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Weneedlucretiamott

@weneedlucretiamott.bsky.social
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Pro-Democracy progressive American, very very very very anti-Trump and his army of MAGA goons. Mother of two daughters and scared out of her mind for what's next. Daughter of two retired, long-time Federal employees. Baltimore resident, DC native.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
I thought Trump’s tariffs were specifically designed to dramatically reduce this number to zero.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h
Wrongly indicted, charges dropped, and now we learn prosecutors allegedly knew the Reflecting Pool renovation was failing and they charged David Hearn anyway. I hope he sues their asses off.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 1h
Mike Rogers led the charge to flood opioids into our communities. Here's what happened.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h
"Yeah, sorry your kid died or whatever. What do you think about my chandeliers?"
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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S.E. Danesti @seedanesti.bsky.social · 6h
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h
Yes, Pete Hegseth is so incompetent that our troops go without necessary medical care, but at least they are called "warriors" now while they go untreated. So it all evens out . . .
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h
Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h
🔥 @katiephang.bsky.social (With Deniro behind her): “I’m suing A.G. Todd Blanche — Trump’s cosplaying personal lawyer — for the unredacted Epstein files… as an independent journo 🗣️ I don’t have a corporate oligarch telling me what to say… Trump has been violating federal law every day.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h
Still telling the “vandalism” lie not a single soul believes 🤥
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h
I'm not sure if @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social have issued a statement on this yet, but they should publicly announce that if Russ Vought tries to fuck with the election in any way they will fire him out of a cannon when they take power.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.
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'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common Dreams
Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h
Ken Paxton, caught on video admitting he’s lost control of his own campaign: “I’ve never been in a race where I felt less control… it’s all coming… from DC.” Texas deserves a senator who answers to Texans — not Washington operatives pulling the strings.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 19h
At one of this Nazi rallies today, the orange felon encouraged Iran to attack Los Angeles and San Diego whilst his cult cheered him on for that treasonous statement. I’ll say it again, he belongs in a jail cell, not in the bulldozed White House. To hell with everyone who gave this monster power.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4h
Attn: A FBI supervisor is blowing the whistle on the Trump administration’s targeting of anti-ICE protesters. Jill Fields states the White House pushed the FBI to investigate people in Los Angeles even after agents determined their actions were protected by the First Amendment.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Warden of Delaney Hall, the subject of allegations of abuse & neglect, has lent his name & likeness to an org founded by a woman doing 9 years in federal prison for a forced labor sex cult & who's in the Epstein Files. Why oversight of detention centers is so critical. youtu.be/uCy71zDQVZw?...
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SHOCKING Epstein Connection EXPOSED Between DISTURBING Cult & Trump ICE Facility!?!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h
Mike Johnson is not a trustworthy negotiating partner. He lies as part of his religion.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h
White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there. No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h
Alarming — 🇺🇸 Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social denied access to military facilities in the Middle East: “Unprecedented. Hegseth is trying to cover up the extent of the damage from a war spiraling out of control. This should be unacceptable to everybody, Republican or Democrat.”
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 7h
BREAKING: We're asking the DOJ & Interior IGs to investigate Davey Hearn's prosecution They botched a $14M pool job & pinned it on an innocent citizen The judge said they shot first & asked questions later. @democracydefendersfund.org, Steptoe & WLG have questions of our own👇 -TN
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 3h
The status quo is not enough.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h
Trump stole millions of dollars from us to buy those campaign ads. Of course he won't pay us back. He's a criminal who should be in prison right now.
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Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads
A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 4h
NEW: On September 23rd, Cook Political Report shifted the Kansas senate race from "likely republican" to "lean republican." Today, they changed it to "toss up." www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/sen...
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A Senate Majority is Squarely in Democrats’ Sights as Kansas Moves to Toss Up; Two Other Races Shift Left
Four weeks out from Election Day, the Senate map is shifting further in Democrats’ favor — and with it, their odds of winning back the majority.While Republicans continue to have a financial edge in a...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 5h
Mike Rogers is watching you.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 5h
It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.
The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.
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JewelzinAZ @jewelzinaz.bsky.social · 20h
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump's people are using blue curtains to hide empty seats at this evening's rally in Grand Island, Nebraska. Those accurate reports of poor turnout in Ohio and Alabama *really* got under his skin.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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🔵Blue Dot Buckeye🔵#Blues 🦋💙🌊🗽🌪️ @buckivotesblue.bsky.social · 6h
And the money for the ads that have ran already MUST BE REFUNDED! Vote Blue to restore a check on this corrupt, rogue administration! #Midterms #HatchAct #TrumpCrimeFamily #MaraLagoMafia #FDT #GOPCorruption #Blues
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Iowa Capital Dispatch @iowacapitaldispatch.com · 2h
As President Donald Trump refuses to rule out taking extreme action in the midterm elections, voting rights advocates and civil rights leaders are bolstering their voter protection efforts in anticipation of possible federal interference, Jonathan Shorman reports.
