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MadKatsMum
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2 kiddos thru adoption and 4 bratty cats. Autism mom. Born in MD, grew up in upstate NY, & lived all over the US. Expat in Colombia, Peru and the UK. Landed in TX.
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kimmasters.bsky.social
Stay away from this man’s Nazi machine.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
Swalwell: I am running to be California’s next governor.
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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judithbolyard.bsky.social
Gymnastics Power Woman
shows how it's done... bravo!
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
WATCH— @abbydphillip to ben ferguson: “Hold on a second… we just played for people at home EXACTLY what the video says. You can’t then sit here and lie about that same video. It said you cannot follow ILLEGAL orders.”
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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atrupar.com
Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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drharmony.net
make this go viral please.
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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atrupar.com
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
NEW: "It takes a special kind of callousness to take away cancer patients’ hope—and for what? To score a quick political point?"

newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/trump-cut-...
Trump Cut Cancer Research That Could Save My Daughter’s Life
The human cost of this administration's war on science.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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adamkeiper.com
NEW: "The real threat to our understanding of the U.S. economy" is that "the Trump administration has been quietly snuffing out thousands of other data series, particularly those that might produce politically inconvenient results."

From our @crampell.bsky.social

www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-one...
Trump’s One Weird Trick for Eliminating Bad News: Delete It
The disappearance of inconvenient facts and the remaking of reality.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Here's the dismissal opinion in the Dana Briggs case. Everyone should read it.

Among other things it describes that none of the very celebrated (by DHS) arrests on September survived.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
2) With today’s dismissal of the Briggs criminal information, none of these cases remains pending today – all have been dismissed. 3) As the docket entries reflect in all five of the cases, the undersigned magistrate judge obtained a sworn statement from the affiants in each affidavit, at the time of complaint issuance, that not only were the affidavit allegations true, but that video evidence of the encounters existed, that the affiants had reviewed the video evidence, and that the video evidence corroborated the version of events set forth in the affidavits. Mazur (D.E. 11); Collins/Robledo (D.E. 26); Ivery (D.E. 13); and Briggs (D.E. 14). Yet: a. In Mazur, the government promptly dismissed the misdemeanor criminal complaint upon its disclosure that after the arrest, the government reviewed additional bodyworn camera footage of the encounter and then decided to drop the charges on October 7, 2025. Mazur (D.E. 11). As this case was charged as a misdemeanor, it appears not to have been presented to a federal grand jury. b. In Collins/Robledo, the government promptly dismissed the felony complaint on October 8, 2025, upon its disclosure that on October 7, the federal grand jury returned a “no bill” against these persons and thus refused to indict them on the felony Section 111 charge. Collins/Robledo (D.E. 26). During the dismissal hearing, the prosecutor referred to a third recent “no bill” case that was not identified further on the record. c. In Ivery, the government promptly dismissed the felony complaint on October 9, 2025, stating a basis on the record that had to do with Mr. Ivery’s medical or mental
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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unraveledpress.com
Contact info for trusted indie media in New Orleans prepping for Border Patrol:
drewcostley.bsky.social drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.bsky.social · 21h
ALERT: @veritenews.org has started a tip line for people to report ICE/CBP sightings in the greater New Orleans area ahead of the upcoming deployment of Border Patrol agents to the region. If you see an enforcement action, raid, illegal detainment, etc., please let us know!
Línea para reportar actividad de la Patrulla Fronteriza a Verite News Imagen de un QR code por el Signal applicación ¿Tiene información sobre las acciones de agentes de inmigración en el área de New Orleans? Mande mensaje a veritenews.22 en el Signal app. Verite News Border Patrol Watch Tip Line Image of a QR code for the Signal app Do you have information about the actions of border agents in greater New Orleans? Message veritenews.22 on Signal.
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Here it is in writing: over a month after a Border Patrol agent shot Marimar Martinez on Oct. 4 (later bragging about it), and after DHS called her & Anthony Santos Ruiz terrorists, their case has been dismissed with prejudice.

When Martinez left the courthouse tonight, it was supporters' applause.
Image text: ORDER The Court grants the government’s motion to dismiss the indictment and exonerate the defendants’ respective bonds. [69]. At the November 20, 2025 status hearing in this matter, defendants orally moved for the dismissal to be with prejudice, and the government did not oppose that request. The Court therefore dismisses the indictment as to defendants Martinez and Ruiz with prejudice. ENTER: Date: November 20, 2025 Georgia N. Alexakis United States District Judge
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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latimes.com
She started working in the fields when she was 11 to help her immigrant parents. She graduated from high school with a 4.0 GPA and attends college. She dreams of becoming a nurse. These are California’s child farmworkers

www.latimes.com/california/s...
California's child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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urocklive1.bsky.social
I don't usually repost memes, but this one really spoke to me.

