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Torchmama🦋

@torchmama.bsky.social
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💙💙💙💙💙 Love to bike, cook, hike, sail, ski, travel etc etc. Hangglider pilot of yore. Single mom, taking each day one at a time. I'm never going back! Go Blue!

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h
I've been meaning to do a post, but all these pressers violate DOJ's pre-election rules, which Todd Blanche swore were sacrosanct when he represented someone charged over a year before an election.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 6h
Plague vaccines
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Vincent Ledvina @handle.invalid · 06/10/2026
An M1.4 flare and likely Earth-directed CME have occurred moments ago, originating from the vicinity of AR 4549. This is a relatively new active region with a lot of instability and life, and we may see more CMEs and flares our way in the near future.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Torchmama🦋 @torchmama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Will we ever have a free and fair election?
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LisaToddSutton @lisatoddsutton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This morning, the Justice Department went after nearly an entire state's federal bench, all at once. The judges had said the government wasn't following court orders. The response was to try to remove the judges. Here's why every American should be paying attention. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Surprise! MAGA Candidate Convicted of Election Fraud newrepublic.com/post/215928/... via @newrepublic.com
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Surprise! MAGA Candidate Convicted of Election Fraud
Turns out there is election fraud, after all.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'Was 'Oppenheimer': Trump FamilyNever A Question': Trump Family Caught Colluding With DOJ In IRS Settlement Appeal #CrooksAndLiars
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Was 'Oppenheimer' Better Than 'The Odyssey?' | Crooks and Liars
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'Was 'Oppenheimer': Trump FamilyNever A Question' #CrooksAndLiars
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'Never A Question': Trump Family Caught Colluding With DOJ In IRS Settlement Appeal | Crooks and Liars
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump, 80, Promptly Falls Asleep After Announcing New Steel Plant newrepublic.com/post/215938/... via @newrepublic.com
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Trump, 80, Promptly Falls Asleep After Announcing New Steel Plant
Donald Trump struggled to stay awake during the Oval Office press conference.
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Torchmama🦋 @torchmama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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LisaToddSutton @lisatoddsutton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't know how Daniel Dale could fact check the Felon this long and keep his sanity. When you're a decent person its hard to listen to, and worse when you see first hand how this man has damaged the country and continues to do so, is a hard job emotionally. Must read his story.⬇️
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🧐 Dr. Bandy Lee: Trump poses an imminent threat not just to the US--but to “human survival.” 9/24/26 @bandylee.bsky.social @deanobeidallah.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSZS...
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Dr. Bandy Lee: Trump poses an imminent threat not just to the US--but to “human survival.”
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Finally, an article about Pax Silica: “Tech Bros and the Trump Administration Are Building an AI Empire—In the Philippines *** Pax Silica aims to lock up rare earths, and hand Silicon Valley the keys.” By @kierabutler.bsky.social 9/25/26 … 1/ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Tech Bros and the Trump administration are building an AI empire—in the Philippines
Pax Silica aims to lock up rare earths, and hand Silicon Valley the keys.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
2/ bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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PhonedThisIn☎️ @toireasaoflinn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
must do all the stuff God was supposed to do so Jesus will return. Thet must take Dominion now. www.splcenter.org/resources/re...
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The New Dominionism Seeks to Rule
Followers of the Christian supremacist movement claim they have “legal power and authority from Heaven” over the United States.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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The Seven Mountain Mandate, also Seven Mountains Mandate, 7M,''] 7MM, 2) or Seven Mountains Dominionism, 131 is a dominionist conservative Christian ideology within evangelical Christianity, particularly independent Charismatic groups. "[4]
[5] It holds that there are seven aspects of society that believers seek to dominate: family, religion, education, media, arts and entertainment, business, and government. 16]
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
3/ bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fox News hosts spend their day telling their audience that Democrats are communists and communists are evil people, then in the evening they all got dressed up to attend a state dinner honoring a communist.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So, it turns out that now CNN and CBS News are under the control of the Ellison family, they are considering asking Elon Musk to join them. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Broligarchs reinvented feudalism” - Praxis founder Dryden Brown
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The attorneys cited over 900 examples to support that claim, including their assertion that White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller “is nothing more nor less than a karaoke version of Heinrich Himmler.”
