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Twirling towards Freedom

@twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social
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Sometimes I rage against the machine. Sometimes I anxiety bake. #anxietybaking #anxietycooking But always I'm twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom. I'm Deborah. Grew up in Texas, lived in NYC, live in Colorado, survive in the USofA

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 8h
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12h
Ted Cruz: “You signed subpoenas like you signed Denny’s menus.” What the fuck does that even mean?
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 11h
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 9h
oh my God lol you can tell dude was absolutely feelin himself like 'we got him boys!' only to end up red in the face, flustered, and mad as hell as Klobuchar can barely keep herself from laughing in his face
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
fucking really
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Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students
The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
John Oliver lists off just some of Ken Paxton’s scandals: “Paxton spent nearly 9 years under indictment for securities fraud... He was also accused of bribery and abuse of office by eight of his own top deputies... But wait, because I'm still not done.”
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 23h
“Jackson highlighted the Court’s shadow docket orders allowing Trump to slash the Dept of Ed’s workforce, cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in government grants, and, as she put it, authorize “roving ICE patrols to conduct race-based searches and seizures of Latino residents in Los Angeles.””
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The 55 new measles cases, reported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health in a statement on Friday, bring the total number of cases to 890 across 39 counties so far this year. The outbreak has led to 173 hospitalizations and 4measles-associated deaths." <1% among vaccinated, 31% among people <18.
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Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Grows to Nearly 900 Cases (Gift Article)
State health officials said 55 new cases had been reported since Wednesday. In all, 890 measles cases have been reported across 39 counties so far this year.
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"As of May 2026, the CDC had 30% fewer employees than it did before 2025 layoffs." “Imagine losing a third of a city’s firefighters and then wondering why downtown is burning,” said Dr. Jonathan Mermin, who led the agency’s center for HIV and sexually transmitted infections till April 2025.
nytimes.com
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
She is the worst. Where is she when there's not an election? Her only purpose is to act as a spoiler.
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
May the robots take him first.
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Much like our current politics, sports gambling sites are so blatantly ripping off customers and yet are not only allowed to but are ubiquitous with celebs encouraging noncelebs to blow their money. It's gross and (should be) obvious. www.propublica.org/article/draf...
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ken Paxton keeps dodging debates. So I called his cell to invite him to a debate on Fox News. He didn’t pick up.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/09/2026
Instead of standing up to Trump’s deportation and death machine that has brutalized their workers, DoorDash is lobbying for the regime’s legislative priorities — including a bill to weaken DC home rule. Delete your account and app until DoorDash speaks out against ICE’s brutality and violence.
deletedoordash.com
Delete DoorDash: our demands
Our demands for DoorDash on ICE raids, H.R. 9720, and the DC task force. How to close your account until it answers.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 26/09/2026
Ahmad Joudeh is a ballet dancer of unusual grace and grit. to.pbs.org/4AzeWKU
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Syrian dancer reflects on escaping ISIS and finding freedom through ballet
Ahmad Joudeh is a ballet dancer of unusual grace and grit. He was born stateless in a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, Syria. He has traveled far on the power of his dreams and the elegance of hi...
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Denver doesn't want drones!!
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
93 years old. Senators should not be making undemocratic death succession plans for likely natural causes. Enough of old white dudes in office who are comatose or keeling over mid-term.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On Dolly Parton Day, I'm remember how she... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research and the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Funded high school band programs She is missed!
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
The U.S. strike on the Iranian elementary school was the deadliest American military targeting error of the 21st century in terms of child casualties.   Horrific.   This war needs to end – now.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
federal judges only do this when they are extremely fuckin tired of your shit and you needed to quit playin in people's faces days ago like oh my God www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
screenshot of a paragraph excerpted from the linked opinion, with the final sentence of the paragraph highlighted. excerpt reads as follows:

This Court’s September 10 stay order meant that the
2022 map would be used in the 2026 congressional election
in Missouri, absent further order of this Court. And the
election has now begun under the 2022 map. But on
September 21, 11 days after this Court’s most recent order,
the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ordered
the District Court to enter a permanent injunction in effect
requiring use of the 2025 map instead of the 2022 map in
the 2026 election. Given this Court’s two prior orders in
this litigation, our conclusion that this was error should
come as no surprise.Screenshot of the beginning of a paragraph excerpted from the linked opinion, with the second sentence highlighted. Excerpt reads as follows:

The Purcell principle applies with even greater force
here. The election is not merely upcoming; it has already
started. Ballots using the 2022 map have been printed and
mailed. Absentee voting has already begun, as has military
and overseas voting. According to local election officials in [page ends there]screenshot of the final paragraph of the linked opinion, with the final two sentences highlighted. Underneath "Per Curiam" and three asterisks, the paragraph reads as follows:

For those reasons, the application for stay presented to
JUSTICE KAVANAUGH and by him referred to the Court is
granted. The September 21, 2026, mandate and September
22, 2026, order entered by the U. S. Court of Appeals for the
Eighth Circuit in No. 26–2797, and the September 21, 2026,
and September 22, 2026, injunctions entered by the U. S.
District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, No.
4:26–cv–01424, ECF Docs. 57 and 60, are stayed absent any
further order of this Court lifting such stays. The prior stay
entered by this Court on September 10, 2026, likewise
remains in effect pending any further order of this Court
lifting that stay. The District Court and Court of Appeals
should not enjoin or otherwise prohibit the use of the 2022
map in the 2026 congressional election in Missouri. And
the District Court and Court of Appeals should not order or
otherwise require Missouri to use the 2025 map in the 2026
congressional election in Missouri. 

