Deb Watkins

Here's a start, if you have Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/7f6...

My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my country. Prepare to die!

TEGNA has launched an internal investigation into a story aired by its Portland TV station KGW-TV that led to the firing of a prominent sports broadcaster over tweets he made when he was a teenager.

We don’t need to outspend the billionaires, we need to out think, and outvote them.. oath.vote youtu.be/P60oincnjuY

Great news! A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a land exchange that would have allowed a contentious road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a vast wild area in southwestern Alaska. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/c...

The 100% vile president doesn't care about these soldiers who died so trumpy can hide from the Epstein files. We care. We must care.

"You know what? I'm going to be honest with you. Joe Biden won the 2020 Election. And I don't care what Donald Trump says, what's he going to do? Withdraw my nomination? I don't work for him. I work for the American people." - Said by no Trump nominee ever.

A reminder: the largely admirable nation the "Founding Fathers" announced 250 years ago denied the vote to all women, most minorities, many poor whites. It enabled slavery, forbade laws to curb it 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 If you're not a rich white guy and you have rights - thank a liberal

open.spotify.com/episode/224e... Judge Luttig on Trump. Please listen, this is the fighter we've been hoping for.

God bless Judge J. Michael Luttig!

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz speak with Judge J. Michael Luttig, the distinguished jurist, on the meaning of July 4th and the Declaration of Independence today, why the Founding Fathers would denounce Trump, and how the Declaration’s statements against tyranny echo against the Trump regime.

Octavia Butler called it in “Parable of the Talents” 🌌

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Those debts were not caused by Social Security, education funding, medical research, environmental regulation… they were caused by politicians who bent the knee to their oligarch donors and absolved them from funding the very society that made their wealth possible.

The last day of the Colbert Show is the last day of me watching CBS www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/o...

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Silence and ignorance are the only reasons predators get away with it. Society turns a deaf ear and shames survivors as the problem, while abusers keep moving on to new targets. It’s time to stop their show and make Pathological Abuse Impossible to Silence. #SurvivorMusic #TrueCrimeMusic #AmplifyIt

I hope this signals the end of @joshshapiropa.bsky.social Josh Shapiro's presidential aspirations. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. An activist and @willbunch.bsky.social provide the sunlight. -GIFT ARTICLE- share.inquirer.com/hUgcbF

NEW: Katie Phang is suing DOJ over alleged “brazen” violations of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. She says DOJ missed deadlines, over-redacted, and withheld records tied to Jeffrey Epstein—including references to Trump. The suit seeks full disclosure and a special master to oversee compliance.

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#PrideFlag #Stonewall #TrumpSmackdown

Me and @markruffalo.bsky.social are up for a very prestigious Webby Award for our 'We're Not Kidding' conversation. We're up against, among others, a Michelle Obama interview. You gotta, gotta!, vote for us here: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

In 2020, I argued every state must count mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day. Today, the RNC argued no state can. That is how far the right has descended into voter suppression. And it is why I continue to fight.

NEW EPISODE: On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear a critical voting case brought by the RNC that could wipe out hundreds of thousands of votes in 2026. Watch, learn and share. youtu.be/k4-1lIt75F8?...

Don’t be startin’ something you aren’t ready to finish. youtube.com/shorts/rXnGw...

Achievement without wonder is just accumulation. You can build the life you thought you wanted and still feel flat inside it. High performers are trained to optimize outcomes — not savor moments. That’s the problem. medium.com/@garetfree/a...

Gift link. Worth a read. Even if we purge the government of the antivaxxers and other morons the harm they caused will continue to plague this country far into the future. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

As always, we need reminders that the appalling cases we hear about and focus on are hardly the only ones. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...

Heres a link to the debate-winning speech itself btw 😉

medium.com/the-polis/th... Interesting read...

@schumer.senate.gov Senator Schumer! We need ICE defunded!!! You can get them cameras - they won't turn them on!!! You can have them go through de-escalation training, doesn't mean they will pay any attention!!! Take their funding and get them off our streets!!

@wyden.senate.gov Senator, as a resident of Canby I have always been proud that you represented Oregon. I can't tell you what it means to have a Senator you can trust. Please, do not vote to continue funding for ICE, please. Look at what they are doing, they have no right to continue.

@merkley.senate.gov Senator, as a resident of Canby I have always been proud that you represented Oregon. I can't tell you what it means to have a Senator you can trust. Please, do not vote to continue funding for ICE, please. Look at what they are doing, they have no right to continue.

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We will not be gaslit. youtube.com/shorts/XV4cV...

This ICE invasion in Minnesota is total Bullshit! There are far more immigrants in Texas and Florida but, of course they are red states ...

You're right, but those of us of a certain age said this in April 1970 after Kent State (and Jackson State, which got less attention).

Every Democratic Senator must vote NO on DHS/ICE funding. Continuing to fund this agency that is terrorizing and murdering our people makes you complicit. They EXECUTED Alex Pretti. Every Senator must draw a line in the stand here.

I know I will lose many subscribers, viewers, and followers for my critiques of weak Democrats and the Democratic Establishment, and I'm fine with it. I refuse to support Vichy Democrats and cowards who refuse to fight for us. They must be primaried, shamed, and removed. We need fighters.

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."