Kellie DuBay Gillis (she/her)
@kdubaygillis.bsky.social
Enviro scientist. Kidlit author. linktr.ee/kelliedubaygillis Out now: IF YOU FIND A FAWN art by Wazza Pink from Disney’s Planet Possible & BIG BIKE, LITTLE BIKE art by Jacob Souva from HarperCollins. Great Lakes lover living near Cleveland. Go Blue!
Obama: "This is what I mean when I say these are not serious people. They don't have solutions to actual problems, so they'd rather have the media and you talking about the Cheesecake Factory. That's the game they've been playing for the last two years."
Dolores Huerta leaves behind 13 surviving children, 24 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and 7 great-great-grandchildren. Throughout her life, she was arrested 22 times while fighting for civil rights and the rights of farmworkers.
Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 18h ago1. We have lost a giant. Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, a legendary civil rights leader, and one of the most consequential labor leaders of the past century, has died at 96.
Trump promised to lower prices on Day One. Instead, his Big Ugly Bill and pro-polluter policies have increased living expenses by $4,700 for the average American family. Republicans in Congress who have supported his agenda every step of the way will be held accountable next week. #LCVVF
The Trump-Republican Cost of Living Crisis
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🚨🚨Trump EPA announces plans to delete its online archive of 10,000s of documents found nowhere else, on fact sheets, environmental reports, agency policy changes, regulatory actions, investigations, and more. www.motherjones.com/environment/...
The EPA is quietly killing its web archive
Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump's climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear.
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Jeremy Lewin killed hundreds of thousands without a signed employment agreement.
WIRED@wired.com · 2d agoDespite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.
Essential reading "In total, at least 28 women have accused Trump of rape or sexual misconduct." newrepublic.com/post/217134/...
Democrats Release 50-Page Report on Trump’s Epstein Files Cover-Up
The report alleges Donald Trump was an “active participant” in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse.
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Oh. My. God. We seriously need to get money out of politics. As Abdul El-Sayed is campaigning on.
Maurene Comey must be REINSTATED to her federal prosecutor job with backpay, a federal judge has ruled. He adds that accepting Trump DOJ's position would "unsettle the very equilibrium established by this Nation’s constitutional system." Doc buff.ly/CDtADgH
House Judiciary Democrats have just released a 50-page report that pulls together years of assault allegations against Trump and his reported connections to Jeffrey Epstein. The report calls for a special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein.
House Judiciary Democrats release 50-page report on Trump’s alleged involvement in Epstein files
The report — issued just eight days before the election — makes multiple, uncorroborated allegations against the president while also detailing discrepancies in his statements about Epstein.
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Every fall, snow geese migrating south stop in Vermont and cover the ground in a snowy white blanket. Now, a new picture book celebrates that real-life awe-inspiring event. n.pr/4jG5109
In this new kids' book, it's 'Snow Geese Season' for a little boy and his Pop
Every fall, snow geese migrating south stop in Vermont and cover the ground in a snowy white blanket. Now, a new picture book celebrates that real-life awe-inspiring event.
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The Acton campaign immediately went to work to monetize Vivek’s blunder through texting and email solicitations. Great to see that it paid off.
See, incumbent has a b in it and many people don’t know that.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoTrump says Alaska’s ballot is illegal because people don’t know what “incumbent” means
A letter sent to Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles by several House members, incl. Ro Khanna, demanded “an immediate, govt-wide investigation into the decision to restrict SpaceX's Starshield satellite-based intelligence & military support services in Ukraine.” www.americaamerica.news/p/how-long-c...
How Long Can We Tolerate Elon Musk Deciding Our Elections and Foreign Policy?
A Saturday Prompt
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NEW on @zeteo.com — Venues are *pulling out* of hosting Vivek Ramaswamy for his bus tour across Ohio in the closing days of the election. “We’re getting calls that people don’t want him there,” a top Ohio Republican says. “It’s that damn ad.” From @andrewperez.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social:
Venues Start Canceling on Vivek Ramaswamy Over His Disgusting Ad: ‘People Don’t Want Him There’
Businesses have begun pulling out of Vivek Ramaswamy’s bus tour with other GOP candidates. ‘It’s that damn ad,’ a top Ohio Republican tells Zeteo.
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OBAMA: I got criticized for tightening up enforcement at the border. But I don't recall anybody campaigning on sending masked agents running through our streets. Don't recall anybody talking about law abiding citizens being arrested, detained, or shot.
Obama: Y'all must not've been to my rallies before, bc you know you're not supposed to boo. What are you supposed to do? Crowd: VOTE! Obama: They can't hear your boos, but they can hear your vote
“What is striking about this moment is just how unserious the people in charge are” — Obama
Obama argues that we won’t fix our political problems unless we rediscover our moral compass first
Just listened to the livestream of Obama speaking in Cleveland for Amy Acton and Sherrod Brown. He is hilarious and brilliant and inspiring. Did we really ever appreciate how good we had it with him as president? How lucky we were?
It's bleak that Serious News Outlets will tie themselves into knots writing headlines that obscure the horrors of a story while @people.com just waltzes in and calls it like it is.
Amy Acton’s Stepfather Was Charged with Raping Her When She Was a Child. Now Her Ohio Election Opponent Is Using That Against Her
Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for governor in Ohio, has previously publicly discussed being sexually abused by her stepfather between the ages of 9 and 12. Her opponent Vivek Ramaswamy recently ...
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The Columbus Dispatch this morning
GOP Ohio Governor Mike DeWine slams Vivek Ramaswamy's ad featuring Amy Acton's abusive mother: "The ad is deeply troubling. But when you know the rest of the story, it just makes it more wrong. It's wrong to run this."
Once you have huddled in the Situation Room to protect Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend… everyday hobgoblin activity becomes small potatoes not even worth the pangs of conscience.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.WOW -- Vance *defends* Vivek's reprehensible ad 👇 Q: Ramaswamy's campaign put out a controversial ad featuring his opponent's mother. Some Republicans are backing away. Do you think it was appropriate? JD VANCE: Well, I'll be honest. Whether the ad was appropriate or not is not really my concern.
Ohio Democrat Amy Acton’s estranged mother appeared in a new attack ad, calling her gubernatorial candidate daughter a liar. Court documents show Acton’s stepfather was arrested for raping her as a child, and her biological mom lost custody. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/20/d...
Democrat Amy Acton’s estranged mother calls her liar in ad; court documents say otherwise • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Democrat Dr. Amy Acton's estranged mother appeared in a new attack ad, calling her gubernatorial candidate daughter a liar. Court documents show Acton's stepfather was arrested for raping her as…
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This ad & Ramaswamy's doubling down speaks volumes about his character. To lie about the abuse Acton experienced is abhorrent. To use the abuser is despicable & sadistic. If this is how he behaves on the campaign trail, imagine his depravity with gubernatorial power www.axios.com/2026/10/21/r...
Exclusive: Ramaswamy doubles down on explosive ad featuring rival's mother, despite backlash
Ramaswamy is gambling that the deeply personal attack by Amy Acton's mother will resonate with voters.
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