Kat ‘Beans’

Kat ‘Beans’

@katbuns.bsky.social

Jack of all trades, master of some. Artist, writer, JustTryingToThrive-er. Disabled American, Patient Advocate. Canine-r, late Ringo's human💔 #Resist #Beans 🫘

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L.A. election official on DOJ search for "likely" noncitizen voters: “performative... intended to have a chilling effect... to intimidate and to try and get people in positions like mine to take actions that... we don't believe are aligned with state or federal law." www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuLa...

youtube.com‘BIZARRE’: What happened when Trump’s DOJ delivered a FLASH DRIVE to L.A.’s top election officialYouTube video by MS NOW

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🚨 Netanyahu is threatening renewed war with Iran just days before Israel's elections. Israel's military chief has reportedly warned that restarting the war this close to the vote could force an indefinite delay. That appears to be exactly what Netanyahu wants.

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More bad news about a good news org.

Ben Mullin@benmullin.bsky.social

News: Rest of World, the nonprofit newsroom focused on the impact of technology outside the West founded by Sophie Schmidt, tells donors in an email it will “cease publishing as a standalone entity” at the end of January.

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Based on the questioning, I think the 9th Circuit will reject the DOJ's arguments 2 - 1 on the sequestering of California's ballots for alleged non-citizens voting. Just my opinion.

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Sen. Adam Schiff tells NBC that Pete Hegseth and "anyone who has knowledge of what happened" should testify before the Senate on Ukraine's Starlink disruptions. "Somebody is lying here. Maybe they're all lying in different ways, but we need to find out."

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A Brazilian electoral court ordered the arrest of Salvador transport chief Pablo Souza for obstructing voting by keeping 75 buses off the streets during the presidential runoff, potentially preventing thousands of voters from reaching polling stations.

yacnews.comBahia electoral court orders Salvador transport chief arrested as 75 buses sit in garages on runoff morningA Brazilian electoral court ordered the arrest of Salvador's transport chief Pablo Souza after 75 buses were kept off the streets during the presidential runoff, potentially obstructing voters. Simila...

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Everything is delayed by two hours as courts extended voting after complaints of blocked public transit by Bolsonaro supporters, and worries about bad weather. www.bbc.com/news/live/cm...

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

Not to ruin anyone’s Sunday afternoon, but Brazilians are voting for president today. We’ll start getting returns at 4pm ET, and, based on the results of the first round it’d be a clear surprise if Lula survives against Bolsonaro — even if polls have tightened in the last two weeks.

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Can you imagine having a photo of you and Obama when you were 1?

The Obama Foundation@obamafoundation.bsky.social

He may no longer be the president but he is still the baby whisperer! No better spot to meet the next generation than the Obama Presidential Center.

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NEW: Democrats moved to intervene in Trump’s DOJ lawsuit to block Alaska’s Senate results if Democrat Mary Peltola beats incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. They called it an “unprecedented pre-emptive strike on democratic elections.” https://demdock.com/4i2dIAN

democracydocket.comDemocrats fight DOJ bid to block Alaska election if GOP losesMary Peltola’s campaign and the Democratic Party want to fight the Trump administration’s attempt to interfere in Alaska's Senate results, calling it “extraordinary assault” on democracy and “insultin...

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Replying to @electproject.bsky.social

Much of this increase is likely coming from Hispanics, which traditionally have very low turnout in a midterm election. So here, higher turnout is likely shifting Texas blue

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Elizabeth Warren: Nope, you’re not imagining it. You’re paying more than you were a year ago everywhere you turn: Airfares: +22.4% Car rentals: +9.1% Streaming: +3.3% Food: +2.5% Donald Trump promised to bring prices down "On Day One." That was more than 600 days ago.

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Shellie Flockhart, who called lowa Democratic House candidate Sarah Trone Garriott "dangerous" for kids, pleaded guilty after authorities said she drove drunk with her children in the car in 2017. You can’t make this shit up.

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I met with Finer, Sullivan, and a bunch of Biden's senior people several times throughout 2023-2024 and I cannot stress enough how maddening it is to watch them reposition now after spending the time they were actually in power gaslighting the shit out of everyone

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More than 200 complaints regarding sexual violence at schools have been filed with the Education Department since the start of Trump’s second term. The department has investigated only 29 of these, finding fault with a school district only once.

propublica.orgSexual Assaults on Campus No Longer Scrutinized as Closely Under Trump’s Education DepartmentProPublica sued the federal government for records that show which schools are facing civil rights investigations — data that was public before Trump’s second term. Now you can use our database to fin...

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SCOOP: Spokesperson for Sen. Ron Wyden told me he is investigating 2 for-profit companies running new ICE facility for unaccompanied children set to open in Louisiana. LaSalle Corrections and 'humanitarian response' firm Anovaeon LLC are facing Wyden's scrutiny. www.thequeenzone.com/scoop-top-se...

thequeenzone.comSCOOP: Top Senate Dem Investigating Companies Running New ICE Facility for KidsU.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, is investigating two for-profit companies contracted to run a new ICE facility for unaccompanied children about to open ...

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A would-be governor cannot run a state while picking which political donors to sue. Rick Jackson’s GloriFi mess is an extreme conflict. As former ethics czar, I told @nytimes.com: not in a million years would I allow this arrangement in government. -TN

nytimes.comA MAGA Bank’s Financial Woes Entangle Vivek Ramaswamy and Rick Jackson (Gift Article)Georgia’s Rick Jackson has spearheaded a court battle over a failed ‘anti-woke’ bank that also counted Ohio’s Vivek Ramaswamy as a major investor.

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Trump is literally killing Americans—you!—to increase profits for his corporate cronies. Putting greed—not America—first and making Americans gasp (for clean air) again. Good work, NYT.

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

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The replies are an extraordinary catalogue of things that have objectively improved. If we didn't have the climate crisis and the far right authoritarians and the tech barons overshadowing everything I'd be whistling every day

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

They’re trying to kill us all….

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah mink farm for two months. Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. But officials haven’t acted — instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade.

The abuse and obvious mental illness of Acton’s mother and stepfather is appalling, and good for Amy telling the truth and getting out. I feel your pain, Amy.

Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social

JD Vance, soon: Can you really trust a candidate whose mother killed kittens? How far from the tree could the apple really have fallen? www.mediaite.com/crime/amy-ac...

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if you believe that Melania Trump negotiated a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, I've got a $5,000 Trump dividend and some Melania memecoin to sell you

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DON’T BE AFRAID, BE PREPARED. AG Todd Blanche was asked a simple question: Will the DOJ try to block states from certifying election results? He couldn’t give a simple NO. Instead, he left the door open to hypothetical scenarios. @marcelias.bsky.social

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Plaintiffs seek injunction blocking building of Trump’s Arch, set to begin 11/5. Govt admits Congress must approve the arch, but says it did so in 1913, when it approved Memorial Bridge, finished 90 yrs ago. Original 1924 plan called for 2 columns, tho not an arch. ... 1/2

This is big-ish…

Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social

Big news here in Brazil: Joice Hasselman, a top former ally of the Bolsonaro family and right wing congresswoman, gave an interview today endorsing Lula and calling Flavio Bolsonaro a corrupt gangster who tried to kill her www.brasil247.com/entrevistas/...

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