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Monica Francisco-DeKam

@vuduchick.bsky.social
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Recycled artist & writer. Mom, Cool Aunt, & Gma…leftie, leftist…activist & vegan 🐶🐱…I want this to be a better world. 💙 Fascists gfy

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Why Can’t the Mainstream Media Say “Psychopathic Narcissist”? www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/25/w...
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Why Can’t the Mainstream Media Say “Psychopathic Narcissist”?
Narcissism: Marked by grandiosity, pride, arrogance, and a constant need for attention and admiration. Psychopathy: Characterized by high impulsivity,
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CommonSense @comminsense.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
CNN hasn’t mentioned the Epstein files in weeks. With Bari Weiss coming on board, they may never report on them again.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump trying to distance himself from Epstein is like Donald Trump trying to outrun his shadow at noon.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 28/09/2026
I miss when government ads just told us not to litter.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great demonstration of the Tyndall effect in a wooded area by the scattering of beams of light by finely suspended particles of fog in the air: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Love2026 @love2024.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
He could not keep a secret if his life depended on it.🖕
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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC
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Essence of RBG 🦋 @rbgprevails.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“.. Very good one sentence summary of the economy.” - Kyra Scanlon
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@muchoray X @stingray2090.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 28/09/2026
Nothing says confidence like a 22-state emergency tour..
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED......
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
⛽️ Florida’s gas prices rose 18 cents last week before declining 6 cents through the weekend. On Sunday, the state average for a gallon of gas was $4.37. That’s $1.42 per gallon more than last year. The average driver is now paying $65 to fill their tank, as opposed to $44 at this time last year.
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Florida gas prices rose 18 cents last week
On Sunday, the state average for a gallon of gas was $4.37, according to NWS Melbourne.
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DMin @vardm-65.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Door Dash spent 1.4 million dollars trying to keep him from being mayor. They failed...they just received a judgement against them for 130 million for cheating drivers out of income. He's doing a great job.
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snapsdraggin 🇸🇪🏳️‍🌈🪭🐿️🐾📎 @snapsdraggin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/Ui-qy... 🤭
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Denmark HUMILIATES Trump, Goes VIRAL WORLDWIDE!🚨
YouTube video by Occupy Democrats
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How many election crimes does he have to commit before we call the midterms rigged? Is making his supporters promise to commit voter fraud enough? Commandeering half a billion in Super PAC funds? Threatening to jail state officials? Asking for a country.
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Trump’s Open Claims That He Directs Super PAC Spending Draw Watchdog Complaint
Federal law bars those holding federal office from directing spending decisions for a political organization with no contribution limits.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's easy to forget that the whole purpose of the Republican Party is to distract voters daily with such irrelevant nonsense that we never have conversations about how to actually move the country forward. Can you imagine a US politician who was only willing to discuss *policy*?
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!!
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The federal government is actively monitoring *erections* now, but yeah, Democrats are the pro-Big Government party FFS
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james, but scary. @abacadabber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
They really should be explicit in the headline that the rise in South Asian hate rhetoric is stemming directly from the united states government.
Screenshot from article: “A recent example came last week when the Department of Homeland Security posted an image on social media depicting an Indian man with the words "Get off our roads, you don't know how to drive Mr. Singh."”
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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 18/09/2026
“If you’re a US citizen you have no reason to fear” – Markwayne Mullin, responding to a video of a teenage US citizen being repeatedly punched in the face by ICE.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
(🚨|🧵) A NYT-bestselling Trump biographer has just released the largest compilation of anti-Trump political protest music of the Trump era. 30 songs. 135 minutes of music. *Many* bangers. This thread offers previews and full tracks. Please share widely!
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Greatest Releases: Protests by Hounds on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 30 Songs
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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“This is a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government” — @sarahkendzior.bsky.social on MSNBC January 2019
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a really important story. You know how over reliance on AI makes you lazy and stupid? This shows how that’s happening within the military — a military, it cannot be pointed out often enough, that’s growing ever more reliant on AI. The children of Shajarah Tayyebah Elementary paid the price
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I promised earlier this week I would write about this, and here it is. Russia is again running operations to help Trump. Its Matryoshka bot network, which is attacking several elections across Europe, is now attacking Dems ahead of the midterms. This is only the beginning
olgalautman.substack.com
Russia Shifts Its Matryoshka Network Toward the U.S. Midterms
After a decade of Russian operations aimed at helping Trump win elections while attacking his opponents, the Russians are at it again and have shifted their focus to the upcoming midterms.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hegseth needs to be fired immediately. Literally he is using Russia’s tactic of hiding military deaths. This is infuriating
washingtonpost.com
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is so insane I cannot believe this is real. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I can’t believe how little media coverage any of this is getting. Russia is escalating across Europe, Poland is warning of possible Russian strikes on NATO countries, and Lithuania is preparing evacuation routes in the event of a military attack. You wouldn’t know it from our media
olgalautman.substack.com
Lithuania Prepares Evacuation Route to Poland in Case of Russian Attack
With warnings growing that Russia could launch a military attack against NATO countries, Lithuania and Poland are getting ready.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In a normal timeline the press would walk out and CNN would not cover this spectacle. But we aren’t in normal times and the media allows Trump to get away with everything
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The DOE is “taking the first step toward removing the ABA’s authority to accredit law schools, said David Barker, assistant secretary of education” The DOE’s “recommendation goes…to a panel that reviews accreditors, which then makes a recommendation to…[DOE official] Nicholas Kent.” Gift link. 1/
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Exclusive | Trump Administration Attacks Bar Association’s Power to Accredit Law Schools
The move escalates a feud with the nation’s premier legal organization.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 15/09/2026
Just hours before switching sides, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was lobbying fellow Democrats to advance the bill. theintercept.com/2026/09/15/c...
