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Barbara T.

@tobatty.bsky.social
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Neurophysiologist, science writer, observer of the human condition and the changing sky, outraged by bigotry in all forms

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 9h
A federal court just told Trump he cannot force NYC to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Sanctuary cities like New York can refuse to use their own resources to enforce immigration laws. Why this order is a huge rebuke against the lawlessness of this Regime: youtu.be/-F6cfX6OaOE?...
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Trump SUFFERS MAJOR LOSS As Judge TOSSES His NYC ICE Lawsuit!!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 8h
NEW RECORD: Katie Zacharia was fired today after just 5 days on the job — cutting Anthony Scaramucci’s infamous 10-day tenure in half. The Mooch has officially been out-Mooched.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 8h
Donald Trump Is a Traitor. www.americaamerica.news/p/donald-tru...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 6h
Republicans are eager to campaign on Trump's big "beautiful" 2025 bill But these headlines on the front pages in battleground Ohio aren't helping the cause .....
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Barbara T. @tobatty.bsky.social · 4h
When it doesn't work, fix it: one college did that www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/o...
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Opinion | Want to Address Sexual Assault? Make Fraternities Admit Women.
A fellow college president warned that the blowback from my decision would end my presidency. Instead, it produced some extraordinary conversations.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h
Does arresting the wife of an enlisted man and mother of four US citizen children, a person who’s been here since she was 6 years old, make our country great again?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11h
🚨BREAKING: DOJ’s demand that California investigate and block ballots from 20,000 people it alleges could be noncitizens may violate a court order barring the department from unilaterally attempting to shape state voter rolls and keep voters from the ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ's California lawsuit may violate court order against Trump's voter roll crusade, voting groups warn
After the DOJ sued California, pro-voting groups say the Trump administration may be violating a court order that bars the DOJ from unilaterally attempting to shape state voter rolls.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 10h
The Washington Post reviewed a Heritage Foundation database of voter fraud cases and found 85 cases relating to allegations of noncitizens voting between 2002 and 2023. 85…over TWO DECADES. This entire administration is built on lies.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 8h
I know America. I know that, in America, we believe in a country big enough for all of us. So, JD Vance, don't you dare come from Ohio to lecture me. You don't know a damn thing about America.
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Barbara T. @tobatty.bsky.social · 8h
Republicans in Congress are playing with fire... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/b...
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How American Retirees on Different Incomes Rely on Social Security
Social Security funds are on track to run short by 2032, which would mean a reduction in benefits. Here’s how four hypothetical households rely on the program in retirement.
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Barbara T. @tobatty.bsky.social · 9h
Why was Zacharia appointed as press secretary? Did the Trump folks have NO ONE?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
it's pretty f'd up that the Trump administration is trying to deport my duly-elected member of Congress
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Barbara T. @tobatty.bsky.social · 9h
Glaciers are failing... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/o...
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Opinion | The Glaciers Are Collapsing. This Is What We Must Do.
A glacier monitoring system could give communities in Nepal not 13 minutes, but hours or days to evacuate.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 23h
Attorneys for ICE detainees held at El Paso's Camp East Montana say "dangerous and inhumane" conditions have led to deaths, abuse, sickness and trauma. They're submitting dozens of firsthand declarations and asking a court for emergency relief storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/10/2026
NEW: The order to throttle Starlink (Starshield) came from the White House to the Pentagon. I still think Elon was involved, though. He’s currently a Pentagon employee as well www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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EXCLUSIVE: Order to limit Starshield for Ukraine came from inside White House, sources say
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefe...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h
The crowd absolutely erupts when Carney says the Pacific Link pipeline will reduce Canada's dependence on the U.S. Mark Carney: "Careful. They might think that's election interference. They're a little touchy down there. We're not. We're getting on with it."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Pro-voting groups sue the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), challenging the Trump administration’s “policy of collecting, maintaining, and using” voter data in pursuit of alleged voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/cases/dhs-vo...
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🚨 League of Women Voters v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Learn more here.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Nine former FBI employees who worked on Trump’s classified documents case sued FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Todd Blanche today, they were unlawfully fired for doing their jobs.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h
When you see all these corrupt, ridiculously unqualified and incompetent Trump officials in action, realize that it is only possible because Republicans have the majority in the senate and voted to confirm them. The only way to stop it is to take that majority away.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/10/2026
Troy Jackson to Susan Collins: "I don't have Donald Trump getting me out of investigations like you do"
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Barbara T. @tobatty.bsky.social · 14h
In other words, money for employee wages goes straight to the CEO...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
El-Sayed: JD Vance called me a little weasel today. No, what you’re talking about is a fucking wolverine.
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Barbara T. @tobatty.bsky.social · 14h
Not a lawyer but I wannabe one so pretty please let me have my delusion... kinda defines the Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...