This is something I would love to see happen.
Next time Trump asks a journalist, "Who are you with?" I hope they say, "The American People. Who are you with?"
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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alwaystheself.bsky.social
And years after Epstein was convicted for soliciting sex with a minor, Larry Summer’s wife - Elisa New - was soliciting money from the known predator and emailing him about *her* copy of Lolita. Sick people, truly.
theharvardcrimson.bsky.social The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 19h
In the winter of 2005, just after their wedding, Lawrence H. Summers and his wife, Elisa F. New, went to financier Jeffrey E. Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean during their honeymoon.

Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Visited Epstein’s Island During 2005 Honeymoon | News | The Harvard Crimson
In the winter of 2005, just after their wedding at Elmwood — the Harvard president’s official residence — Lawrence H. Summers and his wife, Elisa F. New, traded Cambridge’s cold for a warmer escape.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
Officials are facing threats and intimidation for resisting Trump’s plan. The situation is particularly alarming in Indiana, where four Republican lawmakers have been targeted in so-called “swatting” incidents after voting against a partisan redistricting session.
Those Who Resist Trump’s Gerrymander Bid Face Threats, Intimidation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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andrewperez.bsky.social
Trump wants to shield his Big Tech ballroom donors from state AI laws designed to protect people from "catastrophic risks" posed by irresponsible AI developers and algorithmic discrimination.

New at @zeteo.com zeteo.com/p/trump-ai-d...
Trump Wants to Shield His Big Tech Donors From State AI Laws
A draft order reviewed by Zeteo shows Trump wants to block state laws protecting people from “catastrophic risks” from AI and “algorithmic discrimination.”
zeteo.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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noahshachtman.bsky.social
this is not kosher www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Kristen Bell Is the Star of a New Jesus Podcast From Fox. No One Told Her
Fox's new Jesus podcast features Kristen Bell as the voice of Mary Magdalene. Bell, however, recorded the audio 15 years ago for a different project.
www.rollingstone.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
Nydia M. Velázquez, a prominent New York Democrat, announces she's retiring from Congress after 16 terms: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
Nydia Velázquez, a New York Trailblazer in Congress, to Retire Next Year
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Do these federal prosecutors understand that an "indictment" is a charging *document*? Like, the actual pages that formally charge someone with a crime?
MR. LEMONS: Thank you, Your Honor. Your Honor, the government's position and understanding of the way things proceeded is that there was only one indictment presented and that the -- I guess what Your Honor is referring to is the new indictment was, in fact, not a new indictment. The grand jury, through the entire course of events, had said, and was maintained and consistent, that they only no true billed Count One and they true billed Counts Two and Three, and that the edits to the indictment were only to reflect the voting of the grand jury and were not an actual new indictment in any way whatsoever.
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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schiff.senate.gov
Allowing Big Oil to drill off the coasts of California again will not deliver energy dominance.

It will bring extreme environmental risks, and future disasters.

California will fight this.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump officials unveil plan to drill off California, sparking a fight
The Interior Department proposed a five-year plan that would allow offshore oil exploration off the coasts of California, Alaska and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
Bolts reported in August on some of what it could mean for immigration if the consent decree ends: boltsmag.org/new-orleans-...
The NOPD is currently constrained from asking about immigration status or partaking in almost all immigration enforcement activities by a federal consent decree, which supersedes state law. But the decree is not long for this world: A judge in January granted a joint request by New Orleans officials and Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill for a “sustainment period” that would wind down federal monitoring over two years. The protections may end even sooner; the city and Murrill are currently asking a federal appeals court to terminate the consent decree immediately. That’d remove a core bulwark against data-sharing, which has some advocates very nervous about the facial recognition ordinance. “If they approve this, it’s going to be catastrophic,” Edith Romero, an organizer with the groups Union Migrante and Eye on Surveillance, told Bolts.
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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altstategov.altgov.info
Seems like the timing of this and the plans to focus on NOLA is not just a coincidence.
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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jonseidel.bsky.social
NEW: Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes on the many dismissed cases tied to Midway Blitz:

"The Court cannot help but note just how unusual and possibly unprecedented it is for the U.S. Attorney's Office in this district to charge so hastily."

Read the opinion: cst.brightspotcdn.com/14/e7/bd8a48...
cst.brightspotcdn.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM