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Alan Belasco

@smokyquartz2024.bsky.social
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ex-college baseball player; retired paralegal; amateur geologist; popular science reader; keep religion out of the government. Diversity is good. Left X

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Alan Belasco @smokyquartz2024.bsky.social · 2h
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Ballroom bribery
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 8h
Truth 👇
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Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Menace to democracy Elon Musk has slowed Starlink to sabotage Ukraine and help Putin. So what country will be stupid enough to pay millions to any of Elon Musk's companies when they now know that he may unilaterally breach contracts for personal reasons on a petulant whim? Oh, I know! The US.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 14/10/2026
To the people trashing Donald Trump, did you ever even once think about it this way?
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 13/10/2026
The Christian Nationalism we're seeing today isn't new. It's a revival of Nazi fascism from a century ago. They’re telling us in their own words.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 13/10/2026
The House of Representatives has held less than 12 voting days since August. Even the Russian Duma meets more often than the Republican-held U.S. House.
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 12/10/2026
He didn't send agents after a criminal. He sent them after a Congresswoman who talks back. On the eve of an election. That's not law enforcement — that's an abuse of power with a badge. We stand with Ilhan Omar.
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ApplesHardcoreYo @appleshardcoreyo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026
Do you know how hard it is to lose the war if you're the United States? It's about as unlikely as bankrupting a casino.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 12/10/2026
The “mass shooting” in Erie, PA was in fact a family annihilation event. A 45-year-old man with a registered firearm killed his entire family, including babies and a pregnant woman.
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 12/10/2026
Common Cause just told a federal judge that Trump's taxpayer funded propaganda ads ran hundreds of times after a TRO ordered an immediate halt to them. The two-page notice buff.ly/u2GESdN
1. On October 12, at 1:31 p.m. Eastern, the Washington Post reported that two ads continued airing after the Court issued the Order and into the early hours of
Monday, October 12, on multiple programs, including “60 Minutes,” “ABC World News Tonight,” and “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” Ex. A.
2. According to AdImpact data retrieved at 2:45 p.m. Eastern today, Defendants’ ads ran in nearly 400 spots on programs that began airing at 7 p.m. Eastern last
night—that is, after this Court’s order was in effect. Ex. B.
3. Specifically, “Final Battle” ran in 193 spots during “60 Minutes,” which aired on CBS starting at 7 p.m. Eastern. Ex. B.
4. And “Maduro” ran in 198 spots during “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” which aired on ABC starting at 7 p.m. Eastern. Ex. B.
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Alan Belasco @smokyquartz2024.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
There is no democracy when the executive branch simply ignores the rule of law.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 12/10/2026
Trump's continued attacks on @repilhan.bsky.social the Somali American community, & our Muslim neighbors are a heinous attempt to distract from his complete & utter failure as president. Every American should be chilled to the bone: these are the actions of a dictatorship not a democracy.
Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. home

The search appears to be the type of action that law enforcement officials typically avoided so close to an election in the past.
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Alan Belasco @smokyquartz2024.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Three weeks before an election!
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 11/10/2026
It’s time for term limits.
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 11/10/2026
We're the richest country in the world, and yet DC keeps taking from the middle class to make the ultra-wealthy even richer. It’s like reverse Robin Hood.
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Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A whole lot of spot-on facts laid out here by @editorialboard.bsky.social:
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
This is heartbreaking — and so unprofessional.
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ICE didn’t know 5-year-old boy was in car when officer fired, Mullin says
Federal authorities said Oscar Belgal used his car to ram government vehicles and endanger officers.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 09/10/2026
We can't expect students to learn if they're hungry. Whether they're in kindergarten, high school, or college — it's just common sense. That's why we're making it easier for UC, CSU, and CC students to apply for CalFresh and get healthy, nutritious food.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Absolute depravity. Our country is profoundly broken.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A barbaric idea, beneath our dignity as a country. Push back on this.
Trump admin wants to televise an execution
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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LynnRN @lynnrn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Love this!!
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Last year, Jon Husted and other self-serving members of Congress made $635 million in stock trades. It’s time we stop this corruption and ban Congressional stock trading.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Like my friend @rokhanna.bsky.social says here, Congress has a constitutional right to assess the damage of the Iran War. Denying a Member of Congress even a briefing with military officials is a full blown cover up.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
You can draw a direct line from the price at the pumps to President Donald Trump, who started a wholly unnecessary war with Iran, and the congressional Republicans who have done nothing to stop the war. Make them pay in the midterms: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Trump's Iran war is costing us. Voters can make the GOP pay | Opinion
This is as close to political cause and effect as you'll ever get when it comes to the petroleum industry.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This level of naked, open corruption is unprecedented in our history.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 08/10/2026
No one stands taller than when they bend down on one knee to lift someone else up. That’s what we need in this moment. More selfless service and commitment to one another for the common good.
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Dr Lisa 🇰🇳🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈❤️🧘🏽‍♀️🎸🏝💃🏽🛸🐸✊🏽🕉☯️⚧️☮️ @xitter-refugee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 07/10/2026
Found this one in the family album. That's me, growing up in Western Alaska. Some of my earliest memories are of summers at fish camp and a community that always looked out for one another. That Alaska is worth fighting for. I'm running for Senate to protect it for the next generation.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Truth 👇 Bomb 💣.........
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Rahm Emanuel should focus on shutting up and going away.
NBC: Rahm Emanuel says Democrats should focus on ethics reforms rather than impeaching Trump
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🌊🧩Perpetua🪭☔️ @barrylarkin06.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#VoteBlue VoteBlue #VoteBlue VoteBlue #VoteBlue VoteBlue #VoteBlue VoteBlue #VoteBlue #ToppleTheGeriatricToddler #UntRUmptheWorld #EpsteintRUmpCoverUp
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Labor's share of income just hit an all-time low. That means for every dollar a company brings in, workers are taking home smaller and smaller slices. Income keeps shifting to the owners. With @svaneksmith .bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Wolfers: Imagine we had a female president who was so idiosyncratic and so moody and whose policy decisions were up and down like crazy... Could you just imagine the coverage? It’s utterly bizarre what we allow to happen.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If Trump just takes money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose & seizes it to use it for an entirely different purpose, what is the point of having a Congress or appropriating money for anything? I’m sure the Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins must be concerned.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 03/10/2026
Funny how their “originalism” dissipates when there’s a Republican/billionaire imperative at stake. I don’t think “originally” corporations were people, or presidents had immunity, or agencies couldn’t make “major” rules, or Congress couldn’t set terms of office. What a joke.
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Opinion | Justice Samuel Alito: Even Originalists Make Mistakes
An interpretive method disciplines the decision-making process, but it doesn’t free judges of the need to exercise judgment.
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