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Maggie S

@swati22.bsky.social
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Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for, we are the change that we seek. Barack Obama. Just posting what I'm reading and observing.

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Dan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We need more men like Dan Levy and fewer men like Shane Gillis. Stop being complacent. Stand up and call this shit out when it happens. www.instagram.com/p/DeYSYNXMcbH/
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 19h
This is important. The social media division and chaos and anger is likely coming from Russian bots.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h
"What Metro Surge showed the world is that people do not want to watch their neighbors be brutalized, shot, and torn from their homes, and no amount of Trump posting on Truth Social is ever going to change that"
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Trump wants a race war. Minnesotans won’t take the bait.
We love our Somali neighbors.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Well, that's one hilariously creative way to decorate for the fall of our democracy on Halloween!
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Sarah Boo @sarahboo.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Except that’s an AI picture. This is the real picture
Screenshot of woman wearing Primus t shirt, flipping double bird at the crowd as she is led out of Trump rally by security.
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Maggie S @swati22.bsky.social · 21h
I would try posting the real picture. It is just as good. No need to use the AI generated image.
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They want him replaced because he's "winning"
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Canada is worth fighting for.   Watch the video: youtu.be/tUTe5oJmSRo
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 12/10/2026
Secretary Rubio’s call for a fascist society is hardly a dog whistle. It’s a loud yell, and his Greece speech last week, where he complained about the Western world’s rejection of nationalism and “condemnation of our own history,” proved it. Tom Malinowski breaks it all down
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Marco Rubio’s Descent into Darkness, and the True Meaning of the West
He would do well to listen to John McCain: ‘Indeed, the entire idea of the West is that it is open to any person or any
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23h
Following the 2024 election, Elon Musk said he had spent enough money standing up the Republican Party and he intended to stop. But as usual, he has actually done the exact opposite of what he said: his spending so far, in a wild effort to bail out the GOP, is over $276mn, and that's just what we
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/10/2026
ProPublica designed a reporting experiment to demonstrate how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. We succeeded in opening two schools. No credentials or background checks required.
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How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours
The reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Flynn and his brother were last spotted in the Republic Srbska working with Russian surrogates. He was also spotted seated next to Vladimir Putin at a festive dinner in Moscow, which he attended without clearing security protocols. He's in the tank.
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Maggie S @swati22.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
apnews.com/article/burn... LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says it is clear that Russia interfered with Britain’s vote to leave the European Union,
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UK prime minister say it is 'clear' Russia interfered in 2016 Brexit referendum
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says it's clear that Russia interfered with Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.
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Maggie S @swati22.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I am amazed every day by the number of people who fall prey to a cult. They'll cheer for absolutely everything.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "Freedom, independence, Ukraine -- we can't lose it. And the truth is on our side."
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Maggie S @swati22.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
www.politico.com/news/magazin.... People posting that the US is to blame are not paying attention, this is not just a US problem. This movement is Global and it's taking hold in other European countries.
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The Far Right Is Winning. These Young Germans Show Us Why.
Germany educated its youth to prevent a new rise of fascism. They are turning to the far right anyway.
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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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NPR @npr.org · 11/10/2026
Pope Leo XIV said he would undergo surgery after doctors found a "localized nodule" in his lung. n.pr/4ypUtpS
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Pope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery this week
Pope Leo XIV said he would undergo surgery after doctors found a "localized nodule" in his lung.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/10/2026
And there it is.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/10/2026
Cancelling a subscription shouldn't be this hard. If you can sign up with a click, you must be able to cancel with one. Head to nyc.gov/click-to-cancel to file a complaint against any business that makes it hard to cancel a subscription.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 11/10/2026
Strike at Riyadh airport kills 12, Saudi coalition vows 'decisive' response
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Strike at Riyadh airport kills 12, Saudi coalition vows 'decisive' response
The coalition blamed Yemen's Houthis for the strike on King Khalid International Airport, describing it as a 'full-fledged war crime.'
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Gonna say it again and again until y’all get sick of me: America has become an authoritarian state.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If Americans view, clip, share, and permanently enshrine an American public killing in a million ways on the internet, we will move towards fascist rituals of violence. snyder.substack.com/p/four-wrong...
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Four Wrongs of a Public Execution
Psychological, Historical, Political, and Ethical (Video and Text)
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Maggie S @swati22.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They're ramping up the rhetoric that the problem is Ukraine not giving up their country to Putin. This is only going to increase in the next few months.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side
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Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Riyadh airport blast so far: - Dozens of ambulances rushing to scene - Travelers evacuated - Eyewitness reports loud boom, people fleeing - Flights diverted - Helicopter often used as air ambulance seen at airport If a new Houthi attack, it’s the third in less than a week.-Reuters
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Terminal 3 at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport was directly hit by Houthi missiles and evacuated, with injuries reported, Saudi officials said. Ambulances and helicopters were sent to take the wounded to King Fahad Hospital.-WSJ
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇
Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026
Trump announced a diesel deal with Putin as Zelenskyy’s team met with Witkoff and Kushner in Miami. Ben explains why the deal won’t meaningfully lower prices, but could signal protection for Russian refineries as Trump pressures Ukraine to surrender territory.
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What a strange story. California woman finds a man, allegedly drunk, sleeping on her lawn early in the morning & sends her dad out to move him. The man wakes up & allegedly assaults the (elderly) dad, who shoots him Turns out the man is off-duty ICE agent David Gonzalez abc7.com/story/off-du...
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Off-duty ICE agent shot after assaulting 72-year-old man and his daughter at Fresno home, police say
Authorities say a woman found the ICE agent sleeping on her front lawn.
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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Crowds of protesters outer 26 Federal Plaza where ICE has its main offices now.
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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.
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Maggie S @swati22.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
aje.news/g3rcvi “An international legal system in which war ⁠⁠criminals are held to account and the victims of abuse see justice served is a precondition for a peaceful world,”
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US sanctions International Criminal Court itself in latest escalation
Latest action seeks to stem resources to international tribunal Trump administration has vowed to dismantle.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🔥 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social : “THIS CITY WANTS ICE OUT. We do not need them to keep us safe. All they do is terrorize our city.”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Bill Kristol on Hegseth's fascist spectacle of violence: “It’s about degrading the people. It’s about desensitizing the public. The military is far better than this. Senior officials should protest, and if necessary resign, rather than being complicit in the voyeuristic degradation of our democracy”
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Hegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff Film
Neo-fascism as spectacles of violence.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed: "I was a junior in HS on 9/11, sitting in my chemistry class. I watched as people started to point to people of my faith & say exactly the kinds of things that Rogers was saying. If that's his entire campaign strategy, you have to imagine how small minded he thinks Michiganders are."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
In theory, Trump could get ahead of some headaches by cutting Guilfoyle loose now. But there’s a reason they gave her that ambassadorship in the first place.
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Our Big Fat Greek Bribery Scandal
Kimberly Guilfoyle’s corruption is shocking, damning, and—by now—chump change.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
El-Sayed: "He called himself the 'champion of big pharma.' I don't work for them. I don't work for big insurance, who has also bought him off, I don't work for big tech, who has bought him off, I don't work for DTE, who has also bought him off, I work for the people."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
OSSOFF: Mike Collins is one of the most extreme members of Congress. He's a Trump puppet election denier. I want to hear if Mike still believes the 2020 election was stolen. What do you say Mike? COLLINS: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
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BILL E @echb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Order this
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
26 days to go, Michigan. Let’s get to work!
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Maggie S @swati22.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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