Guernser

Guernser

@guernser.bsky.social

Food Bank volunteer; artist; retired educator. California native (San Fernando Valley), currently reside in Elk Grove, California.

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Not too early to start thinking about how grassroots pressure on a Dem House could help produce better results -->

Leaders of the No Kings movement are already gearing up for the next major grassroots campaign: Making sure congressional Democrats don’t wimp out. My first piece at @newrepublic.com! (Reposted to update link card) newrepublic.com/article/2168...

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Talarico: This is the last play of the last drive. This is the moment we leave it all on the field. We are the underdogs. It’s David versus Goliath. It’s the powers that be versus the powers that ought to be, and it’s time for us to start flipping over some tables.

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I’m leading an inquiry of the largest social media companies on their efforts to combat the spread of fraudulent material online seeking to disenfranchise U.S. voters. At this late stage and with voting already underway, the responses we have received to date are inconsistent and inadequate.

nytimes.comA.I. Is Embedded in Your Election Experience. So Are Its Dangers.The midterms are the first elections in which artificial intelligence is integrated into every major social media platform. Efforts to blunt its harms are uneven.

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Trump prioritizes his puppet-master Putin and Russia, whilst he oppresses Americans.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

A wild story: the CEO of a US energy company whose plans were discussed during the Witkoff-Kushner-Putin negotiations resigns. Why? He learned that his company's main investor is a sanctioned Russian company, not the UAE www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

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What are the chances of that?

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

Overall, we are seeing some very odd deal talks that are supposedly a part of ending the war in Ukraine. But in fact evidence shows these deals are structured (in the most recent case secretly until now) to financially benefit Russia or business partners of the Trump and Witkoff families.

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JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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So now Trump is going to sell Alaska back to Russia?!! Turning the clock all the way back to 1867….

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

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This is DEFCON 2 talk.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

🚨🚨🚨 Q: Is there any scenario in which DOJ would try to block states from certifying the election? AG TODD BLANCHE: Yes, of course. It is not DOJ's intention to improperly interfere with elections or the state certification process, but ...

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Q: The typical practice is DOJ doesn't usually release charges this close to an election. Even though Ms Lucas isn't on the ballot, her daughter is. Can you speak to the timing? BLANCHE: The 60 day or 90 day practice is not in writing. That's not part of the justice manual. There's nothing improper

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Jury found Meta liable for deceiving users re: Facebook privacy & content moderation policies. State Attorney General said it was "one of the largest, if not the single largest, state verdict against a company in US history, & should be a warning for tech companies. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

yahoo.comMeta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion over Cambridge Analytica breachA judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content moderation policies on Facebook. Judge Francis Mathe...

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Oh this is fucking FANTASTIC.

Alan Elrod@aselrod.bsky.social

“I think America is big enough for all of us. [JD Vance’s] view of America is small. It's small like him.” A lot of money quotes in this @gregsargent.bsky.social interview with @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, but this is the best one in my view.

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🧊🛩️ AFRICA 🌍⛓️ 😲 A Talon Air G5 (tail: N50JE) departs Arizona, transporting chained humans via Puerto Rico to Monrovia, Liberia (first Africa stop) 🇱🇷

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Two weeks out, Trump's FCC chair is warning TV stations that polls showing Trump & the GOP losing could count as "News Distortion" The First Amendment has no exception for polls the president doesn't like The poll that matters most is Nov 3, & Carr can't keep that one off the air -TN

reuters.comFCC chair says broadcast networks could violate regulatory obligations by airing 'fake polls'The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday that US broadcast networks could violate their regulatory obligations by airing "entirely fake polls and suppression polls."

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NEW: The Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over oil fields had remained unclear — until now.

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...

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As others have written this golf course is also a large public park w/roads, parking, and bike lanes. It is a top destination for the region's cyclists. My son used to train there. All that will be gone, and the public will lose access unless golfing. No city would ever propose a plan like this.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

As inflation hits a 4-month high and the Iran war keeps driving up gas prices, Trump unveils his big plan with the midterms two weeks away: a "World Class Championship Golf Course" in D.C. Work starts Nov. 15, closing a public course for about 15 months, he says.

