantee there's absolutely no need to "spin"
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Sweetie 💋🖕4/20 🪴🍸🪊🎺🎷🎸 @honeywhite2024.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Freudian slip 🤡
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fetterman is garbage. He betrays the people who fought for him when he was at his lowest point - and that fight is the only reason he’s in the senate. Now he’s actively working to raise money for Republican PACs.
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sarasand.bsky.social @sarasand.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Machines don't ever "reason"
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