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Beverly Mann
@beverlymann19.bsky.social
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Economic-progressive Dem posting on politics, law, pet-rescue efforts. Was prolific on Twitter/X. Native Upper Midwesterner living in north central FL. Anti-lawn movement fan. #Berner since '15. Have cats. Views my own, but you may borrow them.
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Linda Marie @lindam174.bsky.social · 7h
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h
My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.
On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help. "I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed. "I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions. "I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her, 'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 8h
This man is a hero. Many of us know or knew people who survived WWII thanks to others who risked their own safety to hide them — impossible not to think of this today
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8h
My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.
On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help. "I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed. "I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions. "I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her, 'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 2d
Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
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GGG, PhD @gggphd.bsky.social · 11d
JB PRITZKER IS

[bravely, ethically, morally, empathetically]

PRACTICING POLITICS THE RIGHT WAY.
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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 6h
THIS:
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GGG, PhD @gggphd.bsky.social · Jun 23
Borat explains MAGA better than any cable news pundit.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 22
Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 6h
THIS.
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GGG, PhD @gggphd.bsky.social · Jun 23
Borat explains MAGA better than any cable news pundit.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 22
Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 2d
Never forget.
Musk: We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could gone to some great parties. Did that instead
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akatzel.bsky.social @akatzel.bsky.social · 2d
Great framing and completely true.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d
In a very real and practical sense, the elimination of USAID occurred because a) civil servants who followed the law were pushed out, b) unaccountable amoral people were given power, and c) SCOTUS let it all happen.
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In addition to mass firing of public servants, Musk's team executed a takeover of the Treasury payment system. David Lebryk, the civil servant who was acting Treasury Secretary, pushed back against the Musk official, Tom Krause, who demanded control over the payment system and specifically to pause USAID payments. Lebryk informed Krause that Treasury could not legally stop payments, and recommended to work through USAID instead. Krause then threatened Lebryk: “I would also recommend you consider an equal alternative liability.” By the next week Lebryk announced his retirement, and Musk announced he was shutting down the agency. It was later revealed that the other DOGE official who had sought to take control of Treasury spending, Marko Elez, was a self-avowed racist with a record of making disparaging remarks about foreigners, including “I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth.” After he resigned, Musk led a successful campaign to bring Elez back into government, even as he pushed out those doing actual life-saving work.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food. On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch." That, Taher says, "is a lie."
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d
Maybe it's because I'm a parent, but avoidable harm to kids really gets to me. My kids can be difficult when they don't get an afternoon snack at the usual time. I'm sure various parents and teachers can say the same. Watching a kid starve to death? And the US govt did it on purpose?
Unconscionable.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food. On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch." That, Taher says, "is a lie."
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 9h
That sound you hear is plaintiff lawyers popping champagne corks and DOJ lawyers groaning.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 7h
I always learn so much from @gtconway.bsky.social's conversations with our @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

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Trump Literally Posted the Evidence!
Sarah Longwell and George Conway discuss Trump’s fake prosecutions of Comey and Letitia James, the “Truth Social DM” fiasco, and his escalating use of the National Guard to provoke chaos—plus why Amer...
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 7h
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 7h
You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 7h
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 10h
No, all those others saw it. They were the ones targeted, and most caved. The judges have nothing to fear except, reversal by the Supreme Court in a shadow docket order and snide trashing by Kavanaugh and Trump.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 10h
As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h
Ghana’s foreign minister just posted this to X:

“The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US Department of Homeland Security.”
Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa & @S_OkudzetoAblak X.com The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US Department of Homeland Security. We have also followed with satisfaction that DHS has today taken the appropriate steps to inform Garcia's lawyers and amend court submissions to reflect the fact that Ghana cannot be an option for Garcia's deportation. The Mahama Administration will continue to be transparent and truthful to Ghanaians at all times. For God and Country E anana was premature abe NEWS LAURA ROMERO Fri, October 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM PDT| 凸 to
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10h
Sending billions to Argentina while laying off Americans at home.

Letting Qatar build a base on US soil coz they bribed Trump with a plane and are investing billions in his personal business ventures.

Doesn’t seem like “America First”, does it?
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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 10h
Preet and Joyce:

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h
CHICAGO — WGN News editor/producer Debbie Brockman grabbed by Trump’s ICE goons.. who then intentionally ram a bystander’s car as they peel away.

More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...
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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 10h
DEBBIE BROCKMAN, a reporter for local Chicago TV station WGN.

At the intersection of Lincoln and Foster in Chicago.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h
CHICAGO — WGN News editor/producer Debbie Brockman grabbed by Trump’s ICE goons.. who then intentionally ram a bystander’s car as they peel away.

More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h
CHICAGO — WGN News editor/producer Debbie Brockman grabbed by Trump’s ICE goons.. who then intentionally ram a bystander’s car as they peel away.

More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...
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Beverly Mann @beverlymann19.bsky.social · 10h
DEBBIE BROCKMAN, a reporter for local Chicago TV station WGN.

At the intersection of Lincoln and Foster in Chicago.
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