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Shelly B

@shelly2893.bsky.social
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Progressive, retired English teacher now writer, traveler, both Star Trek 🖖🏻 and Star Wars, animal lover 🐕🐈‍⬛. Progressive, #StillSanders. 🔥🔥🔥

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Jon Martin Kitchen @kitchen5203.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This! PREACH!
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Shelly B @shelly2893.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The canaries are dying, but we won't leave the coal mine. Because money. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction
Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice is having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers
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Shelly B @shelly2893.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... Plastic Detox, Netflix. We need to make some changes.
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The Plastic Detox review – a film so terrifying you will want to change your life immediately
In this affecting documentary, an epidemiologist asks six couples struggling to conceive to reduce their exposure to plastics and see if it helps. The results are startling – and prove that we should ...
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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
JD Vance cost American figure skater Alysa Liu the chance for a Gold Medal. 😡😡😡👇
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses? People
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/02/2026
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
4 months after Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, Forbes reports that Binance now holds $4.7 billion of the $5.4 billion supply of Trump’s World Liberty Financial stablecoin. That is 87%. It is the largest corruption scandal in the history of the US presidency.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/01/2026
Tierra Walker knew that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she thought that hospitals could make an exception for patients like her, whose health was clearly on the line. At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia. (Published Nov. 2025)
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“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 30/01/2026
'There is no food in this community - it is hard': Flooding brings devastation and disease to thousands in Mozambique
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'There is no food in this community - it is hard': Flooding brings devastation and disease to thousands in Mozambique
The broken banks of the Limpopo River are now faint snaking lines in a vast sea of brown, stagnant water that stretches out in every direction.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 29/01/2026
Projects this year expected to triple global gas capacity, forecast finds, as concerns grow over impacts on planet
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US leads record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demands, with big costs for the climate
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FOX8 WGHP @myfox8.com · 29/01/2026
Man shoveling driveway finds exotic lizard buried under snow
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Man shoveling driveway finds exotic lizard buried under snow
The New England Wildlife Center said the large tegu was “slowly trying to crawl out of the snow.”
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Shelly B @shelly2893.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Don't let the #EpsteinFiles get lost in the shuffle. Release of those will bring the house of cards down on everyone.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 29/01/2026
This... is not the role of ODNI. This is so fucked up in all sorts of ways that will have lasting implications. I recognize it's not going to happen, but this is something that Congress should freak the fuck out about.
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tmel1219.bsky.social @tmel1219.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Reporter: 1.4 billion, really closer to 1.5. I studied Donald Trump’s finances, and this amount the Trump family made last year is greater than the sum total of everything he ever made in his whole life. #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
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Shelly B @shelly2893.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Off duty ICE agents have never been assaulted. They've been identified, thrown out of businesses, denied services, and insulted though. Masks aren't to protect them from harm; they're used to prevent being charged with crimes, just like other criminals.
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I want to break something
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Owen From Ohio @owenfromohio.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
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Shelly B @shelly2893.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
If you haven't heard it, here it is.
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Shelly B @shelly2893.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Nothing has changed. Cut the funding.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 29/01/2026
Kristi Noem AND Stephen Miller must go.
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ALT Library Resource Center @altlibraryresource.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
#insidertrading #congress #corruption
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The more they claim to change the more they’ve stayed the same www.sacurrent.com/news/coin-ce...
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Coin celebrating Border Patrol agent whipping Haitian migrant under investigation by CBP
The 'Haitian Invasion' coin is just one of several celebrating the bad behavior of law enforcement officials.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
In one of the most appalling developments of past day, Elon Musk's AI chatbot desecrated Renee Nicole Good's body. That's in addition to harassing women and sexually exploiting minors. By @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Grok deepfaked Renee Nicole Good's body into a bikini
Hours after an ICE agent killed the mother of three, Elon Musk’s chatbot was undressing her.
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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Co-signing this. Grok is out there making CSAM on request from pictures posted to the internet. And if you posted pictures of your kids to Twitter, you LICENSED Grok to do that. Take those pics down NOW
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KILLY krat nyahah >w< @ BLFC @spookybiscuits.com · 10/11/2025
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
ive had this in my head all day but now it’s LOUD M A M D A N I
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Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
New Jersey, it is the honor of my life to earn your trust to become this great state’s 57th Governor. I promise to listen, lead with courage, and never forget who I serve.
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Shelly B @shelly2893.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A Dewey Defeats Truman moment.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
roses are red big laughs are hearty
The crowd has gone silent at Cuomo's party.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Ireland is taking its cue from Australia by banning Candace Owens for eternity. “We haven’t had snakes here in thousands of years - why invite one in.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/10/2025
Flight attendants on board ICE Air were instructed to follow strict rules: Don’t talk to the detainees. Don’t feed them. Don’t make eye contact. “You don’t do nothing. Just sit down in your seats and be quiet.” (Published April)
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Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
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Shelly B @shelly2893.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
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Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people
Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 03/10/2025
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth accused the boat of 'trafficking narcotics' and pledged to continue the air strikes.
