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Dusty

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Graphic Designer. Perpetually anxious optimist.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 13/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Delia Ramirez is bringing a bill to eliminate DHS a day after the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home.
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Don’t Stop at ICE, Says Progressive Dem: Abolish the Department of Homeland Security
The bill to eliminate the Department of Homeland Security comes a day after the HSI raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Let me see if I understand this . . . 1. The U.S. is at war with Iran. 2. Russia is helping Iran in that war. 3. The U.S. is now giving Russia money that it can use to help Iran destroy U.S. bases and kill U.S. troops. Donald is smart & patriotic like that.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 30/09/2026
October 17th is the next No Kings. Host a No Kings protest in your community to send a message: #NoKings #LongLiveTheVote. Use this link to sign up today:
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NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY · Mobilize
For over a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. No Kings: Vote Early is the next step: this is not purely a protest, it is a day of nonpartisan voter participation Because in America, leaders do not get to choose who votes, whose voices matter, or what future our communities deserve. The people choose their leaders.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/08/2026
For 25 years, Stephen Lynch has represented a safe blue seat in Massachusetts — despite voting against the Affordable Care Act, voting for the Laken Riley Act, and treating his constituents like this. MA-08 deserves a real Democratic fighter like @patrickroath.bsky.social!
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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Seth Moulton campaign just admitted to Politifact that their Epstein accusation against Markey is false. The most desperate and dishonest political campaign I have ever seen.
PolitiFact asked Moulton's campaign for evidence showing Markey knew Epstein was involved in Wade's case.
"Nowhere in our post do we claim that Markey knew that Epstein was involved in Wade's case," Moulton spokesperson Taylor Hebble responded in an email.
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Ariana Niko @ariananiko.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Disaster relief is not a campaign favor, and Americans should never have to wonder whether help depends on how their state voted. Trump turns even storms and floods into a loyalty test. A president serves the whole country, not just the states that flatter him.
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Dusty @sarina4444.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
@milestaylor.bsky.social, not surprised based on how you described term 1 to Nicolle earlier this week.
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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Judge: You didn't tell the judge that the subpoena was about reporters, about the New York Times? Sullivan: We did not. It was an oversight. Later we did legal research. Judge: Wouldn't it have been relevant to know there had been public reporting? A: Yes
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Taylor Farms' parent company has given $2.2M to GOP PACs this election cycle. That includes $1M to Trump's own PAC, just 6 days after the FDA delayed new food tracing requirements last year. Money in politics is sickening.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/07/2026
The best way to get to the bottom of the McConnell question is for the governor to appoint a replacement. The GOP legislature passed a law stripping him of that power, but it goes against the state constitution. If they refuse to seat the replacement, take them to court. There’s zero downside.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I have a piece in the NYT today arguing that the law should permit victims of ICE abuse to sue not just individual officers, but supervisors and policymakers like Stephen Miller and Gregory Bovino. A Democratic president and Congress could do this in 2029. And they could make it retroactive.
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Opinion | ICE Is Out of Control. Here’s What to Do About It.
Congress must push back against our inhumane immigration tactics.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🎯And here’s the most important issue of the truth.🎯
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026
Trump: "We had 11 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan"
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Mely @mely32.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
It also frustrates me because in leaked correspondence from the group, they specifically outline this is one of their stated goals for stunts like this (people and organizations spreading images/video of them across social media).
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Codifying the obvious: Presbyterian Church (USA) declares White Christian Nationalism is incompatible with the teachings of Jesus. Let's see other Christian denominations follow suit. pres-outlook.org/2026/07/pcus...
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PC(USA) labels White Christian nationalism "Theological Error"
Calling White Christian nationalism incompatible with the teachings of Jesus, commissioners approved a proposed constitutional amendment and a new policy statement opposing the ideology.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/07/2026
If you're an FBI analyst surging to Atlanta to review records, reach out to me. I'll keep you anonymous. Signal in bio. Please share this post widely.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/06/2026
SCOTUS upholding the firing of the FTC commissioner but not the Federal Reserve board member is such a blatant reveal of how this Supreme Court sides with the interests of capital over consistent jurisprudence and precedent.
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connie @mewmew13.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
instead of "two parties" we may be coming to "decent people" vs "pos humans"
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/06/2026
Black text on a white page that reads:

Today marks 11 years since Obergefell v. Hodges affirmed a simple, profound truth: everyone has the right to marry the person they love.

