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Sandy Shearer
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70 yr old Wife Mom and Grandma 👵 Scared to death for what’s coming
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“That’s not what we do,” a former official involved with the discussions said. “We deliver mail. We don’t decide what goes and what doesn’t.”
The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
www.propublica.org
September 29, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/a...
Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say (Gift Article)
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Corrupt Susan Collins saved by a Kash Patel and Pam Bondi cover up. bsky.app/profile/prop...
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · 10d
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign.

The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.

Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
September 22, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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nothoodlum.bsky.social
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.”

Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
September 18, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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elliemaeohagan.bsky.social
I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem
September 3, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
Haha, a more fitting logo for Google.
August 31, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Same. This was a craven act of capitulation that should be embarrassing for everyone involved.
prchovanec.bsky.social Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Aug 27
Never forgiving Apple or Google for participating in this bullshit.
August 27, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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prchovanec.bsky.social
Never forgiving Apple or Google for participating in this bullshit.
August 27, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
My open letter to David Ellison newsletters.democracydocket.com/my-open-/let...
My open letter to David Ellison
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August 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
How is Ken Paxton able to own at least 15 real estate properties worth around $9 million—including a $1 million property in Hawaii with an ocean view—on his government salary of $153,000 per year?

Explain it to me like I’m five.
July 31, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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princess-vimentin.bsky.social
I have been shouting this for a while now.

The message to scientists:

"Your funding is safe as long as your work, your institution or public statements remain acceptable to the Trump administration."

This would go into effect BEFORE the midterm elections.
🧪 www.propublica.org/article/fede...
How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery
A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled th...
www.propublica.org
July 27, 2026 at 11:46 PM
sandy1933.bsky.social
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
Remember why they are in the US in the first place: the Trump administration lobbying on their behalf to free them from Romania.
lucagalletti.bsky.social Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · Jul 19
Andrew and Tristan Tate
arrested in Miami on charges of rape and sex trafficking.

UK to seek extradition over sexual exploitation, 'extreme pornography' and assault and indecent images of a child.

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...
July 19, 2026 at 1:10 AM
sandy1933.bsky.social
National embarrassment Every Single Time.
July 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
"In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
July 4, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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A judge is NOW demanding answers about the giant tarp covering the Kennedy Center.

When your response to a court order is “fine, nobody gets to see it”…that’s not governing. That’s a toddler tantrum.

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Judge Demands Answers From Trump on Giant Tarp at Kennedy Center
The president was ordered to take his name off the prestigious theater, and now there’s a massive tarp covering the whole facade.
newrepublic.com
June 24, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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BREAKING: Over 100 former judges, @DDFund_ & @LDADemocracy have lodged a massive complaint w/ NY bar to investigate acting AG Todd Blanche for

*Trump slush fund

*DOJ political retribution

*Epstein Files fiasco

We have never seen anything like this

www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/06.22.26...
TODD BLANCHE MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR PATTERN OF SERIOUS ETHICAL MISCONDUCT
Today, Democracy Defenders Fund, Lawyers Defending American Democracy and a group of 101 former federal and state judges formally filed a comprehensive complaint in a letter to the New York State Bar,...
www.democracydefendersfund.org
June 23, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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I received an unusually large number of messages telling me to work less and take care of myself. I took this as a sign to take the weekend off.

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June 20, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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votebiue.bsky.social
When pups get excited to see the Grands!
June 19, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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justice0509.bsky.social
The paint is literally peeling away, folks!! A total ‘reflection’ of this administration’s absolute ineptitude at a $14M cost to taxpayers.

We great yet?! 😡

#ReflectingPool #Alge #EpicFail
June 18, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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Frustrated by Courts, Trump Weighed Suspending a Constitutional Right www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...
Frustrated by Courts, Trump Weighed Suspending a Constitutional Right
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June 15, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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crazy to think that perhaps because trump is not an ideologue and is a little attentive to public sentiment he is less likely to go full tiananman square than miller and vance
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 15
"Vance got to the point. They needed to invoke the Insurrection Act, swiftly, to crush the unrest in Minnesota. It would be painful in the short term, he said, but the message it would send — that paid agitators can't get away with disrupting ICE operations — would make sure no one tried it again."
Frustrated by Courts, Trump Weighed Suspending a Constitutional Right
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June 15, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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antheabutler.bsky.social
Just think when it happens the whole country will look like nyc tonight
June 14, 2026 at 4:03 AM
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maxkennerly.bsky.social
Vanderbilt & Wash U both have massive investments in SpaceX; they provided working capital for DOGE's attacks on science, academia, and humanity as a whole. Their admins believe the fascists will do them favors and make them rich, and that's the entire explanation for the chancellors' "report."
mattseybold.bsky.social Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · Jun 12
The AAUP chapters at Vanderbilt & Wash U have issued a joint statement denouncing the “State of Scholarship” report commissioned by their chancellors.

Please, let’s make this as widely read as the gaslighting to which it responds.
Joint Statement on the "State of Scholarship" Report The Vanderbilt University and Washington University chapters of the American Association of University Professors express our profound disagreement with the "State of Scholarship" report commissioned by our universities' chancellors. The report distorts the state of humanistic and social scientific scholarship at our universities and in the academy overall. Worse, it proposes a shocking intrusion of university administration into faculty governance and portends greater threats to academic freedom that should concern all faculty. The report currently appears on Vanderbilt's website under the insignia of both Vanderbilt and Washington Universities. It is already receiving public condemnation. As the American Council of Learned Societies makes clear, the report is founded on false premises and anecdotal evidence and thus does nothing to "ensure deeper and more meaningful relations among scholars and members of the public." No doubt more rebuttals from scholars, departments, and professional societies will follow. It suffices for us to say that the report falls far short of the standards of political neutrality and disinterested inquiry it claims to champion. Historians, literary scholars, and anthropologists are singled out for caricature while the authors fail to acknowledge their own public biases against scholarship performed in the name of social justice. Nor does the report divulge its source of funding or conflicts of interest that may entail - standard practice for any work of humanistic or social scientific scholarship. In sum, the report is itself a clear example of "politicized" research that its authors attempt to decry. What is most alarming is the guidance the report offers to its intended audience of university chancellors and presidents. By falsely arguing that humanities and social science departments are in the throes of an epistemological crisis, the authors lay the groundwork for university adminis… Weakening faculty governance does nothing to solve the real challenges facing our universities, and undermines our ability to effectively address society's most profound problems and challenges, from the inequalities of wealth and white supremacy to the political consequences of climate change. Indeed, the direst threats to public trust in higher education are not philosophical debates about the nature of truth. Currently, the federal government is dramatically cutting funding for the humanities and social sciences as well as for the natural sciences, engineering, medicine, public health, and the arts. In response, university administrations have instituted austerity measures, even as administrative salaries and administrative positions have taken up an increasing share of decreasing budgets. The best way for scholars to cultivate diverse opinions and advance knowledge is by strengthening academic freedom. Political threats to higher education have degraded, and will continue to degrade, the quality of all fields of our universities' research, to the detriment of America's global standing. We note that the organizations now working most actively and successfully to defend academic free inquiry from politicized federal interference are not university leaders but the American Council of Learned Societies, the Modern Language Association, and the American Historical Association - professional societies of the very disciplines chastised by the report. We call on our chancellors to rescind the report and affirm their commitment to the intellectual autonomy of faculty, academic departments, and governing faculty bodies. Administrative interference into academic departments, as licensed by this report, is a violation of the standards of academic freedom that have made American universities the envy of the world. Rather than undermining these bedrock principles, administrators should vigorously and publicly defend them. Vanderbilt University AAUP vanderbiltaaup@gmail.com Wa…
June 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Senate Democrats called out the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday for reportedly taking a series of quiet steps to undermine federal voter protections this fall. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Dem senators ‘raise the alarm’ over DOJ pullback on voter protections
More than 20 senators sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that “continues to raise the alarm about DOJ’s involvement in the upcoming midterm elections for partisan political purposes...
www.democracydocket.com
June 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM