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(Formerly Sharon Frances) Brooklynite, Senior, LGBTQ+ ally, Retired Sp Ed teacher, Animal Lover, Democracy Princess-Warrior, Optimist Knowledge is Power 🇺🇸💙🏳️‍🌈🤞🏼

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
some Tennessee Republicans want to ban naturalized citizens from running for office, through language that's as nakedly xenophobic as you can get (which is entirely tautological, and so goes without saying in this case): tennesseelookout.com/2026/01/23/t...
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Tennessee Republican bill would limit federal office to natural-born citizens • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee Rep. Johnny Garrett is trying to disqualify some U.S. citizens from a shot at running for federal office.
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
JUST IN: Greg Bovino is expected to leave Minneapolis and return to ... wherever they fly him to. NOTE: They always like to fly him places because it's free - since he fits into a carry-on bag.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 26/01/2026
Of course he does. Is this a joke? He defended the guy who killed Good. He’s told multiple people that he thinks protesters should be attacked. He told people at a rally to rough someone up. He’s said nothing as ICE has hurt people for months. He doesn’t get to walk away from this now.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17/01/2026
Congress can freeze out funding for ICE in 2 weeks — but only if Democrats are a unified opposition. To make that happen, we must flood their offices with calls to demand ICE Out For Good. Call your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena... Call your representative: indivisible.org/ice-out-hous...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 17/01/2026
Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area? Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more. disinfoinstitute.org
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Disinformation Summer Institute (DSI) - Disinformation Summer Institute
Disinformation Disinformation is false or misleading information created and spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, governments, and ot...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/01/2026
damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
When sitting Governors and a Mayors talk about what the federal government is doing, that's of course a felony. But when the outgoing President conspires for weeks to overturn an election he lost then tells a crowd to storm the Capitol, that's of course a sacred and protected "official act." 🫠
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Please SHARE if you agree!
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 10/01/2026
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕟ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 🏳️‍🌈 ✡️ 😸 🌊 @stevefm20.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Michigan Democratic Congressman Shri Thanedar announced on Friday that he will introduce the Abolish ICE Act, which would dismantle the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...
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Michigan Congressman Shri Thanedar to introduce Abolish ICE Act after fatal Minneapolis shooting
Michigan Democratic Congressman Shri Thanedar announced on Friday that he will introduce the Abolish ICE Act, which would dismantle the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Politico @politico.com · 10/01/2026
Judge blocks Trump administration from revoking immigration parole
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Judge blocks Trump administration from revoking immigration parole
Court grants two-week reprieve for more than 10,000 immigrants set to lose legal status next week.
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Common Cause @commoncause.org · 07/01/2026
Nebraska's Secretary of State is threatening to release sensitive voter data to the federal government for partisan purposes. That’s unacceptable. We’re demanding an immediate stop. www.commoncause.org/nebraska/pre...
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Common Cause Seeks Court Order to Stop Release of Voter Data
Common Cause is seeking an immediate stop to Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen’s threat to release sensitive voter data to the federal government.
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Brooklyn Girl @sharonfrances.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Who are we kidding? Trump loves Putin and Kim Jong-Un. And look what he’s doing to us? He loves repression.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I don’t think the headline needs anything more www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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He Got Away With It
Donald Trump has skirted accountability for instigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol intended to overturn his election loss to Joe Biden.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
NYT Reporter 👇🏽
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Politico @politico.com · 06/01/2026
GOP lawmaker Doug LaMalfa dies at 65
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GOP lawmaker Doug LaMalfa dies at 65
The Republican represented a rural northern California district.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Read it and shiver in contemplation of the monstrous consequences of this immoral and profoundly dangerous world view, the one that now guides the most powerful nation on the planet.
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social blasts Trump's Venezuela invasion: Constitution is not 'a mere inconvenience' youtu.be/yTWIXR0wt_w?...
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
hoo boy
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/01/2026
subect of conversation at dinner last night in Poland: will Danes shoot Americans? Some thought yes, some thought no
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Again, they’re fundamentally authoritarian right down to their core: they believe you’re not even allowed to want to know what they’re doing. We’re not citizens, we’re subjects, and our duty is to simply trust that our betters have this well in hand.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
The GOP has really leaned in to singling out Somalis for very explicit racism. Ron Johnson and the rest of the party are just loathsome, un-American people.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Right. Because Trump’s announcement was a panic move.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/12/2025
Trump Media, the parent company of Truth Social, agreed to merge with a nuclear fusion company in a deal worth $6 billion.
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Truth Social Parent to Merge With Nuclear Fusion Firm in $6 Billion Deal
Trump Media & Technology Group, the social media and crypto company in which President Trump holds a large stake, said it would help develop a “utility-scale fusion power plant.”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
This is getting lost: For weeks Trump officials had the option to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, but refused to do so. Instead they kept trying to send him somewhere more dangerous. Costa Rica wasn't cruel and dehumanizing enough. This is deeply sick conduct. newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
NEW A verified @gofundme.com has been set up for the hero in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting. Ahmed al Ahmed is a father of two and has been hospitalized with his own injuries, but he is expected to recover. These funds are controlled by GoFundMe. Link To Donate: bit.ly/4iTnHaa
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Simply horrible. www.tmz.com/2025/12/14/t...
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2 People Found Dead at Rob Reiner's Los Angeles Home
7:25 PM PT -- We've now confirmed the two people found deceased are in fact Rob and his wife Michele. Click here to read more.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
This x 1,000,000
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
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JP Antifa @jasonpaul.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Goons.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
“I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.” @karenho.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/kare... bsky.app/profile/bill...
“Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).” Bill Corbett

