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Human, lawyer, Democrat, awake, progressive, anti-fascist, friend of dogs. Wikipedia > chatgpt Support @NPR @PBS @CPB @LSC These views are my own. #StrengthInNumbers 🇺🇦

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is a regular feature of data-matching, especially when done in a half-assed way. The purpose is to create the false claims of fraud. For example, Republicans complained for years about the risk of double voting. A credible system was built to detect it (ERIC). Then they killed it.
ERIC had been relatively uncontroversial since its creation. The idea behind it started in 2008, when election officials identified the potential for people to have multiple registrations in different states — in itself not surprising in a country that is at once highly mobile but operates a decentralized voting system — creating the potential for voting in different states. ERIC offered a tool that could track that problem, through a mixture of data sourcing and analytical tools that minimized false positives. By identifying moves and deaths, it allowed states to keep the voting rolls accurate. In 2013 it had seven members, which would increase to 32 states at its height.

Then in January of 2022, the Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin dropped out of ERIC. He made his announcement to a group of far right election activists, to sustained applause. But for other election officials it was a puzzle. One state election official who worked for GOP secretaries of state said:

Everybody looked at this and said, 'This is insane, what are you talking about?' As soon as [Ardoin] did that — that created this pressure on the other Republican states that wasn't there before
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
thesaraphreport.substack.com/p/copy-paste...
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Copy, Paste, Rescind.
My first look at the power plant rescission: aka, I read 162 pages so you don’t have to.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Attorney General Bonta Secures Final Ruling Blocking Major Avenue Used by Trump Administration to Cut Off Federal Funding to States www.threads.com/@agrobbonta/...
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Rob Bonta (@agrobbonta) on Threads
We’ll continue to partner with Democratic attorneys general across the country to defend the federal funding our communities rely on. https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-se...
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Trump war crimes
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 18/07/2026
Today I made an unannounced visit to ICE’s facility in Scarborough, Maine. What I heard was unacceptable: no body cameras, no training, and no accountability. Johan Guerrero should be alive. Congress must act. Abolish ICE. End qualified immunity.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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7,174 Capitol Riots Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images
Explore Authentic Capitol Riots Stock Photos & Images For Your Project Or Campaign. Less Searching, More Finding With Getty Images.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Hi Leslie, I don’t think they’re stupid, but maybe voted or endorsed on single issues, relied on wishful promises, and or were hoping for two Dems in the general election. I believe that Becerra was the better candidate and that Steyer ran an awful campaign and didn’t earn voters’ trust.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Vote Becerra not billionaires #California
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Xavier Becerra for Governor 2026. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/xavier...
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Xavier Becerra for Governor 2026
Xavier Becerra grew up in a one-room Sacramento apartment, the son of a Mexican immigrant mother and a working-class father. He became the first in his family to go to college — at Stanford — then spe...
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California Endorses Xavier Becerra for Governor
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
So, in opposition to himself and his paper?
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
www.eqca.org/becerra-gov/
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Equality California Endorses Xavier Becerra for California Governor
Equality California has announced its endorsement of Xavier Becerra for California Governor.
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Liz Dye @lizdye.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
BREAKING: Judge Waverly Crenshaw dismisses indictment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia based on selective and vindictive prosecution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
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KILMAR ARMANDO ABREGO
GARCIA,
Defendant.
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No. 3:25-cr-00115
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Then-Attorney General Robert H. Jackson warned his fellow prosecutors long ago of the
danger of picking the person first and the crime second. “Therein is the most dangerous power of
the prosecutor: that he will pick people that he thinks he should get, rather than pick cases that
need to be prosecuted.” Robert H. Jackson, The Federal Prosecutor, 31 J. Crim. L. & Criminology
3, 5 (1940). That is the situation here.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Why I’m Voting for Becerra www.independent.com/2026/05/22/w...
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Why I’m Voting for Becerra
On every single issue California is facing right now, Xavier Becerra's resume is a direct match. Steyer has climate philanthropy. Becerra has a decade of wins.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
www.laprogressive.com/election-and...
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Why We Endorsed Xavier Becerra Over Tom Steyer for California Governor
A personal reflection on concentrated wealth, democratic erosion, and why even “good billionaires” can normalize a dangerous political trajectory.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Xavier Becerra for Governor 2026. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/xavier...
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Xavier Becerra for Governor 2026
Xavier Becerra grew up in a one-room Sacramento apartment, the son of a Mexican immigrant mother and a working-class father. He became the first in his family to go to college — at Stanford — then spe...
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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‘Up to the fight’: What Becerra’s record as AG may mean if he’s elected governor
Before joining the Biden administration, Becerra’s office filed 110 cases against the Trump White House, winning most of them.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 02/05/2026
These six solutions can bring accountability and ethical standards to the Supreme Court: bit.ly/4tHjFqf
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How to Fix the Supreme Court
Term limits for justices, a binding ethics code, and cameras in the courtroom are just a few of the reforms Congress should adopt. 
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
An inside look at the people who care for the horses at the #KentuckyDerby Now streaming on @pbs.org @itvsindies.bsky.social www.pbs.org/independentl...
