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🌞♌︎🌛Determined𓀎↑🪐Optimist🌿🪷🍂 "The time has come, the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax -Of cabbages — and kings —" Dodgson

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨NEW EPISODE: The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can once again use a flawed database to help Republicans purge eligible voters from the rolls, just weeks before the midterms. Some are calling it a partial win. I see a warning. youtube.com/watch?v=wvhm...
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There is No Bright Side to Voter Suppression
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Liz Ahern 🌈🇲🇽🏳️‍⚧️☮️ @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Abbott is not only contributing to the deaths of pregnant women, he’s hiding maternal death data. Texans who think women should live will vote for a new governor. #GinaForTexas #AbbottFailsTexas
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Rebecca 🦋 @rebecca79903973.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
Talarico: "Corrupt politicians are profiting off a corrupt war and Texans are literally paying the price ... this war in Iran is a disaster. It is killing Americans, driving up the price of gas and diesel, it is wrecking our moral standing around the world. And it must end."
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𝒲𝒜ℒ𝒯 🇪🇺💯✊🏼💙🌊🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦋🫘🔵 @jagsman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My banner on here, because, why the fuck not!
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VAfrmMD @vafrommd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Crabby. Bored to DEATH by STUPIDITY I DO NOT GIVE A FLYING FUCK WHAT DONALD TRUMP LAST SHARTED WHAT IS ANYONE DOING TO STOP STUPID ON STERIODS⁉️
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VAfrmMD @vafrommd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Fraud spending⁉️WHERE THE FUCK IS HIS CORPSE⁉️💞♾️🌎⚖️
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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!
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VAfrmMD @vafrommd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
👀 Houthis advance along Yemeni coast, threaten Saudi oil exports in the Red Sea www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Houthis advance along Yemeni coast, threaten Saudi oil exports in the Red Sea
Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of Yemen's port city of Mocha on Thursday ​and advanced down the Red Sea coast to strategic islands, military sources said, hours after President Donald Trump said ...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/09/2026
NEW: A union representing more than 200,000 postal workers issued a stark warning Tuesday. They say a “catastrophic wholesale non-delivery” of hundreds of thousands of mail ballots will likely occur if states are forced to comply with USPS's new mail voting rule this November.
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‘Catastrophic’: Postal workers slam Trump’s mail voting restrictions, urge Supreme Court to uphold block
A union representing 200,000 postal workers said the restrictions "will inevitably grind the operation of the postal system to a halt."
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CatCmdr1 @catcmdr1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Protestors BOO Trump over THIS POST
YouTube video by Adam Mockler
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Giuliani wanted to talk 💩 about @mayor.nyc.gov NOW WE KNOW WHY‼️
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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @cleaver.house.gov · 03/09/2026
The cruelty of this administration’s extreme mass deportation policies continues to create heartbreak in families and communities nationwide. My heart is with the family of Pierre Damas Bel. We must be better than this. abcnews.com/US/haitian-g...
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Haitian who just graduated high school dies by suicide after losing TPS status, advocacy group says
A 20-year-old Haitian who had just graduated high school and had recently lost temporary protected status died by suicide on Monday, according to an advocacy group.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Gone. Funded by us. 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 www.instagram.com/reel/DcgyEGt...
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Marc Wing @6-rue-d-alsace.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“Cranky Canuck” by Steve Sack on The Art of Sack. “The dumbest trade war in history. Could you expect anything less?” Please support Editorial Cartoonists, whenever possible directly, whose work is shown on Bluesky. This #EditorialCartoon was found on The Art of Sack.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is what independent pro-democracy media looks like.If you agree and want to help it grow, subscribe today. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Immigrant Defenders Law Center @immdef.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What difference can a lawyer make in an immigration case? For our client Ely, it meant fighting her detention and making it home to her family. Her story shows why programs like #RepresentLA matter. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3d2kk3ea
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Advocates hoping for more funding to help with deportations, legal aid
For Ely, who doesn't want to use her real name out of fear for her safety, coming to the U.S. in 2019 was a major challenge
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 26/08/2026
Thomas's victory is the latest victory by the party’s left flank.