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 16/09/2026
So far, settlement payouts under Mamdani are holdover cases. Without policy changes, however, they might keep growing toward a $1 billion total since 2018.
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NYPD Misconduct Payouts Still Soar Under Mamdani — And May Keep Growing
So far, NYPD settlement payouts under Mamdani are holdovers. Without policy changes, they might keep skyrocketing.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 17/09/2026
Beset by critics in Knoxville, Flock partnered with a nonprofit accused of “astroturfing” for a campaign to generate support for its surveillance cameras. theintercept.com/2026/09/17/f...
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 17/09/2026
What kind of Christianity is being proclaimed when the language of Jesus is attached to military power?
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Pete Hegseth’s Unholy War
What kind of Christianity is being proclaimed when the language of Jesus is attached to military power?
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 18/09/2026
An analysis of tax forms by The Intercept show Kraft’s charity and LLC have donated to Friends of the IDF and AIPAC’s super PAC.
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Robert Kraft Claims His Donations Help Palestinians. Turns Out He’s Funding Friends of the IDF.
An analysis of tax forms by The Intercept show Kraft’s charity and LLC have donated to Friends of the IDF and AIPAC’s super PAC.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 18/09/2026
At Leavenworth, former workers say CoreCivic made conditions dangerous, which led to a near-death attack.
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ICE Revives Former “Hellhole” Prison — And Hires the Same Company To Run It
At Leavenworth, former workers say CoreCivic made conditions dangerous, which led to a near-death attack.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I guess he’s right, we are becoming like China when it comes to civil liberties. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
🚨 Obama rejects the argument that the market and lawsuits alone can keep AI companies in check: “That’s not how we treat airlines, or drug companies, or food companies.” He says there’s “no replacement” for effective government regulation.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The power of litigation. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Voting rights lawsuit prompts South Dakota to fix ‘confusing’ proof-of-citizenship system
“Voting is a fundamental right that is the cornerstone of our democracy,” the court wrote. “Prospective voters should be told the truth about their voting status. The Court expects that voter applican...
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 11/09/2026
DOGE is still running the show: The Bureau of Land Management gave its state directors *3 days* to list public lands that could be turned over to Big Tech to build AI hyperscalers, after Interior Secretary Doug Burgum met with Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy
washingtonsun.com
Inside Trump’s Aggressive Push to Build Data Centers on Public Lands
The Interior secretary is quietly meeting with AI hyperscalers while seeking to accommodate them on his department’s land.
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Maine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 19/09/2026
9/19 U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine: When Democrats retake House, "we are going to sue the shit out of" the Trump Administration #maine #MEpolitics
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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Former Syrian prison warden sentenced to 60 years for torturing inmates. "Jurors in downtown Los Angeles heard two weeks of often horrific testimony by former inmates who said [Samir Ousman] Alsheikh ordered them to the prison’s punishment wing, Wing 13..." www.courthousenews.com/former-syria...
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Former Syrian prison boss gets 60 years for torturing inmates
The judge called Samir Alsheikh's treatment of prisoners unimaginably cruel in rejecting his bid for just five years in prison.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mike Rogers refuses to talk about gas, groceries, seeing a doctor, or our broken infrastructure. Mike Rogers only wants to talk about old culture wars fought by small people with smaller ideas and no solutions to our actual problems.
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 19/09/2026
It should be illegal to buy a company with debt and then sell it off to a foreign owner, but that fight was lost long ago. Anyway, now the Saudis own a truly distressing portion of American entertainment, from Hollywood to Video Games to Sports. This is not neutral behavior. Anyway.
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FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There needs to be a list of all the celebrities that have taken money to advertise for the betting markets clearly selling out their fans and community. They should be shunned. They are worse than the celebrities that were selling crypto. They don’t care about you. So stop caring about them.
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Katie @rebelrouser1962.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
From Robin Rouby-Progressive Cartoons
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