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Jan Eckley Urtel

@simplyteach.bsky.social
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Retired teacher: high school English and communication. Interested in human communication, well told stories of all sorts, music, photography, outdoor activities, animal pics, and politics.

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Phillip Anderson @phillipanderson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Josh Hawley, common man of the People, (Stanford, Yale, US Senate) literally running from the consequences of his actions
Image shows Senator Josh Hawley (R-Fraud) pumping his fist at Jan 6 rioters before the riot and captured on security cameras running as fast as his  $1000 Italian oxfords will carry him away from the mob he had earlier helped to incite.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I remember Trump's motorcade rolling through the newly coated reflecting pool and wondering how wise is that. Well, now we know from the demented world of Donald, where he never does anything wrong: The problem is really some anonymous vandal with a knife who cut a massive gash.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Well this should scare the shit out of everyone, 6 weeks ago the justice department adopted a new policy to allow the attorney general the power to send any federal prisoner to any federal prison in the country. Listen to Liz Oyer former pardon attorney for the DOJ explain.👇👇
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican. It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong. Millions are awakening to this new reality — and they're speaking up. The sleeping giant of America is roaring.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
There is a pernicious and sustained effort to distort the historical record and do violence to the public’s memory.
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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United We Dream @unitedwedream.org · 20/03/2026
DACA renewals are being delayed and it's pushing working families into poverty and putting protection from deportation at jeopardy. Join us for a free community call where we'll break down what's happening. 🔗 www.mobilize.us/unitedwedream/event…
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Anna @annaknutson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
GET HIM!!!!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. We must not fund ICE. The Constitution gave Congress the power of the purse. Congress must use that power aggressively and fearlessly if our country is to survive.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 04/02/2026
Bessent selected option three: Endure righteous wrath.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
If you want to FINALLY watch Scott Bessent get pinned down on specifics about the illegal money laundering operation being conducted by the Trump admin from someone who knows WTF he’s talking about, this clip is your chance. Bessent gets destroyed.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/02/2026
Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
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Thomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Absolute unvarnished truth.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
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max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
A must read👇 After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Utah reviewed its voter rolls for noncitizens. It found one. Who never voted
The results sharply undercut the narrative of widespread noncitizen voting Republicans are using to promote new nationwide restrictions on voting.
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chay76.bsky.social @chay76.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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Momento Vivere @behindthefrequency.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The US is being terrorized by a domestic terror organization called ICE. They are going door-to-door. They are stealing and kidnapping people. They have killed over 30 people so far. We are being terrorized by the US government and what you have to do first is acknowledge it.
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Democrats Organizing For America @democratsofa.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Get it all…
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
A federal court dismissed the Trump Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking access to California’s full voter registration database Thursday, warning that the government’s bid for the voter records “threatens the right to vote which is the cornerstone of American democracy.
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Federal court shuts down Trump DOJ bid for California voter rolls
Read more here.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
🎯🎯
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/01/2026
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
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Clark Kent @clarkfromearthx.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I've seen worlds succumb to the whisper: "Why bother?" That radical nihilism is a poison. It paves the way for strongmen. My mission is radical optimism. Not naivety. The stubborn, rigorous work of believing in our better angels, then proving it. #RadicalOptimism #Humanism
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/10/2025
This clap-back is 🔥 “You think my self-worth is determined by your opinion of me when in reality I know for a fact that I was better than you the day I was born.” "Your grandparents were born on third base, mine were born in the parking lot but still managed to score before you.” Holy shit!
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 05/10/2025
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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pastajoe.bsky.social @pastajoe.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The blind squirrel finally found a nut.
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Claude Taylor @realclaudetaylor.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Gee. That’s weird. It’s almost like she was in on it.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
📌STOP spreading this garbage the 2024 election was stolen. -Not because it makes look stupid (it does). -Not because you sound like Trump (you do). -But because, aside from being grifted of your time and treasure, you are further eroding trust in a Democracy the rest of us are fighting to protect.
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Yayger @yayger.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Here, have a little timeline cleanse!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
SEN. PADILLA: “Saying I lunged is a lie, but that’s par for the course for this administration… I was behind the cameras listening, and at a certain point hearing Noem say they had to rescue LA from the Governor and Mayor was too much to take. So I raise my voice to ask a question.”
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I would just like to go on record as saying: the fuck
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/06/2025
Padilla: “We will hold this administration accountable”
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Spooky Morales @spookymorales.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
These are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
EXCLUSIVE: American Security Contractor Unloads On US-Israeli ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’
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EXCLUSIVE: American Security Contractor Unloads On US-Israeli ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’
I thought I was signing up for an aid mission. But what I've witnessed in Gaza is horrific.
