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@susanhartwig.bsky.social
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Retired local government attorney, political junkie, and Democrat. Resisting in Minneapolis. ✊

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10h
Hegseth also removed the olive branches, a traditional symbol of wishing peace, from the Department of Defense seal. This, in addition to changing the name to "The Department of War," shows the dangerous belligerency that comes from appointing a frat bro who values testosterone over statesmanship.
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randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2h
Everything about her and everything about the way he interacts with her and everything about their relationship and everything about the US president going around the world with arm candy decades and decades younger than him is just thoroughly grotesque before you even consider that she's a cultist
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h
The corrupt gangsters running this government violate the law daily and use government funds for partisan politics to bribe voters in violation of the law. Trump has been emboldened by a rogue Supreme Court which has given him immunity and taken a blowtorch to the Constitution.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10h
I wonder if they miss the days when they had diesel so cheap they could run massive trucker caravans against democrats.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h
what an asshole
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7h
🚨BREAKING: The NAACP sued the Trump administration, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h
Katie Phang: "[Todd Blanche] says the Privacy Act has to be read in conjunction with the Epstein Files Transparency Act and that it's totally proper for him to hide and obfuscate and protect the identities of enablers, rapists, traffickers of children. He thinks that's fine."
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 10h
Minnesota’s economy is among the strongest in the nation. There’s never been a better time to move here. www.newsweek.com/new-york-lea...
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Map shows which state economies are growing and shrinking ahead of midterms
The Bureau of Economic Analysis said that 44 states saw their economies grow in the second quarter of 2026.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/10/2026
NEW: I have obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Trump's name in the Epstein files for supervisory review. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
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EXCLUSIVE: MSW Media has Obtained Descriptions of NINE Epstein Files Redaction Training Videos in FOIA Lawsuit
Sources confirm that two videos instructed agents to flag documents including Trump’s name for supervisory review.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7h
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h
So we needed to start another war in Middle East because of a fictitious claim that a country possessed a weapon of mass destruction? At least we’ve never made that mistake before. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
theatlantic.com
A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h
The Least Surprising News of the Day
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 13h
Looking ahead to the upcoming term, which kicks off today, the Supreme Court is likely to do still more damage.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h
How is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23h
A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h
"Federal law explicitly prohibits the use of U.S. funds 'for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress.'"
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Congratulations, You’re a Trump Campaign Donor
Your tax dollars are funding his TV ads. And the White House says you should be proud to pay.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We murdered four more people in a boat today
U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/10/2026
Voters rejected calls for younger leadership in primary after primary this year, voting for incumbent politicians who were notably older than their challengers, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
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Voters Say Congress Is Too Old. But Older Candidates Keep Winning.
In primary races across the country, incumbency trumped calls for generational change, as older members of Congress held off younger challengers.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is why more survivors of sexual assault don’t come forward; because they know that in doing so, they will find themselves facing violence and indignities from strangers that compound their wounds and amplify the shame of their initial trauma... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/conservati...
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Conservative American R*pe Culture and The Second Assault of Jane Does
Warning: this piece contains language regarding sexual assault that may be triggering or uncomfortable to some.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 04/10/2026
Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, alleged in a court filing the Kennedy Center is withholding “core financial documents” and information about Trump’s threats to demolish the venue in court.
forbes.com
Trump Citing Executive Privilege In Kennedy Center Case, Democrat Claims
Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, alleged in a court filing the Kennedy Center is withholding “core financial documents” and information about Trump’s threats to demolish the venue in court.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/10/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Trump’s Iran war should be taught for decades as a model of how not to conduct either war or foreign policy,” @nickkristof.bsky.social writes. “It’s an example of how hubris can swamp a presidency and lead it to military solutions for difficult global problems.”
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Opinion | Trump’s War Empowers Extremists in Iran
Threats to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty are growing in Tehran.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/10/2026
Sen. Kennedy: "The president, as we know, can be sometimes — he exists loudly. He can go from zero to A-hole in about three seconds. I don't think [Trump] should have given out Tom [Cotton's] cell phone number. I don't think that's going to help convince Tom."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
The co-pilot who violently attacked the captain of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv and then tried to crash the airliner had embraced extreme Islamist views, prompting security officials in Oman to scrutinize him earlier, according to people briefed on the matter.
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Omani Co-Pilot on FlyDubai Flight Is Said to Have Extremist Views
It was unclear what background checks had been carried out before he was allowed to fly to Israel.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/10/2026
Trump: "I know more about inflation, I know more about everything than anybody in this room, anybody, anywhere in the world. Well, there's a woman sitting right over there. She's a housewife. But she's very good…She perhaps knows more than I do, but I actually don't think so."
