Maura M
@mauramac.bsky.social
California is the best place in the world.
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The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.
www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...
The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.
www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...
February 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.
www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...
The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.
www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-...
Riveting story about one of the scariest things this administration is doing that you’ve never heard of. Long but 100% worth the read.
wapo.st/4rtfCw8
Gift article
wapo.st/4rtfCw8
Gift article
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
wapo.st
February 4, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Riveting story about one of the scariest things this administration is doing that you’ve never heard of. Long but 100% worth the read.
wapo.st/4rtfCw8
Gift article
wapo.st/4rtfCw8
Gift article
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Insane corruption
February 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Insane corruption
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Ocean Beach this morning… just wow!!
February 1, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Ocean Beach this morning… just wow!!
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Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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and we are not over reacting
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 PM
and we are not over reacting
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When you do business with Uline, you're helping fund fascism.
A resignation and call to conscience at company owned by Maga billionaires
Uline employee says she can no longer work for people who helped ‘America descend into fascism’
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:21 PM
When you do business with Uline, you're helping fund fascism.
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They do not have that right. This is authoritarian action in advance of doing it more broadly to steal the midterms.
@normornstein.bsky.social I had to idea they could send in federal agents to search State voting rolls and take them as evidence. Am I a dummy?
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is executing a search warrant at a Fulton County election office in Georgia related to the 2020 election, a law enforcement official familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 AM
They do not have that right. This is authoritarian action in advance of doing it more broadly to steal the midterms.
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The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota’s attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s neck of murder.
www.pbs.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU
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An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
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Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
January 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
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Frost: People should know that them cutting your healthcare, them cutting nutritional assistance, SNAP benefits, all this stuff—they're cutting that from working people so they can give ICE money to go terrorize our communities.
January 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Frost: People should know that them cutting your healthcare, them cutting nutritional assistance, SNAP benefits, all this stuff—they're cutting that from working people so they can give ICE money to go terrorize our communities.
“Excessive force by officers is not new. What is novel for the United States is the use of federal power afterward to stifle investigation and shield wrongdoing. That turn—from lethal force to enforced impunity—is an abuse of authority and a hallmark of authoritarian governance.”
The Minnesota Case Gets Uglier
The shooting was abominable. Washington’s response is worse.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
“Excessive force by officers is not new. What is novel for the United States is the use of federal power afterward to stifle investigation and shield wrongdoing. That turn—from lethal force to enforced impunity—is an abuse of authority and a hallmark of authoritarian governance.”
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Please give a thought to people whose New Year’s Eve was spent in bomb shelters because a criminal invader was trying to destroy their energy infrastructure.
‼️ How Russia attacked Ukraine on New Year's Eve: a map of the flight of enemy targets.
Main directions: Lutsk, Volyn, Odesa, Konotop, Zatoka. The main target is energy infrastructure.
Main directions: Lutsk, Volyn, Odesa, Konotop, Zatoka. The main target is energy infrastructure.
January 1, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Please give a thought to people whose New Year’s Eve was spent in bomb shelters because a criminal invader was trying to destroy their energy infrastructure.
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Jack Smith spent more than 8 hours answering questions in a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee on Dec 17
It’s worth watching — you can see why Smith wanted to testify publicly — and why the committee waited until New Year’s Eve to release the video
youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
It’s worth watching — you can see why Smith wanted to testify publicly — and why the committee waited until New Year’s Eve to release the video
youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
Jack Smith Deposition
YouTube video by House Judiciary GOP
https://youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
January 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Jack Smith spent more than 8 hours answering questions in a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee on Dec 17
It’s worth watching — you can see why Smith wanted to testify publicly — and why the committee waited until New Year’s Eve to release the video
youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
It’s worth watching — you can see why Smith wanted to testify publicly — and why the committee waited until New Year’s Eve to release the video
youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
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BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
Rick Steves is a great man and a true humanitarian. He gets my vote for Person of the Year.
“You could put all the charities together, all the nice guys like me together,” Steves said. “And it is a pittance compared to what our president can do with the stroke of his Sharpie.”
“You could put all the charities together, all the nice guys like me together,” Steves said. “And it is a pittance compared to what our president can do with the stroke of his Sharpie.”
A center for homeless residents was set to close. Then Rick Steves stepped in.
Travel writer Rick Steves said he takes the verse ‘love thy neighbor’ seriously and paid more than $2 million to save the facility in Washington state.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rick Steves is a great man and a true humanitarian. He gets my vote for Person of the Year.
“You could put all the charities together, all the nice guys like me together,” Steves said. “And it is a pittance compared to what our president can do with the stroke of his Sharpie.”
“You could put all the charities together, all the nice guys like me together,” Steves said. “And it is a pittance compared to what our president can do with the stroke of his Sharpie.”
“Groveling over governing”
Mike Johnson is a disgrace.
Mike Johnson is a disgrace.
Johnson chose groveling over governing. Millions of families are about to see their health care costs double or triple, and his response was to leave town.
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“Groveling over governing”
Mike Johnson is a disgrace.
Mike Johnson is a disgrace.
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Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history. n.pr/3KZCl3a
We caught up with one of the kids who sang on 'A Charlie Brown Christmas.' He's 72 now
Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.
n.pr
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history. n.pr/3KZCl3a
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It’s still the Gulf of Mexico.
It’s still the Department of Defense.
And it’s still the Kennedy Center.
And they will remain as such long after that orange fucking idiot is gone.
It’s still the Department of Defense.
And it’s still the Kennedy Center.
And they will remain as such long after that orange fucking idiot is gone.
December 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It’s still the Gulf of Mexico.
It’s still the Department of Defense.
And it’s still the Kennedy Center.
And they will remain as such long after that orange fucking idiot is gone.
It’s still the Department of Defense.
And it’s still the Kennedy Center.
And they will remain as such long after that orange fucking idiot is gone.
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Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of Germany
December 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of Germany
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Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago: