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Theda DeBacker

@thedadebacker.bsky.social
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Retired cybersecurity professional, married, lives in the foothills east of Seattle. substack.com/@thedadebacker allfedup.substack.com www.linkedin.com/in/theda-debacker-a208703

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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
Having double-tap Kegseth at the joystick is sure to exacerbate the devastation and further increase the death count. substack.com/@deanobeidal...
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Dean Obeidallah (@deanobeidallah)
Dr. John Gartner: “I'm predicting that Donald Trump will kill more people than Hitler" Before you dismiss this as over the top, keep in mind this is the first time I spoke to Dr. Gartner since Trump b...
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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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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I COMPLETELY agree that we need to get all money out of politics (both parties), including AIPAC bribes. HOWEVER, to ensure that lawmakers who support Epstein-Bestie are VOTED OUT in the midterms, we need to convince independent & undecided voters to vote for Dems. I hope you get my point ...
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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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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I'll vote for that.
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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This picture is truly worth 1K words. But I have one modification: add to the LOVE sign “aka WOKE.” After all, that's the dog whistle Epstein-Bestie Trump has been using for 12+ years to incite their ha@te.
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David Hayward (@davidrhayward) | Theda DeBacker
This picture is truly worth 1K words. But I have one modification: add to the LOVE sign “aka WOKE.” After all, that's the dog whistle Epstein-Bestie Trump has been using for 12+ years to incite their ...
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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Ladies & gentlemen, our next batch of federal judges. God help us all. | Scott Grubman | 183 comments
Ladies & gentlemen, our next batch of federal judges. God help us all. | 183 comments on LinkedIn
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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Excellent report, but mention of this disgusting April 27 ruling shouldn't be buried near the end: Fed agents [can once again] use tear gas, chemicals at Portland ICE facility. www.courthousenews.com/feds-clear-t...
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Feds clear to use tear gas, chemicals at Portland ICE facility
In twin rulings, a Trump-majority panel of Ninth Circuit judges blocked two orders limiting federal agents’ use of tear gas and other chemical munitions outside of the Portland ICE facility.
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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 · 10/05/2026
Courtesy link to source document: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
More $$ for Ukraine's drone production: youtu.be/xHaw065cQ84?...
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Is War Becoming a Video Game? Inside Ukraine’s Drone Frontline
YouTube video by The World, The Universe And Us
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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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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Our Economic Power Is Stronger Than We Know
Ezra Levin of Indivisible on how the pro-democracy resistance can flex its economic muscle on May Day
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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Truth Matters (@politicsusa46)
Excuse my language, but this is so fucking good. Democrats, give this guy a contract to do your messaging. @Nathan Jun is once again spot on. 🎥 TikTok - vm.tiktok.com/ZNdGc5NQL/
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Theda DeBacker @thedadebacker.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Towards Proportional Representation for the U.S. House
Replacing current winner-take-all elections with a proportional system of representation could have many benefits to our electoral system.
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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
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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 · 09/05/2026
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The real reason Trump is building the ballroom | Theda DeBacker
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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
Del's excellent "They Work for the Bots" Substack article references the NY Times essay "Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass" Here's a link to that NYT article * Paywall free till June 1 * www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/o...
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Opinion | Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass
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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. 🧵
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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 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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