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Shoeflyin

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Southern Appalachians by way of Atlanta. Follow politics, climate news

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
Susan Collins claims that our reporting about CEO Martin Kao’s bribery allegations took him at his word. That’s not true. We reviewed a trove of FBI evidence and legal records. Here’s how we independently corroborated much of Kao’s account.
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Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins
In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica has revealed the ...
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
this is the first time I've ever thought a candidate's best option might be to try to sneak off stage in the middle of a televised debate bsky.app/profile/fact...
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Shouldn't the Democrats have something like an Elon Donations Tracker posted on all of their websites and social media? Make this SALIENT? Might it make sense to point out repeatedly that he is a white supremacist and ask the public why he would be backing the GOP?
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Russia killed twenty Ukrainians in overnight bombings last night; Trump calls Putin today to wish him a happy birthday www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/10/russ...
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Russia killed twenty Ukrainians in overnight bombings last night; Trump calls Putin today to wish him a happy birthday - Lawyers, Guns & Money
All the salty Margaritas in Los Angeles aren’t nearly enough these days. President Trump had trouble fighting to stay awake Wednesday while surrounded by members of his administration and the press in...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Democrats are suing the Trump administration for using $20 million in taxpayer money on campaign-style TV ads promoting Trump. The ads carry explicit disclaimers saying they were paid for by the U.S. government, which the party argues violate federal law.
Court document with case title: Democratic National Committee vs. Donald J. Trump, The White House Office, Office of Management and Budget, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The complaint alleges misuse of taxpayer dollars for political advertising.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is this fallacy that the cyclists getting killed by drivers are running red lights and doing wheelies in the middle of the lane, when the reality is that cyclists get doored or right hooked. It's easier to have this worldview instead of acknowledging the fundamental changes needed.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So, one of my best argument against the electoral college is that it actually provides perverse incentives to presidents to ignore states they’re not going to win. Of course, Trump takes “perverse” to unhinged extremes.
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Shoeflyin @shoeflyin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A video address because he was afraid to speak to them in person.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former
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Shoeflyin @shoeflyin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My understanding is that South African racists are even worse than our home grown ones. So of course we have to import them.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
She was maliciously shot by CBP agents who proceeded to lie about every single element of the incident and criminally charged her. The charges were dismissed after film and photos showed she was right and they were lying. Now she demands criminal charges against the CBP agents.
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Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol sues feds — and keeps pushing for criminal charges
Marimar Martinez was labeled a "domestic terrorist" and criminally charged after she was shot by agent Charles Exum last year. Since her exoneration, she has fought the Trump administration's aggressi...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The president of the United States says that "the New York Times, and many other Artificial Media Outlets, should be arrested" for denying that the arena in which he spoke had empty seats. It's really bad! www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
The Ohio Arena was already full to the brim — And yet these people were still trying to get in. The New York Times said, “There were empty seats” when, in fact, there were none, and thousands of people had to be turned away. The New York Times, and many other Artificial Media Outlets, should be arrested for their dishonesty and disservice to our Country. When Bernie Sanders has 500 to 1,000 people, they make it sound like it’s the biggest event that ever took place. When PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP has 50,000 people, they make it sound like nobody showed up! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The day started off with great news, with a historic win stopping wall construction across Big Bend in Texas. Then came the news about the "Grandmother" Cottonwood tree in Arizona. After 71 days of protesting, the Border Agents arrested folks and killed the last remaining tree. Why? What the fuck! 🤬
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity." "ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Okay, so about that… @okayaboutthat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hey Georgia Voters! Today (Oct 5) is the last day to register to vote in the midterm elections - check your registration status and sample ballot here: mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/ Also if you reside in Fulton County, most of the libraries serve as early voting centers: mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/advanced-v...
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GA My Voter Page
Use the Georgia My Voter Page (MVP) to check your voter registration status, find your polling location, view your county's early voting locations, review your sample ballot for upcoming elections, an...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Be more than a passive consumer of news. “How you can demand better media coverage as the midterms loom” Examples of what is working and what must stop. Plus: some great reporting and two scary developments Timely from @sulliview.bsky.social margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/how-you-ca...
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How you can demand better media coverage as the midterms loom
Examples of what is working and what must stop. Plus: some great reporting and two scary developments
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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
this is pretty cool. Now that the CFPB has been functionally dismantled by Russell Vought, a bunch of the attorneys formed a consumer protection law firm www.law360.com/colorado/art...
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Home Equity Fintech Is 1st Target Of Ex-CFPB Attys' Law Firm - Law360
Home equity fintech firm Unlock has used deceptive marketing and confusing contract terms to hide that its "investment" agreements are actually illegal high-cost loans, according to a new proposed cla...
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A historic 96-mile protest march is underway, as faith leaders make the multi-day journey from the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in the Mojave Desert, to the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fUo...
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Faith leaders make HISTORIC 96-mile pilgrimage to protest ‘EXTREME CONDITIONS’ in ICE detention
YouTube video by MS NOW
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
remarkable piece of journalism. really worth reading.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 04/10/2026
This past Monday, UCS President & CEO @gretchentg.bsky.social testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee about the Trump administration’s unrelenting attacks on science. Here's her testimony:
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Attacks on Science, Who's Behind Them, and Their Harm: My Congressional Testimony
Dr. Gretchen Goldman testified before the Senate Environmental and Public Works committee on the effects of attacks on science.
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Bryce Maschino @bmaschino.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Evictions here resumed before the water was even back on, around the same time business groups started telling the tourists to come back and the bodies of our neighbors were still being found"
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Shoeflyin @shoeflyin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Never saw a party so hostile to voters before
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 03/10/2026
I remind everyone, again, that they tried year-round daylight saving time and stopped it because it got bunch of kids got killed in just a few weeks
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 03/10/2026
looking directly into the camera and supervillain monologuing about how i will do everything i can to ensure my party controls the court for the rest of all of your lives while the party is polling south of rabies is certainly a choice one can make
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Connect with Jacob Soboroff @connectwithjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A historic 96-mile pilgrimage is underway in Southern California in support of ICE detainees. “They’re isolated from their family members, but they are not isolated from their human community.” —Rev. Jennifer Gutierrez, one of the faith leaders leading the march.
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Faith leaders make HISTORIC 96-mile pilgrimage to protest ‘EXTREME CONDITIONS’ in ICE detention
A historic 96-mile march is underway, as faith leaders make the multi-day journey from the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in the Mojave Desert, to the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Ang...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ashley Hinson got a check from an ICE jailer's PAC, voted for $45 billion in ICE jails, then got three more checks. Check, vote, check, check, check. Marist has her down 8 in Iowa. The jailers picked a loser. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-sen...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026
this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/10/2026
You can't get anyone in political media to say it plainly, but GOP strategy for several decades now has been built around the fact that its core goals/policies are *wildly unpopular*. Everything depends on a) polluting the information environment, b) cementing unfair structural advantages, & c) $$$.
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 03/10/2026
You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jon Husted voted yes on $45 billion for ICE jails. Sixty-four days later an ICE jailer's CEO maxed out to him. There's a fraudster Trump pardoned in his filings too. Ohio noticed. Sherrod Brown is up 8. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-sen...
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 03/10/2026
Kremlin West www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The global population of greater one-horned rhinos has hit a record 4,075. Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India, shelters more than 2,600 of them. Poaching has fallen 86% since 2016; India, Nepal and Indonesia all recorded zero rhino killings in 2025. buff.ly/O4lKhqy #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Assam’s Kaziranga Leads Rhino Revival as Global Greater One-Horned Population Rises to 4,075
A CORRESPONDENTBOKAKHAT: The global population of the greater one-horned rhinoceros has now reached 4,075, with about 80 per cent of the population found i
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Shoeflyin @shoeflyin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
imagine arguing in court that you have the right to exploit people without their knowledge or consent
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Tarrant County voters filed an emergency lawsuit Friday accusing Republican county officials of intentionally making it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote by eliminating dozens of Election Day polling places. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Tarrant County voters sue to block GOP polling site cuts targeting minority voters
The lawsuit comes a month after the GOP-controlled Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved the cuts in a 3-2 vote despite intense opposition from residents and the court’s two Democratic commissio...
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Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮✌🏼🌱💚🍉🐸🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026
Black text on white page that reads as follows:

New Yorkers who lost their SNAP benefits because of the federal government's expanded work requirements can reapply starting today, October 1.

To find out whether you're eligible to get your benefits back or qualify for an exemption, call 718-SNAP-NOW (718-762-7669), visit nyc.gov/ACCESSHRA, or use the ACCESS HRA app.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW EPISODE: Weeks before the midterms, election deniers on Georgia's election board quietly asked Trump's DOJ to intervene. I break down the excuses in the letter and why it fits Trump's long obsession with controlling how Georgia's votes are counted. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwoR...
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Trump is Coming for Georgia's Vote Count
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Shoeflyin @shoeflyin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
the sabotage continues
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bill Pulte Guts the IG Office That Investigated Him talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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Bill Pulte Guts the IG Office That Investigated Him
Cuts Would Put IG Office Out of Business In a move that...
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