In Memory of MELISSA HORTMAN
Former Minnesota House Speaker
1970 - 2025

Taken far too soon in a targeted attack.

A voice for justice, clean energy, and equality.

We honor her legacy, leadership, and courage.

#RestInPower
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
He wants the money, he wants the glory and praise, and he wants Ukraine to shut up and sacrifice themselves so he can have said money and glory, and win a big prize that proves he's the best ever.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
In case you’re in the mood for some good news . . .
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
We need to start calling him this #SecretaryofWarCrimes
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Woah did you see this from earlier today?
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Massive White House Protest Planned While Corporate Media Finally Defends A Journalist, and Swiss Lawmakers Push For A Serious Bribery Investigation Into Trump "Gifts"
Massive White House protest planned while corporate media finally defends a journalist, and Swiss lawmakers push for a serious bribery investigation into Trump “gift”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
With no evidence whatsoever I stand by my theory that they’re terrorizing some small time drug traffickers to benefit some bigger competitor.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
This is so tragic and unnecessary. My prayers go out to her family and loved ones.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Think about it. This regime wouldn't be so ragingly angry about a simple PSA video reminding troops that they are obligated under the oath they swore NOT to obey illegal orders...unless this regime planned on giving illegal orders. #ResistTrump
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/11/2025
Breaking News: The suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members had worked with CIA-backed units during the war in Afghanistan, officials said. Follow live.
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National Guard Shooting Live Updates: Suspect Worked With CIA-Backed Units in Afghanistan, Officials Say
The C.I.A. said that the suspect, whom officials identified as a 29-year-old Afghan, came to the United States in 2021 after the American military withdrawal. Two National Guard members were in critical condition after the shooting on Wednesday.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/11/2025
Wow
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Brooklyn Girl @sharonfrances.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
It’s almost 9:00 am and, so far, Mika hasn’t said a word about the “Piggy” remark.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
GOP slammed for 'upside-down telling' of Epstein saga as Trump claims transparency was his idea
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GOP tries 'upside-down telling' of Epstein saga as Trump claims transparency was his idea
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narceducator.bsky.social @narceducator.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Trump is going to start a war as a distraction from his child predation with Epstein.
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