It's a day to celebrate the generations of LGBTQ+ people and organizers who fought to make that promise a reality. When so many protections are being challenged, we should remember what it looks like when the Supreme Court expands freedoms instead of revoking them.

Love is always worth defending. Happy Pride.
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
There was a rule when I was in Trump's first term: if a memo had a staple in it, it was too long for him to read. Life-or-death decisions were cut to one page. Or a half-page. Or less. Bold fonts. BIG pictures. When you’re wondering why everything’s a mess, remember that.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
You could have asked any landscaping expert for a comment. Respect to the reporter who went to Four Seasons Total Landscaping. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Brock @badgertales.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Yeah that’s a stroke face if I’ve ever seen one. The media not going after the story of his health like a dog goes after a bone is the greatest failure in the history of the Fourth Estate. They are as complicit in this cover-up as his lackeys are.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When you’re *still* the least popular person at a party . . .
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Ignore Trump this weekend. I mean completely ignore him. Ignore his birthday, ignore his desecration of the people’s house, ignore every lie & every idiotic thing he’ll say this weekend. Instead, enjoy yourself this weekend. And on Monday, resume the fight to defeat him & defend democracy.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Blanche: Can I please finish? Madeleine Dean: You told me in our conversation you blamed the victims. Hal Rogers intervenes several times to silence Dean, first by cutting her 5 minutes by 3 minutes, then by refusing to let her describe Trump-related docs into the record.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
State police are again threatening press with arrest at Delaney Hall because they’re documenting protestors being thrown to the ground and zip tied. Mikie Sherrill, you will be recalled. Count on it:
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 28/05/2026
This carefully worded statement is consistent with subsequent reporting that Boutros is actually investigating Reid Hoffman’s charity.
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
they call me talafreako, right wing hate fuck sneako, listen up chico, check your ego, i'm packing eight and a half call me federico, 51st state we call it puerto rico
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
“Talafreako” is going to end with the candidate doing a grocery bag rap spot and rhyming it with “the Velvet Underground & Nico.” I need you guys to be ready for this inevitability, to prepare psychically for it
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ted whalen @introvert.net · 26/05/2026
among everything else, what gets me about stories like this is that nobody inside these institutions seems willing to put their career at risk to do what they know is the right thing
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A US-born woman born was confronted by sheriff deputies in Louisiana who were convinced her ID and social security card were fakes. They turned her over to ICE, who shackled her & took her an hour away. Even after a lawyer convinced ICE of the woman's citizenship the sheriff says they did no wrong
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U.S. citizen stopped in Lafayette, shackled, and detained in Louisiana ICE facility | The Lens
The U.S.-born young mother presented ICE and sheriff’s deputies with her ID and Social Security card. Agents took her anyway.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/05/2026
“I’m just so goddamn fed up with all this,” Gina Small, 29, said in a comment on the U.S. economy that one of her friends assumed was about the world’s ongoing humanitarian crises, another friend thought was about the weaponization of America’s military against its own people.
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Everyone In Conversation Under Different Impression As To Which Horrific News Being Discussed
HENDERSON, NV—Solemnly nodding in agreement as they took turns speaking, each person engaged in an intense dinner conversation at a local restaurant Tuesday was reportedly under an entirely different ...
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Heartless 🐸🖕🐸 Creatures @heartlesscreatures.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
In a bizarre coincidence, his poll numbers are down 500%.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
WTF is an election integrity army and how many Proud Boys is it comprised of
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 09/05/2026
Trump promised his ballroom wouldn’t cost you a penny. Now, Senate Republicans are asking taxpayers to foot a $1 BILLION bill for it.
Trump promised his ballroom wouldn’t cost you a penny. 

Now, Senate Republicans are asking taxpayers to foot a $1 BILLION bill for it.
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
After Ernie left, Bert’s life became an amphetamine-fueled whirlwind of after-hours parties, drunken Grindr hook-ups, and multiple arrests for public indecency, finally ending in a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic for “exhaustion” and his membership in the Church of Scientology.
A Bert (from Sesame Street) doll is leaned up against a chain link fence, among strewn trash, next to a large blue dumpster. A bearded man in a blue shirt stands in the background.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 05/05/2026
worth noting here it's not just Wyoming where Republican lawmakers are openly saying they want to boost the state's population by forcing people--even teenagers--into childbirth From a 2024 lawsuit filed by the Attorney Generals of Missouri, Kansas, & Idaho: ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
screenshot of three sentences excerpted from the linked article, with the latter two sentences highlighted in green. excerpt reads as follows:

“Remote dispensing of abortion drugs by mail, common carrier, and interactive computer service is depressing expected birth rates for teenaged mothers in Plaintiff States,” the attorneys general allege in the complaint, which was filed before forced birth enthusiast Judge Matt Kacsmaryk in the Northern District of Texas’s Amarillo Division. They claim that decreased births constitute “a sovereign injury to the state in itself,” and causes downstream injuries like “losing a seat in Congress or qualifying for less federal funding if their populations are reduced.” In other words, uteri are state slush funds, and girls owe the state reproduction once they are capable of it.


whole article available at https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/mifepristone-lawsuit-republican-ags-more-pregnant-teens/
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Our current economy is rigged. It just is. A new report shows that 88 of the largest companies in America, including: Amazon Citigroup Haliburton Kohl's Palantir PayPal PG&E Southwest Airlines Tesla United Airlines Disney paid ZERO corporate income tax last year.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The Senate passed the Voting Rights Act renewal in 2006 by a vote of 98-0. The Supreme Court majority gutted it on the grounds that the Justices personally dislike the impact.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Calling Trump a Tyrant Is Not a Call to Violence Conservatives want to police how we talk about Trump—while excusing how the president talks about everyone else www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Calling Trump a Tyrant Is Not a Call to Violence
Conservatives want to police how we talk about Trump—while excusing how the president talks about everyone else.
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Dusty @sarina4444.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us. h/t @muellershewrote.com
Seashells on beach sand in a formation that reads “8647”.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Cesar Sayoc, a Trump super fan & obsessive Fox viewer, sent pipe bombs in 2018 to Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, & many other top Dems. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. In the wake of the attacks, Trump said about his rhetoric: "Tone down, no. Could tone up."
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
If CBS can chop up an interview and air sentences out of order to make a favored interviewee seem more coherent ... can they do the same to make a dis-favored interviewee seem less coherent? It's going awfully far down the road to pure propaganda here.
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
No law enforcement officer operating in Connecticut—federal, state, or local—can wear a mask on duty. ICE and CBP agents have to show their faces and badges. And when an officer assaults someone recording them, commits false imprisonment, false arrest, or malicious prosecution, they lose immunity.
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Connecticut Just Told Masked ICE Agents to Show Their Faces
SB00397 bars masks on every officer in the state, forces feds to show badges, and opens state courts to sue them. A first in the country.
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Maurice Carter @mauricec.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it." ― George Orwell, 1984
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
“Expanding the Supreme Court is no different that redistricting in California and Virginia. It is a proportionate response to Republican attempts to degrade liberal democracy and move America toward a post-liberal order.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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It Is Time for Ruthless Aggression
The national battle over gerrymandering should be just the first step. Next up: expanding SCOTUS.
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Andrew Werth @andrewwerth.com · 21/04/2026
Since every accusation is a confession with him, I think we can conclude that Trump is a traitor, has low IQ, has been crying, is totally corrupt, is phony & decaying, is failing, and is dying.
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