BlueDot-RedCounty-BlueState
BlueDot-RedCounty-BlueState
@bethehecht.bsky.social
Retired graphic designer. Flute player in community orchestra. Blue dot in a ruby-red rural county of a blue state. Head of a 3-generation household with my daughter and two granddaughters. Afraid for their future.
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@ericswalwell.bsky.social “Our strength is our unity.” Repost if you support our Congressman.
@aaronparnas.bsky.social Hey, do you happen to know if the contractors demolishing the White House can be held responsible for doing that work without proper permits, etc?
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This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
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It was nearly impossible to get anyone on camera for this story because of the fear now running through our system of justice. https://cbsn.ws/4lWzcPz
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Well there’s 195k of you here now so let me introduce myself again. I’m Santiago Mayer, I’m 23 years old and the Executive Director of @votersoftomorrow.org. I have spent the last 6 years working to turn out Gen Z and stop MAGA, and I’m not stopping now. Can you RT and follow to help reach others?
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(HERE is the bench slap I've been looking for) HITTING THE DOCKET: In Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals DENIES the Trump Administration's request for an emergency stay pending appeal & DENIES its request for a writ of mandamus. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Nice!
NEW: The Fourth Circuit REJECTS the Trump admin's appeal of Judge Xinis's orders to "facilitate" Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release: "We shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Court's recent decision." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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1/ The seminal reporting that @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and @nlanard.bsky.social did to expose how Trump admin using any old tattoos to ship people to foreign gulags is featured here.
“There isn't a single part of the entire thing that stands up to the smallest amount of scrutiny. The whole thing, the entire enterprise is just sheer lawlessness,” says Chris Hayes.
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Autism didn’t make them do it. Mental illness didn’t, either. This personal piece from The Big Picture cuts through the excuses and names the real issue: some people are just hateful, and we need to stop giving them cover.
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Senator Cory Booker -- nearly 23 hrs into this -- is more coherent than your average elected official speaking (while seated) at an average legislative hearing. Even if you haven't been watching all along, dip in for a moment -- he is making considerable sense: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...