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Mary McAdams

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It's getting a little North Korean around here. Iowa. Maria Von McAdamovich

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Mary McAdams @marymcsinger.bsky.social · Feb 19

98% of Democrats in Polk County returned their ABRs in 2024.
-Jamie Fitzgerald

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4d

Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data
Sep. 3, 2025

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4d

Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Mary McAdams @marymcsinger.bsky.social · 14d

I’m in my root canal era 🦷

Release the #epsteinfiles

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adeadmanwalking.bsky.social @adeadmanwalking.bsky.social · 17d

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 17d

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Matt Belloni @mattbelloni.bsky.social · 18d

New: Sarah MacLachlan, Jewel, and more musicians scheduled to perform at tonight's premiere for Hulu's ABC News doc LILITH FAIR have all pulled out after Disney scrapped the red carpet. First notable talent consequence of the Jimmy Kimmel situation.

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Mary McAdams @marymcsinger.bsky.social · 18d

Hey hey
@disneyprimevideo.bsky.social @verizonofficial.bsky.social
#target

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21d

Twenty years after the comedy went silent, Russia is a sadistic, warmongering fascist regime run by a mad centibillionaire. That’s a future that could be ours — whole argument of "Road to Unfreedom" — but also one we can stop — see "On Tyranny" and "On Freedom."
www.nytimes.com/2000/06/18/w...

TV's Impious Puppets: On Kremlin's Hit List? (Published 2000)

www.nytimes.com

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 21d

What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power.

This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 21d

Placing stricter rules on congressional stock trading is a key ethics reform that’s critical to restoring public trust in Congress.
bit.ly/4nBiNjB

Congressional Stock Trading, Explained

A majority of Americans and both parties say there should be more restrictions on members of Congress trading stocks.

www.brennancenter.org

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Mary McAdams @marymcsinger.bsky.social · 23d

Wait …. What? 🤪

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Sep 7

Alternate headline: Johnson Lied.

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Tee Vixen Sutton @vixenbite.bsky.social · Sep 4

This ought to be interesting.

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Mary McAdams @marymcsinger.bsky.social · Sep 5

Weekend. Bye 👋

Mary McAdams @marymcsinger.bsky.social · Sep 3

You’re going to hear the term “underage woman” today. Substitute the word, “girl”. 😥

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Sep 3

We are overdue for a “ Have you no decency” kind of moment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 2

Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"

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Mary McAdams @marymcsinger.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 31

Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits

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Mary McAdams @marymcsinger.bsky.social · Aug 22

Bolton’s home is being searched. Release the Epstein files.

Mary McAdams @marymcsinger.bsky.social · Aug 22

Release the Epstein files

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Mary McAdams @marymcsinger.bsky.social · Aug 20

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