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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 6h
I know "Don't pay attention to polls." But, I just couldn't help feeling encouraged and the wind moving us forward ❌️👑✊️ Midterm Elections: Who Is Winning the Race for Congress? Latest Data - The New York Times share.google/R95bwRJacf8j...
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Midterm Elections: Who Is Winning the Race for Congress? Latest Data
It’s Oct. 5 — 29 days away from the midterms. Here’s the state of play.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is Justice??? 🙄 www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Supreme Court allows Trump’s ‘third country’ deportation policy
This is the second time the court has rejected lower court rulings that immigrants must be able to object before being sent to countries where they have no connections.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
HEADS UP 🗣 apnews.com/article/save...
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Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now
The Supreme Court is allowing states to resume using a controversial federal tool to check voter eligibility before the November elections.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A tearful Sheeran told the crowd: “Everyone is telling me to cancel, and I’m feeling all of my friends and family and people I know abandon me and I look at the end of the week and I see 50,000 people who haven’t abandoned.” www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
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Macklemore announces Free Palestine tour to benefit humanitarian aid organisations
The US rapper, removed from Ed Sheeran’s US stadium tour after voicing support of Palestine, has convened a charity show that will visit Dublin, Paris and London, with a North American run to be annou...
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's not hyperbole, nor a hoax that people rights are being violated by our government-- kidnapped & taken with no due process. This is unscionable!!! ICE has detained women’s college basketball player for over a month share.google/nMNzqKaGBmtq...
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ICE has detained women’s college basketball player with ACL injury for over a month
Aminata Seck, a women's basketball player at Kentucky State University, has been detained by ICE for over a month while dealing with an ACL injury.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
America is OK with this 😩🗣✊️😲😡 How can anybody sleep @ night knowing what we have done to people??? www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Immigrants with final deportation orders disappear from ICE detainee locator
The change will make it harder for many families and attorneys to determine where an immigrant is being held after being taken into ICE custody.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump administration plans $2.8 billion weapons sale to Israel | AP News share.google/qLl0RZ6FaMxp...
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Laura Loomer, far-right maga influencer, is way out of her league OR she has mental issues -- could be both 🤣 www.essence.com/news/laura-l...
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MAGA Influencer Laura Loomer Targets Rep. Angie Nixon And Other Black Women In Politics - Essence
The far right political pundit's racially charged attacks on Nixon and others like Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson highlight a contentious strategy targeting Black women ahead of the midterm electi...
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Now, the Public must become negotiators to protect our interests and our communities, rather than just blindly trust. This is a good thing for us to do, although I admit it won't be easy 🧐. ‘An imperfect solution’ gains traction in data center fight - POLITICO share.google/fEjyUljWDrAC...
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‘An imperfect solution’ gains traction in data center fight
Governors are turning to community benefit agreements as they scramble to address data center blowback without alienating tech giants.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The "March" is live August 28, 2026 on YouTube until 1pm. Those not able to be in Washington, DC can support the fight via live-streaming. Defend your Rights! Defend Democracy! Defend the Vote! In solidarity, I'm in the house✊️🫂🗣🫶💯
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump laying groundwork to impose national emergency by sowing election distrust | US midterm elections 2026 | The Guardian share.google/OLq3ujoKCY3i...
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Trump laying groundwork to impose national emergency by sowing election distrust
President’s speech, declassification of documents and heightened claims of noncitizen voting have experts concerned
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear - The New York Times share.google/ENVpNSZkPOFT...
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In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear
With none of President Trump’s aims accomplished and the Strait of Hormuz closed, U.S. allies see dysfunction and vulnerability from the war.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Bernie Sanders - “We’re going to work as hard as we can not only to elect El-Sayed, but Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota and strong congressional candidates across the country who have the guts to start taking on big money and representing workers” 👏👏👏 thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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Sanders to Fetterman: ‘John — not going to take your advice’
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) responded Wednesday to Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-Pa.) criticism of several progressive Democratic candidates he’s supporting in midterm races across the country. Fett…
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
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Clara Ester, Who Was With Martin Luther King Jr. in His Last Moments, Dies at 78
A Memphis college student and activist, she witnessed Dr. King’s assassination in 1968 when he was shot at his motel and ran to him to check his pulse.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Senate Republicans push to cancel August recess over SAVE America Act share.google/DmUSgRv2IQkI...
