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@cherylnix.bsky.social
Retired public school teacher in Indiana determined to fight for democracy and social justice. Find an Indivisible chapter near you!
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Hey, @madindivisible.bsky.social , we have another reason for hope!
A group of former federal prosecutors and human rights lawyers is coming together to investigate political corruption and law enforcement violence that it says is being ignored by the Trump DOJ. "The rule of law is on life support, but it's all of our responsibility to make sure it doesn't die."
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Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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Today we (@propublica.org) published this map of every location with an active 287(g) agreement with ICE. (with the help of @tituslegaldesign.com's initial data analysis). Read the story: "The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Ingram, Texas, Neighbors" www.propublica.org/article/depo...
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This is a terrific episode of Hoosier Health Matters, in which we interview Michael Silverstein, former chair of the USPSTF (he finished in March) and he talks about the fact that, well, things there are NOT GOOD open.spotify.com/episode/5PZN...
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Trump admin arrests Colorado priest. Incarcerates him for over a year. Judge orders him released without charges. They release him without the wheelchair he needs -- other prisoners have to bodily carry him out. He's now being tested for latent TB: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/colo...
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Over half of all mail ballots spoiled in North Carolina’s largest county are due to new strict rules passed by the GOP-controlled state board of elections. The county is also a Democratic stronghold that could sway election results in the battleground state.
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"The rejection rate is at about 3% statewide, and two or three times as high as in some larger counties. “Potentially thousands of votes could be spoiled by this new guidance... This is a huge deal for North Carolina.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...
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NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. with @nytimes.com
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Trump said he had to takeover Greenland to keep China and Russia out. And then he snuck Russia onto the North Slope. Literally just ... inviting them in. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...
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TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers. From the ProPublica archives:
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And it was actually a prisoner exchange in which we gave them an actual Russian criminal and we also gave them diplomatic cover in a war of aggression — not only morally shameful and personally humiliating but as a negotiation absolutely laughably unequal.
Let's just make this clear: Witkoff calls the bloodiest dictator, indicted war criminal, and child murderer, Putin, a "humanitarian" not for some massive concession, not for agreeing to stop the war, but for releasing a person they captured in a foreign country where that person was simply living
Really worth a listen, @madindivisible.bsky.social
Here is Charles Blow, pls tell me why he doesn't have his own show. Listen carefully, he spells it out and destroys Republicans use of islamophobia
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Greene County, Indiana’s Prosecutor tried to keep Flock camera plan secret.
Hey, #Michigan voters. Here is an important message about one of your Senate candidates.
Jon Stewart on Mike Rogers: “He was a real pain in our ass in 2010 when we fought for the Zadroga Act for 9/11 first responders. He called it a New York problem and voted against it, all while claiming to respect the heroes of 9/11. It was all bullshit.”
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I said that this was a Russian trope at the time in testimony to Congress and am glad to see this excellent documentation of Russia’s use of Vance’s vocal chords.
Leaks from Putin's office have revealed an extensive influence operation targeting JD Vance, which achieved everything it set out to achieve. Read all about how JD Vance and others fell for a lie about Volodymyr Zelensky concocted by agents of Russia's Presidential Administration. And how the Vice
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I know I use the word “traitor” a lot, and it feels inadequate to describe what Hegseth has done. He is an abomination.
NEW: Hegseth's chaotic secret evacuation of a US base in Bahrain left military families in harm's way. “They’re not telling the truth. They’re not telling the full story. They’re not telling how much damage there really was." www.ms.now/news/militar...
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Gift link to this story about Alina Habba’s $50 million deal with a Venezuelan billionaire that coincided with a pardon for him. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...
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the routine, pay for play pardons are all by themselves one of the worst corruption scandals in american history!
My brain cannot process this level of corruption. She was being paid $50 million to engineer a pardon from Trump *while working at the Justice Department* as a "Special Government Employee." And it worked. He got the pardon, and she got the money. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...
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Southern Indiana cat rescue at risk of closing without more funding and more volunteers.
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The UN verified that at least 328 civilians were killed and 2,105 injured in September 2026, an 85% increase compared with September 2025. And who does the so-called president blame? Ukraine, of course. news.un.org/en/story/202...
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I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on, nobody should support this kind of deception. They created a fake pamphlet to spark trans outrage and sent it to every home in Texas. Then their paid shills continued the outrage on social media. Politics is broken.
Team Paxton appears to have sent out fake mailers to Texas voters impersonating a trans student group and claiming to want to help kids secretly transition. The actual group said they had nothing to do with it, despite the mailers copying their aesthetic, and the address traces to a random UPS box.
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“Trump and Putin have teamed up to murder Ukrainians” is a better headline. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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BREAKING WaPo: The Trump admin has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian missile and drone attacks — a delay that comes as Trump embraces Russia and slams Ukraine.
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You can donate here to help protect Ukrainians from Russian drone attacks. Please do so if you can. u24.gov.ua/sky-defense
Horrifying. @madindivisible.bsky.social , time to call Congress and demand an end to this treason! Use www.5calls.org for help.
"A world in which the White House is allied to the Kremlin was, until now, the stuff of paranoid fiction. Manchurian candidates and red presidents were fantasies, dark tales Americans told themselves like ghost stories... "But this alliance now exists." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Replying to @altnps.bsky.social
Video shows him pinned face down and handcuffed, crying because his arm was broken and begging for paramedics. Local police eventually got him to medical care. A bike ride in your own neighborhood should never end like this.
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"In Arizona, a Trump Administration immigration judge ordered a 1-year-old baby appearing without a lawyer to file an asylum application, according to court filings..." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...
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Vice President JD Vance likes to cite food stamp recipients who he says drive Lamborghinis. But the White House ignores a far more prevalent form of fraud: transnational gangs stealing money from SNAP recipients.
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Trump *himself* filed a financial disclosure form this year that asserted he made over a billion dollars last year. That's not a claim from the fake news, or the crazy liberals. That is Trump's own filing.
JD Vance: "I've not seen a single shred of evidence that Donald Trump participates or sanctions in that corruption ... I've not once seen evidence that Donald Trump has enriched himself"
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Today, millions of Americans hit the streets for the BIGGEST early vote activation in US history! Next, we're going to make sure every vote is counted, the election results are certified, and the winners are seated in January. Join our mass call to learn more: bit.ly/whatsnext1021.
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Despite assurances from the Trump administration, ProPublica found the government has turned its vast security and surveillance apparatus against the Tohono O’odham Nation. “The drones flying over us all day,” one tribal member said, “it’s a lot.”
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