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Jo Ostgarden.bsky.social
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Jill of many trades; master of none ‘cept my MA from UA (former journalist).☮️Still imagining all the people living here in peace. 🏳️‍🌈Ally✊🏾BLM Ally ☯️Trans Ally 🪬🌊🔬Ally 🔵BlueCrew 🔵PressFreedom 🔵ClimateWarrior ⛔️MAGA/Porn/FansOnly ⛔️DMs=BLOCK
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Doing the Work Corporate Media Consistently Fails to Do
Sept. 11 Victims’ Lawsuit Against Saudi Government Can Go to Trial, Judge Rules
Information uncovered by plaintiffs has already undermined the FBI’s conclusion that two U.S.-based Saudi officials “unwittingly” helped al-Qaida hijackers after they arrived in America.
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Does this sound like a great country?

In the last year, there were more than 49,000 cases of abductions and kidnappings in the United States, according to FBI data. There were only —only!—145 cases, less than 1%, in Guthrie’s age group—80 to 89 years old, according to statistics.
'This kidnapping violates all the rules': Why cracking the Nancy Guthrie case has been so hard — Los Angeles Times
The case took another bizarre turn Wednesday morning when TMZ announced that the outlet received a letter demanding a payment of one bitcoin — about $67,000 — in exchange for the name of Guthrie's kid...
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February 12, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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Georgia is expected to lose $2.5 billion this year because of data center tax exemptions, according to @goodjobsfirst.org.

goodjobsfirst.org/georgia-data...
February 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Swalwell details death threats he and his wife and children have gotten and points out that the DOJ has refused to prosecute some of them
February 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Moskowitz: "Obviously Jeanine Pirro is hitting the box wine again"
February 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Watch Senator Kelly and me speak to the press LIVE at 12 PM today from the Senate.
www.youtube.com/live/zqjCPef...
LIVE: Senators Slotkin and Kelly hold press conference on failed grand jury indictment
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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😂😂😂
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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February 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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An image we won't soon forget. Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to look at Epstein survivors pictured behind her on the Hill today.
February 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Today’s performance by Pam Bondi was not only unacceptable, it was clearly a smoke screen for a coverup, and her anger is at herself because her shattered moral compass still has a pulse.
February 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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Trump tried to imprison Senators for stating the law, saying things he didn't like.

This is a disgusting and corrupt abuse of power—as un-American as it gets.

But guess what? Trump doesn't call all of the shots. And the PEOPLE rejected this sham indictment. Keep speaking out.
Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:

Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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Weren't GOP senators demanding $500k because the DOJ researched their call records on January 6th?
"It is totally inappropriate and against the separations of powers for the DOJ to surveil us as we search the Epstein files. (US Attorney General) Bondi showed up today with a burn book that held a printed search history of exactly what emails I searched." - Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA).
February 12, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Please people! Lots on our table but this is absolutely undoable once it begins….
The landmark law that has saved whales, dolphins, sea otters, and seals for over 50 years is now in need of saving.

Congress wants to take a sledgehammer to the Marine Mammal Protection Act and push whales, dolphins, and other wildlife to the brink of extinction.

act.oceana.org/page/177520/...
Defend the Marine Mammal Protection Act | Take Action with Oceana | OCEANA - Protecting the World's Oceans
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February 12, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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The landmark law that has saved whales, dolphins, sea otters, and seals for over 50 years is now in need of saving.

Congress wants to take a sledgehammer to the Marine Mammal Protection Act and push whales, dolphins, and other wildlife to the brink of extinction.

act.oceana.org/page/177520/...
Defend the Marine Mammal Protection Act | Take Action with Oceana | OCEANA - Protecting the World's Oceans
act.oceana.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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People who is going to stop them? Today Bondi laughed and smiled about it
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken.

“I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold.

The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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And you’re gonna file and force a vote on articles of impeachment against this predator imprisoning three times as many people in concentration camps as the Nazis did in 1939….when??? @raskin.house.gov
Congressmen Jamie Raskin said today that. Trump is mentioned in the totality of the Epstein files 1 million times - not a typo
February 11, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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In the millions of documents in the Epstein Files, not a single Republican, millionaire, Commerce Secretary, Congressman, businessman, CEO, political pundit, or billionaire saying “I’m going to report you to law enforcement.”

None. Nada. ZERO.
February 12, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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NEW: A page from Bondi's burn book. This is a list of the searches by Rep Jayapal of the unredacted Epstein files. That means the DOJ grabbed her search terms from the computers they set up for members of congress to view the Epstein files to use as ammunition. The photo is from Reuters.
February 11, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Let’s hear it for the Canadians! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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JUST IN: Judge blocks Trump admin's transfer to supermax prison in Colorado of 20 former death row inmates whose sentences were commuted by Biden. Trump appointee Tim Kelly says DOJ violated due process rights with 'predetermined' decision. w/@kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Judge halts transfer of former federal death row inmates to ‘supermax’ prison
Attorney General Pam Bondi had vowed to transfer the prisoners.
www.politico.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Pure chutzpah or cognitive dissonance?
February 11, 2026 at 11:14 PM
This is the nonsense Fox is amplifying. Please show up for the March 28 No Kings in your area and prove to them we don’t need to be paid to protest.
February 11, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
THIS
February 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM