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@ysabee.bsky.social
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Mother, traveler, environmentalist, civil rights enthusiast, systems engineer. I give a sh*t. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🌎🌻🌵

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h
Abandoning Ukraine will be a stain on the United States for the rest of time
Screenshot of a statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reporting a Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv targeting critical energy infrastructure, including the CHPP-4 power plant. Zelenskyy says a residential building was also damaged and caught fire, warns of further Russian missile attacks, and criticizes the lack of advance warnings from Ukraine’s partners. An accompanying nighttime photo shows flames engulfing part of a multistory residential building, with debris scattered across the ground.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump's DHS raids Rep. Omar's home because of paperwork filled out by her late father in 1995. The Trumpists are desperate. But loyalists at powerful agencies of the executive branch will obey orders. Desperation is dangerous. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lula (president of Brazil) “asked the court to investigate possible support from the Rockbridge Network, a [Peter Thiel-backed] conservative U.S. donor network co-founded by…JD Vance. It said a political organizer tied to the group works at Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign headquarters...” 10/4/26 …1/
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Lula seeks probe into possible US election interference
Lula’s coalition asked Brazil’s top electoral court to investigate actions benefiting Flávio Bolsonaro, while the Workers’ Party sought a Federal Police inquiry from the Supreme Court.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
👀 Author of Z-channel "UAV Developer," posted a video of Russian air defense systems in action in a harbor (likely in Novorossiysk), where a Ukrainian drone breaks through fire and hits a warship. The date of the footage is unknown.
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Jared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it.
All this time, while Defendants have refused to identify Does 4 and 5 or respond to Leo’s discovery requests, the six-month statute of limitations on his FTCA claims has nearly expired. So, on October 6, Leo sought Defendants’ consent to file an amended complaint that (1) adds his FTCA claims against the United States and (2) adds the names of Does 1, 2, and 3. These minimal changes are shown in a redline attached to this filing.
Defendants, however, refused to consent to Leo’s amendments because there is not a protective order in place. One of Defendants’ positions with respect to the protective order is that the “full legal names” of all government employees “should be confidential.” (ECF 109, at 2). That position, apparently, means that Defendants even oppose Leo identifying specific officers in his lawsuit against those very officers based on their misconduct in carrying out their public duties. Because Defendants will not consent to Leo’s amendments, Leo has filed this motion for leave.Justice also requires granting Leo leave to name the Doe officers as defendants. Despite DHS’s remarkable position that all government employees’ names are confidential, parties routinely sue government employees by name. In fact, Rule 10(a) “requires a complaint to ‘include the names of all the parties.’” Doe v. Frank, 951 F.2d 320, 322 (11th Cir. 1992) (per curiam) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a)). “Lawsuits are public events.” Id. Rule 10(a) “protects the public’s legitimate interest in knowing all of the facts involved, including the identity of the parties.” Id. Only in an “exceptional case” can a party’s name be withheld from the public. Id. And that bar is even higher for public employees since their employment “diminishes their privacy interests” given “the corresponding public interest in knowing how public employees are performing their jobs.” Stern v. FBI, 737 F.2d 84, 92 (D.C. Cir. 1984);
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 10/10/2026
Federal immigration officers opened fire on a Dominican man in New York because he drove his car into officers' vehicles and they believed their lives were in danger, a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday. to.pbs.org/4ibdV4C
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WATCH: Mullin says he won't pause immigration enforcement after NYC ICE shooting
Officers used their vehicles to block the man as he attempted to drive away, but he accelerated toward them, Marcos Charles said during a news conference with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayn...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA): "At this point in time in 2022, a little over 200,000 Virginians had voted. At this point in time in 2026, approximately 450,000 Virginians have voted early."
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
should be day 2 stories if Maine/national media pick up on fact Collins' lobbyist husband, Tom Daffron, worked closely - for years - with Scott Reed, a key player in the corruption scandal @andrewperez.bsky.social & @martinpengelly.bsky.social wrote about that in June zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...
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Susan Collins’s Husband Worked for the Lobbyist Running Her Super PAC
The Maine senator's husband apparently consulted last year for the lobbyist leading Pine Tree Results PAC, documents show.
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midwest-voter.bsky.social @midwest-voter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@formerpreznez.bsky.social is not new to public service and does not hold allegiance to a person or party. He is an advocate for people over party and working to resolve kitchen table issues such as democracy and lowering costs #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1  #SheShed
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 23/09/2026
Big win for Seattle consumers 🛒 Today we passed Fair Pricing legislation, banning companies from using your personal data to charge you more than the person next to you. Same product, same store, same price — no matter who’s pushing the cart.
Photo of a bag of groceries with the text “Seattle Becomes First City to Ban Algorithmic Price Fixing”"Food is an essential good that's getting more expensive all the time," said Mayor Katie Wilson.
"People have been clear: they don't want their data fed into algorithms that decide how much they pay at the grocery store.
Everyone deserves transparent pricing and equal treatment, not hidden systems that charge some shoppers more than others.”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026
whenever i hear some variation on "but what if trump does X or Y or Z" i think of this ulysses s. grant remark to a subordinate during the wilderness campaign.
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
One of the signatures on here is former Arizona State University professor Lawrence Krauss who was ousted from his position after sexual assault allegations. He also openly defended Jeffrey Epstein, who funneled a bunch of money to Krauss and his projects.
Jeffrey Epstein, Lawrence Krauss and Steven Pinker appear in a photo of the ASU Origins Project fifth anniversary dinner in 2014, originally posted on the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation Facebook Page
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Ewe of Eh has conferred the most doctoral degrees to Native Americans of any University in the U.S. Partnering with the Gila River Indian Community, they have now set up the first medical school branch on (current) Tribal Lands. 🙌🏼
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U of A and Gila River Health Care (an entity of the Gila River Indian Community) launch nation's first MD-granting medical school branch within a Tribal Nation
A landmark partnership reflects a new approach to preparing physicians for Tribal, rural and medically underserved communities.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 13/08/2026
Farewell to the Press Sec who happily covered up the Epstein files, but drew the line at being abandoned by the President on a plane he thought would be shot down.
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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
💙💛 Cruel torment as Russia hides even the Ukrainian POWs and civilian hostages it is openly persecuting The obstacles Russia is placing against relatives and others finding out where Ukrainians are held prisoner mean that none is safe khpg.org/en/1608815964
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Cruel torment as Russia hides even the Ukrainian POWs and civilian hostages it is openly persecuting
Although those POWs, civilian hostages held incommunicado, without any status, remain most in danger, the obstacles Russia is placing against relatives and others finding out where Ukrainians are held...
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Cathy @crutherford.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
@afterthemarch.bsky.social www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Dems Move Closer to Control of House with Surprising Results in AZ02 Poll
Jonathan Nez, a former president of the Navajo Nation and renowned long-distance runner, is storming to the lead to help Democrats win the mid-term elections with a crucial pickup in Congressional…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/07/2026
These brainsmaxxers at DOJ can't even spell Todd Blanche's name correctly. Call your senators and ask them to VOTE NO on Tord Brunch!
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Geopolitis Mionnet D @geopolitis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
La rencontre Zelensky-Trump de ce 29 juillet 2026 très positive pour l'Ukraine. Le président ukrainien repart de Washington avec deux trophées : un paquet de sanctions historiques adopté au Sénat et un accord de principe pour que l’Ukraine produise elle-même des intercepteurs antimissiles Patriot.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/07/2026
really think that if democrats hold any chamber of congress next year that a condition of passing a budget is the removal of russ vought, who has a genuinely tyrannical vision of presidential power and is a focal point of the lawlessness of the trump administration
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
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Fire clouds over Collins, Ontario as community members flee their homes by boat
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/07/2026
The SAVE Act is part of Trump's "larger drive to make government interactions as frustrating, time-consuming, and clunky as possible—with the end goal of netting financial or political gain for him, his family, his friends, and his enablers."
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Trump Is Making Government Worse on Purpose
Instead of seeking to simplify and improve citizens’ lives, this administration keeps creating new obstacles and burdens.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Yale is on the verge of cutting a deal with Trump to change its admission procedures. Reminder for any school dealing with Trump's extortion: You can't appease a tyrant. Surrendering to authoritarianism only invites more of it.
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Yale Loses the Capitulation Bowl - The American Prospect
The university’s president embarrasses herself in trying to give in to Trump blackmail.
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Captain Coal @coalj.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Dear lord, there were good people on both sides. The good Romans were simply waiting for the midterms to vote the ones who persecuted you out of power.
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Ysabee @ysabee.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Support your local drag queens. #aclu #transrights
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The Stranger @thestranger.com · 23/07/2026
Seattle City Council pulled a 180 today, deciding that hungry kids actually should get fed.
