Courtney
@courtneymbolton.bsky.social
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The election tampering begins. Trump announced on his social media that he would push to eliminate mail-in ballots and sign an executive order to “help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.”
August 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The election tampering begins. Trump announced on his social media that he would push to eliminate mail-in ballots and sign an executive order to “help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.”
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This is unfathomably shameful. How do we even have to debate this? Why would anyone ever again be so foolish as to trust or help the United States if this is how we treat people who risk their lives on our behalf?
An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.
June 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is unfathomably shameful. How do we even have to debate this? Why would anyone ever again be so foolish as to trust or help the United States if this is how we treat people who risk their lives on our behalf?
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Senate Republicans released their tax and health plans for Trump's Big Beautiful Bill.
This new Senate bill means MORE people lose health care to fund even BIGGER corporate tax breaks.
This new Senate bill means MORE people lose health care to fund even BIGGER corporate tax breaks.
June 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Senate Republicans released their tax and health plans for Trump's Big Beautiful Bill.
This new Senate bill means MORE people lose health care to fund even BIGGER corporate tax breaks.
This new Senate bill means MORE people lose health care to fund even BIGGER corporate tax breaks.
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Tim Walz has no value to the In group as he doesn't express loyalty towards them.
COLLINS: Have you called Tim Walz yet?
TRUMP: I don't really call him. He appointed this guy to a position. I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out. I'm not calling him ... he's a mess.
TRUMP: I don't really call him. He appointed this guy to a position. I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out. I'm not calling him ... he's a mess.
June 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Tim Walz has no value to the In group as he doesn't express loyalty towards them.
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GEORGIA GO VOTE TODAY! votesaveamerica.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
GEORGIA GO VOTE TODAY! votesaveamerica.com
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VIRGINIA GO VOTE TODAY! votesaveamerica.com/vote
June 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
VIRGINIA GO VOTE TODAY! votesaveamerica.com/vote
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The Trump admin is fast-tracking a uranium mine in Utah by slashing the permitting process to 14 days, bypassing environmental review and cutting the public out entirely. Projects like this are supposed to go through NEPA, the law that requires environmental impact assessments and public comment.
May 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The Trump admin is fast-tracking a uranium mine in Utah by slashing the permitting process to 14 days, bypassing environmental review and cutting the public out entirely. Projects like this are supposed to go through NEPA, the law that requires environmental impact assessments and public comment.
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Republicans aren't just using budget reconciliation to gut Medicaid by $715 billion and take health care away from 9M Americans, they're also using it to pass their partisan wish list. Public land sales, regulation repeals, handouts for Musk...
Call your House Rep NOW 👉 5calls.org/issue/budget...
Call your House Rep NOW 👉 5calls.org/issue/budget...
May 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Republicans aren't just using budget reconciliation to gut Medicaid by $715 billion and take health care away from 9M Americans, they're also using it to pass their partisan wish list. Public land sales, regulation repeals, handouts for Musk...
Call your House Rep NOW 👉 5calls.org/issue/budget...
Call your House Rep NOW 👉 5calls.org/issue/budget...
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🗣️ It is Election Day for some people in CT, FL & MS. Make sure you get out & vote!
🗳️ CT House of Rep District 113
🗳️ FL Runoffs in Coral Gables, Lynn Haven, Mexico Beach & Panama City
🗳️ MS House of Rep District 23 & 82; Jackson City
👉 BlueVoterGuide.org has your candidates info
🗳️ CT House of Rep District 113
🗳️ FL Runoffs in Coral Gables, Lynn Haven, Mexico Beach & Panama City
🗳️ MS House of Rep District 23 & 82; Jackson City
👉 BlueVoterGuide.org has your candidates info
April 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🗣️ It is Election Day for some people in CT, FL & MS. Make sure you get out & vote!
🗳️ CT House of Rep District 113
🗳️ FL Runoffs in Coral Gables, Lynn Haven, Mexico Beach & Panama City
🗳️ MS House of Rep District 23 & 82; Jackson City
👉 BlueVoterGuide.org has your candidates info
🗳️ CT House of Rep District 113
🗳️ FL Runoffs in Coral Gables, Lynn Haven, Mexico Beach & Panama City
🗳️ MS House of Rep District 23 & 82; Jackson City
👉 BlueVoterGuide.org has your candidates info
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Republicans are claiming that noncitizens are voting in federal elections in such high numbers that it is necessary to dramatically reform voter registration processes.
Except that's not true. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/wha...
Except that's not true. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/wha...
What’s Really Behind Republicans' Push for Proof of Citizenship?
Republicans are perpetuating harmful myths to pass proof of citizenship requirements that serve their own ends.
www.democracydocket.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Republicans are claiming that noncitizens are voting in federal elections in such high numbers that it is necessary to dramatically reform voter registration processes.
Except that's not true. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/wha...
Except that's not true. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/wha...
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60% of Florida voters approved a $15 minimum wage initiative in 2020 — a bigger vote share than Trump ever got in the state.
But the state GOP is now trying to gut the law by carving out exceptions for major categories of workers.
"Party of the working class".
But the state GOP is now trying to gut the law by carving out exceptions for major categories of workers.
"Party of the working class".
April 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
60% of Florida voters approved a $15 minimum wage initiative in 2020 — a bigger vote share than Trump ever got in the state.
But the state GOP is now trying to gut the law by carving out exceptions for major categories of workers.
"Party of the working class".
But the state GOP is now trying to gut the law by carving out exceptions for major categories of workers.
"Party of the working class".
That's another one I can add to my 💩 list.
More pics of John Stamos at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home
April 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
That's another one I can add to my 💩 list.
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Jawdropping.
You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States.
This country is unrecognizable.
You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States.
This country is unrecognizable.
March 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Jawdropping.
You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States.
This country is unrecognizable.
You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States.
This country is unrecognizable.
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Some good news
For the first time, scientists say, they have evidence that using a biologic drug to remove sticky beta amyloid plaques from the brains of people destined to develop Alzheimer’s dementia can delay the disease.
Read more: cnn.it/4iHjzJj
Read more: cnn.it/4iHjzJj
March 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Some good news
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Terra cotta warriors in Xian, China
March 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Terra cotta warriors in Xian, China
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Trump touted his admin's "Make America Healthy Again" agenda during yesterday's address.
What he didn't say is that the EPA plans to drop a lawsuit against a chemical manufacturer whose emissions fueled pollution and health problems in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley."
Hello?
What he didn't say is that the EPA plans to drop a lawsuit against a chemical manufacturer whose emissions fueled pollution and health problems in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley."
Hello?
Trump Administration Said to Drop Lawsuit Over Toxic Chemical
The Biden administration had sued to force the Denka Performance Elastomer plant in Louisiana to reduce emissions of chloroprene, a likely carcinogen.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Trump touted his admin's "Make America Healthy Again" agenda during yesterday's address.
What he didn't say is that the EPA plans to drop a lawsuit against a chemical manufacturer whose emissions fueled pollution and health problems in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley."
Hello?
What he didn't say is that the EPA plans to drop a lawsuit against a chemical manufacturer whose emissions fueled pollution and health problems in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley."
Hello?
Got my first shingles vaccine yesterday. It's kicking my ass today. Gonna spend the rest of today laying on the couch and watching Meghan Markle's new Netflix show.
March 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Got my first shingles vaccine yesterday. It's kicking my ass today. Gonna spend the rest of today laying on the couch and watching Meghan Markle's new Netflix show.
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The Trump-Vance-Musk regime is not only undermining democracy in the US.
It is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world.
The emerging battle will be global democracy vs. a global oligarchy.
The US is emerging on the side of global oligarchy.
It is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world.
The emerging battle will be global democracy vs. a global oligarchy.
The US is emerging on the side of global oligarchy.
March 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The Trump-Vance-Musk regime is not only undermining democracy in the US.
It is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world.
The emerging battle will be global democracy vs. a global oligarchy.
The US is emerging on the side of global oligarchy.
It is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world.
The emerging battle will be global democracy vs. a global oligarchy.
The US is emerging on the side of global oligarchy.
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We’re just a couple of steps away from “report your liberal coworkers”, then “your liberal neighbors”.
For those of who haven’t seen it: here it is. Report your LGBTQ co-workers. Fuck everyone who has enabled this.
February 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We’re just a couple of steps away from “report your liberal coworkers”, then “your liberal neighbors”.
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Red Dawn needs to be playing on every local bar tv, every doctors office waiting room, every airport or bus terminal.
We have been invaded.
We have been invaded.
March 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Red Dawn needs to be playing on every local bar tv, every doctors office waiting room, every airport or bus terminal.
We have been invaded.
We have been invaded.
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As I’ve said, the goal is to delegitimize the very idea of the federal government.
Break the govt., then complain how broken it is.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
When the federal govt. barely exists, there’s no one to stop them. Authoritarian kleptocracy is great for the authoritarian kleptocrats.
Break the govt., then complain how broken it is.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
When the federal govt. barely exists, there’s no one to stop them. Authoritarian kleptocracy is great for the authoritarian kleptocrats.
Not being sarcastic or glib, but what is the point of destruction like this? What does Musk gain from doing this?
Is it really as shallow an explanation as “I want to just destroy everything.” But … for what?
I get the attack on USAID, or the FAA, or DOJ. But what does this … do?
Is it really as shallow an explanation as “I want to just destroy everything.” But … for what?
I get the attack on USAID, or the FAA, or DOJ. But what does this … do?
February 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
As I’ve said, the goal is to delegitimize the very idea of the federal government.
Break the govt., then complain how broken it is.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
When the federal govt. barely exists, there’s no one to stop them. Authoritarian kleptocracy is great for the authoritarian kleptocrats.
Break the govt., then complain how broken it is.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
When the federal govt. barely exists, there’s no one to stop them. Authoritarian kleptocracy is great for the authoritarian kleptocrats.
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Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
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once again: if you have a uterus and can get an IUD, I highly recommend it
"They don’t need to outlaw contraception outright. They just need to make it harder and harder for people to get." - @jessicavalenti.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
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This is How They Ban Birth Control
2.27.25
open.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
once again: if you have a uterus and can get an IUD, I highly recommend it
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When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
You have a right to see this file.
Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes
Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
propub.li
February 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied.
You have a right to see this file.
You have a right to see this file.