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BACKSIDE: The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing - Independent Lens
Immigrant grooms work year-round on the hidden “backside” of Churchill Downs. Rising before dawn, they care for some of the world’s most prized Kentucky Derby racehorses, revealing how race, labor, an...
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Can the E.P.A. Survive Lee Zeldin? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Can the E.P.A. Survive Lee Zeldin?
The agency, which was founded to protect the environment and human health, has cancelled safety regulations, supported coal, and stopped caring about climate change.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
24 States Sue the E.P.A. for Renouncing Its Power to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/c...
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24 States Sue the E.P.A. for Renouncing Its Power to Fight Climate Change
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
California is taking Donald Trump to court for breaking the law to put polluter profits before American lives | Governor of California www.gov.ca.gov/2026/03/19/c...
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California is taking Donald Trump to court for breaking the law to put polluter profits before American lives | Governor of California
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
looks like we traded generations of healthcare for 4 days worth of missiles
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 24/02/2026
Tonight’s State of the Union address will likely feature false claims about voter fraud. Here’s what you need to know: bit.ly/46mnHe6
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Trump’s Misleading Pitch for the SAVE Act
The State of the Union will likely feature false claims about voter fraud.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Donald Trump declares the Republican Party the pro-pollution party | Governor of California www.gov.ca.gov/2026/02/12/d...
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Donald Trump declares the Republican Party the pro-pollution party | Governor of California
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Reminder that the Obama administration made a nuclear deal with Iran and the first Trump administration pulled out of it.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Peter Thiel should be arrested.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
LOL, these fucking people. Just shameless. “But as you know, it is not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.”
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/02/2026
As I suspected, Gabbard was at the FBI raid in her capacity to look into foreign election interference- something Giuliani told Trump he needs to prove in order to have the military seize voting machines. From Hugo Lowell:
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The indictment of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers revealed that they had a cache of weapons, entered the Capitol in military formation, and were prepared to harm lawmakers. They were all pardoned and no doubt many of them are now in ICE
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/02/2026
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control. “It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
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Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Dr. Peterson seems very stable.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Since I'm pretty sure this administration doesn't realize this document exists, it would be worth downloading the 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment on foreign threats to the U.S. elections before it disappears, which includes the following finding: www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Juan Carlos is a U.S. resident who is currently unhoused and living in his car. Yesterday, 1/9, around noon, he was targeted and assaulted by CBP agents near 22nd & Chicago in Minneapolis.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Year 1 of the Second Trump Administration Made the Working Class Weaker: The Trump administration’s actions are shrinking jobs, slowing wage growth, and raising living costs for the working class. www.americanprogress.org/article/year...
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Year 1 of the Second Trump Administration Made the Working Class Weaker
The Trump administration’s actions are shrinking jobs, slowing wage growth, and raising living costs for the working class.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 13/12/2025
This is unacceptable. The VA plans to eliminate up to 35,000 health care positions while veterans already face staffing shortages and long wait times. These jobs are described as “unfilled,” but that did not happen by chance.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
It’s out of touch to not acknowledge that Walmart made a cheaper meal, not that the same meal became cheaper.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Thanks, President Biden
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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Scoop: The new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
The current Surgeon General of Louisiana has made headlines recently, including for allegedly burying a whooping cough outbreak.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Pete Hesgeth should be court martialed.
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Karoline Leavitt is a Nazi
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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Signs across Chicago mark locations of ICE arrests
Signs resembling temporary no parking notices serve as reminders for the thousands of people arrested by federal immigration authorities under "Operation Midway Blitz" and the pain left behind for lov...
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 19/11/2025
🔴 Scolding a U.S. reporter for asking questions about MBS ordering a fellow journalist to be bonesawed to death signals to dictators everywhere that they can murder journalists with impunity. Read our full statement below:
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Steve W @steve-weiss.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Did they prevail or did they buy favor from a corrupt administration?
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Cristiano Lima-Strong @viacristiano.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Gee I wonder if autocrats around the world will feel more or less emboldened to commit violence against journalists and dissidents now www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.
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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon @scanlon.house.gov · 18/11/2025
8 million Americans rely on SSI to survive. Cutting these benefits will plunge thousands of Americans, including disabled adults and children, into poverty. Rep. Danny Davis and I are demanding that the SSA provide the American people with information on how these cuts will impact them.
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Scanlon Presses Social Security Administration Regarding Rule Changes Threatening Ability of Supplemental Security Income Recipients to Live With Family
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