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🏳️‍🌈MaryAnnNM.bsky.social @maryannnm.bsky.social · 7h

Before going to bed, I want to plug Sue Gordon's podcast on National Security and Intelligence, Understandable Insights. It feels like a visit with a smart, funny, personable friend who's experienced, super smart and even keeled. The latest one is especially good.
youtube.com/@understanda....

Understandable Insights

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🏳️‍🌈MaryAnnNM.bsky.social @maryannnm.bsky.social · 7h

We could have avoided ALL this if more had been done to support VP.
Yes, I am still angry about it. Some folks on the left helped get us into this. Where were they when we needed them? Talking 💩 abt the VP. I'll do my part, but I don't trust Indivisible.

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🏳️‍🌈MaryAnnNM.bsky.social @maryannnm.bsky.social · 7h

Jay, you've been through a lot. You don't know me from Adam's housecat, but I care about you. With your permission I would like to check in with you fm time to time. 🫂 (I hug)

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 19h

If we're at the place where the president is calling for a governor to be jailed for no good reason, our democracy is in real danger.

Anyone concerned about the balance of power between states and the federal government should speak out now against this authoritarian posturing.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned

Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!

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🏳️‍🌈MaryAnnNM.bsky.social @maryannnm.bsky.social · 7h

I wish Indivisible had worked harder for VP Harris. Didn't hear much from them last fall.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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🏳️‍🌈MaryAnnNM.bsky.social @maryannnm.bsky.social · 7h

I'm good! I knew.

🏳️‍🌈MaryAnnNM.bsky.social @maryannnm.bsky.social · 7h

I agree. Perilous and frightening on so many fronts. We have to stick together and push back. Hang in there! 💪

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🏳️‍🌈MaryAnnNM.bsky.social @maryannnm.bsky.social · 8h

Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

G.O.P. Blocks Bid to Halt Trump’s Attacks in the Caribbean Sea

www.nytimes.com

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Jennifer @princessjennifer.bsky.social · 8h

Like his racist obsession with President Obama, a man who bests that pos on every level

He can’t keep Black women out of his fucking mouth. He’s a racist white supremacist and the people who voted for him we’re FINE WITH THAT

So fine with it in fact, they cry about unity without mentioning racism.

Donald Trump BLAMES BLACK WOMEN For Airport Delays in Racist Attack!!!

YouTube video by Jesse Dollemore

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 8h

Mike Johnson gets another public dressing-down from Rep. Madeleine Dean

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FeMaiden 👩🏻‍🔬🧪🥽💉 @fe-maiden.bsky.social · 8h

‼️Frozen Spinach recall nationwide. Listeria. www.allrecipes.com/frozen-spina...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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🏳️‍🌈MaryAnnNM.bsky.social @maryannnm.bsky.social · 8h

I subscribe to the alerts they send out. This is shocking and makes us even more vulnerable to malicious actors attacking critical infrastructure.
Felon47 makes us weak.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 8h

Compulsory reassignments have gone in recent weeks to workers within CISA, who had focused on issuing alerts about threats against US agencies and critical infrastructure, current and former employees said. They described the orders on condition of anonymity over fears of retaliation.

Patrick Howell O’Neill @patrickhowelloneill.com · 11h

New: DHS has reassigned hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel from CISA, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts and said it would fire anyone who refuses to go along. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Homeland Security Cyber Personnel Reassigned to Jobs in Trump’s Deportation Push

The US Department of Homeland Security has shifted hundreds of national security specialists, including cyber personnel, into jobs that support President Donald Trump’s deportations and said it would ...

www.bloomberg.com

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🏳️‍🌈MaryAnnNM.bsky.social @maryannnm.bsky.social · 8h

Good.

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 8h

Defense files motion to address DOJ publicly proclaiming Luigi Mangione’s guilt in violation of an order the judge issued in April warning the parties to refrain from making comments that could affect Mangione’s ability to receive a fair trial & select an impartial jury

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Carl Doss @unixdoss.bsky.social · 8h

www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/...

Have you seen this child? Chavez Jarmon-Long

Missing From: Cincinnati, OH. Missing Date: August 26, 2025. Chavez was last seen on August 26, 2025.

www.missingkids.org

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 8h

Across the country, people keep asking the same question: "What do we do now?"

And my answer is always the same: UNIONIZE.

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 21h

Great piece as always from @himself.bsky.social, on authoritarianism as a competitive instance of the coordination problem.

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

www.nytimes.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 9h

As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h

Senator Ruben Gallego calls Speaker Mike Johnson a "Pedo Protector" to his face for not swearing in Adelita Grijalva.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 9h

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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🏳️‍🌈MaryAnnNM.bsky.social @maryannnm.bsky.social · 9h

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🏳️‍🌈MaryAnnNM.bsky.social @maryannnm.bsky.social · 9h

Those poor gerrymandered souls. No snark.

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🏳️‍🌈MaryAnnNM.bsky.social @maryannnm.bsky.social · 9h

God help us if so. Violence isn't the answer.
I, however, honor my oath regardless of circumstances.

Hope you're well Sarah.

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