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Some GOP senators say they will vote to cancel recess over SAVE America Act
Senate conservatives, led by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), are calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to cancel the August recess so they can debate the Safeguard American Voter Eligibilit…
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump officials vote to rewrite historic preservation rules, in boon for arch
The president’s plan to build a 250-foot triumphal arch has been bound up in reviews under the law, known as Section 106.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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South Carolina's Lexington County remains open to data centers as nearby counties clamp down
"That's what you're seeing in the headlines right now, they're environmental disasters."
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The stage has been set! Supreme Court Turbocharges Presidential Power - The New York Times share.google/whE8l2bYc4QX...
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Supreme Court Turbocharges Presidential Power
A pair of decisions reshaped the structure of the federal government.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
RAPID RESPONSE ALERT: The republicans are trying to pass the SAVE Act using budget reconciliation instead of the 60-vote threshold usually required. CALL CONGRESS 🗣 Johnson scores major win as House GOP advances Trump’s top election priority | Fox News share.google/gUkKY4MeYSj4...
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Johnson scores major win as House GOP advances Trump’s top election priority
Speaker Mike Johnson wants to bypass Democrat opposition on the SAVE America Act by including it in a sweeping party-line budget bill.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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What to know about cyclosporiasis, the intestinal illness hitting the U.S.
A surge of cases of the intestinal illness that causes diarrhea and fatigue has been detected in 34 states. Here's how what to do if you suspect you have it and how to avoid infection.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A LIE: BYPASSED 60-DAY WINDOW www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
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Trump notifies Congress of new war against Iran
President Donald Trump's notification that the U.S. is again at war with Iran gives the administration another 60-day clock for military action.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The cliche "signing your life away" repeatedly comes to mind concerning this administration. 😑 Ex-civil rights agency commissioner fired by Trump drops lawsuit | AP News share.google/llgMuvKNKN6T...
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Ex-civil rights agency commissioner fired by Trump drops lawsuit in wake of Supreme Court ruling
A former Democratic commissioner of one of the country’s top civil rights agencies has dropped a lawsuit challenging her dismissal by President Donald Trump.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪 White House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for ‘Extreme Political Activism’ - The New York Times share.google/jnCJMgkWmtko...
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
ALERT: CALL YOUR SENATORS & REPS 🗣 Trump & Republicans are trying to circumvent SCOTUS ruling. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Congress should restrict birthright citizenship, House speaker says
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said that Congress should consider a bill to limit birthright citizenship and that it would advance "immediately."
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Congress approved [what $70 billion] for this??? A man was tracked down by DHS agents after he sent a harsh email : NPR share.google/Nef6hpcrpAXf...
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He sent a harsh email to ICE's top official. 5 months later, federal agents tracked him down
Federal agents went to a Rochester man's home to warn him that an email he sent five months ago could be an illegal threat. He was on vacation but another agent found his hotel hundreds of miles away.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Alan Dershowitz-- [Oh, he's the one who couldn't bring himself to vote for Kamala Harris] 🤔 Might someone else benefit, too from SCOTUS agreeing to hear lawsuits from public figures? Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas calls for libel law review in dissent share.google/cX7R8winyrdk...
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Thomas, Gorsuch say Supreme Court should revisit landmark libel ruling
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to accurately describe the impact of the Supreme Court’s 1964 decision, New York Times Co. v. Sullivan. Justice Clarence Thomas renewed…
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Birthright citizenship and Trump's firings: Supreme Court's major remaining cases share.google/h9FdVa60tsti...
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Supreme Court's blockbuster week will put Trump's power to the test
The stakes are high for the president's vision of expansive executive authority.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This ruling affects people residing in the U.S. without incident for years — sometimes decades 🗣. Trump administration asks Supreme Court to OK its unprecedented immigration detention policy - POLITICO share.google/HOpnaeqakhot...
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to OK its unprecedented immigration detention policy
The Justice Department asked the justices to resolve a division among federal appeals courts.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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U.S. Supreme Court backs Monsanto in its fight against liability from popular weed killer
The central issue in the Roundup case, filed by Missouri resident John Durnell, was who decides what should appear on a pesticide or insecticide label—and whether a federal law overrides state claims.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"Reimprison" 🗣 NO! It's something wrong here. After a person has served his/her time, SCOTUS, because of its ruling could send them back to prison. U.S. Supreme Court ruling could imprison man for more decades : NPR share.google/r0O6XcyZKy7b...
