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SiestaMD

@sunflowerroot1.bsky.social
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Gen X doc, mom, grandmom & pup mom. Kansan on the ground in AZ. Pro kindness, pro critical thought. Time to cowboy up everyone.

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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 5h
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 8h
I guess it is a surprise to the current penis obsessed GOP that confident men appreciate athletic excellence, all athletic excellence. Didn’t even occur to them Jack Smith might simply attend a high profile women’s match while played locally. They reveal they’d never do the same. Idiots.
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Jill Wine-Banks @jillwine-banks.bsky.social · 10h
#SistersInLaw discussed the cruelty of Trump’s policy of sending immigrants to countries where they have no connection. Lower courts said no. Trump got the case to SCOTUS for the 3rd time and this time they allowed 3rd country removals until they rule in the merits. Shame on SCOTUS and Trump.
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“I want to talk to the Cornell 8th”
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Elon Musk may soon have keys to CNN, if the Warner Bros. and Paramount merger is successful.
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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From mining deals in Kazakhstan to Russian weddings, Trump and his family are getting rich off of corruption while YOU pay more for everything. Watch @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social break it down:
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Greg Todd @1gregtodd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When Trump’s DHS sent Nevada a list of 185 names that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work. The state checked. Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen. nyti.ms/3TuTCWa
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Once again, the Supreme Court prioritizes imaginary harms done to Trump by not allowing him to indulge in his conspiracy theories, as opposed to the very real harm done to citizens who may lose the ability to vote in this case.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 23/09/2026
Trump's speech at the United Nations was filled with "the kind of lies, contradictions, and unverifiable nonsense" that won't stand up to scrutiny, which is one reason why he is trying to ban the press from the White House.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
At what point are we as tax payers funding this heinous behavior, also complicit? We need the next administration to prioritize our inclusion in supporting The Hague.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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SATURDAY SCOREBOARD: Canada Left, Europe Cheered, And Trump Lost In Every Way Imaginable In The Worst Week Of His Life
The MAGA/Trump Death Rattle Is Getting Loud. Welcome to the 10 biggest stories of the week, as decided by you. They all point to one thing. Armageddon in MAGAVILLE.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bullseye !!!!
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
RFK Jr. received "more than $250,000 worth of free flights to Fiji and Greece as well as use of a vacation home in Washington, D.C. from Gavin de Becker..." de Becker has been described as Jeff Bezo's "top security staffer" www.wsj.com/politics/rfk...
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Exclusive | RFK Jr. Got Free Flights to Fiji and Greece From a Top Donor
The health secretary disclosed over $250,000 in gifts from security specialist Gavin de Becker.
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CoCo ✌🏼💛🕊️ @coco.sheshed.rocks · 19/09/2026
The #KennedyCenter was built from 1964 to 1971 & opened on September 8, 1971. Congress originally created it as a national cultural center for music, theater, dance & the arts. After President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, it was renamed as the nation’s living memorial to him. #SheShed
JOHN F. KENNEDY
WAS ADMIRED WORLDWIDE
Nations from around the world honored his life and legacy with extraordinary gifts to the Kennedy Center.
THE KENNEDY CENTER IS MORE THAN A BUILDING.
IT IS A WORLDWIDE TRIBUTE TO HIS LEGACY.
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Tony Stark @tonystark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This article is really burying the lede which is not that the AI did anything surprising but that rotten culture and bad operational habits get accelerated at machine speed. “Did you interrogate the analysis before you launched the mission” “Why would we do that” www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/09/2026
NEW: A federal judge has ruled that Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies continue to search and arrest Latino drivers at a higher rate, echoing the racial disparities that prompted court oversight of the department nearly two decades ago. with @azluminaria.org
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Judge Denies Efforts to End Oversight of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as Racial Profiling of Latinos Persists
Deputies continue to search and arrest Latino drivers at a higher rate than white drivers, echoing the racial disparities that prompted court oversight of the department nearly two decades ago.
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Judy Weston @westonjk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Other than independents, we may never again see integrity in media and journalism.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES DAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2026 🚨THE AMERICAN PEOPLE RISE UP 🚨 This afternoon & tonight Massive crowds show up at the Kennedy Center in DC This is so AWESOME ..Kerry Kennedy, niece of JFK called out & the people came....even a human chain around the center This is how it's done
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Joan Hussey Local Elections Matter @joanhussey1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
These are humans with families. This is a national story and, if you don’t have time to visit a detention facility, please take 2 minutes to listen to this story from NJ Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov who can put real faces to these stories that are going "unnoticed" for some reason. #DV1
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/09/2026
My parents thought I had Polio. I got the vaccine and it turned out I didn’t. Anyone who does anything to make parents like mine worry about this is a god damned bastard. Fuck these people.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 18/09/2026
Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act.
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Trump administration allows inadvertent killing of endangered species
Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act.