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz... WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—The estate of Adolf Hitler sued Donald J. Trump on Thursday for what it called the “blatant theft” of the late German chancellor’s design for an arch of triumph in Berlin. “President Trump’s proposed monument is a brazen
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Hitler Estate Sues Trump for Stealing Arch Design
“It is our duty as trustees of the Adolf Hitler Estate to ensure that the Fuhrer’s intellectual property rights are vigorously protected.”
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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CooknColorado @cookncolorado.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ballots will be dropping in the next few weeks. Be sure you are registered and your address is correct. If your local Democratic Party has a website start checking for its sample ballot or voter’s guide. Make a plan on how you are going to vote. Don’t return your voted ballot by USPS.
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U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen @pettersen.house.gov · 15/09/2026
Head Start ensures our most vulnerable kids have access to the care, nutrition, & health services they need in those early years. Now Trump is trying to gut their services. I will fight every effort by Trump to dismantle this program & work to protect families and kids across the country.
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Democrats urge RFK Jr. to scrap proposed Head Start overhaul
Democrats are pressing Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to scrap a proposed overhaul of the Head Start program, warning the changes would weaken services for thousand…
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U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen @pettersen.house.gov · 03/09/2026
The Republican health care crisis is hitting families across the country with the largest increase in costs in decades, and it's about to get so much worse. We will never forget that they ripped health care away from millions to give tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans.
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Health insurance costs projected to spike next year by most in two decades
Employers predict an average 8.2% increase in the cost of their insurance plans. Workers will shoulder some of the cost.
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💙Grendellily💙 @grendellily.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I ain’t watching that there shit show. No siree bub. That be pure trash. A pig in a dung hill, it’ll be. My pappy ain’t having it neither. Nope.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
2/ Also reported here: share.google/v4TB7V0p6eIm...
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Pentagon wants to spend millions on Palantir with few details | Federal News Network
A Pentagon memo directs up to $244 million for Palantir and calls for additional funding through 2028, raising transparency and competition concerns.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Peter Thiel has the wheel: “US Deputy Secty of Defense Stephen Feinberg has drafted a memo directing Defense Department subordinates to purchase up to $243.9 M in services from…[Thiel’s] Palantir…without a competitive bidding process…The memo’s subject line is called ‘Funding Palantir’.” 8/11/26…1/
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Give Palantir up to $244M through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo
Draft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency
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NaNaNaNa ™ ❌💩👑 @heyheygoodbye.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@warren.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov How is this OK?
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Torchmama🦋 @torchmama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Chicken pot pie and a pear tart.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Jon Husted voted to kick 490,00 Ohioans off their health care so he could give tax cuts to his billionaire buddies.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 18/09/2026
The most corrupt family in the history of American government is currently in the White House ripping off the American taxpayer. No more. There must be accountability.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new incidents in which artificial intelligence systems hid mistakes, made up data and moved files onto the open internet without permission, amid an ongoing industrywide debate about A.I. safety.” 9/16/26 … Gift link. … 1/
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OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior (Gift Article)
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
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Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Perfect, perfect, perfect...
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 15/09/2026
There’s obviously a lot going on right now, but a Russian oligarch bankrolling the wedding of the president’s son is the kind of story that should dominate headlines in any functioning political culture.
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Torchmama🦋 @torchmama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Patatas en Adobillo
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/09/2026
End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor review – the fightback starts here
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End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor review – the fightback starts here
A sharp analysis of the damage wrought by the reckless super-rich, and progressive toolkit for repairing it
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Torchmama🦋 @torchmama.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Leek Quiche
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Torchmama🦋 @torchmama.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Good Morning Sunday! One leek quiche going in the oven
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Michigan Maple Man 🍁🇨🇦 🇬🇱🥄🌲🐓⛷️🚵🏼‍♀️🎻🏕️🔨💋🐝🪵🌻🌈❄️🛶💙📎🐸 @mimapleman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Fuck ICE
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