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Brooke Spergel

@bspergel.bsky.social

2.9K followers 4K following 1.9K posts

Forever Democrat 💙Married cat&dog lady. Boomer Lib in a red state. Pro 🇺🇦 Ukraine, 🏳️‍🌈 BLM, Saving Climate/Species is everything 🐾🐝

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Brooke Spergel @bspergel.bsky.social · 2h

I’m so happy about this

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 2h

It’s official: Zohran Mamdani has been elected the next mayor of New York City, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

That’s Mayor Mamdani to You

It’s official: Zohran Mamdani has been elected the next mayor of New York City, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

www.thecut.com

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Brooke Spergel @bspergel.bsky.social · 3h

One down…

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Blumenthal: We’re going to continue finding more of the ballroom donors who evidently didn’t want their names revealed. And let me name them: BlackRock, Susquehanna International, Nvidia, OpenAI, Vantive, and Extremity Care.

And so, we will use every possible resource to expose this corruption to

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t know which is more unfathomable: that a single human has accumulated $30 billion, or that a single human has accumulated $30 billion and is totally cool with laying off 30,000 employees in the early days of a recession.

Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Jeff Bezos’ stake in Amazon is up almost $30 billion since Friday.

Jeff Bezos Becomes $10 Billion Richer As Amazon’s OpenAI Deal Boosts Stock

Jeff Bezos’ stake in Amazon is up almost $30 billion since Friday.

www.forbes.com

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Brooke Spergel @bspergel.bsky.social · 4h

Ugh.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10h

ALERT: Group of Jan 6 defense lawyers sued for copyright infringement and accused of piracy in their defense filings

Breaking video: youtube.com/shorts/9qJzX...

More: www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-d...

BREAKING: Groups of Jan 6 lawyers sued for copyright infringement and accused of piracy

YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS

youtube.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @deadder.bsky.social )

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12h

If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.

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Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @sarajacobs.house.gov · 2d

Don’t take it from me, listen to Snopes! Speaker Johnson signed a bill to cut $186 billion from SNAP. And again, it’s HIS party that won’t help millions of Americans put food on the table this month.

House Speaker Mike Johnson signed bill cutting $186B from SNAP in July 2025

Users shared this true claim amid uncertainty regarding whether Americans would receive federal food benefits during the 2025 government shutdown.

www.snopes.com

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Brooke Spergel @bspergel.bsky.social · 1d

Such a ridiculous paper 🙄

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Grijalva: I do think that Speaker Johnson misplayed his hand.

There are people all over this nation who were out there with signs that said, “Swear her in.” They wouldn’t have even known about me otherwise.

Thank you for highlighting how corrupt the system you’re protecting really is.