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lobsternanny

@lobsternanny.bsky.social

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Citizen Following facts and evidence in context Former lobster nanny IRL Indecency, incivility, dishonesty and dishonor are choices. Ad hominem insults -> begone

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lobsternanny @lobsternanny.bsky.social · Jul 20

Here's why donating/supporting rural states with your PBS/NPR membership is important:
www.npr.org/2025/07/18/n...

Idaho is a low population state. It's also a mountainous state. So unlike some concentrated urban areas that have one large transmitter that can serve millions, we have to spend a lot on infrastructure. A few dozen signals of ours are mostly in rural areas. (Paraphrased from the transcript)

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lobsternanny @lobsternanny.bsky.social · 2h

Those are essentially memory joggers of the people who died, not of the deaths.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10h

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 20h

I work with Blue Missouri because our organization writes actual checks to down-ballot Democratic candidates.

No one else does what we do.

Other organizations give training or advice or texting services. While those things are important, candidates need $ to reach voters. bluemissouri.org

Home

Missouri needs you. Join the movement.

bluemissouri.org

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 13h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

nyti.ms

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 17h

I think the Dems have done a good job on hammering the GOP into a corner on health care. But in the grand scheme that’s a safe space/easy pull for them. They need to replicate that consistency with the other issues.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 16h

BREAKING: Federal judge officially found ICE violated people’s rights during raids in Chicago, conducted unlawful arrests.

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 18h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 16h

it’s all just a grift

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

WEST VIRGINIAN: “If the subsidies go away I won’t have health insurance. I won’t go to the doctor. This really is a life or death situation.” #TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

(This shutdown is making the case for #MedicareForAll better than we ever could)

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 2d

A federal judge has sided with the Seneca Nation in a decades-long Thruway dispute with NY state. What comes next?
www.wgrz.com/article/news...

Federal judge rules New York lacked right to build Thruway on Seneca land

A federal judge just sided with the Seneca Nation in a decades-long Thruway dispute—but what comes next?

www.wgrz.com

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lobsternanny @lobsternanny.bsky.social · 20h

That answer alone violates his oath of office.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 22h

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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lobsternanny @lobsternanny.bsky.social · 20h

Well, that's good - those rescues get good visibility and lots of local promotion. So sorry for those boys. The other groups of unfortunate pet surrenders are those whose owners die, and they have no one pre-aranged to adopt them. My biggest challenge when making my own death arrangements.

lobsternanny @lobsternanny.bsky.social · 20h

#Halloween #Opossum #Shenanigans

Kim, Bestie of Bunzy, Co-CEO Execubetch™️ @easybakedoven.bsky.social · 1d

@beckybunzy.bsky.social 😭😭😭

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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lobsternanny @lobsternanny.bsky.social · 20h

In which shelter are these brothers awaiting adoption?

ICE victims come in all shapes, sizes and species.

#Cats #ICE #TuxedoCats #ShelterCats #Fascism

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23h

Last night, my team filed a motion to defend voters in California.

DOJ sued 8 states. My firm has filed to protect voters in all 8 states.

We will never back down from the fight to protect free and fair elections.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7d

DOJ has sued 8 states for refusing to turn over their full, unreacted voter files.

My team has now filed motions to defend voters in 7 of those cases in ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, OR and PA.

I suggest that DOJ monitor the docket in the remaining one in CA.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 21h

Jack Smith wasn’t the special counsel when the FBI obtained a court order to search Mar-a-lago for classified documents.

He was in the Netherlands working at the ICC.

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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 1d

@tmprowell.bsky.social, via X -

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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lobsternanny @lobsternanny.bsky.social · 20h

GOP has abandoned Congress and the country.

lobsternanny @lobsternanny.bsky.social · 20h

What training do enlisted and officers get re: US Constitution, how to determine lawfulness of orders, and how to refuse illegal orders?

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 22h

Only the military remains outside Trump’s grip. Despite the firing of several top officers—and his threat to fire more—the U.S. armed forces are still led by generals and admirals whose oath is to the Constitution, not the president. But for how long?
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.