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“the commission planned to take up the sale of ‘1,300 acres’ in Cameron County during a closed-door executive session at a meeting on November 5, two days after the election”

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In case you forgot what a U.S. president beloved by the world looks like. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Live in Manchester: An Evening with President Barack Obama. The arena holds up to 23,500 people with standing room, and the event was SOLD OUT.

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This week we were reminded that Elon was a traitor, an idiot and a malevolent force in our society. Again. As we are every week with some new betrayal, stunt and systematic effort to attack our institutions and values.

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Friday night. The time to sneak through the things you know the public will hate. Also the ones that are probably illegal and traitorous. Trump is opening the floodgates of support for the Kremlin, Putin, their illegal aggression against Ukraine...and their aid to Iran in their war against us.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying a waiver is in the US national interest.

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Traitor.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Breaking News: President Trump signed an executive order to exempt Russia from new sanctions legislation that Congress passed last month. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

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In early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases. So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool. They can’t erase history. jan6memoryproject.org

jan6memoryproject.orgThe January 6 Memory ProjectA public archive of Department of Justice news releases and related court filings concerning prosecutions from the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Democrats can't repeal Trump's tariffs. But they can subpoena them. In this week's THE AGENDA: the six trade investigations Democrats should open on day one, from secret exemptions to handshake "deals" nobody's seen in writing. Follow the tariff money thewatchdogreport.substack.com/p/the-agenda...

thewatchdogreport.substack.comTHE AGENDA: Follow the Tariff MoneyDemocrats can’t repeal Trump’s tariffs. They can do something more dangerous to him: make his administration explain them, under oath.

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Does arresting the wife of an enlisted man and mother of four US citizen children, a person who’s been here since she was 6 years old, make our country great again?

Nick Miroff@nickmiroff.bsky.social

NEW: ICE is trying to deport a mother of 4 while her husband is at Fort Benning in Army basic training. When she went to pick up the family's military IDs, Navy personnel turned her over to ICE. She's been in the US since age six. With @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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Replying to @volts.wtf

This is one reason I've never really understood the weakness & passivity of the US political media. If I live in a system where one of two parties can only win if people believe lies, and I am in the truth-telling business, I should take the ongoing success of that party as a personal insult.

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Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

Trump: "Putin has no respect for this person." Clinton: "That's because he'd rather have a puppet as president of the United States. You're willing to spout the Putin line, sign up for his wish list, break up NATO, do whatever he wants to do." October 19, 2016. She was right.

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I am entirely serious when I say that this should be seen as a moderate position. It specifically and surgically dismantles institutions that did not exist pre-9/11 and assigns their functions much as they were assigned pre-9/11.

Truthout@truthout.org

Rep. Delia C. Ramirez has introduced a bill that would abolish not just ICE, but the DHS altogether, repealing the 2002 law establishing the agency and replacing it with one focused on protecting civil and human rights.

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This is a bright red five alarm fire. We must see this as it is—as a coup d’état. They’re starting with Ilhan Omar, of course, because she’s a black female immigrant, and they perceive her as an easy target. We need to show them that there are no easy targets for fascists.

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Anti-tax advocates say it should be that hard for governments to tax Californians, but local officials say it could constrain funding for essential services. cal.news/4jcPxR8 📸 Allen J. Schaben

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www.reuters.com/legal/litiga..., Judge said that she was "furious" with DOJ lawyers for their conduct in a lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump administration’s takeover of ‌golf course in Washington. Judge said it was "inexcusable" that hundreds of trees were removed from the course over the weekend.

reuters.comJudge blasts Trump's DOJ over 'inexcusable' tree removal at DC golf courseA US judge said on Monday that she was "furious" with Justice ​Department lawyers for their conduct in a lawsuit seeking to halt the Trump administration’s takeover of a historic ‌golf course in Washi...

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When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear & the internet becomes friendlier. So much of politics is driven by the internet & so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it