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Seattle City Council Revives Universal School Meals - The Stranger
So it turns out students may get universal free school meals this fall after all! This afternoon, Seattle City Council President Joy Hollingsworth and Councilmembers Dionne Foster and Dan Strauss anno...
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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
New York is now the first U.S. state to put a pause on construction, but the fight isn’t over. This EO is not as strong as the bill passed by the Legislature that is still awaiting Hochul’s signature. In the meantime, we’ll continue the fight to fully protect people and the planet from data centers.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/07/2026
central virginia folks, consider supporting the blue ridge area food bank www.brafb.org
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Blue Ridge Area Food Bank | Nourishing Our Community
Empowering Central & Western Virginia with nutritious food. Join us in our mission to end hunger—volunteer, donate, or find help today.
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Ysabee @ysabee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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God @thegodshow.com · 21/07/2026
The news media thinks “defund the police” is some form of gotcha but the truth is that police budgets are way too high and teachers’ salaries are way too low.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21/07/2026
I think the Governor of Kentucky has every right and responsibility to either see Mitch or declare the seat vacant.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The military just identified 19-year-old Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton, TX, as one of the service members killed Friday in an Iranian strike on an air base in Jordan. A literal teenager dead! How many more lives lost before we demand answers?! www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/u...
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Isabella Gonzales, 19-year-old Army private from Carrollton, killed in Iranian strike on Jordan, Pentagon says
Gonzales was killed in action on Friday during an Iranian strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, the Pentagon said.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 19/07/2026
Are we sure it wasn't the fashion police?
Andrew Tate getting arrested in an open purple shirt and navy pedal pushers Pedal pushers do not flatter Mr Tate
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⚖️ 💋 @moonluna34.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Save Chaco Canyon!!! Any American citizen can leave public comment… please take a moment. It’s super easy! Link below. Thank you 🙏🏻 #Pinks
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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 17/07/2026
WCK teams are again able to return to the south of Lebanon and reopen a community kitchen in Kfour that will provide hot meals to families who stayed or have returned home. On our journey there, this is what we saw. #ChefsForLebanon #FoodIsLife
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AshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Haaland is Pure Class,not just as a Player but as a Person.Former teammates at B.Dortmund Erling Haaland has said the only thing that surprises him about the "unbelievable" Jude Bellingham is the amount of criticism he receives -- insisting the England midfielder is "one of the best in the world."
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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 12/07/2026
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it looks like we're in for another round of public land attacks from President Trump this week.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/07/2026
Just noticed the prescience of my kitchen towels.
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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I haven't written much about ICE murdering Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. It's enraging and heartbreaking. It's one more example of why ICE needs to be disbanded. But it also speaks to how we need to impeach, convict, and remove Trump, Markwayne Mullin, and the rest. They have to go! NOW! 🧵
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo called Houston home for 35 years. On Tuesday, an ICE agent shot and killed him. His family learned of his death from a video before anyone bothered to knock on their door.
New York City stands with the Salgado family in demanding a full, independent investigation and real accountability. To the Salgado family and any immigrant family in this city living in fear: we grieve with you and we will continue to stand beside you in the pursuit of justice.
Abolish ICE.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/06/2026
Hell yeah 👏🏽
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
From expanding access to healthcare to leading our country out of economic crisis, Barack Obama's presidency is a hopeful reminder to all of us that change is possible. It was an honor to celebrate that legacy with Gabby at the Obama Presidential Library opening in Chicago today.
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Mr. KnowItSome @breakyouryesterday.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Trump thinks asylum seekers are from mental asylums because he's an idiot.
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Mr. KnowItSome @breakyouryesterday.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Everything Trump touches turns to shit
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Casually Revolting @doggeddays.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
SCOTUS reform needs to be priority #1. John Roberts has destroyed this country and if we don't get him out of power he'll continue to run us into hell.
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Casually Revolting @doggeddays.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Priority #1 if we want to survive
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
"Regarding Ukraine, the United States approved, for the first time, a text stating that it is no longer a neutral mediator, but rather supports Ukraine’s territorial integrity, provides military assistance, helps with the energy sector, and imposes sanctions on Russia." - French President Macron.
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Casually Revolting @doggeddays.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What a racket
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Ysabee @ysabee.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Gender affirming care 🤜🏽🤛🏽
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Ysabee @ysabee.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Done! Thanks for sharing!
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