Lori O.

Lori O.

@loriao.bsky.social

Liberty. Equality. Opportunity. And justice for all. Lifelong Democrat.

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@cnn.com Surprised and dismayed that Dana Bash didn't challenge Todd Blanche's assertion that state and/or federal government can determine who can run for elected office beyond citizenship and age requirements. Lost opportunity to expose what Trump and DOJ are trying to do in Alaska.

Can't understand why @danabash.bsky.social didn't ask Todd Blanche who gets to determine if voters are confused about candidates. The state? The federal government? That would mean that governments choose who can run for office. @CNN

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#Ohio

Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social

The Ramaswamy campaign actually had a little plausible deniability when it came to this ad, but they decided that instead of exercising that deniability they’d rather make absolutely clear that they’re on the side of protecting child rapists.

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😳 Trump snaps at another reporter: "Hey! I don't know who the hell you are but you better be careful"

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In a major escalation of its multi-prong attempt to interfere in the midterms, the Trump DOJ has given California 48 hours to take steps to prevent an unknown number of alleged noncitizen voters in LA County from voting—or face legal action, Reuters reports. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

talkingpointsmemo.comALERT: Trump DOJ Begins Active Election Interference in CaliforniaWhat Election Officials Have Long Feared In a major escalation of its...

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If you think Trump handing a multibillion $ gift to Putin that will help Russia continue to wage war on Ukraine, doesn't make sense...then you're not paying attention. It is Trump doing what he always does, putting Putin and Russian interests ahead of America's and our allies.

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Q: Did you personally authorize or approve the livestreamed execution? TRUMP: Did I approve? Absolutely I did

I propose a nationwide, silent candlelight vigil on December 3rd, the day the barbarians are going to broadcast the state sanctioned execution of Hasan.

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Charlie Kirk gets his wish. He said, in earnest, that executions should be televised and mandatory for children as educational.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed in December.

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🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comElection deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machinesThe problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.

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Elon Musk ransacked and wrecked the federal government, is responsible for the deaths of millions of people, and is spending tens of millions of dollars to help reelect Republicans, and the Democratic Party has nothing to say about it. 

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Trump reportedly told oil executives to raise $1 billion for his campaign while promising them drilling permits. He got the money. They got their permits. Your air and water were never consulted. #PayToPlayPresident

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MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

🚨 BREAKING: Texas Rep. Gina Hinojosa has filed an official request to inspect unredacted communications between Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and Elon Musk after roughly 1,400 pages released last year were heavily redacted as “intimate and embarrassing.”

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One of my biggest fears:

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous such a declaration would be for American democracy. It would mean a president is attempting to sidestep the Constitution, which empowers states to run elections, in order to prevent his party from losing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇

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the GOP is fully trumpified and the rising generation of staffers and wannabes are even worse. if you're between 25-35 and an aspiring right-wing politician you've spent most/all of your adult life in a political and social ecosystem the rewards this shit and weeds out people repulsed by it

Andy Kaczynski@kfile.bsky.social

A new CNN KFile investigation finds two past accounts from Texas GOP candidate Bo French calling for public executions of government officials, Obama, Adam Schiff, and more. Repeatedly asked Texas GOP, Paxton, Abbott campaigns if they stood by him and got no response. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...

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Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...

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Replying to @loriao.bsky.social

Most of them committed no crime in THIS country. Many were here legally but stuck in the morass of our immigration system. Still, being here without permission is not a criminal offense but a civil one, punishable by a fine and deportation to their HOME country. All with DUE PROCESS intact.

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this is a genuinely crazy story

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.

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Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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This is the founder of Silk Road – which enabled international drugs trafficking on an industrial scale, among other things – speaking at President Trump's midterm convention (after getting a pardon from him), because lol nothing matters.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

LMAO this guy is being featured at Trumpapalooza because Trump pardoned him

Watching the Rams/49ers game on Netflix. What a travesty that the NFL sold rights to Netflix, which has no idea how to broadcast an NFL game. The sound is muddled, amateur announcers. Just as bad as Amazon last year. Purely driven by greed. Excludes too many fans w/out a subscription.

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I know we say this about a lot these days but "ross ulbricht starts drug marketplace, tries to hire hitmen, goes to jail for life, is pardoned by trump and appears at his convention with a 'become ungovernable' background in support of the literal president" is a little on the nose

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

LMAO this guy is being featured at Trumpapalooza because Trump pardoned him