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🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 18/09/2026
Good Friyay morning, friends!! Enjoy a giggle to get it started with🤭🔥 Have a day, y'all!! #SheShed P.S. Make a plan to VOTE EARLY!! Let's disappoint couch boy.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
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71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
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Yoz Grahame @yoz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
USWDS was created and maintained by people who genuinely care about making government websites work as well as possible for as many people as possible. It was an amazing thing to watch on its own. But then to see the adoption and contribution by teams all over the world - that was incredible.
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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Same as it ever was. Despite attempts by the press and some of my MAHA-sympathetic colleagues to sanewash him, RFK Jr. hasn’t changed. He’d seek the same antivax crank he’s always been at least since 2005.
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
To do this during the worst measles outbreak in 35 years just after 4 Americans have died is pure psychopathy and tells you exactly where he stands on vaccines 🤬🤬🤬
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RFK Jr. headlines sold-out anti-vaccine conference alongside Andrew Wakefield
The event is hosted by Kennedy's anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense.
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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I was brought to tears, as I believe many of you will be when you read the courage and determination of this little girl who is now showing the world that when we decide to prevail, we do- in an irrepressible and brilliant light! #ProudBlue #BlueEarth #USDemocracy #DemVoice1
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 16/09/2026
Read Mikhal Zygar on Umar Kremlev, the oligarch who helped pay for Don Jr's wedding zygaro.substack.com/p/the-oligar...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026
This isn’t a “sale”. Israel purchases these weapons with a fund created with U.S. taxpayer dollars. Biden/Harris blocked these 2000-pound bombs from going to Israel. Congress can block this “sale.” VOTE. www.nbcwashington.com/news/nationa...
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Trump administration plans to send powerful bombs to Israel in $2.8B weapons sale
The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 08/09/2026
Politics isn’t just politicians & elections. It’s our rights, our freedoms & how we treat one another. Saying “I don’t do politics” doesn’t make you unaffected by it. When people’s rights are on the line, silence is a choice too❤️‍🔥 #SheShed #HumanRights
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The War on Terror began 25 years ago today, when Congress passed the post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force. Only one member of Congress had the courage and foresight to oppose this blank check for forever wars: Barbara Lee.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Is there a single cell in his body that is not monstrous?Saying that, this takes an entire class of poisoned souls to empower one man to further hasten earth’s destruction.Our outlier nation harms every living organism on earth.Pro-life?Try pro-corporate oligarchy, pro-congressional insanity.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2026
Ireland has spoken. They REALLY don’t like Trump. 🇮🇪 Dear Ireland, his approval rating is in the 30s. We don’t like him over here either!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Only in Republican America is it illegal to give water to people waiting in line to vote, but it's OK for the president to bribe them with a promise of $5,000 to influence *how* they vote.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
AI development is moving faster than our ability to assure its safety. It’s time to hit pause until we can assure it won’t…destroy us.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Phang: That's all I want. I want the law and nothing less.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Women struggling in toxic households recognize what’s what.The $5000 tease/empty promise isn’t just a bribe, it’s financial blackmail that keeps someone trapped in a cycle of abuse. He creates the hardship in which the relief might come only “if you do what I want”. It mirrors his tariff diplomacy.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE TOO, AS WELL.......
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
On Tuesday, the administration of Mayor Zohran Mamdani released more than 170,000 pages of 9/11-era records that City Hall had kept from public view for a quarter century, and the whole story very nearly stayed buried inside sixty-eight cardboard boxes that nobody could find. T
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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fuck racist Pieces of shit. All of them. #USDemocracy
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For those of us old enough to remember the Roe v Wade decision; of course the Dobb’s decision’s outcome removing the fought and won personal bodily autonomy over reproductive healthcare was going to lead to loss of child baring age women. Mothers, sisters, daughters, and friends. We never learn.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A dire warning, billionaire criminal Musk has set up a scheme in the form of a website votesafe.org in order to steal voter information. Never click on the link and please share this everywhere so others won’t fall prey to it like so many others.
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SiestaMD @sunflowerroot1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
For all of the heartbreaking stories of trauma and loss on 9-11. For all the stories of remarkable human volunteerism, bravery, kindness and unity in response.Twenty-five years later we have a liar in chief annually turning the spotlight instead to hisself.With sycophants cheering him on. Repugnant.
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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Musk crawled out of wherever he was & has his shady fingers all over our elections again, & he's also grabbing more of ppl's info "[His website Vote Safe claims to provide users w info] they need to “vote with confidence.” But all the while, the site is secretly collecting information of its own"
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Elon Musk Spends Millions Tricking People Into Giving Up Personal Data
Musk’s midterm spending has a sinister ulterior motive.
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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.” These words weren't spoken by a modern activist. They were written by Gustave Gilbert, the American military psychologist who spent months interviewing Nazi war criminals during the Nuremberg Trials. Let’s look at a dangerous pattern.
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thanks to @stephenwest.bsky.social for breaking this story. #CivilWarMemory
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