"It is so ordered" then appears in italics, in the bottom-right corner of the page
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
👏 "If you act like a Constitutional Goon, we treat you like one." 🧵
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#BREAKING: #SCOTUS once again freezes the lower federal courts’ rulings in the Missouri redistricting case—and affirms that, as the Missouri Supreme Court held earlier this month, Missouri will use the 2022 map in the November elections. There were no public dissents.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 24/09/2026
Tennessee plans to execute Christa Pike next week. She was the youngest woman sentenced to death in the modern era of the death penalty and would be the first woman executed in the state in 200+ years. Tennessee already botched one execution this year. Tell Governor Lee to stop Christa's execution.
mercyforchrista.org
Petition | Christa Pike
Sign the petition to support Christa Pike's clemency campaign in Tennessee.
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our neutral court, ready to serve
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
JFC. Not only is the emperor wearing no clothes but his skin is turned inside out and his sycophants won’t dare get him a bandage. How terrifyingly pathetic.
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Unforgivable. Impeach Hegseth.
nytimes.com
8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says (Gift Article)
The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea.
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Mason was not particularly political before 2016, but since her conviction, she has become much more politically engaged. In 2022, she opened a rally for Beto O’Rourke and worked to educate voters about their rights.”
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Xi went on to say that Trump’s comprehension of the language was still so poor that the Chinese delegation could use English to openly discuss sensitive issues in his presence without fear he would understand them.” @theonion.com
theonion.com
Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit
WASHINGTON—Marveling at how his American counterpart’s grasp of the difficult language had progressed, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told reporters Thursday that he was deeply impressed with how much Pres...
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani reiterated calls for Netanyahu’s arrest ahead of the General Assembly. “When it comes to Benjamin Netanyahu, I have described him as I believe him to be: a war criminal and an architect of a horrific genocide of the Palestinian people.”
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TCMFanatics @tcmfans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Remembering Jim Henson, born on this day, 1936.
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I don't think he's going to like the results 😄
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jealous, wishing I still lived in NYC! 👉Take advantage, New Yorkers! 🎶
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"He’s the 55th person to die in ICE custody during Trump’s second term, and the 25th this year alone."
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ACLU @aclu.org · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: A judge ruled that ICE must improve the inhumane conditions at the immigration detention center at 26 Federal Plaza. This is good news. Our fight isn't over until every abusive detention facility is shut down for good.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Colorado voters, a federal court dismissed an anti-voting lawsuit challenging the state's voter roll maintenance practices, finding that the right-wing group behind the lawsuit lacked standing to sue. www.democracydocket.com/cases/colora...
democracydocket.com
🚨 United Sovereign Americans v. Griswold
Learn more.
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Put simply, DOJ claimed the criming could continue until the paperwork was done."
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 24/09/2026
Happy to report the UN has fantastic indoor air quality! But I did get questioned by multiple security guards about why I was wearing a mask. I told them we were attending meetings about preventing pandemics 🤷🏻‍♂️
Lucky in front of the UN in a maskInside the UN with a Co2 reading of 676
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MURRAY: The Trump admin falsely labeled birth control as abortion. Do you agree that an IUD is an abortifacient? OVERTON: If confirmed, I'll be fully briefed M: That's not an answer. The prospect of an FDA commissioner who doesn't know that birth control isn't an abortion is deeply alarming O: 😊
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Susan Collins is blatantly corrupt. Hollywood couldn't write this in a script.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: ballot seizures ruled illegal by CA Supreme Court! A key precedent as we prepare to defend the 2026 election Proud that our @democracydefendersfund.org brief helped secure this win
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"We’ll only defeat fascism by uniting behind a big tent of pro-democracy candidates – and that’s why we’re expanding our map and organizing for a broad slate of candidates well beyond our endorsees. We’re going to flip seats and defend vulnerable incumbents!"
2026.indivisible.org
Target Races - Indivisible's 2026 General Election Program
Learn more about the 2026 indivisible's campaign to retake Congress and ways to support pro-democracy efforts in your area.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Susan Collins has voted to confirm 60+ anti-abortion judges in her time in the Senate, and now she's voted for 3 more just since last week. Nice to see Senator Collins was able to take a break from lying about corruption to give a lifetime appointment to another anti-choice judge.
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mamdani modeling what a humanitarian leader looks like.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ICE held over 100 people at 26 Federal Plaza on many nights between June and August 2025. adamjsawyer.com/detentioncha...
A bar graph showing the population detained by ICE at NYC Hold Room.
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Twirling towards Freedom @twirlingtofreedom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Netanyahu is a criminal, genocidal warmonger and human rights violator. He should be arrested, not given a stage.
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