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Voting rights advocates organize volunteers to track potential intimidation at the polls • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Voting rights advocates are bolstering their voter protection efforts in anticipation of possible federal interference.
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Jane Norman @janenorman.bsky.social · 2h
FEDERAL INTERFERENCE AT THE POLLS? Voting rights advocates organize volunteers to track potential intimidation at the polls--story by @jonshorman.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/voti...
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Voting rights advocates organize volunteers to track potential intimidation at the polls
As President Donald Trump refuses to rule out taking extreme action in the midterm elections, voting rights advocates and civil rights leaders are bolstering their voter protection efforts in anticipa...
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 2h
Some organizations are preparing to deploy volunteers to the polls to help assure voters in places where fear of federal intimidation may run high. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/06/r...
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Voting rights advocates organize volunteers to track potential intimidation at the polls • Wisconsin Examiner
As President Trump refuses to rule out taking extreme action in the midterms, voting rights advocates are bolstering voter protection efforts
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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 3h
As President Donald Trump refuses to rule out taking extreme action in the midterm elections, voting rights advocates and civil rights leaders are bolstering their voter protection efforts in anticipation of possible federal interference, reports @jonshorman@bsky.social.
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Voting rights advocates organize volunteers to track potential intimidation at the polls • West Virginia Watch
On Tuesday, several groups launched Vote Safe, an initiative that will put local volunteers at polling locations in areas where they say pressure on Black, Latino and Asian voters is highest.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h
Inexplicable to me that Leta Mitchell hasn't yet been disbarred. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3h
NEW: Anti-voting lawyer Cleta Mitchell and election denier Tina Peters are both pushing a scheme to have Trump's commerce secretary seize voting machines as part of a broader effort to interfere in the midterms. But legal experts say their scheme is way off base and blatantly unconstitutional.
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump's commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 7h
The U.S. is refusing OSCE election observers for the first time in over two decades, joining Russia and Belarus, while sending 1,000 DOJ monitors of its own. A former U.S. ambassador to the OSCE says countries usually do this when they know their elections are unfair. www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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General Guinan @madmaudlin.bsky.social · 5h
Couldn’t be more transparent that they are going to cheat www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Local Resister @projectspacetime.bsky.social · 4h
He’s. Telling. All. Of. Us. What. He’s. Going. To. Do. The DNC is fully unaware the steal is about to happen.
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 4h
International Observers from OSCE have been invited to see our elections for more than 20 years -- and allowed us to demonstrate to the world our free and fair elections. Why does the Trump Administration not want the world to see how we vote in America? #holdfast #corruption
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 4h
“Refusing election observers is usually something that countries in a position of weakness do, when they know that they have corrupt or unfair elections."
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Intimidation Feared as Trump DOJ Boosts Its Own Election Monitors While Rejecting International Observers
International election observers criticize Trump's refusal to invite OSCE to monitor US midterms, raising concerns of voter intimidation. Is the administration trying to manipulate the elections?
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4h
NEW: In a major break from past norms, the Trump administration sent criminal prosecutors and an FBI agent to monitor voters in Arizona's primaries earlier this year. The push comes as Trump exerts pressure on state elections as part of an ongoing attempt to find fraud before the midterms.
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DOJ dispatched criminal prosecutors, FBI agent to monitor Arizona’s primary, documents reveal
The deployments mark a major break from past departmental norms.
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Congresswoman Analilia Mejia @repanalilia.bsky.social · 3h
This should alarm every American. Trump is shutting out independent election observers while preparing to send his own DOJ monitors to polling places. That's a page out of Putin's playbook. Our elections belong to the people — not Donald Trump.
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 3h
This should be considered a 5-alarm democracy fire.
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★Kristen Elizabeth★ @kristenstaar.bsky.social · 6h
Garcia is Salvadoran. They want to send him to West Africa. Why? (Because dump made 'deals' with Liberia's "leaders") apnews.com/article/kilm...
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Kilmar Ábrego Garcia is set to be back in court as he battles deportation to Liberia
Kilmar Ábrego Garcia will be back in federal court in Maryland as the government keeps trying to deport him.
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