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Jan Eckley Urtel @simplyteach.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
It’s an intriguing thought.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I never, ever want to hear another god damn word about state’s rights…
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Lee-in-Iowa 💙 @lee-in-iowa.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Reminder: Trump has made NO PLANS to provide decent food, housing, or bathrooms for all the troops he’s requiring to come to his Ego Parade. They’ll be sleeping on floors, getting 2 MREs a day, & have no extra bathrooms over what’s already in various fed buildings.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
every word of this kfor.com/news/local/w...
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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
If the four senators who voted to end the Canada tariffs threatened to block the reconciliation bill unless the tariffs were rescinded, I think they’d have leverage to force Trump’s hand. Not that they would, but they could.
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LastThird @lastthird.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I want someone with reach to point out that -- as great as some of the ideas to pad his speech with silly readings (a la Cruz w/Green Eggs and Ham) were -- he did the one thing that crushes them all: he spoke clearly and articulately about actual issues. No fluff. All substance and grit.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Musk’s AI Grok calculates that Elon's DOGE cuts will kill at least 3.88 million people worldwide and 520,000 USians. #3E
Grok calculates that Elon's DOGE CUTS will
KILL 3.88 Million people worldwide and 520,000 Americans.
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DOGE claims they have cut $130 billion, this is less than the $170 billion in unpaid taxes that millionaires/billionaires evade EACH YEAR. Biden reinstated the Non-Filer Program to collect these evaded taxes but Trump immediately shut it down. There have been 25K millionaire/billionaire non-filers since 2017. The rich could save 4M lives if they just paid their taxes.Estimated Maximum Deaths Linked to DOGE Funding Cuts
1. Veterans Services: DOGE Cut: Reduced VA staff by tens of thousands, cut Veterans Crisis Line funding Impact: 2,000 (2025); 10,000 (decade) from suicides/health decline
2. AIDS Relief (Global): DOGE Cut: Slashed 90% of USAID contracts, targeting $4 billion in PEPFAR funds Impact: 200,000 (2025); 3 million (decade) from untreated HIV
3. Food Assistance: DOGE Cut: Eliminated $1 billion from USDA (TEFAP/LFPA), $4 billion from USAID food aid
Impact: 11,000 (2025); 20,000 (decade) from starvation/malnutrition
4. Healthcare (Global): DOGE Cut: Axed $8.5 billion in USAID health programs (vaccines, maternal care)
Impact: 15,000 (2025); 100,000 (decade) from disease/loss of care
5. Healthcare (U.S.): DOGE Cut: Cut 20,000 HHS jobs, $11 billion from state/local health budgets
Impact: 5,000 (2025); 25,000 (decade) from reduced services
6. Environmental Protections: DOGE Cut: Slashed thousands of EPA jobs, rolled back regulations Impact: 1,000 (2025); 10,000 (decade) from pollution deaths
7. Homelessness Assistance: DOGE Cut: Reduced VA housing aid, impacted HUD-VASH for 35,000+ veterans
Impact: 1,800 (2025); 18,000 (decade) from homelessness deaths
8. Pandemic Prevention: DOGE Cut: Cut $500 million USAID, $1 billion NIH/CDC pathogen research
Impact: 15,000 (2025); 200,000 (decade) from outbreaks
9. Mental Health/Substance Abuse: DOGE Cut: Eliminated $300 million SAMHSA grants
Impact: 7,000 (2025); 70,000 (decade) from overdoses/suicides
10. Cancer Research: DOGE Cut: Terminated S600 million NIH cancer grants
Impact: 1,000 (2025); 15,000 (decade) from delayed treatments
11. Violence Prevention: DOGE Cut: Froze $50 million DOJ/DHS violence prevention grants
Impact: 1,500 (2025); 15,000 (decade) from shootings/terrorism
12. Aviation Safety: DOGE Cut: Cut $200 million FAA budget, 1,000+ jobs
Impact: 200 (2025); 2,000 (decade) from crashes
13. Social Security Access: DOGE Cut: Slashed $500 million SSA admin, ended phone services…
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Trixie 🌸🇨🇦 @trixie57.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
In cities like Los Angeles, people are using megaphones to warn each other about ICE, and to remind people of their rights. Neighbors helping neighbors.🥺❤️ It feels like we’re living in an alternate universe right now, and it’s hard to believe this is really happening in North America.💔
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Gary Schwall Sr. @glschwall.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
'Unlawful destruction of federal records': Hegseth, Rubio and others broke multiple laws by using 'disappearing' messaging app to discuss military strikes, watchdog says Source: Law & Crime share.newsbreak.com/ca4umnb7
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'Unlawful destruction of federal records': Hegseth, Rubio and others broke multiple laws by using 'disappearing' messaging app to discuss military strikes, watchdog says - NewsBreak
"Defendants, as members of the Signal chat, know or reasonably should know that one or more messages in the Signal chat were or remain subject to automati
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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 11/03/2025
A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly (Columbia Journalism Review) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Abraham Lincoln is often quoted for saying: "As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” But the passage I think of daily from the same 1838 speech to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois is this one. (don’t get hung up on his use of the word genius)
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