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Julie Stanton

@seamuskitty.bsky.social
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Blue💙 cat 🐈 lady, Political Science MA & BA Lifelong Dem! ➡️Tr*mpism=Fascism⬅️ Same handle at the old blue bird. #wtpBLUE. No DMs unless you know me -will block.

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Julie Stanton @seamuskitty.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brooke Eby, Who Brought Humor and Awareness to A.L.S., Dies at 37 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/o...
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Brooke Eby, Who Brought Humor and Awareness to A.L.S., Dies at 37 (Gift Article)
After her diagnosis in 2022, when she was only 33, she became a vocal, witty advocate for people confronting the disease.
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Julie Stanton @seamuskitty.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/o...
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Opinion | Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat? (Gift Article)
On second thought, I’m not that hungry.
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Julie Stanton @seamuskitty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton, Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
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Dolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80
Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.
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Julie Stanton @seamuskitty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I Was Dick Cheney’s Cardiologist. Trump Has Not Looked Well, and We Should Know Why. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/o...
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Opinion | I Was Dick Cheney’s Cardiologist. I Have Questions About Trump’s Health. (Gift Article)
The president has not been looking well. Americans should get answers to these seven questions.
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Julie Stanton @seamuskitty.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
An Elaborate Ruse: Trump Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...
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An Elaborate Ruse: Trump Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats (Gift Article)
President Trump hid in an airport catering cart and was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of country after the NATO summit last month.
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Julie Stanton @seamuskitty.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
It Wasn’t a ‘Civil War.’ It Was the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
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Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
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Julie Stanton @seamuskitty.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Glen Hansard, Frontman of Irish Band the Frames, Dies at 56 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
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Glen Hansard, Frontman of Irish Band the Frames, Dies at 56 (Gift Article)
The Irish singer-songwriter, who won an Oscar for the song “Falling Slowly” from the movie “Once,” died in a motorcycle crash.
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Julie Stanton @seamuskitty.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Upstairs, Downstairs, in a House Full of Spies www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a...
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Upstairs, Downstairs, in a House Full of Spies (Gift Article)
A new museum reveals how Britain’s intelligence secretly wiretapped Nazi commanders in a stately London mansion — and how a team of German Jewish refugees helped turn the tide of World War II.
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Julie Stanton @seamuskitty.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
He Was Once the Most Famous Terrorist in the World. His Brand of Violent Chaos Is Returning. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/o...
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Opinion | Carlos the Jackal’s Violent Chaos Endures (Gift Article)
And Americans are nowhere near prepared to deal with it.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"The other commissioner who approved the Paramount merger, FCC Chair Brendan Carr, and his wife sat in a private skybox with Paramount CEO David Ellison and other executives from Paramount and CBS. Such seats sold for $125,000 a ticket..." www.propublica.org/article/para...
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FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
BREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.
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Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations
Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.
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Luke Russert @lukerussert.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Size and scope of what we’re up against in America 🇺🇸
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
NEW: A passenger returning to the U.S. from that Dutch cruise ship where the hantavirus outbreak occurred has tested positive for the virus, according to HHS. A second is showing mild symptoms.
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Megyn Kelly on Trump: “I don't know about you, but I am sick of this shit … Can't he just behave like a normal human?” www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The leader of one side of the U.S.-Iran war is ordering a news outlet to retract a report that makes him look bad and threatening a criminal inquiry. No, not that one.
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Julie Stanton @seamuskitty.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
If you haven’t read Strongman by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, do it now. open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/why-a…
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Why Autocrats Need Bunkers; David Pepper on Fallout from Trump's Recklessness
Sat. 8pmET Live with Anat Shenker-Osorio; Lucid 5th Anniv Discounts
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Maksym Butkevych, the Ukrainian human rights activist, was held in Russian captivity for more than two years. I had the pleasure of listening to his thoughts about freedom a couple of times recently. snyder.substack.com/p/a-world-ap...
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A World Apart
Books, Freedom, and Captivity
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Once again, Donald Trump has made America less safe. I’ve really had it. You?
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Marana/Tucson AZ fighting: "I’m proud of the fight our community has waged against this horrendous detention center... Hundreds have protested in Marana and they join with millions across the country." "We will continue to look for any way to shut it down." www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
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ICE pens deal to use Marana private prison as immigration detention center
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving forward with plans to reopen a privately run prison near Marana, Ariz., for use as a detention center for hundreds of people taken into federal immigratio...
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Julie Stanton @seamuskitty.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Leadership Transition in Iran www.cfr.org/reports/lead...
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Leadership Transition in Iran | Council on Foreign Relations
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 14/01/2026
Top officials from Denmark and Greenland said after a visit to the White House on Wednesday that they hadn’t persuaded President Trump to abandon his ambitions to annex Greenland. on.wsj.com/4pE0aMc
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Trump Says Greenland Is Vital for U.S. National Security
The president’s comments came hours ahead of a meeting between U.S. officials and foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Same. That’s standard operating procedure, right?
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
NEW and WOW: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported. www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
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Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats
Trump said Wednesday anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies about Arctic security.
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
MMFA post 1/14/26: 