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Progressive N’Kiyla 'Jasmine' Thomas Wins Oklahoma's Democratic Senate Primary Runoff
Progressive N’Kiyla 'Jasmine' Thomas Wins Oklahoma's Democratic Senate Primary Runoff
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
From the Kennedy Center to the slush fund to the Reflecting Pool—deference to Trump is turning to defiance As I told @nytimes.com, our wins in those & many more cases help mark an inflection point: pro-democracy forces are standing up!
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In Canada and at Home, Deference to Trump Turns to Defiance on Tariffs and Other Issues (Gift Article)
While the president remains the most dominant figure in the world, other leaders and institutions are pushing back more vigorously than at the beginning of his second term.
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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 25/08/2026
The FBI headquarters belongs in Greenbelt, Maryland. It’s what I fought for as Prince George’s County Executive and it’s a fight I have continued in the United States Senate. I will keep fighting to make sure these taxpayer dollars create jobs and opportunity across our entire region.
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VAfrmMD @vafrommd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🛑Trump🛑 thinks renaming Lake Ontario will do what❓❓❓Scare CANADIANS❓❓❓😜😭🤣🐈‍⬛
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NPR @npr.org · 25/08/2026
The primary runoff in South Carolina between Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman is another test of President Trump's influence. He's backing Darline, sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. n.pr/4cdruNz
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South Carolina U.S. senate runoff election will test Trump's endorsement
The primary runoff in South Carolina between Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman is another test of President Trump's influence. He's backing Darline, sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.
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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
One of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social secret powers is that she uses her knowledge on #CentralAsia to make sense of US. I’m still reluctant to do so for Germany: We’re not taught to love our nation,so we don’t fight for it either. I could start with the latter… sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/ghost-sena...
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Ghost Senate
The vanishing of Mitch McConnell.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Who doesn't love a snappy comeback? #November3rdWe8647
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VAfrmMD @vafrommd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
missing BOLDFACE “I DID THIS”
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Off_Dutch @off-dutch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#ProudBlue #USDemocracy Live !!! Yeah, @debbie156, i think Christianity is dead . Same as Stephen Miller. But that was along time ago Made a Video for You and the kids
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Miller stripped legal representation from 24k detained children-some just 3 years old, then handed a $244M contract to an NGO whose founder faced SEX TRAFFICKING accusations. Now toddlers face deportation hearings alone on video screens. Miller is pure evil. #Pinks #OneV1 #ProudBlue
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Stephen Miller's secret campaign against helpless kids
That it's happening in the shadows doesn't make it less of a moral blight.
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VAfrmMD @vafrommd.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“I will hold you in contempt!” Judge drops Epstein BOMB on Trump 🇺🇸🦅⚖️🌎♾️💞https://youtu.be/S8_wbJX4c4U
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“I will hold you in contempt!” Judge drops Epstein BOMB on Trump
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I hadn't paid a lot of attention to this case, but it's stunning! youtu.be/J2H1wSM3YbI?...
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Trump’s racist politics BACKFIRE in Michigan GOP primary
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/08/2026
The ICE raids and cruelty we are seeing inflicted on children are unacceptable.

The federal government has stripped legal representation from hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied children. Many will soon face an impossible choice: navigate our immigration system alone or risk detention and deportation.

Our city is stepping up. We've invested $16.9 million in immigration legal services for unaccompanied children, with another $32 million in this year's immigration legal services budget, including rapid-response legal advice and representation for people in detention.

If you need immigration legal support, we're here to help. Our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline is available in your preferred language, regardless of immigration status.
Call 1-800-354-0365
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Off_Dutch @off-dutch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
#ProudBlue #USDemocracy Live !!! #ICE FUCK OFF Let me know in the Comments what you really think when a ICE agents react like this when he got a traffic stop
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 12/08/2026
After Trump's handpicked US Attorney for DC, Jeanine Pirro, dropped charges against David Hearn, Trump is now asking the DOJ to continue this shameless prosecution of him.   Americans should not be threatened with jail time to placate Trump's fragile ego. This is the stuff of dictators.
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Exclusive | White House Asks Justice Department to Consider New Reflecting-Pool Prosecution
Officials asked the department whether it is possible to bring a new charge against an Olympic canoeist after the U.S. attorney dropped the case.