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
New: Trump’s abrupt announcement to send $90 payments to seniors by dipping into a Medicare fund has rattled Capitol Hill. One GOP aide told WaPo that lawmakers had planned to use the money to offset funding for community health centers, diabetes programs and other initiatives.
washingtonpost.com
Trump announces plan to send $90 payments to millions of seniors
The White House said the one-time payments would be drawn from a fund set up to improve Medicare.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Trump keeps saying that a 1929-style Great Depression is likely during the second half of his term. Quite the midterm message.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
Trump: "We've gonna shove it up their ass ... They are a bunch of dumb son of a bitches" Remember when presidents had dignity? Here's a lowlight supercut from Trump's rally tonight in Ohio:
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Keep up the fight! Demanding justice for the Minnesota 15 and all anti ICE protesters - drop the charges ICE OUT NOW Minneapolis, Minnesota
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/10/2026
@monacharen.bsky.social on Ken Paxton learning the downside of a Trump endorsement after the president used his convention speech to call him ugly and trash his clothes. "Would you ever want an endorsement the likes of which Trump gave Paxton at that convention?"
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: The U.S. added just 29,000 jobs in September, missing expectations. The unemployment rate grew to 4.2%, up slightly from the previous month. Economists had expected 4.1%.
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 02/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge just HALTED the destruction of Big Bend. This is a massive victory for the landowners, local communities, and everyday Texans who stood up to protect one of our state's greatest treasures. The fight isn't over, but today, the people won.
Graphic from the Center for Biological Diversity over a scenic view of Big Bend. Large text reads, “MASSIVE WIN FOR BIG BEND.” Below, it says a federal judge has frozen all destruction throughout the Big Bend region until the project’s legality can be determined in court. The graphic adds that the Center will continue fighting to save Big Bend and asks supporters to join them.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Lots of blue on this chart from the New York Times
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A 24 year old farm worker was killed by heat in Mississippi. No worker should be killed on the job, but we still have no enforceable federal heat protection rules. 1/
A screenshot of the Mississippi today headline: Farm worker, 24, dies of heat exposure in North Mississippi

Obed Azahel Hernandez Perez from Mexico died while harvesting sweet potatoes, according to the Chickasaw County coroner
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In light of we've learned about the execution team's struggle to establish IV access before Christa Pike's failed lethal injection, here's a story I wrote in June after Carruthers. The new protocol TN adopted in 2025 reduced training in IV placement. nashvillebanner.com/2026/06/30/t...
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Lethal injection protocol likely led to botched execution - Nashville Banner
Tennessee's current lethal injection protocol includes reduced training on IV placement, an issue that caused the state to halt Tony Carruthers' execution.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/10/2026
A Democratic upset is brewing in Alaska’s governor’s race as Trump’s popularity craters
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A Democratic upset is brewing in Alaska’s governor’s race as Trump’s popularity craters
Support for 37-year-old Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins could upend the governor’s race in the heavily Republican state
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Resolutely pro rapist.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the Kansas Court of Appeals Friday denied Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) latest request to revive a GOP-backed law that would throw out mail-in ballots received after Election Day, even if they were cast on time. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP bid to scrap Kansas mail ballot grace period fails again
The ruling means Kansas election officials must continue counting ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within the following three days, including in the upcoming November elections.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 02/10/2026
Under the old rules, immigrants in the United States legally — including refugees and asylees — were eligible for Medicaid before they got their green card.
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Minnesota family stuck without care after thousands of immigrants lose Medicaid coverage
A Twin Cities family says their mother could soon be left without care for a brain injury, after Medicaid coverage ended for thousands of Minnesota immigrants. Advocates and government officials are s...
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/10/2026
"Problems of the sort that have ended careers in Washington in earlier times often nowadays result in little more than a Schlapp on the wrist."
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GOP Senators Blast Trump’s Gov’t-Funded Ads
Lawmakers see another abuse of presidential power. They’re struggling to find a remedy.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/10/2026
Blanche says DOJ is not reopening criminal probe into Fed's Powell, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4deTiBN
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Blanche says DOJ is not reopening criminal probe into Fed's Powell, Bloomberg News reports
The US Justice Department ​is not reopening ‌a criminal probe into former Federal ​Reserve Chair ​Jerome Powell for ⁠cost overruns related ​to the ​central bank's building renovation project, Attorney General ​Todd Blanche ​told Bloomberg News on ‌Friday.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 02/10/2026
Christa Pike was unconscious and on a ventilator as of last night after the failed execution attempt earlier this week, her attorneys say.
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Christa Pike was on a ventilator and unconscious after failed Tennessee execution, attorneys say
Christa Pike's attorneys say she remained in a hospital where she was on a ventilator and unconscious after her failed execution in Tennessee.
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Tonezib @tonezib.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🙄 Now that you won't be able to afford your healthcare. The checks are being sent to 950,000 people in 30 states. abcnews.com/Health/trump... via ABC News App
abcnews.com
Trump administration begins mailing out $500 ACA refund checks. Here's what to know
The Trump administration began this week mailing out $500 Affordable Care Act checks to enrollees who were allegedly overcharged for coverage. Here's what to know.
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