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Laura Stout
@ajlcstout.bsky.social
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No DMs Please!! Cat loving liberal married retired hippie. Avid reader 📚, gardener 🪴. ☮️🕉️☯️. Blue dot in very red state. Anti-fascist! No to hate! No to bigotry! No to Trump/Musk! Neither are my President! 🚫to Tyranny!
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 5h
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6h
Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 5h
Well actually, I live in Texas. I don’t like what is happening here. I did not vote for Trump.
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 21h
This is crap!

www.huffpost.com/entry/no-kin...
Republicans Call 'No Kings' Protest A 'Hate America' Rally, Suggest Terror Link
"The Antifa crowd and the pro-Hamas crowd and the Marxists, they're all going to gather on the Mall," Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said of pro-democracy groups.
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 23h
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Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 23h
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(WSJ) The significant (thousands...) layoffs of government workers have started. Only time, quick time, will reveal the effect, along with the chaos of trying to find and rehire necessary workers when they are needed. Chaotic, vengeful Trump at work.

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White House Starts Mass Layoffs of Government Workers
OMB chief Russell Vought made the announcement on social media as the shutdown continued.
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 23h
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d
And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 23h
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d
A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 1d
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WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square
A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 1d
www.huffpost.com/entry/mit-pr...
MIT Rejects White House Deal To Unlock Funds In Exchange For Adopting Trump’s Political Agenda
In a letter to Trump administration officials, MIT President Sally Kornbluth said MIT disagrees with provisions of the proposal.
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 1d
To make the proof? wtf? The stupidity is staggering.
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 3d
I hope so
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 3d
Wow! Horrifying!
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 3d
@booker.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @berniesanders2028.bsky.social
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 3d
@huffpost.com @npr.org @doggett.house.gov @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @cnn.com @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 3d
Not to me
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 3d
Now going after liberals!

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Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Undercover Operations to Infiltrate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence
In response to the political assassination of national hero Charlie Kirk and the disturbing rise of leftist violence across the country, Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched undercover investigati...
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 3d
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
BONDI: The National Guard is on the way right now as we speak. You're sitting here grilling me and they're on their way to Chicago to keep your state safe.

DURBIN: It's my job to grill you
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 3d
www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...
Trump Admininistration Completely Contradicts Its Own Law The President Signed In 2019
Except Donald Trump himself signed the current law requiring federal employees to get back pay.
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 4d
Absolutely
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 4d
And Abbott is saying no problem. Ugh.
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 4d
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Trump Spox Snaps At Question About 'Long-Term Plans' To Install Troops In U.S. Cities
"Why should they be concerned about the federal government offering help to make their cities a safer place?" Karoline Leavitt fumed at the press.
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 5d
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South Carolina Officials Are Probing Fire That Destroyed Home Of Judge Who Ruled Against DOJ
Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein was not at the property during the incident, South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice John Kittredge told FITNews.
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Laura Stout @ajlcstout.bsky.social · 5d
@apnews.com @nytimes.com @usatoday.com