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Katie Zacharia Admits Failing Bar, but Defends Calling Herself a Lawyer
In an interview with a right-wing influencer, the new White House press secretary also described the harried process that led to her hiring.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
NEW: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) responds to Trump's plan to try to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and deport her: "No basis in the law and has no precedent,” says Omar's spokesperson. "An authoritarian move to silence an opponent right before an election." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
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Ilhan Omar Spokesperson: ‘No Basis In Law’ For Trump’s Effort To Deport Her
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
JUST IN: 14 news orgs, including POLITICO, file motion seeking access to court records related to Monday search of DC home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... And NYT goes its own way storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Memorandum in Support – #1, Att. #1 in IN RE APPLICATION OF FOURTEEN PRESS ORGANIZATIONS FOR ACCESS TO SEALED SEARCH WARRANT RECORDS (D.D.C., 1:26-mc-00144) – CourtListener.com
APPLICATION pursuant to LCrR 57.6 ( Filing fee $ 52 receipt number 212746.) filed by PRESS APPLICANTS. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(znmw) (Entered: 10/15/2026)
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Some potential GOP nightmare fuel in Pennsylvania youtu.be/vRkysGPHzUo?...
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Trump PANICS as GOP House SLIPS AWAY!
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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Barbara T. @tobatty.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Someone did not ace this mental function test...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15/10/2026
Illinois has erased more than $1.4 billion in medical debt for hundreds of thousands of people. Thanks to this effort, 700,000 Illinoisans across all 102 counties can breathe a sigh of relief and move forward without the crushing burden of medical debt.
Governor Pritzker speaks behind the podium.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Love this 👇
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Barbara T. @tobatty.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Very weird...but hey, you use the weapons that come to hand
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This week I released my proposal to get AI Under Control to combat the growing existential risks of unrestrained artificial intelligence to humanity.
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AI Under Control
Get the latest news about Abdul El-Sayed campaign for US Senate.
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Barbara T. @tobatty.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Revealed: donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom
The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
It’s not just about affordability. Maybe for the first time since 1974, voters say their main concern heading into the midterms is corruption in government. Great to see.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Training season’s over. Time to win. November 3rd, we’re coming.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This is about Ilhan Omar. But it's also about control, intimidation, & authoritarianism. The message is: we can do this to a member of Congress; no foreign-born American is safe. The administration is using fear as a tactic to discourage people from voicing opposition.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The vote marked the second time the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) denied students at the nation’s largest historically Black university, with over 15,000 students, a midterms voting site. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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North Carolina early voting begins, with students targeted by suppression schemes
Ultimately, voters described the roadblocks as a feature, not a bug, of the state’s electoral system — one that’s littered with so much confusion that some may decide to stay home and not vote at all.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
New fundraising report from James Talarico has some eye popping numbers $64 million raised. Enormous total 97% of contributions to the campaign were $100 or less That's a broad base of support
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
WSJ:  Katie Zacharia has never passed the bar exam in the U.S.. She failed the test in California in 2011. Once she moved to China, she served as an international legal consultant, which did not require passing the bar.
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Exclusive | White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn’t Pass Bar Exam
Zacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The wealthiest in our country should pay their fair share into Social Security. Scrap the cap!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“If you’re going to mail your ballot, you better do it right away,” he said. “Don’t wait.” www.votebeat.org/national/202...
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‘Mail early’: Election officials urge voters to return ballots ASAP to avoid potential Postal Service delays
Postal Service cutbacks could lead to more ballots being rejected.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
ha!! www.ms.now/news/a-gop-p...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The federal judge considering potential sanctions in the “Broadview Six” case made discovery requests to the US attorney’s office Friday, demanding any written communications with anyone outside the office regarding “investigatory or charging decisions”... www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/09/b...
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‘Broadview Six’ judge requests US attorney’s office communications, including Boutros email
The federal judge considering potential sanctions in the controversial “Broadview Six” made her first formal discovery requests to the U.S. attorney’s office on Friday.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"There is no excuse for this and you know why I’m furious right now,” the judge said. “I was hearing from plaintiff’s side that this was going to happen and I said ‘no’ repeatedly, ‘I trust the government.’ I trusted you all repeatedly to not do what you have done...” www.ms.now/news/you-did...
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‘You did your absolute worst’: Judge blasts government after she says it defied her on D.C. golf course case
A livid U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes called an emergency hearing after the government flouted warnings to notify the court before cutting down more than 10 trees at East Potomac Golf Course; it cut d...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Disastrous. "More than 2 newspapers are lost for every startup created. Virtually all new news sources are urban, while rural America is increasingly arid news territory. Virtually all philanthropic support for local news is in metro regions..." localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/sta...
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The State of Local News 2026
The latest insights and trends on the local news landscape across the country. Through data and graphics, explore the state of local news outlets and learn about news deserts, network sites and pathwa...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Ukrainian soldiers in combat have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted
Outage of terminals managed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX comes as Russia launches ballistic missiles at Ukraine without any advance warning from US
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
putin doles out the evan gershkovich treatment now for a japanese journalist: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...
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Russia detains Japanese journalist, alleging espionage
The arrest comes as bilateral relations have sharply deteriorated over the war in Ukraine and the territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Hot off the presses! Just received my author copy from the publisher -- can't believe it's almost ready to be out in the world 🥹 Pub date is Tuesday, November 10th -- pre-order details and book tour dates and locations here: www.ms.now/department-o...
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