Anne Owen
@abokansas.bsky.social
Licensed psychologist, mother of three, grandmother of five. Blue dot in a red state. Made a quilt out of my protest tees.
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This is potentially a massive cover-up. Where is the corporate-owned legacy media that claims it exists to expose government corruption? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Likely Pulled Photo of Trump from Released Epstein Files
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is potentially a massive cover-up. Where is the corporate-owned legacy media that claims it exists to expose government corruption? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Have you wondered why people around Donald Trump are trying to shield and protect a sexual predator instead of the victims of his illness?
The Sexual Accusations Against Donald Trump - A Comprehensive List
open.substack.com/pub/ellieleo...
#Resist
#Resistance
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#Pinks
The Sexual Accusations Against Donald Trump - A Comprehensive List
open.substack.com/pub/ellieleo...
#Resist
#Resistance
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#Pinks
The Sexual Accusations Against Donald Trump - A Comprehensive List
Trigger Warning: this article contains discussion of sexual abuse.
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Have you wondered why people around Donald Trump are trying to shield and protect a sexual predator instead of the victims of his illness?
The Sexual Accusations Against Donald Trump - A Comprehensive List
open.substack.com/pub/ellieleo...
#Resist
#Resistance
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#Pinks
The Sexual Accusations Against Donald Trump - A Comprehensive List
open.substack.com/pub/ellieleo...
#Resist
#Resistance
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#Pinks
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Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Frost: If you want to protect children, why don't you ban assault weapons instead of health care?
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The Republicans will NEVER let Jack Smith and the massive amount of evidence against Trump in a public hearing, they can’t because the evidence against Trump is incontrovertible.
Dems should hold an alt hearing somewhere other than at the Capitol.
Dems should hold an alt hearing somewhere other than at the Capitol.
December 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Republicans will NEVER let Jack Smith and the massive amount of evidence against Trump in a public hearing, they can’t because the evidence against Trump is incontrovertible.
Dems should hold an alt hearing somewhere other than at the Capitol.
Dems should hold an alt hearing somewhere other than at the Capitol.
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Over six years ago, I published an 11,000 word article in The Atlantic (gift link below) explaining how Donald Trump was, beyond any question, mentally ill and unfit to hold any office of public trust.
He has proven these points virtually every day since.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
He has proven these points virtually every day since.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Unfit for Office
Donald Trump’s narcissism makes it impossible for him to carry out the duties of the presidency in the way the Constitution requires.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Over six years ago, I published an 11,000 word article in The Atlantic (gift link below) explaining how Donald Trump was, beyond any question, mentally ill and unfit to hold any office of public trust.
He has proven these points virtually every day since.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
He has proven these points virtually every day since.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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this was a really powerful approach to questioning noem—bringing the actual people impacted by her reign of terror. from her perch it's easy to see these cases as abstractions but she needs to be confronted with them at every turn.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
this was a really powerful approach to questioning noem—bringing the actual people impacted by her reign of terror. from her perch it's easy to see these cases as abstractions but she needs to be confronted with them at every turn.
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
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credit to NYT for not sanewashing the appalling bigotry we saw today in the WH
"Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
"Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ in Anti-Immigrant Tirade
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
credit to NYT for not sanewashing the appalling bigotry we saw today in the WH
"Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
"Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry."
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Some have called him the worst chief justice since Roger Taney, who wrote the horrific Dred Scott decision of 1857, which held that enslaved Black people couldn’t be citizens.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
John Roberts has badly weakened our democracy. Will he ever stand up to Trump? | Steven Greenhouse
Under the chief justice, the US supreme court has bolstered authoritarian agendas while undercutting the voice of voters
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Some have called him the worst chief justice since Roger Taney, who wrote the horrific Dred Scott decision of 1857, which held that enslaved Black people couldn’t be citizens.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Simple. All you need to know. I have posted the equivalent of this dozens of times.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Simple. All you need to know. I have posted the equivalent of this dozens of times.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
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The termination of 383 #NIH funded clinical trials included studies of Covid 19 & HIV. More than 100 grants funded #Cancer research terminated. Some clinical trials sites were shut down. 74,000 participants affected. Short-sighted actions will lead to long term losses.
🧪 archive.today/61Flc
🧪 archive.today/61Flc
Trump slashed spending on clinical trials. The toll is starting to become clear.
Grants for 383 clinical trials were terminated and the funding disruptions affected more than 74,000 trial participants, according to new research.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The termination of 383 #NIH funded clinical trials included studies of Covid 19 & HIV. More than 100 grants funded #Cancer research terminated. Some clinical trials sites were shut down. 74,000 participants affected. Short-sighted actions will lead to long term losses.
🧪 archive.today/61Flc
🧪 archive.today/61Flc
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New: Leaked phone calls throw scrutiny on Witkoff’s pro-Kremlin maneuverings
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Leaked phone calls throw scrutiny on Witkoff’s pro-Kremlin positions
Leaked phone calls between top Kremlin aides and Trump peace envoy Steve Witkoff suggest the Russians believed they could launder their positions into Witkoff’s draft peace plan without the Kremlin co...
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New: Leaked phone calls throw scrutiny on Witkoff’s pro-Kremlin maneuverings
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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This is a MUST DO for every state - red or blue or purple.
We WILL NOT EVER have good things until we get rid of the capture of government by corporations and billionaires.
Our current government does whatever those small minorities want and ignore their constituents.
Go Montana!
We WILL NOT EVER have good things until we get rid of the capture of government by corporations and billionaires.
Our current government does whatever those small minorities want and ignore their constituents.
Go Montana!
. @rbreich.bsky.social explains how we can neuter Citizens United through the states, without changing the Constitution or requiring all 50 states to sign on. It sounds like a great idea to me.
www.rawstory.com/citizens-uni...
www.rawstory.com/citizens-uni...
This grassroots rebellion can decapitate Supreme Court's catastrophic mistake
Several of you have told me that the first step out of the mess we’re in is to get rid of the Supreme Court’s bonkers Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision of 2010, which held that c...
www.rawstory.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is a MUST DO for every state - red or blue or purple.
We WILL NOT EVER have good things until we get rid of the capture of government by corporations and billionaires.
Our current government does whatever those small minorities want and ignore their constituents.
Go Montana!
We WILL NOT EVER have good things until we get rid of the capture of government by corporations and billionaires.
Our current government does whatever those small minorities want and ignore their constituents.
Go Montana!
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I find bewildering the push by many to focus on reaching out voters who believe different things from Dems rather than trying to motivate voters who believe the same things as Dems but who for one reason or another didn't vote, don't regularly vote, etc. I'm sure there is a great wisdom behind this.
Democrats spending big to expand coalition in midterms
Democrats spending big to expand coalition in midterms
A new DCCC program will pour eight figures into engaging some demographic groups that swung to the right in 2024.
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I find bewildering the push by many to focus on reaching out voters who believe different things from Dems rather than trying to motivate voters who believe the same things as Dems but who for one reason or another didn't vote, don't regularly vote, etc. I'm sure there is a great wisdom behind this.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...