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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

"Let’s not forget that this was a WAR OF CHOICE. ONE THAT WAS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY. ... the costs at home are rising ... [and inflation] reduces everything to a single, stubborn fact: THINGS ARE GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE. ... For most Americans, that’s the only reality that matters."

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The Sisyphean Cost of Living

There are two parallel realities unfolding right now.

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The Ghost of Mark Twain @ghostofmarktwain.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Some MAGA are finally seeing the light, and what their votes have done to America 30 years from now A LOT of people will lie to their grandkids about who they were what they said and did today

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Trump hasn't kept promises about the economy & “no wars“. EVERY VOTER must VOTE AGAINST TRUMP-SUPPORTING lawmakers in the MIDTERMS. 2024 non-voters MUST VOTE. Even MAGAs need to bite the bullet & vote in favor of your family's future -- not against the libs Trump has trained you to hate.

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Theda DeBacker (@thedadebacker)

This is scary as heII. Americans have one & only VERY LAST chance to save ourselves from the destruction and horrors the Epstein-Bestie Trump regime is inflicting on our country: VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

This gave me chills. Watch.

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

This should be a entertaining event for independent podcasters to report on. I'll check their YouTube channels as soon as I finish watching last night's SNL.

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𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤 @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Let me take you to a better time and place this Saturday night. Back when we had HOPE. 💙🇺🇸 #ProudBlue #Obama

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Cartoon by Nick Anderson. (Follow him on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com)

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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I love and respect this scientist. Carl Sagan answers a question about creation vs evolution.

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The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

AS PUTIN ANNOUNCES VISIT TO CHINA ON 18-19 MAY: This is the latest published Chinese political cartoon, which tells you how they really see DJT

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0

Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Please fill out this 2-minute form to email your lawmakers.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social in Montgomery: “We’re here united to take on this new confederacy, 60 years after the Selma March… because we know their intent is to dismantle everything gained during the civil rights movement.”

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Alisa Valdes-Rudrigues' article's mention of Lutnick & Cantor Fitzgerald awakened a vague memory of seeing a post-9/11 interview that led me to think (back then) what a generous person he was. I wonder if he was already buddies with Ep$tein then. I've attached the cringeworthy video:

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Theda DeBacker (@thedadebacker)

(Sorry I can't put this is a comment.) Your mention of Lutnick & Cantor Fitzgerald awakened a vague memory of seeing a post-9/11 interview that led me to think (back then) what a generous person he wa...

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Dr. Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Saying it louder for those in the back: "The United States was not founded, in any sense, on Christian principles. It's simply not true." More people would know this if they were taught history without restrictions. History doesn’t fit your narrative. #Pinks @timothysnyder.bsky.social

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Olivia @mka1022.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Those who hold that this country was founded on christian principles are also those who believe Jesus look the complete opposite of what the Bible says he does.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We’re living through a unique moment, when were Republicans are deliberately damaging the right to vote in plain sight for everyone to see. The question we need to be asking is why? This piece is an attempt to answer that question. Let me know what you think. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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The Redistricting Race To The Bottom

A Southerner's Point of View

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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Protesters staged noise demo through the rich Seattle neighborhood of #Laurelhurst that lobbied against noisy helicopters flying sick and injured kids over their mansions to Children's Hospital. 🤪 It got a bit noisy.

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CCC @triplecalltheway.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Amen To That

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It’s Still Me! @itsstillme1.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Racism makes it about race.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Perfect campaign ad for the upcoming Midterms. 👌

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaned on an erroneous claim that Black voter turnout now tops white voter turnout, in his Callais v. Louisiana ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act, reports The Guardian. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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SCOTUS used faulty racial voter turnout data to shred Voting Rights Act in recent ruling

The ruling that upended the Voting Rights Act was based in part on a false data analysis about Black and white voter turnout.

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

It's time for Putin to take up PERMANENT residence in his underground bunker. [I wonder if he has a direct line to Netanyahu in his bunker.]

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Please take 3 minutes now to email your lawmakers. SCOTUS' decision tearing down voting rights is a massive attack on our democracy. This will enable gerrymandering to disenfranchise thousands of non-white voters across the U.S., rigging the midterms in favor of Republicans.

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Tell Congress: I demand a plan to give power back to the people! | Theda DeBacker

Please take 3 minutes now to email your lawmakers. Demand they rein in Supreme Court corruption! SCOTUS' decision tearing down voting rights is a massive attack on our democracy. This will enable ger...

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/05/2026

I feel like if Spanberger just drew new maps without a constitutional amendment, she'd run into the VA supreme court again. And if she ignored them and did it anyhow, what would that even look like? She'd just keep running into the court. Anyone have any ideas? END/

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

"Before Weds, plaintiffs could prove that redistricting violated the VRA by showing the EFFECT was to disenfranchise [non-white] voters. Now they have to prove INTENT: that the legislators drawing the map meant to do it. 'It’s a setback, but not a death knell.'”

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The Voting Rights Act Isn't Dead. A Lawyer Explains Why | Theda DeBacker

"Attorney Anne Mitchell ... takes issue with the word ‘gutted.' The ruling didn’t strike down Section 2; it shifted the legal burden. Before Wednesday, plaintiffs could prove that redistricting viola...

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Courtesy link to Jasmine Sun's NYT article is in my comment below. * Paywall free till June 1 *

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

It's heartening for this boomer to see the future of our party! Erik Bottcher has represented NYC Council District 3 since 2021. Before that he "organized grassroots campaigns on issues including hate crimes, transgender rights, housing for people with HIV/AIDS, & marriage equality."

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

1. ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 MONTHS The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a MASSIVE SPIKE in detainee deaths. This is a health crisis and a moral crisis. Follow along for details. 🧵

The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a massive spike in detainee deaths and medical crises.

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

One of 4 tragic stories in this article: "In 2019, 2 women accused [VA Lt. Gov.] Justin Fairfax of sexual assault. ... He was not charged, his accusers were not vindicated, & everyone was invited to move on." Last month, he shot & killed his estranged wife, Dr. Cerina Fairfax, & then himself.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Mark Zuckerberg built a massive data center in Georgia just hundreds of yards from people’s homes. Now the water pressure is gone. Sinks don’t run. Toilets won’t refill. Homes shake nonstop. Power outages are routine.

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Courtesy link to original poster Mrsgordn on Threads, which was courteously posted on bsky by kl5678: bsky.app/profile/kl56...

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This has only just begun. Check back in a year. And displaced IT workers and recent IT grads might want to look into becoming a residential artificial turf installer. Job security.

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Courtesy link to HOTB's link to MSNOW short: bsky.app/profile/ofth... 😉

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I grew up in Bristol, on the VA/TN state line. Glad I moved to a blue state 40 years ago. SCOTUS: This is substantively unconscionable. Epstein-Bestie Trump: WE WILL NEVER FORGET that you are in the files OVER ONE MILLION times [per search of unredacted files by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md].

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Great intro paragraph, Dr. Mar! But memes & screen scrapes are my pet peeve since the text an unknown person typed can be disinformation or misinformation. So before I share such a post, I verify the source AND share the actual URL to boost that writer's presence. substack.com/@professorme...

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ProfessorMeredith (@professormeredith)

The phrase “women were given the vote” should be placed gently into a cannon and launched into the sea. Women fought for the vote. Women organized for the vote. Women were jailed for the vote. Wor...

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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

EPSTEIN-BESTIE TRUMP NAMES JESSE WELLES AMERICA'S NEW POET LAUREATE? I don't think so. soft power's out hard power's in they'll decide who's gonna die they'll decide who's gonna live the future is now and the past went fast the room is getting cold must be from the draft

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Hard Power

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The FBI diverted nearly 1 in 4 employees to do ICE's job. Then we went to war with Iran with a depleted counterterrorism force. Congress already gave ICE $140 billion last year — now they want $140 billion more. You are less safe. Great reporting by @theintercept.com. Link in first comment.

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