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US conducts fourth air strike on boat in Caribbean Sea, killing four people
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth accused the boat of 'trafficking narcotics' and pledged to continue the air strikes.
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/10/2025
The US military carried out a strike on a boat off Venezuela's coast killing four people, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says: cnn.it/4o7hd9o
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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 03/10/2025
Nearly 3-in-5 MAGA voters want to see the Affordable Care Act subsidies extended. Republicans in Congress so far haven't been interested in doing that.
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Vast majority of Americans, including Trump supporters, want health care tax credits extended | Arizona Mirror
Poll shows 78% of Americans, including Republicans and MAGA supporters, want enhanced ACA tax credits extended
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 03/10/2025
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Apple bends to Trump admin demand to remove ICE-tracking apps like ICEBlock
Apple nixes tracking apps after Trump admin claimed they put ICE agents at risk.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 03/10/2025
Duluth-based Allete said its sale to BlackRock would ease the transition to carbon-free energy. Opponents say it will be bad for customers.
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Private equity giant will control northern Minnesota’s biggest power company, after state approves deal
Duluth-based Allete said its sale to BlackRock would ease the transition to carbon-free energy. Opponents say it will be bad for customers.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 03/10/2025
⚡️French photojournalist killed, Ukrainian photographer injured in Russian drone strike. Both men were wearing protective gear marked "Press," Ukraine's 4th Separate Mechanized Brigade said, condemning the strike as a violation of international humanitarian law.
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French photojournalist killed, Ukrainian photographer injured in Russian drone strike
Both men were wearing protective gear marked "Press," Ukraine's 4th Separate Mechanized Brigade said, condemning the strike as a violation of international humanitarian law.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 03/10/2025
For political, economic and national security reasons, Washington should enable Puerto Rico to resume its place as a major maker of medicines.
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Puerto Rico, Once A Pharmaceutical Powerhouse, Can Become One Again
For political, economic and national security reasons, Washington should enable Puerto Rico to resume its place as a major maker of medicines.
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 03/10/2025
Two residents reported witnessing federal immigration agents forcibly removing unclothed children from apartments during the raid.
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ICE Agents Dragged Naked Children Out of Homes in Chicago Raid: Neighbors
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Reuters @reuters.com · 09/07/2025
US Justice Department scrambles to defend its about-face on release of Epstein files reut.rs/4kvfNDg
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US Justice Department scrambles to defend its about-face on release of Epstein files
Conservative influencers from Laura Loomer to Elon Musk have criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel for their findings.
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 09/07/2025
The ACLU says Denver’s immigration court system is violating the First Amendment and federal law by obstructing access to court hearings and intimidating members of the public.
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ACLU Colorado accuses Denver Immigration Court of violating First Amendment
Denver Immigration Court is breaking federal law by obstructing access to court hearings and intimidating members of the public, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 09/07/2025
A significant proportion of mutual fund salespeople working for Canada’s Big Five banks say they feel pressure to hit sales targets by selling customers ill-suited investments and products they simply don’t need, according to a survey done by regulators.
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Ontario Securities Commission finds mutual fund sales pressure at banks ‘concerning’
A significant proportion of mutual fund salespeople working for Canada’s Big Five banks say they feel pressure to hit sales targets by selling customers ill-suited investments and products.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/07/2025
The entire humanitarian response in Gaza is at risk of imminent shutdown, United Nations officials said, as fuel stocks have almost run out and hospitals warn they are once again on the brink of stopping services.
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Gaza humanitarian work at risk of shutdown, U.N. warns amid fuel blockade
As negotiators scramble to cut a Gaza ceasefire deal, the enclave’s hospitals say they are again on the brink of shutting down amid a months-long fuel blockade.
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STAT @statnews.com · 09/07/2025
HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has abruptly canceled a meeting of the USPSTF, an expert panel that evaluates the nation’s preventative care recommendations. www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/u...
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Kennedy abruptly cancels preventative care committee meeting
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has abruptly canceled a meeting of the USPSTF, an expert panel that evaluates the nation’s preventative care recommendations.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 29/06/2025
A corrupt system is when you need 60 Senate votes to protect voting rights, universal healthcare, reproductive rights, climate justice, lgbtq rights, immigration justice, and a living wage—but only 51 votes to strip them all away. #BigScamBill 1/3
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Dede Bell, NBCT @dedebellnbct.bsky.social @dedebellnbct.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
“Pegasus” is owned by Israeli company NSO Group. Israel is home to the world’s most advanced tech for military. The occupied Palestinian territories provide the testing arena. Israel tests out their latest military tech on Palestinians in Gaza. These are facts. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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Israeli spyware giant NSO Group ordered to pay nearly $170M to WhatsApp for hacking accounts
The ruling is a major win for privacy advocates and those pushing back against NSO Group’s controversial Pegasus software.
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