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This man is a bus driver and grandfather. A Supreme Court ruling could reimprison him
Anthony Bailey's case is one of about a dozen that could be directly affected by a Supreme Court ruling limiting how prisoners can use the compassionate release program to get out early.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan dies at 100
Greenspan died on Monday from complications of Parkinson’s Disease.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Any kick-backs in this 🤔 thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool work comes under scrutiny: 4 things to know
President Trump’s efforts to renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have not gone smoothly, despite the president maintaining he has a lot of experience with pools. Questions have swirled ab…
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I ❤️ this Woman. She is a great leader & Speaker of The House!!! www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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‘You Slap Me in the Face, I’ll Slap You Right Back’
Nancy Pelosi on gerrymandering, the midterms, and her 39 years in Congress
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Anybody listening to 47 @ the G7 Summit, talking a bunch of gibberish and nonsense 🙄 Putting down President Obama as usual. He can't get over it!!! One side of the mouth is speaking about peace, while the other side is speaking of dropping bombs 💣 and again what Iran would have done to Israel.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Jane Fonda Attacks Paramount-WBD Merger At Protest Event share.google/zc6hwkzoY0Mx...
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Jane Fonda Attacks Paramount-WBD Merger At Protest Event
Jane Fonda, who was married to the late CNN founder Ted Turner, said she wants to preserve the news network from being merged into Paramount.
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Greater Lafayette Indivisible ❌ 👑 @lafayetteindivisible.com · 15/06/2026
Take action with the Committee for the First Amendment. Find the actions here: riseupsingout.com
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New York Theater @newyorktheater.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Jane Fonda's 4 calls to action 1.Sign petition to block Paramount/Warner Bros merger 2.Join Freedom Summer, to support grassroots organizers in the South 3.Volunteer for the Election Protection Coalition 4.Become a poll worker (Details on the riseupsingout website) newyorktheater.me/2026/06/14/w...
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Social Security's 2032 deadline puts a 22% cut on the table — but Washington has way less room to negotiate than 1983 | Fortune
The new date exposes a hard political math: debt above 100% of GDP, 2.4 million fewer immigrants and a tax bill that already trimmed program revenue.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
www.usatoday.com/story/news/u...
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Some states are opting out of Trump's Great American State Fair
Freedom 250's Great American State Fair hit snags in recent weeks as its 16-day concert series unraveled. Now, some states won't be participating.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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Bill Gates to Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and every other company building data center in the US: Communities will not accept data centers that... - The Times of India
The Times of India brings the Latest & Top Breaking News on Politics and Current Affairs in India & around the World, Cricket, Sports, Business, Bollywood News and Entertainment, Science, Technology, ...
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Please share!!! wjla.com/news/local/d...
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Public has until June 15 to comment on Trump's proposed arch in DC
The National Park Service (NPS) is asking the public to weigh in on a report examining the potential effects of President Trump's proposed Triumphal Arch.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
😒😲🗣😡🫣🗣🤗🧐🗣🙄🤨 A lot of emotions, smh!!! www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Americans’ national parks passes will pay for Trump’s July 4 plans, documents show
Entry fees are going toward a $1.6 million fireworks display and D.C. beautification, while donations will fund a $5 million helipad at the White House.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Did Congress finally do the right thing??? I can't believe it 🤣...Am I dreaming 🤔 Awesome 💯 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US House passes war powers resolution to curb Trump’s authority in Iran
Stunning rebuke to president as lawmakers vote 215-208 for measure forcing him to seek congressional approval
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
However one tries to justify SCOTUS' rulings, truly JUSTICE was not served, but instead oppressed & regresses backward!!! www.npr.org/2026/06/02/n...
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The Supreme Court reinstates Republican-favored Alabama congressional districts
The ruling means that Alabama's 2026 midterm elections will feature six Republican-leaning districts and one Democratic-leaning one.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Erin Brockovich asks Americans for help as she launches data center map
The activist has launched a website to track community concerns as AI data centers proliferate across the country.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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South Carolina Senate rejects Trump’s call to redraw congressional map for midterm elections
The South Carolina Senate has rejected President Donald Trump’s push to redraw the state’s congressional districts in hopes Republicans could gain an extra seat.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
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Silencio Dogwood @silenciodogwood.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
@icsc2.bsky.social Please repost. 👍 SACK THE SYCOPHANT. bsky.app/profile/sile...
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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The Forgotten Story Of How Freed African Americans Helped Create Memorial Day
Although Memorial Day now commemorates those who died in all wars, it began when Black people commemorated the Civil War in 1865.
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smitty130.bsky.social @smitty130.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Justice Department deletes press releases on charges against Jan. 6 rioters
The Justice Department confirmed that it had deleted the press releases as part of “stripping DOJ’s website of partisan propaganda.”
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