LaurieIsBlue
@laurieisblue.bsky.social
Here for the empathy, pro environmentalism, diversity, love for pets, love of science, love of art, love of the written word. Lover of Democracy.
apnews.com/article/mich... Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Primary In Major Victory For Democrats’ Progressive Wing ... By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, JACQUELINE GANUN and JESSE BEDAYN @ AP News.
Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary in major victory for Democrats’ progressive wing
Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in a massive victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state.
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“The public conversation comes last, not first—and only much later do we start to fully understand the damage these technologies can do.” Thank you, @lastweektonight.com for sounding the alarm on #MassSurveillance. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnBP...
Police Surveillance Technology: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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🚨BREAKING: Colorado Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to provide access to complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and our clients. DOJ is now 0-20 in these cases. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/colora...
🚨 United States of America v. Griswold
Learn more.
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Assholes who make fun of people eulogizing their dogs: There aren't many places for folks to do that, and it's a big moment in some people's lives they weren't exactly ready for. So shut the hell up and let them do it.
There he is, the racist hillbilly who wasn’t a hillbilly but has always been an opportunistic fraud.
Every elected Republican is now a Max Miller Republican. Hang that around their necks every damn day.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5h agoMike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.
'Ripe for accidents': Families fume at Trump as ship doctor warns sailors may go insane www.rawstory.com/uss-abraham-...
'Ripe for accidents': Families fume at Trump as ship doctor warns sailors may go insane
Families of sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are raising urgent concerns about deteriorating conditions on the aircraft carrier, which has now spent nine months at sea and five conse...
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A paramilitary group plotted to overthrow the Constitution then conducted a violent attack on America. They were convicted in court of seditious conspiracy, and jailed. Then the leader they aimed to illegally install got power and let them out, their records wiped clean. The Jan. 6 attackers won.
Judge Pained as He Grants Dismissal of Jan. 6 Charges Against Oath Keepers
The judge, Amit P. Mehta, blasted the administration’s request for a dismissal in the case, saying it bestowed “unearned grace” on the Oath Keepers defendants “by wiping their records clean.”
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Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.
The GOP has a creep problem in Congress
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The GOP has a creep problem in Congress
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El-Sayed: "Mike, I'm gonna say it right now, I know you're gonna say no because you're a coward: Five debates, alright? ... By the time we're done, you are not gonna have safe quarter from people holding you accountable to what you've done for them here in Michigan. We will send you back to Florida"
NEWS: Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) just dropped out of his re-election race at 3:32 a.m.m. He said he’s done running but will finish out his term. This after the House Ethics Committee found “substantial reason to believe [he] violated House Rules related to sexual harassment and hostile workplaces.”
“Nobody panic... I've found the treat aisle. Repeat: I'VE FOUND THE TREAT AISLE!" #cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky
You know when there's this much money behind any candidate, IT'S NOT A GOOD THING!!! RULE OF THUMB=VOTE AGAINST BIG MONEY CANDIDATES!!! LET THEM WIN BASED ON THEIR MERIT AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE OFFICE. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Harold Wesley@harweswea.bsky.social · 50m agoThat's a good start! We must stop big 💰 from buying candidates!!!
Any group will begin to reflect the strengths and weaknesses of their leader. So I expect really dumb errors to be more frequent under Hegseth who doesn’t emphasize being smart about the work.
Dittie@dittie.sheshed.rocks · 3h agoThe military accidentally killed a medevac crew this year, and hardly anyone is talking about it. New Wired reporting says a medevac plane lost GPS during an Army jamming exercise near White Sands. In low visibility, it struck a mountain, killing all four aboard. #SheShed 🧵
I’m so happy we can finally talk about the shape of our turds in public.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 20h agoOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
So again the Repuglican party is funneling millions directly into TRumps pockets by having their events on one of his properties in Ca. And the rest of us get to foot the bill for his golfing and added security. This is beyond ridiculous.
Donald Trump is parachuting into California to raise campaign cash.
Is Mike Johnson going to throw some more Bible verses at us today while continuing to back Max Miller?
Last night, we celebrated an unprecedented win for people-first politics in Michigan. But today, I want to make one thing very clear: THE JOB’S NOT FINISHED. The mission is to beat Tom Barrett and send an unbought, independent-minded representative of mid-Michigan to Congress.
Americans don't like it when their military families are targeted by the Trump administration's ICE.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 6h agoPresident Donald Trump’s administration has detained more than 50 spouses and parents of U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families, an AP investigation has found.
If you are interested in Russia’s electoral backing of Trump, read David Shimer’s book or Kathleen Hall Jamieson’s book or my "Road to Unfreedom." The people who want our country to break have always wanted this guy to be president.
BBC News - Anthropic AI created fake profiles to deceive people in attempted hack - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anthropic AI created fake profiles to deceive people in attempted hack
The UK's AI Safety Institute said recent behaviour from Anthropic and OpenAI models was malicious and unprecedented.
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This is an important breaking story published through our collaboration with the Appalachian News Exchange, written by @justinhicks.lpm.org and Howard Berkes. Appalachia’s black lung rates highest in nearly 50 years as miners’ protections stall kentuckylantern.com/2026/08/05/a...
Appalachia's black lung rates highest in nearly 50 years as miners' protections stall • Kentucky Lantern
A new report found that working veteran underground coal miners in central Appalachia are suffering from black lung at the highest rates in nearly 50 years.
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