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God @thegodshow.com · 11/08/2026
CNN (Centrist News Network) has been hyperventilating all day because a Democratic Socialist might win the primary for governor in Wisconsin. I think Scott Jennings might have an aneurysm. It’s hilarious. 😂
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/08/2026
The president's plan to build a Trump golf course in East Potomac Park threatens to make the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool look like a minor embarrassment.
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Fore! Trump's DC golf course is already in the rough
If you thought the Reflecting Pool was a disaster, wait until they try to build this.
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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 07/08/2026
As Americans face rising measles cases and serious food safety concerns, Congress should be focused on protecting public health and holding RFK Jr. accountable. RFK Jr. must resign or be fired immediately.
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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 10/08/2026
It's Maryland Tax-Free Week! Now through Saturday, qualifying clothing, shoes, and backpacks are sales tax-free. While you're shopping, stay local and support Maryland businesses. www.marylandcomptroller.gov/about/comptr...
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Comptroller of Maryland Programs
Tax-free shopping and other programs annually promoted by the Comptroller of Maryland.
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Kev - I see SMART people - On Bluesky @57kev.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Daily Take Thom's daily take on the news of the day. I've been listening but I hear nothing much from Dems - what are they afraid of. ""“It’s so weird how everybody simply accepts that Trump is a criminal and a Russian stooge and then goes on about their days.”""
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How Democrats Can Turn Trump’s Corruption Into a Political Revolution
From Teddy Roosevelt to Navalny and Zelenskyy, history shows that exposing corrupt elites can mobilize voters and topple entrenched power.
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Kev - I see SMART people - On Bluesky @57kev.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Goodness - Big Insurance is really in the news today. Why not just end big insurance. Private insurance will always put profits before people. ""A new report is making the case for ending a widely-hated and sometimes deadly tactic used by for-profit health insurers to deny needed care.""
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Advocates Call for End of Deadly Tactic Used by For-Profit Health Insurers to Deny Treatment | Common Dreams
The authors of a new report have called prior authorization---which allows insurers to overrule physicians to deny coverage---a "corporate care veto" and found it drains tens of billions of dollars ea...
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Bougie & Banjee @yurmajesty.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I still can’t believe ICE is allowed to cover their faces in most states.
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VAfrmMD @vafrommd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📣📣🇺🇸🌍⚖️♾️💞🌝🌍🌚♌️🪐⭐️
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 11/08/2026
The next Democratic majority should make repairing trust in the Supreme Court and the judicial branch a priority to ensure it doesn't continue to operate as a partisan and retrograde institution.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🇸🇾💀 Syrian court sentenced fugitive Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for crimes against humanity. A Syrian court found Assad guilty of murder, torture, arbitrary detention, and crimes against humanity.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/08/2026
I love this. Senate candidate Annie Andrews says she decided to jump into the race the day RFK Jr was nominated to lead HHS. She’s a pediatrician. Saw what was coming & decided she couldn’t sit on the sidelines. THIS is what I’m talking about. Feeling called to serve & actually following through.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/08/2026
Q: Were you prepared for pushback you received, especially from Republicans, framing you as too extreme for Wisconsin? HONG: What's extreme is Rep. Tiffany has voted against interests of Wisconsinites over & over. What's extreme is that he's an election denier & continues to protect pedophiles
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Aired on FOX. Hopefully Trump saw it: “Mr. Trump, you are the first president in American history to start and lose a war by yourself. You have made America more weak, more alone & less respected. Congress needs to take back the steering wheel from this impaired driver.” @repauchincloss.bsky.social
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Must read by Robert Reich: The real meaning of Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan. "Corporate Democrats – such Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries – aren’t up to the task because they won’t bite the corporate hands that feed them campaign money." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The real meaning of Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan | Robert Reich
We’re seeing America wake up to the tyranny that’s engulfed us
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/08/2026
You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"Tommy Tuberville called Social Security a “government-approved Ponzi scheme” on the Senate floor Wednesday. Income tax records show he received nearly $100,000 from the program over three years in addition to his Senate salary and other retirement benefits.
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