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@toolew.bsky.social
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church goer, lover of truth, justice, art and open minds ❤️ Pro-democracy

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Definitely a Russian ASS!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/10/2026
Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 20h
The shoe polish hair guy says a lot of stupid things
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Keep going!
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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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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23h
We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 10/10/2026
The people who don’t want you to watch miss rachel want you to watch a public execution
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Thank you, America! Money from diesel will help me kill even more Ukrainian children.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It’s simple to figure out at this point, he’s a Russian asset. Thank you for your attention to this treason.
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Mark Bjorge @markbjorge.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We are supposedly purchasing diesel from Russia while its own citizens are waiting on fuel lines? What the hell are we doing buying from a country that started a war with our allies? Our $$$ induced Russia to suspend its export ban? Is that all our $$$ is buying?
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is incredibly outrageous. Russia continues to purposely target every day citizens, libraries, grocery stores, shopping malls and there is little Ukraine can do to stop it. Pressuring Russia via gas supply should not stop! This administration is complicit in the killing of Ukrainians
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Why can’t we have a decent life working 40-50 hours a week? As soon as you figure out a way to make a dollar more, they’re going to take it away from you.
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 10/10/2026
"I really struggle with calling them 'officers' because they have less training than my nail tech" @cmgreer.bsky.social reacts to the ICE shooting of a man with his child in his car in New York City.
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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Those tariffs that were meant to bring jobs back to the U.S. also slowed job creation ...
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Trump bet tariffs would bring back American factory jobs. New report says it didn't work
A new report claims Trump's Liberation Day tariffs suppressed hiring by up to 1 million jobs and cost American families roughly $1,000 more in 2025.
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Taliban- ish
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shame on them
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Very Taliban-ish.
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
How Taliban-ish of Hegseth
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Peter Thiel is nuts. Period.
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yup. Don’t wait for the trump administration to screw things up on Election Day
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Don’t wait for the trump administration to screw things up on Election Day
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
nytimes.com
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
To everyone who's stood by my friend Davey Hearn: he's so grateful & so are we Davey says if it can happen to him, it can happen to anybody, & you showed up like you knew it @democracydefendersfund.org, @washlitgroup.bsky.social & Steptoe are proud to stand w/ him & w/ you Davey on GMA👇 -TN
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He’s the king of the ass-hats.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"This day is a victory!" Mary Dohrmann, the attorney for former Olympian David Hearn, reacts to the judge's full dismissal of Hearn's case
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
👏👏👏👏👏
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not possible.
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Washington Post Data Team @wpdatateam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A 3-year-old no receipts program allows House members to supplement their $174,000 base salary by expensing food and housing costs while in Washington on official business, no specifics disclosed. House members spent $6.7 million of taxpayer money last year — a 21 percent increase over 2024.
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The House reimburses lawmakers for D.C. expenses. See who spent the most.
Taxpayers spent 21 percent more last year on the program, which helps cover the costs of food and lodging in Washington, a Post analysis found.
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh my gosh…. Can they really be that stupid?! It’s pathetic.
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That’s always the game plan. Never admit mistakes. They’re pathetic.
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Asshat
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 01/10/2026
Ben Parker slams Pete Hegseth: "You’re not a Fox News host anymore. Your job should be trying to win over America’s enemies, not alienating your fellow Americans."
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well that’s a bummer. 😢
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Don’t cave Wyoming!
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Omg…. The Steve Bannon look.
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And we don’t say THANK YOU enough! 👍
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not sure that’s correct. I did the math.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"House Republicans will continue to hold Hunter Biden’s feet to the fire until we have his testimony...no one – not even the president’s son – is above the law.” - Tom Emmer, 1.17.24 "Don Jr is a private citizen and businessman so this unwarranted attack will go nowhere," Tom Emmer, 9.23.26
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So she’s still alive and still on TV?? Who knew
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/09/2026
Nearly 170,000 pounds of meat products are being recalled because they were falsely labeled as having gone through federal inspection. The affected products were produced before Sept. 22 and may have false USDA inspection labels that say “EST. 1363.”
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Nearly 170,000 pounds of raw meat recalled for false inspection labels
The affected products were produced before Sept. 22 and may have false USDA inspection labels that say “EST. 1363.”
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kings grant privileges. Constitutions grant rights. The difference is stark. And un-American. Today, a Judge held a hearing on whether the press can still criticize the president. Here’s what happened: joycevance.substack.com/p/king-trump...
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King Trump: Privileges, Not Rights
It’s all about whether the press can criticize the president
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nuclear regulation developed for low-chance, high-risk scenarios. Similar to the risk of AI. A simple place to start is mandatory incident reporting. If something goes wrong, everyone gets to know. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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How Much Would You Pay to Prevent the AI Apocalypse?
And what economists say we should spend. Hint: we're nowhere close.
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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🧵NEW: Kennedy drew $4 million in book advances from Tony Lyons, a publisher who also runs MAHA groups that accept $$ from health companies with business before HHS. The advances were set the month when Kennedy dropped his presidential bid to back Trump: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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Kennedy Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA (Gift Article)
A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary’s wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.
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Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: An Iowa state court dismisses President Donald Trump’s frivolous lawsuit against veteran pollster J. Ann Selzer (represented by @thefireorg.bsky.social) and the Des Moines Register newspaper, a victory for First Amendment rights. Opinion here: www.fire.org/research-lea...
This case sets a President, a member of Congress, and a former state senator against a pollster and a newspaper, and it arises out of an election. A case of that kind invites the reader to look for a political result. The Court’s role is narrower. It is to sit as an impartial arbiter, to apply the law without passion or prejudice, and to rule without regard to the politics of the day. As such, the only question before the Court is whether the Petition states a claim the law recognizes. At its core, the Plaintiffs’ Petition seeks to stretch both Iowa statutory and common law beyond their current bounds, turning speech that enjoys the highest category of First Amendment protection into a liability. After considering the parties’ arguments, the Court must conclude that the protection is too great and the reach is too far. The case must therefore be dismissed.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
NEW: 8 sailors aboard the Lincoln attempted suicide per a letter from the Secretary of the Navy to Congress. That is “incredibly high”. www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/p...
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Eight sailors assigned to US carrier group that fought in Iran war attempted suicide, Navy secretary tells Congress | CNN Politics
Eight US Navy personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during a period that included when the ships undertook combat operations against Iran and the carrier...
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Lew @toolew.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s always “inadvertent” until they get caught
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*
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