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Nurse. Cancer researcher. Believer in evidence-based science and stubborn defender of human rights. Views are my own.

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I hope you share and this makes people seriously think about our society!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Governor Newsom Is Spot On......
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WOFAVA @wofava.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you want to party with somebody who might know, help us turn out the vote all across our commonwealth and our country! ➡️ linktr.ee/wofava #Virginia #vote #Midterms #WinWithWofA
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Pinks📨 @pinksglobal.net · 30/09/2026
End domestic violence and sexual assault! #Pinks 💖✨
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Shanda (she/her)🌻 @shandafin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The average VA household is significantly worse off under Rob Wittman's tenure. #Virginia www.robsrecord.com#affordability — RobsRecord.com
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Rep. Rob Wittman's record in Virginia's First District
See how he voted, and understand the consequences for everyone who lives and works in VA-01.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
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Shanda (she/her)🌻 @shandafin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
GET OUT AND VOTE!! www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ba...
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think @darrigomelanie.bsky.social said everything that needs to be said.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
Ashley Hinson voted repeatedly against efforts to end U.S. hostilities with Iran while taking more than $217,000 from oil and gas interests, including $38,500 since the war began. Meanwhile, Iowa gas prices have surged 60% since the start of the war as major oil companies report soaring profits.
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Ashley Hinson Got Big Money From Oil Companies After Repeatedly Voting For the Iran War
The price of gas for her Iowa constituents has risen by 60% since the start of the war, while oil companies are making record profits
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Don't worry kids, Trumpy will do better, much better, he promises by Nov 3, diesel will be $9.00. All praise the Deer Leeder.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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PKs Powerfromspace1 🚀 Last Angry Bernie Brother cast adrift 😒 @powerfromspace1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Federal Agents Who Shot Alex Pretti Identified: Report www.newsweek.com/federal-agen... Federal Agents Who Shot Alex Pretti Identified: Report - Newsweek featured image @newsweek.com #ICE #DHS
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Federal agents who shot Alex Pretti identified: Report
The identification breaks through a week of federal secrecy surrounding the deadly encounter.
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Shanda (she/her)🌻 @shandafin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Protest shirts at ICE flight protest - Brewery meets Irish Pub! McCormack’s Irish Pub spells it out in no uncertain terms! Minocqua Brewing Company is more subtle, promising free beer the day he finally kicks it and like the shirt says - I wish today was free beer day. 🍺
2 women wearing protest shirts.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
CNN, Politico, and MS NOW reporters have been denied access to the White House this morning.
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Spark: North of 60 @hey-nunya-business.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Seems that the punk and the grunge kids are the ones who got all the morals. We didn't suck them out of the likes of Ed Sheeran, I promise. Those with a coloniser mindset gonna act like a coloniser—it's science. This was at Coachella, Ed, which is bigger than any Kraft property 👇🏻
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Green Day change lyrics in support of Palestine during Coachella performance
YouTube video by The Project
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Wilbur72 @wilboo72.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I guess Ed Sheeran won’t be eating canned food for a while, since all of his openers stopped working.
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dear Trumpy, you can fire all the journalists you want, but you're still an epic loser. In fact, you're the biggest loser in history So, you wanted to be the best president ever. Well, you're the worst, does that count. He can fire people, but we're still here. -61.. Pretty epic you fat clown.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Dictators don't announce themselves. They just decide WHO gets to ask questions. Today it was CNN, MSNOW and Politico. "Others to follow." Read that last part again. Slowly. He. Will. NOT. Prevail.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
alert the press: it is not normal for the president to be unable to stay conscious during televised events in the Oval Office
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Protester at the "Hands Around the Kennedy Center" rally holds up sign that reads: “WAR CRIMES CANNOT HIDE S£X CRIMES”
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.
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DJ Black @djblack21.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Note the community notes below: All they do is lie.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Rob Bluebird @bobbradysd1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Family of Tierra Walker—Who Died After Being Denied Abortion Care—Sues Texas AG Ken Paxton - officials imposed a merciless blanket prohibition on abortion that intimidates doctors into inaction: lawsuit. “Too many pregnant Texans have died preventable deaths www.commondreams.org/news/abortio...
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Family of Tierra Walker—Who Died After Being Denied Abortion Care—Sues Texas AG Ken Paxton | Common Dreams
The family of Tierra Walker filed a lawsuit against Texas officials and doctors over her "preventable death" linked to the state's abortion ban—the first case of its kind.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026
🚨 MAJOR NEWS: Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna say they have now secured commitments for all 218 signatures needed to force a House vote on Epstein Files Transparency Act II.
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Massie, Khanna Say They Have Secured 218 Signatures for New Epstein Files Vote
The announcement comes hours after MeidasTouch reported the discharge petition was just two signatures short of the threshold needed to force a House vote.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today, for Constitution Day, Donald Trump is celebrating by taking a huge shit all over it. The most corrupt president in history must be stopped. Together we can do that by voting blue on November 3rd and putting an end to the #TrumpFamilyCorruption that is destroying our country.
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Shanda (she/her)🌻 @shandafin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yep, same over here at NIH and don't get me started on the complete disaster the acquisitions process has become. #NIH #FDA www.statnews.com/2026/09/17/f...
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The FDA’s rebuilding effort is running into a new challenge
The FDA's plan to hire thousands of new workers is being slowed by an overwhelmed HR center.
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Shanda (she/her)🌻 @shandafin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
annepmitchell.substack.com/p/my-thought... Johnson is a spineless weasel and sending the house home screws us all way more than just avoiding the vote on impeaching kegsbreath.
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My Thoughts about Johnson Sending the House Home Early
As you may have heard, Mike Johnson just said he is sending the House home - in other words after today they *will not be in session until after the midsterms* - thus *avoiding* an impeachment vote on...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Shanda (she/her)🌻 @shandafin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
On September 3, Bhattacharya’s NIH signed an “interagency agreement” with Hegseth’s Department of War, transferring Congressionally-mandated NIH patient research funding into Trump’s failing war machine. www.standupforscience.net/sufs-stop-he... @standupforscience.net
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SUFS Petition to Congress - Stop the Hegseth Steal — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Sign the SUFS Petition to demand Congress pass emergency legislation to stop Hegseth from stealing NIH research budgets to build bombs instead.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Enough with the infighting. The election is too close and we have bigger fish to fry.
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andielp.bsky.social @andielp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Go figure, Trumps ONLY plan for Americans is “cheat like hell” and bribery. What an absolute disgrace.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Perfectly states what I've been saying for some time, now.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
They read 625,000 public comments opposing this and went ahead anyway. They think that was the whole fight. They think you already used your one card. Prove them wrong tonight: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests
Contact Congress today!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES Missouri’s emergency stay application leaving the 2022 congressional map protecting Black voters in Kansas City in place for the midterms. A victory for Elias Law Group, its client and voters of Missouri! www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...
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🚨 von Glahn v. Hoskins
Learn more here.
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justfara @justfara.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump will TACO. He’ll never allow this to continue. He knows he will lose. Question is, why does it take the BBC to call Trump out ? Everyone in the U.S. knew exactly what Trump was doing, but nobody did anything. Pathetic…
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luxlars.bsky.social @luxlars.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Shanda (she/her)🌻 @shandafin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I have a happily munching monarch to be!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
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