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Musician, Professor and Nature Lover. Im here to stay informed. 🚫BOTS, 🚫DMs and 🚫trash

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
"If you need to update Social Security about a move or bank account change, it could take longer than usual... "Changes like these may take longer, and thousands of Americans could see delays or even stopped checks in the meantime, employees warned USA TODAY..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Social security employees warn of delays: What the new priorities means for your benefits
Social Security employees fear that adding complicated unpaid pension claims to their priority list will push routine needs to the back burner.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
"Support for the law firms that didn’t make deals has been growing... "At least 11 big companies are moving work away from firms that settled with the administration or are giving more business to firms that have been targeted but refused to strike deals..." www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
#25thAmendment
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NPR @npr.org · 21/05/2025
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
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Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago
Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
this is insane. kfor.com/news/local/h...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
In a normal government (responsive to a normal democratic feedback loop), the Trump FAA rolling disaster would have already resulted in multiple high-level resignations. www.denverpost.com/2025/05/15/d...
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Denver airport air traffic control went out for 6 minutes on Monday, report says
Pilots flying into Denver International Airport on Monday couldn’t communicate with air traffic controllers for about six minutes after multiple radio transmitters failed, according to reporting fr…
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14/05/2025
There's always a tweet.
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True Blue 🇦🇺🐨 @spbmckenna.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🚨 Hall of SHAME America Has NEVER Seen a President This CORRUPT Trump’s BRAZEN use of the White House to ADVANCE his family businesses should be one of the BIGGEST SCANDALS in the country’s history. newrepublic.com/article/1952...
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America Has Never Seen a President This Corrupt
Trump’s brazen use of the White House to advance his family businesses should be one of the biggest scandals in the country’s history.
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🦋❄️🍁Baron🍁❄️🦋 @baron333.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Facts Matter
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
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Barron W. Tramp @barronwtramp.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
He hasn't become a traitor- he has brain damage and his wife needs to intervene It's time
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John Fetterman Seems Like a Risk to Himself and Everyone Around Him
A damning new report reveals how the Democratic senator appears to be endangering his own life, and those around him.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
White House cancels program which reduced sudden infant deaths
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
This isn't hypothetical. The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Could you imagine if the head of the United States healthcare system didn’t believe that HIV caused AIDS? …And that instead they believed that AIDS is caused by recreational drugs (“poppers”) used by gay people? Oh wait…🥴
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TamD @tdzwilewski.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
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Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
The grant cancellations would add to deep cuts already enacted at HHS' Administration for Children and Families.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
"Though confidence in Trump's ability to manage the economy was a key selling point to many voters in the November election, 76% of participants said they disapprove of how he's handling it, the survey said..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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More than 75% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy, new poll finds
A recent survey by the New York Times and Siena College Research suggests most Americans consider President Trump's second term "chaotic."
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Funny how the paperwork only matters when it’s a woman or minority voter.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/04/2025
Breaking News: A federal judge expressed deep concern that the Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras “with no meaningful process.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
A card dated April 25, 2025, reads: "Trump Administration Deports 2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen to Honduras. A federal judge in Louisiana said the deportation of the child to Honduras with her mother, even though her father had filed an emergency petition, appeared to be 'illegal and unconstitutional.'"
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Trump placidly presiding over the largest measles outbreak in 25 years, with no end in sight. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/h...
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Measles Surge in Southwest Is Now the Largest Single Outbreak Since 2000
Growing case numbers suggest that national total will surpass that seen during the last large outbreak in 2019.
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🦋❄️🍁Baron🍁❄️🦋 @baron333.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Fixed
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/04/2025
RFK Jr.’s lies about autism are disgraceful — and I won't share them to spread misinformation. He consistently undermines public health and reinforces dangerous myths. In Illinois, we stand with those with autism, and I’ll keep fighting for inclusion, science, and the truth.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/04/2025
Senator Van Hollen is a hero.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Sounds like MTG bought a bunch of stock before it jumped. We’ll find out more as all the disclosures start coming out.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
From your post to god’s ears
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Dawn @dawnofdaze.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Is it true that the Simpsons have NEVER been wrong ? 🤔
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Bill Weir @billweircnn.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Man leading meeting stands at a chart pointing to the nadir of a huge drop in the stock market
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“They’ve been relentlessly dismantling every single civil rights agency in the federal government, and this could be the last one standing.” Garza added that she is “prepared to challenge any attempt to illegally remove me as chairwoman.” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Trump is trying to quietly wrest control of a top federal civil rights board
He wants to demote the Democratic chair and replace her with a hand-picked Republican.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
"For now, that means the tariffs are not being collected by the U.S. government..." 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ a "glitch" you say? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
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Trump tariff collection for freight shipments delayed by Customs 'glitch'
A Customs notice reported a glitch in a system shippers use to exempt freight from tariffs. Logistics experts say it is a bad sign for the supply chain.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate": "While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..." www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
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Trump’s budget plan eviscerates weather and climate research, and it could be enacted immediately | CNN
The cuts could cripple US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate weather and climate data and expert analysis. It could also halt research on deadly weather, including seve...
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Jared Rennie @jjrennie.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
It's been a rough week for the NOAA family, including feds, contractors, and scientists across this country / world. I need to say something very important. It is my motivation to get you the weather, water and climate data you need, regardless of what has, or will happen to us.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
“We must dissent because America can do better.” Good to hear Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford quote Justice Thurgood Marshall in her victory speech tonight.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Thank you, Senator Cory Booker! #Resist
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 02/04/2025
Senator Cory Booker puts his hand on his heart in appreciation as the Senate applauds for him for having just broken Strom Thurmond's 24-hour-plus record for the longest speech in the US Senate.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/04/2025
Mad respect for Cory Booker. RECORD: Longest Senate speech in history.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Senator Cory Booker -- nearly 23 hrs into this -- is more coherent than your average elected official speaking (while seated) at an average legislative hearing. Even if you haven't been watching all along, dip in for a moment -- he is making considerable sense: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
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U.S. Senate
The Senate will vote to advance President Trump's nomination of Matthew Whitaker to be the U.S. Ambassador to NATO. He previously served as Acting Attorney General during the first Trump Administratio...
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 01/04/2025
Signal for classified attack plans against Houthi rebels. Now, Gmail for “sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict.” Might as well shout it from the rooftops. The carelessness is staggering – and makes all of us less safe.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Cory Booker
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a pink bunny wearing sunglasses is holding a drum with the words `` still going '' written on it .
Alt: a pink bunny wearing sunglasses is holding a drum with the words `` still going '' written on it .
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Senator Booker: What kind of man is in the white house that makes fun of the disabled, who lies so much that the fact checkers lose count, that minimizes the pain and the suffering
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 31/03/2025
On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate Minnesota’s transgender community and recommit to standing up for our neighbors in the face of hatred. As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Over the weekend J.D. Vance decided to try to unleash his idiot followers on me because I called him the 'worst VP in modern history.' I stand by the statement and find it all so very dumb. Check out my take on it all and subscribe!
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You've got to be f'ing kidding
What happens when the Vice President attacks you on Twitter
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Ignore the third term talk - it’s meant to distract you, and it’s working. “No person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Marine le Pen was convicted of embezzling EU funds and naturally, the normal Russia fluffers and their bot networks are calling it a political witch hunt. 🙄
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
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Beks @antifaoperative.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
There were 13 church leaders & christian school employees who were arrested, pled guilty and/or were sentenced to prison for child sex crimes this week.
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