Deb Knutsen
@debknutsen.bsky.social
Retired nurse after 40 years. I get to experience being a Harry Potter, LOTR and Star Wars nerd full time. I am a widowed lesbian whose awesome wife left her 5 cats🤦♀️. No DM's please. Jamais etre pris vivant.🏳️🌈🇺🇸💜🧚♀️🇧🇻
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Train wreck if the courts approve this:
"Jonathan Smith, president of the American Postal Workers Union, which represents 200,000 agency workers across the country, said no one in the union had received any training on how to use the new system."
"Jonathan Smith, president of the American Postal Workers Union, which represents 200,000 agency workers across the country, said no one in the union had received any training on how to use the new system."
USPS Is Building a Mail-In Ballot Screening System Despite Legal Battles Over Trump Order
Election officials warn that the creation of a new online portal for states to upload voter information is already fueling confusion and could ultimately disenfranchise voters.
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Train wreck if the courts approve this:
"Jonathan Smith, president of the American Postal Workers Union, which represents 200,000 agency workers across the country, said no one in the union had received any training on how to use the new system."
"Jonathan Smith, president of the American Postal Workers Union, which represents 200,000 agency workers across the country, said no one in the union had received any training on how to use the new system."
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What choice did he have? He took control if his own death, since America sentanced him to die.
What choice did he have? He took control if his own death, since America sentanced him to die.
JD Vance’s Springfield Lie Looks Even Uglier Now
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtube.com
September 2, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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What choice did he have? He took control if his own death, since America sentanced him to die.
What choice did he have? He took control if his own death, since America sentanced him to die.
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Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
www.tampabay.com/news/2026/08...
www.tampabay.com/news/2026/08...
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
ICE sent them away under a controversial policy without knowing where they were going or what would happen next.
www.tampabay.com
September 1, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
www.tampabay.com/news/2026/08...
www.tampabay.com/news/2026/08...
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Yikes — Haley Stevens staffer was doubling as a Palantir consultant
Don’t you just hate when that happens? Who among us hasn’t accidentally hired a Palantir consultant! 🤷🏼♀️
Don’t you just hate when that happens? Who among us hasn’t accidentally hired a Palantir consultant! 🤷🏼♀️
July 23, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Yikes — Haley Stevens staffer was doubling as a Palantir consultant
Don’t you just hate when that happens? Who among us hasn’t accidentally hired a Palantir consultant! 🤷🏼♀️
Don’t you just hate when that happens? Who among us hasn’t accidentally hired a Palantir consultant! 🤷🏼♀️
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BREAKING: Justice Department agrees to withdraw subpoenas issued to New York Times reporters in
leak investigation related to new Air Force One jet.
Withdrawal of subpoenas follows hearing before NY federal judge, who indicated he was inclined to quash the subpoenas.
leak investigation related to new Air Force One jet.
Withdrawal of subpoenas follows hearing before NY federal judge, who indicated he was inclined to quash the subpoenas.
July 23, 2026 at 7:23 PM
BREAKING: Justice Department agrees to withdraw subpoenas issued to New York Times reporters in
leak investigation related to new Air Force One jet.
Withdrawal of subpoenas follows hearing before NY federal judge, who indicated he was inclined to quash the subpoenas.
leak investigation related to new Air Force One jet.
Withdrawal of subpoenas follows hearing before NY federal judge, who indicated he was inclined to quash the subpoenas.
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Reporter: Isn’t there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism?
AOC: They want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here
AOC: They want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here
July 23, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Reporter: Isn’t there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism?
AOC: They want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here
AOC: They want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here
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Christopher Nolan said he's only seen the crew applaud an actor on set twice in his career. This first was Heath Ledger as the Joker, the second was Samantha Morton as Circe in THE ODYSSEY.
July 23, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Christopher Nolan said he's only seen the crew applaud an actor on set twice in his career. This first was Heath Ledger as the Joker, the second was Samantha Morton as Circe in THE ODYSSEY.
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🔥DR. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “ICE has nothing to do with immigration. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets, weaponizing the idea of immigration against the Constitution. ICE cannot be reformed, retrained… ICE has to be ABOLISHED.”
(And held accountable)
(And held accountable)
July 21, 2026 at 1:33 PM
🔥DR. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “ICE has nothing to do with immigration. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets, weaponizing the idea of immigration against the Constitution. ICE cannot be reformed, retrained… ICE has to be ABOLISHED.”
(And held accountable)
(And held accountable)
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Hot take: if we simply refuse to quit, we've already won half the battle.
Not a small half. HALF.
Staying in the fight IS the fight.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Not a small half. HALF.
Staying in the fight IS the fight.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Don't Lose Heart: A Blueprint for Staying in the Fight
The most important battle we face isn't in Congress, in the courts, or at the ballot box. It's the one happening right now inside each of us.
open.substack.com
March 18, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Hot take: if we simply refuse to quit, we've already won half the battle.
Not a small half. HALF.
Staying in the fight IS the fight.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Not a small half. HALF.
Staying in the fight IS the fight.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Outrageous.
Stripping Liam Conejo Ramos and his family of asylum is beyond cruel and indefensible.
This decision must be overturned. Shame.
Stripping Liam Conejo Ramos and his family of asylum is beyond cruel and indefensible.
This decision must be overturned. Shame.
Judge ends asylum claims for Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, orders family's removal
The family’s lawyers plan to appeal the judge’s decision to deport the family to Ecuador.
www.mprnews.org
March 19, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Outrageous.
Stripping Liam Conejo Ramos and his family of asylum is beyond cruel and indefensible.
This decision must be overturned. Shame.
Stripping Liam Conejo Ramos and his family of asylum is beyond cruel and indefensible.
This decision must be overturned. Shame.
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it’s incredibly blackpilling to me that it takes rising gas prices and rising gas prices alone to have people turn against the war in iran, and not the american government murdering thousands of children and civilians in iran. americans are incredibly selfish
March 19, 2026 at 4:35 AM
it’s incredibly blackpilling to me that it takes rising gas prices and rising gas prices alone to have people turn against the war in iran, and not the american government murdering thousands of children and civilians in iran. americans are incredibly selfish
"Lawyers for the plaintiffs, who argue that Meta intentionally designed its social media platforms to be addictive,..."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Zuckerberg grilled in landmark social media trial over teen mental health
Meta chief says it has improved identifying underage users but adds ‘I always wish we could have gotten there sooner’
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:21 AM
"Lawyers for the plaintiffs, who argue that Meta intentionally designed its social media platforms to be addictive,..."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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None of this is normal
February 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
None of this is normal
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WATCH — @gomez.house.gov interviews Rep. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social : “I think 🇺🇸 has been lied to about who these people are in ICE detention. That stereotype has so consumed what we think of immigrants that we’ll put a 5-year-old kid who’s done nothing wrong in prison.”
February 14, 2026 at 5:27 AM
WATCH — @gomez.house.gov interviews Rep. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social : “I think 🇺🇸 has been lied to about who these people are in ICE detention. That stereotype has so consumed what we think of immigrants that we’ll put a 5-year-old kid who’s done nothing wrong in prison.”
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NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.
LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas
The unwelcome facility would detain up to 9,500 people
meidasnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.