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Teresa C Carter aka: T

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Ready for the test run, folks. Since we were called demons, witches, and evil, how about conjuring some spells right now. For Democracy's sake. Texas, USA

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Teresa C Carter aka: T @thatcattc.bsky.social · Feb 8

Cc @5gw.bsky.social @thelolo.bsky.social
A great read ..
"This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country's history."
Cc @trcfwtt.bsky.social

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Feb 7

Four government IT employees tell Ian Bogost and Charlie Warzel that Elon Musk's incursion into the U.S. government may be worse than anyone realizes: “This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history."

The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified

Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.

www.theatlantic.com

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Will Pollock 🏳️‍🌈🌻🐶🫘 ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 19h

if I told you the Pete Thiel discussion under @okovody.bsky.social's post includes @ebharrington.bsky.social's "moist Lex Luthor" and @thelolo.bsky.social's "maybe she's born with it, maybe it's molly" would you pop down and join the chat? 🤣😱🤭

Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 21h

Why does his skin always look so moist?

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Lolo the Dreaded Court Jester @thelolo.bsky.social · 18h

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22h

Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 21h

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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Lolo the Dreaded Court Jester @thelolo.bsky.social · 16h

"lfg"
- Democracy Dino.

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Lolo the Dreaded Court Jester @thelolo.bsky.social · 19h

ah.

Teresa C Carter aka: T @thatcattc.bsky.social · 20h

America First means Trump and family flying that Qatari Jet to golf.
Wtf??

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Teresa C Carter aka: T @thatcattc.bsky.social · 19h

Wouldn't the (PACT) Act apply here, Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, a federal law signed by Trump during his first term??

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

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 1d

open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)

Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"

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Teresa C Carter aka: T @thatcattc.bsky.social · 20h

That would be Trump family money first, and they get a Qatari jet to fly and play.
Wtf??

Teresa C Carter aka: T @thatcattc.bsky.social · 20h

America First means Trump and family flying that Qatari Jet to golf.
Wtf??

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Lolo the Dreaded Court Jester @thelolo.bsky.social · 22h

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Ed Hirsch @edhirsch.bsky.social · 21h

bsky.app/profile/bria...

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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 22h

BREAKING: Court blocks Trump-Vance admin’s restrictions on health and housing grants.

This win safeguards critical services for survivors of domestic and sexual violence, LGBTQI+ youth, and unhoused communities.

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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 22h

This is why I've always described it as an insurgency. A violent, racist, isolationist, terroristic insurgency to fundamentally change the US into their image using the republican party to legitimize their anti-American movement.

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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 1d

Warrior Ethos: Smooth shaven, chiseled abs and wrinkle-free.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

“The defense secretary underwent a round of cosmetic injections last month.” One insider: “He’s always been full of himself, but lately his ego has been off the charts.”

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Lolo the Dreaded Court Jester @thelolo.bsky.social · 23h

this is genuinely frightening and i have no confidence in our vote tallies

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The Resistance Sentinel @resistancesentinel.bsky.social · 2d

OMG @thelolo.bsky.social you started a fucking movement!!

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 2d

Hell yeah! #DemocracyDino 🦖✊️

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · 1d

this is the guy who got rid of brokers fees in nyc, for anyone who doesn't live here. he rocks

Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 2d

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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Teresa C Carter aka: T @thatcattc.bsky.social · 1d

Liberty Vote website.
ugh

Teresa C Carter aka: T @thatcattc.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to the Liberty Vote website 😫

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Lolo the Dreaded Court Jester @thelolo.bsky.social · 1d

wut.

Teresa C Carter aka: T @thatcattc.bsky.social · 1d

H/T @amyshere.bsky.social
Cc @5gw.bsky.social
@thelolo.bsky.social
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Axios @axios.com · 1d

SCOOP: Dominion Voting, the voting machine behemoth that Trump and his allies baselessly attacked after the 2020 election, has been sold to a company run by an ex-GOP election official.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Lolo the Dreaded Court Jester @thelolo.bsky.social · 1d

“HE’S COMING FOR THE FORESKINS!”

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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