X (formerly Twitter) is releasing new Terms of Service effective January 15, 2026. Media Matters for America does not accept these new terms.

You can still find us elsewhere: Bluesky, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and of course, at mediamatters.org, where we are still full speed ahead calling out right-wing media misinformation.
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Julie Stanton @seamuskitty.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Trump Unmasked “President Trump is showing symptoms of an addiction to power, evident in his compulsion to escalate claims of dominion over domestic and international adversaries. The size and scope of his targets for subjugation are spiraling ever upward…” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...
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Opinion | Trump Unmasked
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/12/2025
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/12/2025
January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
“When the German nation was, thanks to the inflation instigated and carried through by Jews, deprived of the entire savings which it had accumulated in years of honest work..when we were divested of the whole of our colonial possessions” Adolf Hitler, 1939 There’s not much difference
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/12/2025
Trump sounds like a maniac at some sort of demented open mic
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Julie Stanton @seamuskitty.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Hegseth Invoked the ‘Fog of War’ in a Boat Strike. What Does That Mean? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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Hegseth Invoked the ‘Fog of War’ in a Boat Strike. What Does That Mean?
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Julie Stanton @seamuskitty.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I’ve been at this a while!
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
National Guard members should never have been deployed in Washington, DC.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Every story on Page One in Charlotte is about ICE/immigration: @charlotteobserver.com
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
If Trump can call for the execution of Congress without fearing being charged, arrested, and prosecuted, there is no law and order in America. This is what John Roberts gave us when he gave Trump absolute immunity.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
JUST IN: A federal judge says one of the Venezuelan men — illegally deported to El Salvador in March before he was swapped back to Venezuela in a prisoner exchange — is now missing, possibly a victim of the violence he was seeking asylum from. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat. It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here: newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
“Quiet, piggy.” What an asshole…
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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
“It’s time to bring the secrets out of the shadows.” Please watch – then call your Congress member and tell them to vote to release ALL of the files.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
NEW: Donald Trump’s grip on his party appears to be faltering in ways unseen since the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack. He may yet reassert himself, but the gathering clouds signal a GOP reckoning with its post-Trump future. The 7 signs: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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7 signs Trump is losing his groove
The president has faced a series of brush-offs and brushbacks that threaten his aura of invincibility.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/11/2025
NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S. Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.
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The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
“Quiet, Piggy” getting more pickup. @cnn.com @peoplemag.bsky.social @dailymirrornews.bsky.social
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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🧵 1/2 Charlotte is saying NO!Not my city! Learning from L.A., Chicago & Siembra North Carolina, they’re ready to melt ICE!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/11/2025
New in PN: Mike Johnson's Epstein bungling is a disaster for the GOP "Observing Johnson in recent months has been like watching an extended Road Runner cartoon, where the Coyote fashions intricate knots of congressional procedure in order to tie himself to a giant stack of lit dynamite."
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Mike Johnson's Epstein bungling is a disaster for the GOP
The House speaker and his boss put on a masterclass of failure.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/11/2025
"By its own definition, the alt-right is no more. Because it’s no longer an alternative to the right. It is the right." From the archives:
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The Alt-Right Is Now the Entire Right
The voices of reason, reality, and responsibility are a cowering minority in the Republican party.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
If Trump claims he wants Republicans to vote to release the files now because he has nothing to hide, why doesn’t he just release the files today? Why did he order his AG many months ago not to release them? Why did he threaten Rs who signed the petition?
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