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Mary Ann
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Editor, explorer, yogi, mom, neurodiversity ally, music listener, art lover
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October 19, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇

Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.

Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
October 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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This is an important reminder: even the LAPD acknowledged yesterday that everything was peaceful.

Then Trump brought the chaos.

He is responsible.
June 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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In praise of Pete Buttigieg. I concur heartily!
April 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Unkind men so often whither in the face of unkindness.
March 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Would like to report some gang tattoos.
March 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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To be fair, Putin needed easier access to the WH
Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Excellent context here on the relationship between misinformation and support for Trump & Co. (not necessarily applicable to this case. bsky.app/profile/karl...
Bezos' recent choices are part of a 40+ year conservative and corporatist war on informed consensus, turning the entirety of U.S. media and journalism into an engagement chasing infotainment slop and distraction machine
February 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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I’ve lost track of how many times they’ve broken something and then gamely tried to at least pretend to glue it back together.
The Office of Personnel Management told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reinstate veterans, disabled veterans, and military spouses who were fired, according to an email sent to CFPB employees who saw their terminations reversed. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
OPM Tells CFPB to Reinstate Fired Veterans, Military Spouses
The Office of Personnel Management told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reinstate veterans, disabled veterans, and military spouses who were fired, according to an email sent to CFPB emplo...
news.bloomberglaw.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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February 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Now THIS is how to frame things:

“Fed employee union members have been speaking out, rallying, and suing, as agency after agency has been hit by Musk’s “DOGE” - a private unaccountable entity which has been demanding access to all government records while spreading wild lies about waste and fraud.
February 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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This hits hard…

“Then she was fired by a Fox News weekend host.”

You know what else hits hard? The fact that voters thought it was a good idea to hire a reality show host/bankrupt businessman as President of the United States.
February 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM