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Mary Mastenbrook
@mmastenbrook.bsky.social
Saddened by the reversion to a time before the era I worked and fought for. Seeking opportunities to make a difference in a disturbing world.
Notre Dame Alumna
Pinned
Release the #Epstein files not Ghislaine Maxwell
An important conversation about the network state and agenda of the tech bros.

Silicon Valley Fascism & Fascist Biopolitics: My Convo w/Tech Journalist Gil Durán
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI5a...
Lucid Q&A 12.7 Gil Durán
YouTube video by Ruth Ben-Ghiat
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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NEW INTERVIEW: “THE CASE FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL” with ex insurance exec @wendellpotter.bsky.social

“The work I was doing was to mislead people.”

He helped stop universal health care and propped up a cruel system — then he had a crisis of conscience (in TN)

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DSFsimP...
December 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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The Wrap - From “piggy” to “ugly” to “obnoxious,” the president has lobbed insults at women questioning him. www.thewrap.com/trump-female...
Here Are All the Times Trump Attacked Female Reporters in the Last 30 Days
President Donald Trump seems to revel in sparring with the press. Nearly every one of his opponents in the last month has been a woman.
www.thewrap.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Truly heinous: A Border Patrol agent has been indicted for violent crimes including sexual assaults, and attempted sexual assaults that occurred in 2022 in Schaumburg, Ill., and Naperville, Ill., according to the U.S. Attorney’s office
December 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Release the full files

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/n...
Judge Grants Request to Unseal Grand Jury Records in Maxwell Case
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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And that suburban Boston parish should tell ICE’s acting director to fuck off.
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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We’re building something to help & protect those folks targeted by ICE. To inform them. So they know their rights. We’ve launched a gofundme campaign so that we ALL can be a part of it. Please check it out, give what you can, and share this link. Thanks.👇 www.gofundme.com/f/PAXIS
Donate to PAXIS: An AI Lifeline for Immigrant Rights and Support, organized by Joe Walsh
PAXIS - WHEN ICE KNOCKS, WE ANSWER. Together with immigrant advocate… Joe Walsh needs your support for PAXIS: An AI Lifeline for Immigrant Rights and Support
www.gofundme.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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lol. Calling their bluff. These aren’t part of the 300G of data the justice department has (and could have released anytime.) the deadline is 12/19. Tick tock, Pamela Jo.
Breaking:

NEW YORK (AP) - Federal judge grants Justice Department's request to unseal records from Ghislaine Maxwell's 2021 sex trafficking case.
December 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Powerful 🇺🇸
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Thanks @politico.com for revealing chaos inside CDC, staff firings, shattered windows after a shooting, & hostile leadership takeover. Politico revealed a deeply troubling picture inside CDC. Under RFK Jr hundreds of CDC workers have been fired, reinstated, & left reeling from constant chaos. 1/2
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Ukraine needs our support now more than ever 🙏

gofund.me/4e3faf2fd
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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"The woman, a U.S. citizen who was born in Edina Minnesota, was zip-tied when she was detained near Nicollet Mall..."

www.fox9.com/news/u-s-cit...
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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"'They all were scared, crying... they were pointing with the guns not to move,' he said.

He said all four are U.S. citizens..."

www.kare11.com/article/news...
Ring camera captures Burnsville ICE raid that leaves 7-year-old without parents, according to family
ICE agents detained four people from a Burnsville home, according to family members, including a 7-year-old's parents and the husband of a pregnant woman.
www.kare11.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.

Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."

coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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There was revolution in the air in New Orleans when the Border Patrol invaded their city - as brave citizens blew whistles, chased convoys, and confronted masked agents of a tyrannical government

From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
In New Orleans and across U.S., anger over ICE raids sparks a 2nd American Revolution | Will Bunch
Everyday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.
www.inquirer.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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This is why MAGA are being told Somalis stole a quadrillion dollars. To distract from this. "The Pentagon is giving Don Jr. hundreds of millions of dollars." -- Sane People. "Somalis stole a billion times that much you have TDS!" -- Your Piece Of Crap Drunk Maga Uncle.
December 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Here's an idea: Any Democrat who wants to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate in 2028 must pledge to rip this cabal of anti-democracy tech fascists out of our government.

Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.

“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.

This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:

www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
As the second candle of Advent is lit I wish peace to all, especially the war torn areas of our world.
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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💉💊 It’s a triumph of public health & scientific research that US life expectancy at birth has increased by 30 years over the last 100 years—from measures like vaccination, antibiotics, & improved prevention & treatment of diseases like heart disease, diabetes, & cancer

RFK Jr is torpedoing this 😢
December 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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“He’s a human being!”
December 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Trump & Hegseth are Putting Troops in Difficult/Dangerous Circumstances. The Orders Project Can Help
youtu.be/vUfQLXYVzDg?...
Trump & Hegseth are Putting Troops in Difficult/Dangerous Circumstances. The Orders Project Can Help
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM